Xitu kept leaning forward, his hands tugging at his animal skin skirt, his eyes unblinking, looking at Ao Bai anxiously.

In the process of swimming alone from the coast of Sicily to this island, the difficulties and dangers encountered along the way had already made the little tiger cub restrain his previous enthusiasm and impulse: he clearly felt that his good luck had run out, and it was too dangerous to swim back alone.

Ji Mo held his partner's hand and wordlessly showed his support.

Ao Bai frowned and thought for a long time, and finally looked at his partner and said slowly, instead of looking at Xitu, he looked at his partner:

"Xitu, we need the herbs from your tribe, which can be exchanged for a lot of pearls." This is what Ao Bai is most worried about and most urgently needs at the moment.

After he and Ji Mo came to Sicily, they had already faced the dilemma of having no herbs and no priests many times:

When he encountered a cold snap on the way, fortunately he was close to the West Sea at that time, and when he went to the West Sea Dragon Clan for help, Ao Mu asked his family's white priest to heal Ji Mo, and in the end, because Ao Bai did not agree to stay in the West Sea to help Ao Mu, it was nothing to be driven away by the other party; and when they were besieged by many fierce beasts, both of them were injured, but thanks to the blessing of the sea god, they were both fine in the end; This time, the little orc Xitu fell ill on their island, but they still don't know if the pearl played a role, or if the little tiger cub was born with a strong constitution and recovered on its own.

"Xitu, this is just a request, I hope to get your help, if you can't do it, you can refuse, don't force it." Ao Bai was reluctant to open this mouth, but now he couldn't think of any other way.

- The cold season is coming, and the closest to the Sicilian Sea is the West Sea, but it will waste a lot of time to come and go, and maybe you will encounter the extreme weather of the cold season on the road, and the mermaid will definitely not be able to stand it; At the same time, according to Ao Bai's experience, every time it is the cold season, the females and cubs in the clan are always sick, and the priests are often very busy during the cold season.

Ji Mo also comforted the little tiger cub: "Xitu, don't be nervous, we are not in a hurry, we just want to stock up on some emergencies and try it to see if the herbs of the land orc tribe can be used on us." ”

After a pause, he explained further: "Do you have a high priesthood there?" Do the ordinary orcs and females in the tribe know about medicinal herbs? If you can't get in touch with it, forget it, Ao Bai and I will find another way, don't force it, you know? ”

Ao Bai also nodded, "Since your tribe is so repulsive to the sea orcs, then you have to be careful, even for your own safety, you can't reveal what happened in the past two days to others." ”

- Compared to the tribes, the opinions of individual orcs are really nothing. If you want to live a happy life, you must avoid disagreeing with the vast majority of people around you.

Situ was in the middle of it, and he certainly understood it more deeply, and he patiently explained:

"Listen to me first. There are several priests in our tribe, some of whom are good at helping females give birth to cubs, some of whom are good at helping male orcs stop bleeding and bone grafting, and some who only heal sick cubs and females. As for the herbs, everyone in our tribe can access them, but they are afraid of making mistakes, so most of the time they still ask the priest for them. ”

Ji Mo felt a little surprised, and exclaimed: "It turns out that it has developed to the point that there is a specialization in the art industry and each performs its own duties?" That's good, everyone's life is safe. ”

Ao Bai immediately said: "Ji Mo, one day, our Sicily will also be able to attract priests to come!" ”

"Well, of course, we have such good conditions here, if there is a priest who is willing to come, he will definitely get the best care and the greatest respect, that is a very important person!" Ji Mo looked at Ao Bai's serious appearance, and immediately sensed the other party's thoughts, and he said with a smile in his heart: You stupid dragon, I just objectively evaluate the land orc tribe, and of course it is our family that is the best.

What, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own nests.

Xitu slowly became more relaxed, because Ao Bai's request was something he could do.

"So what kind of herb do you want? Don't worry, I'm not an adult yet, and the cubs only need to learn to hunt with the warriors for half a day every day, and then they can play as they please, and our favorite thing is to pick fruit for mom and father, catch small prey, or gather herbs to change for jerky at the priest! ”

Ji Mo asked amusedly, "Do you exchange herbs for jerky?" Your priests have a way. "It sounds funny that the priests actually used rewarding jerky to encourage the half-grown children of the tribe to help him find herbs......

"Hehe~ Yes, when they are busy, they don't have time to go out to find herbs, so the priests make a lot of jerky, as long as the herbs we send over are right, they will give a small piece of jerky!" Xitu said excitedly.

It can be seen from the little tiger cub's sparkling eyes that this activity of "exchanging herbs for jerky" should be something that the little orcs in the East Continent of Sicily usually like to do.

Ji Mo asked uneasily: "Then when you go to find medicinal herbs, will other orcs pay attention?" Will you care a lot? Will anyone ask if the herbs were given to the priest at the end? "You should still inquire a little more clearly, so as not to burden Xitu.

The little tiger cub scratched his head and replied innocently: "No one pays attention to us, adult orcs and females have their own things to do, and they are busy every day, and they think we are too noisy...... However, the tribe did not allow the cubs to go deep into the dense forest, so we had to play in the nearby jungle. ”

- It's understandable, a group of adolescent teenagers, energetic, and together can simply make a fuss. Ji Mo was snickering in his heart.

"So, how many herbs do you recognize? I mean, you can confirm without having to nod your head from the priest. Ji Mo patiently explained.

Xitu thought for a moment and replied, "Actually, you should show it to the priest, because many medicinal herbs look alike, and if you get it wrong, it will be bad." ”

Looking at the two people on the opposite side frowning disapprovingly at the same time, the little tiger cub hurriedly explained further:

"It's okay, you're thinking too complicated. Our tribe is very large and has a lot of cubs, and adult orcs will pay more attention to females and female cubs, and small orcs generally just don't mess with them. After a pause, Situ smiled reluctantly and said:

"I am most familiar with the herbs for females, and then, and then for adult orcs, and I know several of them. Well, because, mainly because my mother and father have been sick for a long time, and often have to ask the priest to come, and I usually have to take care of my mother and father, and remind him to take medicine, and slowly I know those herbs, and I can often find those kinds and send them to the priest, only once the priest said that I was mistaken, and everything else is right; Once upon a time when my beast father was still at home...... Well, that's it. ”

Ao Bai and Ji Mo glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time, "Okay Xitu, as long as you are safe, we are not in a hurry, you can slowly find a way to collect herbs and save them." ”

"I have a lot of them at home. My mother and father are not in good health, and I have always had the habit of accumulating medicinal herbs, which are found and dried in a frank and open manner, and my people have long been used to it. The little tiger cub said seriously.

- Whew~ That's good, it won't attract the attention of others.

Ji Mo solemnly told again:

"Thank you, Hetu. We hope for your help and at the same time hope that you are safe. ”

Ao Bai already had a clear goal: "Then let's change some herbs for females and cubs, but do you know how to use these herbs?" "If it's too complicated, it's useless to get it.

Ji Mo put forward a different opinion: "No, Xitu, we want some herbs for adult orcs, such as bleeding, broken bones and other wounds. "Ao has to be busy chasing and hunting the fierce beasts in the Sicilian Sea every day, I'm really afraid that he will have some accidents one day, but I hate why I am a mermaid who fights five scumbags and can't hunt fierce beasts......

Ao Bai held his partner's hand harder, but he didn't change his mind: "No, I want some females and cubs to need." ”

Xitu said embarrassedly: "I know the usage." But I don't know any of the cubs, because I am the only child ......."

"Then forget it, remove this, we don't have cubs yet." Ji Mo immediately spoke, he couldn't embarrass the little tiger cub.

Ao Bai thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, don't use this first, when the cold season is over, let's go to the West Sea and see if we can invite a priest." ”

When Xitu felt a little guilty and wanted to say something more, Ji Mo hurriedly intercepted him:

"Remember, boy, we don't want the herbs for the cubs! We're going to be angry if you go for it, you know? ”

"Okay, okay." The little tiger's ears drooped slightly, and he had other plans in his heart.

Ji Mo stared at him, and suddenly said, "Now, now that you have promised me, if you can't do it, then what do you say?" ”

Xitu cleared his throat, his eyes wandered, and after a long while, he said unwillingly: "Okay, this time I really promised you, if I can't do it, let me be torn apart and eaten by the fierce beasts in the holy lake!" ”

- Poof~ It's the beast of the Holy Lake again......

The crossing fish had heard about this sacred lake several times from the mouth of this little orc, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Just remember, you don't need to swear that the fierce beasts in the holy lake will not harm the honest and brave little orcs." ”

cough cough cough~ Why does this sound so much like a lie made up by adults on the earth to trick children into not running around and staying at home to play obediently......

Xitu immediately retorted sternly: "Yes! The fierce beasts in the holy lake are extremely powerful, and the most powerful warriors in the tribe cannot defeat him, the holy lake is the forbidden place of the orc tribes in the entire Sicilian continent, and the orcs who enter it have never come back alive! ”

The corners of Ao Bai's mouth were slightly hooked, and he let his mermaid tease the little tiger cub.

Ji Moyan nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Oh, yes? Do the beasts in the holy lake have ...... So big? As he spoke, he made an exaggerated circle with his hands.

The little tiger cub nodded and said in surprise, "How do you know?" ”

"And then, do His teeth have such long teeth?" The crossing fish raised his hands flat and gestured to the length with his eyes.

The tiger cub corrected: "No, his teeth are longer than that. ”

"In the end, could he swallow several orcs in one go, without chewing them?" Ji Mo laughed in his heart, and tried his best to tense his expression.

The little tiger cub looked at Ji Mo suspiciously and said, "You are right, Ji Mo, you sue me, in fact, you have already been to our tribe, right?" "Otherwise, how could he know so clearly about the beasts of the Holy Lake?

Actually, I just took out a legendary yokai image from my memory......

"Hahaha~" Ji Mo couldn't hold it anymore and laughed wildly, he pointed to Xitu and dragged Ao Bai's arm and shook it a few times, and said happily: "See if Ao Bai is there?" In the future, if your child is disobedient and runs around, you can also scare him like this and let them be honest and quiet for a while! After saying that, he continued to laugh loudly, and he couldn't be happy.

- Hey, it turns out that parents in the world are the same, they will make up some lies to scare their children when they are young and naughty and mischievous. The most common thing is: go out at night and run around, there are monsters outside!

Ao Bai thought about it seriously for a while and then shook his head, "No, don't scare them, just let them go out to play." "Little dragons and little mermaids like to go out and play, so there's no need to lock them up.

Regarding the future education problem, Ji Mo said disapprovingly: "Alas~ Children can't always get used to it, they still have to be strict when they should be strict." "You can't spoil your child unconditionally, what should I do if I grow crooked?

Xitu naturally couldn't feel the demons and monsters in the many myths and stories in Ji Mo's brain, and he still insisted: "Ji Mo, don't laugh, there are really powerful, tyrannical and bloodthirsty beasts in the holy lake of the Sicilian continent, you must not get close to the holy lake!" ”

Ji Mo comforted him: "Okay, I won't go, I don't even know where your holy lake is, you can rest assured." ”

"Tomorrow morning, we'll send you back." Ao Bai said the key sentence.

*****

"Xige, I beg you, please go find Xitu, he hasn't come home until now, he's still a cub......" Outside the stone house of the patriarch of the East Continent of Sicily, Qingzhe, the mother father of the tiger cub Xitu, cried and begged the patriarch Xige.

- After he woke up from his slumber that day, he anxiously waited until it was dark and did not see his sensible little tiger cub Xitu, Qing Zhe supported his sick and weak body to search the entire tribe, and later many kind-hearted clansmen also helped to find it, but nothing was found.

The tiger female, who has always been strong and forbearing, immediately panicked: the cub Xitu was almost all of him.

In a hurry, Qing Zhe immediately went to the patriarch and asked him to take a few male orcs to look for them in the dense forest outside, he was worried that his cub was lost.

However, Higg's current partner, Kari, strongly resisted him, reasoning: it is dark, and it is dangerous to enter the dense forest at this time, and the warriors of the tribe cannot be put in danger because of your own cub. And the patriarch Xige, that is, Xitu's beast father, was a little shaken at first, but then when he saw the big belly that his partner Kari was caressing intentionally or unintentionally, he made up his mind:

"Qingzhe, don't worry, go back and wait, Xitu is too disobedient, maybe he's just playful, maybe he'll go back in a while."

I'm sorry, Kari already has my baby. And Xitu? He didn't take me as a beast father in his eyes at all, and he disobeyed me openly and secretly, and even refused to open his mouth to call me beast father, alas......

Qing Zhe endured his anger and continued to ask for help: "Patriarch, Kari, Xitu is the cub of the Tiger tribe, and he will also be an excellent warrior in the future; Moreover, he is not playful at all, he is very sensible, and since I was not well, Xitu has always come home early to take care of me. He hasn't come back until now, and there must have been some accident - please leave nothing else, just for the sake of him being a cub, arrange to go to the jungle to find it! ”

As soon as he heard the phrase "don't worry about anything else", Kari suddenly got angry, and he sneered: "Hehe~ Qingzhe, what do you mean by anything else?" What exactly do you mean? I know, because Higg chose me in the end, so you have always hated me, and there is no way to do it, who made you infertile? Tell me, did you deliberately let Xitu hide this time? Just to get Higg back, right? I sue you, impossible! After saying that, I fell and beat in.

Higg finally took a tearful look at his ex-partner, and also thought that he was lying with Shetu just to get himself back, so he ended up saying nothing and chased Kari into the house.

- Beast God, Beast God~

Qingzhe cried out loud and laughed sadly, stumbling away to continue looking for help from the other orcs.

"Why on earth did Higg become like this? Hetu is his cub, huh? Why did he choose Kari? Woo woo woo ...... "Weize and Xingda helped their good friend Qingzhe to leave, crying over what happened to their good friend.

Wei Ze comforted his friend: "Qingzhe, don't worry, Rui will definitely help find it." "Rui is Wieze's companion, a leopard orc.

Xingda also hurriedly said: "Joe, he will be back soon, Qingzhe, we will go to Shimen and wait for them immediately, and we will definitely get Xitu back!" ”

It's a pity that after a few male orcs returned from hunting, they enthusiastically returned to the dense forest to search for a whole night, and they didn't find any trace of the little tiger cub Xitu, and they couldn't bear to bring back bad news to Qingzhe:

“…… We traced the footprints and the smell of Cetu that disappeared on the shores of the Sicilian Sea......"

Qing Zhe immediately sat down on the ground, his eyes blackened for a while, and then his sick and weak body could no longer hold on and fainted.

- Don't be afraid, my child, if there is a real event, your mother and father will be with you soon.

*****

The next day, the weather in the Sicilian Sea was clear, with blue skies and white clouds.

A small tiger cub, a white dragon, and a mermaid quickly approached the Sicilian continent.

"Xitu, have you remembered everything I taught you?" Ji Mo didn't know how many times he asked.

"I remember it all, really!" The little tiger cub sat in the clams, led by the claws of the white dragon and swam quickly, he looked at the mermaid swimming next to him, and answered seriously.

Ji Mo was as patient as a teacher revisiting the knowledge points: "Then repeat it, what should you say and do when you go back?" ”

Xitu good students answer questions one by one:

"First of all, you must hide all the pearls in a secret place, so that no one knows about them, and you can't take them home immediately."

Temporary teacher Ji Mo nodded, "Well, that's right." And then what? ”

"Then I had to carefully cover up the smell of my body, so that everyone in the tribe would believe that I had just come to the beach for fun, and then I accidentally got lost, and hid in the dense forest for days before finding my way home."

"Very well, what's next?"

"When no one notices when it's safe, I quietly go out and get a few pearls home, grind them into powder and mix them in broth for my mother and father to drink, until he is well."

"In the meantime?" Ji Mo is good at persuasion.

Seetu immediately continued: "At the same time, insist on bringing the herbs back from the priest, so that others will think that the mother and father were cured by the priest." ”

Ao Bai put forward his own Jianyì: "When you don't know how to answer, you cry, it's better to cry and tremble at the same time." "They shouldn't be too embarrassed for a poor cub.

Cetu immediately touched his knee in embarrassment, but whispered yes.

Ji Mo praised vigorously: "Ao Bai is right, this is a universal method!" Xitu, you just have to finish what I taught you, and then no matter what others ask, you cry, say that you are too scared and don't remember everything, and look scared, sad and desperate, so that everyone else will shut up. ”

"But, but I'm a male, I can't always cry~" The half-big tiger clan with strong self-esteem said embarrassedly.

"Oh, it doesn't matter if it's male or female, you're just a cub anyway, what are you afraid of! There's no shame in that, if you want to live a peaceful life with your mother and father in the future, you have to do it, you know? Ji Mo hurriedly and vigorously instilled these thoughts in him, how can the eldest husband bend and stretch.

"Okay then." Xitu nodded with a dejected face, feeling that he would definitely not be the strongest and bravest little orc in the tribe in the future.

*****

Ao Bai and Ji Mo's speed was very fast, and this was still under the condition that escorting Xitu was as smooth as possible, and the little tiger cub had swam hard for a day and a night, and it only took them half a day to arrive.

The mainland of Sicily was in front of them, and Ao Bai and Ji Mo stopped at some distance from the coast, and they did not want to land for safety reasons.

Seetu looked at the jungle in front of him, and this was the time for the real separation.

Tears slowly welled up in the little tiger cub's eyes, and he hugged his animal skin bag, refusing to leave the clams.

Ji Mo patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, okay, it's not like we're going to see each other again." Listen, listen, it's still early, and you have to hurry up and find a good place to hide the pearls, and then get some more of the juice of the grass you said and rub it on your body, and it is better to roll a few more on the ground; Finally, you have to get back to the tribe before it gets dark, it's not safe to stay in the jungle too late, you know? ”

Cetu choked up and nodded, "I see." You don't have to worry about me, there are no big beasts around here, I come to play often. ”

Ao Bai looked at him encouragingly, "Go ahead." ”

The cub slid into the water and made one final confirmation: "I can't wait for you at the beach until the sun rises and sets twenty times before the cold season comes, right?" ”

Ji Mo nodded, "That's right!" Don't run here every day. From today onwards, every time it gets dark, you will pick up a small stone and go home, and you can only come over if you have enough twenty, and you can quietly save up herbs during this time, you know? ”

Cetu secretly shed a tear and slipped into the sea.

"I know, I'll save up twenty stones before I come."

Ji Mo pointed to the land not far away: "Go, we will watch you get ashore safely before leaving." ”

Xitu began to swim slowly, crying as he went, and he never looked back.

When he finally stepped on solid land, he quickly turned back: Ao Bai and Ji Mo were still watching him in the same place.

After waving goodbye, Ji Mo made a cheering gesture to the little tiger cub, and then dared to turn around and leave.

*****

After Xitu wiped away his tears, he conscientiously followed Ao Bai and Ji Mo's instructions and completed things one by one.

At the last twilight, the little tiger cub that appeared at the door of the tribe in the eastern continent of Sicily was miserable and pitiful: the animal skin skirt was dirty and indistinguishable, the hair was messy and tangled, covered in dust, and the expression was in a trance.

- Actually, Xitu was afraid, after all, he was just a cub, and he was worried that he would not be able to convince his people and his mother.

As a result, with the help of the patrolling adult males and the watchful eyes of many members of the tribe, Xitu was sent back to his home, during which he remembered the instructions of Ao Bai and Ji Mo: tremble, fear, and play stupid.

On the way, he was so anxious that he desperately tried to squeeze out tears, but the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't cry.

However, after seeing his mother and father Qingzhe open his arms, Xitu's nose was sore, and he couldn't help crying and jumped up, hugging and crying.

When the onlookers sighed, sighed, rejoiced, and rejoiced that the little orc had returned safely, the leopard warrior Rui, who was the first to find Xitu, had secretly smeared the blood he had been injured and shed during hunting today on the little tiger cub, and he subconsciously helped the little tiger cub cover it up.

- Why does Xitu seem to smell of a dragon......