Chapter 458 - Change Of Weather
On the hill, Zheng Luo looked up at the sky.
“It’s snowing earlier than expected this year.”
In the past, the tribe would still have small hunts at this point of the year. It didn’t snow as much as this.
Next to him, Duo Kang and the rest were also worried. “It’s fine if it’s just a little snow but I’m afraid there might be a snowstorm at the mines.”
Launching into battle in bad weather was not good.
As they spoke, a warrior hurried over. “Chief, the shamaness says she fears this year’s weather might be unpredictable. You must prepare for this.”
Zheng Luo and the rest grew solemn. What they feared might happen. If the shamaness said so, then it was likely. This time, there might be a blizzard- or worse.
Shao Xuan shook his head. “Not sure. I only know that it won’t be good. We have to take the mines in the shortest time possible.”
Shao Xuan had a bad feeling. He had always trusted his gut. If he could barely conduct a reading, that was a bad sign.
Duo Kang hated the Fox and Shen Forest tribes to death at this moment. They should be sitting in their village in this weird weather, yet they chose this stupid time to cause trouble! If he saw any one of them, he would show no mercy!
As night fell, the winds blew stronger outside the cave. Snow billowed in the winds and white covered most of the ground. When they arrived, there were many bare rocks outside. Now, they were all covered in a layer of snow.
The temperature was still falling.
Zheng Luo instructed some people to carry over a few boulders to block out the wind. However, anyone sitting near the mouth was still suffering.
Shao Xuan switched places with a warrior there. Due to the winds, they could not build a fire here and it was much colder. Shao Xuan had experienced such weather before. In the beginning, before they found their base, his tribe suffered through endless snow every winter.
Shao Xuan’s actions improved everyone’s impression of him. Elder Shao Xuan was too kind.
Not knowing that he’d played the ‘good guy’ card, Shao Xuan mulled over a few matters as he sat at the mouth. Hearing some movement, Zheng Luo, Duo Kang and the rest were here. Tao Zheng, Wu Zhan and the rest had switched over too.
“Saho Xuan, I heard you’ve experienced weather like this before?” asked Duo Kang.
Shao Xuan smiled. “Before we returned to our main base, our tribe was located in a place where it was always snowing during winter, straight until winter ended. The amount of snow was enough to drown houses.”
“Weren’t you all cold?” asked Wu Zhan. They were the same age but lived very different lives from Shao Xuan, not knowing much about his tribe.
“Yeah but we’re used to it.” Shao Xuan recalled how he slept with dried grass and old animal hide at the cave. He wasn’t used to this at all when he first came into this world. After a while, he adapted.”
“Did you hear that? This is just a small obstacle, and y’all are already terrified!” DUo Kang glared at Tao Zheng and the rest.
“But, it’s different here. I have never seen such a large change in weather. I’m afraid this battle is going to be difficult,” said Shao Xuan.
Everyone fell silent. They knew that the change in weather could mean unimaginable catastrophe. However, they still had to do what was needed. They were just unfortunate.
The next day, Zheng Luo led his team, rushing to the mines.
The temperature had risen a little compared to last night, the snow wasn’t as heavy too. The sky had brightened a lot as if everything was going to be alright. Instead, Shao Xuan felt like it was an omen for a larger change to come.
Pushing themselves, they arrived at a piece of salt lands in the afternoon.
This was not where the salt mines were. They had to first cross this patch of land.
Various colours reflected off the salt on the ground. The falling snow had yet to cover this piece of land yet.
“These are salt flowers, different from the salt in mines and in lakes. The salt flowers here are not edible.”
[Note: in chinese, salt flowers refer to salt crystals with molecular structure resembling blooming flowers.]