Before Shao Xuan went down the mountain, people in the mountain foot district had been talking about Shao Xuan's awakening of totemic power. No one had expected that such a young and weak kid from the orphan cave could awaken his totemic power yesterday!
Awakening at such a young age meant that he had great potential. Maybe he could become a powerful totemic warrior in the future.
Some people tried to figure out why Shao Xuan awakened so early. Some said that it was because Shao Xuan went out to practice every morning, just like the other kids in the mountain. That was why he could awaken so early.
Some people also speculated that it was because of the fish. Such a thing had never happened in the mountain foot district before. How could Shao Xuan suddenly appear now? But this theory was refuted as soon as it came out. If it was because of the fish, then there were many kids who ate fish. Their own kids ate a lot of fish, and they were one year older than Shao Xuan. But they still hadn't awakened their totemic power.
So, in the end, people attributed the early awakening to Shao Xuan's practice every morning, and more and more people were convinced.
So, when Shao Xuan went down the mountain, he found that many kids who used to sleep all day were taken out by adults to help carry stones or fish.
Shao Xuan knew the reason after asking some people. Well, working was also a kind of exercise.
Shao Xuan didn't refute what they said about waking up early to exercise. As for the real reason, Shao Xuan wouldn't tell them.
The kids in the orphan cave didn't go out to fish today. Shao Xuan wasn't here, and Caesar didn't go out to dig for stone worms. Even if they had the tools, they couldn't get the bait, so they couldn't catch the fish. There were too many people in the gravel area, so the kids couldn't get any benefits from digging for stone worms. They were always pushed out.
Caesar, on the other hand, didn't care what the other kids in the orphan cave said. Some people even gave him half a fish, but he just squatted at the entrance of the cave and didn't look at anyone. He just stared at the mountain.
Seeing Shao Xuan return, Caesar immediately became spirited and rushed towards Shao Xuan. If he hadn't awakened his totem power and become much stronger, Shao Xuan might have been pushed down by her.
All the kids in the orphan cave were looking at them eagerly. Shao Xuan took Caesar to the gravel field and dug up a lot of stone worms. After a winter of hibernation, the stone worms had also come out of the ground to move around. Today's harvest was quite good.
Now that he had awakened his totem power, Shao Xuan would have to go hunting with him in the future, so he could no longer care about the things in the cave. After discussing with Ge, Shao Xuan assigned Tu and Stutterer to manage the team. Tu was good at counting and had a good memory. Now, he was much bolder and could speak fluently. However, he looked too thin and weak. Stutterer, on the other hand, was not good at other things. His body size was obvious. If he was really fierce, the other kids in the orphanage could not do anything to him. The two of them should be a good team to manage the team.
After solving the problem in the orphan cave, Shao Xuan saw Lang Ga coming to him with a bright smile.
"Good boy! Not bad! You awakened your totem power so early. I thought I would have to wait for another two years. " Lang Ga was very happy. Shao Xuan had asked them if he could join their hunting team if he awakened his totem power. Mai did not refuse at that time. Later on, he even helped Shao Xuan, which meant that Mai also thought highly of Shao Xuan.
When they went to attend the ceremony yesterday, they felt it was a pity that Shao Xuan was not old enough this year. Unexpectedly, Shao Xuan gave them a big surprise last night.
As a totem warrior, he would be able to have his own room. And Lang Ga came here to help Shao Xuan.
Lang Ga had a barbecue with some of his friends in the hunting team today, and they were talking about the first hunting trip of the year. When he heard that Shao Xuan and the others had already gone down the mountain, he came to find Shao Xuan and invited him to meet his future teammates.
There were six people in Lang Ga's cabin. They were all very young. One of them had awakened his totem power last year, but he was already thirteen years old when he awakened his totem power. After the awakening, he grew much taller, so he looked much older than Shao Xuan.
Knowing that these people would be his future teammates, Shao Xuan also greeted them warmly.
"Don't worry about the house. We will cut some wood and build it for you tomorrow morning!" The young man named Ang said to Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan used to think that he would have to wait for two or three years before he could have his own room. He didn't expect it to happen so soon.
Generally speaking, people like Sai still lived with their own families. But for people like Shao Xuan who came from the orphan cave, they had to build their own houses. Basically, they had to find someone to help them build their own rooms.
Since they were here, Lang Ga didn't let Shao Xuan leave right away. They stayed to eat the barbecue together. After a whole winter, the cured barbecue was not fresh anymore. Lang Ga and the others still preferred to eat fresh meat. Anyway, the first hunting trip of the year was coming soon. They brought some leftover cured meat with them and had a good meal. They wanted to get some fresh meat as soon as they finished eating.
While they were eating and chatting, Ang suddenly mentioned a word that was widely spread in the tribe — the Feast of the Rich.
It was a legend.
It was said that someone in the tribe once held such a feast and invited some people in the tribe to attend. The people who held the feast would compete with each other to see who could provide the most food. The so-called 'more food' meant that the guests would stagger and fall into the grass, or eat until they were full and vomited. Only then would the feast be considered a success.
This kind of activity was called the Feast of the Rich.
According to Lang Ga and the others, Shao Xuan knew that the Feast of the Rich was to give away or destroy more food and property than their competitors. Some of the more prestigious people would even destroy their own food, clothes, and other things in front of others. Sometimes, they would even burn down their own houses in order to establish their prestige in the tribe, humiliate their opponents, and gain the long-term admiration of their followers.
Those who could do this were all people who had a certain level of strength and status. They were ambitious people who fought for a higher prestige.
They were arrogant, conceited, and stupid enough.
When Lang Ga and the others talked about the Feast of the Rich, they didn't hide their admiration, as if they would kneel down immediately if they stood here.
Seeing Shao Xuan's shocked expression, Lang Ga said with the attitude of an elder, "You still don't understand."
Shao Xuan didn't understand. In his opinion, how stupid would they be to do such a thing? How could they be worshipped by Lang Ga and the other warriors?!
No, it should be said that the people in the tribe worshipped this very much!
Thinking back to his previous life, Shao Xuan had to have leftovers to give face when treating people to a meal, Shao Xuan suddenly understood. It turned out that this custom was passed down from a long time ago. But even if it was wasteful, it shouldn't be to this extent!
He still underestimated the people's obsession with food and their pursuit of this alternative view of food.
In the past, he always heard the children in the tribe talk about which warrior had defeated which huge and ferocious beast. Those heroes of the past were worshipped, and these glorious deeds were remembered and passed down from generation to generation for the children to hear.
But now, Shao Xuan was told that there was another kind of glorious deed that was even more glorious.
It turned out that in order to make people follow you willingly, you didn't need to use force to beat them down again and again. You didn't need to persuade them, give them benefits, or make a lot of psychological schemes. All you needed to do was hold a Feast of the Rich, and there would naturally be countless willing followers.
Shao Xuan felt that his values and outlook on life had been distorted again.
Looking up at the two crescent moons in the night sky, Shao Xuan sighed, "One day … I'll definitely be stupid!"
"What did you just say?" Lang Ga didn't quite understand the second half of Shao Xuan's sentence.
"Nothing. I mean, if possible, let's hold one too." Shao Xuan said.
Lang Ga and the others laughed when they heard this. Lang Ga patted Shao Xuan's shoulder and laughed non-stop. After laughing, he praised Shao Xuan, "You're ambitious!"
In the eyes of Lang Ga and the others, Shao Xuan's words were just childish words that came out of his mouth after hearing about the legends. They didn't take it to heart. After all, they had never seen anyone hold a Feast of the Rich, not even their parents or ancestors.
Were the legends true? Even the shaman and chief hadn't seen one.
Probably because he felt that it wasn't good to continue this topic, Lang Ga changed the topic. He wanted to show off more to Shao Xuan.
"Do you know what our closest companions are since we were born?" Lang Ga asked.
Shao Xuan sat up straight and lowered his head to think for a moment. He looked meaningfully at Lang Ga and asked tentatively, "Left hand?"
Lang Ga: "…"
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