Chapter 719 (1/2)

The child in the stone fish tank smiled when she saw Gui Ze enter the room. However, due to her festering skin, she looked scarier than most Drumming tribesmen when they smiled. Only her eyes shined brightly through her festered skin. They were like sunlight reflecting off a wavy sparkling ocean.

In her eyes, Shao Xuan had faded into the background. Dian Dian only glanced at him once and never looked at him again. It was the same way she viewed every other person.

“How are you feeling today?” Gui Ze went to inspect Dian Dian’s condition in the stone fish tank.

“I feel a lot better!”

Although she was sick, her illness did not affect her voice. If people merely heard her speak, they wouldn’t have thought such a severe illness had happened to her.

He Bian and the others guarding on the side looked at Gui Ze nervously. When the child lowered her head to look at the fish in the fish tank, Gui Ze shook her head at them.

He Bian and the others initially watched them with hopeful eyes, but suddenly, they were full of misery and despair. Their shaman told them to look for the solution here, but if the people here couldn’t treat this illness, where could they find their answer? Could it be that this wasn’t the place their shaman told them about? Did they have to travel further upstream?

They heard that the stone bridge was built after the Flaming Horns settled here and didn’t exist initially. If this bridge didn’t stop them, they wouldn’t have stopped, and this wouldn’t have been their final destination.

For the past two days, the Di people discussed whether they should continue travelling upstream or stay here. They still hadn’t come to a conclusion. Some people were sure that this wasn’t the place the shaman told them about and didn’t want to waste any time here. Another group felt that this was the place because the Flaming Horns already said it themselves. There were fewer tribes upstream, and the Flaming Horns were the strongest tribe in this region.

He Bian was frustrated and couldn’t decide. After all, no matter what he chose, there was no going back if he picked the wrong choice. They could very possibly suffer extermination.

Or should he ask Dian Dian for her opinion?

He Bian looked over at the stone fish tank. Dian Dian was still chatting with Gui Ze while playing with the three fishes in the fish tank.

Even though Dian Dian said her condition improved, he knew that it was only comparatively better than when she was stuck inside the shell on their way here. She could move around freely in the stone fish tank, so of course, it was better than when she was in the shell. However, upon closer inspection, he would notice that the festering condition had worsened since she came out of the shell.

Shao Xuan knelt and looked at the child at her eye-level. “I have a few questions to ask you.”

After he said this, Shao Xuan looked at He Bian and the others standing by the door.

Those people were all looking at them with watchful eyes. They were looking closely at Shao Xuan. They allowed the shamaness, Gui Ze, to chat with Dian Dian privately, but they wouldn’t allow anyone else. Plus, Shao Xuan was a man. Who could be sure what would happen?

Shao Xuan wasn’t in a rush. He waited for the person in the fish tank to decide. He knew that this child knew everything.

Dian Dian slowed her movements and lowered her head, as if in deep contemplation. After a while, he looked up and said to He Bian and the others, “He Bian can stay. The others get out.”

She called He Bian by his name. She didn’t have the respect most tribesmen had towards their chief. It was apparent that Di tribesmen felt that this was okay. From this, they could already determine how highly ranked this child was in their tribe. Even if she was the next shamaness, her sickness did not at all affect her ranking.

He Bian wanted to advise her, but after she made the decision, it was too late to change it. So, he waved his hands and gestured for the others to leave. Don’t even think about eavesdropping.

When there were finally only four people left in the room, He Bian pulled the doors and windows shut. When the Flaming Horns built these houses, the wood they used was considerably soundproof. During their construction, they compared a lot of different materials and finally decided on this wood. Now, this wood was the material the Flaming Horns used most commonly for building houses.

The noises outside slowly faded as those people left, and the room was suddenly quiet.

“Dian Dian, the two totemic powers inside your body are the reasons for your illness. This means that your tribe, the Di tribe, had two fire seeds.”

Shao Xuan’s words were like thunder storming through the room, breaking the silence. He Bian was stunned when Shao Xuan suddenly spoke.

When he returned to his senses, He Bian couldn’t fight the urge to object, “How could there be two fire seeds?! Nonsense!”

When Shao Xuan talked to him privately, he also asked the same question but He Bian thought it was because he didn’t have common sense and was speaking nonsense, now…

After He Bian grumbled, he noticed that Dian Dian was silent. She did not object.

His eyes went back and forth from the person who was in the fish tank to Shao Xuan and Gui Ze. His mouth opened more, and from his facial expression, it was clear how shocked he was.

Shao Xuan continued to speak after noticing how the person in the fish tank was quiet. “That other fire seed. It’s the Di Fish, am I right?”

He Bian was already stunned by what he just heard. After he listened to this question, he no longer grumbled. Instead, he immediately looked to the person inside the stone fish tank.

Now, the person in the stone fish tank finally lifted her head to look at Shao Xuan. There was a sign of surprise in her eyes. She never thought Shao Xuan would know this.

She was silent and didn’t object to any of these questions.

“It-i-i-it’s true?!” He Bian’s lips trembled as he spoke. His sun-tanned face paled. Even though he knew some things in their tribe that no one else knew about and had questions about the Di Fish, he never thought this was the case.

Did the Di Fish have a fire seed?!

Why haven’t they noticed before?

Where was their fire seed?!