sbdcsierra Chapter 423 Lin Baiyan's Decision
Chapter 423 Lin Baiyan's Decision
Upon hearing the sound, Lin Baiyan walked towards its source, his hands tucked in his sleeves, until he reached the Weaving Bureau.
He stepped inside and saw a group of orcs huddled together, each with a joyful expression on their face.
"What's going on here? Why is it so lively?" Lin Baiyan leaned closer to see what was happening.
Suddenly, the high priest's voice rang out from the center of the crowd, and the beastmen scattered like birds, revealing Xiong Zhi in the very center. Everyone looked a little uncomfortable when they saw Lin Baiyan, like a worker caught slacking off by his boss.
"High Priest, what brings you here?" Xiong Zhi looked at the beastmen around her and spoke first.
Lin Baiyan replied with a smile, "I came out for a walk and happened to hear that it was very lively here, so I thought I'd come in and take a look."
"So what just happened?"
After Lin Baiyan finished speaking, Xiong Zhi seemed to suddenly come to her senses and quickly stepped forward to pull Lin Baiyan inside, saying, "Look, our looms are already ready to be used for weaving!"
"Oh? So fast?" Lin Baiyan was somewhat surprised.
Xiong Zhi, beaming with joy, handed a piece of finished fabric to Lin Baiyan, saying, "This is fabric woven from wool."
Lin Baiyan held the fabric in his hand and examined it carefully. The fabric was soft and comfortable, and apart from some rough edges, it had no flaws and was very dense and sturdy.
He pulled hard on the fabric, but it didn't deform much.
"Very good, I didn't expect you to make such rapid progress." Lin Baiyan praised without reservation.
The surrounding beastmen were praised, and they looked at each other with great joy.
"Use all the wool and cotton in the warehouse. Let's all work hard, and maybe next spring we'll all be able to wear clothes made of cloth!"
Xiong Zhi gripped the fabric in her hand and nodded vigorously. "He's relieved this time. We'll definitely work hard to finish it!"
Lin Baiyan shook his head with amusement, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself, just do your best."
After leaving the weaving bureau, Lin Baiyan glanced at the sky and slowly began to walk back. Just as he entered the central square, a voice suddenly came from afar, "A letter from the city lord! A letter from the city lord!"
Lin Baiyan turned around abruptly and looked at the figure rushing towards him in the distance. He subconsciously took a few steps forward.
Was it his imagination? How could he have heard that orc say he had received Wolf Cang's letter?
Lin Baiyan calmed himself down, and only when the orc guarding the city wall actually stood in front of him holding the bamboo tube did he feel a sense of reality. After so long, Lang Cang had finally sent a letter.
Almost at the same time that male orc stood in front of Lin Baiyan, many people came out of the office one after another, including Hu Zhen, Hu Luan, Tu Lin, and Yang Ye. They had all heard the sound just now.
"I heard the city lord sent a letter?" Hu Zhen asked first.
Lin Baiyan nodded and took out the bamboo tube from his hand.
He opened the small bamboo tube and poured out the notes inside. There were two notes inside, and Lin Baiyan opened one of them first.
The beastmen surrounding Lin Baiyan held their breath, carefully observing his expression.
Upon seeing the note, he clenched the paper tightly in his hand, a strange look appearing on his face.
"What did the city lord say in his letter?" Tu Lin asked Lin Baiyan anxiously.
Lin Baiyan shook his head, looking somewhat uneasy. "No, let me take a look at the other one."
This Wolf Cang, he hasn't written in so long, and when he does write, he says such tactless things!
That's why he saw the contents of the letter first. If others had seen it, how could he have maintained his dignified and composed image as a high priest?
He pulled out another note as if to cover up his actions, thinking with some uncertainty: Surely one of the two notes is about something serious?
Sure enough, the second note described their current situation and Lang Cang's plan.
Almost immediately after reading the note, Lin Baiyan made a decision: "We need to go find Lang Cang!"
His sudden statement left everyone somewhat bewildered. Yang Ye asked uncertainly, "Has something happened to the city lord?"
Lin Baiyan handed the note to them, saying, "The situation of Lang Cang and the others is not very optimistic right now."
After everyone took turns reading the contents of the letter, the atmosphere around them became somewhat tense for a moment.
"Why don't we let the city lord and the others return first, and then we can make other plans?"
Based on the information from Lang Cang's online account, the situation in the south is complex and likely far more complicated than what they previously learned from Zhu Huang.
Their main base is in the north, so it's difficult to provide immediate support. The best course of action now is for Lang Cang and his men to return first, and then re-investigate after they have made their plans.
Lin Baiyan shook his head. "It's too late."
Wolf Cang would never allow the Star Wolf Clan beastmen to continue struggling to survive in their hands.
"But the weather in the north is very difficult to travel in now," Hu Luan said with a furrowed brow, his tone very objective.
Lin Baiyan knew this, of course, but he couldn't let Lang Cang lead such a small group of people to venture into the abyss alone.
He is the High Priest of the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, but he is also Lin Baiyan, Lang Cang's companion; they are inseparable.
From the perspective of a high priest, he should immediately recall Lang Cang and rearrange the plan.
But as Lang Cang's partner, he knew Lang Cang's obsession all too well. If he were to return at this moment, this matter would haunt Lang Cang's heart for the rest of his life, becoming an indelible burden on his soul.
Lin Baiyan's expression changed for a long time before finally returning to calm. "I hereby issue a summons in my own name. I need a team of two hundred warriors for a private mission. Regardless of success or failure, I will pay each warrior three catties of beast honey."
As soon as he said this, the surrounding beastmen fell silent.
I was shocked by his extravagant spending!
One orc has three jin of orc honey, so two hundred warriors would have six hundred jin!
One pound of animal honey can basically be exchanged for salt for a small tribe of fifty people for a winter. In the vast north where animals are scarce, six hundred pounds of animal honey can feed almost half of the tribes in the north!
At this moment, regardless of what everyone was thinking before, they all had only one thought in their minds.
The high priest has gone mad!