lcionline Chapter 28: The Pole
Chapter 28: The Pole
Because of the battle during the day, both of them were very tired. At night, they simply boiled some rice roots and cooked some exotic beast meat to deal with it casually.
Yanli and Limingsheng simply cleaned the wounds, applied herbs to them, and went to rest. Because they went to rest early, they did not deal with the mushrooms they brought back, and even the essence of the giant wolf beast was not distributed until the next day.
The next day, neither of them got up early. Li Mingsheng woke up around noon, and Yanli woke up even later than him.
After he woke up, he first prepared breakfast, which should be lunch to be exact. He simply stir-fried some exotic beast meat, cooked some chicken mushrooms and cuckoo chicken bones into soup, and roasted some starch roots.
By the time he was ready, Yanli had already woken up, but he looked listless and had no energy.
"After dinner, go to sleep!"
Seeing the other person like this, Li Mingsheng quickly asked him to finish eating and then take a rest.
Yanli shook his head and said, "I'll just wash my face later. I don't want to sleep anymore. I've fallen asleep so much that my body is limp."
Compared to Li Mingsheng who was full of energy after a night's rest, Yanli did seem to be overly tired. Yanli secretly bit his lip behind his back and felt angry. They were all orcs, so why was there such a big difference between them!
However, this emotion did not last long. After they finished their meal, they all dispersed when distributing the giant wolf beast's essence.
"Here, this is yours. With these eight five-star beast essences, and your current energy accumulation, you should be able to successfully advance to a six-star orc warrior!"
Li Mingsheng handed a total of eight beast essences, including the one from the wolf leader, to Yanli.
"Brother Li, I can't take so much. Most of these giant wolf beasts were killed by you. I can't..." Yanli refused in a low voice, but was interrupted by Li Mingsheng before he could finish his words.
"Ah Li, if you hadn't saved me yesterday, that giant-feathered eagle would have been aiming for my neck. This little bit of beast essence is nothing. What's more, you also played a big role in the fight with the giant wolf beast group."
"Don't refuse. You deserve it. Besides, with these, you can be promoted to a six-star orc warrior, which is good for our overall combat power. Besides, you can still distinguish between them and me, huh?"
With Li Mingsheng's persuasion, Yanli accepted the beast essence and planned to absorb it slowly!
"Are you touched? Let Brother Li see if you are crying?" Li Mingsheng teased Yanli.
"Get out of here!" Yanli became angry and cursed in a low voice.
Li Mingsheng didn't get angry but laughed instead. Yanli listened to his hearty laughter and looked at his handsome face. She felt it was really hateful. She turned around and ignored Li Mingsheng.
"So disgusting, Brother Li, stop laughing, let's take a look at the mushrooms we harvested yesterday!"
Seeing that the other party was getting angry and embarrassed, Li Mingsheng hurriedly put his arm around his uninjured left shoulder and changed the topic to yesterday's harvest.
Yanli also went down the stairs and happily tidied up things with Li Mingsheng.
The two of them sorted the mushrooms into five piles in total: shiitake mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, morels and black fungus.
Li Mingsheng saved the button mushrooms, chicken mushrooms and morels to eat slowly over the next few days, and put the black fungus and shiitake mushrooms on a drying mat to dry in the sun, saving them for the snow season!
It’s a pity that those big Ganoderma lucidum were left in Wugui Mountain along with the other backpack, otherwise I could have boiled them later to see what the effect was.
It is generally difficult for male orcs in Wanyuan Continent to distinguish the energy of plants. This skill is generally exclusive to females. Therefore, females in the tribe are responsible for gathering. Not only because they cannot transform into beast form and have weaker combat power, but also because they need the special abilities of females to gather. Therefore, females in the tribes of this continent are responsible for gathering.
"Brother Li, what should we do with this stuff?" Yanli asked after Li Mingsheng had dried the mushrooms and black fungus, holding up the hemp stalks he had cut yesterday evening.
"I have to see first if it is the material I want." Li Mingsheng took the hemp stick from Yanli's hand and soaked it in water.
"Is that all?" Yanli asked curiously.
"Not so fast. The process of making hemp is simple, but it takes a long time!"
"How many days does it take to soak?"
"Just soak for two days first, and then we'll come back. Let's go, let's go back first!" Li Mingsheng pulled Yanli up from the stream, and then returned to the cave. He would come back after two days to see if it was a hemp pole or not. By then it would be clear at a glance.
During these two days, Yanli was recuperating from his injuries, and Li Mingsheng occasionally went out hunting and gathering. In the midst of their busy schedule, Yanli found excuses many times to come to the stream to take a look.
Early in the morning, Yanli dragged Limingsheng over. Before they even made breakfast, they dragged him to verify the result.
"I can't tell what's going on here. How can a tree trunk be turned into something you can wear?" Yanli looked at the things that were salvaged and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed!
"This is just the first step, don't be in a hurry!"
After Li Mingsheng peeled one, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"It's indeed hemp, Yanli, we will have hemp clothes to wear soon!" Li Mingsheng looked overly excited, which was rare for Yanli. It was rare to see Li Mingsheng's emotions fluctuate so much on weekdays.
Looking at the hemp stalks in his hands, Li Mingsheng's heart has already flown to the place marked before. This spring is already halfway through, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The requirements for making linen cloth are getting stronger and stronger. You can't always be shirtless!
Li Mingsheng prepared food and water early the next morning and planned to go to the marked place to cut the hemp stalks.
Yanli was a little dissatisfied with Li Mingsheng's refusal to let Yanli go with him on the grounds that Yanli still needed to recuperate from his injuries. He threw a tantrum early in the morning and wanted Li Mingsheng to take him with him, but was ruthlessly rejected by him.
It took Li Mingsheng an hour to reach the marked location. This place was very close to the outskirts of Wugui Mountain and was relatively easy to find. He did not encounter any attacks from strange beasts along the way and found it very easily.
Looking at this piece of hemp stalk, Li Mingsheng seemed to have imagined the feeling of wearing linen on his body.
Without further ado, he took the bone knife and slashed. In less than ten minutes, a bundle of hemp stalks appeared on the ground.
Although the hemp poles here are not big, they are enough for Li Mingsheng and Yanli to make three sets of clothes. The extra ones can also be used to make a small quilt for summer use. They can also be used to make shoes. Wearing linen shoes in summer is breathable and comfortable.
He had a simple lunch at noon and then continued to work. After cutting three quarters of the wood, Li Mingsheng planned to keep the rest. After all, he was not the kind of person who would take advantage of others’ help, and he was very knowledgeable about sustainable development.
When it was getting dark, Li Mingsheng had tied up all the hemp stalks on the ground with vines, and carried them out of Wugui Mountain and placed them on the periphery. This place was about 45 minutes away on the left side of the cave.
Li Mingsheng looked at the sky which was about to get dark. It was impossible to move all the hemp stalks back today. He could only leave them here temporarily, cover them with grass, and then transform himself into a beast to carry a dozen bundles back first.