Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
On the way back, they met the beast-eared females who came to provide support.
Li led the females and rushed over. With an anxious expression, she rushed up and grabbed Fu Rui’s hand to carefully check whether he had any injuries on him. “Rui, are you alright?”
“I’m fine.”
Fu Rui looked down at his own body and smiled. “This is all the blood of the porcupines.”
“I told you that Rui will be fine, meow~” Yuan was the calmest among all the beast-eared girls. Then, she hopped over to the dog-eared girls. “Sister Wei Wei, Sister Li Li, are you alright?”
“We’re fine.” The two dog-eared girls spoke in unison as they shook their heads at the same time.
“What’s going on? Why did you encounter the members of the porcupine tribe?” Li looked at them sternly.
Thus, the dog-eared girls told her what happened.
It turned out that Wei Wei had been targeted by a hungry brown bear when they were on guard in the forest.
In order to prevent her sister and Fu Rui from being caught in the dangerous situation, Wei Wei decided to lure the brown bear away alone.
However, Li Li could not bear to let her sister take the risk alone. Thus, she immediately followed after Wei Wei. As a result, the two of them went deeper into the forest without providing any warning.
In the end, they encountered a porcupine scout team that was preparing to scout for information so that they could expand their territory. Wei Wei and Li Li were immediately captured and tied up.
As for the brown bear behind, after a fierce battle, it was killed by the three porcupines with their tools.
As for what happened after that, Fu Rui added on and gave a simple summary of how he discovered the dog-eared girls, killed two porcupines, and lured the big porcupine away.
After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment before continuing: “The porcupine tribe is constantly extending its territory. This area is not safe as we have left behind too many traces. We need to leave quickly.”
Li understood that they could not let the porcupine tribe discover their home at this time and immediately nodded.
“Listen to the Village Chief. Let’s go back!”
Then, they made their way back home.
When they returned to the village, it was already afternoon.
Li stood beside the sentry tower at the village entrance, her eyes filled with worry.
“Are you worried about the invasion of the porcupine tribe?” Fu Rui walked over and stood beside her.
Li sighed softly. “That’s right, our tribe is too weak. Once we meet the members from the porcupine tribe, we can only move. However, every time we migrate, we lose many tribesmen. Sigh…”
“Exactly how strong is the porcupine tribe?”
Fu Rui needed to know this information. Only by understanding his opponent could he win.
Li summarized it neatly.
Not only did she talk about the porcupine tribe, she also briefly introduced the surrounding tribes.
Fu Rui listened quietly, slowly gaining a certain understanding of the distribution of power in this area.
The porcupine tribe was the strongest tribe in the vicinity. They had already learned how to use basic tools and occupied most of the water sources. There was even an underground fire cavern in their territory.
The so-called underground fire was a result of spontaneous combustion when coal met certain conditions underground.
It was no wonder that they were so huge. Having a fire source meant that they could eat cooked food. As a result, their bodies would be stronger than those that ate raw food, and their evolution would be faster.
Moreover, it was very likely that they would learn how to smelt bronze or even iron.
This was a little scary. Iron-grade weapons were definitely an existence that could crush stone-grade weapons. If the porcupine tribe had such items as weapons, then Fu Rui could only rely on the help of the system to obtain more powerful technology.
After Li introduced everything, her mood became even heavier.
“Don’t worry, I’m here.” Fu Rui smiled and embraced her slender waist.
Li twisted his body unnaturally. She wanted to raise his hand to hit him, but she was afraid Fu Rui would think that she was rejecting him, so she shrunk back.
“Where are you putting your hands…”
She glared at Fu Rui and said charmingly, “What can we do?”
Fu Rui did not answer her. Instead, he lowered his head and whispered into her sharp fox ears, “Aren’t I going to sleep at your place tonight? I’ll tell you what we can do slowly…”
As he spoke, he blew a warm breath into her ear.
Li’s body trembled slightly as she clenched her fists tightly. The numbing sensation from her ears was very magical, making her unable to resist the pleasure.
Seeing her reaction, Fu Rui stopped teasing her. He laughed and turned around to continue with his work.
There was a time display on the system panel. It showed that it was three in the afternoon. Thus, Fu Rui still had a few hours to work.
Fu Rui seized the moment and prepared to finish teaching everyone how to sow seeds and dig pools today.
With the whetstone, the process of grinding stone became very simple.
Thus, it didn’t take Fu Rui long to obtain an ideal-shaped stone.
Then, he brought a piece of wood over and drilled a small hole in it. He inserted the stone into the wood and secured it with a braided rope. Just like that, a simple hoe was made.
He called over all the beast-eared females in the village and taught them how to sow seeds. He personally placed a few seeds into the ground that was covered in grass and wood ash.
The group of people seemed to understand what was going on. They discussed among themselves, but no one said that they wanted to try it out.
The cow-eared female was an exception.
The cow-eared female seemed to have a talent in this area. She could understand the principles behind this knowledge that even the fox-eared fox did not fully understand.
Hence, the task of farming naturally fell on her.
It just so happened that farming required a lot of strength. Thus, it was not a waste of the cow-eared female’s abilities to change her position from the leader of the hunting team to the head of farming.
The only thing left to do was to dig a pool.
Fu Rui made a simple stone shovel and made it under their watchful eyes the entire time. He specially slowed down at all the details so that they could learn how to make and use more tools.
“Have any of you learned how to make these tools?” Fu Rui raised the stone shovel. “We still need a lot of things like this. Once you’ve learned how to make this, come and help me.”
This was relatively simple as handmade products were the speciality of the tribe.
Soon, a few beast-eared girls raised their hands.
“I’ve learned it!”
“I learned it too!”
“Lord Village Chief, leave it to us.”
Thus, Fu Rui took out all the whetstones and distributed them one by one.
“Try it out first. Ask me if you don’t understand anything.”
The few beast-eared girls nodded repeatedly, indicating that they would definitely live up to Village Chief’s expectations.
Then, Fu Rui took the stone shovel he made and walked towards Yuan’s room.
In an open space outside the door, he started digging.
Not long after, Fu Rui dug out a small pit that was more than one meter deep and two meters wide.
After flattening the walls and the floor of the pit, Fu Rui went out again.
This time, it was Li who caught up to him. She glared at Fu Rui and pretended to be angry. “I already said it’s not safe outside. Why are you still going out?”
“I’m just going to walk around and find two termite nests.”
“What do you want those for?” Li was curious.
“When wood ash is mixed with soil from a termite nest and water, it will form a naturally waterproof layer.”
“Then can this… waterproof layer be applied to the house? How long can it last?”
Li lifted her slender arms and tucked her hair behind her shoulders. Her exquisite collarbones could be seen clearly as a result. “When it rains in our tribe, water will easily enter the houses. In serious cases, the houses will even collapse. There are often people who get injured as a result, but we don’t know what to do.”