Immortality, but people in primitive society

Chapter 160 Tianzhou

In a blink of an eye, Bai Tian and Su Ling had been in the tribe by the lake for more than a month and gradually learned their language.

After more than a month, the two gradually got to know the tribe.

This tribe is called Fan, just one word. There are about 500 people, and they have always lived by this big lake.

The people in the Fan tribe are very friendly and have taken good care of Bai Tian and Su Ling over the past month.

However, the living environment of this tribe is not good.

Herds of wild animals and swarms of insects often appeared near the lake, and they were often attacked. In the past month, they had witnessed two herd attacks and one swarm attack during the day.

Fortunately, the Fan tribe seems to have gotten used to this kind of life. They can always defend themselves against attacks in time and climb trees!

This tribe was really smart, they built some houses in a forest. Whenever a herd of beasts or insects came, they would run up the trees in time, and at most the houses by the lake would suffer some damage.

However, the people of the Fan tribe weren't very good at hunting. They focused more on fishing, hooking fish, weaving fish nets, and even learning to raise fish. As for hunting, their fighting skills were really not that good.

It was similar to what I had guessed during the day. The Fan tribe really did not have hieroglyphics. They mainly relied on word of mouth.

But such a tribe actually knows how to mine and forge bronze!

What’s even more outrageous is that the Fan tribe is actually building a ship!

That day, Bai Tian and Su Ling, led by the tribe leader, saw the boat that the Fan tribe was building.

A very large ship, estimated to be about thirty meters long!

There are also houses on the ship, but they are not yet completed. Although the workmanship is very rough, it is very impressive during the day.

In primitive times, a huge ship was right in front of us. It was really, mind-boggling!

"It's so big!" Su Ling exclaimed.

The clan leader was quite proud: "This is called the Sky Boat, and it has been under construction since my grandfather."

Bai Tian swallowed his throat and said, "Chief, how did you know to build this?"

"Think about it!" The patriarch pointed to his head. "Look at this sky boat. Doesn't it look like a leaf floating on the water? Then we thought, if we make a huge leaf out of wood and build a house on it, wouldn't it float on the water?"

"But leaves don't float on their own; they need wind to blow them. So we thought, what if we put a huge piece of animal skin on the sky boat? When the wind blows, hey, wouldn't it float faster?"

Damn, these people’s brains are so scary!

Su Ling asked in surprise, "Chief, why are you building a sky boat?"

The patriarch pointed to the lake and said, "To go to that place."

Su Ling looked puzzled: "Just to go fishing in the lake?"

"It's not fishing," the tribe leader shook his head, his face serious. "Our ancestors said that as long as we reach that place, our tribe can survive forever."

Bai Tian's mouth twitched slightly. In primitive society, who would go to so much trouble to build such a large ship, just for such a lame excuse?!

Seeing that Bai Tian and Su Ling didn't believe him, the clan leader became anxious: "It's true. Our ancestors said that as long as we stay in the middle, we can live forever."

"Our ancestor just lived near that place, and he lived for a very, very long time... Let's put it this way, he died after his grandchildren's grandchildren died."

"It was he who proposed building the Sky Boat. He said that as long as we built the Sky Boat and then moved to the center in batches, everyone in our tribe would live a very long time."

Bai Tian was shocked when he heard this: "Chief, are you saying that the ancestors of your tribe lived for a long time?"

"Yes." The clan leader nodded affirmatively, "It was a long time ago. He died only after my father died. I saw him when I was a child."

Longevity... No, should it be considered longevity?

Could it be that there is something in the middle of the lake that can prolong human life?

Bai Tian raised his voice and continued to ask, "Chief, do you know what your ancestors encountered in there?"

"I don't know about that." The clan leader shook his head awkwardly. "Actually, I've only been the clan leader for a short time. You saw us sending the old clan leader to heaven."

"But I don't know what happened. He never came back to tell me what he knew. It wasn't like this before. In the past, when the old patriarch died and was sent to heaven, he would come back soon."

Bai Tian frowned even more: "You mean, after burning him, he will come back?"

"That's right!" The tribe leader nodded as a matter of course. "Our tribe has always been like this. After death, they are sent to heaven, and then they come back not long after. But they usually don't come back for long. In a moment, they say whatever they need to say before they die, and then they are completely gone."

"But not everyone will go to heaven. Only those who live a long time and then die of old age will be sent to the small lake above. Only then can they be sent to heaven."

"Let me tell you, there used to be a tribe up there. They weren't very big, but they wouldn't let us go up there. We even fought with them many times because of this..."

The more I listened during the day, the more frightened I became. This means that their funeral procession was really useful!

The soul Su Ling had seen before was very likely real. If the soul had not been absorbed by the white beads, it might have floated back here to make a final statement to future generations!

Long life, soul return...

This tribe, no, I should say these two lakes, are amazing!

Unfortunately, this patriarch didn't know much, because their tribe had no written records and relied entirely on word of mouth, which made it easy for the information to be lost.

During the day, I asked the clan leader many questions, and he answered all my questions without hesitation. Unfortunately, this clan leader didn't know much because the old clan leader hadn't returned to "explain."

This made Bai Tian depressed. It felt like Bai Zhuzi had sucked away the soul of the old patriarch, causing the tribe's inheritance to be interrupted...

Afterwards, during the day, I talked to the elders in the tribe to learn about the situation, and I got a lot of legends about our ancestors, but not much really useful information.

The only thing that is certain is that the ancestor of the Fan tribe lived a long and powerful life. He led the Fan tribe to settle here for many years, taught them how to fish, how to build boats, and how to fly.

Unfortunately, he failed to teach the tribe to create hieroglyphics.

Despite this, Bai Tian was still interested in the center of the Great Lake because he wanted to keep Su Ling alive longer!

So, for the next period of time, he focused on helping to build the boat during the day. As long as the Tianzhou was built, he would go to the center of the lake to find out what was going on.

About another month passed, and the Tianzhou was finally ready to be launched.

On the day of launching, all the people in the tribe came to help. After pushing the heavy boat into the water, a group of people cheered excitedly.

Then, the patriarch led seven people onto the boat and stayed there during the day.

The animal-skin sail was raised, and the sky boat began to drift towards the center of the lake...