Chapter 527 (1/2)

There Are Many Thieves These Days

Zheng Luo, Duo Kang and Gui He were among those that followed Shao Xuan. They were neighbours to the green-thumbed Taihe tribe and had experience in digging things so the shamans weren’t that worried about them.

The reason why Gui He went instead of Ta was that Ta was the owner of the white falcon in charge of air patrol after Chacha went missing.

Even though they knew they couldn’t hide from everyone, precautions were still necessary.

Ta was upset at this arrangement. He missed his chance when the brothers came from the sea and this chance. The visitors that were out talking to Flaming Horn tribespeople could see this long face.

Shao Xuan exhaled in relief when he saw the surroundings of the cave in the same state as he left it.

“This is it.” Shao Xuan pointed out the Veins of the Sky to everyone.

The crowd got excited at the thought of their tribe owning such a precious plant.

“Eh, is that the cabbage you mentioned?” Zheng Luo pointed at an oval plant.

“Yes, it is. I only brought back the middle part.”

Zheng Luo nodded in satisfaction at the large vegetable. Without wasting time, he delegated work to everyone in the team.

The normally gruff men of the tribe were extra cautious here knowing that this area was filled with treasure. Each step was carefully calculated, afraid they would accidentally kill a plant.

The lack of roughness when handling the treasures were apparent.

Which was new for the people of the Flaming Horn tribe.

Shao Xuan knew they weren’t familiar with Veins of the Sky so he marked out each plant in the area for them to work more efficiently.

These warriors, who usually used a stone club thicker than a human to whack beasts, were now nervously using a shovel no larger than their palms to delicately dig the plant out.

A few digs in he asked, “Grand Elder, am I doing this right?”

A few more digs in, he asked, “Chief, do I continue?”

“Yes! Dig! Hurry up! At this rate, we’ll be here forever!”

Zheng Luo couldn’t stand waiting around anymore and took a small shovel himself. He sat down with great force but as soon as his shovel hit the ground, it was as if he pulled the breaks on his strength. The shovel was only a nail deep into the ground.

Shao Xuan was speechless.

These strong brutes could kill beasts without breaking a sweat but they were all sweating buckets now from digging a few holes.

They were all too nervous from their first time doing something like this.

Shao Xuan was in charge of the largest plant. Zheng Luo didn’t want to miss out on this as chief and headed over after a few digs at his original plant.

Their goal was to plant these Veins of the Sky in the tribe so they had to keep the roots intact for it to survive.

They didn’t need to shake off all the soil from the roots so they all started a large circle around the plant before going into detail.

Sometimes he used the shovel, other times he used the brush, Shao Xuan was having fun in this mission to bring back the plants.

Even though the roots looked thin, they were all quite strong, especially for the seemingly thousand-year-old plant. Duo Kang accidentally hit one of the roots while digging. As he nervously went to check on that part, he declared it to be mostly fine except for a tiny dent. Its skin was not even scratched.

As the tribesmen got used to the motions and their nerves relaxed, the productivity was greatly increasing.

The white hawk in the sky had a few warming cries. If it spotted anything suspicious headed their way, the people had to move.

Caesar was dragged out by Shao Xuan too to guard the area with the warriors. Wolves had sharper senses than humans and could catch something the guards missed.

By the time the sun was setting, the largest Vein of the Sky was out from the ground. From far, the roots looked like a circulatory system of a ten-meter giant.

Shao Xuan used a large cloth and some dirt to cover the roots.

It wasn’t advisable to stay in this area for long so they took their treasures and headed back to the tribe.