Chapter 258

Chapter 258 - How big

Translated by Lesyt Team

Edited by Ilesyt

Seeing Shao Xuan talk leasurely with the people above, Mai felt relieved . It was the first time they came here, but Kun Tu had told them that many tribes took refuge here . And the people of the stronger tribes rested in the higher holes .

Having fought against the Dishan tribe, the warriors of the Flaming Horns tribe were too tired and injured, they were not as strong as before . If they confronted with another strong tribe from the grasslands, they had a slim chance at winning . After all, they had no advantage in numbers . Moreover, Mai felt that the man named Gu La was much stronger than the leader of the Dishan tribe, and he was not sure whether he could defeat him .

Mai looked down to the hole of the Dishan tribe and his eyes once again looked fierce . When hunting in the ferocious beast forest, they had better kill the target, or a similar situation like with the Thorn Black Wind would occur, and they would suffer from unexpected attacks .

He was going to ask the slightly injured warriors to go with him to kill the rest of the Dishan tribe . At this moment, he heard the leader of that tribe above him shout loudly: “Gu La, I have something to say to you!”

Hearing his words, Mai prepared his sword to fight, and made a gesture towards the others to signal them not to take actions . Although they had heard about the Hui tribe from those other tribes, they were unfamiliar with them . After all, Mai was not sure about the response of the people of that tribe . So they didn’t act and looked on to see what would happen next .

The leader of the Dishan tribe, who had been aware of the intention of Mai, avoided starting a war fight them . Instead, he came up with another idea in order to get out of trouble .

Above him, Gu La frowned, he didn’t intend to intervene in the dispute between the Flaming Horns tribe andthe Dishan tribe . In this place the strong had the say . If two tribes had a conflict, they should have a fight . The winner could decide everything . The loser would retreat or would be slaughtered . Therefore, even if all team members of the Dishan tribe were killed, the people who rested here would not think the Flaming Horns tribe was evil .

However, why did the Dishan tribe ask them for help? They couldn’t have forgotten the basic rule, especially those from the Dishan tribe . They had slaughtered many teams before . The people of the Hui tribe would not engage in it unless they could get some benefits .

Gu La closed his eyes and the others failed to guess what he was thinking . Then he raised his head, smiled at Shao Xuan and said: “Wait . ”

This meant he told Shao Xuan that he had to wait for those coming up from below .

Shao Xuan did not argue with him, instead he rose his hand to stop Chacha, who wanted to fight with Shan Dao .

The leader of the traveling team of the Dishan tribe climbed up and reached there, with blood on his body . He glanced at Shao Xuan with fear and vigilance . Then he walked to Gu La and whispered something . They went into the hole to have a secret conversation .

Gu La just changed his facial expression for an instant . Shao Xuan saw this and sighed silently . It seemed that they would not be able to kill the whole group . Walking to the edge, Shao Xuan looked down and signaled Mai and the others to clean their wounds .

About five minutes later, the leader of the traveling team of the Dishan tribe and Gu La came out . The former didn’t show his emotion on his face . The latter looked upset, as if he lost something very important .

It was likely that he had promised to give something good to Gu La .

After the leader of the Dishan tribe went down, Gu La asked Shao Xuan: “In your team, who is the leader?”

Shao Xuan shouted towards the people below: “Mai, come here . ”

Mai was ready for this, he climbed up, said to Gu La: “Mai, Flaming Horns tribe . ”

“Gu La, Hui tribe . ” Gu La didn’t put on airs because of the mystery of the Flaming Horns tribe and the giant eagle mentioned by Shao Xuan .

“Let those of the Dishan tribe go . ” Gu La said while pointing to those next to him . Three of the Hui tribe came down together, carrying several large bags . “This is the compensation for you . ”

Opening the bag, he found there were a lot of jades, shells and some stones similar to the water moonstones of the Drumming tribe . They could exchange them with others . If all were exchanged for water moonstones, they could get more than twice they had gotten from the Drumming tribe .

Mai thought for a moment, and said: “Deal . ”

Gu La only said to “let them go” . He didn’t care what would happen after they left, which meant he would not intervene in their disputes next time .

Mai also understood this . Over the past two years, before the return to the old land, they had been trained by the Shaman as leaders of the hunting teams, so they now had a different mindset .

Below, the people of the Dishan tribe left with the slightly wounded warriors . Most of those with serious injuries were abandoned .

Lang Ga and a few people saw this . They wanted to say something, but were stopped by Wei, who said, “Wait . ” Since the Hui tribe got engaged, they could not keep fighting .

Besides the things that the Dishan tribe took out, there was a wooden box, which was given by Gu La . The box contained many rare herbs . Of course, the people of the Flaming Horns tribe had seen many quality herbs, but right now they didn’t have enough herbs for treatment and first aid .

Mai talked with Gu La again to confirm that Gu La would not interfere in their disputes in the future . Then he left to take care of the wounds of the injured warriors with the herbs .

Mai went down with only the wooden box filled with herbs, he carried none of the animal skin bags that contained jade and shells .

“Hey, you don’t want this?” A man next to Gu La shouted .

He had just said that, and then a gust of wind blew .

The several bags on the ground were all grabbed by Chacha, and then he flew down .

The people of the Hui tribe glanced at Chacha and looked towards Shan Dao, who was standing next to Gu La . They thought this eagle was really a lot more helpful than certain others, for it could help carry the bags . On the contrary, their eagle even had difficulty in catching a rabbit .

“Go in and chat?” Gu La pointed to the hole where they rested and said to Shao Xuan .

“Good . ” Although Shao Xuan was unhappy for the intervention of the Hui tribe, he saw Gu La and noticed he had something to say . He didn’t refuse him .

After entering the hole, Gu La told someone to guard the hole to stop others from getting close .

“Do you know what he just said to me?” Gu La asked .

This “he” referred to the leader of the Dishan tribe .

“No idea . ” Shao Xuan had not expected Gu La to even tell him this .

Gu La said in the low voice: “A fire crystal mine . ”

Shao Xuan’s eyelids twitched . No wonder the people of the Hui tribe were willing to help those of the Dishan tribe . The fire crystal mine was really tempting .

“In the grasslands, there is a small mine . The Dishan tribe found it, but they have not been able to grab it yet . There are others trying to snatch it . ” Gu La said with irony, “I know what they’re playing at . They want us to fight for it so that they can get it without much effort, isn’t that right?”

Gu La paused and asked Shao Xuan: “Do you want to have a look at it?”

Shao Xuan shook his head, “Since it is in the grasslands, we will not go there, for it is too far . ”

Gu La had asked this in order to guess the situation of the Flaming Horns tribe based on Shao Xuan’s reaction . Unexpectedly he got such an answer .

“Where is your tribe? If we come out for travel again, we may visitthe Flaming Horns tribe . ” Gu La said .

“Oh, it is not too far away . ” Shao Xuan pointed to one direction . “Go in that direction . It is in the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest . ”

Gu La: “ . . . ”

The others of the Hui tribe had been listening carefully: “ . . . ”

Even Shan Dao, who had stretched to look outside also made a strange cry .

Gu La no longer looked calm and said: “If I remember correctly, the Wan Shi tribe is over there . ”

“Yes,” Shao Xuan nodded, “it is just next to the Wan Shi tribe . They are outside the forest, but we are inside it . ”

Gu La asked more questions about the Flaming Horns tribe, but Shao Xuan didn’t reply . Gu La knew that even if he kept asking, he would not get the answers . Then he talked about the Hui tribe and his keeping of Shan Dao .

“It’s not easy!” Gu La sighed .

Shao Xuan nodded while listening to him: “Raising them is really not easy . ”

“Indeed . ” Speaking of this, Gu La was excited again, “In the beginning, Shan Dao was the smallest egg in the nest, like this . ”

Gu La said, and also swung his hands to show how "small" it had been .

Shao Xuan looked, as Gu La said, if the egg was put vertically, it came higher than his knee . It had been “the smallest egg in that nest” . Because of this, Shao Xuan looked strange .

Gu La spoke excitedly, “When Shan Dao came out, he was the weakest among his brothers and sisters . After all, it was the smallest egg . Some people said it is difficult to hatch the smallest egg of the giant mountain eagle . Even if it hatched, it would also be difficult for it to survive, let alone grow up . When I brought Shan Dao here, I had little hope . Unexpectedly, Shan Dao survived, and now he became the strongest among his siblings . Even in the whole tribe, among the mountain eagles of the same size, he is the most powerful!”

Gu La said with obvious pride on his face .

In the Hui tribe, he really deserved praise because of this . Unexpectedly, During Shan Dao’s first outing, he encountered Chacha and was defeated . He suffered a crushing defeat .

The fight between the giant mountain eagles had always been like this . There were many fights among the mountain eagles in the tribe, and many losers even suffered a lot more than Shan Dao had . Gu La thought he wasn’t bullied, for the giant mountain eagles should meet challenges head-on and become tough . In this way, they would be able to overcome difficulties in the future . This was why when Gu La saw Shan Dao defeated, he didn't get very angry .

Thinking of this, Gu La curiously asked Shao Xuan: “Chacha looks very good, and very strong . It is the strongest among the eagles of the same size I have seen . The egg was also very big, right?”

Shao Xuan: “ . . . Oh . ”

“How big was it in the end? Don't worry . Tell me the truth . I have seen bigger eggs . Tell me, how big it was?”

Shao Xuan showed his index finger and thumb, and made a gesture: “Like this . ”

Gu La: “ . . . ” Do you think I have not seen the giant mountain eagle eggs?!

Shao Xuan was helpless, for he didn't know there were big and small eagle eggs . There were totally different sizes . He had held the egg in his hand and he had intended to cook it .