The arrival of the Di Mountain tribesmen didn't affect the people at the Flaming River Trading Point. Most of the travelers didn't even know that there was a group coming from the Flaming River. The Di Mountain tribesmen didn't like places with many strangers so they didn't go to the Trading Point.
The Yanjiao tribesmen only talked about it for a few days before they gradually shifted their attention to other things. However, the Di Mountain tribesmen's incident made Shao Xuan think a lot. Even after they left, Shao Xuan was still thinking about it.
The Di Mountain tribesmen's transformation was due to the fire seed. In the past, Shao Xuan always thought that the fire seed was only related to strength. However, the Di Mountain tribesmen's incident told him that the fire seed's ability wasn't limited to that! The fire seed's mysteries were far beyond his imagination.
The change in the fire seed could affect totems and the strength in the tribesmen's bodies. It could even change a person's form!
Even if the Di Mountain tribe's situation was special, it couldn't be denied that the fire seed played a key role in their transformation.
Thinking deeper, if the fire seed could change a person's form, could it also change a beast's form?
On the surface of the Flaming River, the pterosaur swam on the surface of the river. It raised its wings and borrowed the strength of the wind to move its body like a sail. On a tree branch by the bank, the withered leaf birds that could already fly stood in rows on the branches and watched the river. They were waiting for the pterosaur to have enough fun and catch fish for them.
If it wasn't frozen, the pterosaur wouldn't have lived in this era. There were no longer any dinosaurs in the forest and the sky was no longer the pterosaur's domain. The creatures that survived from ancient times, such as the crocodiles and other beasts and plants, only made up a small portion of the population.
Of course, this was only what it looked like on the surface.
What if the giant beasts that existed in the past didn't all go extinct? What if they turned into another type of creature?
Humans could turn into mermaids and mermen. One type of beast could turn into another type of beast.
The pterosaur was afraid of the fire seed. It might have been frightened by the fire seed before it was frozen. Then, did that mean that the fire seed had already started a large-scale transformation? Was that the reason why the pterosaur was so afraid of the fire seed?
Too much time had passed. Shao Xuan could only guess what happened back then. He couldn't know the truth. As for the pterosaur that survived, it couldn't speak. Even if it could, it might not know much.
The fire seed was indeed a mysterious thing. There was also the other power within Shao Xuan's body, the light shield that could bring out the white fireball. Where did the strange stone that brought him to this world come from?
Shao Xuan sighed. It was such a profound question that he couldn't figure it out at the moment, so he decided not to think about it.
Before the Di Mountain tribesmen left, Shao Xuan asked them about the route from the seaside to here. He Bian couldn't remember most of the details, but there were many Di Mountain tribesmen. Each of them remembered a little. Even though it wasn't much, it was enough to fill in the blanks on the map. They had a rough description of the dangerous areas and the tributaries. At least, when the Yanjiao people traveled downstream in the future, they wouldn't be too passive.
When Dian Dian left, she took the big shell with her. They might need it on the way back. If Dian Dian suddenly turned into a half-human, half-fish and couldn't turn back immediately, she could stay in the shell longer. At least, she could rest in the shell when she got tired of swimming. Most of the Di Mountain tribesmen slept in shells. He Bian and the others didn't want Dian Dian to sleep on a wooden raft. It was uncomfortable to sleep on a wooden raft. It was better to sleep in the shell.
Before they left, Dian Dian gave the twenty fist-sized pearls in the shell to Shao Xuan. These twenty pearls were placed at the bottom of the shell. There was a layer of fish skin on top, so when the shell was opened, Shao Xuan and the others didn't see the pearls.
Those twenty pearls were carefully selected. They had a certain healing effect on ordinary diseases. When they were put in the shell, they probably wanted Dian Dian to feel better. Unfortunately, those pearls had no effect on Dian Dian's condition.
Dian Dian had already recovered by the time they returned, so she didn't need the pearls anymore. Therefore, she gave all twenty pearls carefully selected by the Di Mountain shaman to Shao Xuan as a thank-you gift.
The pearls glowed in different colors. They were very pretty. Shao Xuan didn't need them, so he gave them to Gui Ze. Girls liked pretty things like this.
Today, Shao Xuan went up the mountain to look for Gui Ze with the second supplementary map. Gui Ze was busy working in the medicine house. There was a bowl made of shells on the table. There was some white powder in the bowl, but Shao Xuan found the slightly bigger pieces familiar.
Shao Xuan walked into the medicine house and saw Gui Ze holding a large black pearl. He placed it in a stone mortar on the ground. The mortar was made of a rare stone. It was very hard and didn't affect the efficacy of the medicine. It had been used by generations of shamans to grind herbs.
Now, Gui Ze placed the large black pearl that was glowing with a halo into the mortar on the ground.
Gui Ze didn't need to say anything. One of the turtle's legs stepped into the mortar.
There was a crisp crack. When the turtle's leg was lifted again, there was only powder left.
Shao Xuan was speechless.
Seeing Shao Xuan come in, Gui Ze exclaimed excitedly, "These pearls are much more effective than shells!"
"… That's great." Shao Xuan put the map in his hand on the table in the corner where there were piles of animal skin scrolls. Gui Ze would sort the animal skin scrolls after she was done with her work.
Gui Ze was busy preparing the medicine. Shao Xuan didn't disturb him in the medicine house. When he came out, he saw Duo Kang, who had just returned from a hunt and was about to go to the trading point.
"I heard that the Longboat tribe is preparing to go out to sea again. No, I heard that Zheng Luo got the news a few days ago. They should've left already," said Duo Kang.
"The Longboat tribe is planning to open up a sea route." Shao Xuan looked into the distance. That was the direction the Longboat tribe was going to go out to sea.
With the merging of the fire seed, the tribesmen were able to move more freely. Their trapped ambitions were also upgraded. After the last voyage, the Longboat tribe had completely unleashed their ambitions. Shao Xuan wasn't surprised by their actions. As early as the last voyage, the Longboat tribe had been desperately learning the language and writing of the other side.
It wasn't just the Longboat tribe. All the other major tribes had begun to infiltrate the other side.
Was the war in the desert very intense?
It was good to be intense, it made it easier to move. When the two sides were fighting fiercely, no one paid attention to them. They didn't pass by that side anyway.
The Longboat tribe set off again, bringing the jade and silk clothing of the Mang tribe and Eight Limbs tribe to another continent. This time, their destination wasn't the mountains or forests, but a place with more people, such as a city.
The Mang tribe's jade was of good quality and had beneficial effects. If they brought it over, the slave masters would like it. The spider silk clothing of the Eight Limbs tribe was also very rare. Rare things always had a higher status in the hearts of the slave masters. They liked to use rare things to prove their noble status.
The Longboat tribe, Mang tribe, and Eight Limbs tribe hoped to use these things to exchange for more metal wares.
The core seed only landed on that continent. Without the core seed here, the metal wares in their hands couldn't meet the demand. So they would use what they had to exchange for metal wares to achieve a higher value.
Speaking of metal wares …
Shao Xuan didn't go to the trading point with Duo Kang. Instead, he went to a mountain far away from where he lived.
Few wild beasts came here. Those that passed by would deliberately avoid this place.
There were people guarding the mountain. There were more people guarding it than the thousand grain gold at the farm. The security was tight, and there were many traps hidden in the forest.
When they saw Shao Xuan, the vigilance in the eyes of the people guarding the mountain faded.
"Has everything been going well recently?" Shao Xuan asked.
"Nothing out of the ordinary. Thirty days ago, the forging room came and took away a batch of stones. The next day, they were replenished. No one went in to check for the past thirty days." The guard told Shao Xuan about the recent situation.
There was a cave dug out on the mountain. The core seed was stored in the cave. The ores used to forge the metal wares were transported out from here. However, it wasn't very frequent. Every thirty to fifty days, they would come and take away a batch of stones that were ready to be forged. Then, they would replenish the stones that were already prepared.
Shao Xuan came here because he remembered the crystals that were placed there. Back then, they had exchanged many large crystals from the Drumming tribe. Shao Xuan asked people to send a batch of crystals in. Compared to other stones, crystals changed much slower. So before this, Shao Xuan didn't ask people to move the crystals out.
Calculating the time, it should be enough.
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