After the war ended unexpectedly, the Yanjiao tribe was busy every day.
The Fearsome Beast Forest was in the direction of the Wanshi tribe. People came and went every day, and the sound of trees being chopped or hammered could often be heard.
Because the Yanjiao tribe wanted to take over the Wanshi tribe's territory, they planned to open up a path to transport supplies from the tribe in the forest to the Wanshi tribe.
In the past, it wasn't difficult to walk in the forest, but it was more troublesome to open up a path.
The dangerous plants and beasts in the forest were exterminated, and the trees were cut down according to the planned route. The cut down trees were transported to the side to build houses for the people. The uneven places on the ground had to be smoothed out, otherwise, it would not be good to pull the cart in the future.
Therefore, when people walked past here, they often saw bare-chested Yanjiao warriors hammering the ground with large stone hammers. The ground shook with the thuds.
"This, hurry up and pull it out, or I won't be able to hammer it!" A warrior with a large stone hammer yelled at his companion, wiping his sweat. In the place he pointed, there were trees that had been chopped down. The roots were still there. If they wanted to make the ground firm, they couldn't leave the wood behind.
"Wait, there's a big rock underground. I'll dig it out first, then you hammer it."
Seeing this, the warrior who was hammering the ground put the stone hammer aside and sat on the grass to rest. He looked back at the result of his hard work over the past few days. A smooth dirt road stretched from the tribe's position to here. There was no longer the dangerous atmosphere of the forest. He couldn't help but feel proud. Thinking of something, he couldn't help but ask his companions, "Hey, I heard that the chief wants to trade for some cart-pulling beasts from the Lu tribe. Do you think horses or cows are better?"
"Horses! Horses can pull carts, ride them, and run fast! "
"Cows! What's so good about horses? Cows can pull carts and run fast, and I heard they can pull plows too! And cows have horns, they look more powerful. "
"Cows and horses are the same, but the Lu tribe's bird eggs are better," a warrior said.
"Tsk, the eggs of the Lu tribe are bigger than the eggs of the other tribes. Let me tell you, when we were on the other side of the sea, our tribe raised ducks. They were brought back by Great Elder Shao Xuan. They also had duck eggs, which could detoxify poison! It's a pity that the duck didn't come with us. "
"Speaking of the Great Elder, he came out of the same cave as me." Ku recalled a long time ago, before they came to the old haunt and awakened their totemic power, they lived in a cave at the foot of the mountain.
Hearing Ku's words, the others stopped bragging and gathered around to look around. Seeing that no one else was near, they lowered their voices and asked Ku, "Hey, brother, tell us about the Great Elder back then. Was he very powerful?"
"Back then …"
Ku recalled the thin and small figure in his memory. No one would believe that the person back then had grown to such an extent.
At this moment, the First Elder that these people were talking about was frowning and biting the end of his pen.
"How do I write it? How do you want me to write it? " Shao Xuan looked at the empty animal skin scroll. He had bites on the wooden handle of the brush, leaving bite marks on it.
Shao Xuan didn't have this habit before, but these days he was forced to bite the pen because of the task assigned by the Shaman.
In half a day, the Shaman destroyed the fire seed of the Wan Shi tribe. This surprised and delighted the Shaman. As the first large-scale victory in a thousand years, it must be recorded and passed down to future generations. This was a shining point in Yanjiao's history. It couldn't be missed.
And to record this significant historical event, how to extinguish the fire seed was a very important part. The Shaman couldn't write this part, so Shao Xuan had to write it himself.
But here came the problem. Shao Xuan couldn't write it.
How to extinguish the fire seed was almost an instinctive reaction, like a dream. After the fire was extinguished, he recovered and rested, but the process of extinguishing the fire was a little vague.
Now, no matter how hard Shao Xuan tried to recall, it was difficult for him to remember the key parts.
First of all.
Second, what Shao Xuan wrote down was to be passed down to future generations of Yanjiao, so he had to be careful. Words and sentences had to be carefully chosen. Otherwise, the future generations of Yanjiao would be affected. As the Great Elder, he had to have the momentum and dignity of the Great Elder. According to the habits of the ancestors, the animal skin scrolls that recorded important events were all written concisely and clearly, with the key points highlighted. They also had special idiomatic sentences. In their eyes, this was the most solemn way of writing, so Shao Xuan had to learn from them.
However, Shao Xuan's habit of using words was obviously different from others.
With a long sigh, Shao Xuan looked sideways at Gui Ze on the other side of the table. As the successor of the Shaman, Gui Ze was also given a task and had to write a lot of things. Looking at the three animal skin scrolls next to him, Shao Xuan didn't even need a draft.
Noticing Shao Xuan's gaze, Gui Ze raised his head and looked at Shao Xuan in confusion.
"Cough, Gui Ze, lend me your animal skin scrolls to copy … for reference." Shao Xuan said.
Gui Ze didn't expect Shao Xuan to ask this question. Generally speaking, whether it was the Shaman or the successor of the Shaman, the animal skin scrolls they wrote couldn't be casually shown to others, because most of what they wrote contained some of the tribe's secrets. Even most of the people in the tribe didn't know about it.
However, Shao Xuan, as the Great Elder of the tribe, was qualified to look at the animal skin scrolls. Moreover, it seemed that there was nothing he didn't know about what was written. Gui Ze hesitated for a moment, then handed the three animal skin scrolls next to him to Shao Xuan. She didn't understand. It was just an animal skin scroll, why did he have to be so hesitant?
Shao Xuan used Gui Ze's words as a reference and made a draft. He couldn't remember the specific situation when the fire seed was extinguished, so he could only leave the words "follow instinct" and "follow the instructions of the fire seed". This was the universal sentence on the animal skin scroll, so it couldn't be wrong. As for the specifics, he could only add them when he remembered.
Coming out of the Shaman's house, Shao Xuan looked at the sun in the sky. It should be sunny these days, which would be very convenient for the tribe to carry out their plans. In two days, the road from the tribe to the forest should be ready.
When he returned home, Caesar was lying outside, grinding his teeth on a piece of animal bone. In the battle with the Wan Shi tribe, Caesar lost an eye, but it had a strong recovery ability. As a branded ferocious beast, it also had the power of the Yanjiao's totem, but it couldn't merge with the fire seed. With the power of the totem, it could naturally recover faster.
In the battle of Wan Shi, it killed the most Wan Shi beasts in the tribe. Caesar was more seriously injured than the others, but in terms of recovery ability, it was better than the others.
When Caesar was able to hunt in the forest, the two beasts in the Yang Guang's house were still resting. The phorusrhacos was still lying on its back because of its foot injury. When they came back from the Wan Shi tribe, it was Guang who carried it back.
According to the tribe's secret engraving technique, the descendants of the ferocious beasts in the tribe would become ordinary beasts again. The influence of the engraving technique would only exist in their generation. In the future, the tribe would choose the best ones from their descendants to engrave.
Because of Caesar's eye injury, Shao Xuan made an eye patch with animal skin to prevent the wound from rubbing dust and stones or getting infected by branches in the forest.
At first, Caesar wasn't used to it and always wanted to scratch it with its claws. Now it was much better. Sometimes when it went out to hunt, it would rub off the eye patch. Old Ke would replace it with a spare one and make a few more.
The wound was almost healed, but Caesar's right eye was gone and couldn't recover. In the future, Caesar could only see with one eye, which might affect its hunting. Recently, it spent more time hunting, so it was getting used to it.
"Old friend, it's okay if you can't catch any prey. I'll take care of you."
Shao Xuan checked Caesar's recovery and made sure there was no more infection. Then he entered the house.
"Xuan, the people of the Lu tribe came to see you," said Old Ke, who was working on a stone tool.
"The Lu tribe? Yan Jiu? "
"Yes, that's him."
When they heard the news of Wanshi's destruction, the people of the Lu tribe all cheered. That scourge was finally gone!
Now, the people of the Lu tribe came to Yanjiao eagerly. The Wan Shi tribe was leveled. Houses, animal pens and fields were rebuilt on the ground. The people of the Lu tribe also gave free guidance to the people who built the animal pens. They taught them how to make the construction more convenient and the animals they raised would be better.
Shao Xuan guessed that Yan Jiu wanted to discuss with him about raising young beasts.
Now that the tribe's territory had expanded, new animal pens were built one by one. Naturally, there was more demand. A few days ago, when the people of the Lu tribe came, they mentioned that Yan Jiu was very willing to make a deal with Yanjiao.
Destroying the Wanshi tribe in half a day was indeed a shocking thing. The name of the Flaming Horn tribe had also spread out. The major tribes in the central region would definitely be more vigilant now. However, they didn't dare to offend the Flaming Horn tribe. Otherwise, they wouldn't have tolerated the Wanshi tribe for hundreds of years without fighting. If they thought too much, they would think too much and worry too much, which would only make them hesitant.
He just didn't know how many tribes would send people over this time.
Shao Xuan looked around but didn't see Yan Jiu. He heard that Yan Jiu went outside the forest to guide the construction of animal pens. He would probably come back later. Shao Xuan wasn't in a hurry. He turned around and went to the wanderers' area.
The wanderers had been living on the edge of the forest for two years. After all, they weren't Yanjiao people and didn't have much power. They were still afraid of this forest. Even if there were Yanjiao warriors patrolling, compared to the outside of the forest, they preferred the latter. So this time, when Yanjiao was expanding their territory, they were anxious to move there.
When he arrived at the wanderers' area, the people here were also busy. Some wanderers went out to build houses. They still had to build their own houses, but they had to follow Yanjiao's rules and couldn't build randomly.
Most of the people who were still here were injured or young children. There were children running outside. Only in Yanjiao's wanderers' area could they have such a chance. If they were in the wanderers' area near other tribes, the young children wouldn't even dare to go out of their houses.
Knowing that the wanderers' area was busy these days, the chief also sent people to keep an eye on them to prevent trouble.
When Shao Xuan arrived, a group of Yanjiao warriors were talking and laughing together.
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