Chapter 136
Chapter 136 – The Severing Land
Translated by Sunyancai
In the winter, the seven beasts that the Shaman had branded gradually began to change. Their size and appearance changed.
Before the winter, the Shaman had reminded them to prepare some food, but the seven beasts grew bigger and had larger appetite, so the food was not enough for them. After all, with the promotion of their level, their demand for energy would also increase, like intermediate and senior totem warriors for whom the ordinary beast meat could not provide enough energy.
Until the end of the winter, each of the seven beasts became as skinny as Caesar when he had just been branded, even though the beasts were raised well. Even the chunky Si Ya lost weight.
After the winter, the most important ritual ceremony would be performed as usual.
According to the ancient volumes, the beasts that were successfully branded could participate in the sacrifice ritual because the fire would no longer keep them away.
Then on the day of the ritual, except Chacha, the other eight were brought to the top of the mountain, and they stood near the flame pit.
This time he directly asked the Shaman for agreement, and the Shaman had agreed. What could he say!
“No, that place might be located on the other side of the mountain, or in other places. I’m just going to have a look to find out why Chacha always wants to go there.” Shao Xuan explained.
Hearing his explanation, Mai and Qiao felt even more worried.
They appreciated the courage of the warriors who were not afraid of death, but were unwilling to witness them taking unnecessary risks of death. Even the ancestors did not go to that place. Could Shao Xuan, who was not even a senior totem warrior, come back safely?
So terrible! Really terrible!
However, the hunting group did not know Shao Xuan’s plan of going there until they went from the first location to the third.
“The Severing Land! Don’t go there!”
“Ah-Xuan, listen to Mai. Don’t go.”
“If you go, you will not be able to come back. Don’t go. If Chacha really wants to go there, you can let it go alone. Why do you follow it?”
People in the hunting group were trying to persuade him out of going there. Over the past few years, they became closer with Shao Xuan, and were very optimistic about his development as a new warrior. More importantly, Shao Xuan was born in a cave near the mountain foot, but he was not inferior to those born higher up in the mountain, which made them proud of him.
In the eyes of many old warriors born near the mountain foot, Shao Xuan would have great achievements in the future, like those higher up on the mountain. He was supposed to live directly up on the mountain. Many of them often took Shao Xuan as an example to motivate their own children, like Sai’s father. Every time when he found Sai did not behave well, he always mentioned Shao Xuan. So now, Sai always very disliked seeing Shao Xuan.
But now, Shao Xuan intended to go to where the ancestors had not been. Did he want to die?!
Unfortunately, their persuasion was useless.
Why did the Shaman agree?
They did not understand.
But since the Shaman had agreed, they would no longer persuade him.
Mai asked Shao Xuan to have a talk with him alone, and also gave him a few good stone spears.
“Uncle Mai, if six days later I still do not come back, you don’t need to wait for me.” Said Shao Xuan.
Mai hesitated, but finally nodded.
Shao Xuan was not going to take Caesar with him, and he told Old Ke that if he did not come back, Old Ke could keep Caesar as a company.
The day before the departure for hunting, Shao Xuan did not bring Caesar, but left him in the tribe. When Shao Xuan left, Caesar also followed him for some distance. He did not stop until Shao Xuan scolded him.
After saying goodbye to the hunting group, Shao Xuan told Chacha to set out with him. And then, he held his feet as Chacha flew into the air. It was not easy to travel over the mountain, for there were hurdles on the way, and it was time-consuming. It would be easier for them to fly in the air, and there were not many large birds.
While standing on the ground, Chacha was slightly higher than Shao Xuan’s shoulder, so it was not so tiring for him to carry Shao Xuan.
They had been flying over this jungle, the more they moved forward, the fewer animals were found in the woods.
Half a day later, Shao Xuan saw the “Severing Land” that was recorded in the ancient volumes from the air.
It was a brown-colored thorny region, where there were very thick thorns, and branches covered with hard and sharp thorns. They overlapped with each other to keep people away. It looked like a horrible forest, almost blocking everything.
Some of the thorns near the ground were not very large, but they were still terrifying, like a pair of bloody eyes. They looked like an evil staring at each creature flying over the thorns.
Even the ferocious beasts that dominated the other places in the woods did not set foot here.
Looking at the endless thorny region, and glancing at the figures flashing in the gaps of the thorns, Shao Xuan decided to take a break first. After Chacha recovered from the fatigue, they would fly past that place.