Chapter 385 (2/2)

He stopped because he felt like the rocks were very familiar. The texture was familiar too. The year he brought the tribe across the river away from the Drumming tribe, a crocodile had given him a stone. The stories denote the Water Moon Stone from the Drumming tribe originated from a rock like that.

The Drumming tribe had not come here before but perhaps the crocodile had. Maybe not the crocodiles specifically from that tribe but what about other crocodiles? Did they pick up rocks from the ocean and deposit them in rivers too?

He wasn’t sure.

“Let’s go,” said Shao Xuan. The team still had to hunt, they couldn’t stop because of him.

Duo Li looked at the leaving group and then the rocks protruding from the river bed. Then, he ran over to flip one up for himself. Ever since he saw Shao Xuan defeat the bone beast alone, he had gained a lot of respect for this Elder. He believed in Shao Xuan’s capabilities. If he thought these rocks were odd, he should take one to study too. Maybe he would make a discovery?

Many people were also wondering if they should pick up one themselves but the team was leaving. Whatever, they could take one the next time they passed. There was still one more hunt before winter.

Despite the peculiar method he used to fight the bone beast, during the next few days, he used regular hunting techniques. While Flaming Horn people admired individual strengths, it was still important to work as a team. With the team, they hunted a lot of prey. At the same time, Shao Xuan wove a net using vines to catch a few tapirs.

These tapirs were a smaller species and edible. They were timid and would sprint like mad at the slightest sound. They often hid in dense vegetation until the threat left. These tapirs had patterns on their skin so when they hid in the forest, it was hard to spot them.

The younger tapirs are even more timid, unlike other animals who are more curious. They would follow their mother and never leave. This survival strategy made a defenceless animal survive till this day.

Tao Zheng and the rest did not really want these animals but Shao Xuan caught them. It was a mother tapir with a few young ones. They were initially escaping another predator when they ran into Shao Xuan’s net.

Shao Xuan did not really want to eat a common animal like that either, this was going to be a gift.

After the hunt, it was time to return to the tribe.

Everyone gathered at the resting point and prepared to send their game back.

There was a portion of the path that coincided with the Taihe tribe’s path. Although both tribes had different territories and hunted in different regions, they shared the same part of this path. This was a flat area, easy to walk and easy for transporting prey.

The path had been cleared manually through cutting off branches and pulling out weeds, as well as by the sheer traffic.

Due to the great harvest and smooth hunt, Duo Kang was in a great mood and started to sing loudly. Everyone sang too.

The aura they exuded was intimidating enough for predators to not approach. When they left for the hunt they would never do this because they did not want to scare away animals. However, it was time to sing to their heart’s content now.

At the fork shaped like a “Y”, the people of Taihe tribe were transporting some prey too. When they heard the Flaming Horn’s singing, the leader of the hunting party was annoyed. “Them again?!”

His mood was ruined!

“Leader… They…”

“Ignore them!” The leader sulked. “We’ll walk and pretend they don’t exist!”

However, their presence was too strong, you couldn’t just ignore them.

When the Flaming Horn people arrived at the fork and were about to get on the shared path, both parties met.

Duo Kang eyed the Taihe tribe’s prey and then snickered.

Taihe’s leader was furious. “What, are you looking down on us?”

“Hey, not at all! Really, I wouldn’t!” Duo Kang said and shouted to the back. “Duo Li, hurry! It’s just a small animal, why are you so slow?!”

The people at the back did not speak, it was as if everyone shared an inside joke. Just as he spoke, Shao Xuan noticed everyone was visibly excited. Soon, Duo Li and the rest arrived in the front, carrying the bone beast.

When they saw the beast, the Taihe people were speechless. The leader’s face twitched as he turned green.

Shao Xuan was happy too, hurrying forward while carrying his prey.

The Taihe’s hunting leader was about to retort when someone from his team gasped.

“WHAT?!” roared the leader.