Chapter 715 - I Come From The Sea (1/2)

Shao Xuan had been supervising the waterway project for the past few days and it was almost complete. He had to be there to tell them which places still had to be fixed and ensure they finished the touch-up work in time. Or it would be too hard to fix once the waterway opens.

As for the pterosaur, as long as it did not fly up to the residential area and attack any Flaming Horns, Shao Xuan paid it no mind since he did not have the time.

No one paid attention to the withered leaf birds during these few days but something strange happened to them as days passed by. They no longer behaved the same way they did before. Their nature was changing in a peculiar direction.

However, Shao Xuan didn’t know about this. He only knew about the pterosaur’s movements. As for the withered leaf birds, Shao Xuan thought other Flaming Horns were looking after them, so he thought nothing significant would happen.

Two days before the completion date, Shao Xuan was drawing the blueprints for some tools they needed to use for defence when someone ran over to look for him.

At first, Shao Xuan thought something happened to the pterosaur but the person who came over told him, “Grand Elder, a few strangers arrived. The chief said that if you are interested, you can come over to take a look.”

“Strangers?” ‘Stranger’ either meant other tribes they didn’t know about or people who came from the sea. However, since Gui He sent a messenger here to inform him, he knew that it was something unusual.

Shao Xuan set down the matters he was dealing with and headed for the headquarters. When he passed the stone bridge, he noticed some rafts stopped beside the bridge. Shao Xuan had never seen any rafts made from this material here. It didn’t seem local. There were even some things that looked like sails on the rafts, but they were not fabric. They were made from leaves patched together.

There were some decorations on the raft, and Shao Xuan hesitated when he saw one of these decorations. After he took a closer look, he could already guess why Gui He was looking for him.

There was a small spiral conch shell on the raft. Judging by the colours and stripes on the shell, it didn’t seem like something that could be found in the river. It was more like something from the sea.

These people came from the sea?

Looking at where the raft, Shao Xuan asked the person beside him, “Did they come from downstream?”

“Yes. That’s also what I heard from the people stationed at the stone bridge,” the warrior said as he looked around. Seeing no one around, he added in a whisper, “It seems like those people brought quite a lot of things. They even have cowries.”

Cowries?

Cowries were used as a currency in many places, and they were unique because they had medicinal properties and were extremely rare.

Shao Xuan wouldn’t be surprised if those people came from the desert area. Most of the cowries inland mostly came from there. Back then, the Rain tribe had so many cowries because they profited from being the broker.

However, after the disaster, cowries became rarer inland. Hence, some people who came on expedition trips to the trading point once wondered whether the tribes that lived by the sea were exterminated or migrated. At least they never heard of anyone who saw the people at the sea when they went there. No new cowries came from there either.

However, the sea didn’t just exist in that direction. Shao Xuan had clearly said before that if they travelled down the Flaming River, they would definitely see the ocean but he didn’t reach the sea last time because they were rushing back to replace Caesar’s eye. That was why they didn’t continue travelling downstream.

Now, tribes were coming from the sea downstream.

Shao Xuan didn’t tell the others about his thoughts right away. People who came from the sea, who brought cowries. This information would trigger the curiosities of other people who were visiting on expedition trips.

“How many of them came? And where are they now?” Shao Xuan asked.

“About fifty. Their rafts only stopped when they reached the stone bridge. Our people brought them up to the shore. However, when they came up, about more than half of them had already fainted. Now they’re bringing them up to the residential area to rest.”

Only fifty of them?

Perhaps the others didn’t make it alive due to accidents on the way.