After making breakfast and feeding the cubs, Hu Jiaojiao hadn't gone to find the chief yet, but the chief came to find her in person with a group of orcs.
The tribe leader was half happy and half worried. He held a handful of small black fruits and found Fox Jiaojiao. "Jiaojiao, this is the salt fruit you mentioned. I have found it."
Hu Jiaojiao took a look and found that it was exactly the same salted fruit she saw yesterday.
But today's salted fruit, each small fruit is connected to a thin branch, and a bunch of fruits are growing on a long branch, but the fruits grow scattered, as if many of them were picked halfway.
Without waiting for Hu Jiaojiao to speak, the clan leader continued:
"However, we only found three salt fruit trees in total, and the salt fruits on the trees have been eaten by wild beasts, leaving only these uneven ones..."
He sighed and could only think positively.
“It’s not enough, but it’s better than no salt at all.”
After hearing the words of the clan leader, Hu Jiaojiao nodded solemnly.
She had never thought about this situation. It seemed that salt fruit trees were very rare in the orc world. No wonder the orcs had to rely on exchanging salt with the sea orcs to survive.
If there really were enough salt fruits to eat, the orcs would have discovered them long ago and would not have waited for her to tell them.
"It's okay, clan leader. These salted fruits are enough." Hu Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes and spoke with a smile.
"I know where to find enough salt."
After she said this, the chief and all the beasts widened their eyes and looked at her in disbelief.
Before they knew it, most of the orcs in the tribe had come to Hu Jiaojiao's house, except for the orcs brought by the tribe leader. They all wanted to see what the fruit that could taste salty looked like, so that they could pick it themselves in the future.
After hearing the words of the patriarch, they were originally ready to leave in disappointment.
Who knew that Hu Jiaojiao suddenly revealed the news that was enough to alarm the entire tribe!
Suddenly, it was as if a thunderclap had exploded among the orcs. They became agitated and restless, and began to ask at once:
"Really? You can find salt!"
"Where can we find salt? Can it really help us survive the winter?"
"Fox Jiaojiao is a female favored by the Beast God. She has saved the tribe so many times. What are you doubting? I believe her anyway!"
The clan leader could no longer hold back and asked excitedly, "Jiaojiao, where is the place you are talking about?"
Hu Jiaojiao recalled the dragon roars and fox calls in her dream, which were in the direction of the rising sun. If that was the location of the tribe, then the lake covered with salt flowers should be there...
"To the west, there is a large lake covered with salt crystals that look like flowers and can be eaten as salt."
She rested her hand on her chin and described it as she thought carefully.
"Oh, by the way, the lake should be somewhere very high up, maybe on a mountain..."
In the dream, there was smoke all around, which must be the fog on the mountain. Usually there is thick fog on the mountains all year round.
"Okay! Okay! I'll send the orcs there to look for the salt flowers you mentioned!" The chief's lips were trembling with excitement, and his whole body seemed to be enveloped by spring.
He wasn't this excited when he found a partner when he was young.
This shows how important he regards the tribe!
"Okay." Hu Jiaojiao nodded.
Why do I suddenly feel like a witch
She keeps talking nonsense all day long, and tells lies that the Beast God told her in her dreams. Only the beastmen who are kind-hearted, simple and honest and who revere the Beast God will believe her words.
"It's just..."
Hu Jiaojiao suddenly thought of the salt that had inexplicably melted in the cave, "Chief, if we find salt flowers this time, we must store them carefully and prevent them from melting again."
Otherwise, it would be a tricky task to get the salt flowers back and forth.
It is still unknown how far the tribe is from the salt lake and whether there will be any danger on the road.
"I know. I will keep it well this time and there will be no more accidents." After hearing what Hu Jiaojiao said, the patriarch restrained his smile and nodded seriously.
"Oh right." Hu Jiaojiao couldn't help asking, "Chief, why did the salt in the cave melt? Is it really just because the cave is damp?"
She always felt a little weird.
How could the salt melt? And no one seems to be interested in investigating.
The tribe leader sighed and explained with a pale face, "I checked it out. It turns out that the cave is too humid, and moisture condensed. The dripping water just happened to drip onto the salt."
Overnight, all the salt dissolved.
"So that's how it is." Hu Jiaojiao didn't ask any more questions.
"Then I will gather people and go get the salt flowers. Jiaojiao, how many orcs do you think we will need to go?" The chief subconsciously asked Hu Jiaojiao for her opinion.
In his heart, he already regarded Hu Jiaojiao as the lucky star of the tribe, so if there was anything, he would always go no wrong by asking her.
Now is the busy time for storing food in the autumn, preparing to make charcoal, and taking care of potato seedlings.
Fox Jiaojiao blinked, thought for a moment, and replied:
"Seven or eight people are enough. They need to be strong and able to climb mountains and protect themselves if they encounter danger on the road."
I hope that instead of getting the salt, something happens to the animal.
Just half of the orcs were sent to exchange for salt, and the other half stayed in the tribe to make charcoal.
"Okay, okay." The clan leader nodded repeatedly, trusting Hu Jiaojiao's words very much.
"Chief, is it too hasty to go looking for Yanhua just based on a dream..."
At this time, a weak voice came from the group of orcs.
When the beasts heard this, they turned around cursing, but when they saw that the person who spoke was the delicate-looking female Huang Yue, they swallowed back the words that were about to come out of their mouths.
"I don't mean anything else. I'm just worried that the orcs on the road will get hurt. After all, the forest is very dangerous." Feeling the gazes of the beasts, Huang Yue explained timidly.
The orcs suddenly felt reluctant to blame her.
Are people worried about them
How could they speak so harshly to such a kind female
Among the beastmen, the deer mother looked at Hu Jiaojiao with resentment on her face, and immediately jumped out following the voice, saying unhappily:
"She's right! You didn't even tell us how far it was, and you asked everyone to look for it. What if something went wrong? Will you be responsible?"
"Besides, how can flowers grow out of salt? Have you ever seen it? I haven't seen it anyway. Maybe it's just a lie made up by a fox! You foxes are full of lies."
The deer mother is the most vengeful and has been annoyed with Fox Jiaojiao for a long time. Now that she has found an opportunity to throw dirty water on her, she will naturally not let it go.
Seeing the deer mother stand out, Huang Yue curled her lips secretly, and then quietly retreated into the group of orcs.
"Why should we listen to Fox Jiaojiao? Ever since she started to be visited by the Beast God in her dreams, disasters have occurred one after another in the tribe. I think she is not a lucky star, but a disaster star!"
The deer mother seemed crazy and spoke excitedly.
He didn't notice at all that none of the orcs around him looked at him in agreement.
Hu Jiaojiao's eyes turned cold, and she slowly walked to the front of Lu Mu and said in a cold voice:
"If I were a disaster star, the first thing I would do is get you out of the tribe."