Capítulo 537: Chapter 341: The Ancestors Are Waiting for You
Jiang Xuan stayed in the tribe for only three days after returning.
After confirming the tribe was still stable, he rode the Purple Eagle to the Mountain Turtle Tribe, to inform the Mountain Turtle Tribe’s leader and witch of the situation in Central South Wilderness.
In the wooden cabin, the fire in the hearth crackled occasionally, the flas rose and fell, and the expressions on the faces of Shan Jia and the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe were reflected in the firelight, showing intense struggle.
Jiang Xuan quietly ate a skewer of roasted at without a word, patiently waiting for them to make a decision.
Should they return? Return to the central region, rich in resources but with equally fierce competition, to the place their ancestors once lived.
Shan Jia and the witch were both struggling, even though they had considered countless tis and spoken about migrating back to the central region, back to the ancestral land, they still couldn’t decide imdiately when the day actually ca.
After all, they have lived in the north for too long, and life is relatively stable now. Migrating to the central region could an death, and a bit of carelessness might lead to the tribe’s extinction.
Of course, if they successfully establish themselves in the central region, the Mountain Turtle Tribe would beco stronger than it is today and possess more abundant resources.
At this critical mont, a grand voice echoed in the Mountain Turtle Tribe: “Have we not been longing for this day? To return to our ancestral land, where our ancestors once lived.”
When this voice rang out, the hesitation in the hearts of Shan Jia and the witch suddenly disappeared.
Indeed, that is the place they think about day and night, yearning to return, where countless ancestors once lived. Why hesitated now?
The Mountain Turtle Tribe’s witch stood up and tried his best to straighten his crooked back, tremblingly pointing toward the central direction, saying firmly, “Return!”
Shan Jia also stood up, clenched his fists, and excitedly said, “Return!”
Beside them, Jiang Xuan smiled, “May you return to the ancestral land soon and bring back the glory of the great Mountain Turtle Tribe!”
Shan Jia nodded heavily, then used his fist to pound powerfully on the thick Turtle Shell on his chest, making a loud sound.
After the leader and the witch made this significant decision, they imdiately summoned all the tribe mbers to the altar, including the giant turtles.
Once everyone was gathered, the Mountain Turtle Tribe witch, with a cane in hand, stepped onto the altar.
Behind him was the Turtle God, colossal like a small mountain, half-subrged in the lake, and before him were over two thousand tribe mbers and hundreds of giant turtles.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch felt surging emotions, and his wrinkled face beca flushed, entering a long-lost state of excitent.
He threw away his cane, stood straight, faced all the tribe mbers of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, and shouted loudly, “A long ti ago, our Mountain Turtle Tribe was a large tribe living in the prosperous central South Wilderness, where there were rivers, lakes, and forests, with endless food!”
“But later, the despicable Ant Tribe and so accomplices destroyed it all!”
“They killed our tribe mbers, stole our territory, seized our hos and food, and even the Ancestor God fell while trying to protect our withdrawal!”
“This great hatred, no prior witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe ever forgot, everyone has been expecting that one day the Mountain Turtle Tribe could return to the central region, reclaim our territory, kill our enemies, and rebuild a powerful Mountain Turtle Tribe!”
The witch is the spiritual leader of a tribe and is extrely skilled at inspiring people.
After he shouted these words hoarsely, the emotions of almost all the tribe mbers of the Mountain Turtle Tribe were stirred.
Even though they had not experienced what the ancestors went through, they still inherited the glory and hatred of the ancestors, and yearned for the rich land their ancestors had lived upon.
They flushed with excitent, clenched their fists, blood lted through their veins, even the Totem Patterns on them quietly appeared.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe witch seized the opportunity and shouted, “We have waited here in this barren land for so many years for a chance to return to the ancestral land, now, the opportunity has co!”
“We will follow the Vine Tribe to return to the central region, back to where our ancestors once lived, eliminate our past enemies, and rebuild a powerful Mountain Turtle Tribe!”
“The ancestors are waiting for us!”
After the witch shouted, all the tribe mbers below went into a frenzy.
Shan Jia raised the Stone Spear, the Totem Patterns all over his body shone brightly, and he shouted fiercely, “Return to the ancestral land!”
“Return to the ancestral land! Return to the ancestral land! Return to the ancestral land…”
All the tribe mbers of the Mountain Turtle Tribe shouted in unison, forming waves of sound, startling the birds on the nearby mountains, making them fly away as if fleeing.
The morale of the Mountain Turtle Tribe’s tribe mbers had been aroused, the next step was the complex migration arrangents.
Although it was still winter, tribal migration was a very complex major task, requiring at least several months or even half a year of preparation in advance.
Under the arrangents of the Mountain Turtle Tribe’s witch and leader, the entire Mountain Turtle Tribe began preparation for migration, food, clothing, weapons, and all sorts of things needed on the way must be adequately prepared in advance.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe began preparations, and Jiang Xuan did not stay here for long; he returned to the Vine Tribe on Tang Yuan.
Encouraging the Mountain Turtle Tribe to migrate to the central region was rely to enhance the Vine Tribe’s controllable power in the central area. To truly establish a foothold there, we must rely on ourselves.
So, after returning to the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan imdiately gathered all the leaders of the Vine Tribe in the council hall.
“Crackle, crackle…”
In the center of the room, the flas in the hearth burned brightly, bringing warmth to the entire spacious council hall.
Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao, Gou Teng, Shi Qiu, and others sat around the hearth, warming themselves as they discussed matters.
Once everyone was seated, Jiang Xuan took the lead and said, “The main reason for gathering everyone today is to discuss our Vine Tribe’s entry into the Central South Wilderness.”
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the various leaders in the council hall varied; so looked indifferent, so frowned slightly, and so appeared excited.
Among them, quite a few did not want to go to the distant central region, as they felt that their current life was stable and prosperous. Why take the risk to go to the distant central region?
However, Jiang Xuan’s status in the tribe was exceptionally high, and his strength far surpassed the others. Even if anyone had a different opinion, no one dared to voice it in front of him.
Jiang Xuan saw all their expressions and was ntally prepared for such a situation, so his mindset was unaffected.
Jiang Xuan continued at a steady pace:
“Since the appearance of the Great Rift Valley to the north, the environnt on our side has been deteriorating, with natural disasters increasing and crops struggling to yield bountiful harvests as they did before.”
“Added to that, having lost a formidable enemy, so of our people are content with the status quo and are becoming increasingly lazy. If this continues, our Vine Tribe will find it challenging not just to grow stronger, but even to maintain our current status.”
After hearing these words, the leaders nodded thoughtfully, bowing their heads slightly.
The problems of a worsening environnt and people becoming lazy were apparent, and they had no solution to solve them.
Changes in climate and environnt were beyond human control.
Another difficult thing to change was human inertia.
When food in the tribe was plentiful and people were no longer hungry, and there were no threats from strong enemies outside, a portion of the people inevitably beca lazy, encouraging others to beco lazy as well.
Jiang Xuan knew that the current stability of the Vine Tribe was only temporary, with many potential crises still looming. Thus, he did not want to hastily change the tribe’s allocation thod.
Since the allocation thod couldn’t be changed, they could only place those lazy and unmotivated people in a dangerous environnt, reigniting their sense of crisis and motivating them to work hard for survival.
Sending so people to the central region to expand territory was clearly an appropriate thod.
Jiang Xuan glanced at everyone and continued, “The central region is a great place, not only flatter and more expansive than where we currently reside, but also free of long winters, with more abundant food.”
“Many of the seeds for the vegetables and grains we plant now co from the central region.”
“For the Vine Tribe to survive better, we mustn’t confine ourselves to this small area. We must open more fields and farms in the central region to provide us with more grain and at.”
“Only by doing so can we feed more of our people, beco stronger, and no longer be seen as targets for plunder by other tribes.”
The leaders were finally persuaded by Jiang Xuan and nodded in agreent, so even showing signs of longing.
At this mont, Jiang Xuan took out a stone-like object and held it up high.
It was a brown piece of iron ore!
“This item I exchanged from a warrior of the Bamboo Rat Tribe in the central region. It is called iron ore.”
“Don’t be fooled by its unassuming appearance. If we have enough of this iron ore, we can refine steel from it.”
“Everyone is familiar with the weapons and tools made of bronze, but let tell you, those made of steel will be even more durable, more robust, and sharper than those made of bronze!”
Upon hearing this, all the leaders of the Vine Tribe stood up, their eyes blazing as they looked at the piece of iron ore!
For the people of the tribe, weapons and tools were the fundantals of their livelihood, and good materials were of utmost importance.
The appearance of bronze artifacts had already left them extrely amazed, and now, Jiang Xuan was telling them there’s a material superior to bronze. How could they not be moved?
Imdiately, the leaders quickly reached a consensus, agreeing to send part of the tribe to the central region to expand territory and actively participate in it.
Jiang Xuan was very satisfied with their response. Although he could have forcibly subdued all opposing opinions, doing so would have created many problems within the tribe. When executing various tasks, so leaders might not actively cooperate.
Only by letting them see tangible benefits, and by having future benefits continuously flow back to the tribe, could a virtuous cycle be established, with everyone in the tribe actively participating.
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