Chapter 377 (2/2)

The people quickly turned to focus on their task. With the chief here, they could not daydream.

Zheng Luo then brought him further up the peak to a special place in the village. It was a ceremonial fire pond, and there was a warehouse and other structures there.

Shao Xuan felt like a monkey who wandered into a crowd of humans. Everyone was staring as if he were an exotic animal. In a few moments, more people crowded around them. Zheng Luo would then shout and shooed them away but in another few moments, new people would arrive and Zheng Luo had to shout again. This happened again and again.

They were curious. After all, Duo Kang’s horn had scared everyone and the matter had no proper closure. All of this started because of this foreign young man, and apparently this person was one of them!

A descendant of the Flaming Horn Tribe from the outside?

But if he were just a missing person who returned to the tribe, that still wasn’t important enough for the chief to accompany him all day. A few years ago, there was a long-missing man who returned with a wife and children. The chief and the shaman did not treat them like this. Right now, the chief was smiling the friendliest smile they’d ever seen. Ugh, they had goosebumps.

The leaders and older members all had a very odd expression on their faces. They were suddenly told about a welcoming ceremony to be held in two days. This made their curiosity bubble like a boiling pot of water, overflowing across the kitchen.

Duo Kang’s son, Duo Li, and Tao Zheng were gossiping with their friends. They had been shooed away in annoyance by the chief just now. They were currently talking about Shao Xuan while roasting meat over a fire.

They were chatting when Tao Zheng nudged Duo Li, who was biting into an animal’s thigh, his head nodding at something.

Duo Li looked over to see his father passing by, deep in thought. He did not even wipe off the grease on his face when he sprinted over.

“Dad, dad---”

“I haven’t returned to the Flame yet, what are you howling for?” scolded Duo Kang. the tribesmen believed in cremation at the Fire Pond. They believed that the soul would return to the Flame, or the Fire Seed, where they would be with their ancestors to guide the descendants.

“I was worried about you?” Duo Li offered his animal thigh, with a bite missing, to his father as an offering for peace.

Duo Kang looked at it in disgust then decided to leave.

“Hey, don’t go! Tell me about Shao Xuan,” asked Duo Li hurriedly.

Tao Zheng and the rest who were sitting by the fire strained their ears, fearing they might miss a word.

In the past, Duo Kang would have noticed these eavesdroppers but his mind was in a mess now.

Duo Kang looked at his curious son, then thought for a moment. He thought of a way to tell him about how the tribe was separated.

After a moment of silence, Duo Kang said, “If, I told you…”

“Mm! Tell me what?” Duo Li looked at his father in anticipation.

The rest strained their ears harder.

“If I told you, you had a brother…”

Duo Li’s hand shook, almost dropping his food.

“B--br--brother? What brother?” he stuttered.

Duo Kang scrambled to look for a word. “Same father, same mother, and born at the same time as you. A brother!”