Chapter 148 – Collection (1/2)

Translated by Idontreallycare

Shao Xuan knew that the tribe members had an unnatural curiosity for items found outside the tribe, but for Xing, who was always serious and wore a “The Shaman is first, but I’m second” attitude, to think he would also get excited was surprising.

Xing’s nose twitched, his nostrils flaring as his breath grew ragged, each breath becoming harder than the last as this old face grew red.

“This….. This is……”

Xing carefully put the stone in his hands, meticulously examining it. At his age, whether it’s hunting or polishing stone tools, his experience outstripped the rest of the tribe’s. He could naturally see that this stone was polished not that long ago, perhaps within these few years, and at most within the last ten years.

However, since this stone wasn’t a remnant of the ancestors, where did it come from?!

Thinking back to how hurriedly the Shaman rushed here, if it were only for the sake of a kid from the mountain foot, wouldn’t this be excessive? And so, the purpose for the Shaman’s visit naturally must be because of this stone.

Thinking this far, Xing didn’t care about some spot on the 30 name list either, what new route, what competition? Right now, the only thing he wanted to know was this stone’s history!

Sitting there, the Shaman had finally managed to calm down, albeit still taking ragged breaths. Although his hands were still shaky, his expression had already reverted back to being unperturbed and profound.

“This is the reason I’m here.” the Shaman stated.

Unconsciously, Xing’s body leant towards the Shaman, and he pricked up his ears, ready to listen carefully. With a slightly shaky voice the Shaman started, “Ah Xuan, tell Old Xing how you obtained this stone.”

Xing’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at Shao Xuan. The Shaman’s words had stunned him.

What? This stone was obtained by Ah Xuan?! Where did it come from?

Wait, this kid disappeared for a year!

“You, talk quickly!” Xing commanded as he turned to face Shao Xuan. Xing’s harsh tone was more intense than normal due to the urgency of the matter. When people heard him talk, they would feel as if they were being interrogated, as his two eyes seemed like a pair of daggers stabbing into you.

However, Shao Xuan didn’t mind his tone. Since the Shaman was here, Xing couldn’t do anything to him.

“It’s like this…..”

Shao Xuan quickly explained the stone’s origin, however due to Xing’s urgency he omitted quite a bit, focusing only on how he obtained the stone.

“Hui….. It’s the Hui Tribe!” Xing’s eyes turned red. Looking at the Shaman he asked, “The reason for you coming here, it was to verify this, right?”

The Shaman nodded his head, “Yes, I hope that you will bring that thing out.”

Usually, Xing would pass through like thunder and move like the wind, his methods were heavy and fierce. To see him acting like this, his family members would be scared to death.

Xing’s house was about twenty square meters. Apart from a stone table, his house only had a few wooden chairs, and an extremely large stone jar that Xing used as storage.

Half kneeling, Xing opened the jar, extended both hands within, and pulled out a stone box. Each and every one of his movements were as cautious as when he was handling the patterned stone.

Shao Xuan noticed that Xing was looking at the box with eyes full of reverence, his emotions clearly visible. At this moment, his sharp eyes were focused on the stone box, as if nothing else in this world mattered.

Carefully placing the box on the table, Xing opened it.

Shao Xuan stretched his neck to look inside. Inside there was another box. [TL: Boxception O.o]

Between these two boxes were some wood shavings, evidently meant to protect the inside box.

Slowly taking out the smaller box, Xing gently wiped the wood shavings away with the utmost care, his actions vastly different to his usual behaviour.

He opened the cover.

Inside, there were more wood shavings, and in the middle of all that was an object covered with thick animal hide. After so much experience in hunting, Shao Xuan could tell how high quality this hide was.

Ordinarily, high quality animal hide was hard and stiff, but there were also softer areas, it was just harder to come by.

These materials were all top-notch. Exquisite wood shavings, and this hard to come by animal hide, all in order to protect the object inside. All this careful packaging was making Shao Xuan extremely curious, attentively watching Xing’s actions.