Chapter 345, How Can There Be Such a Large House? 

Translator: Silavin

 

Li was stunned, not expecting this answer. After adjusting her expression, she asked, “Then can you take us to meet your Shaman?”

 

“You want to meet our Shaman?” Qing Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, finding this young one to be quite interesting. Even in their current situation, they were not panicking. This suggests they were not ordinary people.

 

“Yes, I’m the Daughter of the Giant Bear Tribe’s Chieftain. We can cooperate with your Tribe.” Li straightforwardly said.

 

“Yes, we don’t know what valuable items your Tribe has, but whatever is useful and abundant, our Giant Bear Tribe will most likely find a need for it.” Kai nodded repeatedly and added, “I’m also the Chieftain’s Son.”

 

“Oh?” Qing Yan had not expected these youths to actually have such high statuses. “You want to spend the rainy season in our Tribe?”

 

With only two days until the rainy season, their intentions in following him back to the Tribe was obvious. They clearly wanted to spend the rainy season in the Tribe before departing. Otherwise, they would not be so eager to meet the Shaman.

 

“Yes, we have no choice. We haven’t found any Tribe until now. If we had, we would have returned already. We can only spend the rainy season in your Tribe…” Li nodded.

 

At this point, this was their only option. Although staying in another Tribe during the rainy season was not as stellar and as comfortable as being in their own Tribe, surviving was more important..

 

They probably would not be able to sleep well or eat well, but it was still better than wandering in the Wilderness, waiting to die.

 

Luo had not spoken the whole time, only showing longing in his eyes, which were fixed on the dried meat.

 

After thinking for a long time, Qing Yan asked, “What does your Tribe have?”

 

Since they mentioned cooperation, he needed to know what their Tribe could offer. This was the core of mutual cooperation.

 

“Our Tribe has lots of dried meat. If you need it, we can give you plenty.” Li said.

 

“Yes, if you let us stay through the rainy season, we’ll repay you with dried meat later.” Kai quickly added.

 

They were not fools. Seeing several dozen bags of dried meat around, they understood this Tribe must be short on meat.

 

Focusing on this aspect would surely hit the mark.

 

“I’ll say it again – it’s not my decision to make. But I can take you to our Tribe. As for the final outcome, that depends on you.” Qing Yan solemnly said.

 

Hearing about dried meat, he thought it might be worth mentioning these youths to the Shaman. After all, they were children from a Large Tribe, and there might be real opportunities for trade.

 

“Great!” Li knew her words had worked.

 

Qing Yan turned to Wa Ming and said, “Give these kids some dried meat.”

 

He had noticed them constantly swallowing while they were talking. It was so loud that it was hard to ignore. Especially the chubby one… if not for his self-control, he probably would have grabbed some already.

 

“Alright.” Wa Ming agreed.

 

Hearing there was food, Luo’s mouth watered even more, his blue eyes staring intently.

 

Li shook her head in embarrassment, never expecting their Large Tribe would lose face over this.

 

Half an hour later, Qing Yan’s group had rested and shared dried meat with Li and the others.

 

Everyone shouldered their dried meat again, preparing to head to the Tribe before sunset.

 

Li’s group followed closely behind, now feeling much more at ease.

 

As long as they found shelter in a Tribe before the rainy season, things would be fine. They would not have to worry about being outside anymore.

 

After this experience, they would probably never carelessly venture out for training again, especially Kai, who had been the most enthusiastic at the start.

 

More than four hours later, the Sun was starting to slowly set.

 

Being close to the rainy season, darkness fell earlier. It was just past four in the afternoon, but the surrounding light had already turned orange-yellow.

 

The scenery at this moment was beautiful, with orange-yellow hues everywhere. The dense forest, combined with the orange sunset, and occasional flying birds, looked like a sight from a painting.

 

“Our Tribe is just ahead.” Qing Yan stopped and nodded in the direction ahead.

 

Li’s group looked where he indicated and saw that the Tribe was not small. Judging by the height and width of the wooden walls, it must be a Medium Tribe.

 

However, they were puzzled about why there was such a huge house at the entrance of the Tribe. The length, width, and height were all substantial, unlike ordinary dwellings. On the other side were rows of sheds. They questioned what they were because they had never seen them before.

 

“Do you know what those two things are?” Lan quietly asked.

 

The short-haired girl was too curious – surely people would not live outside with just walls around them, right?

 

Their Giant Bear Tribe did not have anything like this. No matter how many people they had, they would never let anyone live outside.

 

“I… I don’t know. That should be their Tribe’s… I don’t know.” Luo also could not figure it out.

 

He thought that since this was not a Large Tribe, anything unusual might appear.

 

“People must live there, otherwise they wouldn’t build such a large house.” Kai thoughtfully pondered.

 

After all, they were from a Large Tribe, and even their Shaman and Chieftain’s houses were not this big. Such a huge house appearing suddenly was quite perplexing.

 

“But it doesn’t look much like a normal house. Look at the top – it’s all covered with some kind of hide. Is that normal?” Li analysed.

 

Lan blinked her blue eyes and guessed, “Maybe this Tribe is running low on material?”

 

“You’re usually so clever, how did you become so stupid here?” Luo did not want to say more.

 

“What did you say!? If you’re so smart, why don’t you explain why?” Lan irritably shot back.

 

“There’s a huge forest right behind us, how could they be short of material?” Luo rebuked.

 

“I… you…” Lan was speechless for a moment. She  just kicked him without saying anything else.

 

Luo rubbed where she had kicked and mumbled, “I was just stating facts.”

 

“There’s no use guessing. Let’s go in with them. We’ll probably find out soon enough,” Li coldly said. [What is the point of arguing? It is a hundred times better to take a good look at it.]

 

“That’s true. This Tribe is so strange, we definitely need to take a good look.” Kai nodded.

 

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