Chapter 33: Making a Fire Folder!

Wasn’t it easy to transfer fire?

Hehe, in ancient China, fire folders had long existed. European matches were made based on the principle of Chinese fire folders!

The wisdom of their ancestors was beyond the imagination of others.

But making a fire folder required time to find materials, and he didn’t have any materials now.

Bai Er’s eyes rolled. “Chief, I’m willing to leave the tribe, but can you let everyone rest for a day and leave tomorrow? I’ll exchange it for a Giant Spiked Beast’s worth of meat.”

He made this decision after glancing at the families of the warriors, and his face was pained, as if he was forced to do so, afraid that they wouldn’t leave with him.

Therefore, the chief and the others didn’t suspect anything. They thought for a moment, a Giant Spiked Beast had so much meat, and the Cold Moon was approaching, they desperately needed meat. And without so much meat, Bai Er and the others had a greater chance of dying.

“Okay, you leave the tribe tomorrow morning!” The chief smiled grimly. “Shan Gen, go and take Bai Er’s meat.”

Bai Ling leaned against Chi Wei, a smile appearing on her pale face, finally feeling better.

Bai Er probably couldn’t bear to part with the fire, right? Staying one more night was just enjoying the warmth of the fire for one more night, heh, cherish the last bit of warmth! It was certainly fine to exchange it for so much meat.

“Yes!”

A greedy look flashed across Shan Gen and Red Flower’s faces. Red Flower licked her lips greedily and said smugly, “Big Foot, look, only by staying in the tribe can you have meat to eat.”

Big Foot ignored her, no longer trying to keep her like before.

This woman wasn’t worth him supporting with meat!

The morning’s farce ended with the chief sending someone to take away several hundred pounds of Bai Er’s meat.

Bai Ling brushed past Bai Er and whispered, “Bai Er, I hope to see you again after the Cold Moon.”

Don’t freeze to death near the camp, that would attract many ferocious beasts, which would be very bad for the tribe~

After the chief and his group left, the onlookers also dispersed, those who gathered went to gather, those who hunted went to hunt, no one paid any attention to this group of people who were leaving the tribe.

Anyway, these people would have nothing to do with them anymore, who made them so foolish as to leave the tribe. Sigh, their minds must have been kicked by a beast, actually wanting to leave with Bai Er and believing that the food Bai Er gathered would be enough?

Hahaha.

Wu Lin and Hei Shi silently comforted their families, everyone was silent, a gloomy atmosphere enveloped these nineteen people.

That’s right, there were nineteen people willing to leave the tribe with Cang Yan and Bai Er.

Among them were Wu Lin and his male partner, Hei Shi and his three children, two warriors each with a female partner, two warriors without partners or family, and one warrior without a partner but with a father and mother.

Cang Yan’s family had three people, plus Bai Er, this departing team had a total of nineteen people.

And there were even fewer women among them. Counting Hei Shi’s daughter, there were only four women, which showed how scarce women were in the wilderness.

Nineteen to four…

Bai Er scratched his head, hoping that the tribe they built would become strong in the future and attract more women to join them, otherwise, he really didn’t know where to find so many women for these bachelors. Implementing monogamy was a long and arduous task!

But the reason why women were scarce in the wilderness was because of the harsh living environment. As long as the living environment improved, there would definitely be many women surviving in the future!

Bai Er was full of energy, and he also knew that the reason why everyone was so demoralized was because they were worried about not having a fire seed. Although he was confident that he could take the fire seed with them, there were too many people and it was difficult to keep secrets. He was worried that someone wouldn’t be able to keep the secret and the chief would find out, which would be troublesome.

Moreover, this was also a test!

Those who were willing to follow him even without a fire seed were worthy of enjoying a good life in the future together! He would definitely not treat these people badly in the future.

So Bai Er didn’t say much, he just clapped his hands, attracting everyone’s attention, and then said, “We have eight warriors to protect us. Except for Uncle Bu Ji staying in the camp, let’s all go out and gather food today?”

Hei Shi’s three children weren’t very young either, they looked to be between five and ten years old. The reason they couldn’t gather food usually was because no one was willing to lead them. Who made Hei Shi close to Cang Yan? Of course, they were ostracized by everyone.

“There’s no food to gather near the camp, if we go further… can we really do it?” A woman asked worriedly.

“Yeah.” Another woman also said anxiously.

They were the only two women with childbearing ability among the nineteen people. They were sisters, and because they were sisters, when one decided to leave with Bai Er, the other hesitated and then decided to leave as well.

“You have to trust Bai Er, and trust us, we will protect you well.” Their partners held their hands and comforted them.

“Alright then…”

They were still very uneasy.

Not only them, but the others were also worried, anxious about leaving tomorrow.

Although they had always wanted to leave the tribe, where would they go after leaving? They hadn’t really thought about this…

Cang Yan’s voice was calm, filled with convincing determination, his firm chin raised. “We are warriors, we will never back down!”

That’s right!

The warriors’ chests trembled when they heard Cang Yan’s voice, and they became excited.

They were warriors, fearless warriors!

Bai Er smiled and waved his hand. “Let’s go!”

Today, Bai Er decided to let everyone try gathering food as a team in advance, to prepare for tomorrow’s departure, otherwise, it wouldn’t be good if something went wrong tomorrow.

They avoided the people in the camp and set off for the dense forest, the journey was harmonious. When they arrived at the place where they gathered food yesterday, the warriors roared excitedly, their jubilant appearance puzzling the women.

“Father, what’s wrong, why are you so happy?” Hei Shi’s children looked up, puzzled, at their father, who was beaming.

After spending half a day together, they became bolder because they found that gathering food was so interesting, everyone was very nice, and no one bullied them like those people before.

Wu Lin’s partner, Ma Nu, was a timid man in his twenties, with dark skin and a small stature. He didn’t dare to talk to others. It was said that he was taken away by a ferocious beast when he was young and was barely found. Since then, he had been very timid.

He held Wu Lin’s hand, his eyes fixed on Wu Lin, as if asking what was going on.

The warriors didn’t explain, they just waved their arms and dug out the food they had hidden yesterday.

When they saw the mountain of food, those who came here for the first time widened their eyes and screamed.

“So much food!”

Bai Er stood aside, watching everyone’s joyful appearance, the corners of his mouth curling up.

Making others happy was really something that made him happy too.

Cang Yan turned his head and silently glanced at Bai Er, his stern face no longer tense. Under the sun, their shadows partially overlapped.

Suddenly, Bai Er turned his head, met Cang Yan’s gaze, grinned, his big eyes curving, round and bright. “Cang Yan, let’s go find treasure!”

To make a fire folder, he needed to find bamboo, or hollow wood, and also some flammable fuel with a lot of oil, and some highly viscous “glue.”

Cang Yan’s eyes darkened. “Mm.”

Although he didn’t know what treasure was, if Bai Er wanted it, then they would look for it.