CHAPTER 512: CHAPTER 503: THE GREAT CHIEF 21

Yan Shuangshuang also told the people of the tribe about her idea to lure the Earth King Beast to the tribe as a guardian beast. Although the tribe people have no concept of beast training, they all like the Earth King Beast, which is intimidating yet gentle in nature.

In fact, if you think about it, even though the Earth King Beast is not right in front of Power Tribe, it has still been protecting the tribe. With the Earth King Beast nearby, many fierce creatures do not dare to come to this place, which reduces the dangers faced by the Hunting Team.

Moreover, when the Hunting Team goes out hunting, they often rely on the Earth King Beast’s intimidation to avoid other predators and save their lives. It’s fair to say without this Earth King Beast, the casualties of the Hunting Team would be greater, and Power Tribe might have perished long ago.

So, when Yan Shuangshuang mentioned the idea of luring the Earth King Beast to the tribe, everyone raised their hands in favor and actively responded. Currently, members of the Hunting Team will pick some Big Leaf Grass while hunting to feed the Earth King Beast when they encounter it.

The women and elderly responsible for gathering in the tribe followed Yan Shuangshuang’s instructions, beginning to dry grass to serve as food to lure the Earth King Beast during the winter.

Every time Yan Shuangshuang and the tribe people fed the Earth King Beast, it would rub its large nose against Yan Shuangshuang. Next time they meet, the Earth King Beast would bring some small items to Yan Shuangshuang as gifts, including two Fire Stones.

The Fire Stones looked bright and shiny, extremely beautiful like crystals. The Earth King Beast must have considered them pleasing and given them to Yan Shuangshuang. Upon seeing these Fire Stones, Yan Shuangshuang, after a long confirmation, couldn’t believe she actually encountered Fire Stones!

To confirm whether these stones were indeed Fire Stones, Yan Shuangshuang followed the method recorded in the tribal book, heating the stones and crushing them into powder to tan several rabbit skins caught by the gathering team members.

Though called rabbits, the rabbits in this world are not like those on Earth, which are soft, easily caught by humans, and entirely harmless little white rabbits.

Although these rabbits eat grass, they stand half a meter tall, with strong, powerful limbs and sharp claws. Their jumping ability is astonishing, with impressive combat prowess—compared to the small, cute rabbits Yan Shuangshuang remembers, these rabbits are practically mutated battle rabbits!

Two fresh rabbit skins were soaked and de-greased before being carefully tanned with these stone powders. The softness and smoothness were not inferior to high-quality fur in modern society, clearly confirming the stones were Fire Stones.

After confirming the Earth King Beast had given her Fire Stones, Yan Shuangshuang’s heart was ablaze, knowing that if the Earth King Beast had twice given them as gifts, there must be a nearby source of these Fire Stones.

Yan Shuangshuang did not ask for many Fire Stones; as long as there was enough to tan the fur necessary for Power Tribe’s people to survive winter, she would be satisfied.

The advantages of Fire Stones were well-known in the tribe, and because they had White Stone Fruit Forest as backup, they didn’t worry about hunger during the cold season despite not hunting. At most, there would be less meat, but there’s no need for extensive activity during the cold season, and eating less meat wasn’t a problem, as long as they could eat their fill.

Compared to eating meat, keeping warm was the most important issue; it was a matter of life or death. So, lately, the Hunting Team put hunting aside to follow the Earth King Beast around.

While following the Earth King Beast, they would pick some wild vegetables and search for Fire Stones wherever there were rocks. Of course, the main hope was that the Earth King Beast would lead everyone to the place where it found Fire Stones.

Yan Shuangshuang also attempted to communicate with the Earth King Beast to express her desire for Fire Stones. Unfortunately, despite the Earth King Beast’s intelligence, it couldn’t understand the complex meanings Yan Shuangshuang was trying to convey.

Yan Shuangshuang had no choice but to continue following the Earth King Beast everywhere, hoping to find Fire Stones soon. Everyone followed the Earth King Beast for seven or eight days before finding Fire Stones at the foot of a rocky mountain.

Even more exciting was the abundance of Fire Stones, enough for years of tanning winter-use Beast Skin.

Having found Fire Stones, the tribe’s hunting targets shifted from meat-bearing prey to furred prey, even though the weather was still hot and animal fur was relatively thin.

But storing more fur is always good; since everyone needs to hunt for food anyway, the type of prey doesn’t matter. If inadequate furred prey is caught before the cold season, layering the lower-quality Beast Skin could still save lives.

After transporting several batches of Fire Stones back to the cave, the Hunting Team resumed their lives of hunting, feeding the Earth King Beast, and training Yan Shuangshuang. As for preserving prey and tanning fur, that was the work of the women in the cave.

Time flew by, and soon the sun in the sky had decreased by two, making the weather cooler. In the jungle, Hunting Team members formed a circle, each holding a Stone Axe, poised to strike.

In the center of the Hunting Team, Yan Shuangshuang held a half-meter-long knife modified from the Earth King Beast’s scales, facing a half-grown wild boar. This was Yan Shuangshuang’s task today: to hunt the wild boar, which, though half-grown, weighed eight to nine hundred pounds!

Yan Shuangshuang had faced many such tests over this period and was no longer fazed. Now she faced the ferocious wild boar with great calmness.

The half-meter-long knife modified from Earth King Beast scales weighed over twenty pounds. Yan Shuangshuang, who initially barely managed to wield it, now freely swung it to hunt prey, showcasing rapid growth in strength.

The surrounded wild boar was agitated, incessantly scraping its hoof in impatience. The wild boar has a simple, aggressive mindset; annoyance naturally leads to attacking. Being the seemingly weakest target, Yan Shuangshuang became the primary target of the wild boar’s attacks.

The wild boar scraped its hoof quickly, lowered its head, and charged at Yan Shuangshuang. The wild boar’s head was incredibly hard, collision with a human could break bones; for people of this world, such impact was mammoth.

The wild boar’s attack speed was fast, seemingly lowering its head and reaching Yan Shuangshuang’s front in an instant! Yan Shuangshuang, however, did not panic. Seeing the wild boar approach, she lightly stepped on her toes and leapt up, placing one foot on the boar’s head, and swiftly turned and landed on its back.

Before the wild boar below could respond, Yan Shuangshuang’s large knife swiftly struck horizontally towards the wild boar’s neck, delivering a fierce chop.