Chapter 73: Dealing with the High Priest

"You dare tell me to get lost? I am the High Priest of the tribe. Even Ying shows me respect when he sees me. You few, drag this female out. I will use her as a sacrifice for the descent of the Blood Moon, to spare the tribe from disaster."

"Blood Moon?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Dashan and Youchao Xuan were both stunned. They raised their eyes to look, and sure enough, as the sun set in the west, a red moon hung high in the sky.

Axi was also terrified. "High Priest, it won't happen. The Blood Moon has nothing to do with Qinghuan. Qinghuan is the Goddess. She couldn't possibly be…"

"Goddess? What Goddess? She killed Shamaness A Yue. She is the tribe's Plague God. If we don't get rid of her, the Blood Moon won't disappear. What are you waiting for? Drag her away."

As soon as these words were spoken, those few men came to drag Nan Qinghuan away, but Nan Qinghuan didn't back down. "Stop, don't come over, careful, my Pepper Water doesn't care who you are."

Those tall tribesmen weren't afraid of her and stepped forward one after another to grab her. Youchao Xuan saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to protect her. "Stop, no one is going to hurt the Goddess, no one."

"And where did you come from? Get lost."

"High Priest, you can't go against Om. When Ying comes back, he will…"

"The Blood Moon's descent is an omen of great disaster. This female doctored my father to death. She is no Goddess, she is the Plague God. All of you, step aside."

Swish, swish…

"Ah!"

Suddenly, A Yu was struck in the eyes by Pepper Water and let out a scream. She immediately dropped the Scepter and covered her eyes. "Witch, you just wait."

"Sure, I'll wait. If you're so capable, don't eat my Salt."

Dropping these words, she continued boiling salt. A Yu, having been sprayed by Pepper Water, could only be supported away by others. After they left, Axi was worried sick. "Qinghuan, you've caused trouble."

Nan Qinghuan gave her a glare. "What's there to be afraid of? She's just a fraud playing tricks. Come, let's boil salt."

Youchao Xuan admired her brave appearance just now. "Goddess, no one can slander your innocence. This Blood Moon has nothing to do with you. I believe you are a Goddess sent by heaven."

"Enough, stop flattering me. Come add firewood. Axi, go call all those women over. I'm going to teach you how to boil Salt."

"Women?"

Axi didn't understand what "women" meant. Nan Qinghuan quickly explained, "I mean females. Go call them. From now on, they'll be doing this specifically."

Soon, quite a few tribesmen gathered at the Cave Entrance, everyone watching her boil salt, but most felt she couldn't succeed. "Om, this is just a pot of water, how can it become treasure?"

Inside the large pot, the salt water kept evaporating, but crystals hadn't yet formed. The tribesmen didn't understand, but she was very confident. "What's the rush? It'll work soon. Youchao Xuan, doesn't your Heavenly Book say 'white as snow'? You'll see it soon enough."

Youchao Xuan seemed very excited, but as he watched the water in the pot grow less and less while the white-as-snow substance still hadn't appeared, he couldn't help but have some doubts. "Goddess, can this water really become treasure?"

In the mountain forest, as the sun set in the west, the tribespeople returned from hunting, everyone talking and laughing. This time they had another bountiful harvest.

Ying led the tribespeople back fully loaded. The men's shoulders all carried prey on them, several dozen heads in total. Ji Lei couldn't help but say as they walked, "Ying, ever since we used Om's method, our hunting has been much more than before. If this continues, everyone in our tribe will be able to eat meat."

At the mention of Nan Qinghuan, a nice smile curved the corners of Ying's mouth. He chuckled, "Huaner came to help me. She will also…"

"Clan Leader, Clan Leader, something's wrong."

Not far away, A Tu's voice came. A Tu was a child. When he saw Ying, he ran over panting heavily. Ying's first reaction upon seeing A Tu was that something had happened to Qinghuan.

"What happened?"

"Clan Leader, the High Priest came back. She brought people to cause trouble for Sister Qinghuan."

"What? A Yu came back? How is Qinghuan?"

"Clan Leader, don't worry. Sister Qinghuan is fine. That A Yu was beaten by Sister Qinghuan. She said she wanted to fight Sister Qinghuan. Sister is boiling treasure."

"Qinghuan hit A Yu?"

Ying suddenly smiled with doting affection. His Huaner was not one to be trifled with.

"Ying, you're finally back. The treasure is done, it's done."

Not far away, Axi and those women all came to welcome them. Hearing that the treasure was done, Ying's first reaction was that Nan Qinghuan's Salt had been made. He grabbed Axi's arm in delight. "The salt is done?"

At the Cave Entrance, when that large pot of salt water became a large pot of snow-white Salt, the tribesmen crowded forward one after another to taste it. "Ah, this really is Salt. Wonderful. From now on, our meat will have flavor."

"A Mu, you can't eat it yet."

A Mu was already impatient to try it, but Nan Qinghuan said it couldn't be eaten. She looked at this gleaming white treasure Salt. "I heard this Salt is something only the Ape Tribe has. Qinghuan, why can't we eat it?"

"Even though it's done, it still needs to be stir-fried before it can be stored. Everyone, go back and get your pots. Once I finish stir-frying it, each person gets a portion to take back. From now on, eating food and making chili sauce both need Salt."

Hearing this, everyone was very happy and all went back to get pots. Nan Qinghuan had Youchao Xuan make her a simple shovel. She worked with practiced ease, looking altogether experienced. Fortunately, the salt water was very pure, so it could be refined into high-purity Salt without needing a second filtration.

Snow-white Salt was being stir-fried in the pot. Not far away, when the rushing-back Ying saw Nan Qinghuan working, he excitedly threw down those wild beasts and then sprinted madly toward her.

Having not seen his Huaner for a day, he missed her very much while hunting. He would even let cute rabbits go when he saw them, because rabbits were as cute as his Huang'er.

"Huaner."

"It's Ying back. Ying, look, we made Salt. Treasure."

But Ying didn't acknowledge Dashan's words. Instead, he quickly ran to Nan Qinghuan's side. Seeing the snow-white Salt in the pot, he was overjoyed. "Huaner, let me do it…"

He couldn't bear to let his treasure work. Nan Qinghuan saw him grab the shovel and quickly taught him. "Flip it slowly, stir evenly."

Ying copied her manner and actually stir-fried quite decently. Nan Qinghuan guided from the side. Soon, those tribesmen came to distribute Salt. Nan Qinghuan was also very generous, letting everyone share a pot. She saw that Ying and the others had brought back many wild beasts. "Ying, have someone process the wild beasts. Rub them with Salt and they can be air-dried to make cured meat. They'll keep for a long time."

Hearing this, those women all looked at her in disbelief. "Om, this Salt has such a use too? Using it, the meat won't rot?"

"That's right. Salt has many benefits. Eating it gives everyone more strength, and it also enriches the taste. Also, meat, vegetables, and such can all be pickled with Salt. I'll slowly tell you how to make them. You probably haven't seen what vegetables are either. First, take this meat out and process it. From now on, the tribe's surplus meat should all be pickled with Salt, so we can eat salted meat. Understand?"

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