Is This What It Means?

Zhou Xu's main task for the days ahead was to focus all his efforts on making slings. Taking into account the possibility that some might break and need to be replaced on the spot, he had to make at least ten of them first.

He took on the entire task himself. After finishing, he also helped Butterfly and the others weave several bark bags. After all, Butterfly's handicraft team truly had no hands to spare.

For the next two days, his main task was to stay in the tribe, coordinate all its internal affairs, and take time to watch Dashan and the others train with the slings.

As for teaching...

There was nothing left to teach. The sling itself was not a complicated weapon, and he was not some expert skilled in using cold weapons. He really could not bear teaching a "Weapon Master" how to wield a weapon.

Dashan was better than him the moment he picked it up. After two days of practice, it seemed fair to say that he had completely blown Zhou Xu away.

This little experience also made Zhou Xu realize how frightening the thing called "talent" could be.

Some people really could accomplish with ease things he himself could never do.

Then he looked back at himself. Even now, he still had not figured out what practical effect his "Evolutionary Leader" talent had.

Just as he was feeling dejected, the tribe members practicing with slings in the distance suddenly cried out in astonishment because of Da Shi's precise throw.

That throw of his had struck the piece of wood they had set up as a distance marker nearly a hundred meters away.

In a primitive tribe like this, most people worshiped the strong. That one move from Dashan was enough to make the tribe members admire him utterly.

Facing everyone's adoration, Dashan scratched his head, unable to hide the smile on his face.

"My eyesight just got better recently. I can see things more clearly, that's all."

"I don't believe that. My eyesight has gotten better recently too, so why can't I hit it?"

This truly was not something that could be accomplished with good eyesight alone. But to say Dashan had not benefited from luck at all would certainly be false.

The sling itself was not very accurate, and the stone projectiles had not even been polished. Their trajectories were even harder to control.

With weapon hardware like this, and only a few days of practice, even a Weapon Master would not be much use!

Therefore, from Zhou Xu's perspective, he also believed that Dashan's throw just now had been mostly luck.

However, compared with dwelling on that, another topic among the tribe members caught his attention.

"Dashan, did you just say that your eyesight has gotten better recently?"

Normally speaking, unless one's vision was corrected through surgery, eyesight would generally only deteriorate. There was no possibility of it improving.

But something that violated common sense had just happened once before—and it had happened to him!

At that moment, faced with Zhou Xu's question, Dashan and the others all nodded.

Without time to think, he signaled Dashan and the others to continue practicing, then hurried back to the tribe as fast as he could.

"Butterfly, have you felt that your eyesight has gotten better recently?"

The chieftain had suddenly called her over and then asked her such a question. Butterfly's expression froze in slight bewilderment. After thinking it over briefly, she nodded.

"I think so. Normally, seeing things after dark was pretty difficult, but recently it hasn't felt as tiring. At night, I can see things quite clearly by the firelight."

"What about you? Is it the same for you?"

Zhou Xu turned to look at the others nearby.

They truly had not paid much attention to this before. The handicraft team's main job was to keep their heads down and work on the tasks at hand. They mostly looked at things nearby, so the demands on their eyesight were not high to begin with.

But after Zhou Xu asked the question, and Butterfly brought it up, everyone gradually realized that their eyesight did indeed seem to have changed!

After receiving everyone's feedback, Zhou Xu could not help taking a deep breath.

His improved eyesight was because he had obtained the Eye of Insight's true word. After that true word merged into his body, it passively enhanced his vision.

But what was causing the changes in the other tribe members?

The power of the Eye of Insight's true word could not possibly be connected to the other tribe members.

With that premise, the only possibility he could think of was his talent!

"Evolutionary Leader. So that's what it is!"

As he muttered to himself, the expression on Zhou Xu's face gradually grew excited.

"In other words, my own improvements will directly affect my tribe members! Lead the people and complete a great evolution—so that's what it means?!"

The question that had troubled him for so long had finally been answered. Having discovered the secret of his talent, Zhou Xu could not help laughing aloud on the spot.

After several deep breaths, Zhou Xu forcibly calmed himself down. He did not disturb Butterfly and the others at work. Instead, he called over several members of the patrol team and had them stand in a line, then look in the same direction as him.

Through this simple method of confirmation, Zhou Xu discovered that the degree of improvement in each tribe member's eyesight was probably different. This should also have something to do with individual differences.

What could be confirmed was that none of their improvements matched his.

Even so, viewed from the long term, there was no need to explain how heaven-defying his talent would be for a civilization with a huge population base.

If things continued at this pace, then under the influence of his talent, he and his people might really evolve into a new species that surpassed humanity.

Just as Zhou Xu was pondering this, Butterfly came running over.

"Chieftain."

"What is it?"

"Following your instructions, the furnace should be ready about now."

If Butterfly had not mentioned it, he would have nearly forgotten about this matter.

He hurried to the furnace, took a stone ax, and dug open the sealed furnace mouth.

At that moment, Zhou Xu could clearly feel a wave of heat rushing toward his face.

Without wasting time, he quickly opened the furnace mouth, then found a branch and used it to rake out all the firewood inside.

After the temperature inside the furnace dropped, he used two branches as chopsticks and prepared to take out the clay bowls one by one.

"Huh?!"

The moment he took out the first one, Zhou Xu was already caught off guard by what he saw.

The rim of the bowl was visibly uneven, and even the body of the bowl was somewhat lumpy.

Aside from that, perhaps because of the heat, the color of the bowl was uneven as well. One could even see numerous clearly visible pores on it.

The pores could be left aside for now, but the uneven rim and body undoubtedly made it the kind of defective product that should have been thrown into the trash heap the moment it came out of the kiln.

But Zhou Xu did not care!

He tapped the side of the bowl, producing a light ringing sound. Right now, all he cared about was whether the bowl could hold water!

Of course, he would have to wait a little longer for the answer. There were still many more bowls inside the furnace waiting for him to take out.

In terms of appearance, not a single one was up to standard. They were defective in all sorts of ways, and several had even cracked outright in the firing.

But none of this affected Zhou Xu's mood in the slightest.

Because in Zhou Xu's view, as long as this method worked, that was enough! So what if some of them cracked? What he feared was not being able to fire even one bowl!

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