"I'm actually not that," Xia Yixin hadn't finished speaking when she saw Han, unable to hide his frustration, leave the thatched hut.
Before long, Han brought over a steaming bowl of meat soup.
"I'm sorry." He was a little annoyed; he had indeed overlooked that.
"It's nothing, I'm actually not very hungry, thank you." Although it didn't taste salty, it comforted Xia Yixin's stomach, which had been empty for a long time.
"No need." Han's face remained calm, but the slight redness of his wolf ears betrayed his true feelings.
The old witch doctor saw the two people, one tall and one short, who looked remarkably harmonious, and his mind began to wander.
Xia Yixin felt a little awkward as the two of them watched her, and finished the soup. Fortunately, not long after, Rui hurriedly came in and called Han away.
Only the old witch doctor and Xia Yixin remained in the thatched hut. The old witch doctor spoke first.
“Child, I just heard you say you wanted to leave, but it’s the windy season now, and the breeding season is coming soon. It’s too dangerous for you to be alone. How about this, our tribe is also planning to leave in the next few days. Why don’t you come with us first, and leave after the windy season is over?”
Xia Yixin understood the other party's intention to matchmake, and knew she couldn't stay any longer; she instinctively felt something was wrong.
"Thank you for your kindness, old witch doctor, but I really have something urgent to attend to."
Seeing that she was determined to leave, the old witch doctor didn't say anything more, but he still didn't want to give up.
"Before you leave, don't tell your people. Why don't you come with us to migrate first? It's no longer safe here." The old witch doctor was considering that the people's emotions would fluctuate because of Xia Yixin's departure, since they had only just settled down.
Xia Yixin had no choice but to nod this time.
She decided to minimize contact with the male lead, and deal with the rest later.
The old witch doctor hoped that during the time she stayed with Han, Han could work harder, since the breeding season was approaching and Han should be of age.
This valley is no longer safe, but fortunately, Han, as the clan leader, already had other backup places to live, which are not far from here.
The clansmen actively began preparing their wages.
The main thing is to bring everything you can use, and to prepare and bake the raw food in advance.
Although they were busy, every member of the Snow Wolf Clan had a hopeful smile on their face, as the new territory was only five days away.
However, I'm busy.
She didn't know where the rumor came from, but when she was first called "the chieftain's partner," she almost tripped and fell.
She soon caught the culprit behind the rumors—Rui.
After explaining things to Rui in a righteous and stern manner, and after correcting several of the Snow Wolf Clan members' titles with a cold face, everyone gradually realized that this little witch doctor was not as "soft and cute" as she appeared on the surface, and that she really did only consider the clan leader a friend.
So the rumors gradually subsided, and people turned to give Han meaningful looks.
After all, the clansmen could see that Han consciously wanted to stay by her side, but unfortunately she often avoided him.
Xia Yixin really didn't want to repeat the predicament Su Bei faced in the first world. Besides treating the new patients who had developed symptoms during the incubation period, she often rode Da Hua out to collect herbs, avoiding opportunities to be alone with Han.
She even went to the place where she had parted ways with Xiao before. She didn't find any trace of him near the tribe, so he must have already gone back.
She may have really hurt him; her heart was in turmoil, something was hidden deep inside her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
As more and more members of the Snow Wolf Clan recover their health.
People also became more talkative.
During her treatment, Xia Yixin inadvertently learned the reason why Lin Luo was worshipped as a "god": in addition to salt, she had also publicly performed the amazing skill of conjuring fire out of thin air.
"What color and what does the fire look like?" Xia Yixin asked the middle-aged female deer.
"It's blue and it's emitting black smoke! It's especially terrifying at night!" Fear flashed in her eyes.
The other beast spirits chimed in, "That's right, that's will-o'-the-wisp, it's the will-o'-the-wisp that punishes us beast spirits for disobeying!"
"Is it emitting white smoke?" Xia Yixin had a guess, and after receiving a definite answer, she understood.
What will-o'-the-wisp? It's just phosphorescence.
She immediately went to the old wizard and told him her idea: she wanted to find a place with a lot of bones that were ancient.
Although the old witch doctor found her request strange, Han still went out to find a place that agreed with her prayers, and luckily, there was one nearby.
That was a place where a large number of elephant beasts committed suicide. Old elephant beasts would choose to commit suicide so as not to be a burden to the tribe. It was covered with a lot of elephant tusks and bones. She smelled the air and touched the ground to confirm that there was a lot of phosphorus here.
She first demonstrated the so-called will-o'-the-wisp to the old witch doctor, which was nothing more than scattering white phosphorus into the sky. Because phosphorus has a very low ignition point, it quickly ignited into a fire.
The old witch doctor was stunned. "Xia, could it be... could it be that you are also a messenger of the gods?!"
Han's brows were furrowed.
Xia Yixin shook her head firmly. "Old witch doctor, you know Lin better than I do. Does she seem like a messenger of God? Would a messenger of God disregard his own people and subject them to oppression? This is not will-o'-the-wisp at all. It's a kind of powder. You can feel it if you touch the ground. It's very easy to ignite. Even if you throw it up, it may burn and produce sparks."
The old witch doctor was skeptical, but when she touched the ivory, she found a layer of white powder on it.
She gently lifted it up, and sure enough, under the catalysis of sunlight and wind, the phosphorus burned.
The old witch doctor was so surprised he couldn't close his mouth, but then he thought of something else: "What about the magic powder? That magical, smelly stuff?"
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