Chapter 774 - The Great Alliance (2/2)

“No, it’s something good,” Yi Si was feeling great today. He said with a smile, “I’m afraid something big is about to take place here, a good change.” He made the right choice by deciding to come here.

Grasshopper immediately chuckled. As long as nothing bad was going to happen to the Flaming Horns, he was happy. Their lives here were much better compared to when they lived on the other side after all.

As he thought about this, a Flaming Horn soldier came rushing over delivering a beast hide scroll to Yi Si, “The Grand Elder sent this message for you.”

The warrior immediately left after the letter had reached Yi Si’s hands. He was running towards the Flaming River Castle.

Yi Si gave Grasshopper a look, and Grasshopper immediately went to guard at the door, preventing others from coming in and peeking at the content in the letter.

As soon as he read the message on the beast hide scroll, Yi Si’s head tilted upward as he immersed himself in thought. Rolling the scroll, he said to Grasshopper, “Shut the door. There’s something important we must do. This is our opportunity to prove our value to them!”

Grasshopper’s expression grew stern. He was just an employee here. His life was closely connected to Yi Si, his master, and since the Flaming Horn had given his master a mission, if his master succeeded, both of them would be rewarded. Before Yi Si finished this task given by the Grand Elder, he definitely shouldn’t let anyone inside to disturb his master. Whoever dared to disturb him would be stopped by him. No one was allowed to enter this door regardless of who they were. If anyone dared to come, Grasshopper would tear them to shreds.

Many people sensed the strange atmosphere in the trading point. Even those who were here for the first time noticed that something was boiling under the surface, ready to erupt. They waited impatiently and nervously. They noticed that the senior members of the Flaming Horn tribe had not been here in the trading point for three days already, and they refused to meet with anyone else for the time being.

As everyone began to speculate, the Flaming Horns announced an important news.

The Flaming Horn tribe was going to establish a great alliance and order was to be maintained in the Flaming River region.  All tribes in the Flaming River Basin who were willing to abide and live by these rules were welcome to join the great alliance!

This announcement was made by Gui He, Gui Ze, and Shao Xuan, the top three figures in the Flaming Horn tribe. If anyone in the Flaming River Basin were willing to comply with their rules and join the great alliance, their chiefs could come forward and join the Grand Feast at the trading point.

The “new rules and order” were written out clearly in the announcement.

The Flaming Horn tribe was naturally the leader of this great alliance. If anyone was unhappy about this, they could have a fight to see if they were worthier than the Flaming Horns.

Of course, no one would be stupid enough to stand up against the Flaming Horns at a time like this.

All the tribesmen who gathered in the trading point immediately took a copy of this announcement and rushed back to their tribe. They had to inform their tribe about this important news.

After hearing the guard’s report, Zheng Luo stood on top of the Flaming River Tower as he watched the countless figures running away into the distance. He asked Shao Xuan, “Can this Great Alliance really work as planned?”

“We have to see how many tribes are willing to join first,” Shao Xuan said as he read the beast hide scroll he held in his hands.

On this beast hide scroll, there was a thin line marked on the upstream portion of the Flaming River. This was part of the main river. They didn’t know of any tributaries that flowed into this part of the river. However, Shao Xuan believed that more lines would soon appear on his map as tributaries were discovered near this stream, like a giant tree growing more roots. The roots would grow longer and split into different branches.

Meanwhile, in the Zhi tribe.

Abuli had just received a copy of this announcement. After studying the message word by word on the scroll, he still couldn’t understand the purpose of this announcement. He only knew that the Flaming Horns wanted to gather everyone to discuss something that he couldn’t understand. He didn’t mind the “new rules” that were written on this announcement. As long as it didn’t affect the profit of their tribe, he was willing to accept it. Simply put, Abuli’s mindset was: as long as he held on tightly to the Flaming Horn tribe, he wouldn’t be at a loss. At least their tribe had been living better lives after they met the Flaming Horn tribe. This was an indisputable fact.

“I’m going to the Flaming Horn feast! Who wants to…” Abuli hadn’t finished speaking but people were already surrounding him.

“Me me me! Bring me with you!”

“Chief! Over here! Look at my feet! They’re so big! Bring me with you!”

Many people started to do handstands and competed with their feet. He remembered how many people objected to his decision when he decided to go visit the Flaming Horns for the first time. Now, everyone was fighting for the chance to go visit the Flaming Horn tribe. They were even willing to fight with their feet over this opportunity.

Somewhere downstream from the Flaming River, a group of people crowded around the entrance of a cave on a mountain far away from the Flaming River.

“Flaming River Drainage Basin? Chief, are we part of this Basin?” someone asked frantically. They had only found out not long ago that this river was called Flaming River, and their tribe was actually quite far from the river. They were worried that they weren’t included in the Flaming River Basin.

The person who was holding the beast hide scroll was also doubtful upon this question. After closely examining the message, he said, “The Flaming River Basin doesn’t only include the Flaming River. The tributaries count too. There’s a tributary near our tribe, so we’re probably part of this drainage basin… Yes, we’re definitely part of them! Pack your things, I’m heading to the Flaming River Trading Point. Who’s coming with me?”

“Me!”

“I’ll go”

“Chief, let me come with you! I’m strong!”

“I run fast!”

“I’ve never been upstream. What do Flaming Horns look like?”

“I don’t know. I heard the Ya people say that the Flaming Horns look like fearsome beasts!”

“Really?”

“I want to know how many tribes are in on this.”

“There’s probably not many, I reckon. There aren’t many tribes in this region that we know of.”

“You just don’t know they exist! There’s definitely more tribes!”

“What’s the point in arguing?! We’ll know once we get there!” The chief carefully kept the beast hide scroll and walked back to his cave to pack up some things. He had not been on trips far away for many years so he was a little worried. He knew that the Flaming Horns were right. Small tribes wouldn’t be able to handle the attacks from foreign parties alone.

The phrase “alliance to defeat foreign enemies” in the announcement was enough to pique his interest.