Shu Xin hooked her lips, "It's nothing, I plan to go back and do an experiment. You can smell it then to see if mine is the same as the witch doctor's."
"Okay." He didn't think much of it.
The conversation ended within a minute.
Returning to Shu Yue's cave, she took off her wet rain gear, then went to get a bowl. She scooped a bowl of water and asked Leite to get her some grass and wood ash, sprinkled it into the bowl, and waited for it to decompose.
Soon, a bowl of brown water was born.
Shu Yue curiously came over, "Sister, what are you playing with?"
Leite, however, froze in place, as if in disbelief, "How is that possible?!"
Shu Xin handed him the bowl, "Smell it, is the taste the same?"
Leite took the bowl and sniffed it carefully. The more he smelled, the more confused he became. He could barely distinguish the taste. Was this the medicine prepared by the witch doctor?! Shu Xin Ge
Shu Yue had a guess, "The witch doctor wouldn't let patients drink this water, would she?"
Shu Xin gave her a look that said, "You guessed right."
"..."
Wente understood and exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible!"
Leite froze even more, "How could the witch doctor give grass and wood ash water to sick female cubs? Xin'er, did you make a mistake? How could the witch doctor do this!"
Shu Xin didn't argue, she just said, "If you don't mind getting sick, you can take a sip of the water in the bowl, then go to the witch doctor and take a sip of what she gives the females, and compare the taste carefully."
"..."
Shu Yue felt like laughing. Her sister was quite ruthless towards her own man.
Leite's expression was complicated. He was strong, but that didn't mean he wouldn't have problems from eating things randomly!
Shu Xin saw his expression and casually said, "You, a Dragon Beast, don't dare to try, but those sick females and cubs have all drunk it."
Wente frowned, "Leite, is the taste really the same?" He was also a male who hadn't tasted the medicine.
Leite was confused, "I'm not sure. Let's keep this bowl of water for now. Tomorrow I'll find an opportunity to drink a bowl at the witch doctor's, and then come back to drink this. If it's really the same..."
He didn't finish his sentence. If it was really the same, how could the witch doctor dare!
Wente knew Leite. Since he said so, the taste must be the same, otherwise he would have denied it long ago.
How could it be? How could the witch doctor use grass and wood ash water to fool the tribesmen?
Those were females and cubs! Wente's breath grew heavy.
Shu Yue searched her memory. Fortunately, the original owner rarely got sick as a child and hadn't drunk such water. As for whether the witch doctor of the Wuda tribe was also like this, the original owner had no impression.
The witch doctor was the spiritual pillar of a tribe. They had come down through generations. Today, they discovered that the witch doctor might be fooling them with grass and wood ash. This was undoubtedly a huge shock to the beastmen.
Leite smelled the same taste but dared not believe it. What if, what if it was true, wouldn't the witch doctor be harming people?
The two males were unwilling to believe it. They would know the result tomorrow after trying.
This matter was very important. The next day, Wente and Leite went to the witch doctor's cave together. Sad and suppressed cries could be heard from inside the cave.
The two went in and saw that none of the sick females and cubs from yesterday had gotten better. Instead, some of the weaker cubs had worsened, with high fevers and weak breathing.
Leite and Wente exchanged a look. Leite asked in a deep voice, "Witch Doctor, why have they worsened again?"
The witch doctor's expression was indifferent, "Their bodies are too weak, and they recover slowly."
Wente, about to become a father, couldn't stand seeing sickly cubs. He pointed to the youngest cub and said, "Witch Doctor, this little cub is too sick. Hurry up and treat him."
The witch doctor glanced over, sighed, and said, "He is too sick. He can only rely on himself to get through it."
"..." Wente frowned in dissatisfaction.
"Witch Doctor, do you have no way?"
"No, I'll go and prepare another bowl of medicine for them to drink." The witch doctor said as she walked into the innermost part of the cave to prepare the medicine.
Leite and Wente exchanged a look, their expressions growing somber.
Yiyi was not there at the moment, likely having gone out.
Soon, the witch doctor came out with the same medicinal water as last night. Wente went to take the medicinal water from the witch doctor's hand, "I'll do it."
The witch doctor directly handed him the bowl. The tribesmen often helped her, so she was used to it.
Wente held the bowl and observed it carefully. If one looked closely, one could still see un-decomposed particles.
The atmosphere in the cave became heavy. He asked, "Witch Doctor, what kind of herbs is this medicinal water made from? Many people are sick, I'll go pick some from outside today."
The witch doctor used her usual excuse, "Wente, this is something only the witch doctor knows. Don't ask. It's the rainy season now, and there are no herbs."
"..." Wente looked at the witch doctor. The pressure in the cave had not dissipated.
The witch doctor felt the pressure from him and her eyes revealed confusion. What was wrong with this kid Wente?
Leite cast a deep glance at the witch doctor, took the bowl of medicinal water from Wente's hand, and walked out. His sudden action stunned the witch doctor, "Leite, where are you going?!"
The atmosphere in the cave was very wrong. The sick little beastkin felt uncomfortable and started crying loudly.
When one cub cried, more cubs followed. The witch doctor was annoyed and her eyes showed impatience.
She looked at Wente with sternness, "Wente, are you here to cause trouble? The children are all sick, why did Leite snatch the medicinal water away!"
Everyone else in the cave looked at these two males with strangeness or anger, not knowing what they wanted to do!
Wente's suspicion towards the witch doctor grew, and he was also annoyed, "Sorry, Witch Doctor, we didn't mean to."
"Witch Doctor, they drank this medicinal water last night, and their condition did not improve. Why not change it?"
The witch doctor said impatiently, "Change what? Our tribe's female cubs get cold illnesses, and they all drink this kind of medicinal water, and they all slowly get better, don't they?"
"What's strange about the children from these small tribes being weak and recovering slowly!"
At the end, she impatiently drove them away, "Alright, you two hurry up and leave. You're not needed here, you're just causing trouble!"
"Tell Leite to return my bowl. Now he's becoming more and more lawless. I will report today's matter to the chief properly!"
Saying that, she pushed Wente out. Now she was annoyed just by seeing Dragon Beasts.
Wente left silently. Instead of returning to his cave, he went to the chief's cave.
Without guessing, he knew that Leite must have taken the medicinal water to find his father.
On such an important matter, how could the chief not know?
When he arrived, the atmosphere in the chief's cave was very strange. Balen held half a bowl of brown water in each hand, and his females were all wide-eyed, looking as if they couldn't believe it.
Wente asked as soon as he entered, "Is it the same?"
Leite nodded with a dark expression, "It's the same." He had indeed drunk a sip of each, and now he felt uncomfortable everywhere!
If Shu Xin were there, she would tell him it was a psychological effect.
"Father, what should we do? How can the witch doctor fool the tribesmen with such a thing?!" Leite was very disappointed in the witch doctor. Thinking of the female cubs who had drunk this water made him feel distressed!