Chapter 163
Chapter 163 – The closure
Translated by Joycelyn
The two moons distanced from one another, the earth was covered with glimmering lights at night.
Just then, a silhouette ran out from among the woods. With half of his face stained with blood, it seems that he had suffered a blow.
He felt that his vision was getting blurrier every second the blood seeped into his eyes, but he didn’t wipe it off as his head felt way too painful to be bothered.
What was he doing here?
That’s right, they were here to kill, to kill the Drumming tribe, and then take the water moonstone from them!
To Invade, kill, steal the treasured stones…..
This was also an animal that had a motherly sense to protect their cubs.
The guy who had been trapped by Shao Xuan and had his neck broken off by Qing Yi previously, his body had already been taken away. It was not left to be fed to the crocodiles. Shao Xuan knew that this guy must have had a special identity, after all he wasn’t a Drumming tribe member.
In the Drumming tribe, the people and crocodile lived in harmony. The real situation was just like today, they were not very intimate with each other, but they would not harm each other. The invaders were just their common enemy.
“WHAT?!!”
When Shao Xuan was observing the surrounding crocodiles, he heard Ping yell with surprise from inside the house.
“What’s wrong?” Shao Xuan asked walking into the house.
“Uh, it was just that we heard someone had their water moonstones stolen.” Ping replied.
The tribe members, because they were fighting off against the Martyr tribe’s invasion, had no time to constantly look after them. Until now, when everything was finished, they once again cleared out their rattan baskets.
It was secured properly with beast skin, but when it was opened once again, it was found that it had lessened a lot. The beast skin was not torn open, the rattan basket was not damaged, so why had the water moonstones disappeared?
“It must be a ‘thief’! Only they have the skill to do this.” Fu Shi said hatefully.
After hearing about it, Ping immediately went to check on their house’s rattan basket. Their house’s harvest this year was quite bountiful. If they were stolen, it would definitely be a huge loss.
The rattan basket was carried by Chen Jia most of the time. When Chen Jia was not watching over it, then Shao Xuan was.
“Still good, it wasn’t stolen.” After clearing them out, Ping breathed a sigh of relief. These water moonstones might just be what they have to rely on for the coming year.
“Oh yeah.” Ping was originally planning to continue holding on to the water moonstones, but after seeing Shao Xuan at the side, she remembered. She took out some water moonstones from the rattan basket, put them into a hide bag, and handed them over to Shao Xuan, “This time it was thanks to you, Shao Xuan.”
Many from the Drumming tribe don’t speak much. Fu Shi looked like he wanted to say something too, however in the end, he just shook his head and swallowed his words. Not knowing how to thank him, reminiscing the times when the other tribes during the trade fair had given him some tips, he tried his best to show his most sincere smile. Therefore when facing Shao Xuan, his mouth was split to the max.
Shao Xuan: “……”
Taking back his sight from him, Shao Xuan then pushed back the hide bag , “There’s no need for so much.”
Shao Xuan realised that what Ping took out was almost a fifth of what was inside. Don’t underestimate the value of a fifth, this was ‘money’ that could probably trade for a lot of stuff.
“Take them!” Ping then pushed the hide bag back into Shao Xuan hands, saying: “When this matter is over, the trade fair will start soon. At that time, you will be going with Fu Shi. You will be able to use them. This is your first time out, so there will be many things you will not understand.”
Not being able to refuse, Shao Xuan then took over the hide bag. After all, when going to the trade fair, this was a necessity.
Where do you usually go for the trade fair? To the other tribes?” Shao Xuan questioned.
“If it’s a small trade fair, there are times when it’s held in the Drumming tribe, and some other times in the Pu tribe. However if it’s a big one, then we have to go to the trading grounds.” Ping explained.
Fu Shi understood more on this matter as he was the one in charge for trading for their house every time.
“The nearest to us would be the Pu tribe, this time we are also going there for the trade. The Pu tribe has quite a few good stuff in their hands. Stone materials, pottery, sometimes even medicinal herbs, all these are good stuff….”
Shao Xuan kept what Fu Shi had said in his heart. These are things that he is required to remember, because on the ancestor’s beast roll, there was not a ‘Pu’ tribe mentioned.