Chapter 354 (1/2)

Born And Raised In Another Place

Looking at the two in front of him keeping their silence, Shao Xuan was the one who broke the silence.

“Hello,” Shao Xuan said as he flashed a friendly smile.

The fierce and barbaric image from before vanished immediately. The friendly greeting eased the atmosphere from the tense one before. The nervousness from the young couple melted away.

“H-hi……” Even though the atmosphere was less tense, the young man still stuttered when he spoke. He was still nervous when he spoke to Shao Xuan but as he remembered that Shao Xuan had just helped them, he flashed a small smile, “Thank you for your help just now. We are from the Maka Tribe. I’m Wan Fu and she is Shui Rui.”

From Wan Fu’s introduction, Shao Xuan found out that they were a newly-wed couple. The tribe wasn’t too far to where they were at and Maka tribe was the closest tribe around the area considering the fact that there weren’t many tribes in this far and dry terrain anyway.

As it hadn’t rained in a while, their two families were having a tough time so they decided to try their luck in this area. They didn’t know when the mist would appear but they were willing to wait. Luckily, they didn’t have to wait long because the mist appeared two days later. Hence, they gathered some fleshy edible plants and collected some water.

“Ah right, which tribe are you from?” Wan Fu asked Shao Xuan after his introduction.

“I’m Shao Xuan. About my tribe, I’m not sure where it is on this land because I was raised elsewhere. I’ve never seen someone from the tribe. My parents, ancestors all grew up outside of it.”

Shao Xuan technically told the truth. He was born and raised in another land and if this land had a fraction of the Flaming Horn tribe, he didn’t know where it was and he never met any of them before.

After listening to Shao Xuan, the expressions on the two’s faces changed immediately. Pity was written all over their faces.

Shao Xuan was silent.

Shao Xuan at first thought both of them wouldn’t believe much of what he said. If he said something like this at the beach, anyone listening would have thought it was nonsense. Some had lived their whole lives without meeting people from other tribes.

They had said many things: Is he a traveller? How could a traveller be so strong? How could they become an advanced totemic warrior so quickly? You need better excuses for such a lie.

In Flaming Horn Tribe, other than Shao Xuan, when the others activated their totem energy, the tattoos were a little duller.

He found many things unusual here.

“Have you heard of Flaming Horn?” Shao Xuan asked as he carefully observed their reactions. This was a new area, if there were any Flaming Horn tribesmen around, he didn’t know how others viewed them.

When Shao Xuan was searching for this tribe from the riverside long ago, he kept a high profile, not withholding any information from anyone. His high profile made it hard for him to take back his words when the words Flaming Horn accidentally slipped from his mouth. Now, he was more cautious, this place was just a little too odd.

Wan Fu and Shui Rui didn’t say anything when they heard “Flaming Horn’, they seemed unfamiliar with it.

“Is ‘Flaming Horn’ the tribe of your ancestors? Or is it something else?” asked Wan Fu.

Looking at their unfiltered reaction, Shao Xuan nodded his head, “Yes.”

Wan Fu thought as he scratched his head and said apologetically to Shao Xuan, “I think I’ve heard it before but nothing comes to my mind now.”

“It's okay, I’ll search for it later.” Shao Xuan said with disappointment.

When Wan Fu and Shui Rui saw Shao Xuan’s reaction, they couldn’t help but lament, How pitiful!

Shui Rui couldn’t help but sympathise with the young man with the tragic backstory who’d helped her just now. She tugged at Wan Fu’s sleeve.