Chapter 50 – Sunrise (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

It was better to be more cautious.

A bit later, there was another avalanche, but not as massive as the last one.

Shao Xuan did not intend to leave before dawn. So they waited until sunrise, for it was not convenient for them to move or identify the paths when it was still dark.

They were targeted by both a ferocious beast and a severe avalanche. After running away for such a long time, all kinds of emotions began to well up once they relaxed.

Hungry and tired, but they still had to stay alert because it was necessary to avoid unforeseen dangers. Because of that, Shao Xuan had cursed the trouble-maker Ah-Fei over nine thousand times in his heart.

Originally, they had brought a piece of meat with them, but they lost it during their escape. Shao Xuan searched in his animal skin bag and found a spearhead and a small gourd inside. The gourd was filled with boar blood, and there was still some boar blood left. Mai and the others had put in some kind of a grass essence, which could prevent the blood from coagulating.

After drinking some boar blood, Shao Xuan passed his gourd on to Mao. That guy was in even worse condition than him. All his stuff was lost on the way, except for some short spears and a stone sword.

Although there was no meat, a swig of the four-fanged boar’s blood could restore their energy to some extent. Mao looked around and asked Shao Xuan, “Do you think Mai and the others will come to find us?”

“I’m not sure.” If they were in some other places, for example the basin or the valley, or the forest they marched through, Mai and the other warriors would probably come and find them based on their traces. However, in this place, since they were stepping on ice and snow, a lot of the traces they left had been erased by the snow. Besides, when they were chased after by that Thorn Black Wind, instead of going straight up, Shao Xuan began to escape circularly after they got to a certain altitude.

The temperature at night was far lower than during daylight. When they were climbing up the mountain, it was the middle of the day, and they already felt quite cold, let alone now when it was already mid-night.

Perhaps they had consumed too much energy that night, the absorption of the four-fanged boar blood was quicker than before. Mao took three swigs constantly.

Their totemic power hadn’t stopped running. It was the only option, for one would get easily frozen without the support of the totemic power, so they had to keep it running.

It was the fifth swig…

Normally, Mai only allowed them to take one swig at a time, for they would not be able to endure the energy from that blood if they drank too much. Even when Mao himself was exhausted, he merely constantly took three swigs, which made him feel that it was near his limitation. When you have too much energy at one time, you may find it difficult to control, and when the energy got out of control, you may suffer from the energy rioting inside your body. However, Shao Xuan had no intention of stopping, and judging from his actions, perhaps there would be a sixth swig shortly.

“Are you okay…with so much of that?” Mao asked.

“For now it’s okay.” Shao Xuan felt that the energy brought in by the boar blood would quickly fade away after some time. The feeling of exhaustion hit him again and again, so he needed to take another swig. After a few rounds of that, Shao Xuan did not find any side effect, so he followed his feeling and kept drinking the boar’s blood.

Mao only took three swigs from the half-full gourd, and Shao Xuan drank up the rest. When there were no more boar blood in the gourd, there was a misty light on the horizon.

Mao looked at Shao Xuan as if he was staring at a monster. He could not figure out why that guy could drink so much boar blood and still act normally. Instead of suffering from issues in his body, he seemed more and more vigorous!

No one would believe that if he told the people in the tribe!

“Shall we leave now?” Mao asked.

The snow had stopped falling for quite some time, and with the lighted up horizon, they could obviously feel the rise of the temperature. When the sun rose, they would not have to continue circulating their totemic power.