I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 144, The Shaman Priestess Receives a Gift

Translator: Silavin

“We certainly can’t hunt them barehanded, but with weapons, it’s a different story,” Su Bai smiled.

“Does the Shaman mean using longbows?” Cang Shi asked curiously. The first thing that came to his mind was that longbow.

Su Bai raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “You’re half right, but this weapon isn’t a longbow.”

“Shaman, do you have other weapons? Stone knives and spears certainly can’t fight against Stone Armoured Crocodiles,” Cang Shi said, puzzled.

Su Bai turned his head to look at the fox eared girl and instructed, “Xiao Yu, bring out that bow.”

“Yes,” Yu Ying opened the box and took out the recurve bow that had been put in.

Su Bai took the recurve bow and explained, “This is called a recurve bow. It’s more powerful than the long bow and also very light to carry.”

Cang Shi took the recurve bow, his purple eyes widening in amazement as he looked at the bow in his hand.

He turned it over several times, left and right, and asked, “Shaman, this recurve bow feels so light. Can it really pierce through the skin of a Stone Armoured Crocodile?”

Cang Shi was a bit doubtful because the recurve bow looked even smaller than the longbow and felt very light. It did not seem to be that powerful.

“Don’t underestimate this recurve bow. Compared to a bow of the same size, a recurve bow can store more energy, giving the shot arrow greater kinetic energy.” Su Bai stressed.

Cang Shi could not understand any of these technical terms. He just shook his head like a rattle drum.

He looked at Su Bai with a dumbfounded expression and asked, “Shaman, so this bow is very powerful, right?”

“You can take it out to try. You’ll know after trying.” Su Bai said. He had tried it once before, and the power was impressive. It was quite different from the recurve bows nailed to wooden posts back on Earth. Although they looked the same, the power of the arrow shot out was completely different.

Cang Shi weighed the recurve bow, plucked the bowstring, and said, “Shaman, I believe everything you say. I will take my Hunting Team to hunt down Stone Armoured Crocodiles for you.”

“En, go today and come back quickly.” Su Bai took a sip of water and continued. “You know the weaknesses of Stone Armoured Crocodiles better than I do. Plan your actions wisely, and don’t be too rash.”

“Understood.” Cang Shi nodded, preparing to go and test the power of the recurve bow.

Gu Mu had already made longbows that Totem Warriors could use, so he had naturally trained with them before.

“Oh right, I haven’t taught you how to use the recurve bow yet,” Su Bai took back the recurve bow and demonstrated to Cang Shi how to operate it.

“I understand. I’ll familiarise myself with it and set out immediately.” Cang Shi nodded seriously.

“You should know how to plan the details. I don’t need to say more, right?” Su Bai trusted the Team Leader of the Hunting Team.

Cang Shi nodded and replied, “I know, Shaman.”

The recurve bow could indeed cause significant damage to Ferocious Beasts. As long as Cang Shi brought back Stone Armoured Crocodiles, it would prove its might.

Manufacturing a recurve bow was not an easy task. It would take at least two to three days to make one. After all, they only had a carpenter and a stonemason in the Tribe. With Gu Mu and Shan Qiu alone, mass production was simply impossible.

If the Tribe did not lack talent, he would have had people make recurve bows first, rather than longbows. Though, even if they could only make two recurve bows in a day, it would not be worth it. The amount of manpower to make them was far too high. Although the recurve bow was powerful, its manufacturing method was just too difficult and took far too long. Only with a ton of talents could its manufacturing process begin.

Su Bai’s plan was to start cultivating or recruiting talented people after reclaiming the Ancestral Land. As long as there were more carpenters and stonemasons, they could make more tools and further develop the Tribe.

“Shaman, can we really hunt down Stone Armoured Crocodiles?” Yu Ying filled a wooden cup with water.

Su Bai picked up the water cup, shook his head, and said, “I can’t be sure about this. It depends on whether Cang Shi can come up with a way to kill them.”

He did not know much about Stone Armoured Crocodiles, but he knew that their hide was extremely tough. Even though the recurve bow was very powerful, it was unknown whether it could penetrate the hide of a Stone Armoured Crocodile.

If it could penetrate, then it would not matter how long it took to manufacture the recurve bow. Its power truly justified its use.

“Uncle Cang Shi is very experienced in hunting. I think it shouldn’t be a problem.” Yu Ying blinked her pink eyes.

“En, let’s put our faith in him.” Su Bai nodded.

He put down the cup in his hand and continued to deploy the next tasks. [Weapons have been temporarily settled, the next focus would be on food.]

After pondering for half an hour, Su Bai took out his pocket watch to check the time and asked, “Xiao Yu, how’s the sewing of the linen clothes going?”

He had taught the fox eared girl how to sew linen clothes a few days ago. Of course, it was just for simple short-sleeved tops.

He really felt that the girls wore too little. For no other reason but their modesty, he did not want them to move around wearing so little.

People in this era did not know much about etiquette and such morality, They naturally had not even thought much of the clothes they wore with their priorities being food. But Su Bai was different. He had received nine years of compulsory education and certainly would not allow certain things.

He planned to promote tops in the Tribe. Of course, not everyone would have linen clothes.

Under a merit-based system, only those who made great contributions to the Tribe would be allocated a linen top.

These linen tops were only being sewn by two or three women, all good friends of the fox eared girl. Others would at most get clothes made of Beast Hide, and the lowest quality ones would be using leaves to cover themselves.

“Shaman, look, is my sewing alright?” Yu Ying happily held up the linen clothes she was sewing, eagerly awaiting for praises.

“Not bad. You did a good job. After you finish this one, start sewing one for yourself.” Su Bai smiled.

Yu Ying shook her head repeatedly and said. “Shaman, we’re fine wearing Beast Hide. The linen clothes should be for you to wear.”

The fox eared girl felt a bit overwhelmed. After all, linen clothes were too luxurious for her.

“Just sew it. Consider it your first gift as a Shaman Priestess.” Su Bai chuckled.

“Ah, thank you, Shaman.” Yu Ying’s small face blushed.