Chapter 463: Split

After Baifeng set out, he proceeded according to the direction in his memory. On the road at the very beginning, he did not feel any major obstacles, and everything was considered fine. Although Changle was young, he persisted the whole time without any complaints; he always held the belief that learning knowledge and understanding Nature required enduring hardship.

However, after several consecutive days, Baifeng did not discover any traces of the Xuanyuan Tribe. He only thought that this world was too big, and there was no such coincidence that he could encounter everything.

But now the road had slowly become quite poor. They began to encounter all kinds of mountains. In the higher places, the Snow had not melted, which caused their speed of advance to be greatly reduced.

Not many days later, Baifeng felt something was wrong, because in the direction they were advancing, there were only mountains—all kinds of mountains, high and low—and they had no way to move forward at all.

It was not impossible to want to climb over the mountains, but the cost and time spent would be relatively high. Baifeng kept pondering in his mind which mountain range this was, but the final conclusion was that he simply could not remember the names of such small mountain ranges and small branches.

Now, surrounded by the mountains, Baifeng was not sure if the path he was taking was correct. He gradually developed a sense of uncertainty about this operation, and everyone's confidence also gradually disappeared under the erosion of the great mountains.

Baifeng first decided to walk through the valleys to see if they could walk out, but after walking for two consecutive days, when he looked up, it was still mountains. Baifeng's last bit of confidence also gradually vanished.

But just when he was preparing to return, the weather changed again. The heavy Snow fell as soon as it started, and it was rain mixed with snow first, followed by snow, which resulted in a thick layer of ice under the snow, causing even greater difficulties for their return journey.

When it snowed, that kind of powerlessness and suffocating feeling also enveloped everyone in Huaxia; they were all impatient to leave this place.

Baifeng now recognized the reality: without anyone to lead the way, wanting to find a place where one only knows the general direction by oneself is absolutely impossible, and in an era where roads have not been built, it is an even more arduous task.

Baifeng did not know what the Xuanyuan Tribe was doing, but in any case, he had no other way. After the snow stopped, they immediately began their return journey. Moreover, when returning, everyone's mood was very good; only Changle was sullen, because he had finally pestered Baifeng to get this opportunity to come out, but they had to return without having accomplished anything.

After those Leaders of the Suiren Clan split up, each occupied a piece of the Suiren Clan's land and established their own new tribes. However, their property and stored grain were almost just what they had brought out from the Suiren Clan's warehouses; there was not a bit more. Therefore, even though they were now Tribal Chiefs, their lives were not as comfortable as when they were Leaders in the Suiren Clan, because they could not just manage themselves and ignore the tribesmen.

Now the source of their power was the trust of their own tribesmen, so no matter how difficult life was now, they had to persist. They were all thinking that when next year came and spring began, life would surely get better.

Baoxi's body gradually recovered; at least he was able to sit up and eat. Regarding the matter of the split, he did not express any opinion for now. As long as Huaxia and Xuanyuan did not take action to cause trouble now, then everything still had hope. The territory he was able to conquer before would return to his hands in the future just the same.

Unlike other Leaders who frantically scrambled to occupy those rich and fertile territories, a Leader named Sixia chose the territory of the Jiangben Tribe, where no one had ever lived. Everyone knew that it was not suitable for living.

But Sixia's view was different. He was a Leader of relatively high status, and his choice of the Jiangben Tribe's territory was actually because he had his eye on the large amount of Sulfur inside.

The Suiren Clan almost had no need for Sulfur, unless Huaxia said they needed Sulfur, then they would send people over to collect it. But now that Huaxia and the Suiren Clan had completely fallen out, it meant that the Suiren Clan would no longer provide Sulfur to Huaxia, because Baoxi was already very clear about the fact that Huaxia would use Sulfur to make that kind of Weapon with great power.

Sixia's idea was that as long as he occupied the Jiangben Tribe's territory, he would have the capital to trade with Huaxia, or even form an alliance with Huaxia. In any case, Huaxia had enough food and Weapons, but Huaxia was in great need of Sulfur.

Although the number of Soldiers he brought was not small, in front of the current Suiren Clan, it was still not enough. As long as Baoxi was willing, once he recovered, it would not be difficult for him to take this territory back again. Therefore, Sixia was one of those people who most hoped that Baoxi would die.

Defecting to Huaxia was not very reliable, because the distance between the two places was too far, and it was impossible for Huaxia to notify the Jiangben Tribe across the Suiren Clan. What the Four-Xia Tribe could do was use the Sulfur and Huaxia to develop himself rapidly, and it would be best to obtain Huaxia's support to resist the Suiren Clan. In this way, it would be beneficial for everyone.

However, the current problem was that their temporarily formed tribe was almost out of food. Now he was already collecting Sulfur, planning to hurry and conduct a trade with Huaxia; otherwise, his great revenge would not yet be realized, and he would be starved to death in this Winter.

After they crossed half of the Suiren Clan's territory, they successfully arrived at the gate of Huaxia. Because they had already been to Huaxia, this time it was a familiar road.

But at this time, Baifeng was not there; he was still struggling forward in an unknown place.

The people of the Ministry of Revenue learned that someone had come to trade Sulfur, so they felt this matter was significant and they could not make the decision themselves. They reported it level by level, and they also learned a very major piece of news, which was that Baoxi was seriously injured and the Suiren Clan had already begun to split.

After the Shaman knew, he also felt that this matter was quite troublesome, and he could not make up his mind either. With Baifeng away, the highest leader was Bai Yulong, who was acting as the regent.

Yulong also felt that this was the greatest test he was currently facing. The Sulfur must definitely be traded; this was beyond doubt. This person named the Four-Xia Tribe wanted food—that was fine, no problem at all; the food could be given to them.

As for the matter of forming an alliance and seeking aid, it would have to be discussed in the long term. The main thing was that it was still unknown whether what he said was true or not. If there were lies mixed in, it would be a great loss for Huaxia.

Moreover, Bai Yulong also felt that he could not make such a big decision, but now he could send troops out to see if the Suiren Clan had really split. If that were the case, then they could divide up some benefits.