Chapter 365
Shao Xuan could feel the obvious difference in climate after crossing the mountain . The climate on both sides of the mountains was very different . It seemed like the rain and the humidity on this side were all blocked from diffusing to the other side of the mountain, which was arid .
The further Shao Xuan went down, the more familiar the environment was .
Although this was his first time here, he could feel a sense of belonging in this place . This environment reminded him of his hunting grounds- similar to the mountain forest located near the river, where Flaming Horn tribe was originally at . It was also similar to the forest full of beasts, where he previously went hunting . As far as he could see, the place was all in green .
Shao Xuan felt great exhilaration . He was in such a place filled with liveliness and danger . He couldn’t identify the exact reason he was excited . It was either due to the familiarity he felt in this environment or due to the feeling of getting closer to the Flaming Horn tribe that he had left for almost a thousand years .
When he was heading down the mountain, he took off the fancy necklace that was made of beast’s claw or ox’s horn . This necklace was the booty he earned from hunting, which was useless from now on . He even tossed away the stone pot he had used for cooking for the past few days . All these things were burdens to him if he would like to survive in this environment . He had to be more careful in this environment, thus he wanted to keep himself as lightweight as possible to ease him in hiding and moving around .
It has been around six months since he was in this deserted land . Since then, it was the first time he entered such a forest .
Shao Xuan took a deep breath, stepped lightly and immersed himself into this environment . He was smelling the odour given off by the grass and the woods and listening to the various sounds that were made by the birds in this forest .
In between the dense wood, there was a wide and long river, which Shao Xuan couldn’t see the end of it . The river was filled with creatures, which includes the fish with dark-coloured back and the python, which was a giant hunter hidden beneath the water . All these creatures could clearly be seen if one stood on the tree .
Shao Xuan could identify the location of the tribe even though there was no clear sign given by the flame . He took a look at the bone ornament he was wearing . It was an ornament that signified the identity of him as the elder of the tribe . In the middle of the ornament, there was a ball that glowed in a bright red colour . Looking at the ornament, Shao Xuan wondered Will the people in the Flaming Horn tribe recognise me from this ornament? Do they recognise this ornament?
Shao Xuan continued to head in that direction he had identified after cheering himself up .
During the time Shao Xuan was continuing on his journey, he saw traces of human activities, including rags, defective weapons and human bone, which was discovered under a tree . Shao Xuan made a wild guess that these humans were killed when they were hunting here .
While travelling, Shao Xuan tried his best to discern all the traces in his surroundings . He had also taken a quick judgement on the various creatures along the way . His steps were cautious, but not slow .
There was a snake well hidden on the tree through camouflage . At first glance, it was difficult to know that there was a poisonous creature that was hidden on the tree . When Shao Xuan passed the tree, the snake wanted to bite him . However, Shao Xuan was too fast, the snake had no time to prepare for the attack . In an instance, Shao Xuan passed by the tree, without leaving a chance for the snake to attack . When the snake saw that it had no way to bite Shao Xuan, its tongue flickered, adjusted its posture and stayed in the same place to wait for its next prey .
Moving on, Shao Xuan had seen some tools that were used by humans . Then, he even saw some engravings on the branch and the wall, though he could not identify the tribe that left the engravings . Among those engravings, some were totemic patterns and some were words . There were also some engravings that described the prey that the human had killed- they’d carved the pictures to show off .
Shao Xuan glanced through the carvings . He could identify all the words, but not the drawings because he was not familiar with the drawing style . It would have been done by the people from other tribes . Thus, he concluded that the Flaming Horn tribe was a distance away, perhaps the people in that tribe did not come here frequently .
Since there were traces of human activities, Shao Xuan not only had to be cautious of the beasts that may have been hidden anywhere in the forests but also human beings . Sometimes, human beings were more ferocious than beasts .
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