The Yanjiao tribesmen treated the seven green-faced fanged beasts very well. It was rare for them to take care of the beasts so well.
Shao Xuan even drew blood from them once. However, one day, the seven green-faced fanged beasts fell asleep after eating their fill. Shao Xuan stopped drawing blood and let them continue their hibernation. He could feel that it would be a long time before the beasts woke up again.
The second batch of green-bronze wares were made. The first to receive them were naturally those with high positions and contributions in the tribe. The chief and the team leaders all received their wares but there were close to twenty of the team leaders. There were too many people but not enough wares so the chief and the team leaders distributed their old weapons for the team leaders to use first.
Many of the weapons were made by Gongjia Heng. Although they were not as good as Shao Xuan's sword, they were better than most of the bronze wares now. When there were no new bronze wares, the team leaders did not complain. It was already good enough to have them. Didn't they see how envious their subordinates were?
The bronze wares and the green-faced fanged beasts were temporarily solved. However, there was another very serious problem – the weather!
Yes, there were no snow walls taller than houses so people would not freeze if they walked out. However, they were running towards the other extreme.
Compared to the time when Shao Xuan and the rest returned from the forest, the weather was much hotter now. If a bird's egg was dropped on the ground and cracked, the egg would be cooked immediately. That was a muddy grassland!
Many of the grass that was still green in the beginning of winter could not withstand the cold but could not withstand the drought. Clumps of grass withered and died. The tribesmen cut them and tied them into bundles to be used as firewood.
However, they had to avoid fires in dry weather. They were in the forest after all. If a fire broke out in this weather, the entire tribe would suffer. Hence, under Shao Xuan's suggestion, the tribe strengthened their management of the fire, especially the people who lived in the forest. They were all warned.
According to the warriors who went out to scout, the fighting outside had become more and more intense. Before, it was only some small tribes that were fighting. Now, some large and medium-sized tribes had joined in the fight. Just like the rules in the forest, only the strong could have more resources. The weak could only stand aside and watch, praying that the strong could give them some leftovers.
A few days ago, the Lu tribe sent people over with more than thirty dumb birds. They wanted to trade for water and some other things with the Flaming Horns.
Due to the hot weather, the Lu tribe's large-scale breeding of all kinds of animals was not in good condition. However, the chief of the Lu tribe had made a wise decision this year. They had sold most of the animals in the tribe at the beginning, leaving behind only the young ones. Nearly half of the animals were sold to Yanjiao and the other half were sold to various large and medium-sized tribes. Therefore, although the weather was getting hotter and hotter in winter, they could still maintain a normal life. Moreover, they had their own water source, a pool. The water came from underground and did not dry all year round.
The people of the Lu tribe always had their own way of dealing with disasters, and they were agile enough. Their leaders were also very smart and decisive. Therefore, even if they encountered natural disasters, they would be able to avoid them smoothly. This was something that the other large tribes all knew.
However, this year's weather was beyond the Lu tribe's imagination. They thought that even if it was hot this year, it would not be much hotter than last year. However, this was not the case. They were too naive.
The hot Yang Guang baked the earth every day. Many plants that were far from the water source and could not withstand the drought died because of the drought. Last year, a batch of them were eliminated. This year, even more were eliminated. Only those plants and animals that could withstand the drought could survive in this climate.
"It's dangerous!"
The person in charge of the transportation was Yan Jiu, who was familiar with Shao Xuan. After arriving at Yanjiao, Yan Jiu gulped down a bottle of water.
It had been many days since he drank water like this.
"Don't you have a pool? Why is there still water? "Duo Kang asked.
If other tribes asked this question, Yan Jiu might not have told them the truth. However, the Yanjiao people were different. After interacting with them for so long, Yan Jiu had a good understanding of the Yanjiao people. He knew that they were just curious and did not want to pry any secrets from him.
"It's almost dry." Yan Jiu sighed.
"How is that possible?!" Shao Xuan was surprised, but after thinking about it, it made sense. Many small rivers and streams in the forest had dried up, and in some karst caves, there were pools that seeped out from underground water. Now, all of them had dried up, so it made sense that something like this had happened to the Lu tribe.
"It's not just you guys. Even our chief didn't expect this to happen." Yan Jiu's eyes were filled with worry. When he realized that the water in the pool had decreased drastically, their chief made the decision to sell more of the tribe's reared beasts. Even though they might not be able to get anything they were satisfied with, they still insisted on this decision.
Yan Jiu was still in charge of Yanjiao. Other tribes might hesitate, but the Yanjiao tribe would definitely be able to get these beasts. They could also trade for water and other resources from Yanjiao. After all, Yanjiao was in the Fearsome Beast Forest! Was there any shortage of water in the forest? At least, that was what Yan Jiu thought.
However, after hearing about the situation in the forest from Shao Xuan, everyone in the Lu tribe fell silent. The situation was worse than they thought. No wonder their chief made the decision to sell the reared beasts at such a low price. There would be even less water. The people in the tribe couldn't even satisfy their needs. Why would they care about the reared beasts? Therefore, the chief of the Lu tribe decided to keep the core cubs and sell the rest to reduce consumption. As long as their foundation wasn't shaken, their farm could still recover quickly.
"Oh right, I see that the number of guards you have this time is more than double the number of guards you had before. Are there a lot of robberies?" asked Shao Xuan.
Speaking of this, Yan Jiu was even more upset. "Don't mention it. We met several groups of people on the way. There were even some wanderers who were not afraid of death. They even came to rob us! "
Although they were forced to do so by life, no one would sympathize with people who threatened their own interests. Moreover, this world was cruel. Except for the people in the tribe, everyone else was an outsider!
If they couldn't even protect their own people, what did the lives of outsiders have to do with them? Not to mention that those people wanted to rob them! Even if the people of the Lu tribe were easy to talk to, they wouldn't be entangled in this issue.
After complaining, Yan Jiu looked at Shao Xuan and the others with a serious face. "You guys should be careful too. Many people are coming this way."
There must be a lot of water in the Ferocious Beast Forest. This was what many people thought. In their imagination, the forest must be full of moist moss, streams and rivers everywhere, and juicy plants and fruits. If everyone said so, then it must be the truth.
When they were forced to a certain extent, the threat of the ferocious beasts in the forest became very faint in their minds. Some people even deliberately stopped thinking about the dangerous factors in the forest.
In fact, the Yanjiao tribe had already strengthened the defense and patrols around the forest. However, after hearing Yan Jiu's words, the Yanjiao tribe increased the number of guards and patrols again.
In the tribe, there was no such thing as winning people by virtue. Survival was always accompanied by blood and killing. It could be foreseen that in the next period of time, the situation in the Ferocious Beast Forest might be different.
However, what Shao Xuan was thinking about the most now wasn't those people who went into the forest to look for water. The Ferocious Beast Forest was so big that it didn't belong to only the Yanjiao tribe. If they could find water with their own strength, the Yanjiao tribe wouldn't interfere. As long as they didn't target the Yanjiao tribe, the Yanjiao tribe wouldn't care. Moreover, the Yanjiao tribe's fighting strength was there for all to see.
What Shao Xuan was most worried about was something that all the tribes had always been worried about but couldn't predict.
The change of the weather was definitely a sign.
The more severe the sign was, the more likely it was that the changes that might happen in the future would be so great that people couldn't predict it.
Shao Xuan took out a straw rope woven from withered grass and tried to do a knot divination. However, halfway through the divination, the straw rope suddenly broke.
It wasn't tangled up in a mess, but directly broken! There was even a section of the straw rope that was broken!
This was the first time that Shao Xuan had encountered such a situation with the straw rope ever since he mastered the art of divination!
This situation shocked Shao Xuan to the core.
It was fine if he couldn't do a divination, but the change in the straw rope made Shao Xuan unable to calm down for a long time.
Something big was going to happen, and that change was very close. Perhaps it would happen soon after the end of this climate change.
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