Shao Xuan didn't know what the bird would look like when it grew up, what its habits would be, and what its flying ability would be. Maybe it would be similar to a chicken, or maybe a bird of prey. If it was the former, it could only be used as food. If it was the latter, he could train it to be used as a falcon. Even if it couldn't hunt, it could be used as an early warning.
Of course, it was too early to say. Shao Xuan didn't know the potential of this bird. If it didn't have any reason to exist, Shao Xuan didn't need to do anything. The others would kill it. After all, it wasn't Caesar. When Caesar was still young, he was marked by the Shaman. Even if he didn't have the wolf nature, no one dared to have any ideas about him in the tribe.
There was an ice cave in the tribe near the top of the mountain. Many people stored food that wasn't pickled there, but they had to hand over a part of it as a reward.
Shao Xuan also put some meat in the ice cave. He couldn't pickle all the meat he brought back every time. Caesar didn't like pickled meat, and Old Ke often ate that kind of meat. It wasn't good to eat it for a long time. Not to mention, now there was another bird. He couldn't feed them all pickled meat, right?
"It's so troublesome!" Shao Xuan sighed. He could directly throw the little chick away, or give it to Caesar as food, but he always felt that he should try to raise it.
Three days later, the little chick opened its eyes.
This was much earlier than Shao Xuan expected. He originally thought that the bird would be like many birds he had seen in his previous life, and that it would take at least seven to ten days to open its eyes. He didn't expect that it would only open its eyes after three days. It also had more feathers on its body, but it still couldn't walk. When it was hungry, it would Chacha, open its mouth wide, as if it was afraid that people couldn't see or hear it.
During these three days, Shao Xuan was at home making stoneware. Shao Xuan now had some basic tools, so he could finish most of the stoneware at home. Old Ke would occasionally come over to take a look. He asked Shao Xuan to rest for a few days and craft some stoneware. When he had enough, he would go to the training ground to train.
Shao Xuan only needed one night of sleep to fully recover. In the past three days, he had polished a lot of stone tools. Some were used to set traps, some were used for training, and he had also polished a batch of better tools for the next hunt. He had already decided to follow Mai and the others on their next hunt.
"Xuan!" Someone shouted from outside.
The two men who came over were Tu and Jie Ba, who were currently in charge of the affairs in the cave. They carried four fishes over to Shao Xuan. Since Shao Xuan often brought gifts to the kids in the orphanage, the kids in the orphanage would often bring some fish they caught that day to Shao Xuan.
Many people never went back after they left the orphanage. For example, Ku, who was in charge of the orphanage before Shao Xuan, never went back. However, the other kids who awakened at the same time as Shao Xuan did go back a few times. Whether they wanted to go back to show off their hunting results or for other reasons, at least they did not directly cut off contact with the kids in the orphanage. Of course, this was all because Shao Xuan brought a series of changes to the kids' lives after he took over the management of the orphanage in the orphanage.
No matter what happened to the other kids after they left the orphanage, Shao Xuan would always bring some food to the kids in the orphanage every time he came back from a hunt. After all, he had enough food for himself, so it was not a big deal to share some with the kids. The kids in the orphanage were also grateful to Shao Xuan. Because of Shao Xuan, their lives had changed a lot, and they were now much healthier.
Shao Xuan did not refuse their kindness. It was rare for the two of them to bring the fish over. Although the fish could not provide much energy for Shao Xuan now, it could still improve his appetite.
Every time Jie Ba and Tu came over, their eyes were filled with envy. It was really good to become a totem warrior. They could have their own cabin, hunt for more food, and grow faster. Shao Xuan was not as tall as them in the orphanage, but it had not been long since he awakened, and he was already taller than Jie Ba, who was the biggest kid in the orphanage.
"Don't be jealous. Maybe it will be your turn next year." Shao Xuan carried a small piece of marinated animal meat to them. "As usual, everyone in the orphanage can only eat a little bit. Don't eat too much, or you will die."
Every time Shao Xuan gave them the meat of the lowest level. They could not bear the meat of the higher level, and there was not much of it. If there was too much meat, they would not be able to absorb it. In the past, Mai and Lang Ga also gave Shao Xuan some lower level meat jerky. As for the meat jerky of the Four-fanged Wild Boar or the Thorn Black Wind, the kids in the orphanage could not even touch it. In the past, Shao Xuan did not know about this. But after he learned about the relationship between the two, he strictly controlled the meat and the amount of meat he sent to the orphanage.
After Jie Ba and Tu left, Shao Xuan carried a fish over. After killing it, he tore off some meat and put it in front of the little chick. The little chick opened its beak wide just now, but after the meat was put in front of it, it closed its beak tightly. Now it was the animal meat, and it continued to open its beak and swallow.
"You are so f * cking picky!" Shao Xuan cursed.
Holding the fish, Shao Xuan looked at Caesar, who was lying on the side.
Looking at Shao Xuan's eyes, and then looking at the fish in Shao Xuan's hands, Caesar turned its head to one side, refusing to look at Shao Xuan or the fish in Shao Xuan's hands.
"F * ck, you are all picky!"
Originally, he wanted to feed the little chick with the fish, but now it seemed that the fish was disliked by the two of them.
On the seventh day, Shao Xuan had almost finished preparing the tools. He planned to go to the training ground with Old Ke. After thinking for a while, Shao Xuan decided to take the little chick with him. Otherwise, who knew what the little chick would do?
The little chick grew very quickly, changing its appearance every day. Shao Xuan guessed that it was because this place was special, so the birds grew quickly. Its vitality was also tenacious. Shao Xuan had no experience in raising birds, so he wasn't that careful, but the chick grew healthily. It just ate a lot every day, and not long after it slept, it would start chirping Chacha.
Now, the little chick often didn't stay in its nest. If Shao Xuan wasn't paying attention, it would jump out of the grass nest that Shao Xuan made for it, then crawl around the table. If it found Caesar lying beside the table, it would immediately roll down and land on the wolf's back. Caesar was so angry that he bared his teeth. There were a few times when he almost died under the wolf's claws.
Fortunately, Caesar was obedient. He knew that Shao Xuan didn't want him to hurt the chick, so he endured it. Otherwise, he would have already eaten it as a snack.
Shao Xuan felt that not only was the chick tenacious, but it was also very bold. After only a few days, it dared to directly peck Caesar's wolf nose. Although it was still a chick, its pecking strength was quite strong. Shao Xuan already had many pecking marks on the wooden stick that he used to pick meat for it. It wasn't afraid when it landed on the wolf's back. It continued to peck, and a few of Caesar's wolf fur were plucked. He didn't know if it was really bold, or if there was something wrong with its brain. It was sent flying by Caesar's kick a few times, but nothing happened. It would continue to cause trouble next time.
The little chick was too noisy. It chirped Chacha all day long. Shao Xuan directly named it "Chacha."
On the tenth day, the brown fur on Chacha's body grew denser and thicker. It could even stand up and walk, but if it walked too fast, it would fall to the ground. It wasn't very stable.
Shao Xuan did what he did a few days ago. He took Chacha and Caesar to find Old Ke first. Then, they went to the training ground together.
When Shao Xuan was training, Old Ke watched from a distance. Chacha also watched. The old man recently especially liked to play with the chick with a stone worm.
Chacha didn't eat stone worms, but it liked to peck at them for fun. Old Ke used a branch to hold a stone worm and shook it in front of it. Chacha would stretch its neck and lift its weak wings a little. It would enter battle mode and then rush up to peck. Not long after, the stone worm held by Old Ke was pecked to pieces.
Shao Xuan came to take a rest after breaking a round of trap bombing. When he saw the pecked stone worm held by Old Ke, he smiled and said, "It's too aggressive. I guess it's a fighter jet. It wants to fight everything it sees." But it was good to be fierce. It wouldn't starve to death immediately if it flew out, unless it wanted to die.
"Fighting chicken?" Old Ke was stunned. Then, he smiled and said, "That's a good name. In the future, it will be more powerful than those chickens with beautiful tails in the mountains!"
Shao Xuan recalled the pheasants that were like ostriches in the mountains. If Chacha grew as big as those pheasants in the mountains and attacked people, it would be impossible to keep it in the tribe. They would either kill it or throw it far away. The tribe wouldn't allow such a creature to exist.
No matter if it looked like a chicken or an eagle in the future, it should be trained well.
When he went back in the afternoon, Shao Xuan met Tuo, who was on duty in the patrol team.
"Just in time. I was going to send a message to you. I didn't expect to see you here." Tuo said, "The Shaman wants you to go up the mountain tomorrow."
"Got it. I'll go up the mountain tomorrow."
"There's something good." Tuo whispered, and gave Shao Xuan a "you know" look.
The so-called "something good" was probably about the Green Thief. Shao Xuan understood. He thanked Tuo and left.
On his way back, Shao Xuan opened the animal skin bag and looked at the bird that seemed to be dozing. He wondered if he should take it up the mountain tomorrow.
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