When Shao Xuan decided to go to the grasslands, he decided to visit the Feng tribe. First, he wanted to see how the tribe was doing. It was rare to find a familiar grassland tribe. Second, the Feng tribe's geographical location was special. They would often meet travellers from other tribes. This part of the grasslands was a place the Winter Front Tower's fleet had not been to before. Shao Xuan planned to start with the Feng tribe and let them help spread the news.
Although there was no formal invitation, Shao Xuan did tell Yi Bei and the others that if they had time, they could go to the Flaming River Trading Point. It would be great if they could make it in time for the banquet, but if they couldn't, they could still buy some animal skins.
Not every tribe could send out a traveller team. The Feng tribe didn't have one. They just stayed where they were and waited for other tribes to send their teams.
When they heard Shao Xuan's words, the Feng tribe was shocked.
Setting up a trading point wasn't anything new. There were trading points in other places, but what Shao Xuan told them made the Feng tribe's people stunned even after Shao Xuan left.
Setting up a trading point was one thing, but a banquet? That wasn't something that could be held easily, especially on the scale of a show-off banquet. It was unbelievable. For people who valued food more than their lives, asking them to take out food to hold a banquet was like asking for their lives. That was why they envied those tribes who could take out large amounts of food to hold banquets.
The standard for a show-off banquet was to have a large amount of food left after the banquet ended.
"Hiss —"
Yi Bei took a deep breath. Shao Xuan was no longer in front of him. The shadow of the eagle in the sky was getting further and further away. It was only a small dot in the sky, disappearing quickly.
"Boss, that man, is what he said true?" Only now did a warrior of the Feng tribe dare to come forward and ask. Just now, he was really shocked by the giant eagle in the sky. He wasn't familiar with Shao Xuan, so now that Shao Xuan and the eagle had left, he had the courage to ask.
Yi Bei wanted to reply, "How would I know?" But before the words came out of his mouth, his gaze fell on the huge beast tooth that was even taller than him. His tongue seemed to be tied and he couldn't say anything.
The beast tooth stood upright with one end touching the ground. Yi Bei rode on the horse and hugged the beast tooth to prevent it from falling. With such a large animal tooth, if he did not rely on external forces, even if he could carry it himself, it would be quite difficult for him to move freely, and the horse would probably be unable to move.
The beast tooth was already so big, so one could only imagine how huge the beast was. Although he had never seen such a huge beast before, he could tell many things from the beast tooth in his arms based on his experience.
There were still bloodstains on the beast tooth, which meant it hadn't been pulled out for long. Moreover, even if it was just a tooth that had been removed from the beast's body, the ferocious aura of the ferocious beast still lingered on it. When he caught the beast tooth, the horse's legs went soft and it almost fell down. It was also very anxious. If it weren't for the fact that he had raised this horse from a young age and trained it well, it would have screamed and run away the moment Shao Xuan threw the beast tooth.
Thinking about how Shao Xuan easily jumped down from the eagle's back with two huge beast teeth, stood steadily, and then threw the beast tooth as easily as a ball … There should be many people like this in the Yanjiao tribe, right? Such a tribe couldn't hold a banquet? Yi Bei didn't believe it himself.
In the traditional view of the Feng tribe, the Yanjiao tribe that had just emerged in recent years, even if they had been in the limelight before, such as destroying the Wan Shi tribe and so on, there was still a big gap between them and the other old tribes. But now, many people's views had begun to change.
Perhaps they had greatly underestimated this tribe.
Of the two beast teeth, one was caught by Yi Bei, but no one dared to take the other one. When Shao Xuan threw it out, the horse didn't wait for the rider to react and hurriedly retreated a few steps. That was the nature of animals to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They could feel the beast's aura coming from the beast tooth.
"Boss … Boss, what about this tooth?"
After Shao Xuan left, the others hurriedly dismounted and came to the other beast tooth on the ground. They touched it and felt the beast's aura at close range. Even if they didn't see the beast's complete form, they still felt a sense of fear. However, the more frightened they felt, the more they couldn't bear to put it down.
"Take it back," Yi Bei said.
These two beast teeth were given by Shao Xuan as gifts between tribes. There were engravings on the teeth, such as "Yanjiao Shao Xuan Presents to the Feng tribe" and engraved with the Yanjiao totem. Beast teeth were hard and huge. It wasn't easy to carve or draw on hard objects, but the words and engravings on the teeth in front of him were very smooth and exquisite. He couldn't find any flaws.
Yi Bei didn't know what Shao Xuan used to carve or draw on the teeth, but he wasn't in the mood to think about it. He moved his hand and felt the smooth surface of the teeth.
The smoothness of the teeth proved that the beast often used them. They weren't just for decoration. These were the teeth of a real beast that hunted for food! The killing aura still lingered in the air.
"Yanjiao tribe … Flaming River Trading Point?"
Yi Bei retracted his gaze and ordered his men to send the two beast teeth back to the tribe.
Since they were given away, they now belonged to the Feng tribe. They could even sell them at a higher price. However, Yi Bei wasn't the only one unwilling. The other warriors of the Feng tribe wouldn't be willing to give away these two giant beast teeth just like that.
As expected, after Yi Bei and the rest brought the fangs back, the Feng chief could guess Shao Xuan's plan. This was a mutually beneficial deal. At the same time, he really liked the fangs. He even placed the two fangs in front of his house, one on the left and one on the right, like door gods.
The chief of the Feng tribe even used animal skin to carefully clean the teeth every day. He was afraid that the teeth would turn grey and get stained with mud and grass. Just like how a treasured sword couldn't be covered with dust, these two beast teeth should be kept sharp and smooth. It was as if they could be put back into the mouth of the beast to continue hunting.
The two beast teeth caused a sensation in the Feng tribe. Ever since then, every expedition team that arrived at the Feng tribe would be attracted by these two eye-catching beast teeth. When they found out that the Feng tribe didn't plan to sell these two beast teeth, they sighed regretfully.
In most places on the mainland, these beasts didn't exist. If you wanted to find them, you would have to go to the Fearsome Beast Forest. In the past, no one dared to go there. Even if they went now, it would be difficult to find them. The Fearsome Beast Forest had changed too much during the disaster last year, so no one dared to go there.
The words engraved on the beast teeth made more people remember the Yanjiao tribe. Whenever they mentioned the Yanjiao tribe, travelers who had been to the Feng tribe would think of the two beast teeth. Then they would realize, "Oh, you're talking about the Yanjiao tribe that hunts giant beasts!"
At the same time as Yanjiao, the Flaming River Trading Point also spread. Shao Xuan had drawn a simple map from the grasslands to the Flaming River Trading Point on the other beast tooth. He used paint that was hard to fade. Even if the paint faded after a long time, the carvings on the beast tooth wouldn't disappear.
Many expedition teams also copied the map. Many of them were brave enough to follow the map to the Flaming River Trading Point. The best beast skin and the best fearsome beast meat were extremely tempting to many tribesmen.
All of this was within Shao Xuan's expectations. Just as the Feng tribesmen and the expedition teams who saw the beast teeth were discussing Yanjiao and the Flaming River Trading Point, Shao Xuan had already followed the map and reached the Hui tribe.
The Hui tribe had a large grassland and an endless mountain range. These were all part of the Hui tribe's territory.
When he was at the edge of the Hui tribe's territory, Shao Xuan saw an eagle patrolling in the sky. It was an eagle that hadn't experienced what happened at Eagle Mountain. When it saw Chacha, it cried out. It had seen Chacha before. Back when Shao Xuan went to the other side of the sea, Chacha came to the Hui tribe by himself and met many of the Hui tribe's giant mountain eagles. However, Chacha had changed so much that the eagle couldn't recognise him. Its cry was a warning signal.
"Caw —"
Chacha ignored the eagle's warning and cried out to himself. His cry was louder and sharper, as if he wanted to tear the clouds apart.
However, Shao Xuan knew that they couldn't fly around so he signalled Chacha to stay put. At the same time, he showed the patrolling man a stone card. Shao Xuan had gotten it at the peak of Eagle Mountain. It was a gift from a giant eagle of the Hui tribe.
"Please inform them that Shao Xuan from Yanjiao is here to visit," Shao Xuan shouted.
The patrolling man was very young. At first, he looked at Shao Xuan with obvious hostility, but when he saw the stone card Shao Xuan took out, his expression changed. If Shao Xuan came alone or with other people on other beasts, he definitely wouldn't believe that stone card was real. He would even blow the whistle to signal an enemy attack. However, the giant eagle that Shao Xuan was riding was indeed a giant mountain eagle. It was the same type of eagle as their tribe and not the type from Tian Shan tribe.
"Yanjiao tribe?"
Hearing that it was Yanjiao, the man believed Shao Xuan a little. He had heard that the Hui tribe was cooperating with Yanjiao, but he always felt that the Yanjiao tribe wasn't qualified. He didn't know why their chief would choose to cooperate with Yanjiao. However, when he saw the giant eagle not far away, his original opinion was shaken. That eagle was even bigger than Shan Dao, who had been to Eagle Mountain once. He didn't know if Gu La knew it.
"Wait." The man didn't take out his whistle. He just moved his cheeks and a white bone whistle appeared in his mouth.
The sharp whistle was like the cry of an eagle. It spread out with a specific rhythm, echoing between heaven and earth.
The cry of the patrolling eagle attracted some people who were patrolling in other places, but they couldn't make the decision. They hadn't been on a long journey before, so they hadn't seen Shao Xuan before. They couldn't tell if Shao Xuan was real or not.
They didn't know when the people who could make the decision would come. During this time, the people in the sky were divided into two groups. One group was patrolling the Hui tribe, and the other group was Shao Xuan standing on the eagle's back.
"You're Shao Xuan?" A Hui tribe warrior looked at Shao Xuan several times.
Many people in the Hui tribe knew the name Shao Xuan. When the expedition team came back, they brought back a lot of news. Among them, the chief mentioned Shao Xuan from Yanjiao the most. This made many young people in the Hui tribe unconvinced. They didn't want to admit it because they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.
The few people from the Hui tribe were about to say something when the eagle carrying them retreated a little. It seemed to feel unsafe, so it retreated a little more.
When they didn't say anything, the giant mountain eagles they cooperated with would rarely behave like this. This abnormal situation drew their attention back to the giant mountain eagle on the other side. It seemed that the eagle on the other side wasn't in a good mood.
When the eagle was in a good mood, it was easy to fight. When it was in a bad mood, it was even easier to fight.
It was no wonder that the eagles on this side retreated. The eagles on this side had not experienced the change of Eagle Mountain, and the one on the other side was obviously several levels higher. Even if they had the advantage in numbers and could fight five or six against one, they might not be able to gain the upper hand. It was very likely that they would be defeated very badly.
Fortunately, the eagle opposite them didn't want to fight for the time being. It was just in a bad mood.
The few warriors of the Hui tribe didn't know that the reason why Chacha didn't move its claws was not because it didn't want to bully the weak. The giant mountain eagle wasn't that noble. In fact, Shao Xuan moved his feet a little to signal Chacha not to act rashly. Besides, what was the point of bullying a young eagle when it was in a bad mood? Even if it wanted to fight, it should wait until the big eagle of the Hui tribe appeared.
Even if it didn't move its claws, when Chacha's eagle eyes swept over them, the few people and eagles on the other side all looked nervous. Because they knew the habits of the giant mountain eagle, they knew that once the eagle got angry, it wouldn't be easy to deal with it.
"Caw — —"
An eagle's cry came from afar, followed by several other eagle cries from different directions.
People from other places heard the noise and rushed over. There were only eagles flying over from two directions. There were no people on the back of the eagles. Maybe the people weren't out on a mission at this time, so the eagles acted on their own and came over directly when they heard the noise.
The first eagle cry came from Shan Dao. The person on Shan Dao's back was Gu La.
"Haha, Shao Xuan, I didn't expect it to be you!"
Gu La was surprised when he saw Chacha. He didn't recognize Chacha either. Only when he flew closer did he recognize Shao Xuan on the eagle's back.
"I specially came to invite you this time." Shao Xuan let Chacha fly closer and threw an animal skin scroll to Gu La.
Gu La withdrew his gaze from Chacha and took the animal skin roll. He opened it and read it quickly. However, as he read, the smile on his face froze as if he didn't understand it. He read it again from the beginning, and again to make sure that he didn't read it wrong. Gu La found it even more difficult to understand.
Didn't Yanjiao leave their ancestral land because of the disaster? Didn't they migrate to another place to start a new life?
Shouldn't a tribe that was forced to migrate be in a difficult situation? Why were they building a trading point and holding a banquet now? If they weren't doing well, why would they do such a thing?
He thought Shao Xuan came to ask for help, but things were unexpected.
No matter what the truth was, no matter how many questions he had, now was not the time to talk about it.
"You must be tired from the journey. Why don't you rest in our tribe?" Gu La asked, putting away the animal skin scroll.
"Thank you." Shao Xuan said.
Gu La patted Shan Dao, "Let's go back."
Chacha followed.
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