Chapter 198 – The drifting flames of the Boat River (2/2)

Go left or right?

In general, if there was a wide stream and a narrow stream, the Longboat tribe would naturally walk along the wide stream. But now...

Looking at the two streams with the almost same width, even Shao Xuan couldn’t tell the right direction.

There was no one around, and no traces of mankind were found. They couldn’t see any tribes nearby.

This was an isolated place.

They could stay here to see if someone went past here and then ask him. Otherwise, Chacha could fly ahead and find the right way or return to look for someone to ask the right way.

The former solution was uncertain. As Yang Sui said, now winter was coming, less and less people would come here. No one knew how long they had to wait before they could see another person. But the latter solution was time-consuming.

“What... what to do?” Yang Sui clutched his belly, felt hungry and asked.

Shao Xuan thought about it for a while, made a decision, and said, “It is late. Let’s first rest tonight and work it out tomorrow.”

“Agreed. Maybe some teams of the Longboat tribe haven’t gone back yet. When they go back, they must go past here. If we wait, we may be able to see the teams of the Longboat tribe. It’s said that they all return to the tribe before or after it snows.”

“Well, let’s wait for them nearby.” Shao Xuan glanced around, pointing to a mountain next to them, and said,“Go there.”

Shao Xuan hunted a beast, set it on the fire, and roasted it to eat. Then he arrived at a place on the mountain, from there he could clearly see the other side of the river so he would not miss anything.

“If a convoy of the Longboat tribe goes past here at night, you can see it clearly from a long distance. The drifting flames of the Boat River are not nonsense.” Yang Sui said.

“The drifting flames of the Boat River?”

“You will understand when you see it.” Yang Sui yawned, and found a leeward place to take a nap.

At midnight.

Shao Xuan opened his eyes to look at the river fork, but he found nothing. But when he looked above, he saw the drifting flames.

No, they were not just some flames, but the burning torches on he boats.

When the boats on the other side got closer, the “flames” became a burning line.

It was the convoy of the Longboat tribe, and on each boat there were burning torches. There were so many boats, it looked like a moving burning line.

Is this the so-called drifting flames of the Boat River?

This river was called “Boat River” because often the convoys of the Longboat tribe travelled over it. The current scene was probably described as the drifting flames.

Chacha saw the “fire”, and flapped his wings, which woke Yang Sui up.

Yawning and looking down, Yang Sui felt excited and thought, “We really met them! This is the drifting flames of the Boat River!!”

Shao Xuan had seen too many things over the past years, so this scene wasn’t surprising. But under these circumstance, this was undoubtedly shocking.

The boats of the Longboat tribe were really big, even bigger than Shao Xuan expected. They moved in a stable way, and there were masts and sails on the boats. But now, most of the boats were propelled by men, Shao Xuan could clearly hear the sound of water.

“They also travel along at night?” Shao Xuan asked.

Without radar or navigation, the boats of the Longboat tribe could still move stably at night.

“The convoys of the Longboat tribe often go past here, and they are very familiar with the route. Many people whole sailed at night met with accidents. Some hit the bank, and others had other accidents. But it was rarely heard of the convoys of the Longboat tribe having accidents. The drifitng flames of the Boat River was a unique scene of the Longboat tribe.” Yang Sui looked at the long line of fire and said with admiration.

Above the Boat River, Shao Xuan saw these “drifting flames” gradually coming to the fork and going over the right stream.

“That’s it!”