Chapter 983 - 982: The Gap is Too Great
The next morning, Ji Nuan and a few beasts sat around the fire eating breakfast. The discovery of salt that could replace salt fruits had lifted the boulder off everyone’s chest in an instant.
The camp was bustling in the early morning.
"Brother Xiu Yan, did those beasts from the Aquatic Tribe discover any of the poisoners from the Nacha Tribe?" Ji Nuan took a bite of her bun and curiously looked at Xiu Yan.
With his cool and indifferent gaze, a trace of disdain flashed through the orc’s eyes: "Those idiots are still caught up in the joy of having cured the poisoned beasts."
Ji Nuan frowned: "The Aquatic Tribe really has been living too comfortably for too long. Only the Whale Tribe is somewhat decent, but I heard that only a few of their people came.
It’s going to take some time to find those who poisoned the water."
Xiu Yan nodded: "There’s too big of a gap between the strong warriors and the smaller members of the Aquatic Clan."
Ji Nuan agreed with Xiu Yan’s words. Indeed, a serious patrol of their own territory would surely reveal the poisoners from the Nacha Tribe.
But now, they hadn’t noticed the abnormal toxins in the sea at all, which was terrifying.
But since this matter had nothing to do with the Watson Tribe, the beasts discussed it briefly and then put it out of their minds.
After eating, they started focusing on the important matter of saltmaking for the tribe.
Days went by, and under Fu Yi’s direction, the work of constructing walls for various tribal settlements was progressing vigorously.
Due to the settlements being surrounded by mountains on three sides, the new sub-tribal walls only needed to be built on one side, connecting the three surrounding mountains.
In a blink of an eye, a month had passed, and the sub-tribal walls, built with the efforts of the tribespeople, rose tall and formidable, just like the main tribal walls.
On the day the wall was completed, Ji Nuan took Xiu Yan back to celebrate with the tribespeople.
But due to the importance of saltmaking, she only stayed for a day before returning.
Fu Yi, on the other hand, continued organizing the tribespeople to start building houses.
As these tribespeople had all participated in the construction before, they were extremely familiar with housebuilding.
Compared to wall construction, this work was significantly faster.
While the Watson Tribe was in full swing, the atmosphere in the different Aquatic Tribe settlements was one of gloom and doom.
They thought that finding the powder to cure the poisoned tribespeople would let them rest easy.
But to their dismay, the toxins in the sea water intensified after some time had passed.
Previously, orcs could still swim in the toxic waters, as long as they didn’t let the toxic water enter their bodies.
But now, orcs couldn’t even venture into the sea.
The Aquatic Tribe had no beasts capable of flying, and now they were trapped on their tribal islands, with food growing scarcer by the day.
Even more terrifying was that the toxins had begun to slowly spread to the deep sea.
Middle-ranked Aquatic Tribes, not yet affected, were now unsettled and began to contact their affiliated strong warrior races.
An incident of poisoning, which the Aquatic Clan had thought was overly simple, had now developed beyond their expectations.
But just as the Giant Whale Tribe had said, the powder from the Water God Fruit peel was precious, not something you could find anywhere in the sea, an herb you could collect whenever you wanted.