Chapter 564
A Sign
The seven green-faced fanged beasts were already receiving the best treatment from the Flaming Horn tribe. It was rare for the Flaming Horn tribe to pay so much attention and care to beasts.
Recently, Shao Xuan had also extracted some blood, but then one day, after the beasts had finished their meals, they continued to remain in hibernation so Shao Xuan stopped extracting blood and let them enter hibernation mode. He could feel that it would take a long time until the next time these beasts wake up.
The second batch of green bronzes was finally created. Naturally, the chiefs and leaders with higher status and merit received these weapons first. The minor chiefs and leaders had about twenty people and there weren't enough weapons for all of them, so the chiefs and leaders who received their weapons passed down their previous weapons to the rest of them so they could use them first.
Among these weapons, many were forged by Gongjia Heng. Although they were not as good as Shaoxuan’s sword, they were better than most of the bronzes. The minor chiefs were alright with using these weapons, knowing that there wasn’t enough green bronze at the moment. It was already nice enough that they had weapons. The soldiers outside were all staring with admiration.
They had already resolved the two problems at hand: the casting of bronzes and the breeding of green-faced fanged beasts. But now there is another very serious problem-the weather!
Yes, there was no snow piling higher than houses, and people could not freeze when they got out. Instead, they were facing the other extreme.
The weather now was even hotter compared to the time when Shao Xuan and his group came back from the forest. As soon as a bird's egg fell to the ground and cracked, the egg could be cooked directly. And that was on dry, grassy ground!
The grass was still green in the early winter could nb longer bear the drought. Each patch of grass slowly withered and died away. The tribesmen cut and tied them up in bundles they could use as fuel for fires.
However, in this dry weather, fires must be avoided. This was the forest. One spark in this weather could result in great losses for the tribe. Thus, Shao Xuan made a suggestion to strengthen their fire prevention management, especially for those who were living within the forest. All of them had been warned.
According to the soldiers who went out, the battle outside had grown even more intense. Previously, only some small tribes were fighting. Now, even some large and medium-sized tribes had joined the fight. It was a rule in the forest. The strong would have more resources while the weak could only stand by and watch, praying that the strong would spare them some spoils.
The Lu tribe sent some people over a few days ago and sought to trade with the Flaming Horn tribe. They were willing to trade more than thirty Dumb Birds for water and some other supplies.
Because the weather was too hot, the beasts raised by the Lu tribe were not in the best condition. However, the chiefs of the Lu tribe made very wise decisions this year. At the very beginning of the year, they already sold many of their larger beasts and kept only the relatively younger ones. Nearly half of the beasts were sold to and eaten by the Flaming Horn tribe, and the other half was split between some of the medium-sized tribes. Therefore, even though the weather became hotter each day after winter began, the Lu tribe could still maintain a normal life. What's more, they had their own water source, a pool of fresh groundwater that wouldn’t dry out.
The people of the Lu tribe were always prudent and had their own ways to deal with disasters. The leaders were also very smart, acting decisively and not wasting any time on their hands, so even if they encountered any natural disasters, they could smoothly deal with it. Most of the larger tribes knew about this.
However, the Lu tribe did not anticipate the weather this year to be as bad as this. They thought that even if it was hot, it wouldn’t get as hot as it did the previous year, but this was unfortunately not the case. These people were all too naive.
The hot sun scorched the earth every day, causing many plants that could not adapt to the heat to die. They had all died from the drought, and a whole batch had already been eliminated the previous year. This year, even more were eliminated. Only those plants and animals that could adapt and tolerate the hot temperature remained.
“Dangerous indeed!”
The person who transported the birds was Yan Jiu, whom Shao Xuan was familiar with. After he reached the Flaming Horn tribe, he immediately gulped down mouthfuls of water.
He hadn’t gotten to guzzle water like this for a few days already.
“Didn’t you guys have a pool of groundwater? How are you still lacking water?” Duo Kang asked from the side.
If people from other tribes asked this question, Yan Jiu might not have told the truth,
But the Flaming Horns were different. After numerous encounters, Yan Jiu already knew enough about the Flaming Horn tribe to know that they were merely curious. They had no intention to find out any secrets about the tribes.
“It’s drying out.” Yan Jiu sighed depressingly.
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