Chapter 571, Useful By-Products

Translator: Silavin

 

Cang Shi led the people of the Flame Dragon Tribe as they continued advancing towards the Tribe. After last night’s rest, everyone was ready to set off again today.

 

They had spent a very long time last night before finding a small cave, and then made do with spending the night inside it.

 

“We are speeding up! We’ll reach the Tribe very soon!” Cang Shi waved his hand and shouted.

 

Logically speaking, having been away from the Tribe for so long, and it being the snow season, they should all be exhausted by now. However, everyone now looked particularly energetic, which was inseparable from having eaten enough food, as well as herbs and being close to reaching the Tribe.

 

Everyone was especially spirited because they were thinking about how they would soon reach the Tribe.

 

“Yes!” The Warriors all shouted in unison.

 

*Step step step…*

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh…*

 

The cold wind kept blowing, and the snow mercilessly swirled down from the sky, continuously falling on the Warriors’ Animal Hide clothing.

 

There was also the cold wind ruthlessly slapping the warriors’ cheeks. Although the thick snow underfoot made it impossible to advance quickly, this did not hinder the Warriors’ determination to return to the Tribe.

 

If the Flame Dragon Tribe were still the same Tribe as before, perhaps these Warriors would not have such great determination now. But the Tribe had now developed so much. Once they left, everyone’s thoughts were constantly on the Tribe.

 

Even though it was now the snow season, they still persisted in advancing towards the Tribe’s direction. Everyone refused to give up, all wanting to return to the Tribe to drink warm hot soup.

 

After more than four hours of long-distance trekking, Cang Shi led everyone through the wind and snow back to the Tribe.

 

Fortunately, however many people they had when they set out, they returned with exactly the same number. Not one person had fallen behind.

 

This was also one of the Flame Dragon Tribe’s Principles. However many people you take out, you must definitely bring back the same number.

 

Unless it was an absolutely unavoidable situation, everyone must achieve this point. Even if Totem Warriors died in battle, their bodies must be brought back.

 

This way, the Families of those deceased Warriors could have something to mourn over. They could not be expected to keep reminiscing over things from before their death. Moreover, those things brought back could also be used to set up a memorial.

 

“All of you rest for a bit, then give me the ores. I’ll take it to show the Shaman.” Cang Shi waved his hand.

 

He was too eager to rest now. At this moment, he would let his teammates go and rest, while he himself needed to hurry and report the results of this mission.

 

“Yes.” The Warriors all breathed a sigh of relief, each heading towards their homes. At this time, everyone was too eager to curl up at home.

 

*Step step step…*

 

Cang Shi seemed to feel no fatigue at all, carrying those ores as he continued advancing towards the Yong’an Building.

 

Half an hour later, he arrived at the second floor of the Yong’an Building. After putting down the ores, he brushed off the snow from his body.

 

“Shaman, we’ve returned. This time, all the Totem Warriors have returned safely. Only five were injured, but their lives are not in danger.” Cang Shi reported earnestly.

 

Those five had been injured when mining and also when they encountered Ferocious Beasts while travelling. Fortunately, they had brought many Shaman Bone Tablets, so they were not in any life-threatening danger.

 

“Well done. Did you find the ores I’ve asked you to look for?” Su Bai, having learned that everyone was safe, was now more concerned about the ores.

 

Because ores were currently crucial for the Tribe’s development. Now that he knew everyone was safe, what he most wanted to know was whether they had actually found the needed ores.

 

“Shaman, these are the two types of ores we found. We compared them and they are similar to the sample you showed us. Please see if they are what you wanted.” Cang Shi carried over two bags of ores.

 

These two bags of ores were just two bags taken at random, because all the others were about the same as these two bags.

 

Su Bai was honestly feeling a bit nervous at this moment. He opened the Animal Hide Bag, took out two pieces of ores, and began studying them.

 

He earnestly blinked his black eyes and said excitedly, “That’s right, these two types of ores are exactly what we need.”

 

This surprise made him quite happy. He had not expected to actually find both ores, and very good quality ores at that.

 

“Great! So, we didn’t search in vain.” Cang Shi was very happy, as their hard work had not been wasted after all.

 

This was the result they had achieved after spending several days searching. Now that it was what the Tribe needed, all was well.

 

“Where did you find them? Do we have a lot of them?” Su Bai asked, suppressing his excited mood.

 

Being able to find the ores was secondary. The most important thing was wanting to know exactly how large the quantities of ores were.

 

If all the ores amounted to just the current two Animal Hide Bags, then it would not be of much use.

 

Just this one bag of iron ore could at most produce one firearm. This much copper ore could at most produce enough copper piping to go around one floor. So, the most important thing was still having large quantities.

 

“There are a lot. In that cave we found them from, there’s a lot of them. We dug out a lot, but there’s still a lot we did not dig out.” Cang Shi’s mood was also very excited.

 

“That’s good. Is this cave far from our Tribe?” Su Bai asked. [We need to secure this cave and then have it provide us with a long-term supply of copper and iron. We can never hand this cave to another Tribe.]

 

“It is not very far away. If we speed up, we can reach it in three days. Also, that cave is very big, and inside it, we have many other ores as well.” Cang Shi continued.

 

“There are other ores as well? Bring them for me to see.” Su Bai said, [I didn’t think we would have such gains. Still, it makes sense. If a cave produced two types of ore that the Tribe needed, then there would definitely be other types of ores as well. Such a large cave could not possibly have only two types of ores. If ores are not difficult to find in this cave, then it will work perfectly as a mine, and the varieties of ore would be plentiful.]

 

“Shaman, these are the other ores we found. We don’t know what they are, but thinking that you should know, we brought them all back.” Cang Shi said.

 

“En.” Su Bai looked earnestly at the ore on the table, wanting to carefully identify what these ores were.

 

“Shaman, what are all these ores?” Cang Shi was also very curious about whether the things they had brought back were useful.

 

“This is Jadeite, this is saltpetre. These two types of ore will also be of great help to the Tribe.” Su Bai said with satisfaction.

 

Although the Tribe already had saltpetre now, more was always better. Moreover, they had also found jadeite ore.

 

“That’s great.” Cang Shi said excitedly.