Ang stayed with the Bone Scale Tribe for several days, gradually learning much about the tribe's circumstances.
Though this tribe was not as powerful as the Wind Cry Scale Shepherd Tribe, it still counted as a mid-sized force among the many lizardman tribes of the prairie.
Its chieftain was named Bone Mountain, a highly experienced and formidable lizardman warrior.
Like those of the Wind Cry Scale Shepherd Tribe, the Bone Scale Tribe's dwellings were crude, with tents made from animal hides and wooden branches everywhere.
However, several stone houses stood in the center of the tribe, making them especially conspicuous.
Ang had not paid them much attention at first, but after looking into them further, he discovered that their construction methods were quite similar to the houses of the Mountain Ridge Tribe in the Milaginbi Mountains.
Ang was secretly surprised. It seems Chieftain Bone Mountain really did visit the Milaginbi Mountains and live there for a time.
Ang had not been idle these past few days.
Using the same method as before, he brought out the rammed-earth house-building techniques he had taught in the Wind Cry Scale Shepherd Tribe and taught them to the Bone Scale Tribe's lizardmen without holding anything back.
After several days of hard work, the animal-hide tents in the tribe were gradually replaced by sturdier, roomier earthen houses.
Looking at the new homes they had built with their own hands, the lizardmen's faces were filled with satisfaction and pride.
That morning, Ang was helping an elderly lizardman finish sealing the roof of an earthen house when Bone Mountain sent someone to summon him.
"Lalau, the chieftain requests your presence."
Ang dusted himself off and followed the guard to Bone Mountain's tent.
The tent was dimly lit. Chieftain Bone Mountain sat on a soft cushion covered in