nucmednet Chapter 219 The Bear Beast Tribe's Bamboo Shed Meeting
Chapter 219 The Bear Beast Tribe's Bamboo Shed Meeting
The beastmen raised their glasses in unison: "May the Beast God protect us!"
Linni joined everyone in raising their glasses: "May the Beast God bless us!"
The beastmen mostly finished their drinks in one gulp. Each cup contained about eight ounces of wine, but Linni didn't dare drink it all. She only took a large sip. It was very fragrant, not as sweet as the fruit-flavored wine of the ape tribe; it was lighter, but tasted even better. Having been drunk once before, Linni was even more hesitant to drink more.
The panda and raccoon chieftains poured more wine for everyone, and they began to eat. The bear-beast tribe members indeed mostly ate raw food; they ate raw meat with freshly dug bamboo shoots and fruit (mainly peaches). To Linni's surprise, not only the black and white bear tribe ate bamboo shoots, but other bear tribes did as well. After the bamboo rice was cooked, they simply pushed the bamboo tubes aside and used chopsticks to eat from bamboo cups. Yes, they ate rice and drank wine—that's how it was.
Everyone ate raw food, including Ye and Sheng. Only Lin Ni and Yao ate cooked food, but since females always ate cooked food, everyone assumed that Yao was eating with her.
As they ate and chatted, and drank a few cups of wine, the Black and White Bear chieftain, Chongjiu, inquired about the purpose of Linni and her group's visit to the Bear Beast Tribe. Although everyone had already heard a brief account from Chief Yuan of the Black and White Bear Clan, they still looked at Linni intently. After all, this was the Beastman Continent, and no one did not believe in the Beast God. The matter of the Beast God had always been taboo, but anyone who dared to speak of it was undoubtedly taking it very seriously.
Lin Ni, now the Beast God's messenger, has become much more eloquent. After her speeches at the Eagle Beast Tribe and the Bloodthirsty Tribe, she can now speak with remarkable fluency and eloquence. She directly states that the Beast God sent Yao, the divine phoenix, to accompany her across the Beastman Continent to find the guardian beastmen of the four regions, awaken and activate the four guardian stone tablets, and spread the Beast God's divine pronouncements, encouraging the beastmen to be benevolent, pray to the Beast God, and contribute their strength to awakening him. She has already found the guardian beastman of the towering mountains—Bai, the guardian beastman of the towering cliffs—Yan, and the guardian beastmen of the vast North Sea—Xuan and Ling. Only the Rainforest Marshland remains. Once the last guardian beastman is identified and the guardian stone tablet of the Rainforest Marshland—the Azure Dragon Tablet—is awakened through the devout prayers of all the beastmen on the Beastman Continent, dispelling the evil aura and allowing the Beast God's divine light to shine upon the continent once more.
This explanation stunned the orcs. Orcs don't lie, so they didn't suspect Linni of lying. Besides, they had already found the guardian orcs in three different places, which made it impossible for them not to believe her. They immediately pledged to do everything in their power to help the Beast God's messenger fulfill the Beast God's divine message.
After taking another sip of wine, the black and white bear leader asked Linni, "Besides offering our prayers, what else can we do? Do you know anything about the beastmen who guard the Azure Dragon Stele?"
Lin Ni started making up stories again: "As you all know, I am a natural female. I have inherited memories. The four divine beasts protect the four directions: the Azure Dragon in the East, the Vermilion Bird in the South, the White Tiger in the West, and the Black Tortoise in the North. In addition, there are the inheritances of carp transforming into dragons and snakes transforming into dragons. If the Azure Dragon has a bloodline, then it should be born among the beastmen of these two races."
The bear-beast tribe members were clearly unhappy that the guardian beastmen of the rainforest might be snake-beastmen, since most of the snake-beastmen were nomadic beastmen!
Chieftain Ke of the Brown Bear Clan said unhappily, "The guardian beastmen of the Azure Dragon Stele are snake beastmen?"
Chief Black and White Bear said, "I've never heard of a level nine snake beastman, but there are quite a few level eight ones." Then he looked at Ling and said, "Isn't there a level nine snake beastman here?"
Ling opened his mouth and said, "I am a guardian beastman of the vast North Sea, and I have been recognized by the Xuanwu Stele. I cannot be a guardian beastman of the Qinglong Stele." After speaking, he explained to everyone the special characteristics of companion beasts. They are born of the same kind, grow up together, cannot live apart, and share life. After forming a pair, their partner marks are also intertwined.
The things they heard that day were truly eye-opening for the beastmen of the Bear Beast Tribe.
Lin Ni helped Ling summarize: "The Xuanwu and the spirit snake are twins, and together they form the Xuanwu. Since it is the Xuanwu, it cannot be the Qinglong."
Then everyone turned their attention to the night, and the Black and White Bear leader asked again, "Does the Guardian Beastman have to be a level nine Snake Beastman?"
Linni smiled and said, "Night is very likely the guardian beastman of the Azure Dragon Stele, but he has not yet been recognized by the Azure Dragon Stele, so we dare not confirm it."
Now that the guardian beastman had been found and only confirmation was needed, the Bear Beast Tribe offered to protect Linni on her journey to the Azure Dragon Stele, so they could witness its activation and the birth of the guardian beastman. Regarding their lack of flying beastmen, Chief Yuan of the Bear Beast Tribe didn't think it was a problem. He suggested that Linni spend the next few days spreading the word about the Beast God throughout their tribe's various bear settlements, and also get some rest. Their tribe would send a team of beastmen ahead, who could then meet at the Azure Dragon Stele. Yuan's suggestion was unanimously approved. For the Rainforest Kingdom, for the Beastman Continent, and for the Beast God, they were willing to go with the Beast God's messenger.
These are truly righteous tribes. Whether it's the Eagle Beast Tribe or the Bear Beast Tribe, they all love life and deeply respect the Beast God.
The party that evening was a great success, with everyone drinking quite a bit in celebration of the bright future of the Orcish Continent. Linni, initially hesitant to drink much for fear of getting too drunk, still inadvertently overindulged in the lively atmosphere.
She didn't remember how she left the bamboo hut, but she remembered wanting to have a baby with Yao. What would happen to them if she activated the Four Directions Stone Tablet, awakened the Beast God, and then left the Beastman Continent? She wanted to have a baby for them, so they would have something to remember her by. And what did Yao say? She forgot.
Lin Ni only knew that she had spent the entire night surfing in the surging ocean, constantly riding the crests of the high and low waves, unable to stop. As for whether she was surfing with Yao, Bai, Yan, or Ye, she wasn't quite sure...
Linni slept until noon, completely unable to recall the details of the previous night. Her back ached, and her legs felt weak. Actually, after Yao Sheng reached level nine, she rarely felt unwell the day after doing these things. It seemed the only exception was the night she first arrived at the Beast Tribe? Thinking of this, Linni's face darkened. That night was the one when those beastmen acted without her permission. She was even more tired today than that night!