Chapter 129 - Arrival (2/2)

The next day, everyone continued on their way.

They were getting closer and closer to the Giant Pig Tribe. Zhou Ji also learned a lot about the Giant Pig Tribe from Zhu Zhan.

The Giant Pig Tribe had had Beast Kings before, but they no longer had a Beast King in their tribe now. Even so, their tribe was still one that other people on the Beastman Continent didn’t dare to provoke lightly.

This was because the people of their tribe were all very capable of having many children.

Zhu Zhan’s father had a good many wives, and his wives had given him dozens of children. Zhu Zhan was only one amongst many.

Zhou Ji sighed secretly––the Giant Pig Tribe’s animal form was very tasty when he thought about it, but they couldn’t be eaten.

“What happened to me this time is related to my younger brothers and sisters.” Zhu Zhan signed, “I’m too lazy to look into the matter, but if something happened to Zhu Zhu… I would definitely kill them all.”

Zhou Ji said, “Your woman and children will be alright.”

Zhou Ji had only said this in order to comfort Zhu Zhan. He hadn’t thought that Zhu Zhan would ask him delightedly after he said this, “Are you saying so because you’ve received guidance from the Beast God?”

Zhou Ji: Sorry, but no.

When everyone was only a single day away from the Giant Pig Tribe, Xiong Ye suddenly brought up the matter of the Beast God Sacrifice. “It’ll be time for the Beast God Sacrifice in half a month.”

The Beast God Sacrifice was a big event, but unfortunately, they weren’t at their tribe.

“When it’s time for the Beast God Sacrifice, the Beast God Temple will host a grand ceremony, and all the Beast Kings will gather together there. The large tribes will bring their goods to the place near the Beast God Temple for trade… The Giant Pig Tribe isn’t far from the Beast God Temple. We can go attend the Beast God Sacrifice there after I’ve found Zhu Zhu.” Zhu Zhan said.

“That sounds pretty good.” Zhou Ji was quite excited for it.

Xiong Ye and the others were also energized. They had constantly been on the road since they arrived at the Beastman Continent. They had started off by making a stop at the Grass Tribe, but in order to avoid trouble, they had bypassed all the tribes they saw later on regardless of whether they were big tribes or small ones. At most, they would only interact with the people from the side who had come out to patrol to let the patrols know that they were only passing by.

Pushing onwards like this was really boring and uncomfortable. Fortunately, they were about to arrive at the Giant Pig Tribe and could also participate in the Beast God Temple’s Beast God Sacrifice soon.

Everyone was very happy and energized, but in the moment that they let down their guard, they encountered heavy rain.

The heavy rain poured down, drenching and soaking them thoroughly.

Out of everyone there, only Hai Feng was very satisfied, “This rain is pretty good! Getting drenched is very comfortable!”

“Uncomfortable.” Xi Baobei said.

Hai Feng looked towards his grandson and discovered that his cheap grandson had been drenched by so much rain that he couldn’t even open his eyes. The hair on his head had also clumped together from the rain, and he looked very miserable.

Hai Feng suddenly felt a bit bad for him, “Baobei, turn into your animal form. It’ll be a little better.”

Xi Baobei nodded and turned into his animal form.

After he turned into his animal form, he really felt a lot better. It was just that there were a lot of trees along the way, and his path was always blocked…

Hai Feng went ahead to help him clear the way, “Baobei, you should follow grandfather. Grandfather will help you open up a path!”

Hai Feng delightedly went off to clear the way.

As a result, Xi Baobei stopped walking and even started eating leaves halfway.

Hai Feng: “……” This child was quite obedient, but he was a little stupid at times. It was difficult to understand!

Hai Feng climbed up onto his grandson’s back and patted his neck, “Stop eating! Follow Zhou Ji!”

As soon as his voice fell, he found himself falling down from five meters up in the air––Xi Baobei had turned back into human form to ask Hai Feng, “Which one is Zhou Ji?”

“That one!” Hai Feng pointed at Zhou Ji.

“Oh……” Xi Baobei turned back into a giant rhinoceros and slowly followed behind Zhou Ji.

Zhou Ji led these people to a place with many trees that could at least provide some minimal shelter from the rain, “We’ll set up camp early today and get some rest.”

The rain was too heavy. It wasn’t a good idea for them to continue on in this kind of weather.

“We’re not traveling any further? Are we stopping here?” Zhu Zhan couldn’t help but ask. He really wanted to run back to the Giant Pig Tribe immediately.

“Yes, we’re going to spend the night here.” Zhou Ji said. “The Beast God told me that this is a good place.”

This place was really a good place. He had actually discovered garlic here!

Zhou Ji wasn’t a person who liked to eat garlic in his previous life, but he couldn’t get used to not having garlic in this life.

There were many dishes that became even tastier when garlic was added. Garlic was something that was really good.

Now, he had discovered this kind of good thing here.

Since the Beast God had said that this was a good place, it meant that it must be a good place… Zhu Zhan was no longer against it and helped everyone settle in.

They had a lot of dinosaur leather on hand that could keep the rain out. People went out to bring back some wood so that they could set up makeshift tents.

The first tent was put together for Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye.

Zhou Ji, who had already collected some garlic, squeezed in with Xiong Ye.

The ground of the tent consisted of mud. Even if they had chosen to set up camp at a higher elevation, the ground beneath their feet was still wet and difficult to get accustomed to. It also made it hard to light a fire and roast meat to eat.

Fortunately, the tribe had a habit of setting aside and storing food, so they were able to bring out some meat that had already been roasted before.

Although it rained hard, there was still meat to eat. The Big Bear Tribe were very satisfied with their current situation, and it was only Zhou Ji who felt that he couldn’t do without a fire and finally brought a pottery pot into their tent.

Zhou Ji tossed some wood scraps into the pot, then set it on fire. Their tent soon warmed up.

With that done, Zhou Ji took out the rice balls that he’d made himself and wrapped up in leaves, and set them inside the fire, preparing to use the fire to roast them and heat them up a bit.

Because it had been raining constantly, he had felt that it wasn’t convenient to eat despite using a piece of dinosaur leather to block out the water. The rice balls from last night hadn’t been finished yet, and Zhou Ji also set a steaming rack on top of the fire in the pottery pot, setting a pottery bowl on top so that he could boil some hot water to drink.

When the water was ready, he could toss some green vegetables or something inside and make a bowl of vegetable soup. He could even slowly roast some meat to eat over the small fire.

He could also add some garlic to the roasted meat, or roast the garlic directly. It was also tasty that way.

Zhou Ji had everything ready and was preparing to spend the evening doing what he’d planned when he suddenly perceived something with his spiritual powers––someone was coming.

And the people who were coming… was a female pig with one child in her mouth and two little piglets in tow.

The female pig’s animal form… Zhou Ji suddenly realized that the female pig might be Zhu Zhu––she looked a lot like how Zhu Zhan had described her.

If that was the case, then it was very coincidental!

Zhou Ji was just thinking that when another group of people appeared within his range of perception, and this group of people were clearly chasing after the female pig.