Let Jiujiu Find It (Continued)

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went outside to take a bath.

The water outside was already a bit cold, and it took Jian Mo a while to adjust to the temperature inside the water.

He quickly scrubbed himself clean, and Wu Jiong reached out to help him. After he was clean, he jumped into the river and swam around to let the water wash away the foam. Only then did he shiver as he went ashore to get dressed.

After Wu Jiong got ashore, he squeezed his arm and said, "You're still a bit weak, you need to eat more meat."

Jian Mo: "I've eaten enough. My animal ears seem to be wet. Can you take a look?"

His animal ears are now mostly able to stand up, which makes it easy for water to get in when he takes a bath.

He hadn't noticed because it was so cold, but now both of his animal ears felt wet and incredibly itchy, and he couldn't dry them no matter how many times he shook them.

Wu Jiong reached out and cupped his chin, examining his animal ears closely. Then he rolled up a piece of cloth and gently wiped the water droplets from his ears. "All done."

Jian Mo shook her head again. "Comfortable."

Wu Jiong kissed his beast ear. "Let's go, go back to sleep."

Their main purpose in coming to the Thick Flow Tribe was to find the Throat Eyeball. After Jian Mo got up early in the morning to finish seeing the patients he hadn't finished seeing yesterday, he suggested to Yi Sen that they go and find the Throat Eyeball.

Yi Sen readily agreed, "Let's go into the mountains together today, we need to gather resources anyway."

Jian Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yi Sen: "It's nothing, it's you who's been so kind to help us with the medical care."

The people of the Thick Flow Tribe were very hospitable. After breakfast, they took them to the place where the Throat Eyeball grows.

Unfortunately, they were unlucky; the Throat Eyeball they found had either been harvested or were already rotten. After wandering around outside for a whole day, they only managed to collect four small Throat Eyeball.

Jian Mo looked at the four pitiful Throat Eyeball and asked, "Are there any other places with Throat Eyeball?"

Yi Sen said apologetically, "No, it basically only grows in these few places."

Jian Mo considered asking other tribes if they had the same experience, but after thinking about it, she ultimately decided against it. "How about we go into the mountains and look for it ourselves tomorrow?"

Yi Sen agreed, "No problem, just treat it like you're in your own tribe, look around freely. We'll continue to help you look tomorrow and see if we can find it."

Jian Mo: "Then let's try tomorrow, maybe we'll find it then."

Wu Jiong understood Jian Mo's thoughts perfectly. After the Thick Flow Tribe left, he asked Jian Mo in a low voice, "Should we go to other tribes to look for them tomorrow?"

Jian Mo: "I doubt other tribes have this either. If they did, they would have sent us a message long ago."

Given the well-informed nature of the various tribes and the fact that they had exchanged information at the Hunting Gathering, it was impossible that they didn't know they needed the Throat Eyeball as a medicinal ingredient.

Wu Jiong nodded. "We'll go into the mountains tomorrow to continue the search. The trees are tall and the grass is deep, and the area is vast, so it's normal that we didn't find it today."

Jian Mo: "That's what I think too, but it might be a bit difficult for us alone. Let's take Jiujiu out to look for her tomorrow."

Wu Jiong looked outside. "Jiujiu?"

Jian Mo: "Yeah, Jiujiu's sense of smell is so keen, and its Throat Eyeball are for eating, so if it wanted to, it definitely could find them."

Wu Jiong didn't object. "Then let's give it a try."

Jiujiu hadn't expected Jian Mo to entrust it with this glorious and arduous task. After sniffing its Throat Eyeball, it blinked its big eyes, looking as if it didn't understand anything.

Jian Mo stuffed a piece of roasted cured meat into its mouth. "This is meat cured from the Throat Eyeball, isn't it delicious?"

Jiujiu as it chewed on the meat, its eyes practically shining. "Jiujiu!!!" Delicious!!!

Jian Mo: "Then take us to find Throat Eyeball today. If we find it, we'll make you a lot more meat to eat when we get back."

Ying'ao leaned closer and sniffed the cured meat in Jian Mo's hand, so Jian Mo gave him a piece as well. "Ying'ao, good luck too, let's see if we can get some cured meat."

Ying'ao: "Jie--"

After breakfast, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong took the two chicks into the mountains to find the Throat Eyeball.

After entering the mountains, Jian Mo the two chicks roam freely. "You two look around first and see if you can find it. If you do, come back and let us know."

Both Jiujiu and Ying'ao gave a long chirp in response.

The two chirps flew off to the east and west towards two different forests. Jian Mo watched them go and said to Wu Jiong, "Let's go look for them too, and see how our luck is today?"

Wu Jiong: "I'll transform into beast form and carry you there."

Jian Mo perked up. "Sure, our sense of smell is much sharper in beast form, maybe we really can find it."

Wu Jiong, now transformed into a giant wolf, responded softly, "Let's go."

Jian Mo climbed onto the giant wolf's back using both hands and feet, straightened her back, and surveyed her surroundings—she was now a fairly well-developed sub-beastman, with much better eyesight than before; if she had Throat Eyeball on both sides, she would definitely be able to see them.

They began searching in this forest.

Jian Mo didn't see Throat Eyeball yet, but she found some delicious mushrooms and several nests of bird eggs.

It's rare to see birds laying eggs in autumn. Jian Mo listened to the sounds of the eggs, picked out the unhatched ones, and unceremoniously took half of each nest.

Unlike the Long-tailed Bird they raise, wild bird eggs are not easily collected. If you don't pay attention, you might find a feathered but unhatched chick inside the egg you take.

Jian Mo has cooked those bird eggs before and almost developed a phobia of them; now she's much more careful when collecting bird eggs.

Any gains are good; even if they didn't find the Throat Eyeball, their trip into the mountains today wasn't in vain.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong were searching nearby when, just as they had filled their baskets halfway, Jiujiu flew over to them, chirping loudly, "Jiujiu!"

The giant wolf let out a long howl, pointing the way for Jiujiu.

Jiujiu flew down from above, spotted an open space, and landed in front of them. "Jiujiu!"