Chapter 155
CoPW 155 – Water Moon stones.
Translated by Jon
Shao Xuan ate only a bit of the deer meat, giving the rest to Chacha, who preferred eating raw meat.
This deer should be similar to the ones found in the Flaming Horns tribe, as they seem to taste the same.
After seeing the bloody manner in which they ate, Shao Xuan felt that he had learned a lot about the people of this tribe.
That night, Chacha flew outside and found a large tree to nest on, while Shao Xuan slept in Chen Jia’s room. Chen Jia slept with his parents instead.
During this season, the people of the Drumming tribe did not lay out any animal hides to sleep on, but rather slept directly on the wooden planks. Through the little cracks and holes in the planks, the pools of water could be seen.
From underneath the house, the sounds of small crocodiles moving about were clearly audible.
“Fu Shi, hurry up and come out!” The stranger shouted.
“What happened?” Fu Shi questioned as he walked out.
“You need to come with me, the chief has something he wants to say!”
Seeing his grave expression, Fu Shi knew something serious had happened. Without hesitation, he hurriedly left with the man.
Before leaving, he warned Chen Jia, “Don’t run all over the place! If you do, I’ll beat you to death.”
Chen Jia curled his lip, reluctantly agreeing.
Ping wasn’t at home, and so, only Shao Xuan and Chen Jia were left at the house.
Shao Xuan looked around at the neighboring houses, and saw that many people were being called out. Evidently, this was a major event.
“What happened in the tribe?” Shao Xuan asked.
“I don’t know. This matter is probably related to the Water Moon stones.” Chen Jia responded.
Thinking back to last night’s conversation, Shao Xuan asked, “Do you mean that someone has stolen some pieces?”
“Yes. Every year, around this time, a similar event would always happen. People would wait until we bring the stones out before they go and steal them.” Chen Jia responded, gnashing his teeth in anger. The stolen stone could have been exchanged for so many items!
“Who are the people that come to steal the stones?” Shao Xuan asked.
“Many are thieves from other tribes. Every time these thieves come, the amount of stolen stones continues to drastically increase. They should all die!”
In the afternoon, Fu Shi hurried home holding a stone tool, warning the two of them not to wander around.
“The tribe discovered thieves from the Martyr tribe. We’re increasing our security. Tonight, I’m in charge of guarding the tribe so I won’t come back. Don’t you dare leave this house!”
When he finished speaking, Fu Shi left once again.
Throughout the whole tribe, many people were like him, wielding stone tools and hurriedly going out. Every one of them wore a grave expression on their face, with eyes letting out a murderous light.
After Fu Shi went away, Shao Xuan asked Chen Jia, “What are the Martyr tribesmen like?”
Chen Jia surprisingly displayed fear and hatred on his face.
“The people from the Martyr tribe are crazy. For the sake of achieving their goals, they’ll stop at nothing… they do not fear death… they are extremely fast…”
Hearing Chen Jia’s chaotic explanation, Shao Xuan surmised that these tribe members resembled martyrs. All they could focus on was their mission. They didn’t care about anything else.
This group of lunatics weren’t close to the Drumming tribe, and they didn’t frequently interact with one another. Only, every time they appeared, they brought a reign of terror. And this time, the Martyr tribe was targeting the Water Moon stones.
Because the Drumming tribe had found traces of the Martyr tribe, everyone was extremely tense, to the point of even losing all appetite.
Ping and Chen Jia did not eat much. After dinner, Ping went to deliver some food to Fu Shi, leaving Chen Jia to obediently stay at home.
However, Chen Jia was not someone that would patiently stay at home and wait. When other kids arrived, he quickly joined them, discussing their own plans as they left.
And so, the only one left inside the house was Shao Xuan.
Though the night sky was dark, it wasn’t completely pitch black.
Shao Xuan sat on the wooden planks, dangling his legs over the edge of the floor, allowing his feet to touch the water.
The water rippled as a shadow swam closer to Shao Xuan.
It was the brown-eyed crocodile.
It showed no traces of fear as it swam towards Shao Xuan. Rather, it seemed to be curious about him.
After thinking for a while, Shao Xuan stuck his hand out to lift the crocodile up.
He noticed that its toes were connected in a weblike manner. Compared to the other two crocodiles, it was slimmer. The manner in which it crawled and swam in the water was much nimbler. Apart from its inability to cry, it was perfectly healthy.
The crocodile didn’t squirm or run after being lifted up, but obediently stayed still.
It’s temper truly was better than that of the tan-eyed crocodiles.
After observing it for a while, Shao Xuan then put the crocodile back into the water.