Chapter 209 – Meeting Yan Shuo again (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

After eating the pot of bear meat, they gathered some hay and put it next to the fire to dry off the moisture. Then they put the hay on the ground and then covered it with animal skin. They could sleep propely on that.

Yan Zhi and the others were not as energetic as Shao Xuan. They had been nervous, so now they were physically and mentally exhausted. They needed a rest.

Most of the insects were smoked out of the cave, so when they slept they weren’t bitten. In a wild cave there are many little insects which are unnoticeable but caused a lot of trouble to people who were not awakened yet. But now they didn’t need to worry about this too much.

Before they found this cave, they had checked out several other caves. However, before Yan Zhi entered those caves, Shao Xuan said they were not suitable for them to live in. In some caves there were many insects. Some caves were full of bats, where all kinds of insects lived on the parasites and bat feces. That was why they couldn’t live there.

‘As expected of someone who had often traveled with traveling teams, he was quite experienced in living in caves.’ Yan Zhi and the others thought.

Both Yan Zhi and Yang Sui thought so.

In fact, they didn’t know that he didn’t gain the experience from the traveling teams. He had lived in a cave since childhood. Even later, when he left the cave and built a house, he often went hunting and stayed in caves.

Who could think that that once powerful central tribe now lived a more primitive life than before. They can’t even make pottery. Even if it isn’t impossible to do so and they had the technology, various factors prevented them from being able to do so. So, besides brute force and hunting skills, there weren’t many things left behind.

Shao Xuan wondered that when Yan Zhi and the others knew the reality of the Flaming Horns tribe, how they would feel.

When they left the Longboat tribe, Yan Zhi and the others also brought three pots to boil water on the way. Two of them broke, so now only one could still be used.

Shao Xuan ate some roasted meat and then went out to find more prey. The meat was enough for Yan Zhi and the others, but not for him. Without higher grade food, that little wild animal meat couldn’t satisfy Shao Xuan. Since he couldn’t find any other higher ‘quality’ food, he had no choice but to increase the ‘quantity’ of it.

That was why before Yan Zhi and the others fell asleep, Shao Xuan was eating meat. When they woke up, they still saw Shao Xuan eating meat. Next to him, there was a pile of bones.

Yan Zhi: “...”

Yang Sui couldn’t believe that the most common food in the Flaming Horns tribe in fact was the meat of ferocious beasts, which they tried to avoid.

“Bad news.” Yang Sui told the crowd next to the fire after going out for a leak.

“What is it? Will it snow for a long time?” Shao Xuan asked.

“Yes.” Yang Sui squatted down next to the fire. While warming his hands over the fire, he said, “It has snowed for ten days, but after it stops snowing, it won’t become clear. It will be cloudy for one or two days and then it will continue to snow. As to how long it will last, it is unknown. It depends on where you go. If we go to the Rain tribe, it will snow less and less. If we go in the direction which you said, it will continue to snow.”

Shao Xuan thought about it and asked, “In the direction I said. Will the rivers there freeze?”

“Not all of them will freeze.”

“So some of them will.” Shao Xuan thought about it for a moment and said, “Then we can stay here for some time. When the ice in the rivers melt, we can set out. During the snowing days... can you guys make a boat? Not a big one. We only need one which can hold a dozen people.”

“No problem, but I need some materials.” Yan Zhi said.

“Tell me what you need, and I will try to find them.” Shao Xuan said.

Before going to the Longboat tribe, Shao Xuan had thought about learning some skills of shipbuilding in the Longboat tribe. After all, he needed those skills in such an era, which was completely different from the old world he had known. So there was a lot of new knowledge Shao Xuan needed to acquire. However, when he reached the Longboat tribe, he found that like many other tribes it was exclusive. The people there weren’t willing to teach others their skills, so even the wanderers like Yan Zhi failed to master those skills, although their ancestors had arrived at the Longboat tribe many years ago. Only the members of the tribe mastered the skills.

However, Shao Xuan felt that when they returned to their tribes, put their heads together and combined their skills, even if they weren’t able to make a boat like the Longboat tribe ones, it shouldn’t be too bad. It was worth the try.

Then Shao Xuan cut trees and looked for materials. He built a boat with Yan Zhi and the others.

Twenty days later, it stopped snowing and the temperature rose.

It was not the end of the winter, but almost all the ice on the river had melted.

“There will be seven or eight sunny days, and then the temperature will start to drop again slowly for about ten to twenty days. It will rain, snow lightly, and then snow heavily. Finally, the temperature will drop rapidly and the rivers may freeze. You have to pay attention to it.” Yang Sui said.

“Alright, I got it. Thank you.” Shao Xuan went back to the cave, and then carried the six meter long boat which they built together these past days.

Yan Zhi and the the others had intended to help him carry, but surprisingly Shao Xuan could do it alone. Shao Xuan carrying the boat still walked faster than them.

“Are all totem warriors as strong as him?” Looking at his figure carrying the boat without difficulty, Jiao Wu murmured.

“Absolutely not!” Yang Sui said with a sense of mystery, and then looked to Yan Zhi and the others, “This may be the unique characteristic of your people from the Flaming Horns tribe.”

“Hurry up!” Yan Zhi said as he slapped Jiao Wu, who was giggling, on his head. However, he wanted to try to keep a serious face, but his mouth also could not help but curl up.

The Flaming Horns tribe seemed to be really strong.

When Yan Zhi and the others arrived at the riverbank, Shao Xuan had put the boat on the river.

As Yang Sui said, most of the ice on the river had melted. They could row a boat on it temporarily.

Afterboarding, Yan Zhi and the others consciously picked up the oars to paddle forward.

Along this river, they moved forward a little and went past a fork. Finally arriving at the river the Pu tribe’s traveling team had used.

And when they got there, Yang Sui had to leave them.

“I have to go back now to attend the ritual ceremony at the end of the winter.” Yang Sui looked at Shao Xuan and the others and said, “Thank you for allowing me to come with you here.”

“You also helped us a lot. Alright, let me have Chacha send you a little along your way.” Shao Xuan gestured in the air.

”Hey, good idea. I have to climb over the mountains to go there. With the help of Chacha, I will feel more relaxed.” Yang Sui wrapped his animal skin coat to cover his head, and only his eyes, his nose and his mouth were exposed.

Chacha came down, stretched out his claws to grab Yang Sui, and then lifted him up.

“I hope that I will hear the news of your tribe!” While going up, Yang Sui shouted loudly.

After he returned to the Rain tribe, he would become the shaman of the Rain tribe. It was unlikely Yang Sui would be able to travel around like now. But... if unfortunately he failed to pray for rain or had a bad performance in the tribe, he could still make an excuse to go to the Flaming Horns tribe to visit them.

The more he thought about it, the better the idea he thought it was. Yang Sui had begun to ponder how to make an excuse to go out to visit them.

Shao Xuan saw Yang Sui leaving, and took out the map he made. He added a lot of places on the map. Some locations were drawn with certain details, but others without. He had drawn this map based on what others had said, and Yang Sui had also told him about the Rain tribe and its surrounding situation. On this map the location of the Rain tribe was also marked.

“Yang Sui’s tribe is quite far from here.” Yan Zhuo glanced at the map and said. The map in Shao Xuan’s hand was the most detailed one he had ever seen.

Yan Zhi and the others had a good attitude towards Yang Sui, because he was the next shaman of the Rain tribe. Getting along with him for a small period of time, they felt that Yang Sui was a kind person. He had told them a lot about the central region and what had happened in other places. Now they had to separate, but they felt reluctant to do so.

“We will always have a chance to meet again. At that time he will be the shaman. You will also be real totem warriors.” Shao Xuan said.

Shao Xuan’s words made the people suddenly look forward to the future.

Yan Zhi thought of Mu Qian. When he left the Longboat tribe, the gate of the Longboat tribe was closed. He hadn’t seen Mu Qian, but he let He Er send some messages and a written animal skin roll to her. He hoped that when they met next time, they all had a better life.

“Come on, let’s go find Yan Shuo.” Shao Xuan looked at the sky, recently he had also tried to observe the sky in a new way. When using the special energy vision, he saw surges in the flow of air, which he had never seen before.

Since he left the tribe, his strength had also changed.

Although he couldn’t make an accurate forecast like Yang Sui, he could still make some judgments according to those changes.

Taking advantage of the fine weather, Shao Xuan and the others hurriedly paddled onwards. After a few days, it rained once again. The rainy days lasted for a few days and then it snowed lightly.