It was a peaceful night. A few ferocious beasts passed by under the tree quietly. They probably smelled the blood on Caesar's body, so they glanced at the tree, but did not do anything threatening. Instead, they swaggered away.
The tree worm did not come out from the tree hole. Even when some flying insects flew to the tree hole, it did not stick out its head or open its mouth.
Shao Xuan guessed that it might be because of the engraving technique. Just like when the tribe held a ceremony, other animals would stay away from it. Even though the fire seed did not spread, it seemed that it was not a coincidence that no wild beasts or ferocious beasts attacked.
Even so, Shao Xuan did not dare to be careless. He kept watch for the whole night.
In the morning, the two moons gradually disappeared in the morning sun.
The birds in the tree had already started to chirp Chacha.
When Yang Guang shone through the leaves, the birds in the nest above Shao Xuan's head had already disappeared.
The wounds on Caesar's body had stopped bleeding, and the bite wounds had already scabbed over. It looked a little scary, but in fact, it was much better.
Caesar, who was lying on the tree branch, was breathing steadily. He had not woken up yet. Listening to his breathing that was getting stronger, Shao Xuan was relieved for the time being. He also checked the broken bones in Caesar's body. They had all recovered, and there was not even a trace of fracture.
Was this the benefit of the engraving technique?
Shao Xuan waited for a while on the tree, and listened carefully. He heard the sound of a wooden whistle. It should be the hunting team. He quickly took out his wooden whistle, and blew it according to the rhythm. It sounded like the chirping of birds in the forest.
Not long after, Mai came over with some people.
"Xuan!"
Mai was relieved when he saw Shao Xuan standing on the tree.
Mai was shocked when he saw Caesar lying there.
"How did he get hurt like this …" Mai was stunned before he finished his words.
Something was not right!
"This … this is …"
Mai pointed at Caesar, who was lying there. He stuttered as he spoke, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"This is … Caesar?" Lang Ga leaned forward to take a closer look. "You didn't seem so big yesterday. Why do I feel like you've grown up in just one night?"
The few people who came with Mai also nodded repeatedly, their eyes constantly sweeping over Caesar.
"It was injured yesterday, so it changed a little," Shao Xuan said.
"This isn't just a small change," Lang Ga mumbled.
However, now was not the time to dwell on this. They had to leave here quickly and return to the cave.
Mai and his men did not return home for the entire night. They had spent the night outside and probably could not fall asleep. They had been vigilant the entire night and continued their search when the sun rose. They did not sleep at all.
Seeing the obvious fatigue on their faces, Shao Xuan felt very apologetic.
"I'm sorry," Shao Xuan said.
Mai waved his hand. "Let's go back first."
Although he really wanted to beat up Shao Xuan here, the most important thing was to go back first. The people waiting in the cave probably did not sleep at all.
As Caesar was still unconscious, Shao Xuan used the stretcher from yesterday to slowly lower Caesar from the tree.
The stretcher they used yesterday was just right. Today, when they placed Caesar on it, the stretcher seemed much smaller. Most of his head and tail were hanging off the edge of the stretcher.
Mai and the others were below. After the stretcher was lowered, they said, "He's much heavier."
"He's bigger and thinner," a middle-aged man next to Mai whispered.
Caesar was usually well-fed. Even when he went hunting, he had never lost weight. He was not like the wild beasts in the forest who were always hungry and did not know their next meal. But now, Caesar looked like a bag of bones. It was a little scary.
With the help of Mai and the others, Shao Xuan was much more relaxed. He directly carried Caesar back with the stretcher.
In the cave of the first stronghold, the others did not sleep well. Qiao waited at the entrance of the cave all night. Everyone was very anxious. Seeing that Mai and Shao Xuan were all back and no one was missing, she heaved a sigh of relief.
"We're finally back safely." Qiao looked at the people who came back and then carefully looked at Shao Xuan. Seeing that Shao Xuan was not injured, she smiled.
"I'm sorry to have worried everyone," Shao Xuan said. It was indeed his fault for leaving the team without permission.
"It's good that you're back safely." Qiao was about to ask about what happened yesterday when she saw the stretcher. Her first reaction was that something had happened to Caesar. Her second reaction was that something was wrong!
"Let's go in first." Mai carried the stretcher back to the cave.
Shao Xuan settled Caesar down and asked for some medicine to treat external injuries for Caesar.
While changing the medicine, Shao Xuan briefly told everyone what happened after he left.
The people around were stunned, especially Lang Ga.
Swallowing his saliva, Lang Ga still could not believe it. "Trap zone? Caesar led the wolves to the trap zone?! "
He did not feel pity for the traps that he had set, but he was shocked that Caesar could do such a thing. He even knew how to use traps to trick his opponents!
"Not only that, there was also the asphalt pit." Ang, who was standing next to Lang Ga, could not help but scratch his arm. He always felt that the hair on his arm was trembling, and he was very nervous.
Ever since they started hunting, they always thought that only people could use traps to trick wild beasts and ferocious beasts. Who knew that wild beasts could also use traps and natural environmental factors to trick their opponents? If this was in the past, they would never have imagined it.
"Then Caesar's appearance is …"
"He mutated," Shao Xuan said.
To some extent, Caesar's change was indeed a mutation.
"Mutation?" Lang Ga did not quite understand this word.
"In other words, Caesar may change from a wild beast to something closer to a ferocious beast, or even directly become a ferocious beast," Shao Xuan explained simply and straightforwardly.
Everyone's jaws almost hit the ground.
A wild beast in the team was enough to make them discuss for a long time. Now, Shao Xuan told them that this wild beast had become a ferocious beast.
That was a ferocious beast!
This was a huge leap in level.
Were they going to hunt with ferocious beasts in the future?
Listening to this … they were so nervous, but also excited.
"It's hard to say now. Let's wait until Caesar wakes up and see," Shao Xuan said.
"Well, I guess everyone didn't rest well yesterday. Let's rest today and go hunting tomorrow," Mai said.
Shao Xuan lay down next to Caesar, leaning against the cave wall. When no one was paying attention, he took out the fire crystal that the Shaman had given him from the animal skin bag.
Last night, in order to use the secret engraving technique, he had consumed a lot of totem power. During the engraving, he had to maintain a high level of concentration, and after the engraving, he had to continue to be vigilant. At that time, he was too tired, so Shao Xuan grabbed the fire crystal and used it to replenish his energy.
The originally fiery red fire crystal's color was a little lighter and not obvious, but Shao Xuan could see it.
Just this slight change was enough for at least three people to absorb the energy emitted by the fire crystal.
He did not expect that he had consumed so much energy unknowingly.
The secret engraving technique consumed a lot of energy, so he had to be more careful in the future.
When Shao Xuan and the others were resting in the cave, Mai did not go to sleep immediately, but led them to the trap area.
There were indeed several wolf corpses in the trap area, but they had been eaten by other beasts and scavengers. Most of the corpses were just bloody skeletons. After such a long time, the smell of blood had already attracted some surrounding animals. Naturally, there were no intact corpses left.
"It's true …" Qiao opened his eyes wide, and carefully checked several traps that had been set.
"Xuan didn't lie."
"Well, Caesar … really understood."
Not only Qiaomai and his wife, but also the others who came with them, all thought of the cubs left in the tribe. If they became like Caesar in the future …
"Mai, that will be a great help!" Qiao said.
"A help that may change the entire hunting team!"
Everyone was still a little worried. If those cubs grew up in the future, would they be harmful to the tribe? But, on second thought, since the Shaman had agreed, it was naturally a good thing.
Everyone's thoughts were simple. Even if they had other ideas, if the Shaman said it was okay, then it was absolutely right.
Well, they just had to believe in the Shaman!
After thinking it through, Mai and the others felt much more relaxed. The others even urged Mai to catch two cubs for Yang Guang and his sister, so that they could ask Shao Xuan to help train them.
Mai did not say yes, but also did not say no.
At night, everyone gathered around the fire and discussed the cubs in the tribe in the future.
Suddenly, Caesar, who was lying next to Shao Xuan, moved.
Lang Ga, who was closest to Shao Xuan, also felt it, and immediately went over.
"Hey, Caesar is waking up?"
Lang Ga was about to take a closer look, but when he lowered his head, he saw Caesar's wolf eyes open, and he paused.
Lang Ga felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and a chill rushed from his back to his head. The muscles all over his body tightened, and the smile on his face froze instantly. The veins on his arms stood out, and he forced himself not to pull out his stone knife and cut Caesar.
Those eyes were filled with killing intent, cruelty, and coldness. Lang Ga saw such eyes every day in the forest.
"What's wrong?" The others gathered around.
Lang Ga opened his mouth, and was about to tell the others to stay away. But soon, he found that the emotions in those eyes had changed. They became much softer, and when he looked again, he found that they were still the wolf eyes he was familiar with.
It was Caesar.
Not the ferocious beasts in the forest.
Seeing Shao Xuan coming over to check Caesar's wounds, Lang Ga moved his cold hands, and smiled, "It's nothing, as long as Caesar is awake."
After waking up, Caesar slowly stood up, and moved around in the cave.
"Why do I feel that every time Caesar comes close to me, I'm very nervous?" Tu said to the people next to him.
"Me … Me … Too." Ba also said.
There was still meat in the cave, so Shao Xuan cut some for Caesar.
After waking up, Caesar's appetite became much bigger. He ate half a deer, but he was still not full. But there was not much food left in the cave, so he did not continue eating.
The next day, the hunting team set out to continue hunting. The skinny Caesar set out with the hunting team.
"Shouldn't we let him rest for a few more days?" Mai asked Shao Xuan.
"No need, he's fine."
Mai saw that Caesar wasn't forcing himself to walk. Instead, he seemed to be looking forward to it, as if he couldn't wait to run a lap in the forest, so he didn't object to it.
The wolves were not around the giant-antler deer herd, so the hunting team planned to hunt a few more deer.
They drove the deer herd away, and aimed at the deer that was separated from the herd.
"That one!" Lang Ga was about to ask Caesar to drive the deer towards them, when a dark grey shadow flashed by, and rushed towards the giant-antler deer that was separated from the herd.
Bang!
The giant-antler deer and the dark grey shadow fell down together.
When they looked again, they found that the giant-antler deer had fallen to the ground, and Caesar was biting its neck.
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