Chapter 266: Someone Knows How to Use Sulfur as a Weapon

Ashu hurriedly introduced him, and upon hearing that it was the small Ying tribe near Rongdi, he was very happy; those tribespeople had previously been bullied by Rongdi, so now that they were willing to join his tribe, he was naturally delighted.

"Great, of course I agree; my tribe must become stronger and stronger."

This day, the spring light was bright.

The last season's Grain Seed had already been sown; because the ancient climate was still unstable and the length of Winter varied each year, Nan Qinghuan decided to plant another season of rice before finishing work.

After getting these done, Gungun crawled out from behind, round and smooth, to come play with her; Nan Qinghuan, now pregnant, dared not interact much with animals, fearing their many germs would be bad for the baby.

Gungun, who hadn't played with its master for a long time, was excited and tried to run toward her, but Nan Qinghuan scolded it.

"Don't come over, stay where you are."

Gungun, after hearing that, dared not move recklessly and looked at her pitifully.

I can't understand why it suddenly fell out of favor.

Nan Qinghuan, seeing how cute the little creature was, felt she couldn't resist teasing it, but thinking of the child made her afraid again.

"Let's go home; I have something to attend to."

"Qinghuan."

Axi's voice came from not far away, and Axi hopped and ran toward her; Nan Qinghuan, seeing her still frowning lightly like a child, said, "Hey, miss, you're at least a pregnant person, don't jump."

Indeed, Axi vomited after eating meat last night, which scared Dashan into rushing to Youchao Xuan for a checkup; after the examination, it turned out to be nothing serious, but it actually existed.

Don't even mention how coincidentally this child was conceived.

Axi smiled, "It's fine; our people aren't that fragile. My A Mu was still climbing trees to pick fruit when she was pregnant with me."

"Your A Mu?"

Nan Qinghuan felt something was off.

Wasn't she an orphan? She remembered Axi was an orphan rescued by the Ying Tribe.

Then Axi hurriedly gave an awkward smile, "Yes, I'm an orphan, but I also had an A Mu; she just died. Later, when Ying was hunting, they found me surrounded by a Wolf Pack, Ying rescued me and brought me back."

Hearing this, Nan Qinghuan quickly patted her shoulder, thinking she was indeed a pitiful girl.

"Axi, from now on you have a home, Dashan; he will take care of you for life."

"Qinghuan, thank you; because of you we have these good days, I…"

Before she could finish her words of thanks, suddenly a series of eerie sounds came from the forest, sounding like a Bronze Drum yet not quite.

"What is that sound?"

It seemed she had heard it before.

Axi, upon hearing the sound, immediately looked toward the cluster of rugged mountains, and then not only she, but also the laboring tribe members stopped; they all raised their hands and pressed their palms together toward the place where the sound originated.

It seemed they were praying for something.

"Axi, what's wrong?"

Nan Qinghuan couldn't understand what was happening, what that strange sound was; Axi said nothing, only pressed her palms together, looking very sorrowful.

What's going on? Not far away, Youchao Xuan hurried over, "Goddess, everything is ready; when shall we go to Yao Na?"

Right, today Nan Qinghuan plans to go to Yao Na to take a look, and also see how their newly built Tulou turned out.

"You hear, what is that sound?"

Youchao Xuan saw her interest in the sound, and with a complicated expression looked behind, "Goddess, this is the funeral drum of a tribe's demise."

These words made Nan Qinghuan's face darken, "A tribe's demise—what tribe has perished?"

Youchao Xuan also didn't know; after thinking, "The direction the sound comes from should be where Snake Tribe people are."

"Snake Tribe?"

"Exactly, a Snake Tribe has been wiped out."

Behind them, Ying, accompanied by Ji Lei, strode forward; he seemed very fatigued, having been forging Iron Tools these past days for fear of a sudden Rongdi invasion, and now he needed to make other preparations.

He has become a father, and must strive harder to live; he wants to watch his offspring be born and protect it as it grows.

"Ying, what's really going on? I heard that Ada didn't go to join Rongdi?"

Indeed, that Ada is a petty person; he had just arrived at the tribe before seeking out Rongdi, and how did it get wiped out? Ying walked over to Nan Qinghuan, pinched her cheek gently, very doting, "That Ada is a fool. He allied with me but secretly met Rongdi, originally trying to forge an alliance with Rongdi to deceive me. In the end, he teamed up with Rongdi against me. I didn't expect Rongdi to kill him outright, then sent men to storm his tribe; everyone was captured, and those who resisted were eaten by Rongdi's people."

"I see."

"Truly a cause for joy."

Youchao Xuan said coldly, "Ada, the moment I saw him I knew he wasn't sincere about allying with us; his refusal to give us Cotton told me he had ulterior motives. Ying, has the Rongdi tribe grown stronger now?"

It has indeed grown larger, which is not good news for them.

The Rongdi, once forced into the sea by them, will surely seek revenge; although the Ying Tribe is now strong, Rongdi is not idle, especially that man revered as a priest, who is now helping Rongdi farm and even building houses.

Youchao Xuan was somewhat puzzled; building houses is something only the Youchao Clan does, so how can this priest also? Ying, however, was unafraid, "I'll keep an eye on Rongdi, Qinghuan, I'll go with you to Yao Na."

Ying was very busy; especially when hearing that a tribe had perished, Nan Qinghuan thought she should go, and it would be better for Ying to stay in the tribe.

"No need, Youchao Xuan, the Youchao Princess, and I can go; you stay in the tribe. Now Rongdi's strength is increasing, and given his temperament he'll send people to harass us. I think it's better for you to remain here; I'll go to Yao Na and return shortly."

If Ying isn't in the tribe, she worries something will happen.

Ying was unwilling to leave her side, about to say something, when Ashu hurried over from not far away, "Ying, our strongman has been discovered."

"What?"

"Someone released a yellow smoke with a terrible smell; the strongman, hidden in the forest, couldn't endure being discovered."

"Yellow smoke?"

Upon hearing this, Nan Qinghuan couldn't wait; Ying's strongmen are all hidden in the forest, so who is bothering them? "Shall we go take a look?"

They arrived at a meadow outside the tribe, where the strongmen were lying to rest, appearing to be poisoned.

Seeing Ying arrive, the men kept covering their mouths, and sharp odors periodically drifted through the air.

Nan Qinghuan felt uncomfortable as soon as she arrived, and Ying, smelling the odor, immediately tried to cover her nose.

"Qinghuan, don't come over; it's very stinky here."

Nan Qinghuan also didn't dare to go, covering her nose and suddenly coughing.

She smelled the scent and immediately realized something—a familiar smell.

It's sulfur!

Damn it, who would use sulfur to fumigate them? "Youchao Xuan, go look around nearby for any traces of yellow little stones that have been burned?"

"Yellow stones?"

Sure enough, Youchao Xuan quickly found the extinguished little stone; although it was out, the smell was still strong.

"Found it, Goddess, do you know what this is?"

Ying was interrogating the situation over there, and Nan Qinghuan hurriedly led Youchao Xuan to a ventilated spot, which made her feel a bit more comfortable; fortunately, being outdoors, the wind quickly dispersed the odor.

Otherwise they'd be choked unconscious.

Seeing the burned little stones, Nan Qinghuan's complexion wasn't good; she spread her hands and stared thoughtfully at the thing in her palm.

"I recognize it; this is sulfur, a mineral stone, chemical symbol S, atomic number 16."

Someone actually uses sulfur ore to produce sulfur; that person must be from outside, truly clever!

Youchao Xuan naturally didn't understand these technical terms; he'd never heard the name of this stone before.

Yet he found it unbelievable, "Can sulfur really have the power to fumigate a strongman into unconsciousness?"