Capítulo 435: Chapter 253: Make It Bigger and Stronger

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Hui Shu felt the strength and power in his transformed body, holding the golden-yellow big knife coin. He felt as though he was floating among the clouds, on cloud nine.

However, when he remembered he still had a seed near his heart, it was like he was falling straight down to the ground, face first.

“Come, come, sit here. We’re companions now.”

Jiang Xuan warmly pulled Hui Shu to sit by the bonfire, handing him a big skewer of meat: “Eat, eat, you must be starving after being tied up for so long, right?”

Initially, Hui Shu wanted to refuse, but Jiang Xuan’s roasted meat smelled so delicious, his stomach involuntarily growled with hunger.

Hui Shu tentatively took a bite of the meat, and then the savory taste blossomed on his tongue. He couldn’t resist this deliciousness anymore.

“Tastes good…”

Hui Shu quickly finished a skewer of meat, and Jiang Xuan thoughtfully handed him two more skewers.

He continued eating until all the roasted meat was finished, leaving Hui Shu with a lingering sense of satisfaction.

As they say, receiving food softens one’s words, taking goods shortens one’s grasp; given Hui Shu’s eating and taking, naturally, his hostility towards Jiang Xuan lessened a bit.

Jiang Xuan patted Hui Shu’s shoulder and said, “As long as you work hard in the future, I guarantee you can become a leader, maybe even the chief of the Rat Tribe!”

“You don’t want your Rat Tribe to stay broken up, slowly disappearing like this, do you?”

Jiang Xuan’s words touched Hui Shu deeply.

For every tribesman, their tribe holds profound emotions, and for the Rat Tribe to fall to such a state, without stable territory, Hui Shu felt deeply saddened too.

However, his strength was too weak; he was powerless in the face of the tribe’s fragmentation and decay.

Now, Jiang Xuan provided him a glimmer of hope, even though it was still faint as of now.

“Can I really do it?” Hui Shu asked, lacking confidence.

Jiang Xuan nodded affirmatively: “With the Vine God and the Vine Tribe by your side, what do you fear? Even if you can’t do it, we’ll help you!”

Hui Shu nodded, although he wasn’t entirely willing to believe it, he held onto a fleeting thought.

If things turned out as Jiang Xuan said, maybe the Rat Tribe really had a chance to reunite and become strong again?

Once this thought was planted, it kept swirling in Hui Shu’s mind, refusing to leave.

After eating and drinking his fill, Jiang Xuan continued to persuade Hui Shu.

“The seed inside you, as long as you don’t betray the Vine Tribe, won’t be a threat. On the contrary, it’s actually a seed from the Vine God and can help you quickly grow stronger, protect you in emergencies.”

“Such a treasure would be desirable to others but unattainable. Think about it carefully, whether what I’m saying makes sense.”

Hui Shu pondered carefully and then nodded. That was the Totem God’s seed; if used well, it was indeed a genuine treasure.

Of course, the premise was Hui Shu wouldn’t betray the Vine Tribe; otherwise, that seed would be a deadly weapon which could take his life at any moment.

“So, don’t think too much. Work hard in the future, strive to become a leader early, then look for opportunities to bring back other members of your Rat Tribe, to restore the former glory of the Rat Tribe!”

Jiang Xuan’s words were highly persuasive, even though reason told Hui Shu it was unrealistic, he still held some wishful thinking, what if it came true?

“Alright, you’ve been here too long. To avoid your tribesmen becoming suspicious, I’ll tie you to the tree again later, but the rope will be looser. Once I’m asleep, you can cut the rope yourself and pretend to escape.”

Jiang Xuan acted on his words and directly tied Hui Shu back up, then laid out a beast hide beside the bonfire and lay down to sleep.

Hui Shu patiently waited for a while, then pulled out a sharp stone piece, continuously slicing the rope, until he cut through it.

Afterwards, he glanced at Jiang Xuan lying on the beast hide, seemingly asleep, and at the purple fiercesome bird squatting asleep beside him, and with complex emotions on his face, left the place.

The tribesmen of the Rat Tribe, due to their long-term activities in dark places, have much better night vision than ordinary people.

Hui Shu quickly navigated through the forest, and upon reaching a certain large rock, he lifted the dense vines on top, revealing a dark earth cave below.

Without hesitation, Hui Shu jumped into the earth cave, reached out to restore the vines to their original state, and quickly crawled forward along the cave path.

Hui Shu crawled in the earth cave for quite a distance until the path suddenly widened and some firelight appeared ahead.

Hui Shu crawled towards the firelight, but before he advanced much further, a person appeared in front of him holding a short spear pointed at him.

“Who?”

“It’s me, Hui Shu.”

Upon hearing Hui Shu’s voice, the person immediately lowered the short spear and asked in surprise: “Hui Shu, weren’t you captured?”

“Yes, I was captured, but I managed to escape.”

“That’s great news, hurry up, everyone’s worried about you.”

Hui Shu heard this and felt no internal stirring, as the Rat Tribe tends to abandon those caught, aside from close ones, no one worries about a failure.

Hui Shu made his way to the area with firelight and saw a big bonfire surrounded by a dozen Rat Tribe members.

This particular troop of Hui Shu’s consisted of over two hundred people, but due to the narrow underground caves, they couldn’t all gather in one place. Only a dozen or twenty people could live in one big cave, dispersed underground.