Chapter 1407: Chapter 1246: Primordial Beast World 12
The members of their tribe actually care a lot about their clansmen. The current situation is merely due to the hardships of life. As long as she can improve the lives of the tribe, ensuring everyone has food, the elderly beastmen will naturally receive better treatment and won’t be so desolate.
"Shuangshuang, are you here to play with Grandpa? Or do you have something on your mind?" Shuangshuang was thinking about how to improve the tribe’s life when Dou Yan noticed her after distributing meat, and he asked with a smile.
Shuangshuang transformed into human form and ran towards Dou Yan. As soon as she arrived, Dou Yan picked her up: "I’m here to find Grandpa, so I can ask him to help me with something. I want to find some clansmen who are good at recognizing medicinal herbs and teach them how to identify them.
I’ve used up all my medicinal herbs. Relying on myself alone for picking isn’t enough. The Hunting Team only had hemostatic powder for Dad’s team, and that’s not enough. Other hunting teams face dangers too and can’t be without hemostatic powder.
Besides the Hunting Team, we also need to have some hemostatic powder in reserve, and I need different herbs for other medicines. The quantity of these herbs is huge, and I can’t pick them all by myself. I need help."
"This..." Dou Yan hesitated. Although he didn’t understand the Great Witch’s matters, he knew one thing; the treatment and identification of herbs are powers only the Great Witch can possess. Ordinary beastmen aren’t allowed to know these.
Except for the Great Witch’s heir, no other beastmen are allowed to touch these. Now, Shuangshuang seems to simply let clansmen be responsible for picking herbs, but it actually lets them understand a part of the Great Witch’s power.
This made Dou Yan a bit worried. Would what Shuangshuang is doing cause any harm? He had never heard of a Great Witch letting ordinary beastmen come into contact with a Great Witch’s power.
"Shuangshuang, I know you care about the tribe, but would sharing the Great Witch’s power be harmful to you? We really don’t need so much hemostatic powder. Our beastmen have strong Life Force. If injured, we can bear with it and you can treat us when we return. Don’t do anything that would harm yourself."
Although Shuangshuang is a Great Witch with esteemed status, to Dou Yan, Shuangshuang is first his granddaughter and then a Great Witch. He would never let Shuangshuang suffer harm no matter what. He would rather the clansmen face hunting hazards than let Shuangshuang be harmed.
Dou Yan’s reaction warmed Shuangshuang’s heart. Dou Yan has always been a competent Clan Leader, always valuing the clansmen’s affairs immensely, valuing the Silver Tiger Clan’s development more than his own life. But when it involves his own family, he puts aside all considerations.
Although this seemed somewhat irrational, and he may not be a qualified Clan Leader, Shuangshuang found it comforting. She couldn’t help but reveal a big smile, and her voice softened several degrees.
"Grandpa, you don’t need to worry about me. The Great Witch’s power and knowledge are different. The Great Witch’s power allows me to use witch power to bring clansmen back from the dead or defeat terrifying beasts beastmen can’t match. But picking herbs, or even some simple potion-making, is just Great Witch’s knowledge.
Power cannot be shared, as it would harm oneself, but knowledge can be taught to anyone. I hope to spread my knowledge to every member of our Silver Tiger Clan because only by mastering knowledge can we become stronger.
Doing so has no harm to me, so rest assured, Grandpa. I hope our Silver Tiger Clan can become strong continuously. Power based solely on dependence on the Great Witch is false and can’t last.
If all the tribe’s knowledge is monopolized by the Great Witch, once the Great Witch is lost, the tribe can only decline. Though the Great Witch’s lifespan is longer than beastmen’s, eventually, death is inevitable, which means no matter how strong the tribe gets, it ultimately will decline.
But I don’t want our Silver Tiger Clan to decline in the future, the only way to change this situation is to pass down the Great Witch’s knowledge. That way, even if one day the tribe loses the Great Witch, our clan will still thrive on the inherited knowledge."
Shuangshuang said so much, and Dou Yan only understood half of it, but he grasped that Shuangshuang sought a way to make the tribe prosper long-term, and letting clansmen learn to pick herbs was the beginning of this approach.
Moreover, sharing the herb-picking method with the clansmen wasn’t equating to dividing Great Witch’s power, only spreading knowledge, which poses no harm to Shuangshuang. Knowing this was enough, other misunderstandings didn’t matter as long as Shuangshuang was there.
Thinking this way, Dou Yan happily said after hearing Shuangshuang’s words: "That’s simple, just today the Hunting Teams have all returned. I’ll gather everyone, and you can pick whom to teach yourself."
True to his words, Dou Yan quickly gathered people from the tribe. The Silver Tiger Clan’s position is in a mountain forest, with an open space surrounded by thorns. It poses no problem to accommodate all clansmen, and often Hunting Teams complete their meat distribution here.
This time, the clansmen had just distributed meat here and hadn’t had time to eat before being gathered again. The tribe’s members stood like a mass of shadows below, countless eyes fixed on Shuangshuang standing on a large stone.
There was no choice; Shuangshuang was too small in stature, and if she didn’t stand on the stone, these tall and robust beastmen couldn’t see her.
In front of Shuangshuang was a high platform built with rubble with a large stone slab on it. Upon the slab were bunches of fresh herbs.
All the beastmen’s expressions were serious at this moment, having heard it was the Great Witch summoning them, it was certainly important, and anything related to the Great Witch instinctively commanded their most serious attention.
Shuangshuang didn’t mince her words and said directly: "Today I’ve gathered everyone because there’s a task to be done. I need a large number of herbs to make potions, and picking herbs alone isn’t sufficient.
So I need everyone to join efforts, help in picking herbs. But picking herbs can’t be done randomly; each herb requires different picking methods and parts.
Moreover, some herbs may seem ordinary but are actually poisonous; if not picked properly, it’s very dangerous. Therefore, I need those who can distinguish herb types to learn from me how to pick them.
Now, on the stone slab in front of me are the various herbs needed for making hemostatic agents. Over this period, you might have understood some of the hemostatic agent’s effects.
The unfortunate thing is there aren’t enough hemostatic agents for everyone. To ensure everyone’s safety, I hope you treat seriously what I’m going to say next."
