Chapter 810 - Youre All Coming? (1/2)

Compared to the time they went to collect the Taihe Tribe, this trip involved many more people.

After deciding to leave for King City, Gui He picked one thousand people from their tribe. He wanted to go too because he rarely left the tribe since becoming the chief. There were many matters to attend to and Shao Xuan had been taking over any external matters. Now, he finally got to leave.

Other than Gui He, the other higher-level leaders leaving with Shao Xuan were Ao and Ta. Duo Kang and Zheng Luo stayed behind to guard Flaming Horn.

Zheng Luo and Duo Kang came from the other side anyway and while they were not familiar with King City, they had seen cities before. Ao and Ta had always been on this side and only knew of cities based on hearsay. Now they could truly see the place for themselves.

One thousand Flaming Horns and one thousand tribesmen from various tribes.

Gui He’s message told the tribes that they were going to get the missing people back, emphasizing the dangers of this expedition. However, many more tribes who did not have missing members also volunteered to follow.

Shao Xuan even saw a few timid Zhi tribesmen.

“Your tribesmen went missing too?” asked Shao Xuan.

The Zhi chief, Abuli, nodded vigorously. “Yes, someone went missing!”

Seems suspicious.

“How many went missing? Children or adults?”

Abuli thought for a moment, his eyes shining. “A….adults. We lost adults.”

Shao Xuan looked at the four other Zhi tribesmen next to Abuli. When his eyes met theirs, they quickly looked at their toes. They kept scraping the ground with their huge feet and looked very anxious. Perhaps they were not sure how they could help their chief lie.

Shao Xuan understood that Abuli was looking for an excuse to come on this expedition and did not interrogate them further. He left to check on the other tribes.

Although each tribe did not send too many people, the numbers added up quickly. Some tribes like Thunder Mountain and Sickle tribe sent at most one to two hundred people. They wanted to send more but Gui He specified not to send too many. Other tribes only sent a few. However, since there were so many tribes- tribes that recently joined the Flaming River region during Shao Xuan’s disappearance, some even moving from the central region- the numbers added up to a little more than one thousand.

That was how a total of more than two thousand people set off from Flaming River. This group would only get bigger when the Longboat tribe joined them.

Although the Flaming Horn tribe also built their own boats, they only had about ten ships that could withstand marine voyages. This was a large group so they needed to borrow the Longboat tribe’s ships when they met.

Gan Qie decided to follow too.

When everyone gathered, the Flaming Horn tribe wasted no time and set off.

The Longboat tribe had moved its main village to the coast but they had not abandoned their original village either, in case of an emergency. They merely moved their main matters over by the sea.

This time, the Flaming Horn convoy would meet the Longboat tribe at their old headquarters, then head to the coast together.

When the Flaming Horn boats arrived, more than ten Longboat boats were already waiting. They did not have many members so a portion of the Flaming Horn convoy went over.

“Their boats are much faster now.” Shao Xuan could feel the obvious difference between these new boats and what they used to be. The Longboat tribe was talented in building boats, just like the Gongjia family and forging weapons. It was admirable.

Shao Xuan took a look. Those Longboat people were probably bringing all types of gemstones with them again.

The tribesmen did not care for gemstones here, they were just pretty rocks and were not as attractive as meat or grains. That was why the Longboat tribe could trade for these stones with many willing tribes. They would then resell the gems after crossing the ocean at a high price and purchase more metal wares and other more practical items.