Chapter 1175 - 1174: Shocking
"There are two orcs and one female in my team. One of the orcs is a fifth-level evolved orc." Harry didn’t conceal this fact, since it was something easily discernable anyway, and Casa’s evolution level would undoubtedly make this tribe wary.
As expected, the expressions of the old Shaman and Hasa were full of shock.
A fifth-level evolved orc—what did that signify? It truly lived up to being the Tribal Shaman from the powerful Southern Beast Continent, capable of traveling with such an exceptionally strong orc.
They turned their gazes toward Ji Nuan and Xiu Yan. The old Shaman was certain that Xiu Yan’s evolution level wouldn’t be lower than third-level.
After all, the orc who had followed behind him earlier was the tribe’s second-ranking in power, a third-level evolved orc specifically assigned to protect him during herbal gathering missions.
Ji Nuan maintained a faint smile on her face. "There are only Xiu Yan and I in my team. He is my mate."
Ji Nuan gestured to the stern orc by her side, her smile deepening. "Brother Xiu Yan is a fifth-level evolved orc."
The old Shaman: "..."
Hasa: "..."
Having a fifth-level evolved orc—do high-level evolved orcs no longer need Beast God Fruits these days?
Moreover, that Ji Nuan Shaman truly seemed gutsy, venturing out with just two orcs. You should know that across the continents, beasts even more powerful than fifth-level evolved orcs aren’t unheard of.
Harry shot Ji Nuan a deep glance. He knew full well that this Ji Nuan Shaman herself was a fifth-level evolved beast, and her mate, that tall, cold, unyielding orc, far surpassed Casa in strength.
He was undoubtedly a being beyond fifth-level evolution, yet Harry refrained from exposing Ji Nuan’s concealment of this fact—it was, after all, her own matter.
Besides, keeping a few cards up one’s sleeve wasn’t a bad thing.
After the initial shock, the old Shaman and Hasa started discussing matters. Their dwelling place was actually a large mountain, though before this area had become an oasis, much of it had been buried under massive amounts of sand. Currently, little of it remained exposed above ground.
A portion near the lakeside had already been excavated by the tribespeople for cave dwellings, but the rest lay further away from the water. During other seasons, this wasn’t much of an issue, but during the cold season, accessing water would become inconvenient.
After all, the cold season in the desert brought powerful winds, which felt like sharp orc claws scraping against one’s skin—extremely painful.
The old Shaman explained this situation to Ji Nuan and Harry. "Hasa and I believe it would be best to assign several strong single orcs to dig new caves, while you two Shamans could reside in their previous caves instead."
Allowing Shamans blessed by the Beast God to live in their own caves was an unparalleled honor for any orc. It would fill them with immense pride.
Such recognition from the tribe might even earn them praises, and if their luck held, a female might be willing to mate with them as a result.
Harry was quite tempted by the proposition. After all, if the desert was truly as harsh as the old Shaman described, being situated closer to the water source would indeed be more advantageous.
However, Ji Nuan had a different perspective. While proximity to the water source was certainly desirable, it also meant there would be many orcs from the tribe nearby, and the caves wouldn’t be very spacious.
They couldn’t demand that more members of the tribe vacate caves to allow them to store food.
Thus, they needed a place that could accommodate a substantial amount of food storage. It made more sense to choose the option of digging their own cave from the very start.