Chapter 293: Building the Great Road in the Ancient Tribe

Here, Nan Qinghuan led her people to start surveying the gorge's terrain, and, following the mountain's shape, to build this wooden bridge; once completed, it will bring the wolf tribe and the tribe closer together.

A road creates a bridge of friendship.

Nan Qinghuan's village dream is slowly coming true, and when this news reached Rongdi's ears, Rongdi lifted a big bowl and drank a bowl of fruit wine, some spilling over; they brushed it away, and after finishing, raised their head to look at the silent Li Xiang beside them.

"Li Xiang, you heard it; your junior sister wants to build a road, to open the connection between the wolf tribe and the Ying Tribe. If their road is completed, it won't be a good thing for us."

Li Xiang knows Nan Qinghuan well; although she is a woman, she can get these things done, and he still admires her. He had heard Ji Nü say that when Nan Qinghuan arrived, the Ying Tribe had nothing and lived in a cave; now she seems to be pulling the wolf tribe in to absorb other tribes. It's hard to imagine his delicate junior sister using all her lifelong learning to help those barbarians.

He envies that barbarian, to the point of madness.

Seeing Li Xiang remain silent, Rongdi grew a bit irritated, "Li Xiang."

"Heard you, Leader."

He stood up with a wicked smile and said, "What do you want?"

Rongdi naturally didn't want them to finish the construction, because once it was completed, it would be hard for him to attack the tribe later.

Although with his current abilities he cannot resist the Ying Tribe, he also doesn't want them to become so strong in the future that they swallow him.

So he is very worried!

Li Xiang doesn't care at all what happens to the tribe; it's none of his business. His mind is full of waiting for the Full Moon Night to take Nan Qinghuan away; he is looking for a chance.

But first he must keep Rongdi steady.

"Leader, rest assured, they won't succeed."

"You know?"

Rongdi, however, didn't think that way; he once thought Nan Qinghuan couldn't accomplish anything big, but now he has discovered that after visiting the Ying Tribe and seeing its changes, then returning to his own tribe, he feels a disparity in his heart.

So he wants to sabotage them.

Li Xiang voiced his thoughts, "Nan Qinghuan may know some basics, but the conditions here are poor; building a bridge isn't that easy."

Li Xiang overlooked the Youchao Clan; he didn't know that the Youchao Xuan Clan was also in the Ying Tribe and had always assumed that the Tulou was overseen by Nan Qinghuan.

So he underestimated them.

Hearing his words, Rongdi still felt uneasy, "I will find a way to stop this; the Ying Tribe must not have a passage to the wolf tribe. How are your grain seeds?"

Rongdi worries about the grain seeds; whether they can eat rice this year now depends on Li Xiang.

Li Xiang nodded, "Come with me."

The ancient sky was very sunny, with a thousand miles of cloudless sky.

Li Xiang led Rongdi to the rice fields, where the tribespeople were pulling weeds vigorously; although they had never seen rice before, the leader said to plant whatever he ordered.

"Leader."

Duo Luo, as High Priest, now comes here every day, because she can only monitor Li Xiang this way.

Li Xiang doesn't like her; she must continue to hover in front of him.

"Leader, look, all the grain seeds have been sown, and the tribespeople have also spread fertilizer; in a while, green seedlings will sprout."

These words made Rongdi very pleased; he seemed to foresee a miracle of rice filling the tribe.

He had once secretly visited the Ying Tribe and seen their rice; it indeed grew well.

However, soon he also had some here.

"Good, Li Xiang, very good. When I return from the Bolan Festival, will these seedlings have sprouted?"

"Bolan Festival?"

Li Xiang naturally didn't know what the Bolan Festival was, and Rongdi laughed brightly, "The Bolan Festival is held once a year; the wilderness is a good place, and I hope that when I return I'll see the seedlings planted here. When will you be ready to build houses for us?"

"Build houses?"

Li Xiang now has no desire to help Rongdi, because his mind is entirely on taking Nan Qinghuan away on the Full Moon Night; he doesn't want to stay and assist these barbarians with any tribal construction.

Earlier he used his abilities merely to survive; these people won't kill him as long as he's useful. Now that he knows Nan Qinghuan is also here, his thought is to take her away, so his mind naturally isn't on building the tribe.

So he is biding his time, waiting for a chance to get close to Nan Qinghuan.

【5】1】 But how to find such an opportunity?

But how to find this opportunity.

Now he has no way to go to the Ying Tribe; Ying hates him to the bone and has sent people to kill him, so… "Li Xiang, the leader is asking you something?"

Li Xiang quickly regained his composure, "Of course, Leader, how long will you be gone, and what festival is this?"

Rongdi was about to speak when a giant beast suddenly flew in from behind.

The Flying Beast returned, looking as if it were poisoned.

"Leader, it's bad; the Flying Beast is poisoned."

Their conversation was interrupted by this sudden discovery; the lone wolf hurried over to report that the Flying Beast was poisoned, and Rongdi quickly ran up. Once he left, only Duo Luo and Li Xiang remained.

Seeing the Flying Beast with his own eyes opened Li Xiang's horizons.

He had never seen such a wondrous species.

Probably a professional habit, he hurriedly asked Duo Luo, "What is that?"

Duo Luo was proud, knowing he didn't recognize it, "That is the Flying Beast, a divine beast of ours, very powerful; it also rescued the leader and the lone wolf from the sea, and it was forced by your junior sister Nan Qinghuan."

"Junior sister?"

Duo Luo seemed to see through Li Xiang's thoughts, "Don't think about taking your junior sister away from Ying; I heard she's pregnant and Ying won't let her go. You'd better stay safely in the Mountain Tribe; as long as you help us well, you'll have a chance to kill Ying, and then you won't fear Nan Qinghuan not coming."

Duo Luo was quite clever to see Li Xiang's intention, but Li Xiang didn't want to admit it; he sneered, "If she won't go with me there's nothing I can do. What is this Bolan Festival?"

"It is a grand festival, belonging to the tribe leaders across the whole Jiuzhou Dadi; every year the Matriarchal Tribe's clan leaders prepare abundant gifts and food to entertain each tribe's leader."

Those words sparked Li Xiang's thoughts, "So Ying will also go?"

He instantly felt hope; if Ying went, he would definitely take Nan Qinghuan, and then… "Duo Luo, may I go? May I go see the splendor of the Bolan Festival?"

Duo Luo didn't expect his interest, "You want to go?"

"Didn't I just arrive? I want to see the tribe's affairs; better understanding the tribe can strengthen it, I want to go see."

Li Xiang had his own calculations, but he wasn't sure whether that barbarian would take Nan Qinghuan there. If she didn't go, his going would be a miss, yet based on his knowledge of Nan Qinghuan, she would attend such a lively event.

She likes to join the excitement.

Duo Luo, not knowing his thoughts, simply said honestly, "I am a Shaman of the tribe and I have no right to go; only the leader Oum has the right to go together, you…"

"Then I'll go ask Rongdi."

"Li Xiang…"

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