Since most of the hunting time was spent dealing with bats and digging for fire crystals, the warriors in the hunting group would not hunt for food on purpose, except for hunting when they were hungry. Basically, no one in the five hunting groups would go out of their way to hunt and store food.
As the gathering day approached, there were only a few days left for hunting. The five group leaders stayed together almost all day, just to keep an eye on that small bag of fire crystals.
As for hunting prey? The five group leaders would tell you that it was just a small matter!
Finally, the gathering day arrived.
Ta led the advance group and hunted a lot of prey. In the first hunt of the year, Guigou's hunting group had a good harvest. Ta did not want to lose to them. Luckily, they were lucky enough to find a kind of curly-tailed plant.
He did not know what would happen if Mai and the others brought the wolf. Ta was a little worried.
They came back earlier this time. They thought that it would take two or three days for the five hunting groups to arrive. Unexpectedly, the five hunting groups arrived together.
This had never happened before. Only when a hunting group was in great danger would they ask for help from other hunting groups. However, the five hunting groups, although many were injured, they all looked positive.
Looking at the wolf, well, it seemed to be getting along well with the other warriors.
Seeing that the five hunting groups were in good condition, but with only a pitiful amount of prey, Ta felt that he was holding his breath again.
"What happened?" Ta asked in a bad tone.
The leaders of the five hunting groups stood together, showing their white teeth to Tower. Their smiles were very … stupid.
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In the tribe.
Old Ke had been suffering from insomnia recently, especially in the days before the return of the hunting group. He walked to the Path of Glory several times every day.
He wondered how Xuan and the others were doing. Would Caesar perform well? It was the first time for him to go out of the tribe. There were so many beasts in the forest. Would he be okay?
While he was thinking, Old Ke suddenly heard an eagle cry in the sky. He looked up at the Chacha in the sky. Old Ke paused.
The hunting group was back?!
Without any hesitation, Old Ke hurried to the Path of Glory. When he got there, some people were already standing by the road, talking.
"I heard that many people were seriously injured this time."
"Which hunting group?"
"I don't know."
"…"
Old Ke was worried. Could it be Mai's hunting group? Before they set off, someone had said that Mai would probably encounter trouble if he brought Caesar, a wolf. Who would bring a wild beast out to hunt?
Many people around them also mentioned Caesar, and their words were not very nice. Old Ke almost got into a fight with someone.
Soon after, those who were more seriously injured were sent back. There were indeed quite a few of them.
Half a day later, the hunting team showed up.
"Except for the advance group, the other groups didn't have much prey," someone said.
Not only was it not much, it was pitifully little!
"What happened?"
While the crowd was discussing, many people in the other hunting group were also thinking to themselves, "Sure enough, our hunting group is stronger." Look at the results of their hunting team this time!
No one had expected that the results of the hunt would be so terrible. In the past, every time they came back, they would bring back a lot of food. Even at the worst time, it was much better than this time.
Sigh, forget it. It's good that you're back.
It was the first hunt of the year, and many people were looking forward to it. But now, they were inevitably disappointed. Winter was over, and it seemed that they would have to continue to starve. Their families were already starving.
Even though they were disappointed, they still decided to comfort the people who had returned. It was not easy for them to adjust their emotions. They planned to say a few words of comfort when the main group came over. Unexpectedly, the people who had embarked on the Road of Glory all held their heads high and puffed out their chests. They did not feel dispirited at all. They pulled the few prey they had and waved their fists at their families on the roadside.
The people who had prepared a lot of comforting words swallowed them back.
"What happened to them?"
"Were they shocked by the results of the hunt?"
No one could figure out why they were behaving like that.
Old Ke looked at Shao Xuan and Caesar, who were safe and sound, and finally felt relieved. The results of the hunt didn't matter, as long as they were back.
However, Old Ke looked at the team leader Ta, who was walking in front of the team. The expression on his face … was very subtle. You could say that he was happy, but he was not as proud as everyone thought. But you could also say that he was depressed.
What on earth happened?
When the hunting team finished the Sword Cleansing Ceremony, they rushed down the mountain. Some warriors even forgot about the small amount of prey they had.
Soon, everyone knew why the hunting team behaved so strangely this time.
"Fire crystals?!!"
Old Ke's mouth trembled. He confirmed it several times, and then he stamped his crutch hard.
Not only Old Ke, in the tribe, the same thing happened in many people's families. Some older people even fainted because of excessive excitement.
Bad results?
There was no problem. The Fire Crystals were the biggest reward!
Poor food at home?
That was not a problem. There were still fish in the river at the foot of the mountain. They would not die if they ate fish for twenty days!
What? Did they think the energy in those fish was too little?
There were fire crystals!
The Shaman had said that all those who had contributed to this matter, including their relatives, parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters, could be called up.
Now the tribe was bustling. Those who were related by blood hurried to find connections, and those who were not, created connections!
What a rare opportunity!
It was said that they had found a lot of fire crystals this time!
Shao Xuan played an important role in this matter, but in the tribe, except for Old Ke, Shao Xuan had no close friends. The Shaman specially gave him a few more places, so that he could bring people who were not related by blood up the mountain.
Old Ke, Ge and some others who had helped Shao Xuan before were brought up the mountain. Tu and Jie Ba, who had awakened their power this year, were also brought up by Shao Xuan.
Unfortunately, only those who had awakened their power could absorb the fire crystals. So, for some people, even if Shao Xuan wanted to help them, it was useless.
That day, the people who were taken to the mountain were all overjoyed, while those who couldn't, especially those from the other hunting group, were so envious and jealous that their eyes turned red.
The Shaman put a few fire crystals next to the fire seed. After he finished chanting, the fire seed's flame grew bigger, and swallowed the fire crystals next to it.
Different from when Shao Xuan absorbed the fire crystals by himself, in the fire pit, the red energy released by the fire crystals could be seen by everyone.
The red energy came out from the fire, and was absorbed by the people sitting around the fire pit.
Although this was an action of five hunting teams, the advance group could not be completely abandoned. After all, the advance group was looking for medicine for everyone. Every time someone was seriously injured, they would use the medicine they found. Therefore, there were also people from the advance group sitting around them. However, they always felt a little uncomfortable, especially Ta, who had a very complicated feeling.
It was that boy again!
That was what Ta thought after he knew the cause and effect.
Although the fire crystals they brought back were few, they were not used up. The ones that were burned were enough for those who went up the mountain to absorb. More would be a waste.
So, the rest of the fire crystals were kept by the Shaman, and he would reward them according to their merits. If others wanted to absorb the fire crystals, they had to show their merits, and the Shaman would naturally reward them.
The Shaman praised Caesar in person, and also said that he would never take back the pattern plate he gave Caesar. That was to say, unless Caesar died of natural causes or had an accident during hunting, as long as he was in the tribe, no one could kill him.
That was the Shaman's attitude.
With Caesar as a precedent, some people were wondering if they should also catch a cub and raise it.
After absorbing the fire crystals for two days, several warriors in the tribe advanced from the primary level to the intermediate level. For example, Lang Ga and Ang had already broken through the chop. The totem patterns on their arms had already extended beyond their elbows.
This made Lang Ga party at home for several days. He even threw away his grandpa's precious stone hammer.
Back then, Tuo and Keke were among the same batch of people who were awakened with Lang Ga. Everyone knew that they were very outstanding, and these two people were promoted to intermediate totem warriors last year. However, Lang Ga did not expect that he would be promoted so soon!
The topic of the fire crystals would last for a long time in the tribe. The tribe was not big, and there was only one tribe in the vast area. There were few topics to talk about. So, this topic would not die down in a short time.
Every day when they went out, they would hear people talking about the fire crystals. For example, whose warriors advanced after absorbing the energy of the fire crystals, whose warriors were still a little bit worse, and whose warriors failed to go up the mountain, etc. In addition, Caesar and Shao Xuan were also hot topics.
"I heard that the place where the fire crystals were dug was found by that wolf."
"I'm so jealous. If we had a wolf in our team, would we also find the fire crystals? Even if we can't find the fire crystals, it's good to find something else. "
"Why don't we go hunting this time and catch some cubs? Shao Xuan seemed to have said that it was easier to train a cub. Didn't the wolves in the forest often fight? It's a pity that those cubs were killed. We can bring them back and raise them ourselves. It won't cost us much food. "
"That makes sense."
Shao Xuan did not expect that just this hunting trip would make people want to raise wolves.
After the fire crystals, Shao Xuan went to the Shaman's place to talk.
The Shaman asked about some details, such as why Shao Xuan could sense the location of the fire crystals.
Even if he had more power of inheritance than others, he might not be able to sense the location of the fire crystals so clearly. Others might not know, but as the Shaman, he knew it too well.
In the beginning, the shamaness and Shao Xuan were just probing each other. In the process, they started to trust each other and revealed more information.
The Shaman let Shao Xuan know some things that even the Chief didn't know, and Shao Xuan also showed the Shaman many abilities that were different from others in the tribe.
Here, there was only one tribe, and the Shaman's words were absolute authority. If it were a selfish person, he might feel that Shao Xuan threatened his position and wanted to get rid of him quickly. But in fact, every time Shao Xuan showed some abilities that were different from others, the Shaman was very happy. His old face, which usually maintained an indifferent attitude, would always show a rare deep smile.
Shao Xuan did not intend to hide it from the Shaman this time. He pointed at his eyebrows and said, "The totem told me."
"Did you really lose the small piece of fire crystal that you were holding?" The Shaman asked again. He didn't care about anything, he was just curious. He didn't think that Shao Xuan would easily lose such an important thing. Moreover, since he could sense the fire crystal, why didn't he notice it when he lost it?
"I didn't say I lost it. I just said that the fire crystal is gone." Shao Xuan raised his hand and said to the Shaman, "I can absorb fire crystals."
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