Chapter 157
Chapter 157 – Water Moon Canal
Translated by Jon
“What happened?”
Ping had just come back from giving Fu Shi his food and exchanging small talk with the guards. Before she could even cross the threshold of her house, she saw people flocking towards the pond and decided to hurry her steps to join them.
“Ping, two crocodiles have been killed!” A woman loudly exclaimed.
Ping jumped in shock. After being informed of all that had just happened, Ping wished that she could lay her hands on the murderer. Sadly, the identity of the culprit was still unknown. But when she heard about the misunderstanding with Shao Xuan, she exclaimed, “Shao Xuan is a good person! He didn’t even covet my family’s Water Moonstone.”
“What?!”
Everyone was astonished that there was someone who actually did not lust after their Water Moonstones?!
Regardless of whether Shao Xuan’s words were true, it still frightened Chen Jia to the point where it insured that he wouldn’t recklessly run around anymore. If he did, then he risked being killed.
“There are many tribes here, so it’s easy to get confused. What do you think?” Shao Xuan asked the crocodile as he gave a strip of meat to it.
The crocodile’s teeth belonged to the Thecodonts family tree. They weren’t like the feline species that would just rip a chunk of meat to eat. Instead, they had to roll or sway around in order to eat. These ‘death rolls’ and ‘swings’ were what many people were familiar with.
Seeing the crocodile rolling around, Shao Xuan started to think about the people from his tribe, as well as Caesar.
He didn’t know how they were doing right now.
He didn’t feel much as he was leaving the tribe, but after arriving in this new area, he started to miss them. He remembered the day he left, Shao Xuan originally wanted to tell the Shaman and Old Ke “You guys relax”, but he could only say two words before being hit with wooden crutches.
Shao Xuan couldn’t help but smile as he recalled this.
The moonlight shining inside through his window was even brighter than last night. It would soon be the time when the two moons eclipsed. If he wanted to return home, he would have to wait a full year.
The next few days there were no more anomalies, and the tribe became tranquil once more. Yet, Fu Shi and the tribe’s guardians were still on alert.
The day where the two moons met was the most important day for the tribe, apart from when they offered sacrifices. This day was called the “Water Moon Festival”.
Inside the Drumming tribe, there was a small winding river surrounding the whole tribe. The tribe’s people had named this river the “Water Moon Canal”.
Around the time that the two moons met, when the water level on the river declined, this “Water Moon Canal” broke off from the river. On that night, the two moons coincided, and every household would guard the area of the canal that flowed through their house, waiting for the stones to arrive. Then, they would go and fish them out of the water.
Shao Xuan was extremely curious regarding the creation of the Water Moonstones, yet to avoid arousing suspicion, he didn’t take the initiative to raise questions. However, Ping enthusiastically invited Shao Xuan to come with them, as she recalled the night where the other families had badmouthed her stone.
Fu Shi was vigilantly guarding around the area around the tribe, so he was unable to be with Ping and Chen Jia.
“This year, my family will be the best!”
“Nonsense! My family will be!”
“You guys can both stop arguing. In any case, the number one will obviously go to my family.”
Before they could even reach the Water Moon Canal, a group of children had already started to bicker.
Everyone in the tribe could be seen in this area. At the moment when the Water Moonstones appear, they could only stay in their own family’s area. How many or how few one retrieved from the canal relied all on themselves, as you couldn’t blame others for your ill fortunes.
Shao Xuan and Ping stood together in Chen Jia’s family area.
Seeing the muddy, less-than-five-meter-long river, it was really difficult to see where the name “Water Moon Canal” came from. Shao Xuan looked forward to the following events. Those shining stones, how did they come into being from this turbid river?
The area where the two moons eclipsed gradually increased, and Shao Xuan suddenly heard a strong, minute sound, as if metallic dust was attracted by a magnet towards the source.
And in front of him, the original turbid river was rapidly becoming clear.