Near the Drumming tribe, crocodiles were sunbathing on the shore. Sensing something, the crocodiles that were floating on the surface of the water either dove back down or came ashore. Then, they stared at the surface of the river with emotionless eyes.
The Flaming River was the widest river on the mainland. At this moment, there were a few long bamboo rafts on the surface of the river. Strangely, there were only two people standing on the rafts. The rest of the rafts were filled with large shells of different shapes. Regardless of their appearance, the beautiful patterns on the shells were something no one had ever seen in the Flaming River region. Even the Drumming tribesmen, who often went into the water, had never seen such shells before.
"Who are those people?" A Drumming woman who was washing clothes by the river asked the person beside her.
"I don't know. Are they from downstream? Their target is the Yanjiao tribe. "Another person patted the agitated crocodile and looked at the river cautiously.
"Those people are not normal."
"There are still people in the river."
The Drumming tribesmen who were good swimmers could see that there were still many people in the river, but they were all surrounding the rafts. The rafts were close to the other side of the river, so they couldn't see them clearly.
Soon, they saw the Yanjiao people guarding the river walk over. At that moment, several figures shot out of the water, leaving trails of white water behind them.
"Ancestor!" Someone exclaimed, "What was that just now?!"
"Was that … a fish?! No, no, it was a human! "
The Drumming tribesmen who saw the situation on the other side of the river took a deep breath. They couldn't care less about comforting the agitated crocodiles anymore. They rubbed their eyes and turned to look at the others.
"Did I see wrongly just now? Why did I feel like it was a fish that came out of the water? But when I looked again, all I saw was a human standing on the shore. "
"Me too, I saw that too!"
The figures that jumped out of the water did look like fish. They couldn't see clearly what it was, but they could see the shape of a fish's tail. However, when those figures came ashore, they saw a human standing there. This made them very confused.
At the same time, on the other side of the river, the Yanjiao tribesmen were shocked when they saw the Di tribesmen come ashore. However, they had seen a Di child with a human head and a fish body before, so they quickly calmed down.
This time, the little girl Dian Dian was not among the people who came, but the person leading the team was still He Bian. Other than him, there were a few familiar faces, but the rest were unfamiliar faces.
By the time Shao Xuan arrived, the Di Mountain tribesmen had already been invited up the mountain. The large shells they brought were all moved into the house.
Seeing Shao Xuan, He Bian, who was talking to Guigou, quickly stood up with a grateful smile on his face. "Elder Shao Xuan!"
Shao Xuan looked at He Bian and the other Di Mountain tribesmen in surprise. Their auras were different from the last time he saw them. They seemed stronger and stronger.
Last time, when He Bian brought the seriously ill Dian Dian here, He Bian and the others were sick as well. It was just that their illness wasn't obvious. Now, they were all cured. The reason they fell sick was because their fire seed had been swallowed. Now that they were all cured, it meant that their battle to protect their fire seed was a success.
"Congratulations," Shao Xuan said.
"I still have to thank you, Head Elder!" He Bian said seriously. As he spoke, he also asked the other Di Mountain tribesmen to thank Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan looked around and asked, "Where's Dian Dian?"
"She's already a shaman of the Di Mountain tribe. Our tribe just finished a bloody battle, and there are many things that need to be done. She has to stay in the tribe."
He Bian told Shao Xuan everything that had happened after they returned to the Di Mountain tribe.
Guigou pursed his lips. When He Bian was talking to him just now, he didn't even tell him so much. He was even a little perfunctory. Now, he was telling Shao Xuan everything. He even told Shao Xuan about the changes in the Di Mountain tribe's fire seed.
What happened to 'it's inconvenient to talk about the fire seed'? Did he take that as a fart?!
However, Guigou knew what the Di Mountain tribesmen were thinking. They valued shamans more. In their eyes, Shao Xuan was the same as their shaman. As for chiefs and leaders, they were all secondary. After all, the shaman was in charge of the Di Mountain tribe. In addition, Shao Xuan had helped them a lot. Instead of saying that the Di Mountain tribe was giving gifts to the Yanjiao tribe to express their gratitude, it was more like they were giving these gifts to Shao Xuan.
However, the changes in the Di Mountain tribe were truly shocking. After they received advice from Shao Xuan on how to merge with the fire seed, they went back and swallowed the Di fish's portion of the fire seed instead. Of course, things were much more complicated and cruel. They even had to change the deeply ingrained mindset of the Di Mountain tribesmen. It wasn't an easy task.
During a battle of life and death, people might be affected by the atmosphere. Their emotions would be stimulated, and they would charge forward. When the battle was over, some people would overthink things. No wonder He Bian said that Dian Dian was very busy. The shaman needed to stay in the tribe to calm the people down. He also needed to make arrangements after the battle.
Shao Xuan listened to He Bian talk about the battle between the Di Mountain tribe and the Di fish as he observed the Di Mountain tribesmen around him.
When He Bian mentioned Dian Dian, these people's expressions turned respectful. They had heard that the previous shaman of the Di tribe couldn't survive the war. It was only after Dian Dian took over that they managed to solve the fire seed's problem.
"Are all of you in the same situation as Dian Dian? Can you transform into a fish? "Shao Xuan asked.
"This is actually the same as awakening your totemic power. If you can awaken your totemic power, you can transform into a fish. These two are tied together," He Bian explained.
Shao Xuan understood what He Bian meant. The Di Mountain tribe's fire seed had swallowed the Di fish's fire seed. Now that the two had merged into one, when they used their totemic power, they triggered another type of power in the fire seed.
"How was the merging process?" Shao Xuan asked again.
"Although it was very difficult, it was a success in the end. I thought it would take a long time and Dian Dian was prepared for a long battle. However, she didn't expect it to be resolved so quickly." He Bian glanced at Shao Xuan when he said this. Back when Dian Dian was in Yanjiao, her transformation only lasted for one night. The devouring of the fire seed was similar to the transformation in Dian Dian's body. After the fire seed was resolved, Dian Dian said that the reason she was able to let the fire seed devour so quickly was probably because of Shao Xuan.
When he thought about this, He Bian looked at Shao Xuan with even more respect.
"Actually, different people have different degrees of fish transformation. The stronger they are, the greater the degree of fish transformation." He Bian transformed as he spoke.
The patterns on his body looked like they were covered in fish scales. His arms swelled and his upper arms became more obvious. His fingers had long, sharp nails and webbed nails. As for his lower body, his legs, which were originally standing on the ground, had turned into a fish tail. His entire body looked thicker and longer.
This time, He Bian and the rest of the tribe were wearing different clothes from the last time. It was much simpler and they wore fishskin skirts. The material was different from the ones Shao Xuan saw last time. There were large patches of fish scales on the skirt, and some parts of the skirt even had dark brown scales. This time, most of the Di Mountain tribesmen were wearing this kind of fishskin.
"What is this fish skin?" Shao Xuan asked.
"The Di Fish skin."
It was obvious how much the Di Mountain tribesmen hated the Di Fish.
However, the Di Fish skin was indeed more suitable for the Di Mountain tribesmen. It was more flexible and more suitable for swimming in water.
He Bian told Shao Xuan about the gifts they brought this time. When they left last time, they promised that they would send gifts as soon as the matter was resolved.
The Di Mountain tribesmen rarely used wooden boxes. They preferred to use natural materials. After some processing, they could turn them into suitable tools. For example, the big shells that were used as shipping boxes this time.
There were ten big shells. Three of them contained pearls and other gemstones, three of them contained seashells, and four of them contained food.
"Salted fish?" Shao Xuan looked at the dried fish in the shells. He picked one up and looked at it.
"These are not big fish. We usually eat them, so we brought the ones that we think are tasty." He Bian scratched his head. "We wanted to bring some big sea beasts, but it's too far away. It's not easy to deliver them. If you come to the Di Mountain tribe, we'll catch as many as you eat! "
Shao Xuan didn't mind the size of these fish. Sea fish were good too. The people here mostly ate freshwater fish. Many of them had never eaten sea fish before.
"Oh right, there's one more thing." He Bian became serious. "When we came here, we saw some strange people. We didn't understand what they were saying. They wanted to steal our things, so we killed them."
He Bian took out a small golden plate. There were words engraved on it, but he didn't recognize the words.
Shao Xuan took the plate. He Bian didn't recognize the words, but he did. They were words from the other side of the sea.
Many people had already come to the Flaming River area.
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