The further they walked, the clearer Shao Xuan could feel the bone ornaments' power weakening.
In the beginning, the water kept a distance from them. As the water grew closer, they had no choice but to cut in and squeeze.
It was their first time leaving the place they'd lived in for so long. It was their first time walking on such a strange stone path. After the initial novelty, all that was left was anxiety.
They were afraid of the tall walls on both sides. They were worried that the bone ornaments would run out of power. They were worried that the water would crash down and drown them. It was only here that they realized how small they were. Of course, there was also uncertainty about the future.
There were many people in the group. They did the same thing every day. They were used to it. But what about the future? They didn't know what it would be like. But as long as the tribe existed, everyone would be together. Even if they had to die together, they were willing.
Shao Xuan looked up ahead. Although all he saw was water, he could feel a familiar presence.
The first slave, the blue beetle, was there. Other than that, there was another …
The smile in Shao Xuan's eyes grew deeper.
"Soon. Don't worry, someone's here to get us," said Shao Xuan.
He sensed Caesar's presence. Compared to Sapphire's beetle, Caesar's connection with Shao Xuan was weaker. If he wasn't close enough, he wouldn't have sensed him. In other words, Caesar was waiting at the other end of the stone path.
Since Caesar was here, there must be other Yanjiao people. The shamaness and Caesar wouldn't let Caesar come alone.
Shao Xuan told the shamaness, Zheng Luo and the rest about what he sensed. Everyone perked up at the news.
What were they worried about? They wouldn't accept it! They'd learned a lot of Yanjiao's secrets along the way. They knew that there was another Yanjiao tribe on the other side of the sea. The two tribes used to be one, but something happened a thousand years ago and they separated. Now, they were going to merge into a whole Yanjiao.
As they got closer and closer to the target point, the sea walls on both sides also had obvious changes. The sea walls were gradually lowering, and the entire stone path was actually concave in an arc. Therefore, the closer they were to the sea, the lower the sea walls on both sides would naturally be.
As the walls lowered, Yang Guang made the path much brighter.
The bone ornament's power was still weakening. On the stone path, the first half of the path was the bone ornament's own power. When it could no longer support itself, if there was no power to take over, the space it created would become smaller and smaller. The water on both sides would come closer and closer, and eventually, someone in the group would be drowned.
Shao Xuan knew that the ancestors could only help them so far. They had to rely on themselves.
Since he'd brought so many people into the sea, Shao Xuan had to bring them out too.
He took out a fire crystal. Just like how he pushed snow in the snow, he imitated the ornament's actions to push down the parts it couldn't support. It took a lot of energy to hold on. Shao Xuan couldn't do it on his own. He had to rely on the fire crystals. This was why he always carried them with him.
So, when the last person in the group was prepared to be submerged, he realized that the water that touched his heels had moved away from him, maintaining a distance of half a step.
Knowing what Shao Xuan was doing, the shamaness took out a bag of fire crystals and gave it to him. She was still being carried, or she wouldn't be able to keep up with the group's speed. She couldn't move freely, so she had to rely on Zheng Luo to pass the crystals.
When Shao Xuan used up a fire crystal, Zheng Luo handed him another.
At the other end of the stone path, above the cliff.
Yanjiao's team had already arrived. They were shocked when they encountered the insect swarm. They didn't expect that the giant insect would bring Caesar here. Of course, the team followed them here.
"This is where Xuan fell?" Guigou asked.
There were two team leaders in the tribe, Guigou and Ta. One of them had to stay behind to guard the tribe. In the end, because Guigou had a bird that could scout in the sky, he could come out with the team. Ta stayed behind to guard the tribe.
Chacha had disappeared for a long time. No one could find it. Now, the only one in the tribe that could scout was Guigou's snow white falcon.
"It should be here." Ao thought of how Shao Xuan had been forced to jump down from here. He was furious. But now, there was no Snowfield City, no Fire Hill City, only Rock Hill City.
The Jinjiawei of Snowfield City were all slaughtered.
"Then we'll wait here?" Guigou asked.
Ao looked at Caesar, who was squatting next to the cliff, and said, "Let's wait here."
Caesar looked in the direction of the sea. Would Shao Xuan come out of the sea?
Ao and others were puzzled. They could only wait here. If there was a chance, they would climb down the cliff and spear a few fish. If there were giant fish, they would not dare to go into the water. They dared to provoke the giant beasts in the forest, but they did not dare to provoke the ones in the water. Their swimming skills were not as good as the fish.
Day by day, they did not see a person jump out of the sea. Until one day, Caesar suddenly howled towards the sea.
The people who were skinning the fish immediately dropped the things in their hands and came to the edge of the cliff to look into the distance.
"Look, what is that?!"
"Is it a fire?"
"Nonsense, how can there be fire in the sea … Hey, it seems to be true!"
All the people in the team came to the edge of the cliff and stood in a long row along the edge of the cliff.
"Why is there a fire in the sea? Is it made by Xuan? "Guigou wondered. On the blue sea, the fire was too conspicuous. It was obviously not the light reflected by the sun. It was moving!
Caesar next to him howled again, his four feet impatiently stepping on the ground. He wanted to go over, but unfortunately, he could not fly, so he could only stand here and worry.
"Is there someone down there?"
As the fire on the sea got closer and closer, they saw something moving under the narrow gap with the fire. Not only that, everyone in the Flaming Horn tribe felt a stronger and stronger feeling. They could feel the totemic flame in their minds. When they were not in battle, the totemic flame was unusually active, as if it was waiting for something good to happen. They could clearly feel this feeling, as if a missing part of their body was about to be filled with excitement and anticipation.
Thinking of the shaman's words when they set off, and connecting it with the feeling now, Ao's heart beat faster and faster. His clenched hands were full of sweat, and he stretched his neck to look at the sea.
Ao, Guigou and the others were staring at the fire on the sea. They were so engrossed in it that they did not notice that something was approaching them from behind.
A few soldiers were bumped into and impatiently turned back with their elbows.
"Why are you bumping into me? I'm looking. Don't knock me down …" The soldier said as he felt something was wrong. It seemed that something was blocking the light. He turned his head and saw a big lump.
Facing such a big beetle, the muscles on the soldier's face twitched, and he moved to the side.
The other soldiers in front of him hurriedly made way for it. Although they were not afraid of such a giant beast, they had hunted many ferocious beasts that were bigger than this insect in the forest. However, this was different. This was the leader of the insect army. If they accidentally angered it, they did not know if it would let its insect army sweep over. It was not a good thing to encounter an insect army in the desert.
The big blue beetle stood on the edge of the cliff and looked ahead. Then, with a puff, it opened its wings.
The people standing in a row along the cliff glanced at the big blue beetle. They saw it flapping its wings and flying towards the fire on the sea.
The Yanjiao people were speechless.
Damn it, this thing can fly!
Guigou thought for a while and let his white falcon fly over to take a look.
Shao Xuan was holding on, trying his best to control the opening of the stone path. Even with the fire crystals, he still needed to expend a lot of energy. Now, he was almost exhausted, and his muscles were aching. However, the shore was right in front of him. He could even smell the subtle sand and dust in the air.
Sensing something, Shao Xuan did not have time to wipe his sweat. He looked up at the sky.
The people in the team also heard the flapping of wings and looked up.
Seeing the familiar big blue lump rolling over, Shao Xuan smiled.
"Long time no see, Sapphire."
Hearing Shao Xuan's words, Zheng Luo motioned for the people behind to stay put.
The people in the team saw the big blue bug fly down, following right above Shao Xuan's head.
There was a bird call in the sky. It was not Chacha's voice, but Guigou's white falcon. Since it was here, then Guigou and the others must be here too.
Shao Xuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He threw away the white powder in his hand and gestured for Zheng Luo to pass him another one.
"We're here. There's only a short stretch left. Everyone, hold on. Our brothers will come to support us!" Saying this, Shao Xuan asked the people in the team to let Sapphire bring the elderly and children who could not hold on any longer to shore.
Zheng Luo picked three people first, one elderly and two children. They were not in good condition. They were sick and had been carried on someone's back. They were unconscious now.
Receiving Shao Xuan's orders, Sapphire grabbed the three people. Its first reaction was to wrap them up into a ball and bring them away. But then it thought, these were living people. It was its first time carrying living people.
Seeing Sapphire take them away, the people in the team relaxed. They also felt a sense of familiarity that could not be ignored. It was like a blood connection.
On the cliff, Ao had already seen the people. He ordered the people who brought Sapphire back to take care of them.
"Where's the rope? Prepare the straw rope! "Ao shouted.
"Chief, we don't have enough rope. We used it when we were catching fish."
Ao thought for a moment and looked around. His gaze fell on the animal skin clothes tied around his waist. It was too hot during the day so most of them were topless. When the night turned cold, they would wear the clothes. Now, he took off the clothes. "No rope. Then use this!"
If one piece of clothing was not enough, would a thousand pieces not be enough?
Their animal skins were all made from fearsome beast skin. They were tough and would not break easily.
Ao rubbed his red eyes as he put on the animal skin coat. Why did he suddenly want to cry?
The flames in the sea were getting closer and closer to shore. The people on the stone path could already see the people standing on the cliff.
Hello, my long-lost brother.
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