strictlysupreme Chapter 1414 - 1253: Ancient Beast World 19
Chapter 1414 - 1253: Ancient Beast World 19
However, Saran is a warrior, and her main task is to go out hunting, bringing back prey enough to sustain the lives of her tribespeople. Now, Saran has an additional significant task.That is, to learn from her daughter Shuangshuang how to identify more medicinal herbs, learn how to create hemostatic potions, and also teach the orcs in the tribe with a talent for pharmaceutical skills how to identify and pick herbs, making her extremely busy.
With such a busy schedule, Saran naturally has no time to learn dancing. Seeing these female orcs dancing, Saran merely sighed. Though she felt envious in her heart, she didn’t really want to learn to dance.
Meanwhile, upon seeing Saran’s envious look, Shi Li tenderly held Saran’s hand and said, "If you like dancing, learn a bit. Let our daughter teach you something simple, and you can dance at home for fun."
Shi Li suggested this because, thanks to the Illusion Beast Incense created by Shuangshuang, hunting in the future was secured, allowing Shi Li to think that Saran need not be so weary accompanying the Hunting Team anymore.
Now, Saran had to learn herbal collection and pharmaceuticals, in addition to running around with the Hunting Team. She was busier than him, making Shi Li greatly concerned, hoping he could lighten her load a bit.
As for learning to dance, one reason is that Saran doesn’t have to run with the Hunting Team, freeing up a lot of her time. Given her interest in dancing, it doesn’t hurt to spare some time to learn it.
Another reason is Shi Li’s own selfish desire; he thought that if Saran learned to dance, she would perform exclusively for him, and merely imagining that scene made his heart beat slightly faster.
While Shi Li wanted Saran to casually learn dancing, Shuangshuang had other ideas. Noticing Saran’s hesitation towards Shi Li’s suggestion, she couldn’t help but say, "If Mother likes dancing, why not try the God Sacrifice Dance."
"God Sacrifice Dance, can I manage that?" Saran hadn’t heard of any God Sacrifice Dance, because, in this world, there was no God Sacrifice Dance. Understandably, Saran didn’t know.
Anything associated with the Gods was seen as sacred by these orcs, so Saran’s first instinct upon hearing Shuangshuang’s suggestion was concern about whether she could dance it well.
Shuangshuang nodded affirmatively: "Mother’s graceful figure is perfect for the God Sacrifice Dance; there’s absolutely no problem."
Shuangshuang recalled witnessing a God Sacrifice Dance once in the Cultivation World. It’s a solo dance requiring many adornments and wearing long, flowing sleeves.
Adornments are manageable; in this primitive society, if there’s anything abundant, it’s gemstones. Rubies, sapphires, precious jade are virtually everywhere.
For example, the stone tools used by the orcs daily weren’t ordinary stones; they were hard sapphires.
Now, with witch power at Shuangshuang’s side, as long as she charged suitable blue gemstone fragments with it, she could completely use them as carving tools to sculpt a set of ornaments.
The challenging part was the flowing ribbons. In this era, there wasn’t even any cloth, let alone rare thin silk ribbons more precious than cloth.
Shuangshuang planned that while the God Sacrifice Dance without ribbons and long sleeves would be regretful, as long as the dance skills were good enough, it could make up for it.
Because Shuangshuang said she was suitable for the God Sacrifice Dance, Saran was also very tempted. After the sacrifice feast, Saran began to take time to learn the dance from Shuangshuang.
This God Sacrifice Dance was more challenging than the group dances like the previous God Sacrifice Dances, demanding rather complex moves, but it looked particularly beautiful when performed.
Now, Shuangshuang is very busy; she teaches Saran the dance steps she needed to learn each morning, then lets her practice dancing by herself, while Shuangshuang teaches the orcs how to read and make Illusion Beast Incense.
Everyone in the tribe already knew about using the Illusion Beast Incense during the initial Hunt on a Big Horned Sheep Herd. Now, the enthusiasm for learning among the orcs was at an all-time high.
Shuangshuang’s teaching was very engaging, and so far, no orc had felt weary of learning yet. Every day, the orcs learned about a dozen characters in a lively atmosphere, reluctantly leaving class when it ended.
The orcs were happily learning, but Shuangshuang was exhausted, having to plan how to conduct each class and ensure that the orcs didn’t develop learning fatigue, racking her brains daily.
After class, Shuangshuang still had to explain herbal knowledge to her mother Saran, who was refreshed from dance practice, watching her make hemostatic powders while finding time to go out and personally gather herbs for researching new medicines.
Everything in the tribe had finally begun to follow the path Shuangshuang had previously envisioned; however, the road was long and winding, and this was just the beginning. There was still a long way to go in the future.
Years passed quickly, and the once-young Shuangshuang was now fourteen years old, tall and slender, with her appearance embodying her parents’ best features. Although not entirely grown up yet, she had already surpassed her mother Saran as the tribe’s most beautiful woman, becoming the new first beauty of the tribe.
Meanwhile, Zhi Yi, who was originally Shuangshuang’s childhood companion in a past life, but had little interaction in this life, finally emerged as a new top warrior under Shi Li, the leading figure among the young orcs.
However, in this life, Shuangshuang’s status was elevated significantly. Not only was she the highest-ranked Great Witch of the tribe, but she was also deeply revered and loved by the orcs, practically regarded as a Heavenly God.
Shuangshuang had once seen Zhi Yi during a sacrifice ceremony, where he single-handedly hunted a Spotted Beast, proving his strength, and, by tradition, received the blessing from the Great Witch.
That was also the first time Zhi Yi interacted closely with Shuangshuang; she noticed the frenzy of respect and faith in his eyes resembling that of all the tribe’s orcs, and she suddenly felt at ease.
No matter what Zhi Yi did in the past life, the Zhi Yi of this life was an ardent worshiper of her as the Great Witch, a fervent believer in her.
As long as Zhi Yi didn’t do anything harmful to the tribe for the sake of Su Jinghao, she could regard Zhi Yi as just another common orc of the tribe, letting go of past grievances.
After all, whatever Zhi Yi did in the past life, he hadn’t done in this one.
If he ends up repeating the same mistakes as in the past life, Shuangshuang wouldn’t hesitate; but if not, Shuangshuang wouldn’t hold grudges against someone who hadn’t done anything wrong and wouldn’t repeat past mistakes.
Currently, the Silver Tiger Clan’s population had reached five thousand people. The additional population mainly consisted of young children.
In primitive society, there was no family planning; children were born after conception. However, the high infant mortality rate had previously hindered the growth of the orc population.
But since Shuangshuang developed a preventive medicine to boost children’s immunity and reduce the incidence of illness, child mortality rates had significantly decreased.
The tribe no longer lacked food. The children were well-fed, healthier, and therefore less prone to illness.
Furthermore, the orcs were quite fertile and continuously reproduced. Consequently, the tribe’s population growth rate exhibited an explosive trend, multiplying several times over in just over a decade.