Chapter 403 (2/2)

The seedling, flowers and fruits were all green, hence the name. It was a mild medicine used for inner and outer injuries. Both tribes often traded using this plant because the hunters brought some with them during hunts.

They said that most of the plants were found from the wild and it took them tens of generations to attain the best method of planting the plant. As for where they found the plants, that was a secret because the Green Drought’s Spring was one of their main sources of income.

They reveal part of the secret because of the Thousand GRain Gold but most of it was vague and they never went into detail.

Out of curiosity, Shao Xuan leaned in to read the scroll too.

There was a map. Or more specifically, a simplified map. Quan Bai had made a simplified copy of the map with vague details before bringing it here.

However, when Shao Xuan looked at the lines, his eyes flashed. It was… familiar.

After some thought, Shao Xuan’s pupils dilated.

“What are these curved lines at the top?!” he asked.

Quan Bai was explaining with much vigour and did not notice Shao Xuan behind him. He leapt in fright when he heard him. He dared speak with arrogance in front of others but not Shao Xuan. Thousand Grain Gold belonged to him, and he had helped them too.

After he heard Shao Xuan, he regained his composure with a smile. “These are rivers. The thicker lines are wider rivers, finer lines are smaller streams. This is a river that cuts into your hunting area.”

Since it was a river in the Flaming Tribe’s territory, it was not drawn in detail. This map was drawn a thousand years ago when the Flaming Horn people were here. They did not draw much detail so they did not draw the branches that led into this river.

Shao Xuan knew of the river because it was the river connected to where they fished the glowing rocks. It should be filled now, although this river was not on the map.

Shao Xuan did not care about the smaller branches. He was focused on the thickest line and a few of the most important branches.

The main river was curved, only one portion was on the map. One side was the ocean, another was the centre of this piece of land. However, the curves were already of great help to Shao Xuan.

One of the questions he had while deciphering the cloud patterns had been solved.

Quan Bai thought Shao Xuan was going to ask about their secret and was thinking about how he was going to avoid them. However, Shao Xuan only asked about unimportant details and did not ask where his ancestors got the herbs so Quan Bai heaved a sigh of relief in the end.

After getting the information he needed, Shao Xuan patted his shoulder happily. “Thank you!” Then he rushed into his house.

Everyone was stunned. Quan Bai asked Qi Qi, “What’s the matter with your tribe’s Elder?”

“Who knows.” Qi Qi did not know what he was thinking either. She would not ask, plus she wouldn’t tell them if she did know. While two tribes communicated, there was some information they could not tell the other party without the chief and shamaness’ permission. The Elder must be mulling over something important too.

Shao Xuan rushed into the house, closed his door and lifted the stack of leaves on his desk. This was the stack of cloud patterns he could not decipher, not even a bit. However, after he saw the lines on Quan Bai’s map, he realised they were not words, they were maps! A map of somewhere!

Shao Xuan had been staring at the Ding Cauldron for days due to the bottleneck. While he couldn’t draw the patterns from memory, he was familiar with the entire thing. Everything he saw outside could be related to the patterns. That was why he could relate the map and the cauldron.

He scattered the leaves and then arranged them in order according to the picture on the cauldron. Then, he tried to draw on his sand tray using a branch. He only drew the important lines and left out lines meant to mislead the reader.