After the hunting team left, the tribe returned to its usual pace of life.
However, compared to last year, the riverside was much more lively this time. After experiencing the initial fear of the unknown creatures in the river, the people no longer feared the creatures in the river because of the benefits brought by the big-mouthed piranhas.
It turned out that the creatures in the river were not so scary after all. As long as they were careful, they could get enough food.
Under the joint management of Tu and Jie Ba, the life in the cave was quite stable. With the daily fishing activities and enough food, the small bodies of the children were not as weak as before. At the same time, the children in the cave were getting more and more united. They had no choice but to work together to fight against the enemy. The ability of a single person was too small, and they did not even have the advantage when fishing.
As for the stone worms, Shao Xuan would take Caesar to catch them every two days. After catching enough stone worms, they would store them for the children in the cave.
Stones could not trap the stone worms. Some people used stone jars to put the stone worms in, but the next day, they found that there was a hole in the jar, and the stone worms were gone. However, Tu discovered by chance that wooden jars and straw ropes, which were not as hard as stones, could trap the worms better than stone jars. Even if they could not be trapped for too long, a day or two would not be a problem. This solved the problem of Caesar running to the cave every day.
Shao Xuan still went to the training ground to look for stone cores in the morning, and went to Old Ke's place to learn the stone skills in the afternoon.
After more than ten days, Shao Xuan felt that he was much stronger than when he had just awakened his totemic power. He was also more skilled in controlling the totemic power, and could switch between the two powers in his body more freely.
It seemed that learning the stone skills was also beneficial to controlling the totemic power.
Shao Xuan ran through the woods like a monkey, heading towards the place he had chosen yesterday. His figure flashed, and the branches swayed slightly. The sound was very low, like a breeze.
Caesar ran behind him.
This place was still within the range of the tribe's guards, so Shao Xuan did not need to worry about any ferocious beasts. The reason why he deliberately controlled the sound was just for the future hunting activities. There were many times when one had to be stealthy when hunting. One had to quietly approach the prey and hide one's aura. If one's movements were slightly bigger, it would alert the prey or other ferocious beasts that one could not defeat.
Shao Xuan had seen Lang Ga and Mai's stealth ability before. Mai moved stealthily, so he was still some distance away from them.
Shao Xuan also saw many children who had awakened in the same batch as him, including Sai, in the mountains where he was training.
"Hey, isn't that Xuan?" Sai's father looked at the figure that flashed through the woods and said. For those who had not awakened their totemic power, Shao Xuan's speed was naturally very fast and hard to catch. However, for other totemic warriors who had awakened their totemic power many years ago, it was nothing.
Sai jumped on the spot with a big rock in his hand. He had already jumped more than a hundred times with the rock. Hearing his father's words, Sai turned his head and looked over. Shao Xuan was no longer in the woods.
"What are you looking at?! Keep dancing! " Sai's father hit Sai's butt with a stone stick and scolded him, "You can't even beat Xuan, who is two years younger than you!"
"Why can't I beat him?" Sai was not convinced.
"Hey, you're still being stubborn. If I say so, then so be it! Just jump! You can't rest until you've jumped two hundred times. "Sai's father hit Sai twice with the stick.
"I've already jumped one hundred and seventy-two times!" He just needed to jump another twenty-eight times. Sai counted in his mind. He was a little happy when he thought about it. Should he go catch flying squirrels or look for food during the rest time? He wondered if there were any more of those green and crunchy fruits that he had eaten two days ago.
Sai swallowed his saliva and was full of expectation. Then he heard his father say with his eyes wide open, "Do you think I don't know how to count?! You've only jumped one hundred and twenty-seven times. There are seventy-three more! "
Sai was so angry that he almost threw the big rock away. However, his father's way of doing things was always right. Even if he was wrong, he had to admit it. Debate with him? He would be beaten.
Damn it!
Sai couldn't beat his father, so he took it out on Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan, who didn't know that he was being punished again, was busy picking stones. There were many stones in the training ground, but very few of them could be used to make stone tools. Even if he relied on his special ability to identify the grade of the stones, he couldn't find the most suitable one quickly. Because, even if it was a good stone, it might not be suitable for making stone chips. Therefore, every morning, Shao Xuan would spend a few hours picking stones, and then bring back stone cores that were good and suitable for making stone chips.
After following Old Ke for a few days, Shao Xuan's ability to identify stones had improved a lot. He was no longer as clueless as he used to be, where he could see all kinds of stones the same.
While Shao Xuan was looking for stone cores, Caesar was bored, so he went to stop the flying stone squirrels that were digging holes and jumping around in the mountains. Every time Shao Xuan finished picking stone cores, he would find several dead flying stone squirrels next to Caesar.
Sometimes, Shao Xuan felt guilty when he looked at Caesar. Caesar was a good wolf, but he had raised him into this.
In the afternoon, Shao Xuan brought the selected stone cores to Old Ke's place.
Old Ke taught Shao Xuan how to determine the best angle and surface for making stone chips, and which stones were suitable for what. After that, Old Ke sat at the side and watched Shao Xuan make stone chips.
After taking off his animal skin coat, Shao Xuan picked up the stone hammer and started hammering with his bare upper body.
In the first few days, his animal skin coat was soaked with sweat, and water could be wrung out with a little twist. Later, Shao Xuan threw his animal skin coat aside to avoid the smell of sweat.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
… …
The hammering sound that would be heard every afternoon began.
One hammer, two hammers … fifty, fifty-one … one hundred hammers … five hundred hammers …
As if he didn't know what fatigue was, Shao Xuan kept knocking on the stone core. The huge stone core became smaller and smaller as more and more stone leaves fell from it than a few days ago.
After hammering the first stone, Shao Xuan did not rest. He continued hammering the second stone, the third stone …
After hammering the third stone, Shao Xuan felt as if he had fallen into a water tank and was fished out.
After drinking some water, Shao Xuan stood at the side and listened to Old Ke explain the details that he needed to pay attention to during the grinding process. He explained the shape of the stone chips, how to grind them, and how to grind the rest of the stone core.
Old Ke said that every stone had its own story. Even the best stoneware maker might not be able to decipher every stone. However, every time Old Ke explained to Shao Xuan, he would try his best to teach him everything that he had learned so far.
Shao Xuan listened attentively. Many of the seemingly indifferent words actually hid many skills.
After resting for a while and listening to Old Ke's teachings, Shao Xuan continued. However, he was not hammering, but grinding.
Whether it was hammering or grinding, if he wanted to reach Old Ke's high standards, he had to be more careful during the grinding process. He had to control his totemic power more precisely.
This was not an easy task. During the grinding process, Shao Xuan was immersed in it. All of his consciousness was focused on the stone that he was grinding. It was not obvious, but once the grinding was completed and he regained consciousness, he would feel a throbbing pain in his head. Sometimes, it would feel like he was being stabbed by an awl. It was so painful that his forehead would be covered in sweat.
Old Ke said that this was normal. He had experienced this in the past.
Although it was difficult, the results were obvious. Shao Xuan's control of his totemic power was more precise.
Old Ke, who was sitting next to him, had a satisfied look in his eyes. Shao Xuan's growth was far beyond his imagination. After so many years, Old Ke had seen many people who learned how to grind stone, but none of them could do what Shao Xuan did!
Many people might not be able to do what Shao Xuan did in half a year, or even one or two years. Of course, there were those who did it well. For example, Lang Ga took less than fifty days. Lang Ga's grandfather even showed off in front of Old Ke.
However, how long did Shao Xuan learn? Only ten days!
Old Ke actually wanted to go up the mountain and have a "chat" with the old guy who made the ground bow. However, he decided to wait a little longer …
Just as he was thinking about what kind of expression the old guy would have when he found out, Ke's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen something incredible.
Totemic patterns appeared on Shao Xuan's body. This was not strange. During this period of time, when he was learning stone crafting skills, Shao Xuan would use his totemic power. Naturally, the totemic patterns on his body would also appear.
However, Old Ke was not shocked by the totemic patterns. What he saw in front of him was even more unbelievable than when he saw Shao Xuan use his totemic power!
Everyone in the tribe knew that when a newly awakened warrior awakened by the fire pit, all the totemic patterns would appear on his body. After the ceremony, the totemic patterns would shrink. The totemic patterns that originally covered the whole arm would shrink to the upper arm, slightly over the shoulder. The totemic patterns on the legs would also shrink.
Therefore, when a warrior used his totemic power after awakening, the totemic patterns that appeared would be no more than the elbow or knee. This was the sign of a beginner totemic warrior. One day, when the totemic patterns reached the elbow or knee, it would be the time for a beginner totemic warrior to become an intermediate totemic warrior. This was the most direct and effective way to identify a totemic warrior's level.
When warriors were hunting, when they faced countless dangerous beasts and threats to their lives, they would make breakthroughs again and again. Only then would their totemic patterns extend. However, the extension was limited. Many people with decades of hunting experience could not extend their totemic patterns beyond the elbow or knee. In other words, they were still at the beginner totemic warrior level, and their progress was extremely slow.
However, what about Shao Xuan's totemic patterns?
Old Ke's eyelids twitched. He clearly remembered that when Shao Xuan first came to learn stone crafting skills and used his totemic power, the totemic patterns on his upper arm were the same as those of other newly awakened warriors. They were only slightly over the shoulder.
But now, the totemic patterns on Shao Xuan's upper arm had already extended to the length of a little finger!
Before this, Old Ke did not pay attention to the totemic patterns on Shao Xuan's arm. Just now, he was only thinking about when Shao Xuan could become an intermediate totemic warrior. He glanced at the totemic patterns on Shao Xuan's upper arm, but he did not expect such a discovery. He could see the slightest error in the stone crafting, so how could he not see the length of the totemic patterns on Shao Xuan's arm?!
Don't underestimate the length of a little finger. This was something that some people could not achieve even after several years!
But how long had it been since Shao Xuan awakened?
At this speed, how far could a beginner totemic warrior be?
Old Ke only felt his eyelids twitch even more.
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