Chapter 15

Her Father’s words flashed through Yan Hua’s mind, making her struggle.

If she couldn’t become a Totem Warrior, she wouldn’t be able to avenge her good friend, Sha Lan. If she passed on, Sha Lan would definitely mock her.

Sha Lan, her good friend, was a girl whose strength wasn’t much worse than hers. Her name came from the Sand Blueberries, her favourite fruit.

“Are you alright? Is that person hard to find?” Su Bai could see that Yan Hua had something on her mind. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so conflicted. It was obviously written on her face. She would sometimes frown, sometimes pout, and after a while, grit her teeth.

“No, she’s not hard to find. That person is my good friend.” Yan Hua’s red eyes flashed before she finally tossed out her other close friend.

She decided she still had to become a Totem Warrior. If she became a Shaman Priestess, she wouldn’t have time to train her body, and without sufficient Qi and vitality, she wouldn’t be able to awaken her Totem.

To take revenge, only by becoming a Totem Warrior could she kill the people of the Black Snake Tribe.

“Alright, take me to look for her.” Su Bai didn’t ask about her concerns. After all, which girl didn’t have worries?

“I’ll bring her over.” Yan Hua hurriedly said. How could she possibly let the Shaman personally go look for someone? If her Father found out, he would scold her again.

“No need. I’ll take the chance to understand the Tribe’s situation.” Su Bai gently said. As the ‘Village Chief’ leading the Tribe, he definitely had to understand the living conditions of the people in the Tribe.

“Okay.” Yan Hua nodded helplessly and led the way.

The camp was very quiet, with no sign of people. It was only until they reached the edge of the Tribe that they could see a group of children playing around, or rather, wrestling and rolling in the dirt.

“Who are they?” Su Bai asked with his mouth slightly open.

“They are orphans. No one takes care of them.” Yan Hua said with a complicated expression.

Normally, she didn’t like coming to this area. Seeing these children always made her heart ache. Yet, she was too powerless to help them.

“What about food? What do they eat?” Su Bai frowned.

“The Tribe will distribute food to them. If they have talent, after they are fourteen, a Totem Warrior will teach them how to train their bodies and give them a lot of fresh meat to eat to increase their Qi and vitality to awaken their Totem.” Yan Hua said in a low voice.

“What if they don’t have talent?” Su Bai’s expression seemed to be a bit better. Fortunately, the orphans weren’t left to fend for themselves.

Now that he was aware of this, he planned to start improving the treatment of the Tribe’s orphans. After all, these children were all the Tribe’s future.

“Those without talent would have to do chores. They will be responsible for gathering food, building tents, polishing stone tools, processing animal hides…” Yan Hua rattled off a string of familiar tasks.

“You’re also doing these things, right?” Su Bai asked curiously.

“I’ve polished stone tools. The animal hide clothing on my body is also something I made myself.” Yan Hua said as if it was a matter of course.

She secretly sized up Su Bai, becoming more certain of her previous guess.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?” Su Bai curiously touched his face.

“No. It’s nothing” Caught peeking, Yan Hua covered it up by changing the subject, “Shaman, please keep walking. My friend is in the tent.”

The two came to a Teepee five or six metres high, made by stitching together gray, black, and brown animal hides with vines.

“Yu…” Yan Hua was about to call her friend out.

“No need to call her.” Su Bai hurriedly stopped her and asked, “Is she alone inside?”

“No. She lives together with several people. This tent is also their work area.” Yan Hua replied in bewilderment.

“That’s good. I’ll observe your friend first to see if she’s suitable to be a Shaman Priestess.” Su Bai said softly.

After becoming his Shaman Priestess, she would definitely come into contact with many secrets, such as the things obtained from his Daily Assistance Package. For him, even unimportant manners might need to be kept secret, so the candidate couldn’t be chosen carelessly.

“Alright.” Yan Hua hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Su Bai sneakily lifted the door flap and observed the inside of the tent. He found there were a total of three people inside. A young girl was sewing animal hide while two women in their thirties were weaving grass ropes.

He focused on observing that young girl. After carefully looking, he discovered the girl had a pair of pink ears on her head with white tips, a bit like Fox ears.

Su Bai instantly understood she was a fox-eared girl.

Naturally, when a few women got together, whenever bored, they would gossip about trivial matters.

“Yu Ying, why don’t you go live at Team Leader Cang Shi’s place? You are suffering when you need to squeeze in here with us.” The older woman spoke up.

“Yeah, the new Shaman is so young. You’re the Niece of the Hunting Team Leader. You definitely have a chance to serve the Shaman.” The other woman chimed in.

“No, Auntie is already pregnant. It’s not good for me to be there.” The young girl Yu Ying said weakly.

“You’re really foolish. Team Leader Cang Shi is a Totem Warrior. It’s not like he lacks the means to feed you. Yet, you’re even saving meat for him.” The older woman said with exasperation.

“Yeah, my Husband died early. Otherwise he could have also become a Totem Warrior and we wouldn’t lack meat to eat.” The other woman sighed.

The atmosphere suddenly turned sombre. The two women suddenly sank into their own emotions.

“…” Yu Ying opened her dry lips but didn’t respond. Her hands quickly stitched the animal hide, crisscrossing it with vines.

Once her hands got tired, so she stopped and shook her wrists. She was preparing to stretch her waist and move her body a bit. Raising her head, she met a pair of black eyes through the gap in the tent’s door flap.

“Who, who’s there??” Yu Ying stared, her pink eyes widened in alarm.

“What?” The other two women turned to look, only seeing the still swaying door flap.

“Just now, someone was peeking at us.” Yu Ying said timidly with her body trembling.

“It must be some brat coming to peek at Yu Ying.” The older woman teased.

“Right, Yu Ying is so beautiful and already sixteen years old. She can already select a Husband.” The other woman joked.

“You, you guys stop teasing me.” Yu Ying instantly blushed. The fox ears on her head drooped and she curled into a ball.

“Every time this topic comes up, Yu Ying always blushes. So cute.”

“Being too shy is no good.”

“But, who knows who will pass Team Leader Cang Shi’s test?”