The Chief and the Shaman said that they were going to dig a big pool. Everyone worked hard to dig. When the hunting warriors went out, some people stayed in the tribe to dig. Some people who had trouble walking also went to help. Many women in the tribe who had not awakened their totem power also went to help.
After the first hunt, Shao Xuan returned to the tribe. They had already dug a big pit of more than 400 square meters, and they were still digging.
At the foot of the mountain, some children from the cave were helping to boil the gelatin.
A 20-meter-long wooden boat was placed there. Yan Zhi and the others were busy filling the seams.
This was only the first boat they tested. There were two bigger boats next to it, but they were not finished yet.
Shao Xuan picked up the tools and went to help.
"How is it going?" Shao Xuan asked.
"Before the rainy season, these three boats will be finished. At that time, we will try these three boats." If they were successful, they would try to build bigger boats.
As the Shaman said, the boats they built were important to the people of the tribe. The quality of the boats had to be good. Otherwise, they would be hit by fish in the river and leak.
"How was the hunting?" Jiao Wu couldn't help but ask.
"Not bad." Shao Xuan followed the advance group to the green land. This time, they found a kind of curly-tailed herb and hunted a lot of prey on the way. They were satisfied with the harvest.
"We are going to go hunting too." Jiao Wu said.
"Yes, but not until next time." Shao Xuan said.
Yan Zhi and the others were the same as most of the new warriors. They would not follow the first two hunts, and would go out with the advance group on the third hunt. However, because of their special status, they would definitely send someone to protect them.
"When we leave, you will take care of this place." Yan Zhi said to Shao Xuan.
"Don't worry."
Yan Zhi and the others and Shao Xuan would not go hunting at the same time. In this way, they could ensure that there would be someone watching over the boat every time.
The Yanjiao tribe dug a hole and directly dug a lake. Even the Longboat tribe's fleet would have a large space inside. The warriors who dug the lake didn't think it was big enough. If it weren't for the fact that they were surrounded by mountains, which made it difficult to dig, they would have dug even more.
During the rainy season, water would be stored here. When the rainy season was over and there were no Wood-Eating Insects in the river, the water would be brought here.
From the lake to the river, a waterway nearly ten meters wide was dug. This made it easier for the boats in the lake to travel directly to the river.
Under Shao Xuan's suggestion and guidance, a sluice gate was built near the mouth of the river. The sluice gate would be closed except for the period after the end of the rainy season.
"The lake and waterway have been dug. We're just waiting for the rainy season to come." During the rainy season, the lake would be filled with water from the river.
"Unfortunately, we can't go back this year." Lang Ga looked at the dug lake and waterway and said, "If it weren't for the insects in the river, we wouldn't have to spend so much effort to dig the lake. We could just put the boat in the river and try it."
"There's no other way. Let's wait until next year. It should be possible next year."
While the people of the Yanjiao tribe were busy, on the other side of the river, in the old place of the Yanjiao tribe, in the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest, the chief of the Wan Shi tribe led a large number of people there.
This time, he brought nearly one-third of all the warriors of the tribe. Because of various ferocious beasts and dangerous plants in the mountain forest, many of them died. But in the end, they found the old place of the Yanjiao tribe.
Scraping the moss and vines on the stone with a knife, the chief of the Wan Shi tribe, Bian, with blood stains on his body, looked at the words carved on the stone and read softly, "Yanjiao?"
Then he snorted and said disdainfully to the Shaman who came over, "Is this your concern? This tribe that has long been extinct? "
The Wan Shi shaman didn't speak.
Bian's smiling face became ferocious. He punched the big stone with the words carved on it.
Bang!
A fist-sized hole appeared on the hard stone. The stone, which had been firmly standing on the ground, was knocked down by this force and rolled away.
He didn't look at the stone that had rolled away and continued to lead the group forward.
Not long after, they arrived at the ruins.
From a long time ago, the Wan Shi tribe knew that there used to be a tribe here. But that tribe disappeared, leaving only ruins. Later, the chiefs who took over didn't care about the ruins in the mountain forest anymore. Because the mountain forest was expanding day by day, the ruins became more and more dangerous, so they rarely went inside.
The ruins recorded the historical events of the great changes in the world. The tribe that used to live here was no longer as glorious as before. No one stayed, and they were regarded as extinct by everyone.
Although it was already the season of lush vegetation and the surrounding forest was full of vitality, everyone who stood in front of the ruins could feel a sense of desolation. It was as if an old man had lifted up his cover and revealed his body that was riddled with scars.
Glory and shame were things that happened thousands of years ago. Except for the people of the Yanjiao tribe, others didn't have such deep feelings.
Just like the people of the Wan Shi tribe standing here. Except for a little inexplicable emotion when they saw the ruins for the first time, they only thought about whether there were any precious things left here.
Bian, the chief of the Wan Shi tribe, looked at the obvious six marks on the ground and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"Are these, the marks of sacrifice?" Bian pointed at the six lines that seemed to have been burned and asked the shaman. Although he didn't know much about this kind of sacrifice, he could see that these were the marks of another tribe's sacrifice ceremony. Every tribe had its own style of sacrifice.
"It should be," said the shaman.
"It should be?"
The shaman paused and said, "I don't feel the existence of the fire seed here."
"Of course there is no fire seed here! This tribe died out long ago! "Bian shouted.
But if there was no fire seed, why would there be a suppression of the fire seed?
If there was a suppression of the fire seed, it meant that another tribe was stronger than them.
If it wasn't the big tribe that had died out, could it be a conspiracy of other tribes in the central region?
The Wan Shi tribe had made trouble for the Lu tribe many times and had been warned by several big tribes in the central region.
So they deliberately held a sacrificial ceremony here to frighten the Wan Shi tribe? Maybe the previous incident was also caused by those guys in the central region! Bian thought to himself. After all, except for them, no one was against him and it was impossible for them to create a suppression of the fire seed.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. Bian ignored the shaman, who wanted to say something but stopped, and called someone.
"Destroy everything in the surroundings! Completely and utterly destroyed! Especially here! "Bian pointed to the center of the six marks," Dig these out! Don't let me see these again! "
Although he thought it was the work of those old guys in the central region, he didn't have a good feeling about this place, especially the tall pillar, which seemed to be mocking the Wan Shi tribe. Although the Wan Shi tribe was one of the strongest in the central region, it was still weaker than the other big tribes because of the suppression of the fire seed.
"Destroy this too!"
He couldn't do anything to those old guys in the central region, but couldn't he do anything to these stone ruins?! Anyway, it was useless to keep these things. If the tribe was gone, what was the point of these stones? They were an eyesore.
In the mountain forest, with a bang, the tall pillar where Shao Xuan once stood fell down.
Not only that, but Feng Wu was still not satisfied with the fallen stone pillar. He ordered his men to break the stone pillar into pieces and chisel many holes into the broken pillar. The paintings carved on the stone pillar were also destroyed until they were even more blurred. Not a single complete pattern could be seen.
The surrounding ruins were even more ruined. Some half-collapsed stone houses all fell down. Large stone slabs were knocked into small pieces and the small pieces were thrown away in all directions.
The better stones were dug out and taken away.
The place where the fire pit used to be had been dug into pits of various sizes. It was completely different from what Shao Xuan saw when he first came here.
The trees were cut down and the grass was dug up. The whole place was almost peeled off and changed.
Looking at the final result, Bian was very satisfied. Then he laughed and set a fire in the forest. Burn those eyesores. Perhaps, if they were burned, no one would come here to make trouble again. It would be better to burn the forest here, but it was impossible. There were many pools nearby and ferocious beasts. Some ferocious beasts also knew how to put out fire.
It was a pity. However, it was better not to burn them all. Otherwise, all the ferocious beasts here would be forced out, and the Wan Shi tribe would be the first to suffer.
Even if they couldn't burn them all, it would make Bian feel better. He liked to destroy. The feeling of destroying with his own hands was very pleasant.
"Let's go!" Looking at the burning fire and smoke, Bian turned his head and shouted.
In this season, in this place, the fire didn't spread fast. Many trees around were not easy to burn. There was no wind today, which gave them enough time to leave.
Although many people were killed in the forest this time, Bian felt that it was worthwhile to come here. He got rid of one of his worries.
"Let's see what those old guys will do!" Bian said.
Although he admitted that those old strongmen were stronger than the Wan Shi tribe, he wasn't afraid. They couldn't be much stronger, right? Those people of those tribes couldn't come here to fight with the Wan Shi tribe, right?
Bian left with his people. But before they went far, drops of rain began to fall from the sky.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. The fire, which was set well and not easy to burn before, was gradually extinguished. The rising smoke was also extinguished.
"Bah, it's raining!" Bian said discontentedly.
Today's weather was really gloomy. He knew there would be rain, but he didn't expect it to rain as soon as he set the fire.
However, Bian didn't intend to go back. Let it be. Anyway, he had done what he should do.
Different from Bian's good mood, the Shaman's mood was more complicated. Because the uneasiness in his heart rose again, and it was stronger than before. He hoped that he was oversensitive.
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