Chapter 501 (1/2)

Grand Elder

Time was needed for everyone to get used to the merging of the fire seed, absorbing the residual energy. That was why during the next two days, the tribe became much quieter. Other than warriors on patrol, everyone rested at home.

Shao Xuan wasn’t sure how major the changes were but he could see the changes in himself and Old Ke.

These two days, Old Ke seemed restless, as if he had too much energy inside him. He made stonewares through the night, then the next day continued boiling his meat soup.

In the past, he needed a walking stick and had to rest on Caesar after a distance. Now, Old Ke tossed his cane away and even skipped around the house happily.

Shao Xuan was a little worried about the old man jumping around but Old Ke seemed fine.

“I’m doing better than ever. Don’t believe me? I’ll jump every day to prove to you!”

“You look more energetic now, you’re glowing!” smiled Shao Xuan.

It was true. In the past, Old Ke’s hair was mostly white. Now, his hair had mostly turned black. If he maintained good health, perhaps he’d have an entire head of black again.

Old Ke grinned. The changes within him were drastic after the merging. In the past, he hadn’t been well. He’d lost a leg to a hunt and ended up making stonewares for a living. He hadn’t had a very good life, with his illness flaring up occasionally. Although Shao Xuan’s herbs had helped him a lot, he felt the most change from the fire seed. Other people might not show a change as drastic as his.

No matter what, everyone was happy with positive change.

After breakfast, Shoa Xuan met Duo Kang and the rest when he left his house.

Duo Kang was talking to Guang Yi about the totemic patterns.

“I have so much coloured mud left. Can’t believe we don’t need it anymore after merging with the complete fire seed. We don't need to cover ourselves with coloured mud for hunts next time.” Although it was one less thing to worry about, Duo Kang was still not used to it. He was packing for a hunt in two days, constantly feeling like he had left something out. They had to get used to this somehow. Although their patterns weren’t as bright as before, they knew this pattern was still the most suitable for hunts out of the three kinds they’d seen so far.

Before Guang Yi spoke, Duo Kang spoke again, “Actually, it’s great here. I heard this entire forest is ours. We won’t have to worry about walking into another tribe’s territory now. We can hunt whatever we want now, hahaha!”

Guang Yi shook his head, ignoring the overly excited Duo Kang. With his hands behind his back, planning to spar with someone. He hadn’t done much in two days, he was restless. He had to wait until the day after for their hunt too.

Shao Xuan walked around, checking if everyone was well.

However, for the future of their tribe, it was necessary. The tribesmen were the core of the tribe. With the tribesmen, and their hearts, they could live anywhere.

Shao Xuan walked towards the fields.

They had brought back many seeds from the other side of the ocean, good seeds that Ji Ju had given him too.

In the past, Shao Xuan always thought they only ate regular crops on this side of the ocean. He heard afterwards that major tribes did have precious crops but shrouded them in secrecy, fearing that other tribes would know of it. They never announced that they had crops, rarely bringing it out for trade. The trading parties would only bring back normal seeds. Only the people whose totemic powers weren’t awakened would eat these crops.

Now, these seeds were different.

The people in charge were naturally Qi Qi and her team. They were familiar with these seeds, the farmers on this side had to learn from them. They must expand their fields someday so they had to learn too, so they could help out.

When they saw Shao Xuan, Qi Qi, who was briefing her people, hurried forward and bowed in respect. She had the utmost respect for Shao Xuan. Without him, they wouldn’t be here.

“Grand Elder!”

“Grand Elder!”

Everyone hurried over too.

Since he was the only Elder for both branches, he was the Grand Elder of the tribe.

Although he was the only Elder now, after a while, there would be more Elders in this tribe.

The two shamans had already discussed that once Gui Ze was trained, they would both retire. Having two shamans always resulted in disagreements- at this point, they were even in an argument about how they should be greeted.