The people of the Shanyin Tribe thought back to their past lives there, only a year later, and it felt like a lifetime ago. They couldn't help but sigh, "I wonder what has become of the Shanyin Tribe since we left? Has it been swallowed up by the God Tribe, or simply wiped out? I wonder if there was a fight between the Sun Tribe and the God Tribe last year."

When he mentioned this, everyone remembered what happened last year and felt a lot of emotion.

"Luckily we came to the Dragon Tribe, so we can live a good life now. If we were still in the Shanyin Tribe, I don't know if we would still be alive now."

Thinking back to the simple tree houses they lived in in the Shanyin tribe that were leaky and windy, where going hungry was common and they were bullied by Lei's people, the people of the Shanyin tribe secretly felt lucky to have followed Ming to join the Long tribe.

After walking for two days, Qiao Yu called a halt: "Find a big cave here to hide. Don't get too close to them, or you'll be easily discovered."

In order to avoid seeing the white vines marking everywhere, Qiao Yu followed them to find a cave, determined their hiding place, and then planned to leave.

"Qiao Yu, why don't you take a few more people with you? If you go alone, there will be no one to take care of you if something happens." Shu stopped her.

Qiao Yu glanced at everyone and shook his head: "It's more convenient for me to be alone."

Shu was about to say something else, but Dian stopped him, "Forget it, let Yu go alone. We can't even match half of Yu's abilities. If we go, not only will we not be able to help, but we will actually hinder her."

Shu thought about how it was Dian who followed Qiao Yu to the Sifang tribe to gather information last time. He must have experienced this personally when he said this.

And these people are not even as good as Dian. Dian has said this, what qualifications do they have to follow?

The tree had no choice but to give up.

According to everyone's walking speed, it would take a whole day to get to the Sun Tribe from here. Qiao Yu walked quickly on her own, and when she found some difficult places, she would simply jump from the trees to cross them. So, she arrived in just half a day.

I used to measure the Sun Tribe by the level of the Valley Tribe, and I thought the Sun Tribe was large and advanced. But now, after looking at the Four Directions Tribe, I look back at the Sun Tribe and feel it is lagging behind.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of defense alone, the Sun Tribe is just like the original Valley Tribe, relying on some natural passes as barriers, and defending more against wild beasts rather than humans with high IQs.

So Qiao Yu easily sneaked into the Sun Tribe.

It was evening when Qiao Yu arrived there. Hunters had just returned from various places and a bonfire was burning in the tribe. People from the Sun Tribe gathered around the bonfire in groups, roasting meat and making soup, chatting and talking about everything under the sun. Children were running around there, making it very lively.

Qiao Yu disguised himself as a bearded man and eavesdropped on people's conversations.

"Alas, if there is no trade fair this year, won't we go hungry during the snow season?" someone sighed.

"Yeah, I used to be able to trade the salt I bought cheaply in the tribe for some dried meat from other tribes. Now that there's no trade fair this year, I don't know what to do."

"It's all the fault of the God Tribe. They are so hateful. Why doesn't the leader lead us to attack them and destroy them? Even if they annex the Shanyin Tribe, there are only seven or eight hundred people, right? We have more than a thousand people. We can definitely destroy them." A big man said in a muffled voice.

"Hey, you don't understand this, do you?" said the man with a shrill voice who spoke first. "Our numbers are not much different from theirs, so there will be casualties no matter what. The leader is sympathetic to us and won't let us take any risks."

At this point, he lowered his voice and said, "You should know that the God Tribe has no salt. Once they eat up all the salt they have, they'll be finished. Humph, what good can come of offending our tribe?"

"But if they have no salt to eat, they will still attack us and steal our salt, right?" another person frowned.

The shrill-voiced man nodded. "Of course they will. But if they attack us, and our leader is prepared, who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

"Of course it's our tribe."

"That's right. So it's not us who are anxious, but the God Tribe."

After hearing this conversation, Qiao Yu chewed some dried meat and slowly moved his position.

Knowing that the trade fair would not be held, she was disappointed and decided to go and find out about the situation of the Sun Tribe Salt Mine.

But the Sun Tribe clearly had a hierarchy. Those with high positions and status lived in another area, where the crowds were less crowded. As soon as she approached, she was targeted. She wandered over there, got yelled at, and then retreated.

At this time, the people in the civilian area had finished their barbecue and were preparing to go back to sleep. Qiao Yu jumped onto a tree, ready to wait until dark before exploring the tribe.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she jumped down from the tree and headed towards the high-end area.

The salt mine must be a relatively important place in the Sun Tribe, and it must be located in a high-end residential area. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so strictly guarded.

Sure enough, after searching the area for a while, Qiao Yu saw someone patrolling with a torch in the distance. She approached and saw that there was no cave or house built of trees, but an open space.

This should be the salt mine.

Qiao Yu reviewed the Sun Tribe's location and layout. He discovered that the salt mine was located to the south of the tribe, compared to the trade fair and civilian areas to the north. Combining the information he had gathered with the layout of the area, it seemed the Sun Tribe's original territory was smaller. After seizing the salt mine between the Sun and Fire Tribes, they expanded their territory to encompass this area, thus encompassing the salt mine within the tribe.

Although the place seemed heavily guarded, Qiao Yu saw numerous loopholes. She snuck in while no one was paying attention and discovered the salt mine, which lay on the ground. A large hole had been dug out, like a gaping mouth. It was clearly a mine shaft, and the depths were unknown.

Worried that the patrol would come over, Qiao Yu ran into the mine, picked up a few pieces of salt ore and left quickly.

After leaving, she did not continue to investigate, but left the territory of the Sun Tribe and headed straight towards the God Tribe.

The God Tribe was east of the Sun Tribe, a day and a half's journey away. After leaving the Sun Tribe, Qiao Yu found a place to sleep. The next day, he woke up and continued on his journey. It was already evening when he arrived near the God Tribe.

She found a tree near the gate of the God's Tribe and was about to climb it when she suddenly saw snowflakes falling from the gloomy sky.

The snow season is here.