This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 541 - 345 The Thoughts of Chi Shao
Capítulo 541: Chapter 345 The Thoughts of Chi Shao
The ninth year since the founding of the Vine Tribe, on March 5th, in the residential area of the Vine Tribe, inside the bamboo house where the Old Witch once lived.
“Woo woo…”
The melodious sound of horns echoed from the banks of the Feiyu River, accompanied by cheers from the crowd and the sound of water lapping against the shore.
Chi Shao sat inside the house and looked up towards the Feiyu River, a smile appearing on her face. She knew that the new boats of the Vine Tribe were setting out for their trial sail.
The new boats were much larger and sturdier than the old ones, specifically prepared for the tribal warriors to venture into the central region.
Today, three new boats were being launched for their trial sail. In the past, as the Witch, Chi Shao would certainly have been present, but as the tribe grew stronger, many things no longer required her personal involvement.
Withdrawing her gaze, Chi Shao focused her attention on a massive stone in front of her.
This was a piece of premium white stone, elongated in shape, with corners smoothly polished, even forming a glossy patina from constant friction.
About half of the stone’s surface was neatly carved with various mysterious patterns, some resembling simplified plants, others like animals, and various strange and peculiar things.
Anyone who hadn’t studied Witch Script wouldn’t be able to understand the patterns on this stone even if they saw it.
But to those who had studied Witch Script, they would immediately recognize the five large characters carved on the right side of the stone: Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map!
Those strange patterns were actually carvings of various medicinal herbs.
To understand witch medicine through these patterns, simply learning Witch Script wasn’t enough. One must also possess Witch Power. Only by infusing Witch Power could one activate the patterns on the stone, revealing the true forms of the herbs, including their growth habits and medicinal properties, along with various detailed descriptions.
The Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map was a gift prepared by the Old Witch for future generations, as well as his lifelong obsession in his later years.
However, due to unforeseen events in the Eastern Wilderness, the Old Witch had to abandon the half-carved Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map and return to the Eastern Wilderness to address the tribe’s survival crisis.
Before departing, the Old Witch entrusted the task of completing the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map to Chi Shao, so that even if something happened to him, the project wouldn’t be left unfinished.
After the Old Witch left, Chi Shao indeed didn’t forget his instructions. Whenever she discovered a new herb and understood its properties and growth habits, she would carve it into the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map.
“Bird’s Wing Grass, shaped like a bird’s wing, with short roots, drought-resistant, capable of flying in the desert with the help of strong winds…”
Chi Shao held the herb in her left hand and a carving knife in her right, patiently recording the form, medicinal properties, and growth habits of Bird’s Wing Grass, forming a new pattern with the aid of Witch Power.
In the future, as long as someone infused Witch Power into this pattern, the features, growth habits, medicinal effects, and witch medicine compatibilities of Bird’s Wing Grass would all emerge, allowing future generations to comprehensively understand this witch medicine.
This was an effective method of transmission among witches.
Of course, it also had certain limitations.
If one day the inheritance of the witch ceased, the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map on the stone would become a collection of pictograms in the eyes of future generations, with no one able to accurately extract the vast information hidden within.
Chi Shao carved three kinds of herbs in succession, then put down the carving knife.
“It took a long time to add just three new herbs. Who knows when I’ll be able to complete the entire Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map.”
The commonly used herbs near the Vine Tribe had mostly been carved by the Old Witch and Chi Shao. To find new herbs, she would have to venture farther afield.
But as the witch of the Vine Tribe, Chi Shao couldn’t roam freely and could only wait for the tribal warriors to bring back herbs from outside.
Yet most warriors weren’t well-versed in herbs. Even if they brought them back, they couldn’t explain their origins, growth habits, or medicinal properties. Chi Shao had to explore them herself, and sometimes even plant them herself.
However, here lay another problem: the herbs might not survive once removed from their native habitat, and their medicinal properties might change. Even if they could be cultivated with effort, they might not be the same herbs originally collected.
Therefore, creating the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map was a very troublesome task. It wasn’t as simple as discovering a new herb and recording it. One needed a comprehensive understanding of the herb to avoid misleading future generations after recording it.
“If only I could be free like the Old Witch.”
Chi Shao sighed softly, knowing it was impossible in a short time unless she could train an even more outstanding successor as the witch.
At the moment, the Vine Tribe was in a period of turmoil, needing to maintain stability in the north and explore the central region. As the leader, Jiang Xuan had to travel back and forth to ensure the tribe’s greatest benefit, but as the witch, Chi Shao had to stay in the tribe to maintain stability.
Sometimes, Chi Shao really missed the days when the Vine Tribe was just founded, when she could hunt, gather, and fight with the warriors, life being tough back then, but she was happy.
Now, although the tribe was stronger and life was better, she could only stay in the tribe, constantly maintaining the dignity of a witch, a life she didn’t like at all.
But what could she do if she didn’t like it? Since she’d chosen this path, she’d have to walk it to the end, unless one day, as Jiang Xuan said, she retired.
Retirement was a novel term for the tribe’s people, but Chi Shao longed for it.
She yearned for the day she could lay down all her responsibilities, ride a great bird like the Old Witch, and soar freely between the four great wildernesses. If possible, she might even go to sea to see the wider world.
Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Chi Shao’s lips. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
“Witch, a warrior is seriously injured, and the witch doctors say only you can save him…”
Just then, an anxious shout came from outside.
Chi Shao put away the carving knife and immediately stood up, striding towards the door.
Once at the door, Chi Shao regained the dignity of a Great Witch, her expression stern as she asked, “What was he injured by?”
The warrior hurriedly replied, “Bitten by an Iron-skinned Frog while hunting, his waist is broken, and the bleeding won’t stop.”
Chi Shao said, “I’ll go get some witch medicine and be right over. Have the witch doctors use the powder of the Divine Mushroom to keep him alive for now.”
“Yes!”
The warrior leaped onto a Great Horned Deer and sped towards the Witch Hospital.
The Witch Power inside Chi Shao surged wildly, and her figure blurred, disappearing in an instant, even faster than the Great Horned Deer, like an apparition.
Since becoming a Great Witch, she hadn’t taken action for a long time, but her strength had become more unfathomable, fundamentally different from ordinary warriors.
Moments later, Chi Shao returned to the bamboo house to fetch the medicine, then reappeared in the Witch Hospital, calmly and steadily treating the severely injured warrior.
Behind her, dozens of witch doctors and witch medical apprentices gathered, their gazes towards her filled with fervor and admiration, as if watching a deity.
