Chapter 201 - Why did you not come sooner? (2/2)

The Yan Zhuo mentioned by Jiao Wu was another wanderer of their tribe. He lived in the wooden house next to them. Now he must still be working outside and hadn’t come back.

“Some time ago, the totem patterns appeared on our body. We have greater strength and I became healthy.” Yan Zhi looked at Shao Xuan, “Did the totem patterns appear on your body?”

“Totem patterns?” Shao Xuan was puzzled.

In the beginning, Yan Zhuo saw the blurred outline of the totem patterns on his body, but according to Yan Zhi and co and Old He, they had never seen the pattern before. Why did the pattern suddenly appear?

Asking about the specific time when the pattern appeared, Shao Xuan found that it was the same day when he was at the old fire pit.

It seemed that the old fire pit still worked.

Shao Xuan did not answer him, so Yan Zhi thought the pattern never appeared on his body. They had intended to comfort him. But when they were about to say something, they saw the clear outline of the patterns on Shao Xuan’s face, which was much clearer than theirs!

In general, only totem warriors had such a clear outline of the totem patterns.

“You... you...” Jiao Wu pointed at Shao Xuan, and failed to say other words.

Shao Xuan ignored the two brothers who were excited, took out an animal skin roll and a pen, and asked Yan Zhi, “What is man’s name?”

“Who?” Yan Zhi failed to respond at once.

“That traitor.”

“Dao Yu. He is called Dao Yu.” Yan Zhi carved the name in the corner of the table with a stone knife. He had been educated by his parents at a young age. After the death of his parents, he often worked on the boats of the Longboat tribe and learned some words. He never forgot this name.

Glancing at the two words, Shao Xuan wrote them down on the animal skin roll.

“The traitor will never be forgiven. Wherever he goes or what other tribes he depends on, we will punish him as long as we have such an opportunity.” Shao Xuan said.

When Shao Xuan tells the Shaman about it, he believed the Shaman would make such a decision.

If the wanderers depended on other tribes to make a living, the men of the Flaming Horns tribe would inevitably feel disappointed, but may not blame them. After all, the wanderers led such difficult lifes. But even if the traitor depended on other tribes, he or she would absolutely not be forgiven. In the Flaming Horns tribe, he or she would even be executed. Shao Xuan knew that for generations, the shaman of the Flaming Horns tribe on the other side of the river punished those who broke the rules in a cruel way no matter what he was like and whether the rule-breakers lived on the mountain.

“What is in your hand?” Yan Zhi saw the corner of the animal skin roll, where a lot of words were written, but he did not understand many of these words.

“These are to be brought back to the shaman.” Shao Xuan said.

“The shaman! The shaman of our tribe!” The two brothers screamed at the same time.

“Of course. Our tribe still exists, and the fire seed remains, it’s just far away from here. Otherwise, how do you think I, a totem warrior, came here?”

The totem patterns were the most powerful evidence of a totem warrior. He was different from the traitor, for the totem patterns rather than words proved his identity. Yan Zhi and his brother never doubted it.

“So... so... can we... go back?” Yan Zhi was always calm, but stammered at this time.

“Of course you can. But our tribe is a little far from here and it’s dangerous for you to travel there.”

“We are not afraid!” They both said.

“Wait a minute. I have to look for Yan Zhuo first. Shao... Shao Xuan, right? Can you wait here for a while?” Yan Zhi said, even begged.

“Don’t worry. I will stay here.” Shao Xuan said seriously.

“Thank you... Thank you!” Yan Zhi wiped his tears, took a deep breath, and opened the door to go out.

After Yan Zhi left, no one minded Jiao Wu, so he burst into tears. His loud voice almost scared Shao Xuan.

Jiao Wu did not think there was anything wrong, so he directly sat on the ground, and kept crying. He told Shao Xuan,“Why did you not come sooner? If you had come here a few years ago, we would not have been cheated by that traitor... Can we really go back?”

“Yes.”

On hearing Shao Xua’s answer, Jiao Wu cried even more loudly. He roared and then snuffled. He kept roaring and snuffling.

Shao Xuan looked at him and his face twitched. He grabbed inside his animal skin bag, took out cold roasted meat and passed it to him.

Stop crying.