I Became The Chief of A Primitive Village

Su Bai crouched down to look at those brown fruits, their scent making him unconsciously wrinkle his brow.

“Shaman, Brother Shu Feng picked these fruits from a big tree. He said even wild birds despise them.” Cheng Shi continued.

“So you’re saying even wild birds won’t eat these fruits? It seems like we can’t eat them either…” Su Bai said, pursing his lips.

Cheng Shi pinched his nose, speaking with a thick nasal voice, “Shaman, what can these fruits be used for?”

“Let me take a look first. You go rest. You’ve been flying all day.” Su Bai waved his hand, indicating.

“Shaman, I’m not tired.” Cheng Shi flapped his slender black wings.

Su Bai raised his hand to block his face, as the boy’s flapping created too much wind, and he quickly ordered, “Stop flapping. Look at the scratches on your face. Go ask the Chieftain for some meat to eat, then get some rest.”

The boy’s face was covered in scratches from tree branches. His arms were in the same condition. Although these wounds were not serious, they looked painful.

“Shaman, I’m going to be a Totem Warrior. These little injuries are nothing.” Cheng Shi said, acting precocious.

Su Bai could not help but roll his eyes. [Why does this phrase sound so familiar? Could it be that everyone in this Tribe was or is like this at one point?]

He covered his face with one hand, smiled and said, “Come here, let me treat your wounds.”

“Shaman, it’s fine. These wounds are a warrior’s symbol.” Cheng Shi shook his head repeatedly, looking quite proud.

“When I tell you to come over, listen to my orders. Why so many rebuttals?” Su Bai gave the boy’s head a light punch. [This kid still needs to be disciplined. Especially when he is so reckless! These many wounds could be both a major or minor matter. He is not a Totem Warrior yet. He does not have their strong Physique. If these wounds got infected by his carelessness, it would be a major problem.]

The Tribe’s hygiene conditions were not comparable to Earth. There were flying insects and beasts everywhere. What if insects carrying bacteria landed on the wounds? The whole Tribe would be in trouble then. The spread of infectious diseases could be very fast. For the sake of the entire Tribe, Su Bai had to forcibly treat the boy.

Moreover, there was another benefit: his Curing Technique could level up. The more he used it, the faster it would improve.

“Ah! I understand, Shaman…” Cheng Shi covered his head with both hands and walked over obediently with his head lowered.

Su Bai extended his hand, emitting a verdant light. In an instant, the verdant light covered the boy’s wounds, very much like warm water, tightly wrapping the wounds.

A few minutes later, the wounds on the boy’s face, neck, arms, and chest began to heal slowly, leaving only some dried blood stains.

“Alright, go take a bath, eat some meat, and then rest,” Su Bai withdrew his hands.

Cheng Shi looked at his healed wounds with delight, finding that the pain had disappeared and movement no longer hurt.

He nodded heavily and responded, “Thank you, Shaman. I’ll go ask the Chieftain for meat now.”

“Go.” Su Bai waved his hand.

Yu Ying crouched in front of those fruits, pinching her nose and asked, “Shaman, what are these fruits?”

When Cheng Shi came in, the fox eared girl had smelled a strong odour and could not help but cover her nose and mouth.

Su Bai shook his head, using a stick to poke at the fruits, and said, “These fruits have a lot of juice, but they smell awful. I believe we can’t eat them.”

“Shaman, be careful. I see these are all wrapped in leaves. They might be poisonous.” Yu Ying worriedly said.

Su Bai actually hoped these fruits had some toxins. They might be useful then. But obviously, these fruits were non-toxic. If they were, they would not be able to be brought back.

He used the wooden stick to thoroughly mash the fruits.

After the brown fruits were mashed, the pungent smell became even stronger, overwhelmingly unpleasant.

“Shaman, the smell is even stronger,” Yu Ying’s fox ears drooped.

“Why does this smell seem familiar?” Su Bai frowned. Although it was very unpleasant, this smell seemed like something he had smelled back on Earth.

Yu Ying blinked her pink eyes and asked, “Shaman, do you know what these fruits are?”

“I don’t know, but I feel like they can be really useful,” Su Bai said calmly, his gaze never leaving the fruits.

He saw yellow liquid continuously flowing from the brown fruits. This liquid was not very thick, but it looked oily.

Su Bai thought carefully for a moment, then instructed, “Xiao Yu, bring me a bowl of water.”

“Okay,” Yu Ying got up and went to get water.

Su Bai picked up a small piece of fruit through the leaves, dripped a bit of juice into the bowl, and found that the juice did not dissolve in water, but floated on top.

Seeing this, he was a bit excited and muttered to himself, “Could this be…”

“Shaman, what is this?” Yu Ying could not understand, only knowing that the smelly juice falling into the water made it smell even worse.

Su Bai did not rush to answer the fox eared girl, but picked up another piece of brown fruit and squeezed some juice into the fire pit.

*Boom!* In an instant, the flames in the fire pit flared up, then quickly returned to normal.

“Nice! My guess was right.” Su Bai excitedly said. These two experiments had confirmed it.

Yu Ying was startled by the sudden flare of flames. Covering her ample chest, she asked, “Shaman, did you just use a Shaman Technique?”

“Hahaha… This isn’t a Shaman Technique. It’s the work of these fruits!” Su Bai laughed.

“Shaman, what can these fruits do? How did they suddenly change the fire like that?” Yu Ying was still a bit scared.

“That’s how these fruits can be very useful.” Su Bai said, the corners of his mouth turning up.

At first, when he smelled these fruits, he thought they were similar to the kerosene on Earth. Of course, kerosene was used in the past on Earth only for lighting or illumination, but now, it’s used for cooking or as fuel.

“These fruits can be very useful?” Yu Ying tilted her head, very confused. After all, these fruits could not be eaten.

“Get me some dry grass ropes,” Su Bai decided to start experimenting. Otherwise, the fox eared girl would not be able to understand how useful the fruits were.

“Okay.” Yu Ying nodded and turned to go outside the Teepee to find the items.

Su Bai took advantage of the fox eared girl’s absence to turn and grab an unused stone bowl.

He picked up a brown fruit through the leaves and squeezed all its juice into the bowl. Soon, a full stone bowl of fruit juice was ready.

To be fair, the smell of these fruits was really quite close to kerosene. However, once he knew what it smelled like, it did not seem as unpleasant anymore.

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