Chapter 18 (1/2)
“Does the whole clan only have three, or is it just this tribe that has three?”
Donford Wu asked.
Yaara Ming opened up the swaddle to take a look at the baby.
“The whole clan only has three surviving babies, all of them are here in this tribe.”
“How is it such a coincidence?”
Donford Wu asked.
“Well, our tribe is the farthest away, and all the people from the Earth clan were in a hurry, so they didn’t have a chance to double check.”
Yaara Ming stated.
Donford Wu nodded his head, not asking anymore questions.
Going past two streets, the three people, more accurately, if you counted the baby in the swaddle, the four people, arrived at the gates of a courtyard. This was the only structure with a courtyard in this city, taking up a lot of s.p.a.ce. The area was about the size of a football (Europe) field, inside were three independent lines of houses side by side, each house not all too big.
After entering the courtyard, Yaara Ming walked towards the west.
“This is the shaman’s place. Tonight, we’ll be staying here.”
“There doesn’t seem to be a lot of people living here.”
Said Donford Wu. There was three lines of houses, each line having five houses. In all there were fifteen, but right now, only two houses were lit.
“We normally don’t live here.”
Yaara Ming went to the house at the south western corner. Opening the doors, they went in.
The room was around twenty square meters. Inside was very s.p.a.cious, next to the window, was a bamboo bed. On top was simple bedding. In the middle was a square table.
“Is the place frequently cleaned?”
Donford Wu sized up the room. The south side had serious humidity to it, if there wasn’t a person living in the room, it would easily produce a musty smell. But there such smell, and the floor didn’t collect any dust.
“Yeah.”
Yaara Ming took out a fire sparker and lit the oil lamp inside. The so called oil lamp was a small clay bowl filled with some kind of oil fat with a wick in the middle of it.
“We’ll be spending the night here, so you guys get comfortable first. I’m going to ask which Celestial Master is coming tomorrow.”
Yaara Ming turned around to leave.
After Yaara Ming left, the woman holding the child walked over. Smiling at Donford Wu, she said.
“Congratulations.”
“Do I HAVE to marry a lady shaman if I know their name?”
Donford Wu took Food Dump out of its pouch.
“Do you not like our shaman?”
The woman was very surprised.
“I was just asking for the sake of it, you should put the baby down first.”
Donford Wu pointed at the bed.
They walked in a hurry today, the woman was already tired out early on. But she didn’t put the baby down on the bed, but held the baby and sat in a corner. No matter how much Donford Wu urged her, she wouldn’t sleep on the bed, saying that the bed was the shaman’s, she couldn’t sleep on it.
Half an hour later, Yaara Ming came back, bringing a pot of congee with her.
“Any good news?”
Donford Wu asked. Everything that Yaara Ming did and said indicated that her mood was better than when she left.
“Nothing important, we should go to sleep early. The Celestial Master is coming tomorrow early in the morning.”
Yaara Ming gave the bed to the woman, her face filled with fear, and her child. Moving a chair, she brought it to the west side of the entrance to sit down.
“How many Celestial Masters are there in the Gold clan?”
Donford Wu went over.
“Three.”
Yaara Ming casually said.
“Are you familiar with the Celestial Master coming tomorrow?”
Donford Wu asked.
“Yeah, what about it?”
Yaara Ming questioned back.
“Can you ask him to test me?”
Donford Wu smiled.
“Why?”
Yaara Ming laughed.
“I want to see if I can learn how to control the laws.”
Donford Wu said. The Fire clan Celestial Master’s Fury Blaze Dance left a deep impression in his mind.
“Yeah I can, I’ll ask him tomorrow.”
Yaara Ming happily promised.
Donford Wu joyfully nodded his head. He didn’t hold too much hope, but testing was still the best. If he could learn to control the laws, then that’ll be for the best. But if he couldn’t, then he would completely give up on it.
Food Dump had enough rest in the day, so it started his nightly activities. Since the door was closed, he couldn’t go out. After ‘Hn’ing for a period of time, it started to look for things to do. Thus, it started gnawing on one of the bed legs.
Three in the morning, Donford Wu was woken by chatter outside the courtyard. Waking up, he discovered that Yaara Ming already woke up and was sitting on the bed combing her hair.
“Why didn’t you lit the place up?”