*Clang clang…*
*Splash…*
Pieces of crushed ice were placed into cups, and a pot of cooled tea was poured in.
Instantly, the ice was covered with countless tiny water droplets, with bubbles gurgling up to the surface.
"Shaman, is this correct?" Yu Ying widened her pink eyes.
Yu Ying brought her face very close, examining the iced tea carefully, utterly curious.
"Yeah, give it a try. I suppose this counts as cold-brewed tea." Su Bai smiled.
He also picked up a cup of tea with ice and began drinking, feeling quite satisfied overall.
Drinking it brought a refreshing coolness, along with a faint tea fragrance, rather reminiscent of cold-brewed tea.
"It tastes really wonderful, so refreshingly cool and comfortable." Yu Ying was so happy she kept wagging her fox tail.
This was her first ti drinking sothing cold on such a hot day, especially tea. The sensation was simply marvellous, making one intoxicated after just a single sip.
"It has such a rich tea flavour." Yan Hua shivered.
Though it was a bit teeth-chattering cold, the taste was great, and she could drink several more mouthfuls.
"These are ice blocks made from those stones? Amazing." Sha Lan found it particularly miraculous.
Sha Lan drank several large gulps in succession, feeling satisfied with each one.
"See, to make it is simple, right? You can make it yourselves too." Su Bai said gently.
In such hot weather, having ice blocks was undoubtedly a ‘life-saving item, as many things beca different with ice. Not only could tea have ice added to it, but fruit could also be chilled.
"I’ll make this every day from now on." Yu Ying responded without hesitation, her heart already eager to try.
"Hahaha." Su Bai put down his teacup and said, "There’s no need to make it every day. As long as the environnt is suitable, it can be stored for quite a long ti."
"Shaman, would it be stored in the underground cellar?" Sha Lan imdiately thought of the cellar.
"Yeah, once the cellar is built, we can make more ice blocks and store them all there. When we want to use them, we can just take them out."
Su Bai took another sip of iced tea and continued, "This way we won’t need to make ice blocks every day, and we won’t waste much saltpetre as well."
Though there was plenty of saltpetre in the cave, it couldn’t be squandered carelessly; it was always best to prepare for unexpected needs.
"I understand. I’ll have them finish building the cellar quickly, so we can store lots of ice." Sha Lan said imdiately.
Sha Lan still hadn’t recovered from her shock at the ice blocks, her expression remaining curious as she watched them.
"Shaman, if I rember correctly, weren’t these stones used to make explosive packages before?" Yan Hua always felt these stones looked familiar.
"You’re correct. Explosives also contain saltpetre as a component." Su Bai smiled.
He had thought only Sha Lan would rember. So, he had not expected Yan Hua to notice as well.
"Amazing, truly amazing. It can be both a weapon and used for food." Yan Hua was utterly astonished.
She was beginning not to underestimate these stones, feeling they were even more powerful than Shaman Techniques.
"This is the power of chemistry; many things can be utilised." Su Bai said warmly.
Often, when one substance was combined with various other different substances, it could produce different reactions.
Each reaction was not entirely similar; rather, so could be vastly different, just like saltpetre.
If prepared well, it could even serve as a small firework, achieving ornantal effects.
"Co Co would definitely love this. I don’t think I will get the hang of it." Yan Hua pouted.
It was not that she did not want to learn, but no matter how much she studied recently, she remained stuck in place.
She was not learning as quickly as Co Co; once Co Co began researching sothing, she easily produced results.
Though so results were not necessarily correct, at least she was trying, and gradually figuring out the right approach.
"I wonder how she’s managing the Sea Fish Tribe." Su Bai thought of that coastal Tribe.
"It’s been quite a few days now. Nothing bad should have happened, right?" Yan Hua was also sowhat worried.
"Shaman, shall we send soone to check? That way we could feel more at ease." Sha Lan suggested.
"All the Tribe’s hot air balloons are already in use. Ask Shu Feng or Ai’er, who’s available, and have them go take a look." Su Bai instructed.
At this mont, he felt the inconvenience brought by poor information flow, having no idea what was happening on the other side. Even if that side were suddenly attacked, the Fla Dragon Tribe would be completely unaware, let alone able to send reinforcents.
Relying solely on the Tribe’s winged Totem Warrior was inadequate; transmitting ssages was truly inconvenient.
"I’ll go ask in a mont. Whoever is available, I’ll have them go check on the Sea Fish Tribe." Sha Lan nodded.
Indeed, the Tribe’s people had been at the Sea Fish Tribe for so ti now, and still no news of returning.
This inevitably made them feel anxious, even though Totem Warrior had been left there.
Now was the period after the eternal night’s end, when all the major Tribes were hungrily eyeing other Tribes. Or those wandering Tribes might launch another attack on the Sea Fish Tribe.
"It seems we need to prepare for carrier pigeons." Su Bai said.
Actually, in ancient tis on Earth, using pigeons to deliver ssages was the most common thod of information transmission.
Using pigeons to relay information was faster than having people ride at full speed to deliver ssages, so it took less ti.
carrier pigeon ssage delivery mainly relied on people utilising the homing instinct of carrier pigeon to carry letters.
They could only carry ssages back to the nest from outside, aning taking pigeons away and releasing them when ssages needed sending, with the pigeons returning ho while carrying ssages.
Rather than pigeons returning ho for the purpose of delivering ssages. One simply needed to raise a flock of pigeons in one place, taking so away when leaving.
Actually, there were many theories about carrier pigeon navigation: magnetic fields, vision, sll, with most believing it being magnetic field positioning.
Great pigeons generally would not linger long in unfamiliar places. Generally, pigeons provided only one-way communication. Taking pigeons out and having them carry ssages back ho.
There was also two-way communication, such as resting and nesting at point A while feeding at point B. When they went to eat, that was one direction; returning ho was another direction.
This distance could not be very far; long distances only allowed one-way communication, aning they could only return ho while carrying ssages.
One could not make them go wherever desired. To send ssages in multiple directions required raising pigeons in multiple locations, each with their own routes, rather than one pigeon having multiple routes.
"Shaman, what are carrier pigeons?" Sha Lan asked in confusion.
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