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Orcs' claws are generally useful for hunting and assisting with daily tasks, while Jian Mo's claws are more decorative.

Wu Jiong reached out and gently took his hand.

Xin Jun also looked over and exclaimed, "Your claws are so beautiful!"

Jian Mo smiled and said, "Not as good as yours."

Xin Jun: "This is really not difficult, I'll teach you."

Xin Jun quickly taught Jian Mo how to pull the thread. The fabric has a certain stiffness, and once the right angle is found, it can be pulled over very quickly.

Jian Mo tried several times and succeeded each time, feeling quite accomplished.

After accumulating a little more fabric threads, the people of the Long Years Tribe poured the threads together, then took out a shuttle and a simple weaving frame, and went to weave.

Some people started making dinner.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong learned how to weave cloth for a while, and after they got the basics down, they went over to help with making dinner.

Compared to weaving, Jian Mo has an advantage in cooking.

When Jian Mo and the others went out today, they specially gathered some food. After the people of the Long Years Tribe finished cooking, Jian Mo specially borrowed a pot and stove, saying that he wanted to cook food for Jiujiu others.

The people of the Long Years Tribe didn't refuse, but said to Jian Mo, "Aren't you raising Flying-Winged Beast a little too meticulously?"

Jian Mo smiled and said, "We still have to trouble them to carry us out to visit various tribes. If we don't take good care of them, we probably won't be able to command them."

The Long Years Tribe members said, "That's true. You raise these Flying-Winged Beast so well. We wanted to raise them too, but they eat so much and are really troublesome to raise. After thinking about it, we realized we don't visit other tribes that often, so we gave up on that idea."

In other tribes, Jian Mo couldn't do too much, so in the end she used a jar to stew a pot of meat for Jiujiu.

Jiujiu didn't mind at all. When Jian Mo brought it food across from the Jiujiu Long Years Tribe, it kept jumping around, chirping away.

In contrast, Ying'ao was much quieter and even yawned widely.

Jian Mo fed Jiujiu a couple of bites, and also fed Ying'ao a bite.

Ying'ao no longer objectes to the food that Jian Mo and the others make, but he only eats the good ones and won't eat the bad ones.

While Jian Mo was feeding them, Wu Jiong brushed their fur with his fingers.

I wonder where Jiujiu and Ying'ao went today; they're covered in leaves and grass clippings.

Wu Jiong combed for a while, then placed the combed-off bits of debris in his palm and suddenly said, "Jiujiu and the others might have gone to the Cypress Branch Tribe today."

Jian Mo peeked over and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Wu Jiong spread his palm out for Jian Mo to see. "This sticky grass grows on snow-capped mountains, a little lower up the mountaintop. The Long Years Tribe shouldn't have this kind of sticky grass."

Jian Mo looked closely. "It seems so. Their terrain is relatively low, so there are no snow-capped mountains, right?"

Wu Jiong: "Well, it's possible they flew to other places, but of the nearby tribes, they are the most familiar with the Cypress Branch Tribe."

Jiujiu had no idea that Wu Jiong had calculated their journey for the day based on just a few blades of grass, and was still struggling with the slightly chewy meat in her mouth.

Its teeth weren't very good; it would bite with its left side, then its right, and it still couldn't chew the meat properly after a long time.

Jian Mo didn't mind, and even patted Jiujiu's wings. "Not bad, you have friends now, and you know to go play with them when you have free time."

Jiujiu always answers questions, regardless of whether it understands or not, it will always Jiujiu a few words.

Now that Jian Mo is talking to it, it looks up at Jian Mo and Jiujiu happily.

Jian Mo: "You were able to fly back and forth today, so it seems we're not far from the Cypress Branch Tribe."

Jiujiu chirp!

Jian Mo turned to look at Wu Jiong: "How about we go for a stroll Cypress Branch Tribe tomorrow? We didn't properly thank them last time for helping us carry the Pearl Rice and Honey Sparrow back."

Wu Jiong: "I'll tell Xin Jun later."

Xin Jun had no objections to their itinerary. Upon hearing that they were going to the Cypress Branch Tribe, she felt a little embarrassed and wanted to ask for their help, "If you're going to the Cypress Branch Tribe, could you please get us a different kind of white milk fruit?"

Jian Mo: "What is that?"

Xin Jun: "It's a fruit unique to their tribe. They crush it, extract the juice, and apply it to the fabric. The applied areas won't stain. We'll use this fruit to print patterns."

Jian Mo began to understand. "You draw the juice of this fruit onto the fabric, and after creating the pattern, the dyeing process allows the pattern to retain the original color of the fabric, right?"

Xin Jun nodded. "For symmetrical and complex patterns, we tie the fabric tightly and then put it in a pot to dye. For asymmetrical and complex patterns, we can only draw them with fruit juice first, protect them, and then dye them. The people of the Cypress Branch Tribe know that we have the custom of using white fruit juice. You can tell them, and they will know."

It was no big deal, and Jian Mo readily agreed, "No problem, we'll talk to them when we get there tomorrow."

Xin Jun then found two rolls of cloth and gave them to them. "These two rolls of cloth will be enough for us to exchange for white milk fruits. Thank you so much for your help; we can't fly, and it would be very tiring for us to go there."

Jian Mo: "It's nothing."

Xin Jun added, "By the time you return this evening, our fabric should be almost finished weaving. We can discuss what patterns you want then."

Jian Mo said happily, "Great! I really want some more unique patterns. How many colors can you dye right now?"

Xin Jun: "We have about six kinds of dyes prepared now—red, yellow, orange, blue, black, and brown. We have some pre-dyed fabric samples; I'll go get them and show them to you. Some colors might look a bit odd for clothes, but they'd look great for headdresses and bracelets."

Xin Jun and his friends have good taste; they not only brought fabric scraps for Jian Mo and the others to see, but also some headdresses, earrings, and fabric bracelets.

These ornaments are exquisitely crafted, and the color combinations on them are particularly artistic.

The fabric earrings, especially the combination of blue and orange, immediately caught Jian Mo's attention.