The banquet didn't make the people who had already arrived wait for long. Due to the communication barrier, they couldn't tell if the tribes who were invited didn't come on time because they didn't want to come or because of other reasons.
The banquet wouldn't be delayed because of these reasons. Regardless of whether other people would complain, the Yanjiao people wouldn't treat themselves as fools either. There were so many people who came, and in order to make this banquet a success, a lot of the food in the trading point was free. Therefore, the amount of food consumed every day was huge.
Yanjiao wanted to hold a banquet similar to a show-off banquet to show off their wealth, but they didn't want to be like those people who overestimated themselves and insisted on holding a show-off banquet. They ate until they were poor.
Therefore, a day later, the specific time and location of the banquet were announced.
The Longboat tribe's fleet finally arrived the night before the banquet. Their fleet encountered some trouble along the way. There were some obstacles in the river, so they arrived later than expected. Luckily, they made it in time.
The five central tribes and the Lu tribe, who used to have a good relationship with them, were all present.
It was already night when the Longboat tribe arrived, so they couldn't see many things clearly in the trading point. It wasn't until the next morning when they walked out of the house that the Flaming Horn tribe had arranged for them and saw everything around them that they took a deep breath.
"This … this is the trading point?!"
Wasn't the trading point just a designated place for people to display what they wanted to trade? Why did they build so many houses? They heard that this wasn't Yanjiao's headquarters?
There was also the Flaming River Castle in the middle of the trading point. It was much taller than the other houses in the trading point. The Longboat tribe saw it last night, but because they didn't get close, they didn't see the full view of the castle.
When they thought about what the Longboat tribe did when Yanjiao migrated after the Cataclysm, some people secretly regretted it. Maybe they should have taken the initiative to help Yanjiao instead of taking the opportunity to negotiate. They really didn't expect Yanjiao to develop so quickly after the Cataclysm and the great migration!
How long had it been?!
"Stop looking, let's go." A member of the Longboat tribe called his companion, who was standing outside, into the house. The banquet that Yanjiao had set was today, and they had to get ready to go.
According to the customs of most tribes, banquets would be held during the day, not at night. There were too many unsettling factors at night, so they would choose to avoid the dark time. Of course, Yanjiao's banquet was held in consideration of the customs of most tribes. It was held in the morning.
After they were informed by Yanjiao that they could proceed, they packed up and headed towards the Flaming River Castle at the center of the trading point.
Every tribe brought a lot of people with them, but not all of them would enter the Flaming River Castle. Even if the Yanjiao people wanted to, the other tribes might not agree. After all, they didn't fully trust the Yanjiao people, so they had to be cautious.
They left a group of people to go in, and another group to observe the situation at the trading point outside the Flaming River Castle. In fact, they also left people outside the trading point. If there was any movement outside the trading point, they would send out a signal.
Groups of people came out of the houses one by one. Even if they met people from other tribes who were familiar with each other or had old grudges with each other, no one was in the mood to talk. They were all looking in the direction of the Flaming River Castle, thinking about what might happen next.
There were a few entrances to the trading point, but there was only one entrance to the Flaming River Castle.
All the tribes that were invited could only enter through the Flaming River Castle's only entrance.
The entrance to the Flaming River Castle was a huge square, slightly longer horizontally, and more than twenty meters tall. Even the Chacha tribe could easily walk through this entrance.
There was a huge stone sculpture protruding from the top of the door. It was in the shape of two horns, just like the Yanjiao totem.
On each of the four corners of the door, there was a huge curved, cone-shaped fang. It was much bigger than the two that Shao Xuan gave to the Feng tribe. If the top and bottom teeth were arranged in a vertical line, they would exceed the height of the door.
The lower pair of teeth protruded slightly outwards, so the tips of the upper and lower pair of teeth could be separated. This solved the problem of the beast teeth being too long, and the combination made the door more three-dimensional. It made the door look like the mouth of a giant beast, waiting for people to walk in by themselves.
Yang Guang shone his light on the door. The four huge fangs reflected a dazzling light, making people who saw them panic. They felt as if the four huge beast fangs would close at any moment and tear them apart.
Although the people from the big tribes were shocked, at least they had seen the world and encountered giant beasts before. Even if those giant beasts were not as big as the owner of these four fangs, their past experiences allowed them to not lose their composure. At least on the surface, they still looked calm.
However, the people from the smaller tribes who had never been in close contact with giant beasts felt their legs tremble. They kept shouting in shock.
"My ancestors, are those fangs? Are they real beast fangs? "
"… They're real. I just touched them. I swear to the totem that they're real." The person who spoke trembled, shaking off the cold air that came from his body. It was as if the beast fang's murderous aura was still stuck to his hands.
"How did they get such huge fangs?"
"If I met a giant beast like this, I would've run away."
"Then you wouldn't need to run away. You might've been trampled to death or scared to death before you could run away."
"…"
When Abuli brought the Drumming tribesmen in and saw all these, his appetite was temporarily forgotten. His two feet seemed to have knocked against each other and he almost fell down. Luckily, Abuli reacted quickly and did not embarrass himself here.
The tribes that lived around the Flaming River region might have seen the giant river beasts that still existed, but those beasts were far away from them. They didn't have a deep impression of them and those beasts didn't interfere with their lives. However, these beasts that Yanjiao brought out were real giant beasts on land! They could run and hunt in the forest!
If those giant beasts really existed here, what would they do? However, with Yanjiao here, they could definitely deal with those giant beasts with these four fangs, right?
At this moment, some people who were originally afraid of Yanjiao's existence started to rejoice. Thank goodness Yanjiao was here. They couldn't stop the river from disappearing, they couldn't change the fact that the river bank was nearing. The fearsome beasts in the forest could come at any time. They were afraid, but they didn't have the heart to fight. However, if Yanjiao was here, perhaps they would be safer?
Yanjiao's headquarters were on the other side of the river. They were directly in close contact with the fearsome beasts in the forest. As the saying went, even if the sky fell, there was a tall person to hold it up. If the fearsome beasts wanted to cross the river and pounce, the Yanjiao people would be there to stop them. What was there to worry about?
Despite their fear, they let out a long sigh of relief. The people of small tribes who lived in the cracks of society could always find a reason to comfort themselves.
The Yanjiao warriors guarding the entrance of the Flaming River Castle's beast fang gate naturally saw the reactions of everyone who passed by. Even the people from the large tribes who passed by in front, no matter how well they pretended, their emotions were still captured by the warriors. Thinking of this, the warriors guarding the gate couldn't help but smile. If it weren't for the fact that they were still guarding the gate and had to maintain a serious posture, they would have laughed out loud.
These four giant beast fangs were the fruits of the Yanjiao's hunting team's efforts. Because one or two people, or even a few people, couldn't successfully hunt such a huge beast, Shao Xuan, Ao, and Zheng Luo, who had already resigned from their positions as chief, joined the hunting team in order to find these four fangs that could hold up the fort.
And now, it seemed like the results were pretty good. All the time and energy they spent waiting, setting up a trap, and hunting the giant beasts were not wasted.
In the Flaming River Castle's giant beast fang gate, other than the four most attractive fangs, there were also people who paid attention to the walls around the gate.
The door and walls of this place were built from huge chunks of stone, which were then carefully carved and polished. Even if people from other tribes wanted to do this, they would have spent much more time than Yanjiao. But who asked the Yanjiao people to be so strong? They couldn't be envious of them.
In fact, in many people's eyes, the Yanjiao people were just strong barbarians. But now, after seeing the layout and architecture of the trading point, they began to understand that maybe the Yanjiao people weren't just strong. A person with only strength but no brains wouldn't be able to do something like this.
The beast fang gate had already left a deep impression on the people who came here. Maybe after this, even if they saw a fierce beast again in the future, they wouldn't think that those fangs were that big.
And for those who came here, after walking through the gate, the impact of the beast fangs hadn't even dissipated before they were greeted by another wave of impact.
After entering the gate, there was a straight path that led to the meeting place. The tall walls on both sides of this path were inlaid with the bones of giant beasts!
On the greyish-white stone walls, the white bones formed the shapes of giant beasts. Even without the outer skin, the bones could still support the shape of the giant beasts. These bones inlaid on the walls completely recreated the shape of the giant beasts in the forest. The aura left on the bones wantonly attacked the mentality of those who walked through this path.
Abuli felt his legs start to shake again. He was wearing a fur coat in the warm weather. He was originally sweating from the heat, but now he felt that no matter how thick the fur was, it couldn't block out the cold aura from the bones. His hair felt like it was going to stand up.
Many of them had heard of the dangers and ferocious giant beasts on the other side of the river, but they had never really come into contact with them. But now, the layout of the Flaming River Castle allowed them to have a preliminary understanding of the giant beasts in the forest for the first time.
The beast hides and meat they exchanged for before were all cut and cut to remove most of the beast's aura. Now, they finally experienced what it was like to walk among the giant beasts.
Animal remains, such as teeth, bones, horns, and so on, were the things that tribesmen came into contact with the most. They obtained food from these animals, and the parts left behind from these animals were used to make tools or decorations. Sometimes, they were sold in exchange for other resources so that they could make full use of their resources.
However, the animals they ate, the beast horns, teeth, bones, and so on, compared to what they were seeing now, seemed to belong to two different worlds. They had never seen any tribe use such huge and ferocious ornaments as decorations!
They were both horns, but one was a normal buffalo horn, and the other was a giant forest beast's horn that was several times taller than a human. How could they be compared?
Seeing these decorations, many of the invited tribesmen from the Flaming River region didn't think much of it at first. They only wanted to come for a meal and then leave. But now, they couldn't help but become more cautious. If a tribe like this got angry, who knew if they would use them as practice? In the future, it would be better if they didn't provoke the Yanjiao people.
The greyish-white buildings, white beast bones, dark beast horns, and the decorations made of beast fangs and walls lacked the elegance of the slave masters' cities on the other side of the sea. Instead, it had the flamboyant wildness of the tribesmen on the mainland.
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