The women didn't hide their conversations from the men.
The little boy surnamed Ji, who had come excitedly to find Jiang Ai, naturally overheard their conversation.
He couldn't hold the bowl of food in his arms and fell to the ground.
He felt a part of himself being ruthlessly pulled out of his body by Jiang Ai, floating in mid-air and looking down at everything around him.
That pesky bear, that pesky horned woman, and...
He couldn't help but hate Jiang Ai.
Then the little boy suddenly hugged the bowl full of food, and his soul returned to his body.
He thought, he was no longer a member of the Ji clan. Ever since the clan chief transferred him to the Jiang clan, he had become a member of the Jiang clan. So why should he worry about the future of the Ji clan?
Conflicts always occur between tribes.
If he still wants to stay in the Jiang clan and stay by Jiang Ai's side, then he can no longer keep thinking about where he came from.
He is now a man of the Jiang clan.
The little boy had mentally prepared himself. He smiled sincerely, his eyes crinkling, and squeezed his way to Jiang Ai's side, clutching his food bowl. The bear stretched out its thick paws and snatched a piece of meat from the bowl first.
Chi You, enraged, struck the bear's head with the back of his long sword, but the bear ignored him, threw the meat into its mouth, and swallowed it with its cheeks puffed out.
Meat that's already in the bear's mouth won't go back into the bowl. Chi You simply took his knife, chased the bear away, and then took a piece of meat for himself.
The little boy no longer had a bowl in his hand, but he still stood beside Jiang Ai.
Jiang Ai looked down at him. She was taller and stronger than the little boy, and had the air of a woman from the Jiang tribe.
The little boy couldn't help but blush.
He stammered, "Ai..."
Jiang Ai raised her eyelashes. She picked up a piece of meat and chewed—before she could say a word, the little boy couldn't help but speak up: "I heard you want to go and fight the Ji tribe."
Jiang Ai's lips curled up slightly.
The little boy seemed greatly encouraged and mustered his courage to continue, saying, "I know the Ji clan's layout and can lead the way for you."
Only then did Jiang Ai look at him properly. The little boy had eyes like stars and the moon, and a face like a peach blossom. He was overjoyed that he could help Jiang Ai, completely forgetting where he came from.
He truly became a man of the Jiang clan.
Artemisia doesn't feel sorry for him. The fact that he has fallen to this state is a future she earned by traversing the entire world on her own two feet.
So she simply raised her hand and cradled the little boy's face. She smiled without a trace of emotion, meeting the little boy's bright, sparkling eyes.
She calmly said, "Okay."
The little boy was overjoyed. He suppressed his excitement and rubbed his cheek against Jiang Ai's palm.
He was like a little animal.
Artemisia really doesn't treat him like a human being.
She touched the little boy's face for a moment, then let go and told him to take away the pile of bowls and plates that the bear had eaten.
The little boy skipped and hopped away with the large stack of bowls and basins, beaming with joy.
Chi You silently emerged from beside the mugwort. She scratched her head and asked, "Sister, is that your lover?"
The mugwort smiled silently.
She said, "No."
Chi You licked his lips and said with a smile, "Then we'll have sacrificial vessels."
Ai Cao laughed, somewhat surprised.
Before the Jiang tribe goes to war, they will find a man and splatter his blood on the stone that represents the mother goddess. This is a custom passed down from the Jiang tribe, but only the women of the Jiang tribe know about it.
She hadn't expected that Chi You would become so familiar with the women of the Jiang tribe so quickly.
Chi You glanced at her lightly, sat down next to her, and familiarly snatched the meat from her bowl.
“We are all women,” Chi You gestured and said with a smile, “but we are different from men.”
Artemisia also laughed.
The stars were still shining overhead, and the banquet was far from over.
Two days after the banquet to welcome the guests ended, Chi You could no longer contain himself. He ran to Ai Cao's door with a burst of speed and knocked loudly.
Ai Cao, looking exhausted, opened the door.
"Sister!" Chi You shouted, "Why is there still no movement!"
Ai Cao looked at her blankly.
A few tufts of black and white bear fur clung to the ox horns on Chi You's head, and her clothes were also covered in bear fur. The lighter areas were covered in black bear fur, the darker areas in white bear fur, and the areas of moderate color were mixed with gray bear fur.
Ai Cao asked, "Did you rub the bear's belly again?"
Chi You naturally responded with an "Ah." She then asked, "I've been waiting for two days now, why haven't you made a sound at all!"
Ai Cao sighed and stepped aside to let her into the house.
She pulled out a stack of peeled and flattened tree bark from beside the bed and showed it to Chi You, revealing the scratches on it: "There are still a few days until the auspicious day, so wait a little longer."
Chi You looked at the scratches from left to right, then walked away with a puffed-out face.
A few days later, Chi You could no longer bear it and came to knock on the door of the mugwort house again.
When Ai Cao invited her back into the room, Chi You refused.
Chi You said, "If you can't bear to use your little boy as a sacrificial offering, then go and fight first." She stepped on the door and shouted, "I want to fight!"
Artemisia sighed.
Chi You continued shouting, "I've gone to ask the clan chief! Tomorrow is an auspicious day!"
"fight!"
Her cries were so heartfelt that Ai Cao sighed again.
Ai Cao hesitated for a long time. The closer the auspicious day got, the more nervous she became. There was no "chosen one" in this world, no specific heroine; she also didn't know what the world would ultimately become under her influence.
It's both wild and pure here.
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