Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 257 would be too boring.

"No." Jiang Luoluo glanced at the python and felt that it had changed even more in the ten days since she last saw it.

This change is not so obvious in the body.

If Jiang Luoluo had to describe it, it would be that the python is becoming more and more familiar with and accustomed to the tribe.

When he first met Python, although he accepted the tribe, his acceptance was superficial. In reality, he always viewed the tribe with the mindset of an outsider.

It has that indifferent feeling of "who cares what happens after I die."

For example, when the tribe is in danger, he will still step forward, even at the cost of his own life.

But the reason he would do this is simply because he was once a member of this tribe, not because there is anything about this tribe that is worth his effort.

Now, it is clear that the python is beginning to accept itself as a member of this new tribe.

"Want to fight me again?" the python invited.

It's not that bullying Jiang Luoluo is fun, but seeing someone I've been following grow and improve gives me a great sense of accomplishment.

This is the joy of cultivation.

But Jiang Luoluo, who was raised that way, might not think that way.

She just felt that the python's appearance was extremely annoying and infuriating.

But to be honest, after training for so long, Jiang Luoluo really wanted to find an opportunity to see how much she had improved.

So a hesitant expression quickly appeared on his face.

Jiang Luoluo gritted her teeth and fought. At worst, if she lost, she would just be pinned to the ground again.

No one can be afraid of failure forever!

...But we are still a ways from success.

"You've gotten much stronger." The python sat on Jiang Luoluo, looking at her with admiration.

Jiang Luoluo lay on the ground, turned her face away, and looked indignant.

In fact, during this period, she was pinned to the ground by Zhuang many more times, and each time she was in a more disheveled state than this. At least the python's attacks wouldn't hurt her, but Zhuang really didn't know his own strength and used as much force as he could.

But when she lost to someone else, Jiang Luoluo didn't feel any resentment at all.

She was actually unwilling to accept it, but Jiang Luoluo knew that it was only because of the age difference, and that she could win when she was older.

Facing a python is like climbing up a cliff. No matter how far you leave others behind, the cliff top that you can reach is always high above you.

Because she is confident that she can surpass others in the future, Jiang Luoluo can calmly accept her current failure.

Because she lacks confidence in being able to defeat the python, every time she loses to it, she is overwhelmed by an even greater sense of frustration and helplessness, which makes Jiang Luolu feel resentful.

Seeing Jiang Luoluo's reaction, the python's smile widened—it's good that she's unwilling; the more unwilling she is, the more motivated she will be to grow.

There are only two situations in which one can calmly face failure: the first is having confidence that one can win back in the future, and the second is... having already accepted one's fate.

Python absolutely does not want to see Jiang Luoluo who has resigned herself to her fate and accepted that she is "destined to fail".

That would be so boring.

All the new things he sees in the tribe now, and everything that has made him rediscover the joy of life, comes from Jiang Luoluo.

What Python wants to see is Jiang Luoluo who never gives up, is always vibrant and positive, who is forever full of confidence and enthusiasm for the world, and who moves forward bravely without fear of failure...

Because only when Jiang Luoluo shines like the sun in front of him can the python feel a warmth different from death, and only then can he know the meaning of his life.

"Want to do it again?" Python reached out and pulled Jiang Luoluo up, raising an eyebrow as he asked.

"Come on!" Jiang Luoluo didn't wait for the python to answer. Before she could even finish speaking, she launched a sneak attack without any regard for martial ethics.

The bad news is that she was quickly pinned to the ground again.

The good news is that the python took two extra seconds this time.

Jiang Luoluo clenched her fist in her heart, thinking, "I won."

Success isn't just about complete victory; even a slight improvement over the last time counts as success.

Ge watched Jiang Luoluo lose again and again, his expression gradually changing from worry and concern to thoughtfulness.

The main reason is that Jiang Luoluo showed no signs of crying.

Secondly, during the battle, Python intentionally or unintentionally guided Jiang Luoluo to help her improve.

Jiang Luoluo also displayed remarkable intelligence, immediately grasping the python's intentions and following its guidance to begin both attacking and defending.

So apart from the first two moves which were emotionally charged, the rest could be considered sparring, and high-level sparring at that.

Many of the pythons' moves were eye-opening for Ge, as they were techniques he had never seen or learned before.

After all, Python was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old when he died, which was the time when his body was at its strongest and at its peak, and his various combat skills were also maturing.

Given Mang's talent, this age should be the time for him to shine in the tribe...

This is not a topic suitable for deep thought, after all, in that era, too many tragic things happened in a short period of time, and the python was just one of them.

As for why Python can teach Jiang Luoluo while Ge cannot—if Ge were twenty-seven instead of seventeen, he could actually teach Jiang Luoluo as well.

At Ge's age, he is at a stage where he can leverage his talent and advantages, but he has not yet been able to transform those advantages into his own power and fully control them.

In short, Goethe is still too young.

Therefore, not only did Jiang Luoluo grow through sparring, but Ge also benefited greatly, learning many combat techniques by analogy.

Even at lunchtime, Ge and Jiang Luoluo tacitly tried to persuade Mang to stay, thinking they could continue learning from him in the afternoon.

The python refused quite decisively.

"I have things to do this afternoon."

Jiang Luoluo looked curious. "What is it?"

"I made plans with Bei and the others to go on an adventure this afternoon," Python shrugged in reply.

Bei is a child of the same age as Mang who lives near his new home. He is eight years old this year and is considered the leader of the children in Mang's neighborhood.

From Jiang Luoluo's perspective, Bei, unsurprisingly, should just be an ordinary tribal child.

Are pythons the type to play with ordinary children? Or is it more important for them to go on an adventure?

But what dangerous things are adults not allowed to do, yet a group of children go on adventures instead?

Jiang Luolu tilted her head, thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

"...Is the adventure you're going on very dangerous?"

"Do you want to come along?" Python didn't answer directly, but raised an eyebrow and asked with a playful expression.

Jiang Luoluo sensed that the python's expression was somewhat malicious, but she couldn't resist her curiosity and nodded in agreement.

"go with!"

She wanted to see what was going on!

……

"Is this the kind of adventure?" Jiang Luoluo sighed speechlessly as she looked at the dense patch of weeds in front of her that had not yet been cleared by their owners.

Turning my head to look to the side, the python that always had an arrogant and disdainful expression was gone. In its place appeared a shy and timid grasshopper.

Meng looked at Jiang Luoluo with great embarrassment, and her soft voice created a huge contrast for Jiang Luoluo.

"Luo, don't you like adventure?"

This was a miscalculation, because Jiang Luoluo had more contact with the python, and every time they met, it was the python who communicated with Jiang Luoluo—the python and Jiang Luoluo were not familiar with each other at all.

Jiang Luoluo even forgot that the python was actually just a "second personality" of a mantis, and the body it used still had an original owner.

Jiang Luoluo always thought that between pythons and grasshoppers, pythons were dominant and usually controlled more of the body.

But in reality, apart from the initial period of possession, the python doesn't come out very often or for very long each day.

In the very beginning, the reason the python controlled the grasshopper's body was that the grasshopper had just lost its parents and, in its grief, wanted to escape and didn't want to face reality, so it voluntarily gave up its body.

Another reason is that the python has just awakened from the fire and has just possessed the tribe. It does not yet understand the situation of the tribe and needs time to explore the situation and re-familiarize itself with the current tribe.

Once the python had a good understanding of the tribe, the grasshopper had also recovered from the grief of losing its parents, and the main control of its body naturally returned to the grasshopper.

The python only appears when it interacts with Jiang Luoluo; otherwise, it does not disturb the grasshopper's normal life.

For example, when facing Meng's adoptive parents at home, Meng always personally steps forward to communicate and express his feelings.

Even normally, the python handles its own social interactions, and no matter who it plays or fights with, the python will not interfere.

The python knew very well that the body he was using did not belong to him, so he could not take advantage of the grasshopper's young age and ignorance to trick the grasshopper into handing over his body.

If it were someone from outside the tribe, the python might do that.

But a python wouldn't do such a thing when facing its own tribe members.

Not only did the python not take over control of the grasshopper's body, it even supported the grasshopper in interacting and playing with its peers.

I would never stop Meng from experiencing what he was meant to experience because of my own ideas.

Although there is an additional consciousness within the body that shares the body with the grasshopper, the grasshopper is not actually restricted and is free to do whatever it wants, even feeling very at ease.

After all, the fact that the grasshopper was able to recover from its grief so quickly was largely thanks to the presence of the python in its consciousness. It was precisely because it sensed the python's calm and composed demeanor, which remained unchanged even when Mount Tai collapsed before it, that the grasshopper was able to recover its emotions so quickly.

However, there is also a downside.

That is, sometimes when a grasshopper is undecided about making a certain choice and asks a python for its opinion, the python will always give some... not very good advice, which the grasshopper finds a little hard to accept.

"It's alright, it's alright." Jiang Luoluo laughed it off, not wanting to directly embarrass Meng.

The children's adventure began when they discovered a patch of overgrown weeds that had not been cleared by their tribe and had grown after the snow melted during the snow season.

A large portion of these weeds were buried under snow during the snow season and "hibernated" throughout the entire snow season, surviving the freezing.

Another part consists of new shoots that sprout from the old roots after the temperature rises above zero.

So the overall height is not high, only about one meter. When seven or eight-year-old children like Jiang Luoluo run in, more than a whole head can be sticking out.

The danger is indeed not high, but the complex situation in the weeds—referring to the chaotic growth of old and new weeds, with overlapping roots and intertwined leaves, like a natural maze—creates a strong sense of the unknown for these children.

For them, navigating through such weeds and bushes was indeed a thrilling adventure.

Meng arrived early, whether out of anticipation or because Jiang Luoluo was there; the other children he had arranged to meet hadn't arrived yet.

The two waited for a long time before they saw the child named Bei leading the other children over.

When Bei saw Jiang Luoluo, she was stunned for a moment. Jiang Luoluo didn't play with children her age much, so the children her age weren't very familiar with her.

"This is Luo," Meng quickly introduced, "Luo wants to go on an adventure with us!"

"Luo, hello, I'm Bei." Bei didn't seem to have any xenophobic thoughts and, as the leader of the children, easily accepted Jiang Luoluo's arrival.

“This is your first time here, so remember to stay close to me. I’ll protect you,” Bei said, patting her chest.

Jiang Luolu blinked and looked at herself. Although she was a year younger than Bei, her strong physique was in no way inferior to his.

Me? Going into that patch of grass, needing your protection?!

Are you kidding me? Is she the kind of person who needs other children to protect her?

Jiang Luoluo felt underestimated and for a moment didn't know how to respond.

Arguing with Bei is pointless; he's just a child, and he meant well. It would be ungrateful to do that.

But if we let Jiang Luoluo just accept it like that, it feels like she's tacitly agreeing to it.

“You…” Jiang Luoluo struggled to find the right words.

Bei scratched his head. "What's wrong? You can't even beat a grasshopper. He even made you cry last time. Someone as weak as you should be protected."

"Huh?" Jiang Luoluo suddenly heard something that made her feel very uneasy.

"I cried? I was beaten and cried? When did I get beaten and cry?" Jiang Luoluo was shocked.

“Just last time, I heard my mom and dad say it,” Bei replied matter-of-factly.

“The whole tribe knows, so don’t try to deny it.”

The whole tribe knows... This sentence kept looping in Jiang Luoluo's mind like a curse.

No, when did this happen? How come she doesn't know?

"I really don't know how you could lose to someone as weak as a grasshopper?"

Be continued to deliver the finishing blow.

Jiang Luoluo stiffly turned her head to look at Meng, who immediately understood what Jiang Luoluo meant, her hands almost blurring out afterimages.

"It wasn't me!"

Jiang Luoluo knew, of course, that Meng hadn't said it, since Bei had said he'd heard it from his parents.

But this makes people feel even more desperate, how come everyone in the entire village knows about this!