Jiu Feng’s other nest was not that far from the stone pillar nest. It was on the cliff wall south of the pillar, in a naturally occurring cave.
The cave opening was quite big. It’s enough for Jiu Feng to fly in with his wings fully open.
Once inside, no matter in what perspective, the cave looked as wide as a football field and as high as 3 to 4 meters. Inside the cave, deep where the wind from the entrance couldn’t reach, is a huge saucer-like nest. The size was just perfect for Jiu Feng when he fully sits down.
Yan Mo didn’t go look at the place further inside. Not because he’s not curious but because it was too dark. It was entirely black even though it was still bright outside the cave. He already tried to walk to the edge where the light still shone, standing there, he could feel there was more space inside. But for such natural caves on a cliff, it’s very dangerous to continue going blindly if you’re not an experienced explorer with special equipment.
Even expert explorers using modern equipment couldn’t guarantee 100% they wouldn’t fall into danger. In his original modern world, there were still caves left unexplored. Let alone him now, not even having a torch to light up the way.
Yan Mo stood there for a while and didn’t feel the obvious wind coming from the inside of the caves. That means the cave either didn’t have other openings or the inside paths were very complicated and twisty, even if there’s another exit somewhere else, the wind couldn’t be felt from here.
But since Jiu Feng built his nest here, first of all, he was certain that there were no snakes or mice in this cave.
Because of that, Yan Mo could feel at ease when sleeping, aside from lice and fleas in the grass nest bothering him.
Cave exploration being temporarily shelved, in order to expand control to the surrounding area as soon as possible and even more to survive the upcoming winter, Yan Mo and the warriors later began to test Jiu Feng’s bottom line and actively pushed Jiu Feng to get used to them.
“We have to find a place for you guys to sleep so you won’t freeze at night.” Yan Mo spoke seriously as he trembled, hugging his arms and shrinking his neck.
Since the heavy rain, the weather had been getting colder and colder. Less than three days later, the temperature had plummeted by at least twenty degrees.
It’s still fine during the day when the sun was out, but just draping an animal skin over himself was no longer very effective. The cold seemed to penetrate into his bones. He didn’t dare to peek out of Jiu Feng’s wings once the night fell. as long as he thought that he’s sleeping under warm cozy wings, while Yuan Zhan and Meng could only wrap themselves in animal skins and hug each other to barely keep from freezing… he really felt sympathetic for them. Really!
Yuan Zhan has been used to this weather since young, whether from psychological side to physiological side. Warriors living on this land would even dare to battle each other bare-chested out on a snowy day. So he and Meng could handle this much during the day.
“We can tan animal skins and set up a tent in less windy places.” Yuan Zhan calmly said, grabbing a stone to grind a stone axe.
“You’re sure you two can last the whole winter in a thin tent?” Yan Mo doubted. In his body’s memory, Yanshan people would go into the Yanshan cave in winter, no one would live in the tents outside.
“Can’t.” Meng spoke with sobs in his tone. He skipped down a small rock hill.
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In these three days, they had managed to expand their scope of activity to this place under Jiu Feng’s tight watch.
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“You’ve also seen me discussing that with him. I think he should’ve understood by now, but clearly he isn’t willing to.” Yan Mo spread his hands, then sniffed back his snot.
Yuan Zhan and Meng also knew that it’s impossible. Every beast and bird have strong territoriality towards their domain, especially their nests, they won’t be able to tolerate other people coming in. It’s already miraculous that Jiu Feng allowed them to live near his nest.
“What do you see up there?” Yuan Zhan asked Meng.
Meng replied in a more serious tone, “No beast and people nearby that can be threats. I think we can put a tent beside this stone mountain, on a side that doesn’t get direct wind. Just that the pelts are not enough. For the time being, we can only make a small tent. Winter is also not a good season to tan fur.”
“Small one is fine. We need a shelter that can block the wind first. Later we’ll look around here again. See if there is a suitable empty cave, we can also dig a cave on some slope.” As Yuan Zhan was making the stone axe, he didn’t seem to be exerting any big effort but there’s sweat on his forehead now.
Yan Mo found it weird so he looked at it longer. As he kept looking, deeper doubts started to set in his eyes.
He saw with his own eyes when Yuan Zhan randomly grabbed a rock and that rock was about 66 cm long rectangular shape. When he first saw the rock, he didn’t even know what Yuan Zhan wanted to make it into.
But only a short amount of time has passed, and he can already see a long-axe shape from the rock? He didn’t hear loud hitting, nor did he see Yuan Zhan making a grinding motion.
No, Yuan Zhan was grinding now. He used the excess part of the rock that he already knocked off and sharpened the blade part of the axe with it. The problem was, he never did strike the axe in his hand with other stones, nor did he grind the stone in his hand with other stones before.
So, how did he remove the excess part from that stone completely without noise, and made it into the shape of a stone axe?
Speaking of which, he never seemed to have seen Yuan Zhan making stone items before. There were only the necessary stone items in that “house”. If Yuan Zhan could use some way Yan Mo hadn’t seen to easily make stone items, why didn’t he add more stone items to his home?
Sensitive to people’s eyes on himself, Yuan Zhan looked up.
It was too late for Yan Mo to take back his gaze, he could only rearrange his expression so he looked like he’s just about to ask him something, “Right, I want to ask you guys first. Between wood and stone, which do you think is easier to shape?”
Meng paused before answering, “……Ordinary wood, of course.”
Yuan Zhan paused longer than Meng, but his answer was actually: “It’s all the same.”
Meng got startled, and turned to him.
“How can it be the same?” Yan Mo found that Yuan Zhan was about to reveal an important secret, immediately seized the opening to say, “Stone blades can cut trees, can branches be used to cut stones?”
“I have a way.” Yuan Zhan replied vaguely.
Yan Mo didn’t intend to just let him go like that. He immediately followed with another specific question, “You mean you have a way to deal with stones, just as easily as you cut down trees with a stone axe?”
Yuan Zhan hesitated then nodded.
Meng clutched his head, quietly hissing breath from his teeth. Forget it. It’s okay even if it’s said. They are so far from the tribe anyway.
Yan Mo looked into Yuan Zhan’s eyes, for reasons unclear to himself, he thought of the Stone Mountain in Yuanji tribe’s territory. That stone mountain they occupied, is it not just because they needed stones and thought stone is a better tool?
Yan Mo suddenly felt that this ordinary primitive tribe was not so ordinary.
Were there more people like Yuan Zhan in that tribe, people who could easily shape hard stones? Then, why hadn’t stone buildings appeared in their territory?
Because there was no such awareness? Because they didn’t think about it at all? Or because they didn’t know the first step to make it and how to build it?
To put it plainly, in his opinion what these native people lack isn’t the ability, but the idea for new things. As long as you light up their imagination, give them a little pointers, maybe they can develop rapidly on their own.
“I am a Xirang.” Yuan Zhan suddenly said.
“Mn?” Yan Mo was pulled back from his thoughts.
Meng added, “Xirang clan. In the stories, they are descendants of the god of Earth.”
“So?” Yan Mo asked for a more detailed explanation.
“So I can make rocks somewhat bend to my will.” Yuan Zhan ordered Meng to get more stones.
Yan Mo was shocked and at the same time, his curiosity rose rapidly. Last time he already wanted to dissect that old priest’s brain when he saw Qiu Shi’s far-seeing ability. Who’d expect that Yuan Zhan who slept on the same bed as him was also with ability. But the other man didn’t talk about it, keeping such a big secret to himself.
A certain someone didn’t realise that mad desire to research was flickering through his eyes. His questions shot off without pause, “How do you make rocks listen to your will? What can you do with rocks? Why haven’t you mentioned that you have such a skill before? I never saw you using it during our journey. Why?”
Yuan Zhan refused to answer. Meng wanted to say it, but Yuan Zhan kicked him and he could only swallow down his words.
Yan Mo decided to later go around Yuan Zhan, look for Meng and ask about this in detail.
“You don’t need to know any of this, you just need to know that It’s easier for me to do things with rocks than for others.” Yuan Zhan got up, sliding the stone axe he finished in a very short time into his waist, He spoke while towering over the boy, “Say it, what do you need stones and woods for? I don’t think you want them for weapons.”
Yan Mo pinched his nose to prevent mucus from flowing out, muttering, “If I knew you had such a hack from the start, what am I still worrying about? Then does Meng have any special skill or ability too?”
“He had no special abilities right now. At most, he’s quick at running.” Yuan Zhan slightly regretted revealing this thing so quickly to the little slave. For some reason, he always felt that the little slave was looking at him with a terrible gaze. Just like a bear mad from hunger after a whole winter seeing honey. Not wanting to eat him, but wanting to cut him open!
Yan Mo took in a deep breath to calm down his slightly stirred up emotions. He pointed to the stone mountain, “Now, there is Jiu Feng who hunts for us, we can spare all the time and energy to make a shelter, for example, use the stones on this mountain to build a house, make a fireplace inside the stone house. It’s much warmer than a tent, and way safer.”
“A house?”
“It’s a tent-like building, but bigger, sturdier, and better as a shelter.”
“You can make it?”
Yan Mo bluntly said: “No.”
Yuan Zhan, who was just getting interested in stone houses: “……”
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“It’s a tent-like building, but bigger, sturdier, and better as a shelter.”
“You can make it?”
Yan Mo bluntly said: “No.”
Yuan Zhan, who was just getting interested in stone houses: “……”
Yan Mo: But you can ba!~
Yuan Zhan: “……” I seem to dig a pit for me to jump into
Thanks for the chapter<3
Wow, there’s superpower too here. Omg like earth power , will there be some like fire, thunder, water and sort? Or is it other some fantastic thing
this story is so interesting! I am glad that Iclicked on it.
Thank you for your hard work translating and sharing it with us!
Wow didn’t expect that he’s like an earth bender and could it be there are others with different abilities….
And finally I caught up… the story is really good so far
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
I love how Mother Nature was so integrated into this novel.
it’s 12.16 am here at my place.. i have work today later at 7.but i cant stop reading. i miss thisss. thansk for the translation 🥺
Wow, it’s like he’s a earthbender. I was surprised that it’s not just typical primitive era with a bit different of our history, but a lot more different. Since it has a lot of mystery and magical things
Descendant of the Earrh God indeed. Yan Zhan is so good at digging pits for himself 🤣🤣