Chapter 222 - The failsafe (1/2)

Edited by Ilesyt

Under the giant pit, there similarly a place to the fire crystal mine.

After Ke Ke, another man dug out a fire crystal. This excited them after they had been depressed for ten days.

What was their purpose of coming here?

Fire crystals. Since they couldn’t dig out fire crystals in the giant pit, they could do that here. Moreover, the bat leader had been inactive, so they didn’t need to pay any attention to it. They could just work harder to dig while the bat leader was not here. They should try their best to dig as many as possible.

Another six days passed by.

The fire crystal they had dug out, big or small, already filled a bag. This was only a part of it.

Shao Xuan estimated that not even half had been dug out.

These fire crystals were enough for all the warriors in the tribe to use.

Seeing Ao opening a skin volume, Ta wiped the sweat off his face and asked: “What did the Shaman write?”

After finding the fire crystal, Ao wrote one more skin volume to the Shaman and ordered some warriors to bring it back to the tribe to ask for the view of the Shaman.

Ao looked less excited, but a little serious because of the fire crystals.

“No one is allowed to tell anyone about the fire crystals we dig out!”

When they had a rest, Ao ordered everyone to come over and ordered them not to tell others about the location, the process and how many fire crystals they had dug out.

The last time, the five hunting teams had found the fire crystals in the giant pit. But this time, they found them under the giant pit. They had even dug an underground channel leading to the foot of the mountain. This was a secret.

If they didn’t go back to the old land, it didn’t matter. But as a matter of fact, they must return to the old land. If someone told this to the others in the tribe, it would bring big trouble, and even cause a war.

The fewer people knew this, the better. Fortunately, this time the advance team came here. They were familiar with and knew much about the members of this team, so they trusted them.

They had to return to the tribe because the hunting time was over. Ao did not take all the people back, and left some me here to keep digging. He took some men and the fire crystals back to the tribe. They met the hunting team, and then went back to the tribe.

Shao Xuan had intended to stay here to prevent the bat leader from coming here suddenly, but he was refused by Ao.

“The Shaman asked you to go back.”

Since the Shaman said so, Shao Xuan did not insist. The Shaman made him go back, it was certainly to tell him something.

When the hunting team went back to the tribe, the men in the tribe all knew that the leader had led the men to find the fire crystals. This couldn’t be kept as a secret, but it didn’t matter as long as they didn’t tell the specific location.

Fortunately, many people in the tribe were duteous, and they didn’t ask more about it because the chief and the Shaman didn’t say. For them, it was fortunate enough to be able to use the fire crystals. They did not care about other things.

Everyone in the tribe was happy. Recently, they had a lot of good news. They were going back to the old haunt and had also found fire crystals. Both made them feel happy for a long time.

In the Shaman’s stone house, at the top of the mountain.

Returning from the hunting area, the chief, the two team leaders, and several respected seniors gathered here, Shao Xuan was also present.

Shao Xuan had not been eligible to attend such a meeting, but now no one opposed. And sometimes before they made a decision, they would ask for Shao Xuan’s views. After all, Shao Xuan was the only one who had been to the old land, so he knew much more than the people who had always been here.

“Everyone will be allowed to absorb the energy from the fire crystals next year when the ritual ceremony is held,” Said the Shaman, “but before the ritual, we let up.”

Even though we have fire crystals, we cannot ignore other things. How much energy can be absorbed depends on the state and ability of each person. Those who have injuries, those who haven’t recovered from serious diseases, and those who are malnourished should prepare themselves before the ritual ceremony.

This time, it was not a private thing or something involving a small number of people. Instead, it was vital for the entire tribe. From the mountain top to the foot everyone had to pay attention.

Ao nodded, glanced at Ta and Gui He, and said, “I will go to the green land and try to find more herbs to bring back.”

Most of the totem warriors’ injuries healed because of the special herbs. But the common herbs didn’t help, so they had to get those in the green land.

“Put the fire crystals here first.” The Shaman told Shao Xuan, who was sitting on the edge and stayed silent, “Shao Xuan, what’s your idea?”

“I found that many people have their own way to detect fire crystals when I was there. If we take a lot of fire crystals to there, we will become their target. Probably before we arrive at the old land, we will be attacked by one group of people after another, especially those of the central tribes, who are not weaker than those of our tribe.”

Hearing this, many, including the chief, felt worried. They looked to Shao Xuan, waiting for his next words.

“I know that some people put the fire crystals into jade boxes so no one can detect them, but” Shao Xuan pointed to the large bag of fire crystal in the middle stone table and said, “We do not have enough jade boxes, and jade is also very precious there.”

No one had found a jade mine in the surrounding area and had never seen jade. Shao Xuan had brought back some and let everyone know a little about the jade.