I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 247 So Sweet

Bai Ling laughed and said, "I went home to get some maltose. I wanted to make sugar figurines for the children and cubs. Yue, weren't you playing with your friends? Why are you here looking for me again?"

Yue said, "I missed you, so I came to find you."

Bai Ling looked around and saw her tribesmen moving about on and below the hill. She suppressed her thoughts, took Yue's hand, and walked a few steps down the hill, picking up the iron pot she had thrown down.

Bai Ling set up an iron pot in a cave and began to boil the solidified maltose.

Upon seeing Bai Ling making sugar, several older children ran over. They no longer needed adult supervision and were free to move around. Seeing Bai Ling making sweet sugar, the children quickly came over to watch.

"Ling, is this maltose?" a child asked.

Bai Ling nodded: "Yes."

Another child asked, "Then why are you cooking it?"

Bai Ling laughed and said, "Because I want to make sugar figurines!"

"What is a sugar figurine? Is it a person made of maltose?"

Bai Ling shook her head and then nodded: "No, but it's also true."

His words confused the children, so they simply stopped asking and stayed at the cave entrance, watching Bai Ling cook sugar.

The maltose was quickly boiled and started to bubble. Bai Ling scooped out a spoonful of maltose with a wooden spoon, placed it on a wooden board, and started kneading it once it was no longer too hot.

Soon, the dark purple maltose turned into a flat little lion. Bai Ling cut off a piece of the lion's long tail and handed it to Yue, who put the lion's tail in her mouth.

The little lion gradually grew plump up and transformed into a beautiful, yellow-red lion cub.

The children watching all stared wide-eyed at what was happening before them, their eyes fixed on the adorable little lion, their longing practically tangible.

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This little lion belongs to Yue. Yue held it in her hands, looking at it from left to right, and then gave her a comment: "It's even prettier than the one I made last time."

Bai Ling shook his head and said, "It's pretty, but it still can't compare to that little wolf. The little wolf I made is the prettiest."

As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on Yue. Yue raised the little lion in her hand, blocking Bai Ling's burning gaze, and whispered, "There are children here."

He also liked to say sweet words to Ling, but there were children here, so it wouldn't be appropriate to say sweet words anymore.

Bai Ling laughed and said, "What's wrong with the child? I was talking about sugar figurines, wasn't I? I didn't say anything I shouldn't have."

Yue whispered, "The little lion and the little wolf are the cutest."

As the two were talking, the children gathered around, all looking at Bai Ling with eager eyes and asking, "Ling, can I have a little wolf too?"

"Ling, I'm going home to get some jerky. Can you make me a little wolf?"

"Ling, we're good friends, so please give me a little wolf."

"Yue, I like you so much. Can you ask Ling to make me a little wolf too?" This little rascal.

The children gathered around Yue again, looking up at him with pleading eyes, asking him to ask Bai Ling if he could make them a sugar figurine as well.

The orcs' love for children and cubs was ingrained in their bones. They looked at the moon with bright, clear eyes, which made the moon feel a little helpless.

Bai Ling laughed from the side, "Alright, I'll make a sugar figurine for each of you, but I won't make little lions, I'll make your animal shapes instead."

"Don't push, line up one by one, everyone will get a turn."

Bai Ling asked the child standing at the front, "Your animal form is a long-tailed rabbit, right?"

The child nodded, his eyes filled with eagerness and excitement: "Do you want me to transform into my animal form?"

Bai Ling shook her head: "No need."

He had seen the long-tailed rabbit form countless times. The long-tailed rabbit was similar to a rabbit, except that its tail was longer, and it was easy to sculpt.

Bai Ling quickly finished shaping the sugar figurine. When he handed the yellow and red long-tailed rabbit to the child, the child's eyes widened, and he took the sugar figurine from Bai Ling's hand with a kind of reverence. He did not forget to say "thank you" to Bai Ling and Yue, and then stood aside, not wanting to eat it at all, but holding it in his hands and looking at it over and over.

Yue called the child's name and then said, "Go and call all the children and cubs here. Each child and cub can have a sugar figurine."

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The child holding the sugar figurine nodded and then quickly ran out of the cave.

Before long, hurried footsteps sounded outside the cave, and several people carrying their cubs arrived.

Upon seeing Bai Ling blowing sugar figurines for the children, the orcs holding the cubs widened their eyes in disbelief, and the cubs in their arms struggled even more, trying to get closer to see clearly.

The orc quickly hugged the cub in his arms, smiled and thanked Bai Ling and Yue, and then obediently started to line up.

Then a few more children were brought over by adults, and the cave became much more lively. Bai Ling's hands moved slowly and steadily, and one sugar figurine after another took shape in his hands. After being blown into shape, they were handed to the children and cubs.

Gradually, the cave was filled not only with children and cubs, but also with lively beastmen who lined up. They knew who had the most influence with Bai Ling. After the children and cubs had their sugar figurines, the young beastmen began to beg Yue, hoping that Yue could speak on their behalf and get Bai Ling to make them a sugar figurine as well. They were willing to exchange something for it.

Yue didn't speak up for them, but looked at Bai Ling with her icy blue eyes. Since it was Ling who could make sugar figurines, only Ling could decide whether or not to make sugar figurines for these beastmen.

Bai Ling laughed and said, "You all should line up. There's not much malt candy left, and even if the people at the back line up, there won't be any more."

The orcs in the cave all said that whoever could get the sugar figurine could keep it, and even if they couldn't get the sugar figurine, watching Bai Ling make it was still very interesting.

In the end, only eight orcs got the sugar figurine, while the rest did not. However, the orcs who did not get the sugar figurine were not angry. Instead, they laughed and went over to the orcs who got the sugar figurine, trying to make friends and reason with them, hoping to get a few bites of the sugar figurine as well.

The orc who received the sugar figurine got annoyed by being pestered, and finally had no choice but to carefully break off a small piece from the figurine and hand it to his friends who were surrounding him.

Even though they only received maltose candies about the size of a bean, the beastmen were still very happy and huddled together as they walked outside.

Once everyone had left, the cave became quiet again, and Yue handed over the little lion cub she was holding.

He didn't say anything, but the meaning was clear. Bai Ling smiled, handed the moon to the little lion, took a small bite, and said, "So sweet."