I Became The Chief of A Primitive Village

*Chirp chirp…* Several Grey Green Beaked Birds were chirping happily. The calls of these birds were particularly crisp. Moreover, they generally only call in the early morning. When people of the Spotted Deer Tribe hear these bird calls, they know it was dawn.

This also marked the time for them to get up for work.

These birds were deeply cherished in the Spotted Deer Tribe. So cherished, Shaman Lu Shan had strictly forbidden his Tribesmen from catching and eating them. If discovered, they would be expelled from the Tribe.

The Green Beaked Bird is grey all over, with a distinctively green beak. In the eyes of the Spotted Deer Tribe, these birds were animals worthy of respect. Because a very long time ago, when the Shaman of the Spotted Deer Tribe was not Lu Shan, the Tribe caught fire. If it was not for the Green Beaked Birds chirping incessantly early in the morning, the losses would have been devastating.

So, from then on, the Green Beaked Bird became the morning timekeeper for the Spotted Deer Tribe, as well as their lucky animal.

Lu Shi walked out of his wooden house, shook his neck, and muttered to himself, “Today, we need to send off our people to the Flame Dragon Tribe.”

“I won’t go this time so who should I send?” Lu Shi pondered with uncertainty.

He had been thinking for the whole of last night, feeling it would be better not to go along. He planned on letting the other leaders of the Tribe lead this group. After all, he needed to oversee the entire Tribe, so he could not go off.

“Chieftain, Father is looking for you.” Lu Lin’s crisp voice sounded. She was just about to go relieve herself.

Of course, she needed to walk outside the Tribe, and into the dense jungle. After all, she was not a boy, who could release their needs almost at any time, at any where.

“Alright, I’ll go right away.” Lu Shi responded.

Lu Shi stepped to the front of the Shaman’s wooden house, walked in and asked, “Shaman, what are your instructions?”

“Who do you plan to send to the Flame Dragon Tribe today?” Shaman Lu Shan directly asked.

Lu Shi shook his head and said, “I don’t know yet. The Sixty Totem Warriors aren’t that hard to choose, but…”

He had already thought it through. From the majority of the Totem Warriors, he would choose some whose strength was not that impressive. Then, he would add about ten more powerful Totem Warriors to the group. With such a team, he thought the other side would not find much fault in his decision.

“But it’s harder to choose who will lead the team, right?” Shaman Lu Shan answered for him.

“Yes, the Shaman’s thoughts are the same as mine. The leader must be carefully chosen…” Lu Shi said in a solemn voice. After all, they were going to attack the Black Snake Tribe, and they had heard about the situation of this Tribe.

The Black Snake Tribe mainly relied on robbing other Tribes, and were a ruthless Tribe. Moreover, the strength of the Flame Dragon Tribe seemed incomprehensible to them.

A Small Tribe with less than 300 people, how could they confront the Black Snake Tribe?

If it was not for their confident assurances, and the large amount of linen, he would not be willing to send his people to help.

“We don’t know the strength of the Flame Dragon Tribe. According to your previous description, their Tribe is hard to fathom.” Shaman Lu Shan said in a deep voice.

“Yes, so we shouldn’t send out our strongest Totem Warriors. We should keep some in reserve.” Lu Shi also became serious.

Shaman Lu Shan narrowed his golden eyes and said, “Indeed, it’s always good to have a backup plan.”

“Shaman, I plan to let them decide what to do based on the situation. If it looks like the Flame Dragon Tribe is going to lose, I’ll tell them to retreat first.” Lu Shi shared his thoughts from last night.

This was the idea he had been pondering last night, feeling that these 260 people should not be wasting their lives on something futile. After all, an ant fighting an elephant was just overestimating its abilities.

“I agree with this. After you’ve chosen the personnel, go and instruct them to make the decision based on the situation.” Shaman Lu Shan agreed.

It was not easy to cultivate sixty Totem Warriors. They could not afford to lose all sixty Totem Warriors for the sake of a Tribe that was overestimating its abilities.

“Understood, but can the Flame Dragon Tribe really confront the Black Snake Tribe? They’re only borrowing 260 people from us. If they fail, what about our linen?” Lu Shi worried.

He had thought about this aspect last night too. What if the Flame Dragon Tribe fails? If they fail, would the linen cooperation not be for nothing? At that point would the Spotted Deer Tribe not be in trouble again? If the Black Snake Tribe finds out that the Spotted Deer Tribe helped, would their situation not be even worse than right now?

If they eliminate the Black Snake Tribe, it would be great news. If not, then they would be at a loss.

Not only would they lose the linen exchange cooperation, but they would also be retaliated against by the Black Snake Tribe.

At first, he was only concerned about being able to cooperate for linen, and did not think carefully about the Flame Dragon Tribe’s situation.

Thinking back on it last night, he was full of regret, not having considered the other side’s strength. This was what he found most distressing.

But helplessly, they had already agreed, and could not go back on their word. This was the real reason for his worry and sleeplessness.

“I’ve thought about this issue too, but you should know that the Flame Dragon Tribe is not a brainless Tribe.” Shaman Lu Shan solemnly said.

“Shaman, what do you mean?” Lu Shi was a bit confused.

“Their Tribe doesn’t have many people, yet they have so much linen. It can be seen that they are actually not as simple as they seem on the surface.”

Shaman Lu Shan paused, then continued, “And you also know that their Tribe has so few people, yet they still want to launch an attack on the Black Snake Tribe. I don’t think they are overestimating their abilities.”

“But didn’t they borrow people from us?” Lu Shi asked, puzzled.

Shaman Lu Shan shook his head lightly and continued to analyse, “No, if they really needed people that badly, they would not have just borrowed only 260 people.”

“Shaman, are you saying that they have some kind of plan? But, it is a fact that the enemy greatly outnumbers them.” Lu Shi asked.

At first, he had been thinking about whether to send the Flame Dragon Tribe more people, to help them avoid losing.

“After much thought, this is the only answer I can come up with. To be extra safe, we should still tell our people to be careful.” Shaman Lu Shan instructed.

Lu Shi stood up, nodded seriously, and said, “I understand. I’ll go choose them now and have them set out.”

“En, tell them to be cautious, not to be too rash, and especially not to let the Flame Dragon Tribe discover any problem on our side.” Shaman Lu Shan added.

“I understand.” Lu Shi turned and left the wooden house.

As he walked, he pondered who would be most suitable to go. After all, leading 260 people away from the Tribe required someone with great courage.

[Let’s have Shu Gan go this time too, he’s more familiar with the Flame Dragon Tribe. I can also have Ye Zi go too. Then…]  Lu Shi frowned in thought.

Both Shu Gan and Ye Zi had been to the Flame Dragon Tribe before, and they were also quite strong within the Spotted Deer Tribe.

“Got it, let’s have Xiu lead the team. He’s the most suitable.” Lu Shi suddenly looked relieved.

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