Chapter 449 - 448, Competition_1
Mu Chun wiped her tears and said, "Clan Leader, Shaman Ji Nuan suggests that we should find a tree person with worm disease to test the medicine tomorrow."
No sooner had the words left her mouth than a middle-aged tree person opposite her stood up, "I volunteer. I have worm disease."
Without waiting for the Clan Leader to make a decision, several more tree people stood up, "You speak as if you’re the only one with worm disease. Do you have more bugs in your body than this old fellow?"
"Who amongst you has more than I do? I was vomiting worms just yesterday."
"Ha~as if no one else has vomited before."
Mu Chun looked at the few middle-aged uncles arguing in the tree house with bewilderment.
Uncle, since when did having worm disease become something to brag about? And you, brother, do you actually take pride in vomiting worms? Why do you seem so proud about it?
After watching the tree people quarrel with a smirk for quite a while, the amiable old Clan Leader finally waved his hand to settle them down, "Why all the fuss? You’ve all been arguing for so long, but have you forgotten that I am the one who will decide who tests the medicine?"
The tree people were floored by the Clan Leader’s revelation. So you’ve just been sitting around, practically enjoying our argument!
The old Clan Leader cleared his throat, resumed a serious face, and said, "The tree person testing the medicine is you."
Saying so, he pointed to the middle-aged tree person opposite Mu Chun.
Seeing this, the tree people frowned at the Clan Leader, "Clan Leader, his worm disease is, at most, average among the tribe."
The old Clan Leader stroked his snow-white beard and laughed, "It is precisely because his condition is average that we’re choosing him to test the medicine. The worms have tormented us for many years. What if the dust fails to kill the worms in us and instead provokes them? Wouldn’t we be prematurely sending our severely infected tree people to their deaths?"
Indeed, the old Clan Leader’s calculations were thorough. Not only was he considering the safety of the tribe, but he was also concern for Ji Nuan.
The middle-aged tree person nodded, "Rest assured, I’ll cooperate with Shaman Ji Nuan in testing the medicine."
The old Clan Leader nodded his head, his face imposing, as he looked around the assembled tree people, "We are the ones asking the Shaman to heal us, so we must cooperate fully with her should any issues arise. We have been unable to cure this worm disease for centuries. How can we expect the Shaman to heal us in one attempt? Understood?"
The tree people obediently nodded their heads. None dared to defy the Clan Leader.
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To make sure that she’d wake up early, Ji Nuan prepared the necessary herbs and tools and went to sleep early in the Beast Skin blanket.
So, when Mu Chun called for her from outside, Ji Nuan had already washed and had her breakfast.
With her backpack ready and followed by Xiu Yan and Uncle Bai’s children, she greeted Chief Ge Xing. Then, she followed Mu Chun towards the foggy, snow-forested heart not far away.
Emerging through the white fog were tall, sturdy trees, each at least as thick as can be surrounded by ten orcs. Mu Chun proudly said, "These trees are our original bodies. We, the Divine Wood Tree people, can live separately from our original bodies once we mature. These remaining bodies are then converted to tree houses for living."
Ji Nuan asked curiously, "Doesn’t that hurt you?"
Mu Chun laughed, "That’s our separated original body. The body we are in now is the most crucial."