Chapter 202 – Nefarious people (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

When Yan Zhi went out, Jiao Wu sat in the corner and gnawed on the roasted meat. No one knew what he was thinking, he was pretty much absent-minded.

Shao Xuan looked at the house. He thought Yan Zhi and some others worked on the boat every day. He put his hand into his animal skin bag and saw that there was still a bag of herbs. There were only a few of the herbs remaining that he had brought from his tribe. That was because he had gotten injured when he killed the people of the Wan Shi tribe. He had found some herbs in the old haunt and had put them in his animal skin pocket.

He went over to kick the absent-minded Jiao Wu, who was still sitting on the ground. He passed him the herbs wrapped in leaves and said, “Boil them.”

Jiao Wu smelt the herb bag, looked happy, and said, “Herbs! Usually we don’t have much time to go out to find herbs... We don’t dare to go out. We have to wait for our wounds to heal, but sometimes Mu Qian brings some herbs for us.”

On the hands and faces of Yan Zhi and Jiao Wu, there were some scars of all sizes. Some scars seemed to have been left a long time ago, while others seemed to be left recently. In the woods, they cut trees, carried logs, chopped the logs, and did other heavy work. They often got injured, although they were seldom seriously injured, they got many minor injuries.

When the herbs were almost cooked, Yan Zhi and Yan Zhuo came over with a woman called “Zhen”. She was Yan Zhuo’s wife and also a descendant of the Flaming Horns tribe. She had came to the Longboat tribe two years ago. After spending two years getting along with Zhen, Yan Zhi and his brothers finally accepted her. Yan Zhuo married Zhen, and the couple lived next to Yan Zhi and his brother.

Yan Zhi and his brothers all added “Yan” or “Jiao” in their name, so Zhen later also added “Yan” in her name. Now her name was “Yan Zhen”.

The couple coming with Yan Zhi looked excited. Yan Zhi had told them everything about Shao Xuan, they also knew Shao Xuan wanted to take them away together. They had been cheated and suffered a bad experience, but this time they met a real totem warrior.

“Take some medicine.” Shao Xuan poured the boiled herbs into four wooden bowls.

They didn’t ask any more. After saying “Thanks”, the four directly picked up a bowl and drank it directly, even though it was hot.

Drinking a bowl of medicine made Yan Zhi feel less tired after having worked for a whole day. Outside it was very cold, but the warm medicine flowed through his upper body and he felt very comfortable.

While they were talking, Mu Qian came over again in a hurry.

“What’s up?” Yan Zhi wiped the snow on Mu Qian’s head, pulled her animal skin hat and asked.

“Ah, it will snow more heavily than it did last year?” Jiao Wu asked with surprise.

“Yes, prepare more things for the winter. I... cannot help.” Mu Qian said, and snuffled. Her nose turned red.

“Did your brother scold you again?” Yan Zhi asked.

Mu Qian lowered her head and kept silent.

Shao Xuan thought this girl was really good. In such a cold day, she came here twice to help Yan Zhi. He should let Yan Zhi bring her back to tribe. The Shaman certainly would not reject such a kind girl. Right now, Yan Zhi looked sad, because after all, he was still a wanderer as he had not awakened his totem power yet.

Thinking of something, Shao Xuan winked at Yan Zhi.

“Wait.” Yan Zhi said to Mu Qian, and then went away with Shao Xuan.

“You can give this to her.” Shao Xuan slipped a piece of jade to Yan Zhi. This piece of jade was taken by Shao Xuan from the robbers. Even in the cold winter, this piece of jade felt warm.

“You…”

“Go,” said Shao Xuan, “we are from the same tribe, we are a family. Besides, I will need your help in the future.”

“Thank... thank you!”

Yan Zhi would remember his kindness and would repay Shao Xuan in the future. Although he had sent some gifts to Mu Qian, those were very common small objects.

No longer looking at the two, Shao Xuan went into house to give a few pieces of jade of poor quality, shells and some small pieces of water moon stones to Jiao Wu and Yan Zhuo, “These things may be exchanged for thick animal skins and food... But we don’t need too much food. Animal skins can keep us warm. If possible, bring some wood back to reinforce this house. The weather is bad, so we have to stay here for a few days, then we will leave.”

Jade and water moon stones were quite eye-catching.

After Shao Xuan finished talking to Yan Zhuo and Jiao Wu, Yan Zhi came back.