SFS Chapter 154 Peach
Chapter 154 Peach
As he climbed up, Lin Baiyan looked down carefully to search for broken iron stones in order to determine the location of the iron ore vein.
There are not many plants growing on the West Mountain. The exposed stones are dark brown. As you walk upstream along the stream, the red and yellow marks on the stones become more and more obvious.
Lin Baiyan was almost certain in his heart that this was an iron ore vein. The western mountain was not very high, and the orcs reached the top of the mountain in no time.
Looking down from the mountaintop, Lin Baiyan finally saw the entire view of the surrounding mountains.
Xishan is not a single hillside. Perhaps due to a fissure in the earth, the entire Xishan was divided into three parts, forming a small valley in the middle, where iron ore is exposed.
The stream flows slowly down from the mountaintop through the valley, which is why Lin Baiyan and his companions found the iron stone by the stream earlier.
Looking at the reddish-brown stones in the valley, washed by rain and snow, Lin Baiyan excitedly tugged at Lang Cang's animal skin coat, "Look, this is iron ore!"
"We found it!"
Lang Cang looked down at the excited Lin Baiyan and smiled slightly, "Yes, we're really lucky."
Lin Baiyan spread out a thin piece of animal hide and took out a charcoal pencil from his animal hide bag. He was going to draw all the landforms near Xishan to make it easier for them to mine later.
Xiong Fei scratched his head, "Is this the iron stone the priest was looking for?"
Lin Baiyan's hands kept moving. "Yes, these stones can be smelted into iron."
Before setting off, Xiong Fei had heard the priest talk about the uses of iron, and he was filled with anticipation. After all, when the priest made a purchase, the items were always top-notch!
Lin Baiyan worked quickly, completing a simple map in just over ten minutes. He blew the charcoal ash off the animal hide, carefully rolled up the map, and put it into his animal hide bag, patting the bag with satisfaction.
"Let's go down and scout ahead. Let's collect a few baskets of iron stones and try it out."
Lang Cang nodded, and the group carefully descended along the cut surface of the hillside. After entering the valley, Lin Baiyan picked up a palm-sized iron stone covered with reddish-brown rust. "Let's look for stones with these marks first. Stones like these are more likely to be used to make iron."
Several orcs carefully noted the shape of the stone in Lin Baiyan's hand, then scattered and began picking up stones.
Each of them carried a basket on their backs, and in no time they had filled it with iron stones. Lin Baiyan looked at his basket, patted the dust off his hands, and said, "That's enough, let's go back."
The beastmen returned to where they had hidden the carts with a full harvest. They brought two carts with them, and the seven baskets of iron stones only filled one of them.
Seeing that it was still early, Lin Baiyan suggested that everyone return to the valley and collect more iron stones to fill the cart.
On the way back, they took a different route, which Lang Cang said was flatter than the one they had taken on the way there.
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The kitten perched on the white wolf's head, feeling the exhilarating speed. When they switched to a flat, wide road, the white wolf seemed to go even faster, and the kitten felt as if its ears were being blown around.
"Meow—" Lin Baiyan originally wanted to remind the big white wolf to slow down, but when he opened his mouth, he was filled with a mouthful of wind.
Garlic, garlic!
Lin Baiyan quickly used his paws to manually lower his ears. Although he was now a kitten, for some reason, he still couldn't learn how to automatically tuck his ears down like a kitten, and he always had to do it manually.
A group of male orcs followed Wolf Cang at breakneck speed. There was no other way; their leader was too fast. If Wolf Cang left them behind, they would definitely be punished when they got back.
Wolf Cang, for some unknown reason, gathered his strength and leaped swiftly, covering another three or four meters. The kitten felt as if it had bumped its head into something.
Uh-huh? ? ?
Lin Baiyan felt as if he had been swiftly swept past something, and one of them had even caught on him.
The kitten looked down and saw that it had somehow managed to tuck a peach into its paws. The peach was big and red, and looked incredibly tempting.
Kitten: "Meow meow meow!!!"
Is this for real?!
He quickly stuffed the peach under his belly, not caring that he had been given a mouthful of wind, and vigorously scratched at the fur on the wolf's neck with both paws.
"Meow meow meow meow meow meow awooo!!!"
Stop! Stop! There's something good here!!!
The big white wolf thought the kitten was excited and thrilled by the speed of the run, so he howled and ran even faster.
He was right! No wonder his father said that every time he took his parents for a ride across the grasslands, his parents would give his father a loving pat when they returned to the tribe.
So it turns out that the orcs really enjoy this kind of thrill.
Look at Bai Yan, it's so excited it's been meowing nonstop!
Lin Baiyan: "..."
The orcs, who were struggling to keep up with their leader, were speechless.
The kitten watched as Lang Cang's speed increased instead of decreasing, and their peach tree grew further and further away. Lin Baiyan then fiercely brandished her claws and gave Lang Cang a hard slap on the back.
The big white wolf howled when it was scratched, but it didn't hurt; it was just like being tickled.
At this point, Lang Cang finally realized what was happening and gradually slowed down.
Then you see the kitten climb up his neck to the top of the white wolf's head, and then pull the leather bag around the white wolf's neck all the way down to the tip of the white wolf's nose.
The kitten gripped the leather strap with one paw while quickly slapping the white wolf's nose a few times with the other, meowing loudly!
I told you to stop! I told you to stop! Why are you running faster and faster?
The big white wolf focused its eyes, trying hard to fix its gaze on the kitten on the tip of its nose, which resulted in it developing cross-eyedness.
The kitten thought it was being fierce, but in reality, it was no different from a gentle pat in front of the big white wolf.
However, seeing the kitten's somewhat angry face, the big white wolf wisely refrained from saying anything.
When the orcs behind saw their leader suddenly slow down, they quickly used their claws as brakes, otherwise they would have definitely crashed into Lang Cang.
Lin Baiyan thrashed around a few times to catch his breath before transforming back into human form. He went around to the back and took out a peach that had just fallen from under the wolf's fur, handing it to the big white wolf. "Look, there's a peach behind here!"
The big white wolf swayed its eyes from side to side before finally focusing and seeing clearly what Lin Baiyan was holding.
"There are even white-and-red ones here?"
The orcs behind quickly gathered around.
Hearing Lang Cang's words, Lin Baiyan looked thoughtfully at his palm. So, in the Beastman Continent, peaches are also called "white with red"?
That name is quite fitting.
Lin Baiyan nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes, let's hurry back and take a look!"