Chapter 149 – Obsession (2/2)

This is too strange!

Did he dare to ask one more time?

Lei recalled back to the fighting to get him on the list; how Xing had pulled out a chunk of fire crystal to use for the 30 chosen men. This proves that his grandpa would do anything to keep this honor with the family.

Summoning up his courage, he asked once again, “Grandpa, did the Shaman want you to give Shao Xuan a spot?”

This time Xing reacted.

“Allow Shao Xuan to join? This can absolutely not happen!” Xing suddenly became passionate.

“Even if we did give a spot, it should be for our own people.” Lei agreed.

Without waiting for Lei to finish talking, his grandpa had already said, “Exploring the new route is too dangerous. If he enters and somehow doesn’t make it out, then what will we do? Absolutely not, he cannot be in danger, moreso, he cannot die!”

Lei was speechless. Grandpa, your own grandson, the one that you personally recommended to join is still standing here!

From start to finish, Xing had not paid any attention towards Lei’s facial expressions, and even if Xing did, he couldn’t be bothered to care. Rather, in his heart, he was thinking about what he should do. Ever since he had conversed with Shao Xuan and the Shaman, he was unwilling to allow Shao Xuan to leave the tribe, not to mention going to explore the new route!

Should they also not allow Shao Xuan to join the hunting group?

However, if Shao Xuan lacked enough experience, when he would leave, he would encounter even greater obstacles, and even greater challenges. At that time, if he didn’t have experience, would he succeed?

But, if he got eaten by a ferocious beast before this happened…..

Oh, how worrisome!

This was the first time Xing had experienced such a dilemma. He had no way out.

Lei watched his grandpa depressedly stroke his beard, almost pulling a few strands of hair out.

Curious once more, Lei probed out, “Then why did the Shaman bring Ah Xuan?”

Xing had already recovered from his stupor, and hearing Lei’s words, didn’t bother to explain. He simply repeated what his father had once told him, “Look to the distant, and don’t just focus on your surroundings.”

Lei closed his eyes in silent disapproval. Every time you “look to the distant”, what you look at changes!

At the end, Lei couldn’t managed to squeeze an answer out, and instead, got chased out of the house.

During nighttime, night swallows could be seen flying in the air. Approaching the late hours, when everything turned calm, the temperature plummeted, and the fierce gales would meet with ice and snow, and travel across the mountain.

This was not an ordinary winter.

During this winter, the Shaman did not manage anything else and delegated the job to his assistants, even letting Gui Ze start taking on more Shaman tasks.

Everytime Shao Xuan would ascend the mountain; Xing would face the wind and snow to meet them, wanting to hear of any progress made.

At the start, there was only Xing and the Shaman, but then they included Head Chief Ao. Being the head chief, Ao, had the right to be informed of this project.

After that, the elders with a say in the tribe were informed.

And so, when Shao Xuan ascended the mountain, a few elders, along with the head chief, rushed to the Shaman’s place.

However, they weren’t willing to tell the two team leaders, because they were responsible for opening the new route. It would not be good if they became distracted, as a result, the two leaders were extremely depressed.

Regardless of previous disputes, or whether or not they had an issue with Shao Xuan, upon knowing of the plan, everyone decided to put these things aside.

For Shao Xuan and the Shaman’s plan, they would exhaust their all to help.

Not! Withholding! Anything!

Their time on earth was running out, and compared to those still at the prime of their lives, the hope that this plan could succeed before their end was quite farfetched. People couldn’t get too greedy. And like the ferocious beasts, there were some times that this turned victory into defeat.

However, there were some people who held onto these hopes, thinking that perhaps there would be a day where they could see the places that the ancestors had told stories about, and even see other humans!

When winter ended and the earth warmed again, the tribe resumed their active lives. Preparing for the upcoming ceremony, Shao Xuan had once again been selected to dance.

This had made many people feel dissatisfied, especially the younger warriors. Last time, when Shao Xuan had found the fire crystals and was chosen to enter, they had no complaints. But this time, while he had been missing for a year, what kind of service did he do for the tribe?

However, everyone discovered that no matter how dissatisfied they were, no matter who they complained to, the elder’s response was always, “He deserves it.”