Return to the Tribe

Ao Shen: "It's nothing, it just means a few more batches of wood for growing the Banhe Mushroom. You can't replicate it even if you take it back."

After a pause, Ao Shen said, "The clan leader has already agreed, you can keep it."

Jian Mo thought for a moment, but ultimately couldn't bear to part with the wood that Banhe Mushroom for so long, so she accepted it and gave him two stacks of soap, a total of twenty-four bars, as a return gift. "Please keep these soaps, thank you."

Wu Jiong took the mushroom-shaped wood from Ao Shen's back and nodded. "May the friendship Banhe Tribe and the Riverside Tribe last forever."

Ao Shen accepted the soap. "May the friendship between the Riverside Tribe and the Banhe Tribe last forever."

Chapter 129 Returning to the Tribe

After leaving the Banhe Tribe, the caravan did not stop at any other tribe and headed back.

After traveling for three days and two nights, Jian Mo and his group finally returned to the Riverside Tribe on the afternoon of the third day.

When they returned to the Riverside Tribe, the entire Riverside Tribe was in an uproar.

The people who remained in the tribe ran out to greet them, took their belongings, and surrounded them, asking all sorts of questions.

Even Jiujiu and Ying'ao received a warm welcome. Several young beastmen and sub-beastmen pulled Jiujiu and buried their faces in his furry chest several times.

Jiujiu looked happily at its familiar companion, tilting its head: "Chirp--"

A Hu couldn't help but rub Jiujiu's wings again. "Jiujiu, why are you so good? I missed you so much."

Ying'ao watched calmly from the side. No one dared to bury their face in the chest of this cool Flying-Winged Beast, but they did pat it gently several times as a sign of affection.

Ying'ao looked at the people of the Riverside Tribe with gentle eyes, without refusing them.

Jian Mo turned her head in the crowd and said, "If you have time, could you help us feed Jiujiu and Ying'ao?"

A Hu immediately said, "We'll go right now."

Jian Mo and her group returned to the tribe, the orcs and sub-orcs who had been hunting and gathering outside also returned.

Someone went to the wilderness to inform them, and they made a special trip back.

Qing Kuo brought several sub-beastmen to Jian Mo's house to help them clean. "Jian Mo, how were your trips these past few days? Did you get a lot of good stuff?"

Jian Mo nodded with sparkling eyes. "There are really a lot of good stuff. I'll show you the seeds I got later. I brought back several kinds of wild vegetable seeds this time, and they're all delicious."

Qing Kuo: "I knew you'd go out to exchange seeds. I just saw two birds outside the animal shed with their feathers all cut up. Did they bring those back to eat?"

Jian Mo quickly replied, "No, those are Long-tailed Bird tamed by the Eighteen Bends Tribe. We brought them back to raise. If we can successfully tame them, we'll have a steady supply of bird eggs to eat."

Zhou Fu chuckled beside him, "Luckily you told us now, otherwise we might have ended up killing birds for you later."

Xi Lu: "No way, Zhou Fu, don't scare him."

Qing Kuo pinched Zhou Fu's nape and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you rascal."

Jian Mo laughed from the side.

After playing around for a while, Qing Kuo asked, "Now that you've brought the birds back, where do you plan to keep them? The animal shed probably won't be big enough, right? I think it's already quite crowded to keep eight Pack-Pack Beasts."

Jian Mo: "We might need to expand the house. The weather's been nice lately, and we were discussing on the road whether we should re-plan and rebuild the village, like the roads and houses. We could fix those things."

Qing Kuo immediately said, "That's acceptable. We'll discuss it in a meeting in a couple of days."

Jian Mo smiled and said, "Anyway, our house will definitely need renovations. We need to build Ying'ao's den, expand the animal shed, build another poultry shed, and also build a toilet and a bathroom."

Qing Kuo: "What is a bathroom?"

Jian Mo: "It's the place where you go to the toilet."

As she spoke, Jian Mo described the flush toilets in the Rain Rising Tribe, mainly focusing on the issue of handling household waste.

Everyone listened with longing. Zhou Fu said, "That's great. If it's built, we won't have to go into the woods in the middle of the night anymore. I always find it annoying to go to the toilet at night, and I often get bitten all over my face by bugs."

Jian Mo nodded. "This is a rather important matter, and we need to hold a meeting to discuss it. If most people are willing to build toilets, then we need to plan the sewer system uniformly and make the tribe's drainage ditches into a unified system."

Then, Jian Mo went on to explain the necessity of the sewer system.

Everyone listened with astonishment.

Qing Kuo: "It seems that besides getting a lot of good things, you also exchanged a lot of information on this trip."

Jian Mo said, "Yes, I also wanted to suggest that we ask other tribes to help with the construction of the tribe this time. For example, we could ask the Tianning Tribe to make the sewer pipes, and we could ask other tribes to help collect the wood and stones needed."

Qing Kuo: "That's good. If we invite someone over, it won't interfere with our hunting and gathering."

Jian Mo: "That's what I think too. Hiring people isn't as tiring; it's too exhausting for us to do it all ourselves."

As everyone was chatting, Qing Kuo said, "How about we have a bonfire party tonight? We can eat out and chat, saving you the trouble of cooking for yourselves."

Jian Mo had no objections. "Sure, I'll bring out two bowls of fried Banhe Mushroom later. We got them from the Banhe Tribe; these fried mushrooms are really delicious. By the way, those two pieces of wood we brought back can grow Banhe Mushroom, so don't touch them."

Qing Kuo: "Mushrooms can grow on wood?"

Jian Mo: "Yes, we don't know how the Banhe Tribe developed their technology, but they look quite good."

Qing Kuo laughed, "Now that you mention it, we're even more curious to know what you've gained from this trip."

Jian Mo: "That's a lot. I also brought two patients back; they've gone to stay temporarily in the Mengshui Tribe and will be here tomorrow morning—no, three of them."

Bei Ya and his group eventually settled in the Mengshui Tribe, mainly because their Riverside Tribe had too many new technologies and secrets, making it inconvenient to bring outsiders over.