Chapter 66
Chapter 66 – Do you know the meaning behind my name?
Translated by Sunyancai
Old Ke didn’t mention Shao Xuan’s astonishing speed of progress to anyone. And based on his observation of the following few days, it seemed that Keke and the others hadn’t spread it around either. So in the eyes of other people in the tribe, Shao Xuan was merely a brave and fearless warrior, who was lucky enough to be blessed by the ancestors. Aside from that, he was just as normal as everybody else. Even Ge, who was a frequent guest of Old Ke’s had no idea.
Since Shao Xuan returned with lots of game, he sent some food to his acquaintances in the tribe. Old Ke and Ge definitely got a big part of it, Aunt Ah-Yi who helped Shao Xuan with sewing also got her share. Also, the teacher of the orphan cave and the kids in the cave all had their own parts.
Shao Xuan had become quite proficient in stone crafting. A few days earlier the Shaman and the Chief had given him some fine stone cores of high quality. Shao Xuan turned them into a few spearheads, while Old Ke had finished re-crafting and grinding the tooth sword. It wasn’t as good looking as before, but was still sharp and could be put to good use.
“Could you please check it? What do you think?” Shao Xuan passed a stone spearhead to Ke.
Old Ke lifted his eyelids slowly. Without holding it in his own hand, he glimpsed at it and said, “Not bad.”
It was very difficult to earn the evaluation of “not bad” from Old Ke. Even when some other stoneware crafters presented their works to him, Old Ke would ruthlessly assess their works as garbage. Compared to them, Shao Xuan was quite proficient in stone crafting skills.
Shao Xuan shook the straw rope at hand, before he moved his fingers and tightened the rope. Easily, a simple-looking knot was finished. He giggled, “Don’t you think that my name Xuan looks like the knot made from a straw rope?”
He was not lying. When he was born in his last life, his grandma was making a straw rope. Later on when he was about to be named, the old lady found an ancient decoration. It was a tortoise shell with inscriptions on it. At the first sight, she noticed and liked the word “Xuan” as it was written in a distorted shape, so his grandma said, “So the boy should be called Xuan. The word looks like the straw rope that we are making.”
While in the written language in the tribe, ‘Xuan’ also looked similar to the character in his last life. So Shao Xuan’s explanation raised no doubt at all.
Old Ke glimpsed at the knots made by Shao Xuan, and then looked at the knots he just made. They were the ones that he had demonstrated earlier, and he only made the demonstrations once today!
Among those knots, there were a few kinds of them that were designed by himself when he was hunting. They seemed to be easy to him, but with a slight offset, it would be totally different, and affect the effects of the trap later. With a single offset, those sly beasts in the forest would be able to escape.
Pursuing perfect kills, Old Ke had very strict rules and standards towards ropes and knots, but…
Before, he intended to teach slowly, for many learners could not manage to make a complete knot after a whole day. However, unexpectedly this kid could successfully make a perfect knot when he was only shown how just once!
Old Ke pulled up the corners of his shaking lips, and thought, was the kid born just to learn this?
That is so…fucking exciting!!!