She really did reincarnate; she’s now in the Eneru Forest of Orc Continent.
It is said that the Orc Continent has been segmented into four parts by four massive mountains that lean on each other, while the Eneru Forest where the Watson Tribe is located is named after the Eneru Mountain range.
This is a magical world; there’s no human, and orcs are the only inhabitants--yes, orcs who can transform between beast and human forms.
However, the females have the ability to bear offspring, and in fairness, the Beast God didn’t give them the transformation capability. Once matured, the females can only stay in human form.
The body Ji Nuan is now in is already 28 years old. On this continent where the average lifespan is 300, she will reach maturity in two more years; she’s still a cub now.
But according to the tribe rules, she could no longer stay in the Cub Cave of the tribe. Aside from a little bit of food she could receive every day before reaching maturity, the tribe would not provide her with food and beast skins to get through the winter.
Females are rare within the tribe, and female cubs are truly the tribe’s treasures.
Therefore, many strong orcs would pursue these female cubs hoping to become their mates, even before they reach maturity.
By the time the cubs reach maturity, they’d all have at least one mate.
So, female cubs without orc parents like her would move in with their future mates when they turn 28. After that, their lives would be taken care of by their mates.
Speaking of which, Ji Nuan felt like scratching her head. She had no suitors to this day, which meant she needed to move to her orc parents’ former cave after waking up.
The reason? Ji Nuan considered herself utterly unlucky. It used to be heart disease, but now it’s incomplete growth.
Yes! Incomplete growth indeed!
Upon hearing the news of her mate’s death during a hunt, the orc mother gave birth prematurely. This caused Ji Nuan, the little female cub who had not yet fully grown, to be born early. Since her gestation period was not long enough, she retained her beast ears and tail.
The mother could not survive the harsh winter due to the stress from her mate’s death and the cub’s premature birth.
As a result, this body of Ji Nuan’s was an orphan from birth!
This time, she came here because the original host, a weakling, fell ill from the fear of living alone. The high fever did not subside and she went to join her orc parents in the afterlife.
Ji Nuan took advantage of this and was reincarnated in this little body.
Fluttering her eyelashes, Ji Nuan opened her eyes. She should still be at the Shaman’s home by now. In the host’s memories, the Shaman of the Watson Tribe was a kind-hearted Grandma.
She moved her limbs around. They felt stiff, akin to a machine that hasn’t been used in a long time and has rusted.
The noise she made was loud enough that the Shaman in the cave heard her, put down the stone she was using to grind medicine, and walked over.
One of her hands held a large leaf. She helped Ji Nuan sit up, gave her some water to drink, and then kindly asked, "Shan Zaizai, how are you now? You finally woke up, the Beast God is truly merciful."
Ji Nuan curved her lips and gave the gentle Shaman a small smile, "I’m okay now, Grandma Shaman. Just a little weak."
The Shaman laughed, patting her head, "Definitely weak, you’ve been living on milk fruits these past days."
Having said this, she helped Ji Nuan lie down again and walked to the door, but not before reminding her, "Rest for now, I’ll ask Bai to roast some meat for you. You haven’t had meat in days, you must be starving. Sick people cannot eat raw meat."