After a while, Duo Li returned the crystal to Shao Xuan. He was quite reluctant to give it back, as he felt that it would be much more convenient to have a glowing crystal at night, much more convenient than lighting a fire. More importantly, he had never seen it before. It was his first time seeing it, and he felt that it was very rare.
"Shao Xuan, where did you get this crystal?" Duo Li asked curiously.
"Yes, Elder Shao Xuan, where did you find this stone? Can you tell us about it? "
Even Tao Zheng and the others came over. Before this, they had never seen Shao Xuan take out something like this. They had heard of glowing stones, but they had never seen one with their own eyes. It was said that the slave masters had some of these things, but they didn't know where they got them.
Shao Xuan took the crystal and said, "This stone …"
Everyone pricked up their ears.
"I picked it out from the dried river that day." As he spoke, Shao Xuan took the other two stones from the table and showed them to them.
Because of the glowing crystal, the room seemed to be lit by a small table lamp, illuminating the two stones Shao Xuan took out very clearly.
"How is this possible?!" Duo Li exclaimed.
"This is it?" Tao Zheng picked up the other two stones. No matter how he looked at them, he couldn't see any difference between these two stones and the glowing one.
Shao Xuan nodded.
"How did it change? Cut it open? "
"No, it's useless to cut it open. As for how it changed, I actually don't understand it either," Shao Xuan said. He really didn't understand, so naturally, he couldn't explain it to them.
They asked a few more questions about the glowing stone. As the night deepened, Duo Li and the others reluctantly left.
After everyone left, Shao Xuan had time to study the stones again.
This glowing stone wasn't so bright during the day. At that time, it was placed …
Shao Xuan thought for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the table, then the window, and then outside.
Yang Guang?
Or could it be that this stone only glows at night?
Regardless of the situation, Shao Xuan intended to try again. Weren't there still two more stones? He would find the answer if he tried again.
Picking up one of the remaining two stones, Shao Xuan mobilized the totemic power in his body. However, when the totemic power in his body was active, it was not the totemic flame that worked, but the light shield that covered the totemic flame. When the light shield lit up, even the totemic flames that had been rolling inside would appear much more subdued.
A ray of light extended from the light shield and flowed through Shao Xuan's body from head to toe. It then flowed along his arm to the stone in his hand.
This time, Shao Xuan paid close attention to its changes. He could clearly feel that the outer layer of the stone in his hand had been peeled off. With a rustling sound, the outer layer of the stone shattered into a layer of powder and fell to the ground. Shao Xuan didn't need to personally brush it off. The powder naturally fell off, leaving only the crystal behind.
However, the new crystal did not glow. It was not even as bright as the first stone during the day.
Could it be that it really needed the sun?
After bringing back three stones, Shao Xuan planned to leave the third stone until the sun came out tomorrow to try again.
Just like the first stone, after transforming the second stone, Shao Xuan also felt a wave of exhaustion. He sat in the same spot for a while before packing up and going to sleep.
However, while Shao Xuan slept well, some people didn't. For example, Duo Li, who had also brought back a stone, was studying the stone in the house. He was so noisy that his father, Duo Kang, woke up in the middle of the night and beat him up before he quieted down. However, he was only slightly quieter and gentler in his actions.
When the sun came out the next day, Shao Xuan placed the non-glowing crystal that he had transformed last night where Yang Guang was. Then, he used the same method to transform the third stone.
When Shao Xuan tried the third stone, it was under the sun. He held the stone with his palm facing upwards so that it was fully in contact with Yang Guang.
After the transformation, Shao Xuan brought the stone into the house and closed the doors and windows to block out the light.
Sure enough, the third stone was able to glow in the dark house. Although it wasn't very bright, it was much better than the previous two stones. The only difference was that it was in contact with more Yang Guang during the transformation.
As for the stone that didn't glow last night, after Yang Guang placed it in the dark for a while, it shone brightly. Although it wasn't as bright as the Drumming tribe's water moon stone, it wasn't any weaker than the first stone.
"Shao Xuan! Elder Shao Xuan! "Duo Li hurriedly ran over.
"What's wrong?" Shao Xuan asked when he saw Duo Li sweating profusely from his anxiety.
"This!" Duo Li took out the stone in his hand, his face dejected. "It's broken."
Yesterday, he only wanted to study it carefully to see if he could make a stone like Shao Xuan's. But in a moment of carelessness, he broke the stone into pieces.
"I only wanted to cut off a little bit, but who knew that this stone would break into pieces like this!" Duo Li said.
Shao Xuan looked at the broken stone in his hand and said, "This requires totemic power, not brute force."
It was his own fault for not reminding him. Shao Xuan handed one of the three crystals to Duo Li. "Take this."
"Eh? The other two changed too? "Duo Li held the crystal in his hand like it was a treasure.
Thinking of something, Shao Xuan asked Duo Li, "Are there very few glowing stones here?"
"Yes! Very few! " Duo Li said. "I heard that when people from other tribes found glowing stones like this, they would sell them to slave masters in exchange for a lot of food and gold!"
That was strange. Shao Xuan fell into deep thought. When he was there, although many people liked the water moonstone and it was almost a universal currency, it wasn't rare to this extent. There were other glowing stones too, but they were much rarer than the water moonstone. Why was it that after the people here merged with the fire seed, their abilities increased, but many special things disappeared completely?
Could it be that it was because of the fire seed?
People gathered all the power of the fire seed in their bodies, so they couldn't obtain the stones and couldn't change them?
With this question in mind, Shao Xuan went to find the shamaness.
After hearing this, she frowned and thought for a long time. It was ironic. As tribesmen, they had never seen a fire seed. If this was on the other side of the sea, other than the wanderers, the other tribesmen wouldn't believe it.
But here, it was true. No tribe had a fire seed burning in their fire pit.
The people of the Flaming Horn tribe could only see the totemic flame in their minds. However, they had never seen the flame that their ancestors brought over. No matter if it was stormy, rainy, or snowy weather, it would still burn in the fire pit without any firewood. They had never seen it with their own eyes. They only knew about it through the drawings their ancestors left behind. Even if the shamaness could see more through the Wu Roll, it was far from being as clear as the real thing.
The shamaness couldn't give Shao Xuan a definite answer, so Shao Xuan could only find the answer himself.
After giving the remaining two glowing stones to the shamaness and the chief, Shao Xuan decided to go into the forest again and bring back more stones.
Knowing that Shao Xuan was going to dig for stones, Duo Li, Tao Zheng and the others were more enthusiastic than the other. Almost everyone in the hunting team came over, including Duo Kang and Guang Yi. They said they had to protect them in case they ran into trouble, but in reality, they were curious too. They wanted to know where the stones came from.
This time, there weren't many people going out. They didn't bring along tools for setting traps, but large bags and tightly woven nets.
The Taihe tribesmen who had been observing Yanjiao quickly reported this to their superiors. But no matter what, they couldn't guess what the Yanjiao people were up to.
"Did they find some treasure?"
The Taihe tribesmen didn't understand.
On the other side, the people who went into the forest had a clear goal. They weren't hunting so they didn't pay attention to anything else. Even if a fat dinosaur walked past, they didn't give it a second glance. Compared to the dinosaur and other meaty beasts, they were more interested in the glowing stones. If they could get their hands on those glowing stones, they could exchange them for more bronze weapons from the slave masters. That was the most important thing.
They rushed to the dried-up riverside. Duo Kang saw all kinds of weeds growing on the riverbed and the ordinary stones. He couldn't believe it. "That's it?!"
This was completely different from the gemstones with halos he imagined!
He was wondering why they hadn't seen any of these stones before, but Shao Xuan found them the moment he arrived. These stones had a common face. If it wasn't for Shao Xuan, they wouldn't have found these treasures even if they walked a million times.
"That's it!" Duo Li couldn't take it anymore. He took out a long wooden pole that he had prepared earlier. There was a shovel-like object at the front of the pole. He shoveled and lifted the stones from the riverbed to the bank.
Shao Xuan hadn't done anything yet, but the others were already busy. They had a clear division of labor. Some were in charge of scooping up the stones, while the others were in charge of picking them up.
The dried mud on the riverbed was poked here and there by the wooden pole. The dried upper layer cracked open and some of the soil was pushed aside, revealing the mud underneath. And in the mud, they could see some stones.
"There are stones under there too?" Duo Kang snatched the pole from Duo Li and shoveled it into the mud.
"There really are!"
The stones covered in mud were lifted onto the table. Ignoring the stench of the mud, they wiped them with leaves and handed them to Shao Xuan.
"Are these yours too?" Duo Li asked.
Shao Xuan took them and examined them. Then, in front of everyone, he held the muddy stone and activated his totemic power.
The shamaness had said that they were all trustworthy people, so Shao Xuan wouldn't hide it from her. Plus, if everyone could have this skill, they would be able to produce more crystals. It would be a good thing for the Flaming Horns.
Realizing what Shao Xuan was about to do, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared unblinkingly at the small stone in Shao Xuan's hand. They didn't want to miss anything.
Even Guang Yi, who was usually serious, couldn't help but look curious. However, he wasn't interested in the stone in Shao Xuan's hand. Instead, he was interested in the totemic power around Shao Xuan. Shao Xuan came from another Yanjiao tribe. The fire seed was still there. Guang Yi was curious about the differences between the two tribes.
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