Chapter 769: 604
""Cheers!"
Within the Ice Rock Tribe, the Great Elder, decked in animal skins, raises his wine bowl high. Long Yi raises his wine bowl just as high and downs the piping hot spirits in one go!
"HAHA! I tell you, using the Sacred Rock from the Fire Rock Tribe to heat our wine, that’s the real taste right there!"
The Great Elder wipes the drips of alcohol from his chin, using strong, sweeping motions. He ladles another bowlful of wine from the barrel in front of him. Stood next to the gigantic wine bowl, Long Yi, shorter in stature, can’t help but feel amused as he watches a Mountain Giant from the Ice Rock Tribe hold his own wine bowl as though it were a small wine cup.
The Sacred Rock that Long Yi obtained from the Fire Rock Tribe now sits within the large wine barrel, providing a steady stream of heat that keeps the spirits at just the perfect temperature for drinking. Not too hot that it damages the flavor of the wine, but not too cold that it becomes bland. The Sacred Rock possesses a certain special power. After drinking wine warmed by it, the Mountain Giants of the Ice Rock Tribe experience a particularly refreshing sensation.
It is said that a long time ago, the Ice Rock Tribe and Fire Rock Tribe had a good relationship. One time, an elder from the Fire Rock Tribe visited the Ice Rock Tribe, bringing with him a block of Sacred Rock and used it to heat wine. Therein started the addiction to this unique flavor that the Ice Rock Tribe continued to crave. Eventually, the Ice Rock Tribe plotted and stole the Fire Rock Tribe’s Sacred Rock, leaving a lasting grudge between the two adjacent tribes.
"WE don’t care where you came from. If you can satisfy our craving for wine, you’re our brother! So go ahead, brother, ask for whatever you want! I promise you anything as long as you don’t take our Sacred Rock to the Fire Rock Tribe!" The Great Elder consumes another gulp of the hot wine and slaps his chest, expressing his intent.
"Actually, I am in search of a favor from you guys. It does have something to do with the Sacred Rock, in fact." said Long Yi, laughing, "But don’t worry, I don’t want your Sacred Rock, I just want to have a look at it."
"Just have a look?"
The Great Elder belches out, mulling over the words.
"Yes, just have a look." Long Yi confirms.
"Alright! You can have a look then!" It’s evident that the Ice Rock Tribe folks have an exceedingly generous personality, no hesitation whatsoever. In no time, one of the Elders brings over a piece of Sacred Rock. When Long Yi takes the cold piece of the white Sacred Rock, the chill seems to seep into his body. Long Yi instantly sketches the strength within the Sacred Rock. After checking it through, he returns the Sacred Rock to the Elder.
"Well, I’ve seen it!" Warms himself breathing onto his hands, Long Yi observes that the frost from the wine in his palm has already turned into ice.
"That’s it?" The Great Elder is amazed.
"Yes, that’s it. All I wanted was to see it." Long Yi says with a broad smile.
"So when you said you want to ’see’ it...you really meant just ’see’ it..."
The Great Elder scratches his head, bewildered. The kid called Long Yi brought the Sacred Rock all the way from the Fire Rock Tribe risking offending an entire tribe, just to look at it. It was just a matter of less than a minute. In actuality, the Great Elder thought he wouldn’t mind giving the smallest Sacred Rock to Long Yi if he asked for it. After all, the pleasure the Sacred Rock from the Fire Rock tribe brings to the palate of the tribe members is far more important!
"Well then, we will give you this Sacred Rock!"
Thinking that taking advantage of someone else was disrespectful, the Great Elder proposes to gift Long Yi with the Sacred Rock. The surrounding Elders nod in agreement, they couldn’t possibly take advantage of a child.
"I appreciate your generosity, but really, I just wanted to see."
Long Yi chuckles. He is quite surprised at the magnanimity of the folks of the Ice Rock Tribe. After several times of refusal, the Great Elder realizes that Long Yi truly doesn’t want the Sacred Rock, and warmly invites him to stay (and drink) a few more days in the tribe.
Although Long Yi isn’t especially fond of drinking, he can’t be disrespectful in the face of such warm hospitality.
However, the very next morning, Long Yi’s hungover slumber was disturbed by a noisy commotion.
Groggily, Long Yi awakes in the stone house with a slight headache from last night’s drinking. Apparently, the power of the rocks didn’t consider a hangover as being harmful and hadn’t helped rid him of it. It’s evident he was out cold, as he didn’t realize that his fourth sister had come to see him.
"What’s going on?" Long Yi stops an Elder whom he had been drinking with last night to ask.
"Ah, nothing, just those bastards from the Fire Rock Tribe causing trouble again, I need to go play with them," the Elder laughs heartily as he walks away.
"I’m sorry for causing trouble!" Long Yi immediately knew the problem was his doing. Having arrived only last night and now the Fire Rock tribe folks appear – it had to be his fault.
"HAHA! Kid, don’t worry! We got your back! Just for that amazing wine, we won’t let anyone lay a finger on you!" The elder laughs heartily and walks away.
Long Yi chuckles and shakes his head, they apparently weren’t taking the matter seriously!
Since the matter involves him, he can’t sit by idly.
On the hillside of the Ice Rock Tribe, there is a small plain. More than a hundred adult Mountain Giants of the Fire Rock Tribe stand there, guarded by a bunch of young Mountain Giants. Opposite them are over two hundred Mountain Giants from the Ice Rock Tribe, with numbers still increasing.
Long Yi is at the back of the crowd, not because he doesn’t want to move up, but because the Mountain Giants won’t let him. According to them, the conflict between the two sides never ceased. One more or one less wouldn’t make any difference.
Everyone stands there, although not a word is spoken, anger is palpable in the air from both sides.
Suddenly, one of the Mountain Giants from the Ice Rock Tribe points to someone opposing him: "What are you staring at!"
The pointee glares back: "Staring at you, so what?"
Then, both sides immediately put on their Rock Armor and start fighting.
Both sides are full of adults experienced in fighting. There’s no such thing as testing the waters with them. They just start fighting right away with pure force. They keep on fighting until one side admits defeat.
Obviously, in this kind of fight without any techniques, the number of people is the only difference that determines victory. In the end, the Ice Rock Tribe, which had twice the number of people, made the Fire Rock Tribe cry out.
Although under the power of the Rock Armor, almost no one would suffer fatal injuries or die, the pain was real!
Ultimately, the members of the Fire Rock Tribe were driven off.
But, this matter wasn’t over yet.
Or rather, it was still far from being over!
Soon, the Fire Rock Tribe mobilized, almost everyone, men, women, elderly, and children came out.
As a response, the Ice Rock Tribe also mobilized everyone. They fought from dawn till dusk, rested for a night, and then fought again from dawn till dusk.
At first, Long Yi planned to help. But when he saw the expressions on the faces of both sides, there was no sign of hatred. In fact, every time they met, they seemed to greet each other before starting the fight.
Long Yi couldn’t help but sigh. After all, this was a world where it was hard to die, and people didn’t easily harbor deep grudges. It seemed like the people treated these fights as entertainment.
In a corner of the battlefield, Long Yi saw a group of children sitting in a daze. These children hadn’t participated in any fights from day one and spent their day in the same daze. Even the children from the two tribes had come together to play, showing none of the tension that was present among the adults.
Long Yi went over to join them. The people who were chasing him were also there. After seeing Long Yi walk away from the Magma river, they seemed hesitant to provoke him. The original owner of the Fire Rock, however, was glaring at Long Yi intently.
"Don’t look anymore, you can’t get anything from me," Long Yi said with a smile.
"I had it originally," the man said with a gloomy face.
"There’s nothing we can do, you’ve given it to me," Long Yi shrugged, not able to help.
The battle was boring in fact, no matter how they fought, there was rarely any bloodshed. It was monotonous and easily evoked disgust. Even Long Yi felt bored.
Long Yi casually took out a water bottle, added some honey, shook it well, covertly used some magic to turn it into an ice cube, then smashed it. He then took out a spoon and started eating the crushed ice.
The long-lost taste, if there was some grapefruit added, it would be too perfect!
Long Yi missed the honey grapefruit water he used to drink.
On the side, a group of adolescents from the Fire Rock Tribe were stunned.
"Have some, stop staring."
Long Yi pulled out another bowl from his space storage, poured some crushed ice into it and handed it to the boy who had been staring at him.
The ice was refreshing and sweet with the taste of honey.
This was simply too awesome!
Once you have the first one, there’s bound to be a second one. Long Yi had to make a few more bowls for them, because he had plenty of honey, and they had brought their own water.
Glancing up, the adults in front were almost done fighting. They laughed and said their goodbyes, promising to fight again tomorrow. When they went back, they saw the children who came with them each had a portion of crushed honey ice!
After trying a bit, the taste was simply great!
Watching the retreating figures of the Fire Rock Tribe, Long Yi asked the Great Elder of the Ice Rock Tribe, "Your relationship seems pretty good. Haven’t you ever thought about not fighting in the future?"
The Great Elder laughed heartily, "Silly boy, it’s all about face! Whoever says to stop fighting first would be a coward."
Frick!
You guys really don’t get tired, huh!
"Actually, I have an idea," said Long Yi.
"What’s the idea?"
"The idea is simple... exchange.."
Three days later, a Fire Rock bar opened in the Ice Rock Tribe, while an Ice Rock crushed-ice shop started serving customers in the Fire Rock Tribe.
And the Great Elders of the two tribes officially shook hands and made peace.
Long Yi left the two tribes with a black line on his face.
This was like dealing with two insane tribes. (To be continued. If you like this book, please go to qidian.com to vote and recommend it. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
