After the expedition team left, in the Taihe tribe, the chief and shaman discussed their next plan. In the past few days, they discovered more tribesmen entering the forest. The Taihe chief wouldn't be so worried if it was just the migrating tribes of the past. This time, it wasn't just one tribe that entered the forest. It was people from many different tribes. They seemed to be looking for something.
"When the trading team returns, we should be able to bring back some news," said the Taihe shaman.
This was not a good sign. Ever since the disaster, the slave masters had been behaving strangely, as if they were preparing for something big. If it had nothing to do with them, then so be it. But the changes in the forest clearly had a lot to do with the slave masters! Tribes like them who lived far away in the forest didn't have much information. They could only speculate based on the changes in the forest.
"I wonder what's going to happen." The Taihe chief was worried too. Their situation wasn't good either. They were probably used to working with Yanjiao. Now they felt a lot of pressure. They could feel the greedy eyes in the forest. If it weren't for the fact that they still had some ability, a third of the herbs they'd collected over the past six months would have been stolen.
This was why the expedition team was in a hurry to bring them out to trade after this harvest. They didn't feel safe leaving them here. It was better to trade for more.
"If only Yanjiao was still here." The Taihe chief sighed. He and Zheng Luo had worked together for decades. If they counted back from their ancestors, it had been hundreds of years.
The Taihe shaman could only sigh helplessly. No matter how much pressure there was, they had to bear it. They couldn't always count on others. The Taihe people were not cowards.
For the next few days, the Taihe chief and shaman discussed countermeasures. The more news they received about the people entering the forest, the more uneasy they felt. In less than ten days, the number of people entering the forest doubled. Most of them were strangers. What surprised the Taihe chief the most was that they even found people from the Black Bears. They weren't familiar with them, but they recognized the leader. It was Maoda, whom they'd interacted with before.
However, the relationship between the Taihe tribe and the Black Bears was not as close as the relationship between Yanjiao and the Black Bears. Caravans always prioritized profits. What Yanjiao could give to the Black Bears, Taihe might not be able to.
As the leader of a tribe, the Taihe chief tossed and turned in bed every day. He always felt that something big was going to happen. Sometimes, he would spend the whole night thinking about the information he had gathered, but he still couldn't come to a conclusion.
Just as the Taihe leader was getting more and more anxious, the patrolling guards hurriedly ran to him. "Leader, someone's here!"
Hearing this, the Taihe leader's first reaction was, "Finally!"
He thought they were newcomers to the forest, so he asked, "Which tribe are they from?"
The patrolling soldier who came over had a strange look on his face. He said hesitantly, "He said he was from Changle."
"Who?!" The Taihe leader thought he heard wrong. He had thought of many people, but he never thought of this name.
"Chang … Chang Le's," the soldier repeated.
"Tell him to come over. Forget it, I'll go out." The Taihe leader didn't want to lead the Changle people to the central area of the tribe. The Changle people didn't have a good reputation. If they didn't come here themselves, no one in the Taihe tribe would want to interact with them.
The Changle person who came over was a young man. He was the only one. There were no other Changle people, but the Taihe leader didn't dare to be careless. From what he knew, the Changle people rarely moved alone. Although there was only one person in front of him, who knew how many others were hiding in the dark?
After the young man from Changle arrived at the Taihe tribe, he had been observing the tribe. Although the Taihe people grew more herbs, he didn't see many things that interested him. He scanned the area with his picky eyes. When he started to get impatient, he saw the Taihe people coming over.
"You're the Taihe leader?" The young man looked at the leader.
"Yes, I am." The Taihe leader frowned. He didn't understand why the Changle people were here. Just as he was about to ask, the young man threw a bamboo tube at him.
A person with a bad reputation who needed to be on high alert suddenly threw something over. Normal people would avoid it immediately.
The Taihe leader was the same. However, a moment of hesitation made him stop in his tracks. He raised his hand and caught the bamboo tube.
Seeing the Taihe people's vigilance, the young man curled his lips. He seemed to be disdainful of the Taihe people's reaction. After a while, he said, "It's a letter from your old friend. Hurry up and read it. I don't want to wait."
Old friend?
The Taihe leader was confused. There were only a few people who could be called an old friend. However, when he saw the flame totem on the seal of the bamboo tube, his eyelids twitched. He said to the patrolling soldiers beside him, "Take this young man to rest."
The patrolling soldiers didn't know how to react to their leader's sudden order. However, the Taihe leader had already run away with the bamboo tube. He looked very anxious.
After learning that Yanjiao had sent a letter, the Taihe shaman couldn't sit still anymore. He went over to the Taihe leader.
"Is Yanjiao planning to come back? Also, why would Yanjiao send a letter from the Changle people? "
"I don't know. Let's take a look first."
The bamboo tube was sealed with resin. If the tube was opened, the resin would definitely crack. However, since it was sealed so well, the Changle people shouldn't have peeked inside.
He hurriedly opened the tube and carefully took out the animal skin scroll. After reading what was written on it, the Taihe leader was stunned for a long time.
They didn't expect Yanjiao to develop so well. However, that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing in the animal skin scroll was whether the Taihe tribe had any plans to migrate.
If it was summed up in one sentence, "We've already prepared the land for you. We've also given you suggestions for your future plans. Come and show off!"
This was still very attractive to the Taihe tribe at the moment.
Migrate?
It wasn't impossible. However, how would they migrate? How dangerous would the process be? How many difficulties would they encounter?
They had to think about this carefully.
This part of the forest was no longer safe. As time passed, more and more people would enter the forest.
The Taihe leader and shaman thought about it for three days. During these three days, the traveling team came back earlier than expected and brought back a piece of news.
The slave masters were indeed making a big move. Although they still didn't know what they wanted to do, from the Royal City to other big and small cities, there were bounty posters. There were animals and plants on the posters. If anyone found them, the six noble families of the Royal City would reward them handsomely.
Those animals and plants were rarely seen in ordinary places, and some of them had never even been heard of. However, the conditions given by the slave owners made everyone envious. Why were there more and more people entering this forest? It was because most of those things were in the forest!
"Also, I heard that the slave masters might send people into the forest in the future. What should we do in the future?" The leader of the traveling team was worried. If that was really the case, they wouldn't be able to live in peace. They might even encounter those people when hunting. Fighting was unavoidable. They had to be mentally prepared. They weren't interested in the bounties offered by the slave masters. They just wanted to live a peaceful life here.
After hearing this news, the Taihe leader and shaman looked at each other. Their decision shifted again. The things Yanjiao wrote on the animal skin scroll were too tempting. They also showed their absolute sincerity. Instead of being troubled here, unable to hunt freely, and having to deal with unnecessary disputes, they might as well take a gamble!
However, migrating the tribe was not a small matter. They had to reply first.
After thinking carefully, the Taihe leader wrote a reply. He expressed his interest in Yanjiao's proposal. At the same time, he listed out the situation here and the difficulties they had to solve in order to migrate.
After the Changle people left with the letter, the Taihe leader gathered everyone in the tribe. "The Yanjiao people used to speak another language. Who knows it? Teach them. Everyone else, learn it. It will be useful in the future!"
… …
When the Taihe's letter arrived in Yanjiao's hands again, Yanjiao had already obtained the map drawn by Wu He and the others. They discussed a solution. Shao Xuan wrote another reply and placed a universal eye in the bamboo tube.
"Here, there's another letter."
You still want to send it?
Are you f * cking kidding me?!
The Changle's leader was unwilling. "Forget it. Just kill Wu He and the others."
Of course, this was completely out of anger. The Changle's leader couldn't just abandon Wu He and the others. They had already sent the letter once. The deal was half done. He wasn't willing to just give up now. However, he wouldn't personally deliver the letter this time. After all, most of the previous letters were delivered by his subordinates. He would leave the task of delivering letters to them.
The Changle's leader had his own plans. He didn't want to waste time on this.
Shao Xuan didn't care if the Changle's leader was the one who delivered the letter. He only cared about whether the letter could be delivered safely and whether the person who delivered the letter could continue to keep it a secret.
During this period of time, many things happened on the mainland. The biggest change was, of course, the merging of the Hui tribe's fire seed. Shao Xuan could sense the changes in the fire seed. Perhaps others couldn't sense it, but Shao Xuan, Gui Ze, and the two retired shamans all sensed it.
This was just the beginning. Following the Hui tribe's change, the other tribes in the central region also started to experience the same changes. They had been observing the situation. The Hui tribe's success made them more determined to do so.
While the ancient fire seed had its benefits, there were too many restrictions. Plus, as more and more people from the other mainland came to this place, they were anxious. They sent people to look for Shao Xuan to ask for more details about merging the fire seed. Although they had asked before, they couldn't afford any mistakes when it came to the fire seed. They would rather spend more time and effort asking again and again. They didn't want anything to go wrong during the merging process.
Shao Xuan believed that with these few tribes taking the lead, the other smaller tribes would also make the same choice. Especially the smaller tribes that relied on the larger tribes. They would choose the path that was beneficial to them. This mainland was going to welcome a major turning point.
If the primitive fire seed was extinguished, even if all the people in the tribe were alive, they would be no different from dead people. They were very clear about the living conditions of the wanderers. However, if the fire seed was merged, even if the entire tribe died, there was still a possibility of a comeback. As long as the fire seed was not extinguished, the fire would not be extinguished. As long as there was a little blood, the tribe would never disappear.
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