Chapter 131 – The New Route (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

If Shao Xuan did not go hunting, every few days he would go up the mountain to hand in the animal skin volumes that the Shaman asked him to draw.

This time, Shao Xuan drew common volumes, rather than the Shaman volumes.

The Shaman planned to tell everyone that the ancestors had also kept hunting animals. In this way, he could stimulate them to raise and train cubs. But some content in the ancient volumes could not be disclosed, and he would reveal the rest, which would be drawn by Shao Xuan, who had more excellent drawing skills than the others. The annotations were derived from part of the original version of the ancient volumes.

It was much simpler to draw the common volumes, for drawing the Shaman Volumes needed the power of inheritance.

Unexpectedly, one hundred copies of the volume with annotations were finished by Shao Xuan within ten days.

Today, Shao Xuan took the last ten copies to the Shaman, up the mountain.

Shao Xuan often visited the Shaman, which was not strange to those in the tribe. Moreover, the man who guarded the door for the Shaman no longer stopped him, because the Shaman had said that Shao Xuan could enter his house directly.

“These are the last ten.” Shao Xuan put them on the stone table in front of the Shaman to let him check whether all their contents could be released as planned.

The Shaman quickly opened and glanced at them. Then he put them aside, but did not let Shao Xuan leave right away like before.

Shao Xuan knew that this old man had something to tell him, and would have a long talk so he sat down, waiting for what he would say next.

Seeing Shao Xuan’s reaction made the Shaman smile. Then the smile gradually faded, and he said: “Do you know what the Chief, several elders in the tribe, and I are discussing about?”

Shao Xuan shook his head. He knew that recently the Chief, the two team leaders, as well as several old warriors often came here together to talk with the Shaman. He guessed they discussed something important, so each time, Shao Xuan did not stay in the Shaman’s house for a long time. The Shaman would tell him what he needed to know sooner or later, so Shao Xuan was not curious about it. But now, it seemed the Shaman did not intend to conceal it any longer from from him.

The Shaman took out a large animal skin reel and unfolded it on the stone table, and said, “Do you know what is in this reel?”

Leaning forward, Shao Xuan glanced at the drawing on the reel.

Although some details of the drawing were omitted, something could still be seen. He said, “This is the tribe, and these are the hunting routes.”

The animal skin reel on the stone table was a simple map, on which only the location of the tribe and several hunting routes were painted.

The Shaman raised his finger to point at the red route, and said, “This is what we are discussing.”

Staring at the route, Shao Xuan thought about it. He raised his eyebrows, looked at the Shaman, and said, “Are you planning to start a new hunting route?!”

The Shaman did not expect Shao Xuan to understand his plan so quickly. After all, the majority in the tribe never thought about how to start a new route. Even if they saw the map, they might not consider starting a new route.

But the Shaman was distracted for just a moment, he smiled and said, “Exactly.”

The number of people was growing in the tribe, but each time, only a limited number of them could go hunting. Although those warriors who had to handle the incidents of their domestic life or got injured were excluded from the list of the hunting groups, it was inevitable that some healthy people were also left behind.

It was too wasteful.

But it was not necessary to increase the number of people in the hunting group. The increase might have an adverse effect. In terms of hunting, the ancestors had recorded the drawbacks of too many people in the group.

The Shaman had been considering the design of a new route for a few years. Caesar’s change gave him the resolve to do so.

If some cubs in the tribe grew up and were branded the profound craft successfully, they would become more helpful, whose power could not be underestimated.

It was very necessary to start a new route.

Therefore, the Shaman asked the head, the two team leaders, as well as several respected old warriors in the tribe to have a discussion with him.

If the Shaman did not mention the new route, the others would not adhere to it. Since the Shaman proposed it, the old warriors all felt very excited, because this would be a milestone for them.

They respected and admired the ancestors. But they were also obedient to the Shaman. Those summoned generally supported his idea.

A new route could not be designed overnight, and they must first finish the preparations. Most importantly, they must choose those who would be responsible to start the new route.

After discussion, they finally decided to start the program in three years. If everything went well, they might start it in a year. If something unpredictable happened in this process, it would be delayed. If it wasn’t implemented within three years, the Shaman would cancel it.

As for the number of people who would be responsible for this program, they initially determined thirty was enough. The quality of the members was more important than the quantity. The quality here referred to the comprehensive strength.

After the initial decision, the two team leaders and old warriors went back home and told this program to their offspring secretly. They hoped that their offspring would have better performance during the next two years, so that they would have more chance to be selected to start the new route.