Suspected Copper Ore

Yang Feng and the others followed the clan chief's instructions and headed north of the tribe.

"Feng, look. Is this the copper the clan chief asked us to find?" A middle-aged man who appeared to be around thirty, his face weathered by the elements, approached Yang Feng with a somewhat copper-yellow stone in his hand.

It was Yang Yun speaking.

Yang Feng quickly reached out and accepted the copper-yellow stone Yang Yun handed him, examining it carefully.

If this really was the copper ore the clan chief needed...

Could the tribe advance another step?

"It should be."

Yang Feng looked at the copper-colored stone in his hand, carefully tucked it into a bag woven from animal hide, and asked, "Yun, where did you find this?"

This might be the treasure that changed the clan's fate. It had to be preserved properly.

"There." Yang Yun pointed toward a cave in the distance and said, "Shui and I were exploring ahead when we found that cave. We found this inside."

Following the direction Yang Yun pointed, Yang Feng hurriedly led the others toward the cave.

They arrived at the cave.

They discovered that the cave was filled with many such copper-yellow stones. Many of them were enormous and impossible to transport.

"Excellent, excellent, excellent."

Seeing this, delight appeared in Yang Feng's eyes. He quickly took the roughly drawn map from his bag, his brows furrowing tightly.

To return to the tribe, they would now have to cross at least three great mountains.

They would have to cross mountains and rivers.

"Feng, should we return to the tribe?"

Yang Yun asked tentatively.

They had already reached the deadline given by the clan chief. If they did not return to the tribe...

"Not yet." Yang Feng's eyes flickered when he heard this. He did not answer immediately, instead pondering the matter in his mind.

The other Hunting Team members did not understand what Yang Feng was thinking either. They all stared at him, waiting for him to make a decision.

They had to obey their captain's instructions.

That was what the clan chief had told them.

"Find a nearby plain with a water source and plenty of open space."

After a long silence, Yang Feng spoke.

Transporting the copper ore from here would take far too long. They might as well choose a plain nearby and have the tribe migrate from its old settlement to a vast plain closer to its abundant resources.

"Good." After receiving Yang Feng's order, the others all expressed their agreement.

Several days later.

Yang Clan.

Yang Yu stood quietly beside the stream, watching the tribe's elders fish with nets. He fell into deep thought.

"Yu, are you worried about Feng and the others?"

Lin Er had spotted Yang Yu standing blankly by the river from far away and walked over from the Tribal Camp.

"According to the agreed time, Feng and the others are already overdue, yet they still haven't returned."

"I'm worried..."

Yang Yu sighed deeply.

If something had happened to Yang Feng, Yang Yun, and the others, it would be an enormous blow to the entire tribe.

The tribe would lose four able-bodied workers all at once.

That was a loss Yang Clan could neither afford nor endure.

"Yu, don't worry."

"With the Heavenly God's protection, Feng will definitely be fine."

Lin Er placed her hands reverently against her chest as she spoke.

"God?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Yu's expression gradually turned cold. "Lin Er, there is no such thing as a Heavenly God in this world."

"Huh?"

Lin Er became somewhat dazed when she heard Yang Yu blaspheme the Heavenly God.

The Heavenly God could not be blasphemed.

But aren't you the divine son?

"Hmph. There has never been a god in this world. They are merely life-forms that happen to be stronger."

Yang Yu snorted and said, "Do not place your hopes in some so-called Heavenly God. We stand upon this wild land through our own diligent farming. We rely on our wisdom and our hands to survive here."

"If there is a Heavenly God, then why have we never seen one lower its gaze in pity when we were attacked by savage beasts?"

"A god? We ourselves are gods."

Hearing Yang Yu's blasphemous words, Lin Er, A Da, and A Er were all shocked.

But after carefully considering the clan chief's words...

They seemed to make quite a lot of sense.

"Many things we don't understand are deified. Once our knowledge is broad enough, we will overturn all of them."

Yang Yu spoke solemnly.

Just then.

Yang You ran over from the distance and said breathlessly, "C-Clan chief, Feng... Feng and the others are back. They also brought back what seems to be the copper ore the clan chief needed."

"Really?"

In an instant, Yang Yu stopped arguing with Lin Er about the topic of gods. His eyes lit up, and he immediately strode in the direction Yang You had come from.

Lin Er hurriedly followed Yang Yu and Yang You toward the tribe.

"Feng, Feng..."

When Yang Yu reached the center of the Tribal Camp, he saw Yang Feng and the others, covered in dust and looking utterly battered. There was even blood on their bodies. He asked, "Did you clash with another tribe?"

"No."

"On our way back, we accidentally entered a vicious beast's territory. The four of us joined forces and killed it."

"Clan chief, these are the vicious beast cubs we brought back."

Yang Feng shook his head slightly as he spoke.

They had not clashed with another tribe. They had merely intruded into some vicious beast's territory by accident.

Following the direction Yang Feng pointed, Yang Yu looked over.

Yang Yu's brows drew together slightly. Why did these two vicious beast cubs look more and more familiar?

"This, this, this..."

Wasn't that an Iron-Eating Beast?

You don't know what an Iron-Eating Beast is?

Then you should know what the national treasure, the giant panda, is, right?

"Y-You killed an Iron-Eating Beast?"

Yang Yu stared at Yang Feng and the others in astonishment, completely forgetting about the copper ore they had brought back.

An Iron-Eating Beast!

"An Iron-Eating Beast? That name does suit them."

Yang Feng thought about it carefully and said, "We already brought back the Iron-Eating Beast's corpse and placed it in the warehouse."

"Gulp."

Yang Yu swallowed dryly.

I'm in the primitive era, so eating a giant panda isn't illegal, right?

Then he came to his senses and asked, "Where are the stones you brought back?"

"Clan chief, we already sent the copper ore we brought back to the Ancestral Hall, where we left it for the clan elders to decide."

Yang Feng spoke.

"Good, good, good. You've done very well." Yang Yu was extremely satisfied. The harvest Feng had brought back pleased him greatly.

"Yu, should we butcher the Iron-Eating Beast cubs? We've never raised vicious beasts like these before."

Seeing Yang Yu preparing to hurry toward the Ancestral Hall, Lin Er hurriedly asked from behind him.

"Put them in the pigpen for now."

Yang Yu strode toward the Ancestral Hall, his voice carrying back from afar. "Have Feng and the others return home and rest for now. They can report anything else tomorrow."

Copper ore.

That was the crucial step that would determine whether the tribe could become even stronger.

At this moment, the Iron-Eating Beasts—the giant pandas—had all been cast out of his mind.

"Put these I-Iron-Eating Beast cubs in the pigpen, then go home and rest for now."

Lin Er spoke.

Yang Feng had just been about to continue speaking, but after hearing Lin Er's words, he could only swallow what he was about to say.