Uchiha Hikaru carefully sorted through his thoughts and decided that the first step should be to visit the tribe's village and see the situation for himself.
He needed to find out what conditions were really like there before deciding whether it was more suitable to ally with the First Prince or the Second Prince. This would be extremely important to his later strategy.
The villagers here were all kind and hospitable. Because their health was not particularly good, they had to brew large quantities of medicine every day.
Even from far away, one could smell the strong scent of traditional medicine permeating the village. Though the smell was unpleasant, staying in such an environment for a long time was still beneficial to the body.
Moreover, not just anyone could endure that smell, so there were no other villages or tribes nearby.
The villagers lived here in relative peace and were not disturbed by anyone. It was only that illness tormented them far too much.
If they truly wanted to cure these illnesses completely, they could only use the precious medicinal herbs from the Imperial Palace. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult.
Uchiha Hikaru had originally thought that he could heal them all with his spiritual power, but even if he exhausted all of it, he would still be unable to cure everyone in the village.
Although this village was not especially large, it had over a thousand residents. For a village of this time, that was already a very large population.
Because there were so many people, viruses and bacteria multiplied rapidly among them. Seeing how sick they were, it was clear that they desperately wanted this problem resolved as soon as possible.
"Sir, we've finally been waiting for you. The First Prince came here once before. Since there are