Chapter 388 - Is It Some Treasure?
After a while, Duo Li brought the piece of crystal back to Shao Xuan with some degree of unwillingness. A glowing rock was more convenient than lighting a torch at night. The most important thing was that he had never seen anything like that before.
“Shao Xuan, where did you get this crystal?” Duo Li asked curiously.
“Yeah, Elder Shao Xuan, where did you get this? Can you tell us?”
Even Tao Zheng and the rest came over. They had never seen Shao Xuan with this crystal before. They had heard of glowing rocks from the slave masters but never knew where to get them.
Shao Xuan took the crystal back. “This rock…”
Everyone strained their ears.
“Was taken from the dried river the other day.” Shao Xuan brought over the two other rocks on his table and showed them.
The Flaming horn people could only see the totemic fires in their minds. However, they had never seen the fire seed brought over by their ancestors that could burn in the coldest weather. All they knew was from drawings but it was still unclear.
Since the shamaness couldn’t give him an answer, he could only look for it himself.
He gave the other two glowing rocks to the shamaness and the chief, then decided to enter the forest to get more.
When they knew Shao Xuan wanted to get the rock, Duo Li, Tao Zheng and the rest were excited. Almost the entire hunting team was present plus Duo Kang and Guang Yi. They both said they were there to protect them but in reality, they were also very curious.
There were fewer people going out this time and they didn’t bring hunting weapons and traps with them either. Instead, they carried huge sacks and nets with small holes.
The Taihe tribe saw them and quickly reported to their chief. They couldn’t guess what the Flaming Horn people were up to.
“Is it some treasure?”
The Taihe people did not understand.
On the other side, the people who entered the forest had a clear goal. They did not hunt nor did they pay attention to anything else. They did not look at the fat beast walking past them either. The glowing rocks were more important. If they could get them, they’d be able to get a lot more bronzeware from the slave masters.
They rushed to the bank of the dried river. Duo Kang looked at the riverbed with weeds growing out of it. They were just ordinary rocks! “These?!”
They were very different from the glowing gemstones he had in mind!
Then again, if that were true, it would have been very odd that no one had seen them but Shao Xuan. It was likely the rocks were somewhere very inconspicuous.
“Yep, these are the ones1” Duo Li could not wait any longer. He was already flipping up rocks with a long stick, out of the river bed unto the bank.
Before Shao Xuan spoke, everyone started to work. There was even a clear delegation of jobs.
The dried mud was stirred using long sticks, its upper layer moved aside in search of stones. The wet mud underneath was now exposed. There were still stones inside.
“Are there still more underneath?” Duo Kang used a spade to dig up the mud.
“There’s more!”
Duo Kang flipped the rocks up. Everyone ignored the pungent smell of mud, rubbed the stones with leaves and passed one to Shao Xuan.
“Are these also the ones?” asked Duo Li.
After analysing it, in front of everybody, he harnessed the totemic power in him.
The shamaness said they were trustworthy so Shao Xuan did not attempt to hide this. Also, everyone here had the same powers anyway. It would only benefit the tribe if they could produce more crystals.
As if sensing something, everyone dropped what they were doing to look at him.
Even Guang Yi, who had always been solemn, had a look of anticipation. He wasn’t interested in the rock, but more on the power rippling within Shao Xuan. Shao Xuan was from the other branch of the tribe, they still had the fire seed with them. Guang Yi wondered how their powers differed.