Chapter 177 – The grassland tribes (1/2)

Translated by Joycelyn

Due to the bloody way the Thousand Masks tribe got their revenge, the travel team talked about it for a very long time until they started setting out, and even then they did not stop. They had even started talking about similar events that had happened in recent years, giving Shao Xuan new information.

In addition to the Thousand Masks tribe, there were still a few other tribes mentioned by the ancestors on the beast skin scrolls.

With the new news Shao Xuan had acquired, he had noted them all down on a beast skin scroll, which he kept carefully hidden. Those were all to be brought back to the Flaming Horns tribe.

If the Flaming Horns tribe returned, would they still be able to go back to their glorious self of the long-gone past?

Shao Xuan highly anticipated that day to happen.

Shao Xuan and Yu did not mention to anybody about their meeting with the man from the Thousand Masks tribe. The group traveled for another two days on the river before abandoning their rafts to walk. The road ahead was not suitable to continue using them anymore. Although there were some streams, it was not faster than walking. They still had to walk up high lands on the road ahead.

The area in front of them had a higher terrain. It was said that in those lands there were grasslands that nobody could see the end of, and immeasurably high snowy mountains.

It sounded like the hunting area of the Flaming Horns tribe.

The grasslands were huge, with big and small tribes distributed all over the place. Often times, tribe wars broke out, so the travel team naturally did not set foot too deep into the grasslands, and definitely did not want to get caught in-between matters related to the tribe wars. They were just passing by the grasslands, and on the way trading a few stuff.

During that season, the grasslands were still green.

Walking along the river and stepping into the grasslands, Shao Xuan looked around.

The sky was high and the weather fine. There were some unknown little flowers blooming in the fresh green grass, bringing along a faint scent.

When looking ahead, the grasslands stretched beyond the horizon.

Other than the streams beside Shao Xuan and the brooks crossing into the grasslands, there were many small lakes scattered everywhere one looked, reflecting the blue sky.

Among them, there was also an even narrower river stream intersecting through the big and small lakes, its water clear. When one walked over, they could even see small fish swimming at very high speeds in it.

“This is the grassland. If we continue moving forward, we would enter the Feng tribe.” An old and experienced traveler on the side told Shao Xuan.

For the people of the Feng tribe, the tribes the people of the travel team belonged to were really far, so the problem of them snatching their territories was nonexistent. Besides, every time the travel team passed by, they would bring out their own tribe’s specialties to trade with items they wanted from the people of the travel teams.

Many people in the tribe liked those kind of trades. Without leaving the comfort of their own tribe, they could exchange some things they thought were rare. It was easy and it saved them trouble.

As for the people of the travel team, being able to trade while under the protection of the Feng tribe in that vast area of grassland was a win-win situation. They wouldn’t even mind taking a slight step back during the trades.

“Where are the people of the Feng tribe? I don’t see them.” Shao Xuan looked around in all directions and asked.

“They live in a place not too far from here, but this place is also within their sphere of influence. Sometimes they send scouts to patrol around the area. You could probably meet with some of the patrol teams after walking a little more.” The man beside him answered.

“The territory of the Feng tribe is so big!” Yu gasped.

“This is considered big? If you see the really big tribes in this grassland, wouldn’t your eyes pop out?” The guy beside chuckled, “Many tribes here breed animals, like cows, sheep, horses. They also hunt, but the prey here isn’t much. Therefore, they eat the animals they breed most of the time. And these animals only need to eat grass. The grass on the grasslands is for these animals only. If there wasn’t enough grass, they wouldn’t survive.”

Without breeding animals, there wouldn’t be any food. After listening to that person’s explanation, Yu nodded his head. This place was mostly all grasslands without any dense forests, so the beasts weren’t many. In the Pu tribe, even if the travel team didn’t bring anything back, they could at least go to the surrounding forest to look for food.

While listening, Shao Xuan heard roaring sounds. The ground below his feet also started shaking violently.

“Something’s coming.”

“Don’t worry, they are the patrol team of the Feng tribe.”

“Yeah, do you guys know that many warriors on the grasslands ride horses?”

“Horses?” Yu had eaten horse meat, but had never rode on one before.

Shao Xuan and the rest turned towards the origin of the thunderous sound.