Recaps

Mo A taught the cubs how to dig for long loaches, prepare them, and take them home, earning praise from Jian Mo and Wu Jiong for his patient teaching. After the cubs went home, Mo A agreed to consider teaching the adults how to teach, then hurried back to Ji Xun.

• Mo A showed the cubs how to find and dig up long loaches, and Xing Yuan found the first one.
• The cubs enthusiastically dug in the swamp while Jian Mo and Wu Jiong praised Mo A’s teaching.
• Mo A taught the cubs efficient digging techniques, how to prepare and preserve the loaches, and ways to cook them.
• The beastmen carried the cubs home, and Jian Mo and Wu Jiong told Mo A that the tribes’ teachers should learn from him.
• Mo A agreed to consider teaching the adults before transforming into a giant panda and running home to Ji Xun.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong returned home to find food left by the cubs’ families, then Jian Mo examined Di Ying’s sick River Fluff Beast. He suspected it had a urinary infection and agreed to treat it, leaving the beast in his care.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong returned to the tribe at midnight and found Jiujiu guiding them to bowls of cooked long loaches left by the cubs’ families.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong put the food away and went to bed, and Jian Mo got up the next morning to eat breakfast.
• Zhou Fu brought Di Ying from the Dianxin Tribe to see Jian Mo about his restless River Fluff Beast, which had stopped eating.
• Jian Mo examined the River Fluff Beast and suspected it was retaining urine because of an infection.
• Jian Mo offered to drain the beast’s urine and give it a medicinal decoction, and Di Ying left it with him for treatment.

Jian Mo treated Di Ying’s River Fluff Beast and taught him how to care for it at home. Di Ying later brought payment and gifts, and Jian Mo traded him a shawl; the chapter ended with Jian Mo asking about the herbs Di Ying had given him.

• Jian Mo drained the River Fluff Beast’s urine and showed Di Ying how to prepare a diuretic decoction.
• Di Ying’s River Fluff Beast urinated on its own, and Jian Mo advised him to continue the decoction for two more days.
• Jian Mo checked his own River Fluff Beast and found it healthy.
• Di Ying returned with cloth, a fur doll, and herbs said to benefit sub-beastmen; Jian Mo accepted the doll and herbs but insisted on giving Di Ying a shawl in exchange for the cloth.
• Jian Mo asked people in the Riverside Tribe about the herbs, and they confirmed the Dianxin Tribe variety was good for sub-beastmen.

Jian Mo tried an herb to help his development and endured a fever, aches, and extreme sleepiness, while the tribe’s sub-beastmen reassured him that his symptoms were normal. When Ban Ming reported that Brown Fart Beasts had returned, Wu Jiong organized a hunt and left Jian Mo at home to rest.

• Jian Mo drank a small amount of the herb and developed a slight fever, cramps, and aches, so Wu Jiong comforted him.
• Jian Mo spent days sleeping for long stretches as his development accelerated, and Qing Kuo and the other sub-beastmen reassured him that his symptoms were normal.
• Wu Jiong hunted frequently and brought Jian Mo different prey so he could get enough nourishment.
• Ban Ming told Jian Mo and Wu Jiong that a herd of Brown Fart Beasts had returned near the tribe.
• Wu Jiong told Ban Ming to gather interested hunters, then left for the clearing while Jian Mo stayed home to sleep.

Wu Jiong led the tribe’s beastmen on a successful day of hunting Brown Fart Beasts, killing far more than usual. When they returned, Qing Kuo told them that some of the beasts they had brought back were still alive, leaving the tribe to decide what to do with them.

• Wu Jiong led the beastmen in splitting the herd into groups and hunting the Brown Fart Beasts.
• Wu Jiong killed several beasts in quick succession, astonishing Ban Ming and the others with his hunting skill.
• Wu Jiong led the beastmen through two more hunts, and Di Ya noted that De Jiang had caught the second-most prey.
• The beastmen returned to the tribe with a large haul of Brown Fart Beasts.
• Qing Kuo told Di Ya and the others that some of the Brown Fart Beasts were still alive, and Di Ying questioned how they had survived their bites.

The Riverside Tribe divided the hunted Brown Fart Beasts, with some members choosing to raise them and others taking meat. Jian Mo noticed the growing differences between households, and at dinner he saw that Wu Jiong barely ate after a couple of bites.

• Qing Kuo proposed healing the wounded Brown Fart Beasts so the tribe could raise them for fresh meat, and Jian Mo said their wounds should be treatable.
• The tribe debated where to keep the beasts, then Wu Jiong suggested dividing them between households that wanted to raise them and those that preferred meat.
• De Jiang and Qing Kuo allocated the beasts and meat according to each household’s contributions, and Jian Mo reflected on the growing differences in household wealth.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong decided to build a separate pen for their Brown Fart Beasts rather than risk crowding them into the Pack-Pack Beasts’ shed.
• Jian Mo stewed their share of the meat, but at mealtime he noticed Wu Jiong had eaten only two pieces.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong prepared to keep the captured Brown Fart Beasts by building a secure pen, while nearby tribes discussed the benefits and drawbacks of penned animals. Jian Mo suggested that a beast’s diet could affect the flavor of its meat.

• Wu Jiong complained that his teeth were sore after biting beasts, so Jian Mo checked them and cooked him soft noodles.
• Jian Mo worried the injured Brown Fart Beasts might escape, but Wu Jiong reassured him that they were tied up and watched by Jiujiu and Ying'ao.
• Wu Jiong returned with enormous beasts who helped carry and plant the wood, and the group built a large beast pen before moving the Brown Fart Beasts inside.
• Wu Jiong went to help other households build pens while Jian Mo made cake and planned to prepare tofu later.
• People from nearby tribes discussed how penned beasts grew thin and sometimes tasted better, and Jian Mo suggested their food could affect the flavor of their meat.

Jian Mo described animal-breeding techniques to the tribe members before intervening when a loose Brown Fart Beast chased the cubs. He wounded it with his newly extendable claws, then fled home when Qing Kuo tried to inspect whether his tail had grown in.

• Jian Mo explained castration, tail docking, and force-feeding as animal-breeding techniques, startling the listeners.
• Jian Mo found Bai Lu trapped on a wall while a Brown Fart Beast threatened him.
• Jian Mo dodged the charging beast and slashed its face and neck with his sharp claws.
• Qing Kuo checked Jian Mo's claws and asked about his tail, but Jian Mo covered his butt and ran home.

Jian Mo's cat tail emerged and proved too sensitive to retract until after dinner, while his beast ears remained drooped. The next day, he and Wu Jiong visited Ji Xun and Mo A on the mountain, where Ji Xun offered them some newly made tea.

• Jian Mo told Wu Jiong that his tail had appeared when he showed his claws, and Wu Jiong examined the small, delicate tail.
• Jian Mo stayed home while his tail recovered, and Wu Jiong gathered vegetables and grass; after dinner, Jian Mo retracted his tail, though his ears remained visible.
• Jian Mo rested in bed the next morning, then agreed to go out with Wu Jiong and suggested visiting Ji Xun and Mo A.
• Wu Jiong carried Jian Mo up the mountain in his beast form, where they found Mo A holding wood steady while Ji Xun sawed it.
• Ji Xun welcomed Jian Mo and Wu Jiong inside and served them tea made from leaves he had recently discovered.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong visited Ji Xun and Mo A, then joined them in the mountains to gather ripe grinning fruits. Mo A shook fruit from a tall tree while Jian Mo praised him and Wu Jiong, who offered to climb up and help.

• Jian Mo examined Ji Xun and advised him to keep snacks handy because he was hungry often while carrying a cub.
• Ji Xun invited Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to gather ripe grinning fruits with him and Mo A.
• The four traveled into the Mount Ambus Range, where Mo A led them to a huge grinning fruit tree.
• Mo A transformed into a giant panda, climbed the tree, and shook its crown until grinning fruits fell to the ground.
• Jian Mo praised Mo A and then praised Wu Jiong, and Wu Jiong offered to climb up and help.
• Jian Mo stopped Wu Jiong, worried about him climbing the tree.

Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, Ji Xun, and Mo A harvested and prepared grin fruit, and Ji Xun invited Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to try his homemade nut butter. After Mo A began roasting the nuts, Ji Xun brought Jian Mo to clean the stone mill so they could grind them.

• Jian Mo and the others gathered ripe grin fruit beneath the tree and sorted it into their baskets.
• Jian Mo suggested making a reusable cloth sheet to catch fruit shaken from trees, and Ji Xun agreed it would make harvesting easier.
• Ji Xun led the group to wash the grin fruit in the river, where they removed damaged nuts and poked holes in the shells.
• Ji Xun invited Jian Mo and Wu Jiong home to try his sweet, smooth nut butter, which he had made to help with hunger during pregnancy.
• Mo A began roasting the grin fruit, while Ji Xun took Jian Mo to clean the stone mill for grinding the nuts.

Ji Xun taught Jian Mo and his companions to make smooth nut butter and biscuits, and Jian Mo later baked biscuits for his household and the Riverside Tribe. When Ji Xun and Mo A visited, Jian Mo showed them a richer nut butter made with animal-milk butter, which they tasted before cooking it.

• Ji Xun ground roasted grinning fruit kernels with yellow-flower tree nut oil, simmered the paste with sugar, and served the nut butter with freshly baked biscuits.
• Jian Mo praised the food and arranged for Ji Xun and Mo A to visit his home after Mo A's class.
• Jian Mo baked biscuits at home, fed them to Jiujiu and Ying'ao, and shared them with the tribe's little ones.
• Ji Xun and Mo A visited Jian Mo, who showed them nut butter made with butter extracted from animal milk.
• Ji Xun and Mo A tasted the uncooked nut butter and liked its sweet, rich flavor as Jian Mo prepared to cook it.

Jian Mo prepared improved nut butter and biscuits with Ji Xun and Mo A, but their relaxed gathering ended when an orc from the Haizuo Tribe arrived with severe abdominal pain. Unable to identify or treat the cause, Jian Mo warned that surgery could be fatal, leaving the visitors uncertain about what to do.

• Jian Mo cooked nut butter with salt and sour fruit juice, then baked biscuits with Ji Xun and Mo A.
• A young cub told Jian Mo that someone with a stomachache had been brought to the clinic, so Jian Mo fetched his medical kit and hurried over.
• The Haizuo Tribe members told Jian Mo that the orc had suffered abdominal pain for three days and had worsened during the journey.
• Jian Mo examined the orc, suspected a liver or gallbladder problem, and gave him pain-relieving leaves but could not determine the cause.
• Jian Mo warned the Haizuo Tribe members that exploratory surgery could kill the patient and suggested consulting another witch doctor.
• The Haizuo Tribe members discussed whether to seek further help, while Xi Lu comforted Jian Mo as Riverside Tribe members arrived.

Jian Mo struggled to help Fen Hui, a gravely ill beastman from the Haizuo Tribe, and arranged for him to remain at the clinic while they searched for another witch doctor. The Cypress Branch Tribe found word of a highly skilled old witch doctor in the distant Stored Star Tribe, and Fen Hui asked whether that doctor could cure him.

• Jian Mo judged Fen Hui too weak for an operation, prescribed medicine, and warned the Haizuo Tribe not to seek treatment from Lian Ke.
• Wu Jiong comforted Jian Mo as people from nearby tribes searched unsuccessfully for a reliable witch doctor.
• Fen Hui's condition stabilized somewhat, and the Haizuo Tribe asked Jian Mo to let him stay at the clinic for treatment.
• Wan Zheng and other Cypress Branch Tribe beastmen told Jian Mo about an old, reputedly skilled witch doctor in the Stored Star Tribe to the southeast.
• Jian Mo brought the Cypress Branch Tribe beastmen to Fen Hui and asked whether he wanted to travel to the Stored Star Tribe; Fen Hui asked if the doctor could cure him.

Jian Mo struggled with Fen Hui’s hopeless illness, but Jiujiu lifted his spirits with a flight over the land. Afterward, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong agreed to take Fen Hui to the Stored Star Tribe for treatment.

• Fen Hui doubted that the Stored Star Tribe could help him and feared dying during the journey, while Jian Mo urged him not to give up.
• Jiujiu sensed Jian Mo’s sadness, carried him into the sky, and flew with him above the tribe and surrounding lands.
• After they landed, Jian Mo told Wu Jiong he wanted to take Fen Hui to the Stored Star Tribe, and Wu Jiong agreed to go with him.
• Jian Mo suggested Jiujiu carry Fen Hui because he could not endure the journey on foot, and Wu Jiong offered to carry him himself.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong took the gravely ill Fen Hui to the Stored Star Tribe to seek treatment from Witch Doctor Xing Yi. After a difficult six-day journey, they arrived and were directed to land their Flying-Winged Beasts and wait for help.

• The Riverside Tribe and Haizuo Tribe agreed to support the journey, and the Haizuo Tribe promised not to blame Jian Mo or Wu Jiong if Fen Hui's treatment failed.
• Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and Fen Hui set off, with Wu Jiong riding Ying'ao and Jian Mo riding Jiujiu.
• The travelers received food and directions from tribes along the way, while Fen Hui told Jian Mo he hoped to become his student if he recovered.
• After about six days of travel, the group reached the prosperous Stored Star Tribe on the morning of the seventh day.
• Stored Star Tribe residents recognized that they had come to seek treatment from Witch Doctor Xing Yi and instructed them where to land their Flying-Winged Beasts.
• Wu Jiong carried the too-weak-to-walk Fen Hui down from Ying'ao.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong brought the seriously ill Fen Hui to the Stored Star Tribe, where Witch Doctor Xing Yi examined him and suspected hardened liver tissue and ascites. Xing Yi asked Fen Hui to transform into his beast form so he could assess him more accurately before prescribing treatment.

• Xing Jiu told Jian Mo that the Stored Star Tribe had heard of his surgical treatments and led the group to lodging for patients and their families.
• Jian Mo rested while Wu Jiong stayed nearby, and Xing Yi returned from treating another patient.
• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong joined Fen Hui as Witch Doctor Xing Yi examined his face, eyes, and swollen belly.
• Xing Yi identified signs of a hardened liver and ascites, then asked Fen Hui to change into his beast form for a closer examination.
• Fen Hui struggled to stand and transform but managed to change into his beast form in front of Xing Yi and the others.

Xing Yi examined Fen Hui and found that his liver disease was treatable, then prepared to prescribe medicine and gather fresh ingredients before dark. Jian Mo observed Xing Yi’s methods and learned that the tribe recorded prescriptions in a writing system he could not read.

• Xing Yi examined Fen Hui while Jian Mo listened to his heartbeat and organs under Xing Yi’s guidance.
• Xing Yi determined that Fen Hui’s liver disease could still be treated and said he would prescribe medicine.
• Xing Yi asked Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to help gather fresh ingredients so Fen Hui could take his first dose that night.
• Xing Jiu brought Xing Yi wooden boards containing prescriptions for liver disease, and Xing Yi planned to adjust the second prescription because Fen Hui was weak.
• Jian Mo asked about the marks on the boards, learned they were writing, and admitted he could not read them.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped Xing Jiu gather herbs for Fen Hui’s medicine, then watched Xing Yi prepare the brew and learned about the Stored Star Tribe’s careful methods. The chapter ended with Jian Mo realizing that the choice of pot could affect a medicine’s properties.

• Xing Yi explained the herbs in Fen Hui’s prescription, and Jian Mo recognized most of them from his own experience.
• Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and Xing Jiu climbed the mountain to gather the needed herbs, and Xing Jiu showed Jian Mo the tribe’s more meticulous methods of preparing them.
• Jian Mo discovered the sea from the summit, and Xing Jiu promised to treat the visitors to seafood later.
• The group gathered enough herbs near dusk, and Wu Jiong carried Jian Mo and Xing Jiu back down in his giant wolf form.
• Xing Yi checked the gathered herbs and prepared Fen Hui’s medicine while Jian Mo and Wu Jiong watched and asked questions.
• Xing Yi explained how a patient’s condition, the order of ingredients, and the use of a clay pot could affect the medicine’s strength and properties.

Jian Mo learned Xing Yi's methods for preparing medicine and diagnosing Fen Hui, then shared his own strengths and introduced Xing Yi to a stethoscope. The chapter ended with Xing Yi testing the device and asking how it worked.

• Xing Yi explained medicinal preparation and diagnosis as he treated Fen Hui, and Jian Mo learned why medicine had to be handled carefully.
• Xing Jiu and Jian Mo cooled the medicine and helped Fen Hui drink it, then observed his sweating and examined him with Xing Yi.
• Xing Yi taught Jian Mo and Xing Jiu to assess Fen Hui's symptoms and listen to his internal sounds after treatment.
• Jian Mo explained that he was better at treating external injuries and using surgical instruments, then showed Xing Yi and Xing Jiu his stethoscope.
• Xing Yi tried the stethoscope and asked Jian Mo how it worked, and Jian Mo gave an uncertain explanation about sound traveling through solids.

Jian Mo learned more about Xing Yi’s medical techniques and decided to stay at the Stored Star Tribe to study and perform surgery. After examining six patients, he chose to operate on Man Zhi’s large neck tumor, leaving the operation still to come.

• Xing Yi taught Jian Mo how to interpret sounds heard through the stethoscope, and Jian Mo wrote down what he learned.
• Jian Mo examined Fen Hui the next morning and saw that his yellowed skin had begun to regain a normal color.
• Jian Mo told Wu Jiong he wanted to stay longer and learn from Xing Yi, and Wu Jiong agreed they could remain.
• Xing Yi brought six patients for Jian Mo to assess, and Jian Mo chose Man Zhi’s neck tumor as the first case.
• Jian Mo examined Man Zhi in both human and beast form while Xing Yi explained that the growth had slowed his qi and blood, and Jian Mo judged it suitable for surgery.

Jian Mo operated on Man Zhi in beast form and exchanged medical knowledge with Xing Yi and his companions. Man Zhi and the other patients recovered well, and word of Jian Mo’s skills brought patients from nearby tribes.

• Jian Mo explained surgical disinfection and operated on Man Zhi in beast form with Xing Jiu and Wu Jiong assisting.
• Jian Mo removed Man Zhi’s large tumor and sutured the surrounding tissue.
• Jian Mo and Xing Yi agreed to exchange surgical methods, prescriptions, and medical knowledge, with Xing Jiu translating.
• Jian Mo examined Man Zhi’s recovery and warned him to wait two days before changing forms so his neck wound would not reopen.
• Jian Mo treated the other patients, and people from more than a dozen nearby tribes came to seek his care.

Jian Mo settled in with Wu Jiong at the Stored Star Tribe, treating patients and sharing medical knowledge with Xing Yi. When Xing Jiu invited him to collect medicinal seaweed from fish at the coast, Jian Mo watched the tribe members call a school of large fish into a bay and scrape seaweed from them.

• Jian Mo and Xing Yi treated more patients, including people with toothaches, while setting aside cases they could not solve.
• Jian Mo discussed his unusual second stage of development with Xing Yi, who reassured him that it was not an illness.
• Jian Mo and his companions stayed at the Stored Star Tribe, where he exchanged medical knowledge with Xing Yi and traded paper, brushes, and ink.
• Xing Jiu invited Jian Mo to join a trip to the coast to gather medicinal seaweed from fish, and Jian Mo accepted.
• Xing Jiu's party used a bone instrument to call large fish into a bay, then swam out to scrape seaweed and debris from their bodies while Jian Mo and Wu Jiong watched from shore.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong joined Xing Jiu and the others in the sea to scrape medicinal seaweed from large fish, then learned about its uses and treatments for ringworm. They continued gathering seaweed and discussed the value of inherited medical knowledge.

• Jian Mo and Wu Jiong entered the sea with Xing Jiu and learned how to scrape seaweed from the large fish.
• Jian Mo rubbed a fish's belly when it rolled over and seemed to enjoy the scraping.
• Xing Jiu identified Dan Guan's condition as oily ringworm and offered Jian Mo black knife grass and white clay to treat it.
• Jian Mo asked Xing Jiu to teach him how to treat tumor ringworm.
• Jian Mo and the others returned to scraping seaweed, and Xing Jiu explained that its medicinal use had been passed down for hundreds of years.

Jian Mo and the Xingchu Tribe gathered seasonal fish and algae while Xing Jiu explained that knowledge would be passed down through lessons and students. Jiujiu and Ying'ao joined them in the sea, and the group began collecting shellfish and crabs for their feast.

• Jian Mo and Xing Jiu discussed teaching people to read and write and passing knowledge down to future generations.
• Xing Jiu explained that the fish visited their waters only at that time of year, and Jian Mo described how sea fish migrated with seasonal temperatures.
• Jiujiu and Ying'ao arrived, and Jiujiu carried Jian Mo, Wu Jiong, and others on its back while they rested at the surface.
• Jiujiu tried to catch fish but failed, so Ying'ao caught one, which Jiujiu claimed as its own.
• Jian Mo and the others gathered large shellfish, and one Xingchu tribesperson offered to dive back down for the crabs they had spotted.