Chapter 98: The Messenger on the Wasteland

In this era, there are many "Sages" who often wander between various tribes, making a living by performing divination or sacrificial rites for other tribes.

They also possess the most knowledge; some Sages who are lucky enough not to be snatched away by wild beasts on the road may have traveled across all the lands where human tribes exist. The information and mutual understanding between tribes in this era are largely obtained through these Sages, so the information gap between them is actually quite large.

But if you do not listen to the Sages, you will know even less. The words of a Sage may be exaggerated or outdated, but they still have a certain reference value, far better than guessing blindly yourself.

There is another type of person: the solitary wandering savage. They have no tribe, and no one is willing to take them in. Besides hunting some game for themselves, they also collect things that seem relatively precious to trade for food in other tribes.

And all tribes tacitly follow a rule: do not kill a savage who comes to your tribe as a guest or to trade. This is true no matter how large or powerful the tribe is, because these wandering savages are needed to pass on information.

For example, if a few large tribes want to establish a market, but they are the only ones occupying that place and people from other tribes do not come, they will have worked in vain. Therefore, these wandering savages are the best messengers.

They must wander around all day to have a chance to feed themselves; the food given by those large tribes is considered the reward for them to pass messages between various tribes.

Why not send one's own tribesmen? It doesn't take many people to pass a message, but if only one person goes, it is very easy to be eaten by wild beasts on the road, so the lowly wandering savage is the most suitable.

To ensure that the message can be safely delivered, those tribes will also find many wandering savages to pass the message at the same time, not just one. If only one person is unlucky enough to be killed, the message will not be delivered.

Therefore, the lifespan of a wandering savage is very short. It is not just due to insufficient food; it is also easier to encounter danger while staying in the wild for a long time. They also have no tribe to go to; some people have no choice but to become wandering savages after their tribes fail to sustain themselves and the tribesmen scatter and flee.

Baifeng did not know this rule before, until a wandering savage came to the Baifeng Tribe. Baifeng thought about shooting him dead with an Arrow, but fortunately, he was persuaded by his tribesmen. If a person enters another's tribe and is killed, there is only one possibility: that tribe is a Cannibal Tribe.

Moreover, their tribe had not received news from other tribes for a long time, so they could take this opportunity to ask thoroughly.

After greeting the wandering savage and letting him in, they must wait until he has delivered the message, or answered the questions Baifeng wants to know, before giving him food.

Sure enough, this wandering savage was only here to deliver a message: the Qiexin Tribe, a large tribe downstream, intends to reopen the gathering during the full moon, also on the banks of the Dahe.

Last year's gathering was attacked by the Cannibal Tribe, so this time they chose a flat river valley without a forest to hide in. Furthermore, the Qiexin Tribe hopes that the large tribes can send troops together to protect the gathering place, so as to avoid being attacked by the Cannibal Tribe.

Upon learning this news, Baifeng was actually a bit scared and really did not want to go. Last year, Baoxi disguised himself as a member of the Cannibal Tribe to attack the gathering; fortunately, there was a forest, and they were able to hide in the woods and escape.

If this so-called Qiexin Tribe also becomes as clever as Baoxi and sets a trap, waiting for all the tribes to arrive before launching another Cannibal Tribe sneak attack, then what would happen?

Lose ten thousand families, and enrich only his own?

This news is quite important, but it is useless to Baifeng. The Baifeng Tribe will not go to that gathering this year. What if they run into Baoxi again? Moreover, he cannot be sure if it is safe.

However, Baifeng still gave the wandering savage food. Although he is not going, he can still watch to see if the tribes that went were cheated, and then judge whether the gathering next year can be attended.

It is a pity that the strength of the Baifeng Tribe is still too small; otherwise, he would have wanted to host a gathering himself.

Besides this news, the wandering savage also spoke of some changes in the tribes near the Dahe basin. For example, the most explosive news: the old Tribal Chief of the Suiren Clan died, and a new Tribal Chief has taken over. However, the Tribal Chief is not the eldest son, Qi, but the not-so-famous Baoxi.

There is also the old Shennong of the Shennong Clan, whose health is not good either; he probably won't live much longer. His son, Linkui, is to inherit the Shennong Clan, but Xingtian looks down on Linkui and also wants to compete for the position of Tribal Chief.

The affairs of these two tribes are the most attractive, after all, they are deified across the entire continent. It is just that the matter of Baoxi becoming the Tribal Chief makes Baifeng a bit worried.

He previously thought that Baoxi was the predetermined next Tribal Chief; he did not expect that he was just an ordinary second generation. However, judging by Baoxi as a person, Baifeng estimates that the death of the old Tribal Chief and the death of his brother are inseparable from him.

Then other information is nothing more than which tribe produced a tiger-slaying Soldier, which tribe performed a grand sacrifice, and other boring things like gods manifesting.

Finally, the wandering savage said one thing that made Baifeng's feet feel cold.

He said: "A piece of news came out from the Suiren Clan: the current Tribal Chief, Baoxi, said that there is a tribe called the Baifeng Tribe that is exceptionally wealthy and has many treasures."

"They spent dozens of beauties and dozens of bags of grain just to trade for one Small Knife. His brother, Qi, was killed by the Tribal Chief of the He Tribe who wanted to seize the Knife. It is really hard to imagine just how good a knife must be to make the Tribal Chief of such a large tribe covet it."

"By the way, your Tribal Chief is named Baifeng; you wouldn't happen to be the Baifeng Tribe, would you?" the wandering savage suddenly asked.

The tribesmen on the side nodded proudly, as if they felt that those large tribes snatching the things their tribe produced gave them a lot of face. They even drew their own knives to show the wandering savage, to see if they were worth them taking action.

The wandering savage touched one and felt it was truly worthy of its reputation. He turned his head to look around and discovered that everyone was wearing a Changdao. Coupled with that high city wall, he felt that the wealth of the Baifeng Tribe was absolute; this was something he could not even imagine.

The tribesmen were all very happy, but Baifeng alone was not. He only felt his scalp go numb. This is Baoxi's scheme, like pushing the Baifeng Tribe to the forefront of the storm; there will always be greedy tribes coming to attack and raid the Baifeng Tribe.

If it weren't for the fact that he could not kill this wandering savage, Baifeng would definitely have chopped off his head on the spot. Only the dead can keep secrets, so that the specific situation of the Baifeng Tribe would not be leaked out.

No matter how much other tribes want to attack the Baifeng Tribe, the only things they know are the wrong location and the wrong number of people that Baoxi spread, and these do not match the Baifeng Tribe here.

As long as you don't say it, who would know you are the Baifeng Tribe? However, this wandering savage is a trouble now, but the rule is that you cannot kill someone who has entered the tribe. Then, what about after he leaves the tribe? He was probably killed by a wild beast.