Chapter 273

C273 - Blocking the Road

Posted on October 9, 2018 by AzureOrchid92

Could one eat what were in these boxes?

Of course not!

However, these were very precious spiritual food for the tribe, and the old man would rather starve than throw them away. Like these people who were willing to stay here and die.

After careful thought, Shao Xuan decided to leave these for the time being, and when he returned, he would call some people to come along and bring back the remains of the ancestors and the "history" that was important to the tribe.

There were too many of these things and they were too precious. With Shao Xuan alone and adding Chacha, it would not be guaranteed that these things will all remain intact once brought back. If they encountered a fierce beast, without other people's help, it was possible to lose all they tried to bring back. This risk could not be taken.

The eccentric force that existed in the cave has disappeared, and may not appear again. Its guarding duty has been completed.

Due to the disappearance of the force, other creatures might come in to destroy the ancestral remains and those precious "history". Therefore, before Shao Xuan left, he set some traps in the cave, and went to the forest to find a lot of insect-resistant plants to sprinkle in the hole. In order to get these insect-resistant plants, Shao Xuan had to fight against a giant bear, making his arm bones almost get broken. The giant bear was much bigger than the two he had seen in the old haunt.

Sure enough, the bigger the forest, the fiercer the beast.

After dealing with the things inside the cave, Shao Xuan left and went to the direction Chacha had told him.

The original goal this time was to check the stone Chacha found, not expecting that there would be an unexpected harvest. It was not a wasted trip.

More than half of the stone Chacha found was embedded in the mountain wall, which has a slightly different color than its surroundings and has a lot of hardness. There were marks from various animals or other natural phenomena on the stone, such as scratches, smashing marks, etc., but this stone was rare.

"Good location, great stuff."

It took Shao Xuan some time to dig out the stone. The rock's hardness was good, at least a high level stone. It was large enough to stand on the ground, estimated to be nearly two meters high anf one metre wide. Oblong. Shao Xuan tried to test it. The more he went, the harder the stone was. A high level stone was not easy to find though, it was not rare. However, the better the stone, Shao Xuan was concerned if, perhaps this stone's core could reach the highest level.

He was out of stock at hand, so he should get more good stone to take back to grind into tools.

It was heavier than the average stone, but with the Flaming Horns tribe's dominant strength, Shao Xuan could carry the stone while walking, even while trotting. But his speed in the mountains were a lot less. Sometimes when he encountered something tricky, Shao Xuan had to drop the stone first, then find an opportunity to come back later.

Carrying the stone back was a really hard experience, but finding a piece of stone such as this was worth it.

It took a lot of strength to carry the stone. He still had to maintain enough physical strength to deal with all kinds of possible raids around him. Hence, Shao Xuan did not have the time to study ropes divination.

Carrying a piece of heavy stone in the first few days, he was still unable to adapt. Later, he got used to it and sometimes used the stone as a shield to block the attack of those fierce beasts. Now, the weight he can bear was getting bigger and bigger.

His time was spent just like that, walk then stop. By the time Shao Xuan returned to the tribe, he had been away for the past 29 days.

Shao Xuan didn't expect to be gone for so long. He said that this outing was not a matter of three or five days, but he never thought it would cost nearly 30 days.

"Hey~"

Chacha flew down from the air. A few calls reached Shao Xuan.

"The tribe has visitors?" Shao Xuan thought. Was it the Wanshi tribe?

But it didn't look like there was a war.

After making a gesture to let Chacha continue to pay attention to the situation in the air, Shao Xuan took a little rest. Then, he picked up the stone in one arm, the other hand grabbing the dead prey, and went to the tribe.

The prey was a python, nearly 20 meters long. Shao Xuan encountered it the morning he woke up to find food. He was almost sneaked attack, and it took some effort and time to get. Thinking that he should be able to return to the tribe before dark, he did not throw this python, but dragged it back by the snake's tail. There were many snakes bigger than this in the forest. Shao Xuan had seen a few above thirty or forty meters long, but those Shao Xuan had always tried to avoid first. They do not provoke them before they were fully prepared.

When they came to the border, they met the soldiers who were stationed here.

"Ah-Xuan, you finally came back! Your harvest was good this time!" a warrior said as he looked at what Shao Xuan was dragging.

"Ok, how about the tribe now? Was someone coming?" Shao Xuan asked.

"Oh, you've been away for too long, and didn't know." The soldier thought, then his voice was slightly lower as he said, "There were some people who have heard that the visitors were from the big tribes of the central region... None of the recent hunters have gone out."

"No wonder I didn't meet any on the way. It turns out that everyone did not go hunting." Shao Xuan then asked them about the matter with these people from the central region.

"I don't know why, so you must ask the Shaman and the chief. However, I think those people were not pleasing to the eye, and each one looks like a long sky." The man pouted.

After listening to what they said, Shao Xuan went to the tribe. Now that the sun was going down, he had to hurry back, and also catch up with supper. After eating that morning, in order to hurry, he had not stopped midway except for a short break twice.

The tribe seemed to have changed a liitle since he left. The tree leaves became denser, there were some farmland not far away, the seedlings in the fields had grown taller and it was only a tip when he left.

Because of him carrying the stone and dragging the prey, Shao Xuan did not go directly to the crowded area, and went around a little.

At this time, a lot of people out of work have gone back, so Shao Xuan had not passed by many.

Walking, Shao Xuan heard someone talking in front of him. The voice was very strange and it was more than one.

"Alas, as I said, this Flaming Horns tribe was, in fact, not as exaggerated as the others say!"

"Qu Ce and Xu also said they are very powerful, but I don't think so."

"Yes. When I heard those rumors, I thought they were like monsters. But really seeing it now, I am very disappointed." A soft female voice said.

"There is nothing special with a little bit of strength. What was the great point about strength? Can you kill someone with a stone?" The man couldn't help but laugh.

The others also thought it was funny and laughed.

The man continued, "How do you think they can fight with a stone? Like this? Or is it so? Hey, I've really seen this before, hahaha!"

However, he soon found that everyone's laughter stopped. The atmosphere was a bit strange. He heard a nearby voice behind him, but he did not care even if he was heard by the people of the Flaming Horns tribe. What's the big deal, he's not afraid. However, he saw that everyone had stiff expressions, like they saw something incredible. He noticed the person he had good relations with winking at him, motioning him to look behind.

The sunset fell in the forward position, so he could not see from the shadow who the person behind him was. Thinking about whether to turn around, he heard a voice behind him, "Hey, your blocking the road."

Shao Xuan looked at the road in front which was filled with people with a variety of colorful feathers. Standing in the posture of a monkey holding a watermelon, he thought, "Where did these silly things came from."

The person blocking the road turned around, and the first thing he saw was a big stone. The pressure from that was quite big that he couldn't help but move to the side.

Shao Xuan who had carried the stone and dragged the snake as he travelled home, swept by the several people present. Since he did not find anything interesting, he decided to ignore them and wait until he had eaten. Anyway, these people would still be staying in the area. He was starving now, so he was only considering going forward so he could eat the snake, or maybe, cook it?

Looking at the person who left without concern, the few young people stood in silence for a while, until a person asked, "Who was that person who just passed us?"

The others didn't answer. They also didn't know.

They have only one idea at the moment: looking at it, the man just now looked the same age as them, and his strength was great! As if what he was carrying was not a big stone, but just a bucket and on the other hand was not a big snake, but a dead fish. And his pace...... quite brisk.