Many people who raised cubs had little patience during training. Every day when they went to bed, they would think, "Why don't we cook them tomorrow?"
But seeing the changes in Caesar, some people had expectations and decided to continue raising them.
Shao Xuan said that cubs needed frequent training, so they took time out every day to train them. If it was inconvenient in the tribe, they would take them to the training ground.
In the mountains and forests, many young beasts learned how to hunt by playing around, such as searching, chasing, pouncing on food, biting, and other skills. After training, some cubs would show their talents and surpass their peers in some aspects, while others were more ordinary.
However, in the tribe, there were still cubs left, and they were very talented.
When these people took their cubs to the mountains around the training ground to train, Chacha liked to make trouble for them.
Ray was originally training his own cub, teaching it how to listen to instructions and lurk. As he was talking, he heard a soft sound beside him. It was the sound of an object flying quickly. He looked to the side and found that the cub was gone.
Looking up, Ray found that Shao Xuan's eagle was holding his cub and flying in a circle above his head. No matter how he shouted and threatened, it did not let go of the cub. Instead, it flew higher and higher, and then flapped its wings and flew away.
Chacha flew back to the tribe with the cub, just in time to meet Shao Xuan who was going down the mountain.
Chacha did not take other people's words to heart, but it still listened to Shao Xuan.
It did not directly throw the cub. If it did, Shao Xuan would not catch it, and the cub would die. After landing, Chacha threw the cub to Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan caught it, looked at it, and recognized that it was Ray's cub.
He did not know what species this cub was, and many people in the tribe did not care about it. Shao Xuan remembered that Ray named this cub "Meng".
At first glance, Meng's appearance looked a bit like a hyena, but if you look closely, you will find many differences from hyenas. It had longer and more powerful jaws and a mouth full of sharp teeth. It was a carnivorous beast that Ray's hunting group often encountered. In terms of habits, it was more similar to wolves.
Compared to wolves, Meng's species had a longer and narrower body shape, and their skulls were relatively larger. Adult individuals were covered with strong and powerful muscles, and they could run very fast. They were a kind of predator that the hunting team had to be vigilant against.
Lei also took advantage of their group battle to capture Meng, who was still in its infancy.
Although it was startled when Chacha brought it up into the air, it did not forget to bare its teeth at Chacha after being caught by Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan checked Meng. Meng was not scratched by Chacha and did not suffer any other injuries. He guessed that Chacha just wanted to scare Lei and Meng. It was purely a prank.
While Shao Xuan was checking, Lei caught up with them. He was so tired that he was panting. When he looked at Chacha, the veins on his forehead stood out.
Chacha could fly directly, and it was more convenient in the air. However, Lei had to run down the mountain, and there were many twists and turns on the way. It took him a long time to catch up.
As soon as it saw Lei, Meng, who had been put on the ground by Shao Xuan, immediately ran to Chacha, who was behind Shao Xuan, and stood beside Lei's legs.
"Good training." Shao Xuan said.
From Meng's behavior, it could be seen that it had a strong dependence on Lei. This was a good sign. It was easier for it to follow orders, and it was easier for it to survive the first hunt.
Although it was different from Shao Xuan's hunting team, and they were on opposite sides under certain circumstances, Lei's attitude towards Shao Xuan was much better because of Shao Xuan's training.
As for the "one year promise" mentioned last winter, now it seemed like a joke. Everyone knew that Shao Xuan had found a very precious fire crystal in the first hunt after the ritual ceremony. Many people in the hunting team had been carried out of the danger zone by him. That was also one of the achievements of the hunt. If they were to compare achievements, no one could compare with him at all.
Therefore, last winter's "One Year Promise", when winter came this year, everyone would still present their results for the year according to the agreement. However, Shao Xuan's results were not included. Lei had no choice but to accept this result.
After checking that Meng was not injured, Lei looked at Chacha, who was behind Shao Xuan, and said, "Xuan, you should take care of it. It has been causing trouble recently."
"Yes, but you also need to train Meng to pay attention to the birds in the sky." Shao Xuan said.
Lei nodded, and planned to leave with Meng. But he stopped after two steps, and turned to ask Shao Xuan, "Do you know what the chief and the team leaders discussed at the Shaman's place these days?"
"You know?" Shao Xuan looked at Lei. Since there were elders in Lei's family who participated in the discussion of the new route, they should have been told about it.
"Of course I know, and I can tell you. But you have to exchange it with something else." Lei said.
"What do you want to know?" Shao Xuan asked.
"I want to know the specific reason why Caesar became like this." Lei's eyes were shining with expectation. Between wild beasts and ferocious beasts, he naturally preferred the ferocious beast. If Meng could also become a ferocious beast in the future …
"You don't need to tell me about the discussion between the team leaders. As for what you want to know, you will know in a few days. "After that, Shao Xuan made a gesture, and Chacha immediately flew up and went down the mountain with Shao Xuan.
Looking at a man and an eagle leaving, Lei frowned.
Could it be that Ah Xuan already knew about the new route? Didn't they say that only a few people knew about it? And they were all blood relatives. But why did the Shaman tell him?
As for the reason he wanted to know about Caesar's change, what did "you will know in a few days" mean?
Three days later, the Shaman asked people to distribute one hundred animal skin rolls, which recorded the secret engraving technique and the hunting dogs of the ancestors, to all the tribes on the mountain. Although it was not enough to give one to each family, it was enough to give one to several families.
One hundred animal skin rolls set off a big wave in the originally calm tribe.
The matter of training cubs to hunt actually existed from the beginning of the ancestors?
The ancestors were really powerful and domineering!
There was also a magical engraving technique. Was it related to Caesar's change into a ferocious beast?
The Shaman was really omnipotent!
… …
The Shaman did not say how Caesar changed, nor did he say who made the engraving technique for Caesar. But, according to the record on the animal skin roll, only the Shaman could use the engraving technique. Naturally, everyone thought that the Shaman had already made the engraving technique for Caesar, and that was why there was such a change.
When the Shaman distributed these animal skin rolls, he also said that if there was a suitable beast in the tribe that was comparable to the hunting dogs, he would make the engraving technique for that beast.
The Shaman drew a big pie for everyone. How to eat it, and how to eat more, depended on each person.
So, the people who had lost their patience became enthusiastic again. Even when they went out to hunt, they caught a few small beasts, knocked them out, tied them up, and brought them back to the tribe to train the hunting skills of the cubs. Some people did not intend to raise cubs, but after seeing the animal skin rolls distributed by the Shaman, they also had the idea.
For a time, the number of cubs in the tribe, which had decreased sharply, gradually increased. But, most of them were still in the pot.
One year later.
The first batch of cubs that were caught back to the tribe seemed to be more mature. Maybe they were not adults in their species, but most of the wild beasts in the forest could participate in hunting at this age, either by themselves or with their blood relatives. At this time, some people in the hunting team began to have ideas. They asked the team leaders for instructions, hoping to bring the beasts they had trained.
In their opinion, the beasts they had trained were already very powerful. When they were in the tribe, they could often catch some stone rats. They were also very obedient to orders, fierce enough, and strong enough to attack … The more they thought about it, the more they felt that the beasts they had trained were much better than Caesar's.
Not only one or two people had this idea, but several people had the same idea.
They had been raising the cubs for almost two years. They had spent a lot of time and effort on these cubs. Now that they were so strong, it was time for them to go hunting.
The Shaman looked at the team leaders' requests, but did not refute. He just reminded them again about some of the things that Shao Xuan had told them to pay attention to.
Seeing that the Shaman, the chief, and the team leaders all agreed, several warriors took the trained beasts, and swaggered across the Path of Glory. They set off to show off.
However, when the hunting team came back again, there were no beasts around them. They did not see the beasts that had followed them before they set off.
Five of them went out, and only one came back. The only one that came back was Meng, raised by Lei.
Even though Meng came back, he had many wounds on his body. However, when he remembered that Caesar had also come back with wounds, Lei was relieved. Anyway, as the only one that came back, Meng was already very good compared to the other four beasts.
Seeing the result this time, some people were very worried, and began to doubt whether their cubs could come back safely in the future.
Among the four beasts that did not come back, two of them could not control their fierceness when they were hunting prey. They did not listen to orders and attacked the hunting team. The result was predictable. They were killed on the spot by the warriors of the hunting team.
As for the other two that did not come back, one of them failed to hunt, and was kicked in the head by the prey. It did not last long before it died. As for the last one, it ran away. No matter how they called it, it did not stop, and it did not look back.
Seeing the result, some people who wanted to take their beasts out to hunt immediately decided to wait. Some of the things that Shao Xuan had told them to pay attention to, such as dependence and self-control of the beasts, had to be strengthened.
In the next few hunts, except for Meng that was brought by Lei, several beasts that many people did not think highly of also came back successfully. For example, Liao, the cave lion raised by Mo Er, Siya, the "bald pig" raised by Mao, and the beasts raised by Yang Guang and his sister.
Yang Guang and his sister also caught two beasts when they were hunting. The elder brother, Yang, brought back a cub that looked like a hyena, named "An".
And the one that Guang brought back was a big bird's egg, which was stolen from a bird's nest. She had always hoped to have a bird like Chacha. However, when she hatched the egg according to the method that Shao Xuan had told her, she found that the bird could not fly. It belonged to a group of wingless birds, similar to Phorusrhacos. But she did not put the bird into the pot, but continued to raise it, and named it "Jing".
After raising it for a year, the two beasts raised by Yang Guang and his sister were taken out to participate in a hunt. Their performance was not satisfactory, which made Mai very happy.
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