Chapter 605 (1/2)

The Flaming Horn tribe had a good impression of the Drumming tribe. They didn’t say it outright but Shao Xuan knew that the Drumming tribe held a special place in the hearts of the Flaming Horn tribe. They were the first tribe they met after crossing the river after all.

Hence, when the Flaming Horn shaman and chief read the animal scroll Fan Mu brought over, they immediately agreed. The Drumming tribe pledged to support the Flaming Horn tribe. If the two lands didn’t have any changes and still had that large distance between them, the tribes could continue with the current lifestyle but now, they weren’t sure of what would happen. One side had no problems but the other side had their hands and feet tied because of the ancient fire seed so it was obvious how things would play out.

Helping the Drumming tribe was also helping themselves and they could even get some backup from them.

“But…” Zheng Luo was worried, “Didn’t you mention that the water moon stones were from the Water Moon canal? Isn’t the Drumming Water Moon Canal formed because of their fire seed? If their fire seed is gone then are the water moon stones from their tribe gone too?”

“I’ve asked them,” Shao Xuan said, “The shaman and Fan Mu looked quite confident about it.”

To put it simply, the shaman and Fan Mu had thought about this problem and that this wasn’t that big of a deal. If Shao Xuan, an outsider, was able to make the water sun stone without powers, who's to say the Drumming tribe with years of experience of making water moon stones couldn’t do the same?

With Shao Xuan as living proof, the Drumming tribe thought that they wouldn’t possibly fail. If this were the Rain tribe, they would have taken at least half a year to make a decision. From their perspective, for the Drumming tribe to make such a huge decision in such a short time was a foolish and hasty decision.

However, Shao Xuan could tell from his conversation with them that they were serious. It could be possible that they had been waiting for this day for quite some time. Of course, each tribe had their own ways of doing things, which was how things lead to the current situation.

Since they had already decided to tell the Drumming tribe about the fire seed, Shao Xuan didn’t delay any longer. He called in the Drumming tribe shaman, the two shamans from Flaming Horn and Gui Zhe for a meeting. The two Flaming Horn shamans told them about their experience and highlighted the important parts from the ancestors’ notes. Fusing the fire seed wasn’t easy, there were many details to consider.

The Drumming tribe shaman stayed in the Flaming Horn tribe for three days. He didn’t have a wink of sleep for three days and nights to finish up his plans. Then, he went back with a nervous but excited heart.

Every ten years, a crocodile like this would appear in the Drumming tribe. It wasn’t the leader of the group of crocodiles but it would follow the shaman around until the next special crocodile appeared.

Shao Xuan didn’t pay much attention to the special crocodile. He was curious for a while but dismissed it to focus on the fusion of the fire seed.

There weren't any enemies this winter so they didn’t have to worry about anyone attacking them, it was a good opportunity.

The two shamans of Flaming Horn had told the Drumming tribe shaman that fusing the fire seed after winter would be safer since many tribes would be busy with their rituals then and the fire seed would be more active then.

However, the suggestion was rejected and Flaming Horn didn’t insist on it.

Hence on a cold winter day, when the sun appeared then hid for the rest of the time, the Drumming tribe held a very important ritual amidst the heavy snowing.

For a small tribe like this, nobody paid much attention to them for their rituals but this time was different.

In the snow, a white flame stood out. An image of a brown crocodile appeared in the sky. It was just an image of the totem for the Drumming tribe.