Chapter 700 - Long Time No See (1/2)

When Shao Xuan saw the Taihe tribe, Zheng Luo and Guang Yi had already started chatting excitedly with their old neighbours.

Judging by their looks, Shao Xuan noticed that they were in a much difficult situation compared to when the Flaming Horns left them to migrate to the other side of the sea. Their clothes were all tattered and most of these holes were made by branches that hooked onto their clothing or beasts that bit them. Even if some of them were wearing thick beast hides, the wounds in their openings were stained with dried blood and there were marks left by ferocious beasts.

The migration of an entire tribe wasn’t easy. Often they had to make hard decisions and make sacrifices for the sake of the entire tribe’s survival. Most tribes had to go through this, no matter how weak or strong they were.

Luckily, even though all of the Taihe tribesmen were in a bad condition, most of them survived and made it here alive.

“I was…worried that we might have gone the wrong way….I never thought….we actually…… made it!” The Taihe tribe’s Fei Ang was friends with Tao Zheng. After they met, he didn’t even stop to take a breath and walked over with a big smile as he panted.

Duo Kang was talking with the chief of the Taihe tribe, Yu You. After he understood their current situation, he also introduced a few new faces from the Flaming Horn tribe and the people from the Longboat tribe.

Guang Yi also started to talk with his old friends.

They had walked for so long through so many obstacles. As they thought about the countless uncertainties that lay ahead of them and finally saw their old friends, the people of the Taihe tribe were so emotional that they cried. Even some of the elders who were usually stern-faced became teary.

Guang Yi looked at his old friends and welcomed them with a warm smile, “I haven’t seen you guys for so long! Come here!”

The people from the Taihe tribe who were filled with mixed emotions held their tears back and hid their faces with their arms. One of them pointed to his side and said to Guang Yi, “Zhi Feng is over there. I’m Hui Ji.”

Guang Yi hesitated for a moment, and then enthusiastically smiled at him, “Long time no see, Hui Ji.”

He was still the same after all. ‘Guang Yi still has the same goldfish memory,’ Hui Ji thought.

They arranged for the people who were injured to rest. They needed to be cared for, especially those who hadn’t awakened their totemic power and the younger children with a weaker immunity. They weren’t like the others. Even if they weren’t facing any dangerous threats, they still had to be careful. If they weren’t careful they could still lose their lives.

After inquiring about their injuries, Duo Kang told Shao Xuan the Taihe tribe’s current problems.

The Taihe tribe had around four thousand people, but only three thousand five hundred survived. The five hundred who lost their lives on the way were either killed by fearsome beasts, external circumstances, or other people.

After he found out that the slave masters were giving out rewards for people who found precious animals or herbs in the forest, the first thing Duo Kang thought about was the green faced fanged beast. Shao Xuan knew about the green faced fanged beast because of Gongjia Heng. How could the slave masters not know about it if the Xia people knew?

Perhaps they already knew about it, but they just didn’t care whether they found it or not. They had the Gongjia family’s weapons. It was already so much better than normal weapons. They were already satisfied with those. Now that the two continents were slowly getting close to each other, there were more threats they had to face. Perhaps the Rock Hill City made them suffer enough. That was why they were desperate for a quick solution.

“Luckily it’s winter right now. Many fearsome beasts have gone into hibernation, or else they would have suffered greater losses.” Duo Kang exclaimed. They had also experienced what migration felt like and knew that it wasn’t just physically tiring, but also mentally stressful. Those who couldn’t take the stress might even collapse. “Luckily they had enough medicine, or else the people who were either poisoned or severely injured couldn’t have survived.”

“Take good care of them. We hunted enough game to feed all of them. Feed them well so they can recover quickly. They can’t cross the sea if their bodies are weak,” Shao Xuan said.

Duo Kang understood this fact. Life at sea wasn’t that much better either. Without a strong physique, they would only suffer during this journey. If they got sick and ran out of medicine, they could only wait for death.

The Taihe tribe probably saw hope. The stress that was on their minds and the thoughts of uncertainty all faded away. After the Taihe people rested for a night, they felt a lot better mentally. Some people slept even longer. After all, they had not rested in a very long time. Now that they could finally relax, some of them slept for several days in a row. After they woke up they would be as energetic as dragons and tigers once again.

Most of the people who recovered had already begun their search for medicinal herbs. They couldn’t lift heavy wooden logs or build ships, so the most they could do was search for some medicinal herbs. If they noticed any medicinal herbs that the Flaming Horns missed, they would uproot it and take it with them.

“We’re leaving on these… ships?” the chief of the Taihe tribe, You Yu, asked Duo Kang after seeing the fleet of ships in front of them.

“Yup, that’s right! You’ve never seen these before, right? Hehehe!”

Here, even if there were ships, they couldn’t compare to these in size. Perhaps the six aristocratic families of the King City were powerful in other aspects, but they couldn’t at all compare to the Longboat tribe when it came to ship crafting. Many places had suffered from drought during the past few years, so fewer people used ships.