12: Chapter 12 Lone Wolf Lord, ranked number one!

Xu Xuan parked the Floating Island in a place with an open view; this way, if an enemy attacked, he could be fully prepared for defense.

At the same time, the trees on the Floating Island had been consumed too quickly during the day's battles.

They were either used for firewood to make charcoal or for crafting arrows and weapons, which had almost completely stripped the Floating Island of its trees.

He directly mobilized over two hundred savages, lowering them down on ropes to begin scouring the surrounding area for resources like a fine-tooth comb.

Felling trees, gathering branches, and searching for clay to fire ceramics.

Amidst the bustling activity, Hu Zi Mei led a group of female savages into the forest to search for birds.

Following the Chief's orders, they were looking for bird feathers.

Moving through the woods, Hu Zi Mei nimbly climbed the trees barefoot; she began raiding nests one by one, collecting the feathers from them as well.

Xu Xuan stood on the Floating Island, looking down at everything below.

The savages were truly obedient; they used stone axes to chop down trees, and with the cracking sounds of the great trees, one after another came crashing down.

Ropes were tied to the chopped logs, and under the pull of dozens of strong men, they were slowly hauled up to the Floating Island.

On the other side, the bearded young man ran over eagerly with a beast-skin bundle on his back.

"Chief, I've got the clay! We can start firing the ceramics!"

The bearded savage youth opened the bundle, revealing it was full of clay dug from the riverbank.

Xu Xuan nodded. "Fire them as soon as possible. Try to get them done tonight!"

"Yes!!"

Because of the technology unlocked by the system, the knowledge of how to fire ceramics had already been implanted into the minds of these savages.

Based on this, they also knew how to make charcoal.

Using the same principle as firing ceramics, making charcoal involved putting wood into an earthen kiln, lighting it, sealing it with mud while leaving a few holes, and letting the wood inside smolder into charcoal.

One group went to make charcoal, while the other began pottery.

The bearded savage youth began circling several earthen kilns with stones and sat on the ground, rolling clay into long strips with his hands.

This bearded savage was quick and nimble; he soon stacked these clay strips, molded them into a clay pot, and carefully placed them into the stone-built earthen kiln to begin firing.

While they worked, Xu Xuan didn't slack off either; instead, he was studying the lord system.

Xu Xuan swiped his hand through the air, and a virtual screen appeared.

[Lord: Xu Xuan]

[Tribe: Floating Island Tribe (Name can be changed)]

[Tribal Civilization: Entered the mid-to-late Stone Age.]

[Tribal Population: 263 people.]

[Affiliated Power: Great Xia.]

[Positioning: Lone Wolf Lord (Refers to an individual lord who has not joined any alliance or partnered with others.)]

[Global Lone Wolf Lord Ranking: 1st place, won three tribal wars. (Ranking rewards are settled every Monday, providing additional rewards.)]

He hadn't expected to be ranked first among the global Lone Wolf Lords, and it seemed that as long as he maintained his rank, he could obtain special rewards.

It was only now that Xu Xuan had the time to study the system interface.

He discovered that there was not only a nearby chat channel but also global, national, provincial, and city-level chat channels...

There were quite a few chat channels, but the global, national, and provincial ones had speaking restrictions.

One needed a certain global rank to be able to speak in them.

As for the city-level lord chat channel, it was regulated that each person could only send a maximum of 10 messages per day; however, if a lord was ranked in the top hundred within the city, there were no chat restrictions.

Xu Xuan just glanced at the Guangnan City chat channel and found that everyone seemed to be discussing him.

[Guangnan City Chat Channel]

[Zhao Dezhu: Isn't this Xu Xuan, the number one Lone Wolf Lord in the world, our classmate?]

[Wang Defa: Holy crap, how did Xu Xuan end up in the Japanese region going on a killing spree, occupying three Little Japanese territories in a row?]

[Su Li: Logically, lords from the same city should be born in the same area. How did Xu Xuan end up in a foreign country?]

Seeing his former classmates discussing him, Xu Xuan felt a bit emotional.

If the system hadn't made a mistake and dropped him in the Japanese region, he probably would have been like his other classmates, happily farming and developing within the Great Xia region of the Lord Continent.

Watching those familiar names post on the Guangnan City chat channel, Xu Xuan watched silently.

He knew that for a short time, he would still have to face a hundred million Japanese Lords alone; lords back home wouldn't be able to help him during the Ancient Era.

Unless everyone's technology advanced to the Electric Age, with planes, warships, and the like, only then could they come to help.

Otherwise, think about it: Great Xia had a population of 1.4 billion, and every person owned a piece of land—how massive would the area of this Lord Continent be?

While Xu Xuan was lost in thought, the bearded savage finally produced the first batch of ceramics after several hours of firing.

With the blessing of the knowledge bestowed by the system, the yield rate of the ceramics made by the bearded savage was as high as seventy percent!

Out of ten fired ceramics, seven were usable, and the remaining three were defective.

This yield rate was already very high for the Stone Age.

At this time, the bearded savage ran over eagerly and excitedly showed the ceramics to Xu Xuan.

"Chief, look! The ceramics have been fired!"

Xu Xuan moved his gaze away from the chat channel; being alone in a foreign territory, he could only lurk and watch the situation in his hometown's chat channel.

Watching his former classmates and people back home discuss him, Xu Xuan had unknowingly watched for several hours.

Now that the ceramics were fired, he waved his hand to close the virtual screen and took the ceramics to inspect them.

The ceramics made with current techniques were very crude, feeling like they had coarse ridges.

But they basically met Xu Xuan's requirements and could be used to stir things up.

"Very good. Since you are the first person in our tribe to fire ceramics, I will bestow a surname upon you. From now on, you shall be called Tao Shi."

Tao Shi, having received a surname, was ecstatic; he prostrated himself on the ground and thanked him loudly: "Thank you, Chief!"

After all, when Xu Xuan bestowed surnames upon them, he would write the characters out.

Telling them how to write their surnames was like divine runes in the eyes of the savages.

Modern people might not think much of it, but when the savages saw Xu Xuan using plant-based pigments to write characters like [Gong] and [Tao] on their bodies, it felt like he was writing some kind of runes—it was incredibly cool!

No savage could resist the temptation of having their surname painted on their skin; bestowing a surname was an immense honor for them!

Tao Shi asked excitedly, "Chief, are these clay pots we made the ones you said would be used for stewing soup?"

"Yes, stewing soup."

Xu Xuan nodded. Tao Shi immediately couldn't wait to take out wild vegetables and beast meat, but was stopped by Xu Xuan.

"I'm not having you stew food; I'm having you stew Golden Juice!"

Hearing Xu Xuan say the words 'Golden Juice', Tao Shi looked bewildered.

"What is Golden Juice?"