This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 86 - 79 The Old Witch Left

In the bamboo house, the Old Witch was packing things.

He had many things, but most of them were herbs, beast hides, paints, and some commonly used utensils and tools.

The Old Witch meticulously sorted everything into the beast hide bags, tying each bag neatly and placing them aside.

After doing all this, he sat by the fire pit, looking at the familiar room, then at the flickering flames.

After a long time, the Old Witch sighed and said, "As one grows old, one becomes less decisive. I’ve hardly lived here long, yet I feel a bit reluctant to leave."

"If you’re reluctant, then don’t go!"

At that moment, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao walked in together from the doorway.

Jiang Xuan first looked around the tidied house and then at the Old Witch sitting by the fire pit. He internally sighed, knowing the Old Witch was determined to leave.

The Old Witch looked up at Jiang Xuan and said, "I originally planned to spend my remaining years here. It’s not like I have many left to live anyway."

"Why did you change your mind?" Jiang Xuan asked, puzzled.

"Because in the trade goods from the Black Teeth Tribe, I saw many things I had never seen or even heard of before."

"I’ve told you before, the reason I left the tribe at my age was to see a broader world and experience more things."

The Old Witch looked at Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao, his gaze firm, and said, "The Southern Wilderness is so vast; I want to see it once more."

Chi Shao clumsily tried to persuade, "But I still haven’t learned the Witch Doctor’s art..."

The Old Witch smiled kindly and said, "Child, your talent is excellent, even better than the heir I previously chose. In the future, your achievements in the Witch Doctor’s art will surely surpass mine."

The Old Witch carefully took out a thick bundle of beast skin scrolls from a beast hide bag he carried with him, then stood up and handed it to Chi Shao.

"In this beast skin scroll, I have recorded various healing processes and experiences. I’m giving it to you now. Remember to focus the Witch Power in your eyes and look closely."

Chi Shao, receiving the hefty beast skin scrolls, looked a bit uneasy but didn’t know what to say.

"I will study hard," Chi Shao said.

She was never one to speak eloquently; she preferred to do things quietly.

The Old Witch then told Jiang Xuan, "After I leave, the beast bones beside the house will be given to you. Keep them to craft some bone tools or trade for useful things."

"This... how can I accept this..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt like a windfall had landed on him.

One must know that those beast bones were a huge treasure for the tribe’s people. The Old Witch easily traded a little for two precious spider silk garments and some rare herbs from the Black Teeth Tribe.

The Old Witch laughed and scolded, "Stop pretending. Do I not know you? You must be overjoyed inside, right?"

"Hehe..."

Being exposed, Jiang Xuan did not feel embarrassed and only smiled at the Old Witch.

The Old Witch took another look at the bamboo house where he had lived for a while, then picked up two beast hide bags and said, "I should be going."

"Let me help you with that."

Jiang Xuan snatched the beast hide bags from the Old Witch’s hands and helped carry them outside.

Chi Shao also helped carry two beast hide bags, her mood a bit low.

They walked to the open space beside the bamboo house, where the black giant eagle was already squatting on the ground, waiting.

The Old Witch called out, and the black giant eagle immediately lowered its body to the lowest and stretched out one wing at an angle, touching the ground.

Jiang Xuan, summoning his courage, climbed onto the giant eagle’s wing and securely tied the Old Witch’s beast hide bags to a leather strap on the eagle’s back.

Chi Shao also brought up other beast hide bags and tied them to the eagle’s back strap.

Afterward, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao returned to the ground.

The Old Witch looked around for a long time, then resolutely climbed onto the giant eagle’s back and sat down.

The Old Witch turned his head, ready to leave.

Jiang Xuan shouted, "Old Witch, will you come back?"

It was the first time Jiang Xuan directly called him "Old Witch." This term was a respectful title for the tribe people.

"If I live long enough, I should come back. I hope by then, your Vine Tribe has grown stronger."

Jiang Xuan shouted again, "Alright, it’s settled then. You must come back!"

The Old Witch smiled and nodded, but even he didn’t know how long he would live or where he might end up dying.

"I’m off!"

The Old Witch patted the giant eagle’s neck, and the eagle immediately flapped its wings, sprinted forward a short distance, then soared into the sky.

"Chirp!"

The giant eagle circled several times above the Vine Tribe, flew higher and higher, then headed south.

"The Old Witch has left."

Chi Shao hugged the thick beast skin scrolls, feeling a bit down and at a loss.

"Yes, who knows when he’ll come back."

Jiang Xuan looked back at the empty bamboo house, also feeling a bit out of place. Perhaps it was because he knew few people in this world, making every familiar person very important.

The two stood there for a long time until even the eagle’s shadow disappeared, then finally turned their gaze away.

They slowly walked back to the side of the bamboo grove, not speaking much along the way.

At night, Gou Teng, Shi Qiu, and Nan Xing returned from hunting and felt the melancholy of the Old Witch leaving as well.

Nan Xing caressed the bone whistle calibrated by the Old Witch and murmured, "How could he just leave..."

The night passed in silence, and the next day, everyone emerged from the mood of farewell and continued with various tasks.

Due to the harsh environment and difficult living conditions, there wasn’t much time for emotional indulgence.

Since Chi Shao began learning the Witch Doctor’s art, the tools and herbs she used had increased, and the small room could no longer contain them.

Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao discussed and then led people at the foot of the Stone Mountain, spending a few days to build her a brand new bamboo house by the small stream not far from the altar, also giving her a courtyard.

Subsequently, Jiang Xuan led people to move all of Chi Shao’s belongings into the new bamboo house and equipped her with all the necessary tools.

Moreover, this brand new bamboo house had a bath and toilet. Jiang Xuan even used broken bamboo as water pipes to channel the stream water into her courtyard.

From this day on, Chi Shao began to live alone.

Additionally, to give her more time to study the things related to the Witch, Jiang Xuan agreed after discussion that she no longer needed to lead hunting teams.

Chi Shao had no objection to this; she needed plenty of time to research the Witch Doctor’s art and visually record major events in the tribe through drawings.

Inside the brand new bamboo house, Chi Shao stood in front of a heavy "table," unfolding the beast skin scrolls given by the Old Witch.

This beast skin scroll had no characters but was densely packed with many small drawings. At first glance, they seemed abstract, making it difficult to discern the specifics.

However, when Chi Shao focused the Witch Power in her eyes and carefully observed as the Old Witch instructed, the small drawings began to change.

They seemed to come alive, quickly wriggling, transforming into concrete images with sound and visuals, just like watching a movie, embedding various knowledge into Chi Shao’s mind.

This was the method of Witch inheritance. For those without Witch Power, even possessing this beast skin scroll would be useless because they simply couldn’t understand it.