Chapter 325

After vaguely being called the "chosen one", Bai Ze inexplicably took over a tribe. From beginning to end, he was at a loss as to "who am I", "where am I" and "what is going on".

Although the process was a bit dramatic, Bai Ze, who was inexplicably responsible for the livelihood of the entire tribe, did not act badly. According to the wishes of those people in the tribe, he first took them to find various useful plants, and then taught them the skills of hunting in the wild, and then taught them how to make salt and sugar, build houses in suitable places, and maintain good hygiene habits... After one thing after another, the people in the tribe became more and more convinced that Bai Ze was the chosen one given by heaven to their tribe!

After a busy day, he called out to Shirasawa who was welded even more firmly: "......?"

After working non-stop for half a year, Bai Ze sat down on a stone. Around him, the people in the tribe were turning the soil with stone hoes. Bai Ze had found food that could be grown in the wild and was now leading them in farming.

It was somewhat difficult to turn over the land in the wild, and things made of stone were heavy and easily damaged. Bai Ze touched his chin, trying to recall the knowledge from many years ago in his mind - if he had not worked hard enough when planting watermelons back then, it would be simply a fantasy to lead the people in the tribe to farm now.

Bai Ze placed the sword on his back across his knees. Looking at the bronze sword, a bold idea came to his mind—the Phoenix Snail was staying on that mountain and didn't want to move. He was idle anyway, so why not call him over to help?

Bai Ze has always been a man of action. Once he has an idea, he will immediately put it into action. He uses his spiritual power as if it is free and soon contacts the Phoenix.

Fenghuang, who had just restored the courtyard in the mountains according to her memory, had not had two days of leisure when she received an urgent message from Bai Ze. The message was vague and Fenghuang thought something had happened to Bai Ze. She flew there in a hurry according to the address given in the message, but she only saw flat ground, adobe houses, drying wild vegetables, a little smoke from cooking, and a sense of peace and tranquility.

Phoenix: “……?”

Bai Ze had been paying close attention to the situation since he sent the message. He could sense the fluctuations of the phoenix's spiritual power as soon as it appeared within a hundred miles. In the back mountain of the tribe, Bai Ze looked at the phoenix who had hurried over day and night but had nothing to show for it. The phoenix, who could no longer suppress its anger, cried out "Ah", rushed over and hugged his legs, and began to cry miserably about her hard and difficult experiences in the past six months.

The intense labor in the past six months has made Bai Ze a lot darker. Although he has not turned into the bronze color of the tribe, compared with the phoenix, there is still a color difference of several degrees. Coupled with his appearance that is not as neat as before, he does look a little shabby and pitiful.

Feng Huang and Bai Ze have known each other for so many years, and he knows how much this arrogant and proud "enemy" cares about his face. He is never willing to lose to him, and when he was young, he would always compete with him for the title of "boss". Now that he has revealed such an embarrassing side of himself, he must have encountered difficulties.

As he thought about it, Feng Huang's anger slowly subsided. He pulled his legs out of Bai Ze's arms and said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do? I'll help you if I can."

Bai Ze wiped his eyes and tried hard to control the corners of his lips from curling up. Just as Feng Huang understood him, he also understood Feng Huang. He had even put down his face and asked Feng Huang for help. Feng Huang would definitely be soft-hearted. The high-intensity experience over the past six months has taught Bai Ze that face is sometimes unnecessary and being thick-skinned is the key to success.

Wasn't this how he was tricked by the people in the tribe into staying?

He is no longer the old Shirazawa, he is the evolved new Shirazawa! Little Phoenix, isn't he still in control?

So they had only lived in the small courtyard in Phoenix Mountain for a few days before they stayed there. Because Phoenix had fire-attributed spiritual power, he took some people from the tribe to mine every day. The ores they dug out were mixed in proportion and made into various farming tools and daily necessities. The living standard of the tribe had a qualitative leap.

Sitting on the windowsill of the house that the tribe had built for him, Feng Huang was thinking about how to make the "bricks" that the master had mentioned. The courtyard they used to live in was made of wood and bamboo, and covered with various formations on the outside. However, most of the humans were ordinary people, and even if they were given houses built according to the method of building a small courtyard, they could not use spiritual power to maintain and repair it, so this method was not suitable for them.

But...what should bricks do?

As Feng Huang was thinking, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Didn't he come here to help Bai Ze and then leave? Why did he have more and more things to do?

"Lord Phoenix!"

Phoenix suddenly heard someone calling him from under his feet. He opened his eyes and saw a group of dark human cubs. It was midsummer recently and only the whites of their eyes were exposed to the sun. Each cub held a large bamboo bowl in his hand. The bowl was filled with fruits of various colors. The fruits were full and still covered with water.

Ever since Phoenix came to the tribe, everyone discovered that he didn't like to eat meat or vegetables, so a new task was quietly added to the tribe - picking fruits.

Whether they are hunting teams or gathering teams, even children who are not yet old enough to go out, everyone will consciously pick the fruits they can see. After making sure that the fruits are edible, they will select the sweet and plump ones, wash them, and finally present them to the phoenix.

In the season when there are plenty of fruits, Phoenix can receive several large bowls every day. In the season when there are not many fruits, there will still be some every now and then.

Feng Huang was used to it. He waved his hand and said, "The door is not locked. Come in and put it on my table."

A group of children went in happily, holding fruits.

They could come and bring him fruits now. They should have gone to the river to pick fresh ones at dawn. The cubs were powerless and it was unsafe to go too early. He said but they didn't listen. Phoenix's brows wrinkled unconsciously. He thought that the brick burning could be put aside for the time being. The adobe house could also be lived in. The first priority was to let these cubs have the ability to protect themselves.

He remembered that two of the five cubs seemed to have spiritual power. Although he didn't know what kind of attributes it was, he could just test it. As long as the two cubs' martial arts values ​​were improved, they would be much safer when they went out. However, to teach them how to use spiritual power, they had to know the meridians, and to know the meridians, they had to know how to read, so they had to make a sand table...

It would be best if we could see some results within the next six months, so that the cubs who can use spiritual power during the winter this year can still be used as adults. Bai Ze and his companions were not fully prepared during the winter last year. If he had not come with fire-attributed spiritual power, the tribe would have been frozen to death in the winter. This matter should be put on the agenda. Phoenix decided to wait until Bai Ze brings his men back from hunting before discussing it.

He sighed. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had to do more and more things, so much that it seemed endless. No wonder Bai Ze insisted on dragging him over to help. This beast simply couldn't handle it all!

Feng Huang was pondering these scattered yet extremely important matters in his mind, and he felt that they were overwhelming. He secretly made a decision in his heart—after finishing these things, he would return to his mountain courtyard to relax!

…

"So why didn't anyone come to open the door?" In front of a small courtyard in the mountains that was both grand and a little gorgeous, a snow-white cub patted the door with its paws, with a puzzled look on its furry face, "Teacher, are you sure you remembered the location correctly?"

Fate was strangled by the back of the neck again, and I heard the teacher's voice: "Do you think I'm as unreliable as you?"

After being formally adopted by the teacher, the filter in Di Ting's heart was shattered unconsciously during their interactions - the teacher cannot be said to be completely unreliable, but he is not always reliable either.

A pair of teachers and students in Schrodinger's reliable state squatted in front of the Phoenix courtyard and looked at each other.

"This shouldn't happen?" Qilin scratched his head. "Even though Phoenix is ​​always half dead, he won't go out, right?"

"Half dead—" Di Ting nodded, "I understand. I'll tell Senior Feng Huang next time!"

Qilin: “…”

Qilin was mad: "Don't learn everything!"

"Oh? Can't I say this?" Di Ting's eyes revealed confusion and doubt. "Teacher, you are a friend of Senior Feng Huang, your evaluation should be very accurate, right?"

Qilin: “…”

For the 16,587th time he regretted becoming this silly kid's teacher.

"Boy, can you share the good talk a little?" Qilin sat down on the stone steps like a deflated ball. He said angrily, "Think about it carefully with your little brain!"

"I thought about it..." Di Ting said in a baby voice, "Teacher, you see, the evaluation of alien beasts and alien plants is very accurate, so I believe you!"

Qilin: “…”

Thank you so much, you silly boy!

Not only did he fail to find the Phoenix, he also got mad at that idiot. Qilin's communication couldn't locate the target because the distance was too far, so... he was in trouble.

The Qilin changed back to its original form and took Di Ting to sleep in the forest. Then it stood up with Di Ting on its back and said, "There are roads in all directions. Choose one, silly boy!"

"My name is not Stupid Boy———" Di Ting protested on top of Qilin's head, "My name is Di Ting!"

"All right, all right, listen carefully." Qilin took advantage of the fact that it couldn't see and secretly rolled its eyes. "Where do you want to go?"

Di Ting circled around Bai Ze's head and asked hesitantly, "East?"

Qilin decided: "Then let's go east!"

"Before you set out..." Qilin smiled sinisterly, "First, learn everything that Mr. Liuyingshili taught you before you leave."

I have been learning how to use this photo-taking stone for half a month, but my speed is so slow that I am almost catching up with him!

Di Ting's voice became weak: "Can I not learn it?"

Although the teacher in the photo stone is very gentle, he really doesn't want to learn at all!

"Of course—" Qilin dragged out the tone, "No!"

Listen carefully: "..."

Listen carefully and ask sincerely: "Is it too late for me to admit that I am a fool?"

Qilin was ruthless: "Even a fool needs to learn!"

Listen carefully: "...嘤."

By the time Qilin had finished learning the shadow stone while holding Di Ting, a mosquito coil had almost materialized in Di Ting's eyes. He lay powerlessly on Qilin's back: "Knowledge is going to break my brain."

Qilin was amused by its antics and laughed: "Teacher feels that you can also hold up a photo stone~"

"I've been drowned in knowledge—" Di Ting's expression turned into QAQ, "Teacher, you are cold-blooded!"

"So energetic?" Qilin said with a smile, "Shall I add another piece?"

Di Ting stretched out his four claws and said, "I'm dead!"

Qilin laughed so hard that Di Ting could feel the vibration even when he was lying on his back. Only then did Di Ting realize that the teacher was teasing him again. He decided to unilaterally break off relations with the teacher for ten sentences.

It's a very, very, very strong-willed cub, hum!

Qilin carried the inflated "little pufferfish" on his back and walked slowly towards the east direction they had chosen before. The teacher and the student did not have any destination in mind and just went with the flow. After passing a beautiful lake, crossing a large dense forest, climbing over three mountains and wading through two rivers along the east side, they heard a lively and noisy sound.

Qilin had brought Di Ting through human territory before. There were quite a few humans in that territory, but it was not as lively as it was now. Qilin shook his body and changed into a human form. Di Ting fell into his arms, and he held Di Ting and walked towards the source of the sound.

Coming out of the forest is a large, relatively flat valley. The valley is very bustling with many humans walking around. Many people are sitting on the ground with things in front of them. From time to time, a human stops in front of these things and takes things out of the animal skin bags on their backs to exchange.

Di Ting had never seen such a lively scene before. It propped up its paws in the Qilin's arms, raised its head and looked around. Suddenly, a shadow was cast on its face.

A human stopped Qilin and pointed at Di Ting in Qilin's arms: "Switch?"

Listen carefully: “……?”

Listen carefully: "!!!"

It opened its mouth to roar, but Qilin quickly pinched its mouth and said, "This is my treasure. I won't trade it."

After being rejected, the inquirer left. Diting's skin under the white fur turned red, and he whispered to Qilin in a low and shy voice: "Am I so important to the teacher?"

The Qilin flicked its horn lightly and sneered, "I was just kidding you, you fool."

Di Ting was so angry that he curled up into a ball and pointed his butt towards him.

Qilin strolled around the valley with Xiao Di Ting, who had turned into a pufferfish again. After walking past several stalls, he figured out that this was probably a large exchange meeting held by tribes in the nearby mountains. Qilin saw some familiar things on some stalls, which seemed to have been pointed out by some of his friends.

Qilin raised his eyebrows and began to guess who was hanging out with humans. First, he ruled out the taciturn Canglong, and then the half-dead Phoenix. Bai Ze was a little hostile to humans... This shouldn't be!

With a little curiosity in mind, Qilin continued walking forward. On a tree at the end of the valley, he saw a familiar figure - Canglong.

Canglong seemed to be talking to the people under the tree. There was still no expression on his face, but he looked quite patient. Qilin heard the people under the tree calling Canglong "High Priest" and their words were full of respect.

Qilin was shocked and thought there was something wrong with his eyes.

Before he could go forward to confirm further, he saw Bai Ze and Feng Huang coming together. He vaguely heard their discussion, which also seemed to be related to humans.

A big question mark popped up in Qilin's mind.

Why do people secretly play with humans behind his back?

———After so many years of friendship, has it finally been wasted?