The ho their tribe had lived in for generations was now completely buried. Wu Yue knew that with it buried this deep, unearthing it would be an incredibly difficult task.
After safely making it through the great rainy season, the first order of business for the Snow Tiger Tribe was to find a new settlent.
On the third day after the great rainy season ended, the mbers of the Black Wolf Tribe departed. They were anxious to return to their own territory, the land where they felt at ease.
anwhile, the Snow Tiger Tribe Leader, the Witch, and so of the tribe’s elder beastn began discussing where to establish their new settlent.
Wu Yue stayed by the Witch’s side, listening to the various opinions of her tribespeople. Overall, most of them supported moving sowhere else.
Wu Yue knew all the locations they suggested. Grandma Hua Shu had told her about them during their previous gathering trips, but without exception, every single one was in a low-lying area.
This made Wu Yue frown secretly. ’If they establish the settlent in another low-lying area, it will just get buried again the next ti it rains or floods. We’ll just have to move again.’
’Why can’t they solve this problem once and for all?’
After the middle-aged beastn left, only the Clan Leader, the Witch, and Wu Yue remained in the cave.
After taking a sip of water, the Witch suddenly turned to the young female behind him who hadn’t spoken a word. "Yue, do you have any thoughts?"
Wu Yue pursed her lips at his question. "Witch, why does our settlent have to be in a low-lying area?"
The Witch paused, taken aback. "A low-lying area?"
Wu Yue nodded. "Our last settlent was the sa. Water would pool whenever it rained, and this flood subrged it completely. That’s all because our settlent was located too low. Why can’t we build it sowhere higher?
I know all the places those beastn just ntioned, but they’re all in extrely low-lying areas. If next year’s great rainy season brings another flood like this, will we have to search for a new settlent yet again?"
Wu Yue’s words struck a chord with the Witch.
In truth, he also wanted to build the settlent on higher ground.
Even on a mountainside would be fine, but the tribe’s middle-aged beastn always wanted to build on flatter land.
Wu Yue said, "The caves where we’re living now are great. We just need to clear out the area, and it would make an excellent settlent.
Even if the surrounding terrain is a little uneven, we can reshape it bit by bit. Then we won’t have to keep moving during the great rainy season, and we won’t have to worry about floods when it rains."
Wu Yue’s idea didn’t win the imdiate approval of the two leaders, but she was confident she wasn’t the only one who thought this way.
After several days of discussion, the Snow Tiger Witch stood in an open area near the caves and announced the Snow Tiger Tribe’s new settlent would be established around this very cave system.
The beastn began digging caves on the outside, while the Pure Humans began to build thatched huts.
Even Wu Yue started to get busy building her own thatched hut.
The caves were too stuffy. Given the choice to live outside, she was sure few of her people would want to remain cooped up in those inner caverns.
Except, of course, for the slaves. They had grown quite fond of that cave.
"Yue, your cave is finished. Co and see."
Wu Yue, who was in the middle of preparing to build her own thatched hut, looked at Yuan Lang in surprise. "My cave?"
The beastman smiled. "Of course. You’re a witch now, so naturally you get your own cave."
With that, he led her toward the middle of the cliff face. "Those two are the Clan Leader’s and the Witch’s caves. Yours is here."
Wu Yue’s cave looked a bit smaller than the Witch’s and the Clan Leader’s, but the entrance and the walls had been polished very smooth.
But what surprised Wu Yue the most was a smaller cavern off to the side in the very back. Inside it was a stone platform.
"This is a bedstead."
’Bedstead?’
Wu Yue chuckled inwardly. ’He still uses such old-fashioned words.’
But as far as she was concerned, the cave was absolutely perfect.
"When you dug out this little side cave, was the person living next door alright with it?"
Yuan Lang raised an eyebrow. "It’s fine. He doesn’t mind."
Wu Yue looked at him suspiciously. "The one living next door wouldn’t be you, would it?"
The beastman nodded very naturally. "Of course. Living close makes it easier to take care of you."
The construction of the new settlent proceeded rapidly, partly because they had the mbers of the Scorpion Tribe as a source of cheap labor.
Wu Yue stood at the edge of their forr ho, gazing out at the land now buried under mud and sand. She tried to pinpoint where she used to live, but after a mont of searching, she found that not a single trace remained.
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