NOVEL NEXT Chapter 583: Chief Leader 101
"Shuangshuang, are you awake?" Cang Yun, who was squatting on the ground and curiously examining the bug carcass with Mu Sheng, looked up and saw Yan Shuangshuang had broken through to Level 4 Warrior and awakened, immediately stood up and greeted her.
"How do you feel, is there any discomfort?" Mu Sheng, who heard Cang Yun's voice, also stood up with Cang Yun and looked Yan Shuangshuang up and down and asked.
Yan Shuangshuang couldn't help but feel that Cang Yun and Mu Sheng seemed overly enthusiastic towards her.
Previously they were enthusiastic, but it was a guest-friendly enthusiasm. Now, their enthusiasm was more like the warmth from people of the Yanhuang Tribe, a sense of belonging to the same family, less distant and more sincere and genuine.
Yan Shuangshuang felt a bit overwhelmed by Cang Yun and Mu Sheng's sudden warmth. She nodded, "I'm fine. My breakthrough to Warrior Level took so long, it might have delayed your return to the tribe today."
"That's nothing. Your breakthrough to Level 4 Warrior is important, and it's not cold so we can heat the ground with some fire and sleep on it comfortably," Cang Yun said nonchalantly as he walked closer and patted Yan Shuangshuang on the shoulder.
Yan Shuangshuang felt a bit uneasy and stiffened slightly; she wasn't used to being so physically close to people who weren't very close to her. She discreetly took two steps forward, pretending to examine the bug carcass to avoid being too close to Cang Yun.
Seeing Yan Shuangshuang eyeing the bug carcass, Mu Sheng handed her a beautiful gold stone, "This is the Brain Stone from the head of this Fierce Beast. You should keep it."
Yan Shuangshuang discovered, by accident when the Earth King Beast swallowed a Fierce Beast Brain Stone, that the stones inside the heads of Fierce Beasts could transform ordinary beasts into Fierce Beasts. However, the existence of Fierce Beast Brain Stones was not a secret among the Great Tribes.
The reason Yan Shuangshuang didn't know earlier was that the Power Tribe's tribal book didn't document such things.
Some great tribes raised Fierce Beasts, like the Cannibal Tribe that once attacked the Yanhuang Tribe. They raised a large number of Jungle Wolf Fierce Beasts, generated through the Fierce Beast Brain Stone because wild Fierce Beasts couldn't be domesticated by humans.
Still, even if you're raising Fierce Beasts yourself, it's not easy. First, choose a strong beast and start feeding it from when it's a cub, and it must be one-on-one, carefully like raising a child to nurture emotions.
When the cub has grown enough to ensure its dependence, feed it a Fierce Beast Brain Stone to transform it into a Fierce Beast.
This fostered cub should never be raised after killing its mother; there shouldn't be a vendetta, as a beast that becomes a Fierce Beast gains wisdom and, while not as smart as humans, it understands vendettas.
If there's a vendetta, the first act of this beast after becoming a Fierce Beast might be to kill the person who killed its mother. Even without such a vendetta, if not close enough, the Fierce Beast nature might have it abandon its owner and run away.
Even when raised well and close enough, a beast's evolution into a Fierce Beast remains perilous, with survival being a dangerous possibility, especially for strong beasts. Without the help of Yan Shuangshuang and myriad warriors from the Yanhuang Tribe, the Earth King Beast would have died during its transition into a Fierce Beast.
However, primitive people's brains lack creativity and imagination, which hinders the development of the Primitive World.
They don't understand how to use their Warrior Power to aid the beasts they raise into transforming into Fierce Beasts, ensuring Fierce Beast cultivation continues as a gamble for survival, hoping to retain the few that survive.
This challenge is why, despite knowing how to raise Fierce Beasts, seldom can the great tribes cultivate one successfully.
Even though it's tough to raise a Fierce Beast, a Fierce Beast Brain Stone remains precious, especially since this bug Fierce Beast is far stronger than other Fierce Beasts.
Though Cang Yun assisted in attacking this bug Fierce Beast, it was Yan Shuangshuang who killed it; hence, Mu Sheng gave the bug Fierce Beast Brain Stone to Yan Shuangshuang.
Yan Shuangshuang deserved it; without her, Cang Yun and the others would have lost their lives, let alone acquiring the Fierce Beast Brain Stone.
Yan Shuangshuang accepted the Brain Stone without hesitation, taking it with her. Seeing her take it, Mu Sheng and Cang Yun invited Yan Shuangshuang for dinner. Today's dinner included wild beasts hunted nearby and some picked fruits.
During dinner, Yan Shuangshuang noticed that everyone from the Crocodile Tribe was as enthusiastic as Cang Yun and Mu Sheng, treating her as if she were part of the Crocodile Tribe.
Yan Shuangshuang found it somewhat uncomfortable, given she had only been with the Crocodile Tribe for two days, still feeling like a stranger.
Previously, the Crocodile Tribe's enthusiasm didn't bother Yan Shuangshuang because it felt like a friendly host, warm yet comfortable with some space. But now, the Crocodile Tribe's attitude was overwhelmingly enthusiastic!
Indeed, the Crocodile Tribe treated Yan Shuangshuang as one of their own. There are two ways to enhance relationships: naturally forming feelings from prolonged interactions or developing camaraderie through shared battles and facing life and death together.
The Crocodile Tribe had seen the dangers Yan Shuangshuang faced against the bug Fierce Beast, especially her refusal to retreat even when her Warrior Power and Thunder Power depleted, moving them deeply.
Had Yan Shuangshuang not broken through to Level 4 Warrior, she would have surely met her doom, and the Crocodile Tribe knew why Yan Shuangshuang fought resolutely: if she fled, it would mean their deaths.
Yan Shuangshuang's actions had greatly won the goodwill of the Crocodile Tribe; facing mortal enemies without escape meant brotherhood.
Hence, the Crocodile Tribe had already accepted Yan Shuangshuang as one of their own, which is why Cang Yun, Mu Sheng, and the rest of the Crocodile Tribe were particularly warm and close to her.
Due to the Crocodile Tribe's hospitality, Yan Shuangshuang, intending to leave after reaching Level 4 Warrior to return to the Yanhuang Tribe, was persuaded by the Crocodile Tribe to stay for half a year, even spending the hot season there, an unexpected development for her.