Shao Xuan and the rest didn't stay at the Gu tribe for long. It was obvious that the Gu tribe was on guard against them.
"Grand Elder, are we really leaving like this?" Kun Tu looked back at the Gu tribe after boarding the boat. He wanted to see what the Gu tribe was going to do next.
"There's no point in us staying here. The Gu tribe won't make a move because of us." Shao Xuan gestured to the people behind him to get ready to depart. "Plus, I feel like the Gu tribe is preparing for something big."
"Something big? What big operation? "Duo Li and the rest who were whispering turned to look at Shao Xuan.
"How would I know?" Shao Xuan said and continued to work on the map.
The sails were raised and the two boats on the shore creaked as they left the shore and continued down the Flaming River.
Although the boats left, the people on the boats were distracted and kept looking in the direction of the Gu tribe.
Their understanding of the Drumming tribe was limited, and they knew that there were many things they hadn't seen yet. Especially when they heard Shao Xuan say that the Drumming tribe would soon take action, they were all itching to speak. They wanted to go back and see what the Drumming tribe would do, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.
"Sigh!" Duo Li scratched his head and went to sleep. It was his turn to keep watch tonight.
After the two Yanjiao boats left, a few figures came back from the forest.
"Yanjiao left?" Bo Gu asked the person who just came back.
"Yes, they left. I saw them leave with my own eyes before I came back," said the person who just came back.
"If that's the case, we should make a move too." Bo Gu's face was filled with determination. Since he decided not to let Yanjiao interfere, there was no need to regret it now.
"Tell everyone to get ready." Bo Gu walked towards the shaman's house and told him that Yanjiao had left.
The shaman closed the door to his house after Bo Gu told him about Yanjiao's movements. He was the only one left in the house.
The Gu tribe's fire seed was very close to his house. He could see the fire pit burning from the window.
Facing the direction of the fire pit, the Gu Shaman sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. He raised his hand and accurately reached into a wooden tray that had been prepared beforehand. He dipped his right thumb into the viscous black paint and dropped it onto a piece of linen cloth in front of him.
The linen cloth wasn't big, only about half a metre square. After the shaman touched the cloth, he started to draw a simple abstract shape on the cloth.
As the drawing was completed, it could be seen that the Gu Witch had drawn a standing figure on the linen cloth. The figure had both arms outstretched, with one arm raised and the other hanging down slightly, as if he was about to throw something. And next to the person was a net.
After drawing the pattern, the Gu Shaman did not retract his hand. Instead, he placed his thumb in the middle of the net and closed his eyes.
After a while, the Gu shaman retracted his finger, opened his eyes and stared at the direction of the fire pit. After a while, he retracted his gaze and walked to a room in the house. That was where the ancestral records were kept.
Different from the animal skin scrolls used by other tribes, the Gu tribe used cloth to record things. They used their own techniques to weave cloth with unique patterns. The cloth was processed, from the material to the crafting, it was different from the usual cloth. Even after thousands of years, it still retained its original softness.
The shaman didn't look at anything else. Instead, he walked to a short table. There was a scroll on the table. He found this scroll when Bo Gu left and would look at it every day.
Opening the scroll, the shaman looked at the drawing on it and sighed.
In this part of the scroll, there was an abstract drawing of a giant beast and some people pulling a net to hunt.
For it to be recorded and passed down to the future generations, there must be a great meaning behind it. The hunt recorded must be a great one.
If Shao Xuan was here, he would definitely notice that the giant beast drawn on the scroll was very similar to the giant beast he saw at the riverbank that night. Even if it was just an abstract drawing without any painting skills, as long as he saw it, he would associate it with the giant beast he saw that night.
But this scroll was left behind by the Gu tribe's ancestors a thousand years ago!
A thousand years ago, before the disaster, before the river was formed, the land of the fearsome beasts was connected to this place!
The Gu Shaman sighed again and closed the scroll. The moment the scroll was completely closed, all of the Gu Shaman's emotions and worries turned into a resolute killing intent.
"It's been a thousand years, it's time to end this!"
Shao Xuan was very confused when he saw the giant beast at the river bank. He didn't know how the Gu tribe provoked such a fearsome beast. After all, the river only disappeared after the disaster last year. Even if the Flaming River couldn't stop all the fearsome beasts, it shouldn't have attracted such a strong beast that lived deep in the forest.
Moreover, this ferocious beast deliberately created trouble for the Drumming tribe by transporting the ferocious carnivorous beasts that could not swim across the river one by one. It was a strong and cunning fearsome beast, but it was overly cautious.
The truth was, this grudge was formed a thousand years ago.
Before the disaster, the two sides of the Flaming River were connected. The tribes living here often came into contact with fearsome beasts. The scroll that the Gu shaman took out recorded the hunt that took place a thousand years ago.
Back then, the ancestors of the Gu tribe had their eyes on the fearsome beast and set up a hunting net to hunt it down. Unfortunately, the beast left in the end.
Not long after, the disaster of heaven and earth arrived. A huge crack appeared, and the dangerous river and the giant beasts that had never existed here before appeared one after another, cutting off the giant beasts on the other side of the river. All the tribes on this side of the river ushered in a new life with almost no Ferocious Beasts for nearly a thousand years. This was because the Ferocious Beasts on this side of the river were hunted down one after another, but no more Ferocious Beasts crossed the river to this side.
Now, the barrier was broken and the fearsome beast that bore a grudge for a thousand years appeared again.
A thousand years had passed. The ancestors of the Drumming tribe who hunted the beast had long passed away, but the giant beast was still alive. It was even stronger and smarter. It was also a beast that could grow endlessly. As long as it was alive, it could continue to grow.
Now, it still remembered that its claws were chopped off and came back for revenge.
Why was it so cautious?
Even if it was much stronger than before, it was still cautious. Even after a thousand years, it would still instinctively feel fear when it sensed the aura of the Gu tribe's fire seed. After all, it was almost caught by the ancestors of the Gu tribe and even had half of its claws chopped off!
Not everyone in the Gu tribe knew about this secret. Only a few knew because they didn't want to cause panic. After all, they hadn't encountered fearsome beasts for many years. The Gu shaman was worried that this would cause panic in the tribe. The fearsome beast wouldn't make any big moves in a short period of time so the Gu shaman decided to wait for Bo Gu's return.
At that time, Bo Gu was on his way back from the Flaming River Trading Point so Bo Luo naturally didn't know the truth. If Bo Gu was in the tribe at that time, even if he didn't tell his son everything, he would have hinted at him and stopped him from going to the river.
When Bo Gu returned, some of the core members of the tribe also knew the truth. However, from today onwards, the Gu shaman would tell every Gu tribe member about the fearsome beast's origins.
As for why he didn't let Yanjiao interfere, it was because the Gu shaman felt that this was the Gu tribe's own business. This involved the ancestors of the Gu tribe so it was their responsibility to complete the unfinished task left behind by their ancestors.
The person who left behind that note was the Gu shaman of that generation. After he drew the scroll, he left behind a sentence at the end, "If you encounter it, kill it!"
Back then, the shaman of the Gu tribe probably felt that the fearsome beast was a threat to their tribe. Unfortunately, the disaster brought about a natural barrier in front of them and stopped them from completely solving the problem.
Knock knock knock!
Someone knocked on the door, pulling the shaman back from his thoughts.
From this rhythm and strength, the shaman knew who it was. Even if he didn't hear the voice, he knew who it was. He could sense every Gu tribesman. There was a reason why shamans were so important in the Gu tribe.
"Come in." The murderous intent in the shaman's eyes faded as he walked out of the room calmly.
It was the chief of the Gu tribe, Bo Gu. He knew that the shaman should have made his decision by now. Before every hunt, the shaman would perform a divination to decide if and when to hunt. Sometimes, he would even decide which beasts to hunt and how to hunt. Bo Gu was here to find out the answer to the shaman's divination.
"Shaman, how is it?" Bo Gu asked.
"Three days later." The answer was concise.
"Understood. I will send those who can't participate away in two days."
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