Chapter 75
Chapter 75 – White hairs
Translated by Sunyancai
A drop of cold sweat slipped down from Shao Xuan’s forehead.
If he had not raised his head, would one of his eyes have been stabbed?
Undoubtedly, it seemed to be some harmless white fur, yet they could pierce through the thick leaves and pierce themselves into the enclosed space. If the leaves weren’t that thick and the white fur pierced right inside, Shao Xuan would have been wounded anyway, even if he had moved his head.
No wonder Ah-Suo and the others mentioned that it was more than dangerous in this place, and carelessness meant death sometimes.
Thinking about earlier when they were besieging the jumping fruit tree, Shao Xuan realized that if any warrior had hesitated when withdrawing, he would totally have become a white haired hedgehog, for there would’ve been no chance for him to arrive at the shelter in time. There was no suitable object that could be used as a shelter anywhere near the jumping fruit tree.
Shao Xuan smelled some blood in the air, which meant that some warrior was hurt. However, there was no scream at all. everyone’s breathing was regular, except for two people, who were breathing faster than the others.
“What are you doing? Still want to play with it?” Keke was too curious, so he came to ask.
Shao Xuan did not answer right away, but he asked, “Can I make a fire in here?”
“No bonfire.” Keke shook his head hard, “The trees and grass nearby are not fond of fire. We won’t make a fire even when we spend the night in here. Otherwise we’d be attacked by the trees.”
“What about a torch?” Shao Xuan asked.
“Only the small ones.” Seeing that Shao Xuan was only making a small fire, Keke was relieved at once.
Ta was standing beside them, with a roll of animal skin in his hands. It had all the targets that they were trying to find in it. He looked up at Shao Xuan’s direction at the noise, but instantly he frowned. Ta did not expect that Shao Xuan would still think about playing with those little tricks after he invited him into the advance force!
Yes, in Ta’s perspective, all things related to traps and snares were considered as little tricks. Those were supposed to be performed by the weak and the disabled people. He had no appreciation for that. In his mind, a true noble warrior would just fight with his own ability, and real hunting meant slaying the prey by sword and spear! Aside from the real way, the ones performing the little tricks would never become real warriors.
He felt more unsatisfied as he thought about it. Seeing that Keke was helping Shao Xuan find a branch for the torch, Ta made a heavy humph.
Since the team leader showed this attitude, the others who planned to check on Shao Xuan’s deeds all had second thoughts. The team leader was the one who could determine their fate in the advance group. Why would they do something pointless to upset the team leader? Ah-Xuan was just a stupid kid who was invited by the team leader. Now he was still thinking about playing? Why bother?
Keke found a dead tree nearby, so he cut off a branch and lit a fire.
Shao Xuan used the fire to burn the end of the poison caps.
The white fur was blackened quickly when burnt, and it shrank fast as the ends rolled up. Shao Xuan burnt more from that poisonous end, just in case.
“Please help me with this.”
Shao Xuan passed the torch to Keke, and then took out a small stone knife. He put the patch of burnt white hairs on the trunk aside, and used the stone knife to stroke them.
The burnt end rolled up in a ball, was directly dislocated from the white hairs, since Shao Xuan used the knife to stroke along them. Meanwhile, only nontoxic white hairs remained in Shao Xuan’s hand.