Chronicles of Primordial Wars

Chapter 198 - The drifting flames of the Boat River

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The old haunt of the Flaming Horns tribe was a little far from the Longboat tribe,

so it took them more than two days to reach there and they had to rest a few times on their way.

Yang Sui bu yere daha aşinaydı. Although he couldn’t give much detailed information, he could tell the locations of tribes and markets.

Eski uğrak yerinde Shao Xuan, Wan Shi kabilesinin savaşçılarıyla yaptığı kavga nedeniyle yaralanmış ve kıyafetlerine kan bulaşmıştı. There were many scratches and tears so his clothes were ragged. Oldukça fakir ve bitkin görünüyordu.

Merkez bölgede pek çok kabilenin üyeleri, özellikle de büyük kabileler, iyi giyinmeye çok dikkat ediyor ve diğerlerini kıyafetlerine göre yargılıyorlardı. If you dressed well, you would be thought to be a member of a big tribe. On the contrary, if you looked dirty and poor, you would be considered as a member of a small tribe.

When Shao Xuan arrived at a market, he exchanged for an animal skin coat. The coat was not so comfortable to wear because it was made of a regular beast skin, rather than a ferocious beast. But he ignored this and just hoped to look a little decent. After all, he now travelled in the central region and didn’t want to lose face. Aksi takdirde şaman tarafından ders verilecekti.

Shao Xuan, bazı kışlık kıyafetlerin yanı sıra yolculuğu için yiyecek de hazırladı ve haritasını geliştirmek için çevredeki bölgenin desenlerini sordu.

Yang Sui also put on some winter clothes made of thick fur. To exchange for the winter clothes, he didn’t use water moon stones or jade, but some kind of shell.

The shells were polished, chiseled and strung on a rope, which was the “currency” that many people used to exchange for things. Shao Xuan had heard of this kind of “currency” when he had stayed with the Pu tribe. He had even seen this kind of “currency” in some markets, back then he had had many questions about it. Yang Sui often used shells to exchange for other things, so he gave Shao Xuan a simple explanation.

"Bu tür bir kabuk çok kullanışlıdır. Orta bölgedeki pek çok insan bu tür güzel kabukları süs eşyası yapmak için cilalamayı sever. Ayrıca bu tür kabuklar ilaç ve pigment yapmak için öğütülerek toz haline getirilebilir. Lu kabilesindeki insanların genellikle hayvanları beslemek için kabuk tozunu yiyeceklerle karıştırdıkları söylenir. Daha sonra birçok kabile de aynı şeyi yaptı. Ah, çömlek ustaları da kabuk tozunu kullanıyor... Neyse, pek çok kişi bu tür kabukları sıklıkla kullanıyor, bu yüzden merkez bölgede ticaret için kullanılabilir."

Yang Sui, Shao Xuan'a bir kabuk verdi, "Kabilemizde, uzak denizlerde seyahat eden bazı insanların sıklıkla bunun gibi birçok kabuk getirdiği söylenir. Onlara yalnızca birkaç şey vererek çok sayıda kabuk elde edebiliriz. Kabileden ayrılırken yanıma birçok mermi aldım."

Bundan bahseden Yang Sui çok gurur duyuyordu. Kabile sık sık kuraklıktan muzdarip olsa ve iyi bir hasat alamasa da, diğer kabilelerden aldıkları kabuklar bu durumu atlatmalarına yardımcı oldu. Those who often travelled could bring back many things thanks to the shells.

To a certain extent, the Rain tribe could be considered a rich tribe. When the harvest was not good, the people of this tribe could still survive relying on the shells.

Her tür kabuk popüler değildi. Shao Xuan also asked about the shell coin, which was recorded in the animal skin volumes in details thousands of years ago. Bu popüler olmayan "ödeme" yöntemi, buraya geldiklerinde bu konuda hiçbir şey bilmemeleri ihtimaline karşı, yine de onlara bu tür para birimini öğretmek zorundaydı.

Since it was a kind of “coin”, Shao Xuan couldn’t just accept those shells from Yang Sui. He used the water moon stone in exchange for a string of shells with Yang Sui. He put it into the animal bag, and planned to bring it back to the tribe.

Shao Xuan pinched those shells and noticed they were quite hard. The colors of the shells were not exactly the same, and the white shells looked as white and bright as shiny pearls. Diğer renkler oldukça iyi görünüyordu. No wonder those living in the central region who pursued “beauty” liked jewelry made of the polished shells.
"Hava giderek daha soğuk oluyor." Yang Sui wrapped his coat around his shoulders, he had just bought this from the market. Rüzgarda ürperdi, gökyüzüne baktı ve şöyle dedi: "Shao Xuan, sanırım üç gün içinde burada muhtemelen kar yağacak. Ayrıca Longboat kabilesinin olduğu yerde de kar yağacak."

"O halde acele etmeliyiz." dedi Shao Xuan. Once it began to snow, it would be much more difficult to hurry along the road.

But luckily, the winter here was not as cold as in the Flaming Horns tribe. Shao Xuan knew that it didn’t keep snowing all the time here in winter, and there were not always heavy snows. Hatta bazı yerel nehirler bile donmadı.

Gökle yer arasındaki her şeyin bembeyaz karla kaplandığı, buz gibi rüzgarların sürekli estiği kışa alışmıştı. Kışın burada üşümüyordu.

"Shao Xuan, üşümüyor musun?" Yang Sui looked at Shao Xuan who wore a thin animal skin coat, and asked.

"İyiyim."

Shaking his head and looking at the landing Chacha, Yang Sui put on the animal skin coat and cloak he bought. Bir koza gibi sarılmıştı. His head was also covered, only his nostrils and eyes were revealed.

Havada uçarken daha da üşüdüğünü hissetti. With the temperature beginning to drop significantly, Yang Sui felt uncomfortable in the blowing wind.

Chacha looked at him wrapped with layers of animal skins with disdain. Pençeleri uzandı ve kanatlarını çırptı. Tekrar havaya uçtu.

Following the direction that Yang Sui pointed at, two men and an eagle hurried ahead. It was more convenient for them to travel in the air because they wouldn’t need to take detours. As Yang Sui said, the Longboat tribe was not far from them. They might reach there in three or even two days.

But it was too early for Shao Xuan to feel reassured.

One day later, Shao Xuan looked at a fork in the river and asked Yang Sui, “Which is the right way?”

Yang Sui looked hesitant, kept silence for a while and then replied, “No idea.”

Even though Shao Xuan had a map, he roughly drew it only according to the description of others. There was no way that a map of this place could be accurate in such an age. Even if others showed him a local map, it might be inaccurate. That was because it was roughly drawn with a few simple lines on it so that he couldn’t find the exact location.

Shao Xuan totally believed the experience and the sense of direction of Yang Sui.

“I remember walking along the river from there.” Yang Sui also felt helpless. He had followed the traveling team past the Longboat tribe from the other side to the central region, which was not far from this river. He remembered he had been walking along the river, but he did not know there was such a fork. When he returned from the central region to the borders, he forgot the way.

Sola mı yoksa sağa mı git?

In general, if there was a wide stream and a narrow stream, the Longboat tribe would naturally walk along the wide stream. Ama şimdi...

Looking at the two streams with the almost same width, even Shao Xuan couldn’t tell the right direction.

There was no one around, and no traces of mankind were found. Yakınlarda herhangi bir kabile göremediler.

Burası izole bir yerdi.

They could stay here to see if someone went past here and then ask him. Otherwise, Chacha could fly ahead and find the right way or return to look for someone to ask the right way.

Önceki çözüm belirsizdi. As Yang Sui said, now winter was coming, less and less people would come here. No one knew how long they had to wait before they could see another person. Ancak ikinci çözüm zaman alıcıydı.

"Ne... ne yapmalı?" Yang Sui clutched his belly, felt hungry and asked.

Shao Xuan thought about it for a while, made a decision, and said, “It is late. Let’s first rest tonight and work it out tomorrow.”

"Kabul ediyorum. Belki Longboat kabilesinin bazı ekipleri henüz geri dönmemiştir. Geri döndüklerinde buradan geçmeleri gerekir. Eğer beklersek Longboat kabilesinin ekiplerini görebiliriz. Kar yağmadan önce veya sonra hepsinin kabileye döndüğü söyleniyor."

"Peki, onları yakınlarda bekleyelim." Shao Xuan glanced around, pointing to a mountain next to them, and said,“Go there.”

Shao Xuan hunted a beast, set it on the fire, and roasted it to eat. Then he arrived at a place on the mountain, from there he could clearly see the other side of the river so he would not miss anything.
"Geceleri Longboat kabilesinin bir konvoyu buradan geçerse, bunu uzak mesafeden net bir şekilde görebilirsiniz. Boat Nehri'nin sürüklenen alevleri saçmalık değil." Yang Sui dedi.

"Boat Nehri'nin sürüklenen alevleri mi?"

"Gördüğün zaman anlayacaksın." Yang Sui yawned, and found a leeward place to take a nap.

Gece yarısı.

Shao Xuan opened his eyes to look at the river fork, but he found nothing. But when he looked above, he saw the drifting flames.

No, they were not just some flames, but the burning torches on he boats.

When the boats on the other side got closer, the “flames” became a burning line.

It was the convoy of the Longboat tribe, and on each boat there were burning torches. There were so many boats, it looked like a moving burning line.

Is this the so-called drifting flames of the Boat River?

This river was called “Boat River” because often the convoys of the Longboat tribe travelled over it. The current scene was probably described as the drifting flames.

Chacha saw the “fire”, and flapped his wings, which woke Yang Sui up.

Yawning and looking down, Yang Sui felt excited and thought, “We really met them! This is the drifting flames of the Boat River!!”

Shao Xuan had seen too many things over the past years, so this scene wasn’t surprising. But under these circumstance, this was undoubtedly shocking.

The boats of the Longboat tribe were really big, even bigger than Shao Xuan expected. They moved in a stable way, and there were masts and sails on the boats. But now, most of the boats were propelled by men, Shao Xuan could clearly hear the sound of water.

"Geceleri de mi seyahat ediyorlar?" Shao Xuan sordu.

Without radar or navigation, the boats of the Longboat tribe could still move stably at night.

"Longboat kabilesinin konvoyları sık sık buradan geçiyor ve rotayı çok iyi biliyorlar. Geceleri yelken açan pek çok kişi kazalarla karşılaştı. Bazıları kıyıya çarptı, bazıları ise başka kazalar yaşadı. Ancak Longboat kabilesinin konvoylarının kaza yaptığı nadiren duyuldu. Boat Nehri'nin sürüklenen alevleri Longboat kabilesi için eşsiz bir manzaraydı." Yang Sui looked at the long line of fire and said with admiration.

Above the Boat River, Shao Xuan saw these “drifting flames” gradually coming to the fork and going over the right stream.

"İşte bu!"