Chapter 275: Friday?

“Let’s go, let’s head again,” Han Cheng stood on the only log boat, after trying to the east for some time, he spoke to the Eldest Senior Brother.

“What?” The Eldest Senior Brother was surprised, trying on the solar hanging within the sky, which hadn’t reached the due south but. Pondering he might need misheard, he requested in response.

Did not the Divine Little one say we should always wait till tonight and begin heading again tomorrow? Why the sudden change of coronary heart now?

“Let’s return,” Han Cheng repeated with out turning round.

“Flip round, let’s return!” The Eldest Senior Brother, now certain of the message, shouted excitedly to the others.

Though they did not know why the Divine Little one all of the sudden modified his thoughts, with the ability to return early was a contented occasion for this group of people that had been keen to return.

Upon listening to this excellent news, everybody rapidly turned the boats round on the water floor and headed upstream.

Han Cheng waved goodbye to the East and the imagined fashionable civilization.

The speedy cause for Han Cheng’s sudden resolution was a tiger roar.

The roar did not scare him, nevertheless it reminded him of the 2 saber-toothed tigers he had seen within the woods when looking for Fu Jiang.

Saber-toothed tigers had been lengthy extinct, and there have been no traces of them sooner or later.

Realizing this all of the sudden, he determined, after a second of silence, to have the Eldest Senior Brother and the others return.

There was no have to discover the street forward anymore.

The presence of saber-toothed tigers, a species lengthy speculated to be extinct, meant that this could not be a civilized society.

I ought to have considered this earlier!

Feeling relieved and considerably misplaced, Han Cheng gently tapped his brow, feeling remorseful.

4 small boats went upstream, and the journey, named “seek for helpful species” to confirm whether or not the skin world was civilized, ended right here.

The sound of water gently accompanied the cheerful folks heading in the direction of the place they got here from.

“Cease!”

Han Cheng all of the sudden spoke up.

Everybody was puzzled. What’s unsuitable with the Divine Little one right now? He simply stated we should always go. Why all of the sudden cease?

“Look there!”

Han Cheng pointed to a spot on the south financial institution downstream of the river, telling everybody.

Whereas the Eldest Senior Brother and the others confronted upstream after they heard about returning, Han Cheng was the one one trying downstream.

Now, listening to what Han Cheng stated, all of them adopted his gaze. Below the blue sky, a pillar of smoke was rising and swaying.

Smoke meant there have been folks.

They hadn’t encountered anybody on their manner right here, so naturally, seeing somebody now was uncommon.

“Ought to we go test it out?”

The smoking place wasn’t removed from right here. Though they wished to return rapidly, they had been additionally curious in regards to the sudden look of the smoke. Furthermore, it wasn’t too distant, so after contemplating for some time, they turned the boats round once more and headed downstream to see what was taking place.

It might be even higher if they might get some details about the environment from them.

Going downstream was naturally quicker, they usually arrived on the location earlier than lengthy.

They selected an appropriate place to moor the boat and went ashore.

Following the earlier observe, after tying the boat right here, they pushed it away from the shore with a pole, hiding the oars and poles within the bushes.

Armed with weapons, they surrounded Han Cheng within the center and headed in the direction of the dwindling smoke.

Treading on dry grass, they proceeded by way of the thick weeds.

“They’re there!”

After strolling for some time, approaching the place the smoke was rising, the main Eldest Senior Brother all of the sudden stopped, trying considerably stunned.

Han Cheng was brief, surrounded by others within the center, so he could not see what was taking place there. Seeing the Eldest Senior Brother and others reacting like this, he did not know what they’d seen. He was feeling anxious, he requested.

The Eldest Senior Brother hesitated momentarily, then lifted Han Cheng onto his shoulders, giving him a extra exact view forward.

Not too distant, a big hearth was burning, surrounded by a gaggle of primitive folks gathered round animal skins. There have been about ten of them, large and small.

Is not it regular for primitive folks to gentle fires? Though their conduct across the hearth appeared unusual, the Eldest Senior Brother and the others should not be so stunned.

Han Cheng thought to himself, however his consideration was quickly drawn to the actions of a number of muscular people.

“Look there!”

Han Cheng pointed to a spot on the south financial institution downstream of the river, telling everybody.

Whereas the Eldest Senior Brother and the others confronted upstream after they heard about returning, Han Cheng was the one one trying downstream.

Now, listening to what Han Cheng stated, all of them adopted his gaze. Below the blue sky, a pillar of smoke was rising and swaying.

Smoke meant there have been folks.

They hadn’t encountered anybody on their manner right here, so naturally, seeing somebody now was uncommon.

“Ought to we go test it out?”

The smoking place wasn’t removed from right here. Though they wished to return rapidly, they had been additionally curious in regards to the sudden look of the smoke. Furthermore, it wasn’t too distant, so after contemplating for some time, they turned the boats round once more and headed downstream to see what was taking place.

It might be even higher if they might get some details about the environment from them.

Going downstream was naturally quicker, they usually arrived on the location earlier than lengthy.

They selected an appropriate place to moor the boat and went ashore.

Following the earlier observe, after tying the boat right here, they pushed it away from the shore with a pole, hiding the oars and poles within the bushes.

Armed with weapons, they surrounded Han Cheng within the center and headed in the direction of the dwindling smoke.

Treading on dry grass, they proceeded by way of the thick weeds.

“They’re there!”

After strolling for some time, approaching the place the smoke was rising, the main Eldest Senior Brother all of the sudden stopped, trying considerably stunned.

Han Cheng was brief, surrounded by others within the center, so he could not see what was taking place there. Seeing the Eldest Senior Brother and others reacting like this, he did not know what they’d seen. He was feeling anxious, he requested.

The Eldest Senior Brother hesitated momentarily, then lifted Han Cheng onto his shoulders, giving him a extra exact view forward.

Not too distant, a big hearth was burning, surrounded by a gaggle of primitive folks gathered round animal skins. There have been about ten of them, large and small.

Is not it regular for primitive folks to gentle fires? Though their conduct across the hearth appeared unusual, the Eldest Senior Brother and the others should not be so stunned.

Han Cheng thought to himself, however his consideration was quickly drawn to the actions of a number of muscular people.

They moved away from the hearth, then returned, bending down to select one thing up after some time. It wasn’t empty-handed; they had been carrying an individual.

Might or not it’s that somebody died within the tribe, they usually’re conducting a burial ceremony?

As Han Cheng noticed this scene, he chuckled. It was just like the customs of later generations.

Nevertheless, simply as the thought of a burial ceremony crossed his thoughts, what occurred subsequent instantly dispelled it.

Because the particular person being carried, whom Han Cheng initially thought was a corpse, approached the hearth, they all of the sudden feigned loss of life and began struggling violently.

After they received nearer to the hearth, they broke free from the 2 folks carrying them and stumbled away, working for his or her lives within the route the place Han Cheng and the others had been situated.

The particular person did not get far earlier than being subdued and dragged again.

Han Cheng noticed some others utilizing stones or spear-like objects to beat the one that cried out in agony.

What are they doing? Sacrificing a dwelling particular person?

Watching this extraordinarily primitive and bloody scene, Han Cheng’s face turned pale, suppressing the discomfort in his coronary heart.

Nevertheless, earlier than he might speculate additional, the folks from the tribe there had already observed their presence and seemed over with some alertness.

A few of them had raised their weapons, and there have been incomprehensible shouts, clearly questioning them.

This did not look like a really pleasant tribe.

The Eldest Senior Brother and the others additionally observed the change on the alternative facet. They rapidly put Han Cheng down, took the rattan shields from their backs, and stood earlier than him, shielding him.

4 others additionally grabbed shields whereas the remainder took out their weapons.

Following their coaching, the 5 holding shields fashioned a protecting wall on the entrance whereas the remaining seven with lengthy spears stood behind them.

On the left, Third Senior Brother, with two archers, had already taken out their bows and arrows. On the correct, two others with slingshots had loaded stones into them.

Among the many nineteen folks on this expedition, aside from Han Cheng and Liang, the novice physician who hadn’t totally educated but, the opposite seventeen had been common members within the coaching.

The Eldest Senior Brother, Shang, and the Third Senior Brother had been the leaders of their respective groups.

The rattan protect and prolonged spear groups did not play a big function in defensive battles counting on fortifications, however their only use was within the wilderness. That is why there have been probably the most members from these groups among the many folks Han Cheng introduced alongside, a complete of twelve.

Slingshots and bows had been finest for protection.

Particularly slingshots, which made an excessive amount of noise and had increased environmental necessities, resembling requiring a comparatively open space. That is why Han Cheng solely introduced two slingshot members and three archer members this time.