Chapter 1145 - 1144: To Exchange
Ji Nuan shrugged, "Of course, as long as you exchange it with your hunt, it’s fine."
The water in the pot boiled shortly, and Ji Nuan used a small scoop to transfer all the water into several emptied jars.
As a female, Tuya was always interested in these matters. She came forward, squatted down, and helped Ji Nuan by tilting the pot to make it easier for her to gather the water.
Ji Nuan gave her a smile and said thank you.
"Shaman Ji Nuan, why do you have to put this clear water over the fire to boil?"
Perhaps because she had helped, Ji Nuan graciously answered her question: "The water that hasn’t been boiled contains many things, including the eggs of various insects.
By boiling it with fire, we can kill these organisms in the water, so there’s no need to worry about these tiny creatures and their eggs entering our bodies when we drink."
Tuya looked at the clear water and turned her head in confusion, "But I don’t see any insects or eggs in the water?"
Ji Nuan laughed: "Would you still drink it if you could see them? You should know that many insects can only survive by parasitizing."
"What is parasitism?" Harry sat down on the sand close by and, truth be told, he felt that this female shaman knew much more, even more than the old shaman.
"Many insects cannot survive on their own; they must burrow into the bodies of wild animals or orcs to obtain the energy that supports their survival. Once the parasitized wild animal or orc dies, the insects will die as well."
In fact, Ji Nuan did not know the details very well, so she just gave them a rough explanation.
"So are the worms inside us a kind of parasite as well?" Harry, truly a shaman, quickly thought of the worm disease that has tormented generation after generation of orcs.
Ji Nuan nodded: "Yes, the worms inside orcs are parasites. Haven’t you noticed that once an orc suffers an outbreak of worm disease and dies, the worms that come out from their bodies also die?"
Tuya’s complexion turned pale: "Once an orc has an outbreak of worm disease, they are taken to a large pit to die alone, with no orc willing to look at them. It’s too tragic."
Ji Nuan had also witnessed orcs suffering from worm disease, and she very much agreed; it was a sight absolutely not to be seen a second time.
"Shaman Ji Nuan, after you’ve gotten that powder which can replace the energy in blood, have there been no orcs suffering from worm disease?"
Norz sniffed enviously.
Ji Nuan shook her head: "Of course not, there are too many places where worms can lay eggs, and if we are not careful, we can ingest these eggs. But since we stopped eating raw meat, drinking beast blood, and ensured that we only drink boiled water, there have indeed been very few cases of worm disease among orcs.
Moreover, even if someone does get the worm disease, a small amount of worms is not enough to be fatal.
Even if it gets serious, drinking some medicinal powder to expel the worms from the body would suffice."
To expel them would suffice...
Would suffice...
Suffice...
"Shaman Ji Nuan... Are you saying... your tribe has found a method to treat worm disease?" Harry felt his hands sweating with nervousness.
He was afraid to hear a negative response from the mouth of this female shaman; he feared that he had just been mistaken due to the wind.
But Ji Nuan looked into his eyes seriously and nodded: "Yes."