Chapter 203 – Too late (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

The wanderer area’s condition was naturally unable to compare with the Longboat tribe’s ships.

Yang Sui looked at these old worn-out wooden huts in the surrounding, many that had big cracks in the wood. He seriously wondered whether they would freeze to death.

However, freezing to death was still better compared to being slaughtered.

Shao Xuan brought Yang Sui to Yan Zhi and his brother’s wooden house. Yan Zhuo and Jiao Wu left to trade for animal skins and had not come back. Yan Zhi was braving the snow to fix the wooden house.

Towards Yang Sui, they would inevitably have some suspicion and vigilance. If not for Shao Xuan, they would not allow Yang Sui to enter the room.

“You go ahead, I will help repair the wooden house.” Shao Xuan said to Yang Sui.

“Ok.” Yang Sui entered the room immediately, outside it was very cold, he did not want to stay outside and suffer the cold.

The logs that Yan Zhi brought had not been not been split, Shao Xuan used the blade and cut them into 2-3 pieces, and gave them to Yan Zhi.

Yan Zhi looked at the cuts on the planks, which were very smooth, the speed with which they were cut was obviously quite fast. This was a totem warrior’s strength.

Thinking he will be able to have such strength one day, Yan Zhi’s heart burst with expectance.

After the wooden house was repaired and reinforced, Yan Zhuo and Jiao Wu also came back with the items. However, they did come back holding the animal skins, but instead brought back some hay piles with the animal skins inside, seemingly to use for their beds or to light the fires.

This way was more covert and discrete, and it would not attract others' attention. After all, these two suddenly coming back while holding so many animal skins seemed suspicious.

Entering the room, Shao Xuan noticed that Jiao Wu and Yan Zhuo’s manner towards Yang Sui was full of vigilance and caution, but compared to the other emotions it was a lot less.

Later, when Shao Xuan and Yan Zhi entered the house, Yang Sui was telling his story of his travels, full of exaggerations and embellishments, fooling Jiao Wu easily. Yan Zhuo and Yan Zhi also listened with great interest. Although they knew that Yang Sui’s words were not completely true, but what he spoke of was truly interesting.

Seeing Shao Xuan come, Jiao Wu, who was unable to remain calm, hurriedly asked Shao Xuan: “Yang Sui said that he is a shaman candidate of his tribe. Is this true?”

Shao Xuan looked at Yang Sui, sees him not mind it, and then nodded, “It is.”

Obtaining the confirmation from Shao Xuan, the look of the several people towards Yang Sui became more excited.

A shaman, that is a tribe’s shaman!

Shao Xuan understood why these people were vigilant towards Yang Sui. Yang Sui probably also noticed their behavior and disposition, so he said his status so that his stay here could be a bit better.

Many people harbored a revering mindset towards shamans. Yan Zhi's group were such people, probably because the shaman of the Longboat tribe had a very high status. But the wanderers around the Rain tribe felt differently. Because after the shamans failed to pray for rain and were burnt by the tribe, the status of the shaman became lower compared to the other tribes. Naturally, if he succeeds in praying for rain, the status of the shaman would naturally increase tremendously.

“Right, elder brother, when I and Yan Zhuo were trading for the animal skins, we heard some wanderers were killed.” Jiao Wu said with a serious face.

“We heard they were killed while they were trading for food. Their corpses were thrown into the river.” Yan Zhuo also mentioned the matter.

“Killed by whom? Longboat tribesmen?” Yang Sui puzzledly asked.

“No,” Yan Zhi shook his head, “it’s a traveling group.”

“Every year, many wanderers here die at the hands of travellers. Longboat tribe only allows wanderers to live here, so long there is not too much racket, they will not bother with it. After all, they also do not want to have too many wanderers near them.” Yan Zhi answered lightly. Regarding this, he had already seen it before and was used to it.

In fact, it’s not only the Longboat tribe, no matter which tribe, the amount of wanderers surrounding them was always a stable number, it would not go beyond the range those tribe could accept. The tribes would not go out of their way to kill wanderers, so the secret fights and disputes helped them keep the numbers stable, therefor the tribes were naturally glad to stand aside and watch the fun.

When Yan Zhuo and Jiao Wu left to trade for animal skins, they were very cautious and careful, even concealing the items with hay. Besides guarding against other people from the wanderer area, it was also to guard against these traveling groups temporarily staying in the Longboat tribe. These were most likely totem warriors, making them a much bigger threat than wanderers.

“It’s them?!” Yang Sui looked towards Shao Xuan, “A while ago, I saw them and thought they had been up to no good, they were discussing together about having done something. It turns out it was about killing people.”

Shao Xuan recalled when he and Yang Sui disembarked, they ran into these people. It must have been them returning after having killed those people.

The atmosphere in the room became somewhat stiff.

“Be careful for the next few days, when the weather becomes better, we will leave.” Shao Xuan said.

Here, compared to the other side of the river at the Flaming Horns tribe’s place, the weather was different. In the winter, it did not snow all the time. Every so often the sky would clear up and the sun would break out, and a heavy snowfall was also rarely seen.

Hearing Shao Xuan’s words, Yan Zhi's group became very excited. this time they could truely leave here and return to their tribe, rather than being deceived or led to an unknown place.

“Yang Sui, when does the heavy snow come?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Should be in the evening. Wait, I’ll check again.” Yang Sui opened the window slightly and looked at the sky.

Yan Zhi's group did not dare to make any noise, fearing they would disturb the shaman candidate while he was looking at the weather. At the same time, they secretly thought: As expected of a shaman candidate, he can even predict the weather!

Half a minute later, Yang Sui closed the window, “Before dark, heavy snow will start to fall, tomorrow morning it will lessen, but later the heavy snow will start again. In about three days, the snow will completely stop, and it will be sunny weather for several days. At the moment I can’t deduce anything that will happen after.”

Regardless of what will happen after, Yang Sui has been able to predict at least the recent weather, moreover even more precise than the Longboat tribe’s shaman.

Seeing the the admiring looks on Yan Zhi's group’s faces, Yang Sui also felt quite self-satisfied, “I am the primary candidate as shaman!”

“Really amazing!” Jiao Wu was a person who easily showed his emotions and he immediately began to praise him.

What if it was the Flaming Horns tribe’s shaman? These people would immediately begin to worship on their knees probably. They seemed to be the easily deceived kind of people that shamans liked to meet, Shao Xuan thought.

As he was thinking, Shao Xuan heard a eagle cry. The sound was not loud, Yan Zhi's group were unable to hear it. However, the self-satisfied Yang Sui, that was being praised by Jiao Wu, looked outside.

“Jiao Wu, go outside and bring back the thing that’s dropped on the ground.” Shao Xuan said.

“The thing that’s dropped on the ground? What’s that?”

Jiao Wu puzzledly went outside and looked around. In the surroundings, many people know that there will be snow the next two days, so they taken many things inside and tightly shut the windows and doors, waiting it out inside their homes.