I Became The Chief of A Primitive Village

Following Su Bai’s instructions, Cang Shi had people prepare some worms, wooden blocks that could float on water, and several long fishing rods.

In reality, it was just a long stick with the wooden block securely tied to the vine. One end of the vine was threaded through the hook, while the other end was attached to the stick, creating a simple fishing tool.

“Let’s set out quickly, so we can return by evening,” Su Bai urged.

Cang Shi widened his purple eyes and asked, “Shaman, are you coming with us?”

“Of course. How would you know how to fish if I didn’t come along?” Su Bai’s response left the other speechless.

From the beginning, he knew they would not want him to go, citing ‘danger, danger, danger…’

If it was not for their lack of fishing knowledge and the limited number of hooks, Su Bai also would not want to risk it.

“…” Cang Shi was momentarily at a loss for words. They indeed did not know how to fish. He could only nod and agree, “Shaman, you must always stay in the middle of our group.”

He had no choice, after all, Su Bai had provided the hooks and was the only one who knew how to use them. They could only do their best to protect him.

Su Bai looked at the suddenly appeared cow horned girl and asked, “Why are you here? Weren’t you training?”

“I just finished training and saw the Hunting Team return, so I wanted to see the prey they brought back.” Yan Hua grinned.

“In that case, go ask the Chieftain first. If he agrees, I’ll take you along.” Su Bai immediately passed the difficult decision to Yan Jiao. It was not that he was unwilling to bring her; having her with him would provide him someone to talk to. But Yan Jiao might not agree.

“I already asked Father, he agrees to it.” Yan Hua’s answer came out quickly, as if she had been waiting for this question.

“Alright then. Let’s go together.” Su Bai was a bit taken aback at how Yan Jiao was so agreeable this time.

What he did not know was that the Chieftain had seen how helpful Yan Hua had been during the visit to the Spotted Deer Tribe. Moreover, it was only going to the lake. With his biggest private wish for her to become a Shaman Priestess, he knew this excellent opportunity could not be missed. In that case, why would he refuse?

The group set out from the Tribe, heading towards the lake where they got their water from. Hei Ya and others were also accompanying them this time. Yan Jiao stayed behind to guard the Tribe, keeping an eye on the loom and stone mill, as well as arranging for people to process the hunted prey.

Su Bai and the others passed through the dense forest, arriving at the previous lake and climbed up the small cliff.

The width of the small cliff was not very wide, accommodating at most five people standing in a row.

Su Bai looked down at the lake and saw many Stone Armoured Crocodiles lying on the shore with their mouths wide open; their sharp teeth sending chills down one’s spine.

“Shaman, can we start now?” Cang Shi was already excited about ‘fishing’.

“Just put the worms on the hooks and we can begin.” Su Bai said.

“Okay.” Cang Shi immediately had people start baiting the hooks.

These worms were dug up according to Su Bai’s requirements, similar to earthworms on Earth. It was just that they were called Ground Worms here.

Su Bai took a fishing rod with a baited hook, swung his right hand, and cast the hook into the lake.

*Plop!* The hook sank slowly into the water until the floating wooden block settled on the surface.

Cang Shi and the others followed suit, casting their hooks into the lake, some even casting several times.

Yan Hua’s red eyes followed the arc of the hook, only coming back to herself when she saw it fall into the water.

She walked to the edge of the cliff and asked, “Shaman, how long does it usually take to catch a fish?”

“It’s not certain, it depends on luck. With good luck, it could be very quick; with bad luck, you might fish all day without catching anything.” Su Bai was also a bit expectant, and continued, “When fishing, you need to be calm, and don’t speak too loudly.”

Yan Hua instinctively covered her mouth, softly squeezing out a word. “Okay.”

When the hooks fell, they only made a faint sound, and the Stone Armoured Crocodiles by the lake remained completely unmoved. As long as the disturbance was not too big or prey did not appear, they generally were too lazy to move. They really loved to just sunbathe with their mouths open.

A few minutes later, the float on Su Bai’s fishing rod began to bob rhythmically.

He immediately became alert and solemnly said. “Watch carefully, this is what it looks like when a fish bites the hook.”

“Yes.” Cang Shi was the first to stare intently at the lake surface, and the others were also watching very carefully.

“If the float sinks frequently and deeply, then you should pull up immediately. Success or failure depends on this step,” Su Bai instructed.

Everyone listened very attentively, even the cow horned girl who did not have a fishing rod.

The float on Su Bai’s rod was sinking more and more heavily, and the hand holding the rod gripped tightened. He soon slightly relaxed his grip from his little finger to his thumb and shouted, “Watch closely! Now!”

“!”

Su Bai used both hands to pull forcefully, and the fishing rod quickly arched back. The hook in the lake emerged with a fish. As the rod pulled back, the fish began to reveal itself. With the splash of lake water, the fish’s scales and the water gleamed in the sunlight.

*Splash, flop, flop…* After being pulled up, the fish kept flopping back and forth on the ground, its mouth opening and closing.

The whole fish looked quite sizable, as long as an adult’s entire arm, over forty centimetres wide. Certainly, back on Earth, it would be considered a big fish.

Cang Shi and the others stared intently at Su Bai’s actions, their gazes finally falling on the flopping fish on the ground.

Su Bai’s movements were smooth and efficient, without any hesitation. It left the onlookers wondering if they had seen it correctly.

However, there was some distance between the lake and the cliff, so the fish was not directly thrown up, but pulled up after leaving the water surface.

“Shaman, I didn’t know fishing was so simple!” Cang Shi said in amazement.

“Try it yourselves and you’ll see if it’s simple or not.” Su Bai smiled, thinking to himself how naive these people were.

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