mesbooks Chapter 124 Redstone
Chapter 124 Redstone
Lin Baiyan glanced at the half-finished wooden leg in his hand. "Your carpentry work is quite good. The mortise and tenon structure is very solid and fits perfectly."
When Ai Xun heard Lin Baiyan's praise, he looked up at him, feeling flattered. This was the first time he had ever received praise from a beastman since birth.
Lin Baiyan noticed his unease, offered a few words of encouragement, and was about to leave when she turned her head and saw the little lynx next to her.
He didn't run out to play with Maoxia and the others today; he stayed quietly by his parents' side, playing with stones.
The human form of Little Lynx was a cute little child with big eyes who just reached Lin Baiyan's knees. He had light brown hair and sat quietly beside his mother and father.
Ai Xun really took excellent care of him. He did a lot of work, and besides eating and drinking, he even gritted his teeth and exchanged a small animal skin from Rabbit Forest to make him an animal skin outfit, imitating the style of the Cangyan tribe's orcs.
At this moment, Little Lynx was sitting on a large leaf, holding the lamb knucklebone that Cat Summer had given him.
Lin Baiyan was pleased to see the little lynx obediently playing with the stones, so she moved closer to it.
Ai Xun saw him squat down next to the cub and wondered what Lin Baiyan was up to. However, he knew that this priest of the Cangyan tribe liked furry things, and the little lynx happened to be a furry cub.
Lin Baiyan took out a small strip of meat from his hand, handed it to the little lynx, and said with a smile, "Little lynx, would you like some jerky?"
Little Lynx looked at the fragrant jerky in his hand, his eyes unconsciously revealing longing. Although the dwarfs had something to eat now, it was barely enough to fill them up.
His parents were just enough to support the two of them, and he had never tasted such delicious meat strips before.
Little Lynx hesitated for a moment, looking very tempted, but he didn't reach out. Instead, he looked at his parents.
Food is the most important thing for the beastmen right now, and Ai Xun dares not let the children take the priest's dried meat casually.
He quickly waved his hand, "That won't do, the priest has already helped us a lot."
Lin Baiyan didn't care at all and casually replied, "It's just a small piece of jerky."
The jerky is only about the size of an index finger; it's just for the little cubs to chew on and doesn't do much.
Hearing Lin Baiyan say this and seeing his natural expression, Ai Xun gave the little lynx a look, "If it's from the priest brother, then accept it."
The little lynx, having received permission, excitedly took the jerky from Lin Baiyan's hand, blinked its big eyes at him, and replied in a soft, sweet voice, "Thank you, Priest Brother~"
After saying that, the little lynx skillfully transformed into a little lynx, wagged its tail at Lin Baiyan, then lay down to the side and rolled over, indicating that he should rub its belly.
Sister Xia and Brother Xia both said that the Priest Brother loves fluffy little guys the most. He ate the Priest Brother's jerky today, so he's going to pet him!
Lin Baiyan couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the little cub so skillfully perform its act of selling itself.
Ai Xun watched her clownish cub from the side, and many invisible black lines appeared on her forehead.
After playing with the orc cub for a while, his cub did become much more cheerful. However, his cub's occasional fawning manner was so unbearable that even his parents couldn't bear to look at it!
Lin Baiyan smiled and rubbed the little lynx's fur, from the top of its head all the way to the tip of its tail. Sure enough, it was just as cuddly as he had imagined!
The little lynx felt extremely comfortable being rubbed by him, its head rubbing against Lin Baiyan's hand.
At this moment, Lin Baiyan's eyes inadvertently fell on the red stone in Little Lynx's hand. He narrowed his eyes, thinking that the thing looked somewhat familiar.
Lin Baiyan pointed to the stone in front of Little Lynx, "Little Lynx, can you show this to the priest brother?"
When the little lynx saw Lin Baiyan pointing at the red stones in front of him, it nodded generously and pushed all the stones in front of him with its paws, indicating that he could play with them as he pleased!
Lin Baiyan crouched down next to the little lynx and examined the stones in its hand more closely. They were slightly reddish, but not very noticeable, and there were also a few gray ones.
However, this was enough to excite Lin Baiyan, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
It really is iron and stone!
He had been searching for iron ore for a long time but had never found it, and he actually found it in Little Lynx's hands!
Lin Baiyan suppressed his excitement, "Where did you get the stones from the Little Lynx River?"
The cub lay on the ground and pointed its paws at its mother and father beside it.
When Ai Xun heard Lin Baiyan ask this, she quickly replied, "These are stones that I secretly found from the stream at the foot of the mountain when I had nothing to do before."
Lin Baiyan pressed further, "At the foot of that mountain?"
“It was around the cave where we used to live. There was a mountain range there, and a stream flowed down from the mountain not far away. We used to drink water from there.”
"This stone is what I brought back from fetching water to keep the river entertained."
Little Lynx was in poor health at the time, and because of the fear and anxiety she had experienced there, she didn't dare let her cubs go out to play. So she could only find some scraps from outside to keep the cubs entertained.
A glint of light flashed in Lin Baiyan's eyes. "Do you remember where it is? Could you take me there?"
Although Ai Xun didn't know why the priest was asking this, he wisely refrained from asking further. "No problem, I remember where I found it."
Lin Baiyan was overjoyed. If it really was iron stone, then it proved that there must be an iron mine near the stream!
When we have ore, we might be able to smelt iron, making scissors, kitchen knives, shovels, spades, weapons, and iron pots. Then we won't have to worry about stones being too brittle and breaking them!
"When the clan leader returns, I'll discuss it with him. You should be prepared," Lin Baiyan instructed Ai Xun.
Ai Xun nodded.
Lin Baiyan looked down again at the little cub that had helped him so much. He reached into the animal skin bag and rummaged around for a while, pulling out a handful of dried meat. He stuffed it directly into Ai Xun's hand, saying, "Take all of this and give it to Little Lynx as a snack."
If he can really smelt iron, he will discuss with Lang Cang about giving the dwarf beastmen other rewards.
Of course, the rewards for Dwarf Smoker and Little Lynx will be the highest.
Lin Baiyan subtly revealed this matter to Ai Xun, whose eyes immediately lit up with joy.
Although it's still uncertain, he knows that Lin Baiyan's words are always as good as nails, and he has never gone back on his word.
He told the dwarfs to live there in peace, and sure enough, no orcs beat or verbally abused them.
The dwarf beast tribe held this priest in high esteem.
Even though they are not yet beastmen of the Azure Flame Tribe.
In the days that followed, Lin Baiyan resumed his usual work, spending his mornings overseeing the construction team firing bricks and tiles to build houses, and his afternoons rushing to the planting area to check on the growth of crops.
He also had to go into the forest from time to time to gather with the sub-beastmen, mainly to see if there was any new food.
At first, it was just some wild vegetables and fruits, but Lin Baiyan was not discouraged. Even a mosquito is still meat, and whenever he was not busy, he would wander around the forest every day.
Being so busy has actually led him to discover a new type of food.