Which orc family didn’t have young orcs? Hearing that houses would be built on such high city walls for the patrolling orcs from the tribe to live in, the tribe mbers raised all four claws in approval. After all, their own orcs also participated in the patrols.
With the city walls built, the gates sealed, and the houses complete, the orcs had orderly begun their patrols. The panic due to the appearance of fierce beasts in the tribe had finally subsided, and the tribe returned to its previous way of life.
Ji Nuan had co to Grandma Shaman’s house and Uncle Ge Xing soon followed. Xiu Yan had once again transford into his chubby cub form, nestled comfortably in Ji Nuan’s embrace, happily stretching his limbs.
"Uncle Ge Xing, Grandma Shaman, prey is becoming scarce, but our tribe’s numbers increase each day. If this continues, conflicts within the tribe, attacks by beasts... What are we going to do?" Ji Nuan simply raised the issue, but did not ntion migration.
Grandma Shaman nodded, "The decrease in prey has been happening for a long ti. When I was a Shaman Disciple, the old Shaman had said that the prey in Eneru Forest was gradually decreasing, we didn’t know if there would be enough for our descendants.
I didn’t expect it to have beco this severe."
"If there’s no more prey in our territory, then we can only... we have to migrate!" Chief Ge Xing uttered such words in a very low, potently somber tone.
The room instantly fell silent.
The chubby cub in Ji Nuan’s arms yawned with a wide-open mouth, his loud sound breaking the silence in the air.
Ji Nuan breathed deeply, her eyes aglow with excitent, "I propose we migrate."
Both the Shaman and Chief Ge Xing looked at Ji Nuan, the petite she-cub, in surprise. The migration of the tribe was typically opposed by the females because the journey was too arduous. Moreover, many of them would find it unbearable to leave the tribe where they had lived for half of their lives and did not want to move away.
"What’s your idea, Ji Nuan?" Grandma Shaman asked, looking at her.
Light flickered in Ge Xing’s eyes too.
Ji Nuan continued, "Back when we went to the tribal assembly, I had taken a liking to the plains by the Eneru River. But our houses weren’t ready, so I didn’t ntion it then. I believe that’s an excellent new ho."
Ge Xing frowned, "That place is quite vast, yes, but there’s no big ga and no forests there. What would we eat?"
Grandma Shaman did not reply, but her eyes showed trust in Ji Nuan.
Ji Nuan smiled mysteriously, "Uncle Ge Xing, what do you suppose I had you bring all the weak orcs back for?"
Ge Xing looked confused, "Didn’t you say it was for them to grow dicinal plants and Crunchy Fruits?"
The Shaman’s eyes were already bright, her gaze upon Ji Nuan full of admiration.
Ji Nuan smiled, "Indeed. If we plant trees of Stinky Fruits, Purple Fruits, and Crunchy Fruits on that vast plain, will we fear running out of food?"
Ge Xing’s eyes widened, "This... this... this..."
Ji Nuan continued, "We could also capture so young beasts and raise them. They could breed, and their offspring could grow. This way the orcs wouldn’t need to hunt but we would have at. Would you still fear a food shortage then?"
Ge Xing clapped his hands and burst into laughter that echoed throughout the entire room, "Alright, alright, there will be so much food we wouldn’t be able to finish it all! How can we fear a shortage of food? Ha ha ha!"
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