Chapter 302: The Gift of the Heaven Gods

The tribespeople did not care about the meaning of these characters or what they represented; they only knew that their tribe—no, their nation—had gained more deities, or perhaps that the existing ones had grown more powerful. Regardless, to them, this was a good thing.

Just as Baifeng intended to explain the meaning of these characters in detail, an accident occurred: a massive fireball flew down from the sky and crashed onto their nation's territory.

Baifeng looked up in panic; there were no others, just this one. Fortunately, if more had flown down, it might have caused a catastrophe for his newly established nation, and he would have found it difficult to explain such an occurrence. He understood that this was a Meteorite, a stone that had luckily entered the atmosphere, but to the tribespeople, this inexplicable thing must be some kind of hint given by the Heaven gods, especially since it happened right after the founding of the nation. They might think the Heaven gods were dissatisfied with their nation and that they should dissolve the nation and return to being a tribe.

After the Meteorite landed, Baifeng only heard a loud boom, but it did not cause a major earthquake, which meant the Meteorite was not too large and would not cause any impact.

However, the dust rising in the distance indicated that the force of the impact was still significant. He only hoped it would not cause a fire; if a fire started, then the talk of a catastrophe would be unavoidable.

Baifeng was already thinking of a response plan at this moment. Fortunately, Baifeng was extremely experienced in such matters; as long as he knew what had happened, fabricating a lie was something he could do with ease.

All the tribespeople looked toward the distance in panic; no one cared what their King was doing. Sui gripped Baifeng's hand tightly, using great force, clearly shocked by this inexplicable event and perhaps even attributing the cause to the gods. Baifeng comforted her, telling her not to be afraid.

After a brief moment of panic, the crowd turned their eyes back to Baifeng; what to do next depended on what their King said.

To Baifeng, as long as it was just one, small Meteorite, it was a gift from Heaven. Even in later generations, people who saw a Meteorite fall would not worry about whether it was divine punishment, but would instead think about rushing to be the first to find the Meteorite and picking it up to sell for money; it was simply gold coins falling from the sky.

Baifeng pulled Sui up, then turned to face the newly carved "Heaven Earth Sovereign Kin Teacher" stone tablet, knelt down, kowtowed three times earnestly, and said loudly: "Thank you, Heaven, for the gift!"

The crowd was confused, but after following Baifeng in kneeling and bowing, they waited for Baifeng to explain. However, Baifeng did not say much; he just hurriedly took Sui down from the high platform, then hastily announced the end of the sacrificial ceremony, and immediately prepared the Weapon and ox carts, ready to transport the gift given by the Heaven gods.

Although everyone was a bit panicked, they did whatever their King said. The people from the Construction Department immediately arranged for ox carts. However, because they did not know how much the "gift" was this time, they took ten ox carts at once. Baifeng was also unsure how big the Meteorite was, so he defaulted to this number of ox carts and also had them bring Dry Rations, because he was unsure of the distance and what accidents might happen along the way, so it was better to bring more.

Baifeng and the others went back to put on their combat clothing and armor. The Coronation Robes were only worn for sacrifices and other grand occasions; they were not only impractical but also restricted movement. The other officials also changed into their own clothes.

Because the army had been disbanded, he did not know how to arrange the men, so Baifeng had to temporarily arrange for over a hundred people to carry the Weapon and equipment. These hundred-plus people were those who had reached the finish line first during the emergency assembly drills; at least they would listen to orders, and their physical strength was decent.

The personnel from the Construction Department were selected by their person in charge—those who were loyal and could endure hardship. From the other departments, he brought the persons in charge and some of their capable subordinates. As for the former Free Person, now ordinary Citizen, he just randomly selected a few representatives to go along; after all, he could not empty out the tribe just to go fetch a Meteorite.

However, it was an important occasion after all, and going to transport a treasure given by the Heaven gods certainly could not be too casual. Everyone wanted to go see it, but Baifeng could not take everyone.

Baifeng, Sui, Chinv, and their two sons sat in an ox cart with a canvas cover; this was the privilege of being the King. Others had to walk.

On the way, Changle quietly leaned into Baifeng's ear and asked: "Father, this 'gift from the Heaven gods' you speak of is actually a Meteorite, right? You told us before that a Meteorite is just a very common Nature phenomenon and has nothing to do with gods. Why are you saying it was given by the gods now? Which one is the real truth?"

Baifeng laughed heartily after hearing this; his education of his children had not been in vain. At least they would not blindly worship Nature. They had never seen this situation before, yet they could associate it with the knowledge he had taught them the first time they saw it. They were truly smart enough. Even though they were questioning his statement now, Baifeng only felt happy, not displeased.

Yulong also heard his younger brother's question and stared at his father with curiosity, waiting to see what his father would say. As for Sui and Chinv, they completely did not understand the conversation between the father and sons, so they simply remained silent, as they had seen this many times before; the three of them often talked about mysterious topics at home that were completely incomprehensible to others.

They could understand the earliest topics, but as the children grew older, the content they discussed became increasingly profound. They felt their brains could not hold those things, so they simply stopped listening; in any case, Baifeng did not deliberately explain it to them.

Baifeng laughed heartily, patted Changle's head dotingly, then scanned the surroundings of the canvas cover with his eyes, meaning there were others outside, and then made a shushing gesture with his finger.

The two children immediately understood their father's meaning and stopped asking. When they got home and there were no outsiders, their father would definitely explain it clearly to them. These things, other than the two of them, their father would never tell anyone else.

The two children also showed their teeth in a silly smile and threw themselves into their father's arms.

The people outside did not hear the movement inside the carriage and were just earnestly on their way. They also wanted to see this magical thing quickly. A thing given by the Heaven gods, that was something from legends, not the Glass and Wine they used to deceive other tribes.

The people of the Suiren clan, near the territory of the Baifeng tribe, also saw the fire in the sky, but they only thought it was the Heaven gods getting angry or something, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to kowtow, without any thought of going to the landing site to check. Baoxi was thousands of miles away and did not see it; if he had seen it, would he have gone to investigate? And Xuanyuan, what would his choice have been?