Vol. 3New Roots and a Stranger

Jian Mo strengthened the Riverside Tribe through medicine, food, farming, and new crafts while helping patients and welcoming new lives. The volume ended with him bringing an injured Flying-Winged Beast to the tribe for surgery as Ye Luo proposed taking the stranger in.

  • Jian Mo traded and treated patients, improved the tribe’s crops and food, then joined Wu Jiong at the Ambus River to fish and learn about a fever remedy.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong joined the plains hunt and Ten Thousand Beasts Festival, then prepared obstetric forceps and began making paper.
  • Jian Mo taught papermaking and writing, treated Shu Guang’s grave injury, and developed foods from wild plants.
  • Jian Mo delivered Shan Yan’s twins with forceps, then returned home to harvest larger Flour Grass seeds.
  • Jian Mo taught the tribe to make paper and writing tools, treated Shu Guang, and introduced tofu and new liquor.
  • Jian Mo delivered Shan Yan’s twins safely and returned to find the tribe’s Flour Grass seeds had grown larger.
  • Jian Mo traded for rice and learned about stronger glue while discovering that Jiujiu was caring for an injured Flying-Winged Beast.
  • Jian Mo brought the injured stranger to Riverside Tribe for surgery, and Ye Luo suggested taking him in.
Chapters 201–300 Read from Ch. 201

Arc 9Medicine, Fields, and River Fish

Jian Mo traded for pottery, treated patients, experimented with medicines, and improved the Riverside Tribe’s food and fields. After exposing Lian Ke’s misleading treatment and gathering Kunzhi Tree sap, Jian Mo joined Wu Jiong and the tribe to fish at the flowing Ambus River, where they learned about a reliable fever remedy.

  • Jian Mo traded cloth for pottery designs and techniques, then warned the Tianning Tribe that its boiled tubers were poisonous and traded for their treatment recipe.
  • Jian Mo developed and shared treatments for boils and abscesses, including removing Ru Da’s infected toenail, and received food and seeds from grateful visitors.
  • Jian Mo cooked and dried mushrooms from Jiujiu’s secret alpine patch, made mushroom sauce for trade, and distilled flour fruit wine into strong liquor.
  • After animals destroyed his vegetables, Jian Mo caught them with anesthetic meatballs, and later enlisted Jiujiu and the cubs to guard his fields.
  • Jian Mo obtained scallion bulbs from the Red Zheng Tribe, planted them, and used crushed Spring Thunder Eggs as pesticide when insects attacked the crop.
  • Jian Mo exchanged medical knowledge with Lian Ke, tried his ointment, and discovered that the emerging claw was not caused by the medicine, and Wu Jiong identified Kunzhi Tree sap in it.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong gathered Kunzhi Tree sap, which Jian Mo boiled into a thick ointment, then joined the tribe at the flowing Ambus River to catch fish.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong cooked Ambus Fish and planned another fishing trip, while Ban Ming and Qing Kuo told Jian Mo that three-eyed fish gallbladders reliably treated fevers.
Chapters 201–22525 summaries Read

Arc 10Hunt, Festival, and New Tools

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong joined the great plains hunt, gathered new foods, and celebrated the Ten Thousand Beasts Festival before Jian Mo continued treating patients. The stretch left Jian Mo preparing forceps for difficult births and beginning to make paper with Wu Jiong.

  • Wu Jiong won his bet with Ban Ming by finding thirteen Three-Eyed Fish, and Jian Mo later turned the fish into fermented fish sauce.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong traveled toward the Xiongying Tribe with three male Pack-Pack Beasts, but stopped to treat the abandoned cub Xing Yuan at the Mengshui Tribe.
  • Wu Jiong held a vote on the great plains hunt, and members of the Riverside and Mengshui Tribes set out together to hunt and process abundant prey.
  • Jian Mo gathered mushrooms, birds, greens, and green velvet worm nests on the plains, while the tribes cooked meals including marrow and sour-fruit hot pot.
  • After returning home, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong took the group to the Green Marsh Source, where they caught water plank bugs and Jian Mo cooked their tails.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong prepared for the Ten Thousand Beasts Festival, attended the bonfire gathering, and spent the night together at the Ambus River.
  • Jian Mo reopened his clinic, checked Xing Yuan’s recovery, examined pregnant Ning Wo, and discussed ways to prevent deaths during difficult births.
  • Jian Mo and the tribe’s skilled workers made obstetric forceps, Jian Mo offered free help to pregnant sub-beastmen, and he began making paper with Wu Jiong.
Chapters 226–25025 summaries Read

Arc 11New Skills and New Lives

Jian Mo introduced papermaking and writing to the Riverside Tribe, then helped Shu Guang recover from a grave injury and developed new foods from wild plants. He delivered Shan Yan’s twins and returned to find that the Flour Grass harvest had produced larger seeds.

  • Jian Mo taught the Riverside Tribe to make paper, bind a notebook, and write with homemade pens, then hurried with Wu Jiong to treat the critically injured Shu Guang.
  • Jian Mo stitched Shu Guang’s severed intestines and abdominal wound, stayed with him through his recovery, and returned to the Riverside Tribe with Wu Jiong and gifts from the Qin Sea Tribe.
  • Jian Mo treated Jing Huo for Eight-Mouthed Insect stings and later fermented sweet sap into a distinctive liquor with Wu Jiong.
  • Jian Mo gathered bitter pods with Qing Kuo, discovered they contained beans, and taught the tribe to make soy milk and tofu from them.
  • Jian Mo prepared tofu dishes for a feast, then traveled with Wu Jiong to the Tianning Tribe to examine Shan Yan, who was carrying twins.
  • Jian Mo used forceps to deliver Shan Yan’s two healthy cubs, and Ba Tong tried to repay him with metal and fine pottery.
  • Jian Mo returned home, confirmed Shan Yan and the twins were safe, and harvested Flour Grass with the Riverside Tribe after finding its cultivated seeds had grown larger.
Chapters 251–27525 summaries Read

Arc 12Rice, Glue, and a Hidden Guest

Jian Mo traded for rice and building materials, learned to make stronger glue, and discovered Jiujiu was secretly caring for an injured Flying-Winged Beast. The arc ended with the stranger brought to Riverside Tribe for treatment and the tribe considering taking him in.

  • Jian Mo made medicinal soap, oil, and lip balm, then exchanged goods with the Mengshui Tribe and gathered Clear Red Fruit seeds to produce plant oil.
  • Jian Mo traded with the Cypress Branch Tribe for Pearl Rice and helped settle its feud with the Rain Rising Tribe, securing enough rice for a year.
  • Jian Mo learned about the Forest Rock Tribe’s powerful glue, built a cabinet with it, and made his own fish-bladder glue before seeking the recipe and its ingredients.
  • Jian Mo and Wu Jiong gathered grass ginseng and Jointed Scorpion Bug droppings, then brought glue and droppings to the Forest Rock Tribe.
  • Jian Mo followed Jiujiu to a cave and discovered he was bringing food and herbs to an injured wild Flying-Winged Beast.
  • Jian Mo found a broken Fork-Horned Beast horn lodged in the stranger’s infected wound and said he needed surgery.
  • Jian Mo brought the injured Flying-Winged Beast to Riverside Tribe, reassured him, and arranged for Ban Ming’s father to help with the operation.
  • Ye Luo suggested that Riverside Tribe begin by taking in the newcomer.
Chapters 276–30025 summaries Read
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