Chapter 177
Chapter 177 – The grassland tribes
Translated by Joycelyn
Due to the bloody way the Thousand Masks tribe got their revenge, the travel team talked about it for a very long time until they started setting out, and even then they did not stop. They had even started talking about similar events that had happened in recent years, giving Shao Xuan new information.
In addition to the Thousand Masks tribe, there were still a few other tribes mentioned by the ancestors on the beast skin scrolls.
With the new news Shao Xuan had acquired, he had noted them all down on a beast skin scroll, which he kept carefully hidden. Those were all to be brought back to the Flaming Horns tribe.
If the Flaming Horns tribe returned, would they still be able to go back to their glorious self of the long-gone past?
Shao Xuan highly anticipated that day to happen.
Shao Xuan and Yu did not mention to anybody about their meeting with the man from the Thousand Masks tribe. The group traveled for another two days on the river before abandoning their rafts to walk. The road ahead was not suitable to continue using them anymore. Although there were some streams, it was not faster than walking. They still had to walk up high lands on the road ahead.
“Tonight you can rest here. These are all yours.” Yi Bei said and pointed towards the row of simple wooden houses.
There may have been many wooden houses, but the people of the travel team were even more. They had to squeeze together again.
Shao Xuan, Yu and the rest went into the houses and tidied up a bit. After that, Shao Xuan looked out from the window, taking in the sights of the Feng tribe.
There was a wooden fence surrounding some weird-looking cattle and sheep. They were probably this area’s special kind of domesticated animals, different from the cattle and sheep Shao Xuan had seen before. Further in the distance, there were also people directing the herd of cattle and sheep back.
“Oh yeah, didn’t you say that the tribes in the grasslands also accept wanderers? Where do they all live?” Shao Xuan turned towards the few experienced travelers at the side and asked.
“The wanderers don’t live here, this is only for the members of Feng tribe. Some of the guests live here too, but other than that, people like the wanderers are all over there.” One of them answered, pointing at a place ahead.
Shao Xuan looked towards the area the guy had pointed to. There were a few protruding mounds over there, and on the other side lived the wanderers.
Although the people of Feng tribe asked the wanderers to help out and gave out small rewards, they were still cautious against them in general.
Over the mounds, Shao Xuan could also see some mountains that were not too high. The peaks were covered in green and there weren’t a great many trees, mostly just grass and stones.
Further past that, he could hazily see some white spots resembling mountains. Beyond that were the territories of other tribes.
Hearing that the travel team had arrived, many from the Feng tribe brought over some of their items, hoping to trade with the travel team. Shao Xuan originally had no plans to trade. On his way here he had hunted a bull, and he still had not eaten most of the roasted meat. He had also wanted to save the rest of his water moonstones when he reached the central tribes.
But when he was bored on the rafts, he would use some beasts’ bones or horns to carve out some stuff. He had two bone knives, and a variety of bone ornaments carved out to look like ferocious beasts in his hands, which were exchanged with a middle aged man for a sheep’s leg. That man had liked his carvings, and had thought of exchanging it for his kids back home.
When the day had slowly darkened, the people who came to trade became lesser. The travel team had also went back to rest after having their meal.
Looking at the black sky, Shao Xuan decided to go over to the area where the wanderers lived, to take a look. He had a feeling he would find more of his fellow tribesmen there.