Chapter 354 (2/2)

Wan Fu knew what Shui Rui meant, he had the same thoughts as well. He said to Shao Xuan, “Do you have any plans for now? Come join us at Maka Tribe if you don’t have any. We would like to thank you properly.”

Shao Xuan thought for a moment, “Okay, if you don’t mind.” He did need a place to stay while he explored the land to find out more about it and he needed a new set of clothes.

Wan Fu and Shui Rui were much more relaxed with the company of Shao Xuan, knowing that he could protect them. There weren’t many dangerous beasts around the area, plus they were also strong enough to fight most of the animals here, or they wouldn’t have come here. The encounter with the beetle was just bad luck.

As they chatted, Wan Fu opened up and talked a lot more.

“We came out in a group with the others from our tribe- we split up upon arrival, we’ll meet up with them at another spot later. We have no choice but to do so- it has been so long since it rained, the stream is dry now, our lives are tough. The only other option was to find another source further down but we didn’t want to venture too far so we came here to try our luck.”

Shao Xuan looked at them squeezing water out from the lichen into their containers. They then threw the lichen into their baskets to be brought back as the lichen was edible.

By following Wan Fu and Shui Rui, Shao Xuan learned some survival skills, which plants were meant to be eaten, which not.

“It would be great if it would rain, we wouldn’t need to come all the way for the mist,” said Wan Fu.

Even though he lamented, he didn’t have much to complain about. He was already used to living in this dry terrain. He could remember longer dry spells than this that he survived. There were always ways to survive as long as one was willing to find them. Only those that didn’t think or were unwilling to do anything would dry from thirst.

A vine on the not thick tree caught the attention of Shao Xuan. Some parts of the vine had

withered from the drought.

Shao Xuan broke off a part with one swift motion.

Wan Fu was busy collecting water droplets while talking so didn’t notice what Shao Xuan was doing.

Shao Xuan tied the vine in a knot and looked at the patterns. He threw it away soon after.

“In ten days, in the afternoon, it would probably rain,” said Shao Xuan.

Wan Fu and Shui Rui were stunned by Shao Xuan, they looked at Shao Xuan in surprise, “You can predict the weather?”

“Sort of,” said Shao Xuan.

Wan Fu and Shui Rui met their eyes, they weren’t sure if they could believe Shao Xuan. Even if it was true, they still needed to collect the water, they still had ten days to survive before it might come.

The two left with filled cans and baskets. They were headed towards the agreed location to meet with their group.

The further they walked, the thinner the mist got. The air got hotter and when they finally felt the scorching wave of heat again, they were once again surrounded by the barren land, the vitally of the previous land was nowhere to be found again.

In the journey to the meeting place, Wan Fu had hunted a beast while Shao Xuan had hunted two. Even though the beasts were not on the same level as beetles, they were much meatier than the beetles, which had many inedible parts. Shao Xuan who had been practically a vegetarian for a long time was just happy to have a change of diet.

Shao Xuan planned to have one beast for himself and gift the other to Wan Fu when they reached Maka Tribe. He had to give something to them if he planned to stay in the tribe for some time, he can’t solely rely on the goodwill he gained from saving them.

When the sun wasn’t directly over their heads, Shao Xuan saw some of the other tribesmen that came out with the couple. A few were injured but luckily none were killed.

Wan Fu introduced Shao Xuan to the others. At first, there were some judgemental looks passed around but after they noticed the two meaty games Shao Xuan was holding, they looked much kinder. Some of them had caught some beasts but none of them was as good as Shao Xuan’s.