For the pair, Axu and Ashu, it was a first for them not to have to worry about rationing their food while out on a long trip. Although most of the wild vegetables that Chen Qi found didn’t quite match their tastes, at least they wouldn’t go hungry if they ate them.

At noon, the few of them rested under an acacia tree. Chen Qi asked Aze to carry him to the top of the tree, and then Aze went to help with cooking. Chen Qi took out some dye-fruit liquid and a feathered pen, roughly recording the places that they had passed by. He then made a simple sketch of the scenery around the acacia tree.

On the Dora Plains, there weren’t any particularly remarkable landscapes. No matter where they went, everything looked quite similar. Besides the scattered and unruly wild grass and tall bushes, the ubiquitous acacia trees dominated the surroundings. If it weren’t for someone guiding them, Chen Qi really wouldn’t have been able to distinguish the direction they were heading.

Seeing Chen Qi kept looking up for a moment, then returning to his drawing, Axu grew curious. He climbed up the tree trunk to Chen Qi’s side. Chen Qi, who was immersed in drawing, did not notice his approach at all.

After carefully marking the last patch of tall grass with some words, Chen Qi gently blew dry the dye-fruit on the paper. He then rolled it up slowly and tied it securely with a rope before stuffing it back into his backpack.

“What are you drawing?” Chen Qi used black dye-fruit liquid, and the sketches were not very detailed, mostly marked up with words. Currently, Axu could only recognize the character for his own name, and he couldn’t understand the rest of the characters yet. He couldn’t help but ask curiously.

Startled by the sudden voice next to him, Chen Qi looked back and saw Axu’s eager face, wanting to see the drawings. “I am recording the scenery along the way. When the time comes, I plan to make a map.”

“A map? What is that?”

“En. with a map, even those who have never been to the Salt-Water Tribe would be able to find it using the map.” There were no precise measuring tools here, so Chen Qi could only rely on the scenery along the way to assist in distinguishing and drawing the map.

Upon hearing this, Ale, who was sitting under the tree, looked up and asked, “Is there such a useful thing? So, if we have this map, we won’t get lost anymore, right?” Ale had grown up in the Rock-Mountain Tribe and the farthest place he had ever been to was the Lion-Wolf Tribe. To have been sent on this trip to the Salt-Water Tribe to exchange goods, it didn’t need to be mentioned just how thrilled he was.

Ahxu gave him a knock on the head, “Even if it’s useful, will you be able to read it?” Currently, he was the only one left in the tribe who couldn’t write even half of the Thousand Character Classics. Every time he needed to write something, he had to run to the city wall where the Thousand Character Classics was written and recite it several times. However, he still didn’t manage to remember how to write them again afterwards. Ahxu couldn’t understand how he managed to have such a poor memory. He was obviously a female, yet his memory was even worse than that of males.

Ale covered his head and muttered, “Chen Qi will teach me, right?”

Ahxu rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Aze climbed to the top of the tree and carried Chen Qi down. The few of them had a simple lunch and then resumed their journey. There was still a long way to go, and they couldn’t afford to waste too much time resting.

For several consecutive days, the scenery on the plains that Chen Qi saw was almost identical. If it weren’t for his diligent recording during each rest stop, the repetitive landscape would likely have confused him and even made it difficult for him to keep track of his sense of time.

The Dora Plains, devoid of animals, was very quiet. Aside from the rustling sound of the wind and the swishing of grass as the females ran through them, there was hardly any other noise to be heard. The midday sun was very harsh, so Chen Qi taught them to make some simple straw hats out of cattail leaves to help shade from the sun.

Chen Qi didn’t have to walk; he just laid on Aze’s back, and as they traveled, a refreshing breeze would blow against his body, making him feel so comfortable that he felt a bit drowsy and inclined to doze off.

After traveling for about a week, Chen Qi finally saw the most magnificent and unique scenery on the plains.

One of the largest rivers in the world, the Dosa River, which flowed through the Dora Plains, with numerous tributaries branching out in all directions.