Chen Qi picked up the two leaves that looked a bit like bananas. He examined them, from the left and from the right, but he couldn’t see how they could be fruits.

Aze pointed to one of them and said, “Look here, the darker color in the middle of the stem is the fruit.” With that, he reached out two of his fingers and gave it a slight twist. A trace of greenish liquid was squeezed out from inside. “Try and rub it.”

Chen Qi rubbed his hands with the liquid and plainly saw white foam emerge. It seemed that the fig fruit’s use would be equivalent to soap.

“If we walk along the Chishui River for another day, we will reach the tribe,” Aze told Chen Qi while twisting off a rabbit’s head and throwing the head into the river.

“Does your tribe rely on this river?”

“En, the location of our tribe is not very good. While it is backed by the river and mountains, it is not as well-defended as the Lion-Wolf Tribe. However, there are many fig trees around the outskirts of our tribe. Their smell can cover up the scent of beastmen so that hyena-drakes cannot find us.”

Chen Qi spread the foam onto his face and, while keeping close to Aze’s side, quickly rinsed his face with the river water. However, the fish did not swim over. “Is this river called Chishui because of the color of the soil?”

“En, the mud from this river can be scoured and burned. We go to the Lion-Wolf Tribe every year and exchange pottery in return for things like flint and salt stones.”

“You can make pottery?” Chen Qi asked in surprise. Frankly, he thought this world would be more primitive.

Aze nodded. He’d finished processing the two rabbits, so Aze filled the laiche fruit with water. After seeing that Chen Qi had finished washing himself up, Aze said to Chen Qi, “Let’s go.”

The sun was about to disappear beyond the horizon, and the Dora Plains would soon be dark. The beastmen’s night vision was not as good as that of other night predators on the plains. It was not wise to stay by the river for too long.

The resting place that Aze chose was an acacia tree not far from the river bank. Perhaps because of its proximity to the river, this acacia tree was much taller than the ones he’d seen before. Once again, Aze tore off some semi-dry branches from the acacia tree. Chen Qi didn’t want to just stand around idly. He gathered some dry grass, cleared out an open area and took out the lighter to start a fire.

Aze sprinkled the sap from two ghost needle flowers along the roots of the acacia tree. They had not encountered the ghost needle tree again today, but fortunately, he’d purposely taken two extras yesterday. When he turned back, he saw that Chen Qi had already started a fire. He went over and added the broken branches to the fire. “Chen Qi, your flint is so powerful. You were able to make a fire in an instant.”

Chen Qi looked at the lighter in his hand. It was made of silver-white metal and had a wolf logo on it. The shape was very unique. Chen Qi did not smoke. The lighter belonged to the original owner of the coat. Chen Qi handed the lighter to Aze. “Do you like it? For you.”

Aze was stunned. He hurriedly waved his hand and replied. “I can’t accept such a precious flint. Chen Qi, keep it for yourself.” His two flints cost more than a dozen animal skins and hides, and Chen Qi’s flint could produce fire in one go, so it must’ve been even more expensive than his own.