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43.42% Carriage of Immortality / Chapter 33: Elder (3)

Chapter 33: Elder (3)

"Get ready! The Ashen Wolves is on the move!" Guan Yi warns everyone about the movement report given by Dou Yi. The group immediately splits into three to defend their home, with the women coming out to the battlefield helping in various tasks.

And at the same time they moved, Tiezu-Wu's group reaches the Mu's Camp. Immediately understands what was happening here, Tiezu-Wu is decisive enough to order forty orcs to split into two forces, while himself heading to the west gates to defend against enemy attack.

"Orcs is here! The orcs are here!" Ka-Ba, Han Xi, Han Yu, Guan Yi, and Qing Yi is the happiest when they saw the orcs coming with a weapon to help. With twenty orcs helping in a direction and Tiezu-Wu guarding the west entrance, their strength is increased by twofold!

But that was just barely enough to fight against the wolves, which had their numbers increases from 430 to 950 Ashen Wolves just before nightfall. Added with the five Prairie Black Wolves, the wolves strength looks like they grow a pair of wings.

"Continue to defend! Our chief will come back tonight! I'm sure of it!" Guan Yi motivates everyone for the last time before the fight begins.

"AOU!!! AOU!!!" the order finally came! The Ashen Wolf King personally took the helm of leadership and entered the battlefield!

"Aou!!!"

"Aou!!!"

The order was transmitted to the two sides as the fight begins! Not a single thing may change the decision if these two sides in this battle!

At the starting of the battle, the Prairie Black Wolves immediately charge at their target! Han Yu, Ka-Ba, Dou Yi, Qing Yi, Yulin, and Tiezu-Wu was put in a decisive battle without a choice! Even Guan Yi has to fight against the Ashen Wolf King and ignored his commanding post!

"Everyone! Let's win this war!" Guan Yi howled. The club in his hand was swung at the Ashen Wolf King, which was not even fast enough to catch that opponent!

The Ashen Wolf King disappeared from Guan Yi's sight, only to land a deep bite on Guan Yi's nape! If he was one millisecond slower, he might be the first to fall in this battle.

"Food!" a goblin suddenly pops out from Guan Yi's vest and fed him with the Xian-Ren Grass. With food coming through his throat, the skill [Eater] activated. Any wound was healed without leaving a scar and propelled his strength further.

Guan Yi only took twelve seconds to return to his peak condition.

Puzzled with the opponent ridiculous rate of recovery, the Ashen Wolf King attacked once more. But will Guan Yi fall for the same trick the second time?

Impossible!

Guan Yi swung his club further this time and managed to a small scratch on the Ashen Wolf King's leg. It was a shallow bruise, but the force that can crushes bones is still painful to overcome.

"OU!" unable to maintain calm, the Ashen Wolf King decide to gang on Guan Yi.

Meanwhile, at another part of the battlefield, the challenge brought by fighting against a Prairie Black Wolf in a solo battle is too difficult. Especially with Ka-Ba and Yulin's half-bucket full skills.

The situation for Qing Yi and Dou Yi weren't going too well either. One archer and another slow fighter, fighting against two opponents that stronger than them is almost like trying to test how hard is an egg against a rock.

Only Han Yu capable of fighting against the Prairie Black Wolf due to the Ashen War Gauntlet given by Mu Qing Lang. With the increases of five fitness point, a speed point, and three defensive points, his fighting prowess is comparable to Guan Yi.

"OU!" the howl from the wolves was getting louder. Amongst the thirty-three goblins, two of them were heavily injured, and ten of them is wounded on either a side of their leg or arm. They can be counted as dropping out from the battle.

The orcs did not go too well either. As a tribe that sees the Ashen Wolves as inferior, getting forced to a defensive battle can be said to be a complete shame to them. Although armed, they still lost in this fight against an inferior creature.

As the situation started to turn from bad to worst, they began giving up.

"GAA AAA!!!" Guan Yi's howled as loud as he could to bring their mindset together once more. Struggling and hate to admit defeat, he continued his fight against the Ashen Wolf King, who was not in a better condition compared to him.

Everyone stands up on their feet once more. The pain from the fight almost made them cries, but they grit their teeth from crying.

"AOU!" the Ashen Wolf King continued to give an order. But this time, it yields a different result.

"Shut the F*** Up." a sword sliced through the Ashen Wolf King's neck without friction. It fell on the ground even before the Prairie Black Wolves can react.

The power from his Wheel of Cause Sutra spreads through the entire battlefield, trying to extend their life a minute more for rescue.

"Master!"

"Chief Mu!"

Everyone called him in their own way.

"Hump! A group of cubs that dare to mess with my settlement. How dare you!" Mu Qing Lang's voice vibrates in their ears as the Ashen Wolves are all trying to escape.

"Stay!" the might that brought by his Wheel of Cause Sutra stops the Ashen Wolves from leaving, as all of them sat down on the ground waiting for their fate to come.

Without further ado, he gathered everyone before him and had them started to apply the Recovery Ointment. Topping the medicine with pills and also having the girls prepare some Xian-Ren Grass for them to eat, their situation turns better.

Mu Qing Lang ordered everyone to sleep, while himself handled the Ashen wolves by himself. Without the Ashen Wolf King, the remaining six hundred and fifty wolves including the five Prairie Black Wolves became more docile than a puppy.

"I won't kill all of you here, but you'll have to stop attacking the Mu's Settlement and our people. In return for ignoring my settlement, I'll let all of you come to me if your tribe face any danger."

"At the same time, I'll try my best to share our food with your tribe, this means you'll never need to go hungry. But I'll say this first, it doesn't mean you can keep reproducing because I promised to feed you all, understand?"

If he was in his previous world, others might call him lunatic for speaking to the canines. But here, it was a typical day to day occurrence. His words made the five Prairie Black Wolves gathered the opinion of the others and returned with complete approval.

From this moment onwards, Mu Qing Lang will lead the Ashen Wolves. As long they're fed, the wolves will not hesitate to contribute to the wellbeing of the Mu's Settlement. In return for their loyalty, Mu Qing Lang would have to promise them food, shelter, and protection to preserve their tribe.

A hundred Ashen Wolves and a Prairie Black Wolf will stay with the settlement, while the others returned to bring their family over along with some treasures and their cubs. Without an Ashen Wolf King ordering them from behind, the Ashen Wolves is a pretty docile bunch.

This was almost the same as the Grass Bear and Stone Claw Bear mentioned by Ka-Ruo. While they are usually docile, the appearance of a leader in the tribe may decide what kind of path they'll take.

The Stone Claw Bear chose aggression. It was the same with the Ashen Wolf King. Perhaps, they are not that different from humans, who prefer using war to justify their actions, and applying Legalism to promotes their power.

With the matter was all handled, Mu Qing Lang planted the fourth Yunxia Bamboo Shoot on the field and harvested the Medicinal Opium Latex that was lanced in the early morning. After the collection of 1,400gm of latex along with two days worth of harvest, Mu Qing Lang returned to his carriage.

By tomorrow morning, he should hand the ten Rhizomes of Prairie Sugar Root to Xiao Qing, and had his people expand their Chang Empress Poppy plant to three times their current size.

After putting off his equipment aside, Mu Qing Lang crawled to his bed, much more exhausted than before.

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Day Twenty-Six.

It was livelier than before, perhaps due to the arrival of another group of orcs. They traveled without stopping too much, and finally here at Mu's Settlement. Thirty humans come in and increase his camp population from 51 to 81, which also means a boast of manpower.

As for the orcs, they're gathered outside of his carriage, with Tiezu-Wu handover the box is given by their eldest to him. The two groups mixed together and immediately reported to Mu Qing Lang about their village situation.

After asking for his help, the orcs became quiet. Everyone was waiting for Mu Qing Lang to open the box. He adhered to their wish and opened it for his own view.

The item placed inside the box makes Mu Qing Lang felt emotional. He did not mutter the next word and quietly went to the sibling's side. And without explaining himself, Mu Qing Lang raised his fist and pummeled them until the orcs have to step in and stop them.

"YOU TWO IDIOTS!"


Chapter 34: Sacrificing a Village For a Speck of Hope

The fight ends up with Mu Qing Lang is separated from the siblings. When one of the orcs knocked the chest off from the table, a right palm belonged to an orc came into everyone's sight.

This content shocked Tiezu-Wu and Tiezu-Gu the most.

Did they carry their brother's right palm all the way until here? Without knowing what is inside? Did they not question the fact why Tiezu-Yu bid farewell to them with his left hand raised?

They are indeed foolish! How stupid should they be to understands what their brother has done for them? For the sake of continuing the legacy of their Iron Skin Boar Tribe, Tiezu-Yu sacrificed himself to hold the enemies in the frontline, while fighting for the hope to successfully carried the legacy away.

Unfortunately, the legacy bearer is not others, but these two fools!

"Chief Mu. Does this means... Tiezu-Orc Village is no more?" Tiezu-Wu already guessed about what will happen to their village but found it hard to accept the truth. To made his wishful dream shattered, he asked the person that his eldest brother assigned to tell him the truth.

"No," Mu Qing Lang answered straightforwardly.

"No?" the orcs stares at Mu Qing Lang.

"Aren't you the orcs from the Iron Skin Boar Tribe? If you still exist, then the Tiezu-Orc Village exists. If there's no more Iron Skin Boars and the Tiezu-Orcs, then you cease to exist."

"Is this very difficult to understand?" Mu Qing Lang's word hit them in their weakest, most fragile spot. But that word wasn't full of despise, but motivation.

"Yes... We're the Tiezu-Orcs! Wherever we go, we can rebuild our tribe once more!" Tiezu-Wu stands up and shouts his motivation again. This is the proof he's grown.

"Correct! If they destroy us once, we rebuild once! If they do it ten times, we redo it ten... Ouch!" Mu Qing Lang can't continue listening to this Tiezu-Gu's word. He'll have to put more effort into training this orc.

This means the recently updated number of 81 residents now has to be adjusted again. Along with 150 orcs excluding their chiefs, their newest headcount is now 131 residents.

Without forgetting about what the youngsters said, Mu Qing Lang allocated the orcs to rebuild their own village once again at the short-grass area two fields away from their current spot. The first reason is due to the orc's specialty, which is herding animals, and the second, they're useless in farming.

With that said, Mu Qing Lang assigned the orcs to handle the breeding project instead, and leave the farming project to his side. The harvest for their Xian-Ren Grass reaches 6,000 stalks daily, with the Amber Root and Juniper Fruit continued at 1,000 units daily.

As for the Prairie Rock Sage, Mu Qing Lang replants the two seeds it made and collected twelve sage leaves from the plant. Lastly, the Prairie Sugar Root is planted at the northern site, with 100 cuts of rhizomes first. Their great harvest can be expected almost instantly after 24 hours.

Next of the list is the Chang Empress Poppy. Other than harvesting their fruits and collecting the seeds together, Mu Qing Lang ordered them to expand the plantation to three fields. This expansion is done to increases the amount of Medicinal Opium Latex through every harvest.

After the dinner with the group, some self-introduction, and arranging a companion system between the existing member with the new residents, Mu Qing Lang returned to the carriage half an hour before midnight.

Putting aside the equipment at a corner in the carriage, Mu Qing Lang sat on the chair before the Information Table and awaited for the scanning results. A moment later, an option pops up.

[*Prairie Rock Sage*]

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"I'll check this out before going to bed." Mu Qing Lang tapped the option, hoping the information about this product is a short one.

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[Toot!]

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Prairie Rock Sage [Unranked]

Condition: Matured / one of five miraculous medicine found in Chang Emperor Prairie

Maturity: 5 days in a natural condition (30 hours if nourished by Spiritual Thread)

Harvest: 12 edible leaves / 2 seeds every cycle

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Item Description: only harvestable once in every five days, the Prairie Rock Sage carries a hint of beneficial trait for spiritual and health. Fusing (1) unit of Prairie Herbal Cress, Demonic Juniper Fruit, Prairie Sugar Root, with (1) unit of Prairie Rock Sage to concoct (1) Prairie Herbal Solution.

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"Prairie Herbal Solution? What can this product do?" the item description managed to caught his attention, but when he thought about his lack of Prairie Sugar Root, it destroyed his urge immediately.

"Aargh! I don't have the Prairie Sugar Root with me! Two days! I'll wait for two days and concoct this product!" Mu Qing Lang suppresses his urge to concoct the new material and proceed to his bed.

As usual, he pops the two pills and falls into slumber almost immediately.

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Day twenty-seventh.

Due to the collected fatigue yesterday, Mu Qing Lang wakes up from his rest a little late. It was almost afternoon when he awake, and he already missed the time for a proper breakfast.

Knowing that he will have nothing much to do except taking a walk around his settlement, Mu Qing Lang decides to fulfill his promises first. In this fight against the Ashen Wolves, both settlement members and orcs contributed.

But amongst everyone, there are a few excellent contributors that cannot be ignored. One of the examples would be Guan Yi, Han Yu, Qing Yi, Yulin, and Ka-Ba. The five of them can be said to be the cream of crops of the group and performed the best.

To reward each of them, Mu Qing Lang crafted a set of the Ashen Full Armor for Guan Yi, an additional gauntlet and clock for Han Xi, a cloak for Han Yu, and for Ka-Ba and Yulin, both received only a pair of Ashen War Gauntlets.

The material wasn't enough at first, but their fight last night yield Mu Qing Lang another 300 units of both pelts and scraps, alongside with 30.5gm of bloodstones. It was a significant increase in useful material after the fight, which allowed Mu Qing Lang to arm a few of them properly.

Without anything special to do for the day, Mu Qing Lang continued with what he was used to doing as usual and also paying the new Tiezu-Orc Village a visit.

With 500 Iron Skin Boars is brought to start living in this location, they need to solve the issue with food fast. Although there was no issue with the grasses available for them to graze, their diet is somewhat stopping them from eating recklessly.

When this issue is brought into the discussion between the two chiefs and Mu Qing Lang, he suggested that the feed should come from the Mu's Settlement side. Albeit limited in varieties, what Mu's Settlement have for now is unexploited manpower.

Making sure about what to be used as the feed, the trio decided with a final conclusion. Instead of deciding on one kind of diet for the Iron Skin Boar, they will feed them similar to what was served to the Settlement-Village except for meat.

Such was Mu Qing Lang's idea. Because there's no longer the requirement to supply the destroyed Tiezu-Orc Village anymore, the expansion on their farm should not be reduced but maintains until a new trader arrived.

Once he has done with these menial tasks about the resident's wellbeing and promises, Mu Qing Lang returned to his usual spot again, putting more time in "researching" the few products available in his production list now.

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Meanwhile, at a location northeast from where Mu's Settlement is built.

The warriors from Namu Settlement slaughtered the Ashen Wolves without mercy. Be it young cubs or old gray wolves, none was left alive. Worst, they did not bother to harvest the material to be used, but instead, they chose to hang the dead wolves all around the den to showcase their brutality.

It smells like a trap, but that was not the case for the returning Ashen Wolves. The hint of blood in the air caused them to quicken their footsteps back to their dens. Unfortunately, their return was unable to do anything for the dead corpses hung throughout their caves.

"AOU!" the sight devastated them. With more and more Ashen Wolves returned, the worst all of them felt.

But unfortunately, the "hunter" was not prepared to let them mourn. Torches with flame are dropped to ignites the straws around the den's entrance, and with the fire burning strong, smokes started to grow. It only took them a short blink of time to start filling the caves with deadly fumes.

This was one of the greatest slaughter in the history of Chang Emperor Prairie, with more than one thousand and two hundred Ashen Wolves fall in their own haven. Furthermore, four Prairie Black Wolves is within the list of casualties.


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