Shao Xuan purposely picked some ferocious beasts' blood and tried to use it when refining bronzes.
To him, using beast blood to refine weapons was indeed inconceivable, but in this place, there were many inconceivable things.
According to the Gongjia ancestors, the impurities had to be removed from the ores. Then, they had to carefully control the temperature and observe the melting gas. After the black gas, yellow and white gas, and as the temperature of the furnace continued to rise, green flames would appear. Then, green and white gas would appear. When the metal was completely melted and only green gas was left, the next step was to mix beast blood with the casting process.
Shao Xuan had experimented with many types of beast blood. He even made small molds and used them sparingly. After all, this was just an experiment. The tribe did not have many copper ores yet, they could not afford to waste too much.
Unfortunately, the final result was still very depressing. The ancestors of the Gongjia family mixed beast blood into their bronze wares to strengthen them. However, not only did the blood fail to strengthen the bronze wares, it even destroyed the integrity of the bronze wares. It was easy to break.
The tribe had hunted many fearsome beasts in the forest but none of them worked. Not even the slightest bit. Either they were using the wrong method or they had not found the right blood source.
Back then, the Gongjia ancestors had discovered the method of using blood to refine swords. It was extremely difficult, or perhaps they were extremely lucky.
"So, not all of them can be used."
When Shao Xuan showed his results to the chiefs and team leaders, all five of them were disappointed. However, sometimes, one could not be too demanding. To be able to obtain these copper ores and successfully refine weapons was already very exciting. One step at a time.
While Shao Xuan and the chiefs were experimenting with beast blood, some unwelcome guests arrived.
There were fifteen of them. They were from the Mang tribe, Eight Limbs tribe and Feather tribe. These three tribes were considered the three largest tribes in the central region.
Other than the Mang, Eight Limbs and Feather tribes, there were also the Thousand Masks and Longboat tribe in the central region, as well as the Hui tribe and Tianshan tribe in the grasslands. This was seven of them.
Although the Wan Shi tribe was also listed as one of the eight tribes, this was not true. If it were not for the many slave owners standing behind them, they would not have the status they had today. They would have been destroyed by the other big tribes. People from other small and medium-sized tribes were afraid of the Wan Shi tribe. After all, the Wan Shi tribe was known for its bad behavior.
People could only feel lucky that the Wan Shi tribe was not located in the central region where the tribes were the densest and the soil was the most fertile.
Later, when Yanjiao appeared, many people still had the idea of watching a good show. They wondered when the two tribes would fight, but they didn't expect that the two tribes would be in a deadlock until now. Many people were still discussing how Wan Shi's people could endure until now. Was it because they didn't want to make a move, or was it because they couldn't?
The people of the Yanjiao tribe didn't know, nor were they interested in knowing.
Shao Xuan knew the three leaders of the three tribes: Huang Ye of the Mang tribe, Qiu Gu of the Eight Limbs tribe, and Gu Zhi of the Feather tribe.
It was probably because these three people had been to the Yanjiao tribe before and still remembered this place, so they were allowed to come this time.
As Shao Xuan expected, these three people first went to the Lu tribe and asked the people of the Lu tribe about what happened here. After Yan Jiu and the others of the Lu tribe returned, in order to get satisfactory results and not to return empty-handed, they could only come to the Yanjiao tribe again.
In fact, when they went to the desert to find the Yanjiao people, they were just curious and thought it was no big deal to bring three people along. When they arrived at the desert, they completely ignored Shao Xuan and the others. Later, they didn't expect such a big change in the desert. When they ran, they didn't see Shao Xuan and the others, so they didn't look for them. Huang Ye left a letter and left the desert with the others.
After that, Yanjiao and the seven major tribes basically lost contact. Except for the Hui tribe who came twice because of the Chacha, the other tribes never set foot in this place again.
This time, there was no other way.
When they came near the Fearsome Beast Forest, the people of the three major tribes also felt the difference.
Other than the Wan Shi tribe that Yan Jiu told them didn't appear, they could also feel the difference in the Yanjiao tribe.
When they came last time, although they could clearly feel the rejection of the Yanjiao fire seed, they were already used to it. The major tribes in the central region often interacted with each other, so after a long time, they didn't think much of it. But it was different this time. The rejection of the fire seed was very small, or even nonexistent, but they still felt uncomfortable all over!
It was even worse than the last time they came!
"Is it really because of the fire seed?" Huang Ye thought about what their shaman said. Was the fire seed of the Yanjiao tribe really gone?
The Eight Limbs Qiugu, who always had a smile on his face, had a serious look on his face. There was no smile on his face at all. His narrowed eyes flashed with deep thought. "It seems that the Yanjiao tribe has many secrets."
"I just don't know if they can reveal any of this secret." Gu Zhi of the Feather tribe sighed.
With the previous experience, they didn't let the birds that followed them run around. The group of fifteen people came on the Feather tribe's birds. These birds were very uneasy when they arrived at the Fearsome Beast Forest. If it weren't for the Feather tribe's people trying their best to calm them down, they would have flown away long ago. Birds that were used to other places in the central region might not be able to adapt to the atmosphere here. More importantly, the people hiding in the forest didn't like them. These birds could feel the other party's attitude.
The patrolling soldiers received the order and reluctantly led these people into the tribe.
In the past, they really wanted to interact with these people more, especially when they first came to the old haunt. They were curious about people and things, and wanted to get to know more people from other tribes. Unfortunately, these people didn't seem very enthusiastic. Plus, after what happened in the desert, the soldiers didn't smile at them. They were even on guard.
This time, the fifteen people who entered the Yanjiao tribe didn't have as much freedom as last time. They were watched along the way. They were led directly to the stone house where they would meet the guests.
Although they couldn't see what the other places were like, Huang Ye and the others noticed that there were many more houses here. They were more densely packed, and the arrangement of the houses wasn't messy either. It was as if they had been specially planned.
It didn't seem like a disaster had happened in the Yanjiao tribe. Most people were in a good mood. So, the speculation about a disaster in Yanjiao was dismissed first.
Of course, this was secondary. Huang Ye and the others realized that what scared them the most was the feeling the Yanjiao warriors gave them.
They felt like something was wrong, but they couldn't put their finger on it. After all, they weren't shamans and weren't sensitive to the changes in the fire seed.
In addition to the two shamans, the two chiefs and three team leaders also came to meet these people. Shao Xuan also stopped what he was doing and walked into the house.
Last time when the two sides had a meeting, Ta and Guigou were standing. But this time, they were sitting down like Duo Kang. There was no need to be polite to these people.
Huang Ye and the others looked at the people sitting across the stone table. They had a good memory, but they didn't have any impression of the three extra people this time.
"This time, we are also here to ask some questions." Huang Ye didn't intend to beat around the bush. He didn't like to beat around the bush. At the same time, he felt that the Yanjiao people shouldn't like this way of meeting, so he simply went straight to the point. "A few days ago, we noticed something unusual here, so we came to have a look. I wonder if you can tell us why? "
"Sorry, we can't tell you," the shaman said dryly.
The others didn't say anything. The silent atmosphere in the house became stagnant and stiff.
One side wanted to inquire about something, while the other side was too lazy to say anything.
Huang Ye's eyes swept over the Yanjiao people and finally looked at Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan sighed softly. Although Huang Ye wasn't very likable sometimes, during the trip to the desert, compared to the others, he treated the three Yanjiao people well.
"Everything is fine here. As for the rest, it's Yanjiao's business. You don't have to worry about it."
This meant that they shouldn't ask any more questions. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to get an answer.
Qiu Gu's narrowed eyes were slightly curved, looking like a kind elder.
"I know, because of what happened in the desert, you are angry. This is indeed our fault," Qiu Gu said.
"If you know it's wrong, why didn't you come earlier? Where have you been for the past two years? Did you just focus on robbing the desert?" Duo Kang crossed his legs and squinted at the three people over there. He didn't give them any face at all.
Perhaps these people in the old haunt weren't good with words. In the past, they spent most of their time in an environment isolated from the rest of the world. Every day and night, they faced their own people. Even if they had a conflict, they had a bottom line and a sense of propriety. Back and forth, they would say the same things. They couldn't go too far, otherwise they would be scolded by the shaman. After coming to the old haunt, when they went out to trade, they had met many people, but it had become a habit. Every year, they didn't have much time to go out, especially in the past two years. They basically stayed in the forest. The people in the old haunt were still the same.
But Duo Kang and the others were different. When they were on the other side of the sea, they often quarreled with their neighbors, the Taihe tribe. They had a small quarrel every three days. When they were angry, they would expose each other's secrets. It was the same for other tribes. They were more casual and said whatever they wanted.
After coming here, Duo Kang and the others also learned about the past, so when they heard what the other party said, Duo Kang couldn't help but mock them.
Listening to these people's different words, Duo Kang only felt unhappy. In the past, he often saw the Taihe tribe and found them annoying. Now that he couldn't see them anymore, he missed them. No matter what, they were better than these people, right?
After Duo Kang finished speaking, he raised his head and looked out of the window.
When Huang Ye and the other two heard Duo Kang's words, they frowned at the same time.
The matter of the bronzeware was no longer a secret. Since the slave owners had escaped from the desert, it was natural for some news to spread. Especially in the trading places where the trading teams were more concentrated, there were all kinds of news flying around. True and false, there were countless. But no matter whether it was true or false, the fact that the seven major tribes robbed the slave owners was still known by everyone.
Of course, for the tribes, this wasn't a shameful thing to say. On the contrary, being able to rob them proved that they had the strength and the means of the seven major tribes. In addition, they robbed the slave owners, who were usually pretentious and always felt superior to others, so the people of the seven major tribes were still very respectful of them.
Huang Ye and the others thought the same as the others, but now listening to Duo Kang's words, they felt that it was very harsh. This tone was too sarcastic. Was he jealous of them?
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