sbdcsierra Chapter 10 Cooking
Chapter 10 Cooking
Clearly, the beastmen had already taken Lang Cang's answer as a sign of affirmation.
Everyone felt like they had found a pillar of support, since combat strength was still very important on this continent, and a powerful clan leader was more convincing.
"Then we'll have to have tribes!"
"Great, we now have a priest!"
"Meow~" "Awoo!" Even the little cubs seemed to sense the joyful atmosphere, running around and frolicking in the cave.
"Alright, alright, everyone go back to your work. Hu Qing, you guys haven't finished making the stone pots yet!" Tu Lin told the beastmen to disperse.
"Hurry up and prepare the prey. Now that the male orcs are back, help them polish the stone pots. Find something to do!"
Upon hearing what Rabbit Forest said, the beastmen scattered in a swarm to do their own work.
Lin Baiyan was eager to build a good relationship with Lang Cang, and like a young man showing off a treasure, he pointed to the fire he had just started and said to Lang Cang, "Look, I've started a fire!"
Looking at the blazing fire and then at Lin Baiyan's bright cat-like eyes, Lang Cang blurted out, "Hmm, you're very capable."
As if suddenly realizing what he had said, a hint of unease flashed across Lang Cang's face, and he quickly added, "But you shouldn't teach your abilities to Lang Yun; he's not your student."
Lin Baiyan asked, somewhat puzzled, "What ability?"
Lang Cang's gaze then turned to the campfire.
The young man suddenly realized and pointed to the newly lit fire, saying to him, "You mean the ability to start a fire?"
"Hey, it's nothing. I think starting a fire is something all orcs can do, not something to be used as a status symbol." The young man waved his hand dismissively.
He smiled at Lang Cang, his round cat-like eyes seemingly filled with stars, "Not only Lang Yun, but everyone can learn this in the future. That way, when we go hunting, having fire will make us safer."
"And," Lin Baiyan continued, "I can teach you too, it's very simple!"
Lang Cang looked at the smiling young man in front of him without saying a word, his expression somewhat ambiguous.
This orc seems a bit different.
The man's eyes gradually deepened. What exactly was the hope of the North, the hope his mother and father had spoken of?
Could it be him...?
He silently walked to the cave entrance and began to process the fawn he had hunted with his bone knife.
Lin Baiyan quickly chased after him, "Don't you want to learn? This is very easy, you'll learn it in no time."
He glanced at the young man who had followed him over; in fact, he had already memorized the general idea while he was looking at it.
It wasn't that he intentionally peeked; he just couldn't help it. He'd been like that since he was a child, and he basically never forgot what he saw.
Seeing that Lang Cang still didn't react, Lin Baiyan looked at the man's unyielding profile with some discouragement.
The young man couldn't help but mutter to himself: Why is he like an ice cube?
Strangely enough, even though Lang Cang always had such a cold face, Lin Baiyan still found him strangely reliable.
Perhaps this is the sense of security that comes from powerful male orcs?
Moreover, judging from Mao Bai's memories, Lang Cang seems to have always been like this.
"Garlic, garlic," the young man consoled himself.
We must respect everyone's personality; orcs are people too.
While Lin Baiyan was lost in thought, Lang Cang had already nimbly peeled off a deer hide completely. The deer hide was quite thin and felt smooth to the touch.
The young man was startled when he suddenly saw a skinned, bloody fawn, and then suddenly turned into a kitten.
Lin Baiyan: "..."
Wolf Cang: "..."
Wolf Cang thought this sub-beastman was cowardly, but he didn't expect that just handling prey would frighten him into turning back into his original form.
The man subconsciously moved closer to the kitten, blocking its view.
The young man was also a little embarrassed; this was the second time this had happened, and he wished he could find a place to crawl into right now.
The fluffy kitten deflated and covered its head with its two paws, hiding between them as if deceiving itself, while secretly peeking out a gap in its paws to observe Lang Cang's expression.
Wolf Cang watched the kitten's actions with amusement. "It's okay. You're not an adult yet, so it's normal that you can't control your beast form."
The kitten's ears perked up. "Really?"
Not for comforting cats?
Lang Cang saw that the gaps between his claws had quietly widened a little more, and the smile in his eyes became even more obvious. "Really, it will be fine when you grow up."
Anyway, this wasn't the first time she'd embarrassed herself in front of him, the kitten thought to herself, trying to comfort herself.
Then he darted to the nearest rock, mustered all his strength, and transformed himself back into human form.
When she reappeared, Lin Baiyan had already transformed into human form.
The young man, his face flushed and head bowed, walked to Lang Cang's side as if nothing had happened.
He muttered a self-justification in a low voice, "I just couldn't control myself for a moment..."
Looking at the young man's hairstyle, Lang Cang's eyes softened slightly. "Yes, I know."
When Lin Baiyan escaped behind the rocks, he had already placed the prepared rabbit and deer next to the stone pot. Now, there was only a pool of blood and the skinned animal hides left on the spot.
"Cat White, come here quickly, we're about to start cooking!" Lu Xiao, who was circling around the stone pot, called out to Lin Baiyan.
Lin Baiyan turned his head and glanced at the stone pot. Hu Qing and the others had almost finished polishing it.
"Coming, coming!" The young man turned his head to look at Lang Cang beside him, and ran over in response.
When Lin Baiyan got closer to the stone pot, he could see the state of their polishing. The original whole stone had been turned into a concave stone trough.
However, due to a shortage of tools, the bottom wall of the stone trough was quite thick, but it was still usable.
The male orc, Quanli, and Niulie worked together to carry the stone pot outside and rinsed it briefly with the water brought back by the sub-orcs.
Then, take a few flat small stones outside and set up a simple stove, then place the stone pot on top of the stove.
They used twigs and leaves to light the fire in the stove, while Hu Qing and Yang Ye were in charge of cooking dinner.
It was called cooking rice, but in reality, they just poured the water that Lu Xiao and the other sub-beastmen had collected in bamboo tubes into a stone pot, then threw in the washed wild vegetables, and Hu Qing took a clean twig and slowly stirred it in the pot.
Lin Baiyan watched as Yang Ye threw the bamboo shoots, toothed leaves, and peeled chestnut balls he had picked into the pot, and suddenly remembered the mushrooms he had just picked.
He jogged back and brought out the mushrooms he had picked earlier, handing them to Yang Ye. "These mushrooms are edible too."
Yang Ye took it, looking at the unfamiliar mushroom with a slight hesitation…
At this moment, Tu Lin came over to take a look and said, "The priest is probably right. Let's put it in."
Without further hesitation, Yang Ye handed the mushrooms over to the other sub-beastmen to clean.
Hearing this address, Lin Baiyan was still a little uncomfortable. "Just call me Baiyan."
"White Flame?" Tu Lin looked at Lin Baiyan with some confusion.