sbdcsierra Chapter 11 White Flame
Chapter 11 White Flame
“Well… it’s a new name I gave myself. Now that we’ve established a new tribe, the past is the past for me. I want a fresh start,” Lin Baiyan explained.
On the Orc Continent, names are prefixed with the animal form of the inhabitants, and most are single names, which is why Rabbit Forest raised such a question.
Lu Xiao was somewhat confused, but when she thought about the young man's new name, she automatically filled in the blanks in her mind: "Bai Yan, using fire as a name, doesn't that mean that Mao Bai is our priest?"
"This is good!"
After Lu Xiao explained, the several sub-beastmen all seemed to understand and accepted the explanation.
Lin Baiyan saw that they had misunderstood his meaning, but since they had accepted the new name, he didn't bother to explain.
His grandfather named him this, hoping he would be like a flame, forever burning with passion and hope.
Even after arriving in this place, he doesn't want to forget the days of the past.
By this time, the prey had been cleaned and gutted by the male beastmen and brought over.
Hu Qing handed the wooden stick in his hand to Yang Ye, and placed the prey on a long stone, using a stone knife to chop the venison into small pieces.
It can be called a stone knife, but it's made of relatively thin stone and hasn't been properly sharpened, so it's quite dull.
But Hu Qing remained unfazed and slashed down hard. It was unclear whether his bones broke first or the broken knife in his hand.
But this did not dampen the orcs' excitement.
Hu Qing then summoned several male orcs. The group worked together, quickly preparing the venison and preparing to pour it into the stone pot.
Lin Baiyan stared in disbelief at their actions and quickly stepped forward to stop them, "Wait, wait!"
Hu Qing looked at Lin Baiyan's actions with confusion, "Baiyan, what's wrong?"
Clearly, he accepted the young man's name very well and had already started calling him by it.
Lin Baiyan looked at him and asked, "Are we just going to pour it in like that?"
“Yes, just pour it in and wait for the meat to lighten in color before eating,” Hu Qing said matter-of-factly.
"It's alright, we can add some salt, but we're out of salt now." Hu Qing said, sounding a bit worried.
The young man was dumbfounded when he heard what Hu Qing said.
Just pour it in directly, without even letting it soak in the blood?
Lin Baiyan didn't even dare to imagine how awful it would taste.
But there's nothing better to remove the fishy smell right now, and everyone's been hungry for so long.
"Let's rinse the meat with water to remove the blood; it'll taste better that way." Lin Baiyan thought for a moment, but still felt that filling everyone's stomachs was the most important task right now.
Although Hu Qing was a little confused when he heard Lin Baiyan's words, he still did as he was told. It was nothing troublesome; it was just a matter of rinsing the water once.
Once all the washed meat was added to the stone pot, all the ingredients were ready. Hu Qing then took the wooden stick from Yang Ye's hand. His strength was much greater than Yang Ye's, which was very rare among the sub-beastmen.
He vigorously stirred the food in the stone pot, while Yang Ye added a piece of firewood to it every now and then.
A group of beastmen scattered and continued polishing the stone bowls they would use for eating. During the day, the older beastmen and the cubs in the cave had already polished some.
However, there were more than sixty of them, and these stone bowls were far from enough.
The orcs formed a circle around the stone pot, polishing their own stone slabs while glancing at the pot full of food every now and then.
Even if we can't eat it now, every time we see it, our hearts are filled with happiness.
Gradually, the aroma of food began to waft from the stone pot. Although Lin Baiyan felt that the food inside wouldn't be very tasty, he hadn't had a proper meal in so long after all the travel.
Upon smelling the aroma, his stomach began to rumble uncontrollably.
Not just him, everyone's stomachs started protesting one after another.
Wolf Cang, standing next to him, stared intently at the stone pot. Wolf Yun, a half-grown cub beside him, was just like him. All the wolf cubs, including Wolf Cang, were also staring at the food inside without blinking, swallowing their saliva from time to time.
Lin Baiyan was a little embarrassed at first, but after going around in circles, everyone's expressions weren't much better than Lang Cang's.
After an unknown amount of time, under the sharp gaze of the orcs, the water in the stone pot finally began to bubble.
When Tu Lin saw the bubbles, he immediately wanted to go up and serve the rice, but Lin Baiyan stopped him.
"We need to wait a little longer, until the bubbles get bigger before we can eat." Lin Baiyan was unaware of the beastmen's powerful digestive system and was worried that they might get sick from eating it.
They currently have no usable herbs on hand, and if any problems arise, they will truly be helpless.
Although Lang Cang was somewhat impatient, he still agreed with Lin Baiyan's suggestion, "Let's cook it a little longer, it won't make a difference."
Seeing that Lang Cang also said so, Tu Lin put down the wooden stick in his hand.
Amidst the anxious gazes of the many beastmen, the bubbles in the stone pot finally grew larger and larger, slowly bubbling and rolling.
"Meow?" Is it ready to eat?
Cat Xia nudged Lin Baiyan's calf with her paw and then wrapped her tail around it, clearly she was starving.
The orcs have also been keeping their eyes on the young man.
Lin Baiyan smiled and nodded, "That's fine."
Upon hearing this, Tu Lin quickly shoved the stone bowl in her hand into Lin Baiyan's hand, then looked at him with longing.
The young man's gaze was somewhat lost, and he subconsciously glanced at Lang Cang beside him.
Seeing the young man's questioning look, Lang Cang explained, "Tu Lin, they want you to distribute the food for them."
"But Tu Lin is the oldest and the leader of the gathering team, shouldn't he be the one to do it?"
The man looked at the young man and said, “This is different. You are the priest, and this is the first food we hunted together. It must be distributed by the priest.”
The young man had clearly not received priestly training and was unfamiliar with these things.
It's alright, he's been with his parents since he was little and has seen a lot, he'll remind him.
Wolf Cang thought to himself subconsciously.
She had no idea that she had just been thinking about leaving.
Upon hearing Lang Cang's words, Lin Baiyan suddenly understood.
He got it; it's all about being a mascot!
He can do it!
Lin Baiyan picked up a relatively deep stone bowl, scooped out a piece of meat of a suitable size, and added a lot of vegetables and soup to the bowl before handing it to Lang Cang.
The young man handed over the bowl with a smile, "Then our number one fighter will eat first!"
He really needs to take good care of Lang Cang!
Try to get him to stay here willingly!
The other orcs had no objections to Lin Baiyan's actions; it was to be expected.
Lang Cang's gaze deepened as he looked at the young man's fair face, his dark eyes growing increasingly unfathomable.