"Aruba, there's no 'but'. Since I've already given the order, you're now the chief craftsman of Tudenan. I think this is also Tumulu's hope." As Zhang Lisheng spoke, he walked up to Tumulu in the red firelight and plucked two feathers from the old man's head who still had a joyful expression on his face. Then, he turned around and walked back to Aruba before inserting them into his thick black hair.
"This is my hope, Great Raider! I thank you for your gift to me!" Even though Tumulu's face had turned a little pale after having his two feathers taken away, when he saw the three feathers shining in the firelight on his son's head, he was still so excited that tears welled up in his eyes.
"Great Raider, I won't let you down! I'll definitely make Tudenan stronger and richer!" Upon seeing that everything had been settled, the new chief craftsman of Tudenan sorted out his emotions and prostrated himself on the ground before saying loudly.
"In that case, I'll watch attentively and see what kind of change you'll bring to the tribe!" Zhang Lisheng rubbed the back of the aborigine's head that was buried deep in the cold and wet ground and whispered. Then, he turned around and walked into the natural tunnel that led straight to the ground.
After walking out of the underground river, Zhang Lisheng entered the bark house.
This bark house enshrining the tribal book of history was still standing next to the Tudenan totem pole but its area had been expanded five to six times more than before. Zhang Lisheng looked around and found that all the furnishings had not changed. It was just that they were a few sizes bigger than before. For this reason, he sat on a huge piece of animal skin near the right wall as per his habit.
The moment his body sank into the soft fur, he felt comfortable all over. The bark house happened to be built above the underground river so the temperature inside was very cool. After a moment of silence, Zhang Lisheng suddenly pointed out something. "Tugra, the new treehouse enshrining the Tudenan's tribal book of history is far more spacious and magnificent than the old treehouse. Even the animal skin on the ground is much softer and thicker. From this, we can see the importance of 'change.'
Change, change! Everything in Tudenan is born from the tradition of the Hellfire tribesmen but if we want to grasp an unparalleled powerful position, we must seek it from 'change' instead! "
"Raider, it's all because of your deterrence that Tudenan miraculously changed from a tribe that was about to be destroyed to …" Tugra, who did not understand the meaning of Zhang Lisheng's words at once, began to flatter him as he kneeled in front of him.
"Stop saying these useless flattering words. As the headman of the tribe, don't tell me that you can't see the hidden crisis in Tudenan?" Zhang Lisheng frowned and interrupted his words.
Tugra's body shook. He sat on his knees and buried his head in the beast's fur. "Raider, I understand the hidden dangers of the tribe very well.
When you're here, Tudenan is extremely powerful but when you leave, the huge tribe has fallen into a predicament where there's no spiritual monster to protect it. However, if we want to find a suitable guardian, we'll have to rely on luck … "
"I know this, Tugra. However, under normal circumstances, a Hellfire tribe with 150,000 tribesmen would need at least 30 guardian spiritual monsters. Some of the powerful tribes may even have double the number of guardians. How many do you think you'll be able to meet in your entire life if you try your luck to find them one by one?"
Tugra was stunned and did not know how to answer. In his anxiety, a lightbulb suddenly lit up in his head as he bit the bullet and said, "Great Raider, if I want to rely on luck, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit enough guardians for Tudenan in my entire life. For this reason, Tudenan must change, change …" After saying so much, he still did not know what he should change.
At this time, Zhang Lisheng continued to follow the Tudenan's headman's words in satisfaction. "You're right, Tugra. We must change. For this reason, I've decided to use a secret method to give the Tudenan chief warriors the ability to master the spiritual monster's sorcery so that they can replace the guardians to guard the tribe. I believe this doesn't violate the tradition of the Hellfire tribesmen, right?"
Zhang Lisheng's words were spoken casually but Tugra's heart jolted with fear.
"Y-You said that you want to give the Hellfire tribesmen the ability to cast spells like the mainlanders' wizards and wizards? T-Of course, this doesn't violate the tradition of the Hellfire tribesmen, Great Raider.
According to the legend, the Island Gods that are believed by the Hellfire tribes with millions of tribesmen have the powerful ability to give the Hellfire tribesmen the ability to cast spells. T-Every time such a feat appears, it's said that it'll be regarded as a miracle … "
"No, Tugra, don't be in a rush to praise and lament." When Zhang Lisheng heard that it was not a taboo to give the Hellfire tribesmen the ability to cast spells, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the Tudenan headman who gradually had a look of anticipation on his face, he waved his hand and said, "The power I have now is still far from being able to safely give the Hellfire warriors the ability to cast spells every time.
It's already not bad if one out of four to five people can succeed. Those who fail will just turn into ashes and disappear from the world. "
One out of four to five people would only have a 20% chance of success. After calculating this number, Tugra's expression, which was originally so excited that he could not control himself, suddenly froze. However, he still said, "T-That's still an unimaginably powerful power. According to the tradition of the Hellfire tribesmen, it's a supreme honor for the tribesmen to please the gods with death …"
"Tugra, shut up! I'm not one of those gods who sacrifice their believers to satisfy their distorted desires …" Zhang Lisheng interrupted the Tudenan headman's words. However, when he recalled that his idea of seeking a breakthrough in wizard power by relying on bloody slaughters to harvest a massive amount of negative emotions was really not much better than those spiritual monsters who relied on blood sacrifice to obtain stronger power, he could not help but choke.
After pondering for a while, he added, "In short, I'm not the kind of god who likes to watch his believers die innocently.
Alright, let's talk about this in the future. Right now, I want to know, which tribes are the closest to us? "
"Right now, the closest tribe to Tudenan is the Kaqilu tribe that's about 120,000 steps away in the east and the Mokacho tribe that's 115,000 steps away in the south and north." Tugra, who was already used to the Raider's jumping question, immediately answered.
"Kaqilu and Mokacho?" Zhang Lisheng muttered under his breath before asking again, "How big are the two tribes?"
"The Kaqilu tribe has more than 70,000 people and the Mokacho tribe has more than 80,000 people.
If we, Tudenan, want to attack them, it'll be a piece of cake as long as you can let your powerful companions kill the spiritual monsters guarding these two tribes. "Tugra hesitated for a while before saying," However, I'm afraid that if Tudenan continues to expand unscrupulously like this, it'll attract the attention of the big tribes on the island. "
After hearing about the size of the two native tribes connected to Tudenan's hunting ground, Zhang Lisheng could not help but recall the tragic encounter of the six Grand Wizards and 12 Gate of Witchcraft's elite disciples who were deceived by him to fight against the Pumanra tribe that only had 50,000 tribesmen a few months ago.
Calculating that his own strength might not even be comparable to the weakest Grand Wizard, even if he added the 20,000 elite warriors of Tudenan who had partners, he still did not have full confidence in defeating a Hellfire tribe of 70,000 tribesmen. Sighing, he shook his head with a wry smile. "You don't have to worry about this, Tugra.
If I don't have absolute confidence, I won't easily provoke tribes like the Mokacho and Kaqilu. "
Tugra did not know that the reason why the tribal Raider could complete the great achievements of the 'glorious night' was because of conspiracies. He thought that Zhang Lisheng was already temporarily satisfied with the huge scale of Tudenan and had no intention of continuing to expand, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When he was about to sing a few more praises and praise the Raider's wisdom, he suddenly heard something in his ears. "Tugra, go and tell all the Tudenan tribesmen that as long as I stay in the tribe, they must remember the location of the spiritual monsters that they find in the hunting ground in the future regardless of whether they have wisdom or not and immediately come back to report to me."
"Yes, Great Raider!" Tugra was stunned for a moment before replying respectfully.
"In that case, go and pass the order. I'll go to the beach to have a look." Zhang Lisheng stood up from the animal skin listlessly and walked out of the wooden house. He commanded Ghostface that was hanging on his shoulder to jump down and expand its body to carry him along the forest road that led directly to the ocean from the tribe and walked towards the beach.
Along the way, he could see the Tudenan craftsmen driving the Lohlos in groups of three to five carrying huge rattan baskets filled with sea fish to transport the catch. It looked like all of the wild Lohlos in the tribal hunting ground had already been domesticated to become the craftsmen's partners.
When the Tudenan craftsmen saw the tribe's living faith riding on a legendary creature and stepping on the air above their heads, they would kneel down and worship him before continuing on their journey. At this time, their huge partners would also kneel down and worship him, making it look very ridiculous.
Unfortunately, the comical actions of these Lohlos could not relieve Zhang Lisheng's worries at all. It was only until he walked out of the jungle and commanded the wizard gu to jump onto a delicate, soft, white beach to look at the open and magnificent scenery of the sea and sky that his mood finally became slightly better.
In addition to the magnificent scenery and fine sand on the beach, there were also several docks and fisheries located on the leveled black reef.
In terms of quantity, the number of docks and fisheries here was far less than the underground Golden River. After all, fishing in the ocean, even if the fish and shrimp resources in the shallow sea had never been caught by fishermen for thousands of years and appeared to be extremely abundant, it was still far from being as easy as fishing in the underground river that flowed smoothly all year round with almost no waves.
The amount of catch was related to the life and death of the Tudenan tribe that had already implemented the separation of soldiers and people. Even if the Raider attached great importance to the ocean and caused the tribal chiefs to not dare to neglect it, they would never invest the same amount of power into the ocean fishing as they did in the underground river.
Of course, Zhang Lisheng understood such a simple truth. For this reason, when he saw that there were only three to five sparse docks and fisheries, but the scale was not small, he nodded quietly in satisfaction. When he was about to approach, he suddenly noticed a tiny fuzzy dot appearing in the distant sea.
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