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Giant Wolf: "To be a traveling witch doctor like Witch Doctor Lian Ke?"

Jian Mo snorted twice, "If we were itinerant witch doctors, we'd definitely be much better than him. But honestly, after coming out here, I feel like there are so few witch doctors out there. When we get back, we'll have to see if we can find someone interested to teach."

Giant Wolf: "Once we get back, we'll send out messages and then slowly filter the people."

Jian Mo: "Sure! We can ask people from other tribes to spread the message further."

They were eager to return home and did not stop at any other tribe along the way, sleeping outdoors every night.

After running for several days, they finally returned to the Riverside Tribe one noon.

When they returned to the tribe, Hong Qiu, who was on patrol that day, spotted them from afar and waved, greeting them loudly. "Chief, Jian Mo, and Jiujiu, Ying'ao —you're finally back!"

Jiujiu loudly and enthusiastically in response. "Jiujiu!!!"

Jiujiu and Ying'ao flew directly over Hong Qiu's location and headed home.

After saying goodbye to Hong Qiu, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went straight home.

Hearing the sound, the tribe's children immediately took off running, chasing after them all the way to their home.

As soon as Jian Mo slid off the giant wolf, the cubs swarmed around them, rubbing against their legs incessantly.

The Banjiu even stood up on its hind legs, put its front paws on Jian Mo's thighs, and rubbed its head against Jian Mo's waist, making Jian Mo laugh.

"Jian Mo, you guys were gone for so long this time, I missed you so much."

"Jian Mo, what did you bring back? You brought back so much!"

"Jian Mo! Jian Mo!"

The little ones were all talking to themselves, Jian Mo didn't know which one to reply to. He could only pat them all one by one, and then pull Banjiu off his thigh.

Jian Mo: "Banjiu, have you gained weight again?"

The now-grown-up Banjiu a little guilty. "No."

Jian Mo watched as he raised one of his front paws, then slightly pulled up her pants to show Banjiu: "Goodness, look at this paw print."

The Banjiu guiltily licked him a little. "It's okay."

The giant wolf turned to look at them, and the cubs scattered in all directions to check on the supplies they had brought back.

The little ones came over, and the adults who had stayed behind in the tribe also came over.

Qing Kuo and the others went out today, and Zhou Fu and Xi Lu, who were quite familiar with Jian Mo, were with them.

Everyone helped move the things, and while they were moving the things, they also saw the supplies they had brought back.

"Chieftain, Jian Mo, did you go to the Jintuo Tribe? Why did you bring back so many metal blocks?"

"So many supplies! Did you visit several tribes?"

"Is this red dried vegetable what you call chili pepper? Achoo—it's so pungent!"

Upon hearing this, Jian Mo quickly turned her head. "Chili peppers are very pungent, so don't get close to smell them. Don't rub your eyes with your hands that have touched chili peppers, and don't touch any part of your skin. Go wash up right away."

Zhou Fu: "Why does this chili pepper feel like it's poisonous?"

Jian Mo: "It's definitely not poisonous, but if you accidentally get it in your eyes or on thin skin, it will definitely feel uncomfortable for quite a while."

Jian Mo said that, everyone quickly withdrew their hands that were about to touch the chili peppers.

Zhou Fu asked curiously, "Can we still eat it like this?"

Jian Mo: "Of course! It's delicious! You can ask Wu Jiong if you don't believe me."

Wu Jiong, having transformed back into human form, nodded in agreement.

In just a few days, Wu Jiong went from being completely unable to accept chili peppers to getting used to mild spiciness, and now says he can't stand food without chili peppers.

Zhou Fu couldn't help but ask, "Finally found the chili peppers! Are you going to make the hot pot you mentioned?"

Jian Mo: "Sure! Let's have a get-together in our tribe. I'll make the hot pot broth."

Everyone responded enthusiastically when they heard about the get-together.

"You've been gone for so long, it's been a while since we've had any fun, we really need to have some excitement."

"Is it the kind of hot pot we used to eat? I'll go soak the dried vegetables and dried mushrooms first."

"I still have a few fish that I keep in the river. I'll go and catch them now."

Wu Jiong usually stays in the tribe and doesn't talk much, but he does a lot of things.

Now that he's been out with Jian Mo for so long, everyone's really getting used to it. Without him, there's no way to host the bonfire party.

Now that they're finally back, we definitely have to celebrate!

Neither Wu Jiong nor Jian Mo had any objections.

Wu Jiong called a few people, made some simple arrangements, and that's how the bonfire party for that evening was decided.

The hunters and gatherers returned one after another. Hearing that they were back, they all came to join in the fun, and brought out their ingredients, saying they would have a big meal that night.

Ban Ming and his group of young men also rushed over. "Jian Mo, how about we go hunt a few Arrow-Bone Beast?"

Jian Mo smiled and asked, "Can you even hit them?"

Ban Ming put his hands on his hips. "Of course we can! We're not the same people we used to be! We even got second place in the Summer Harvest Festival!"

Jian Mo said, "I was just saying, if you guys can catch the Arrow-Bone Beast, then it's up to you."

A Hu calmly said, "It's alright, let's go find De Jiang and ask him for help. We should be able to get it."

De Jiang and his group received the news while they were outside.

Instead of rushing back, they went out into the wild to hunt a Horizontal-Horned Beast, which they brought back to make oil for Jian Mo and the others to use as a hot pot base.

Jian Mo had originally planned to use the existing animal fat to make hot pot broth, but now that he had the Horizontal-Horned Beast, he immediately had someone chop the Horizontal-Horned Beast's bones and start making the broth.

Even though they had eaten hot pot before and had found many spices, this hot pot experience was still different.

Now we have scallions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, all sorts of spices, as well as homemade seasonings like mushroom powder and clam powder, making the hot pot broth much more fragrant.