Chapter 180
Chapter 180 – Ancestral Land
Translated by Joycelyn
“Use for exchange?” Gua Er stood there momentarily stunned.
He had seen one of his friends holding some delicately and realistically carved bone ornaments in his hands yesterday. He was still flaunting off to them in their small little group. Gua Er also wanted a wood carving, comparing the wood carvings that the the others in the the tribe had to his, they just weren’t even on the same level.
Hearing that it was traded with the travel team, Gua Er then went to look around for the guy, however to no avail. Therefore he decided to look for a tree first, then let someone else carve something out.
Yes, Gua Er did not like things carved out from bones, followed by stone. Compared to carved stone, Gua Er preferred wood carvings. Stone carvings were too brittle. In the past, his grandfather had carved something for him, the thing was naturally carved using the most common stone. Accidentally, he touched a piece, and it broke. In comparison, the few wood carvings till now, they were still in a good condition. Even if many think that wood carvings are weaker than stone’s, he was still biased towards wood carvings.
Today, Gua Er had taken the chance that his dad was going on patrol, he shamelessly followed him, and had even got his dad to cut down a pile of trees for him to drag back. He did not think he would bump into Shao Xuan here.
When Gua Er went to the travel team to get a sculpture, he had specifically asked about Shao Xuan’s appearance and features. He was doubting it before, but now that he was sure it was the real person in front of him, he was naturally very excited. However, Shao Xuan’s question had stunned him in place.
“Once a word’s out, you can’t chase it with horses.
“Uh? “ Gua Er was at a loss at the words Shao Xuan had spoken.
“That is to say, once these words are said, even riding on your tribe’s fastest horse… you will still be unable to take them back. Your promise can never be taken back, and you must definitely keep what you have promised.” Shao Xuan simply explained.
“Of course!”
Gua Er was now only thinking of quickly taking this carving back, not planning to stay any further, he got up to leave.
Only after Gua Er had left, Shao Xuan turned over his head, meeting Old He’s grandson Ah Nai’s eyes.
“You also want one?” Shao Xuan questioned.
“En!” Ah Nai vigorously nodded his head.
“What kind do you want?”
“A wolf too!”
“Not necessary.” Shao Xuan rubbed Ah Nai’s half grown hair and said: ”In the future, you will see a real, living one. Compared to the carving it is even more impressive. Not only a wolf, there is also a cave lion, a big headed crane, and many more…”
Shao Xuan told Old He and his family stories of the tribe, and carved a stone carve with a totem pattern: the Flaming Horns tribe’s twin horns.
Old He was already old, he had experienced many countless setbacks and attacks, ups and downs, till now. Although it was not much like embracing the harsh winds, but compared to Yan Shuo, he was also more stable. But his hands, that usually hold stone picks, when holding onto that not too big stone token with the twin horns totem on it, kept trembling, even half a day later it had not lessened.
A long while after, Old He turned towards a direction, carefully placed the token in front of him, then faced towards the direction of the Flaming Horns tribe and knelt down to worship. Ah Nai and Old He’s wife also bowed down too.
After finishing worshipping, Old He then got up.
“The tribe was once in that direction, but later they left. Where exactly it is, I don’t know. I have never went there, I only know that our ancestral land is there. This is what my father has told me, and my father also heard this from my grandfather. One generation after another, it was passed down. They said, although the tribe has left their ancestral land, but the root is still there. If the tribe still exists, one day, the tribe will return to the ancestral land and reignite the totem flame once more.
Shao Xuan, you don’t have to search for each and every one of our separated members. The wanderers from the Flaming Horns tribe are many, and there may be even more people who do not know where they really belong to, and even more who do not know where to go and cannot see which path they should take next. But when the flame starts burning once again, at that time, every wanderer who has been living all around, they will be able to go home!”