What the? Fresh beast blood?

In order to eat the barbecue as much as possible, Ji Mo originally wanted to help clean up the purr beast, but Ao Bai obviously didn't believe that his mermaid could accept this strange taste, so he insisted that his partner help collect dry wood and build a bonfire.

At this time, Ji Mo, who was in full swing, was immediately dumbfounded when he heard Xitu's invitation, he subconsciously took two steps back, the corners of his mouth twitched, and quickly declined:

"Thank you Xitu, but we don't want to drink it, so you can drink it." It's hard to accept: hot flowing blood! I didn't dare to drink it, and he didn't want to drink it.

When thinking of this, Ji Mo set his eyes on Ao Bai, who had been standing upwind to help clean up the snoring beast, while trying his best to avoid the smell of the snoring beast, but the other party's expression was actually thoughtful.

――Can a female give birth to healthier cubs if she drinks?

Xitu further explained: "In the Sicilian jungle, prey is generally not caught alive, because the live prey will struggle and make movements that affect the following hunting, so it is rare to bring back the live prey, and the fresh animal blood is basically given to the females and cubs in the tribe to drink, so that they will be healthier." ”

Ao Bai looked at his partner's clear blue eyes, and subconsciously brought some expectation and encouragement.

Ji Mo was one head and two big, and hurriedly said: "Xitu, we are ocean orcs, and we have never had the habit of drinking beast blood. Aren't you just a cub? Then drink it quickly, drink it to make your body as healthy and stronger as possible! "You're a little tiger cub, or a sick cat who just woke up sick, who don't you drink!

After hearing his partner's explanation, Ao Bai dispelled the idea of fresh beast blood.

The little tiger cub was stunned for a moment, and then was very moved: because in the orc tribe of the Eastern Continent of Sicily, life would not be too easy without an adult male.

If there is still a beast father in the family, then he can often eat fresh animal meat and drink animal blood, and his mother and father can often eat the fruit they like - but there are no adult males in the family, and Xitu is not yet an adult, so he cannot go into the dense forest alone to deal with many dangerous beasts, so he can only live on the daily distribution of meat in the tribe, and the amount depends on the harvest of the day: the rule in the tribe is that no matter how the adult male goes out to hunt, he must hand over a small portion when he returns, It is used to maintain the livelihood of the tribe who are as difficult as the Hetu family.

Ji Mo urged him: "Drink quickly, Xitu, the blood is about to run out, picky eaters are not good cubs, if you really don't like it, you have to drink a little bit!" You're just too skinny. "The Crossing Fish feels like a boy who has just begun to develop on Earth: its body is rapidly pumping, it is as thin as a bamboo pole, and it seems that all the nutrients have been taken to grow taller.

"Don't you really want to drink?" Xitu endured it and confirmed it for the last time, the fresh and sweet taste of beast blood desperately drilled into his nose, and the instinct of the tiger orc made him keep secreting saliva.

Ji Mo said categorically: "We really don't drink it, you drink it quickly!" ”

Chitu then leaned in and gulped down the fresh blood.

This is the correct way to raise tiger cubs, tigers have to eat meat and drink blood, so that they can grow fast, healthy and strong.

Ji Mo and Ao Bai, who were watching, sighed in unison, looking at the cubs who were eating well, and there was a bit of unconsciously loving love in their eyes.

After a long while, Xitu raised his head contentedly and looked at Ji Mo and Ao Bai with a smile: he felt that he had accidentally drunk too much just now, and he seemed too greedy...... However, he really couldn't help it, as a half-grown tiger cub that was growing and developing, his chances of eating fresh beast blood were too few.

"Yes, that's good! Okay, you can rest for a while, I'll deal with the boar, oh no, I'll deal with the purr. With such a little boy, Ji Mo subconsciously regarded himself as a brother, and when he talked to the little tiger cub, he had a tone of coaxing the little brother.

Ao Bai hurriedly raised his hand to separate his partner's approach, worried that the other party would be uncomfortable, he asked Xitu succinctly: "How to deal with it?" ”

The cub's mental state is much better after drinking the blood of the beast, and food is the best way to heal. He looked up and said, "Let me come, you haven't done it before." ”

Ji Mo immediately stopped: "No, you're still sick, let's come." Just peel off the skin and throw away the entrails, right? "Hahaha~ I don't dare to say anything else, I'm familiar with pork.

Xitu flicked his tail a few times, "I'm fine, there's no problem with the purr beast - the females of our tribe generally don't handle prey, because they can't stand such a cruel process......" So, mermaid female, although you are very brave, I still hope you don't do it.

- Wow rub! Living in an orc tribe even feels cruel to deal with prey?! Ji Mo slandered.

Ao Bai also felt that dealing with prey was nothing more than throwing away what could not be eaten, so he quickly dragged the snoring beast to the edge of the reef and broken waves at the end of the beach, conjured up the dragon's claws, held his breath to remove the fur of the snoring beast, disemboweled it and then threw away all the internal organs, and finally put it into the waves and soaked it a few times, then lifted it up and strode back.

The whole process is as smooth as the clouds of peers, simple and crude.

The little tiger cub who was going to help didn't find a chance to intervene and interject, and finally watched the white dragon discard the internal organs, and the sentence "Don't throw it!" in his mouth was "Don't throw it!" The heart is still delicious......" said slowly, so he had to follow back silently.

Ji Mo felt as if he had returned to Earth, he was participating in an open-air barbecue with his family and friends, and he was very busy.

There are only a few keys to barbecue: fresh meat, dry wood, and a fire.

"Hey~ Okay! It shouldn't collapse, right? Ji Mo carefully designed a barbecue grill with dead grass and dead wood piled underneath.

Ao Bai came back with the cleaned purr beast, feeling that the smell just now had finally been removed a lot, and his expression was much more relaxed.

Xitu took out the flint he brought from the animal skin bag, and Ji Mo's eyes immediately stared at it with intense intensity: Is this the fire tool of the land orcs? I don't know if it's good or not, and how long can one piece last?

"It's flint, do you want to try it? See, this is how it is used. Of course, the little tiger cub felt that curious gaze, and he demonstratively rubbed the two flints hard, generating a few sparks, and then handed them to Ji Mo.

As a marine orc who feeds on fish and shrimp, Ao Bai saw the flint for the first time, and he didn't know what the consequences would be for the time being, so he just watched.

Ji Mo took the flint and first observed: black stones, dense and flickering crystals visible to the naked eye; The smell is the unique smell of burning stones, and the sound of the two colliding is crisp.

"I'll try." Ji Mo rubbed it carefully and vigorously: only a faint spark flashed; With a little more strength: the Mars are connected in a string.

He was overjoyed, and rubbed his hands together, sending out obvious sparks.

――Haha~ Although it is not as good as a lighter, it should be no problem to make a fire.

Situ praised him: "Yes, that's it! That's how we make a fire and grill meat. "Ji Mo seems to like the flint very much, so it's good to give it to him, anyway, there are so many in the tribe.

After Ao Bai smelled that smell, his face suddenly didn't look good: Is it actually the smell of the terrible Seagod's Fury? Although the appearance and color are not the same.

When Bai Long was a child, there was an incident that suddenly angered the sea god one day in a trench in the depths of the East China Sea, where a hot and deadly current erupted, accumulated and rose, and finally rose to the surface of the sea and turned into a bare black stone - and all the sea creatures in the surrounding sea area died, and the corpse floated far away with the wind and currents.

Ao Bai was still very popular with the Dragon King at that time, and let him sit on his lap and meet the water orcs who came to seek refuge.

Some of the orcs were burned with scaly skin, and their flesh was blurred and miserable, and they cried out in pain to seek refuge in the East China Sea, and said that many of their relatives had not escaped the wrath of the sea god and had returned to the sea god's arms......

In order to prove that what they said was true, the orcs took out the stones with the breath of the sea god's wrath and presented them to the Dragon King of the East China Sea to see. Out of curiosity, Ao Bai also took a piece and played with it for a long time, until the dragon queen found it and grabbed it in a rage and threw it away: This is the Poseidon Fury Stone, how can it be given to my child to play with? Really!

……

Xitu happily instructed Ji Mo on how to make a fire:

First, knead a small pile of finely chopped dead grass as a fire guide, rub the flint around the dead grass to carefully protect it from being blown out by the wind, and then quickly add small dead branches to the burning dead grass pile, and then add dead wood with large roots.

"Ahem~ Oops, choked to death! I'm sorry, it just rained, and I can only find this kind of dry firewood. In the billowing smoke, Ji Mo was choked half to death, his eyes couldn't be opened, and tears flowed.

Ao Bai, who was in charge of breaking down the purr into chunks, quickly walked over, dragged his companion out of the smoke, and then beckoned to the little tiger cub:

"Come here and stay out of the way."

Ji Mo only slowed down for a moment, and then hurriedly returned to the fire: "It's going to be extinguished, it's going to be extinguished, and it's hard to get up ......."

When the pyre finally burned vigorously, the crossing fish received a heavy blow before they had time to cheer.

Ji Mo put on his robe again, because he regretted to find that perhaps because he had become a mermaid in the sea, his skin became extremely uncomfortable with the scorching fire: what had been a small bonfire in his eyes was now burning him all over his body and going straight back.

"It's so hot, it's hot! Ao Bai, what do you think? Ji Mo retreated in frustration until he was close to Ao Bai.

"I'm fine. You're a mermaid, so your skin won't be able to stand it, so put it on, it'll be better. Ao Bai put his arms around his partner comfortingly, and helped him put on the shark gauze robe again: Forget it, it's rare that he likes it, and now he doesn't find anything wrong, just let him be happy.

Xitu was a little at a loss and said apologetically: "I'm sorry Ji Mo, I didn't know that you sea orcs couldn't accept the fire. Are you okay now? "Oops, did you burn the mermaid female?

Ji Mo was unwilling and put on his robe and went into battle again.

"It's okay Xitu, let's continue, it may be the first time my body has come into contact with fire, so I'm not used to it."

I don't believe that I can't overcome it, I can't live without touching fire and cooked food, right?

Ao Bai didn't feel hot, he hugged his mermaid, touched his face, and said worriedly, "Your face is very hot." I'll bake it for you, you go back to the sea and swim for a while, and then call you when it's done. All right? ”

At this moment, Ao Bai can be regarded as truly relieved. When they first met in the East China Sea, the white dragon didn't even dare to tell the mermaid in front of him: we are going to the Sicilian Sea, and we will live there in the future - in the impression of the marine aquarists, the Sicilian Sea is simply abandoned by the sea god! Far away, full of fierce beasts, next to the Sicilian continent, and the savage and tyrannical land orcs living in the dense forests of the continent, that is our sworn enemy, tsk......

"Fortunately, Ji Mo has never been afraid of the Sicilian Sea, and even now he still talks and laughs with the cubs of the land orcs, he is the bravest mermaid!" With a proud and satisfied smile on his lowered face, Ao Bai helped break the purr into the lumps required by the mermaids, skewered them on the branches, and roasted them over the fire.

*****

When the first batch of meat was finally cooked, smelling the nostalgic aroma of barbecue, the earth crossing fish knew for the first time what it meant to "cry with joy" in their lifetime......

Xitu was very happy, because the meat he roasted in his own tribe method was obviously very interesting to the mermaid female, and there was a happy smile between his beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

"Ji Mo, here you go; Ao Bai, you can try it too. Xitu handed the roasted meat to the mermaid and the white dragon, while he busied himself with the next batch of raw meat and put it on the fire. The cub's tail flicked happily from time to time, and its black triangular ears stood upright and energetically - sure enough, the females liked to eat cooked food!

Ji Mo himself grilled a skewer, but he hadn't touched it for a long time, the conditions were poor, and the technology was unfamiliar, and his skewer of meat was still half-cooked and looked very poor.

Smiled a little embarrassedly, Ji Mo said to the little tiger cub: "You eat it first, Xitu, my skewer is almost ready." "Although it is still mixed with a strong smoky smell, this barbecue still makes the earth fish feel that it is not fragrant.

Xitu stuffed the grilled meat into Ji Mo's hand, and took the black meat skewer in his hand by the way.

"Uh, thank you Xitu. Come, you can eat too, I'll just have a string with Ao Bai. Ji Mo hurriedly stuffed a string back. How embarrassing are the two adults who don't care about the children eating first, they don't have any grace at all.

In the middle of the barbecue, Ao Bai had already eaten fish and shrimp, and although the native-born sea orcs were curious about cooked food, they didn't have much appetite. He took the meat skewer in his partner's hand, frowned and looked at it for a while: Alas~ Forget it, Ji Mo likes it.

Xitu was also very cheerful, and began to eat in large gulps, and his honey-colored face was rarely tense like an adult, grinning and threatening, but with a simple happy smile.

"Hey, it's still a little hot, let it cool and then eat it." Ji Mo smiled faintly and sighed in his heart: It seems that no matter where you live, there are regrets in your life.

"Good. Eat, I've eaten my fill. Ao Bai replied that when the food was plentiful, he could certainly choose not to try this strange taste of food.

Ji Mo poked Bai Long's chest with his elbow and looked at him playfully with raised eyebrows: Okay, you still can't accept the taste of cooked food, right? It's okay, I'll eat it for you!

Ao Bai looked down solemnly, his ice blue eyes were quiet and gentle. The sea breeze gently blew his long silver hair, and his deep and handsome features looked very pleasing to the eye.

Looking at each other, the mermaid took the lead in turning her head again, and continued to blow the barbecue in her hand, without hiding the smile at the corner of her mouth - such a good dragon is mine.

Xitu secretly looked at it, and his eyes were full of envy: they get along so well together, what will my partner be like in the future? Will he live with me in peace and be willing to give birth to our cubs? The beast god is on top, I really want to know......

When the barbecue became only slightly warm, Ji Mo was finally able to eat: it didn't matter what it tasted like, what mattered was the satisfaction in his heart.

Ao Bai didn't eat it, he intimately helped tear the large pieces of meat into small pieces to make it easier for his mermaids to eat.

The three of them sat down and ate two meals together, and slowly became familiar with each other, and they spoke a lot more openly, no longer restrained and cautious.

*****

"I'm going back tomorrow." If it weren't for the illness and feeling bad today, Shetu would have returned to the tribe as soon as the storm stopped.

We're about to part so soon, and you're the first friend Ao Bai and I have met since we came to Sicily.

Ji Mo subconsciously asked, "Tomorrow?" ”

"Yes, my mother and father are still waiting for me at home. I'm sorry, if I wasn't in a hurry, I would have stayed a few more days and barbecued meat for you every day. Chitu said guiltily that he saw the reluctance of the mermaid's female.

"No, of course you should go back as much as you can, your mother and father need you." Ji Mo comforted the little tiger cub, and then couldn't help asking, "However, do you know how to go back?" ”

In fact, it was really by luck that Xitu was able to land on the pearl island of his dreams.

He first secretly inquired about the direction of the Pearl Island in the tribe, and seeing that his mother and father were sick and dying, and Kari had been stubbornly refusing to be treated, Xitu secretly ran out of the tribe on impulse, gritted his teeth and went out to sea without hesitation - if I couldn't find the pearl back, my mother and father would probably return to the arms of the beast god; Even if I die in the sea, I am not afraid, the great beast god will definitely take my soul back to Sicily and reunite me with my mother and father.

He swam forward for a day and a night with the determination to die in a ruined boat, until a seabird flew overhead, and Xitu, who remained sane, found the right direction.

"I don't know. The sea was so big that I didn't know if I could find my way back. Xitu said helplessly.

Ji Mo sighed: "You are a land orc, if you get lost at sea, it will be bad: the storm will swallow you, the fierce beast will attack you, and most likely you will die of thirst or drown." After finishing speaking, he looked at Ao Bai.

I don't want to blindly say yes or put us in danger or trouble, but I want to hear your opinion.

Cetu hugged his knees tightly and stared at the fire in a daze.

Ao Bai sat upright, holding his partner's hand, and after thinking for a long time, he spoke in a deep voice:

"I know where the Sicilian mainland is."

The little tiger cub immediately raised his head, his eyes full of expectation.

"But、I can't promise to send you back lightly." Ao Bai continued.

The little tiger cub leaned forward and asked anxiously, "Then what are you going to do if you want to send me back?" ”

Ji Mo didn't say anything, he was thinking about what his partner might ask.

Ao Bai looked at Xitu and said word by word: "First of all, I ask you not to reveal this island and my partner's existence to anyone, including your mother and father, can you do it?" ”

Xitu thought about it solemnly and immediately promised: "I can do it!" The beast god is above, I swear that you and Ji Mo will live in my memory forever! If I disobey, let me be torn apart by the beasts of the holy lake! ”

Ao Bai said again: "Okay." However, we will not live in your memories forever, and I hope you can do us a favor after sending you back. ”

Ji Mo also thought of the first one, but the second one made him feel a little surprised, because the white dragon had always expressed great rejection and hostility towards the orcs of the Sicilian Continent.

Xitu was also stunned, and he said sneeringly: "As long as I can do it, of course I can." After reacting to this, he quickly admonished: "However, you must not contact other orcs in the Sicilian continent!" They have always been very disgusted...... Uh, don't like dragons. ”

Then he looked at the mermaid female again and said, "Ji Mo, you can't get close to the land!" ”

Ji Mo asked, "Why?" I'm not aggressive, you see that. "Alas~ Is it really what I guessed? The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

Chitu was ashamed to explain, "Because you're a mermaid." Legend has it that the tears of the merfolk turn into pearls, so ...... You know, Jimo, if anyone needs pearls as desperately as I do, they might, probably hurt you......"

Ao Bai finally understands why the legend of the sea orcs mentions that the mermaid is very miserable after being captured by the land orcs.

Ji Mo raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about you?" I wonder, if you run into me without pearls and no Ao Bai by my side, will you hurt me? ”

The crossing fish can actually understand this matter completely: on one side is their own life, or the life of their loved ones, and on the other side is a mermaid who has no combat effectiveness; People are selfish, when they are red-eyed, how can they take care of so much? Besides, mermaids live in the sea, how many can land orcs catch?

The mermaid who was caught before can imagine the end.

Xitu immediately gasped for air and turned his head to the side, not daring to look at the two opposites.

After a while, the little tiger cub admitted with difficulty: "I'm sorry Ji Mo, I don't want to lie to you." Still, I swear, I have absolutely no intention of hurting your life, I'm just, just going to make you cry for a while and see if there are any pearls......"

Ao Bai hugged Ji Mo tightly, thinking that he must work harder, so that he can protect his partner no matter what situation he encounters in the future.

Ji Mo sighed and calmly analyzed: "That's right, the first land orc just wanted to get pearls from the mermaid at the beginning, and didn't want to hurt the mermaid; And that's what others think, too. However, mermaids are also wise, happy and sorrowful, how can they drop pearls every day? Later, the mermaid couldn't cry the pearl, and the land orcs who were waiting for the pearl to save their lives would definitely be disappointed and angry—"

Xitu couldn't listen anymore, and he shouted softly, "No, no! There is no one else but me! I will never let the second person know about your suspension, Ji Mo, you believe me! ”

"Okay, Xitu, I'm just imagining it." Ji Mo smiled bitterly, what is human nature like? It depends on the choices made by the other party at the critical moment.

Ao Bai kissed his partner's forehead sideways, and said his most urgent request to Xitu-