Chapter 566
After the strong winds, a heavy rainstorm arrived . After the scorching sun tortured them for an entire winter, it was finally covered by thick rainclouds . For many people who lived on the land, they had never felt so happy seeing rain clouds .
The raindrops rained down quickly as if someone poured it down from the sky in scoops .
The parched earth greedily absorbed the rain, and a muddy smell spread everywhere .
The wanderers were so excited they carried out jars to collect water from the sky . In the past winter, they had worked laboriously for the Flaming Horn tribe in exchange for food and water . However, they had not received much food and water, and some of them complained . It was not until they heard about the situation outside that they stopped complaining . They were afraid of being driven away . After all, although the water was scarce, it was sufficient for keeping them alive until now .
The heavy rain seemed to calm the fierce beasts down . After being maddened by the heat for an entire season, they were all calmed by the rain . You could tell from their roars of joy .
Each of the tribesmen had their own responsibilities . Some took charge of keeping guard, some took care of the farmland, some managed the animal pens, some made pottery, some made textiles . . . They were all ready to start working . It was too hot before for them to work, and most of them didn’t even want to move more, so they all put their duties aside . Now, they could finally start working again .
The sprouting seedlings in the ground were also growing with an unusual liveliness, and the forests turned greener than before .
Although the extreme weather had passed, the guards and defences had not been decreased . The two chiefs took turns to supervise them every day . Even when the rainstorm came, they didn’t retreat .
“It’s best to be vigilant at all times . ”
This was what the two shamans said after the sacrifice .
Although the two of them could not predict exactly what would happen, they sensed that a huge crisis was about to arrive, and it was not targeting any specific tribe . It was just an indescribable sense they had .
If the two shamans had different opinions, they might have to go through a dispute, but both of them had the same interpretation . The Flaming Horn tribe knew that whatever was going to happen, they must not be sloppy and let their guard down .
On a sunny day after the rain, the hunting team set off to hunt in the mountains .
Shao Xuan entered the mountain forest with the team . The green-faced fanged beasts had already been fed and had their blood extracted . People were naturally keeping watch over them, so he didn’t really need to be there .
They finally entered the forest again . Everyone in the team found that many trees in the forest that turned brown and died . Some of the dead trees had already been drilled through by various insects and were dotted with countless holes . If they were to be chopped down, a lot of tiny bugs would crawl out from within .
Carrying his prey, Shao Xuan and his team came to rest in a cave nearby .
“There used to be a stream there,” Shao Xuan said as he pointed to a place on the mountain .
“Yeah, but I don’t see it anymore . It probably dried out from the hot weather,” Mai said next to him . He didn't understand how streams formed . He only knew that even if rivers and streams dried out in the autumn and winter seasons, they would flow once again in the springtime when the snow starts melting or when the sky starts pouring . But now the stream that used to be in front of the mountain was gone, and he didn’t know why . Oh well . If it's gone, it's gone .
Mai carried his prey into the cave . The others looked over but didn’t know what Mai was talking about . They followed him into the cave . Only Shao Xuan remained standing outside, looking at the location where the stream originally was .
“I’m going to check out some other places . ” Shao Xuan said to those who were resting in the cave .
Mai and the other soldiers were full of curiosity so they followed Shao Xuan and wanted to see what he had discovered .
Shao Xuan remembered that there was a river nearby, not a big one, but river beasts often hid there, ready to ambush .
The stream had stopped flowing . It was probably because there was no snow on the mountaintops that year, and the unusually hot winter melted all the snow that used to cover the mountains all year round . However, the river over there did not originate from just melted snow alone, but also from other groundwater sources . It rained so much a few days ago . Even if it wasn’t enough for a stream, the muddy puddles on the riverbed would have certainly risen, no? It was such heavy rain .
However, when Shao Xuan passed by, there were only a few fish swimming weakly in the river, and larger river beasts were not seen . The reason was that the water level was too low!
The river was too shallow and the river beasts did not like to stay in shallow places .
As a result, they did not appear here .
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