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Chapter 162 Living Together?
The two of them slowly returned to the large cave. By the time they arrived, the tribespeople had already collected their tokens and gone to find their new homes.
The dwarf beasts are now receiving their plaques. They have just officially joined the Azure Flame Tribe and are still a bit reserved. They even waited until the original members of the tribe had finished receiving their plaques before daring to step forward.
When the dwarves received their wooden plaques, they were very nervous looking at the orcs lining up. After all, they had just joined the tribe, and it was still uncertain whether they would get a share of the houses that were being built.
In fact, they are already quite satisfied with their current life, having a cave to live in and not having to suffer from wind and rain.
Seeing their furrowed brows and anxious expressions, Lu Xiao felt worried for them and simply said, "Come on over, aren't you going to live in the new house?"
The dwarf beasts standing to the side lit up with excitement when they heard Lu Xiao's words. So they had houses to live in too!
Of course, they had already built the houses for the dwarves several days ago, because due to racial limitations, the dwarves were generally not very tall.
The tallest in the tribe is currently Ai Cheng. Perhaps the little guy has been eating well since arriving in the Cangyan tribe, as he has grown taller rapidly and has become the tallest orc among the dwarf beastmen.
But even the tallest orc only reached a little above Lin Baiyan's calves.
So Lin Baiyan scaled down the houses for the dwarfs according to the proportions of normal beastmen's houses, and built houses that were unique to the dwarfs, small, exquisite and very miniature.
When Lu Xiao received the house plan, she didn't know that Lin Baiyan planned to incorporate the dwarf beasts into the tribe. She was momentarily confused and thought it was for the tribe's colorful phoenix chickens to live in.
Only now did he realize how thoughtful Lin Baiyan was.
Because the dwarfs' houses weren't very big, they were scattered around the larger houses. Lin Baiyan did this for his own reasons: by intermingling the dwarfs among the original tribespeople, he could help them integrate into the tribe better and prevent them from sticking together.
Lu Xiao shoved a wooden plaque into Ai Xun's hand. "Here, this is your plaque. You can read the numbers on it, right?"
Ai Xun nodded. Because they dealt with carpentry work every day, they were already familiar with basic numerical calculations.
Lu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to the other dwarf beasts, "Come here, hurry up and get your badges."
When the dwarfs saw that Ai Xun had received her own token so easily, they quickly went forward to get theirs.
Ai Xun stared blankly at the wooden plaque in his palm. This plaque was of great significance to him. He couldn't believe that he actually had a home. From now on, he and He would no longer have to wander and hide. This place truly belonged to him.
Ai Xun slowly clenched her hands, a barely perceptible tear welling up in her eyes.
The other dwarf beasts weren't much better off than him, staring blankly as they clutched their small wooden plaques.
After all the short, thin men had received their wooden tags, they turned around and saw Lin Baiyan and Lang Cang behind them.
Ai Hong stepped forward excitedly, about to kneel down before Lin Baiyan, which startled Lin Baiyan. Fortunately, Lang Cang caught her in time.
Seeing that Lang Cang had stopped Ai Hong, Lin Baiyan gave him an appreciative look, then looked at the dwarf beast in front of her with lingering fear, "Ai Hong, what are you doing?"
She would kneel down at the drop of a hat, which always startled him.
After being stopped, Ai Hong clutched the wooden plaque in her hand, her face full of excitement, "Thank you, priest, for building houses for us too."
He knew that these houses couldn't be built overnight, which meant that Lin Baiyan had considered them as part of the tribe from the very beginning. This thoughtfulness deeply moved Ai Hong.
Upon hearing this, Lin Baiyan's expression softened immediately, and he waved his hand dismissively, "Since we've agreed to join the tribe, then we're all the same tribespeople. In my eyes, you're no different from anyone else."
"I hope you don't feel inferior to others."
Although the dwarf beasts have never had a good reputation on the beastman continent, most of these legends are just hearsay. At least in Lin Baiyan's opinion, these dwarf beasts are of very good character.
Hearing Lin Baiyan say this, the dwarf beastmen were even more moved, wishing they could charge into battle for their priest.
Dwarf Red stood before the dwarf beasts, watching with solemn eyes as their priest mimicked the actions performed during the day's ritual. "The priest is merciful; we will forever remain loyal to the Azure Flame Tribe."
The dwarf beasts behind them also had serious expressions.
Seeing their reaction, Lin Baiyan smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I believe you."
"You should go see your new home soon."
After the dwarf beasts had all left the cave, Lu Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and leaned back in his chair. "Finally, they've all been distributed."
Lin Baiyan rested his hands on the wooden table, teasingly looking at the exhausted sub-beastman in front of him, "How's it going? Are you getting used to this job?"
Lu Xiao looked at him with a pained expression, "I just realized you have to manage so many things every day."
He hadn't really noticed Lin Baiyan running around the tribe before, but after he meticulously divided the work in the tribe into teams and became a squad leader, he truly realized just how busy Lin Baiyan was every day.
This is only part of the story; imagine how exhausted Lin Baiyan must be, having piled up all the work on his shoulders.
"As expected, not every orc can be a priest." Lu Xiao sighed heavily.
Tu Lin rolled her eyes at Lu Xiao, annoyed. "Even if you do it, no one will believe you."
These simple-minded beastmen only knew how to work diligently. If he hadn't made the decisive move to push Bai Yan and Lang Cang up, who knows how many of them would have survived.
Lu Xiao thought about it and agreed. With his carefree personality, if he were to become a priest, he would surely ruin the entire tribe.
He chuckled twice, "It's alright, it's alright, even if the sky falls, the White Flame Priest will hold it up~"
As he spoke, he stepped forward, put his arm around Lin Baiyan's shoulder, and nuzzled her head against him.
This action caused the two male orcs in the cave to change their expressions.
Lang Cang stood behind them, coldly staring at Lu Xiao's movements as if trying to bore a hole through him.
Xiong Fei, meanwhile, was making a whimpering sound with a handkerchief in his mouth.
Waaaaah, when will Lu Xiao be able to do something like that to him...?
Lin Baiyan chuckled and nudged the sub-beastman under her shoulder. "Alright, alright, Lang Cang and I are here to collect our wooden tokens. Hurry up and give them to us."
Lu Xiao's eyes swept between the two of them, and with a mischievous grin, she tilted her head and whispered in Lin Baiyan's ear, "What, are you two going to live together?"
As he spoke, he brought his nose close to Lin Baiyan's and pretended to sniff, "Wait a minute, aren't you still a minor?"