I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

"When they break through to become pure bone bumblebees, they will have an ability similar to that of an insect king, which allows them to control insects with lower strength than themselves. As for ordinary bee swarms, they will be attracted by the scent of bumblebees and come to them on their own."

"For other insects and beasts like the Seven-Colored Centipede and Ebony Leaf Butterfly, the Pure Bone Bumblebee can control insects two levels lower than itself, and can barely obey insects that are stronger, but they are easy to lose control of and bring danger to itself."

Jiang Ning was greatly shocked. There was such a skill as controlling insects? The fangs of the Teng Snake could drive away venomous snakes, so did their Pure Bone Teng Snake also have a similar ability to control snake swarms?

If the bumblebees are strong enough, and they encounter another tribe that uses insects as battle pets, wouldn't they be able to control the enemy's battle pets to attack their masters on the battlefield?

Even if they're not used on the battlefield, it would be good to let them drive away the insects in their habitat. The area around Jiang's territory is surrounded by water, and there are many insects, especially when it's hot. Adults are a little better off, but the cubs get bitten terribly.

Hunting teams must always be aware of poisonous insects while hunting. Some potent poisons cannot be neutralized by herbs and pearls, so they must return to their settlement as soon as possible to seek treatment from a shaman.

If each hunting team could be equipped with a bumblebee to drive away poisonous insects in the surrounding area, that would be great! The hunting teams would also be safer.

We need to find a way to increase their bumblebee population!

Three days later, Lianxin led the Jiang tribe's team and the warriors of the Iron-Eating Beast tribe back, escorting many ordinary people who had no battle pets and had to walk the rest of the way.

In the end, Lianxin couldn't wait any longer, so she led some people to make some simple carts. Everyone squeezed in and let the iron-eating beast pull the cart, which finally increased the speed.

The cart slid across the snow, much more comfortably and faster than when the Jiang people were fleeing for their lives.

Lianxin reported to Jiang Ning: "Witch, the people from the Flame Bird Tribe and the Stone Python Tribe have all been brought back. They only left a few dozen warriors to guard the cave, and we have dealt with them all. Their cubs and slaves are all here, and there is also a lot of food and beast cores in the cave, which I have brought back as well."

"Well done, thank you for your hard work."

Jiang Ning looked at the people who had been brought back one by one, feeling a bit of a headache. As for what they had done, they were just ordinary people and had no ability to participate in the attack.

To say they were innocent is an understatement; they also benefited from the Flamebird Tribe's raids. They may not have personally participated, but their lives were enriched by these raids.

Jiang Ning stood on higher ground and shouted loudly to the people on the open ground below: "People of the Flame Bird Tribe, all of you come out and stand on the right. People of the Stone Python Tribe, stand on the left. All slaves, stand where you are and do not move."

Some people, unsure of what would happen next, dared not make a move. Others, their eyes darting around, harbored their own thoughts and secretly observed from within the crowd.

The Jiang tribe could not tolerate these people ignoring Jiang Ning's orders. Hongyue led her men forward and roughly tore off the animal skin clothing of the man in front of her. Although ordinary people could not be planted with totems to become warriors, they would still have totems on their chests that represented their tribe's identity.

Slaves were the same; they would have totems on their necks that represented their status as slaves.

Hongyue led her people to identify each person, dividing the crowd into three groups before stopping and returning to their original positions.

While Hongyue was making her judgments, Jiang Ning counted the remaining people: the Flame Bird Tribe had 181 ordinary people, while the Stone Python Tribe had only 75, and almost all of them were cubs. The slaves were the most numerous, with the two tribes having a combined total of over 600 slaves.

Such a number is obviously very unreasonable. You should know that even when the bumblebee tribe was wiped out and fled for their lives, they took more than a hundred tribesmen with them.

While the Flame Bird Witch was still breathing, Jiang Ning had Hong Yue bring her over.

"Where are your people? Is this all that's left?"

The Flame Bird Witch was thrown to the ground by Red Moon, his face covered in dirty blood. Many of his teeth had been knocked out, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, mumbling, "My people? What people do I have left? Didn't you capture them all?"

Red Moon grabbed his head and forced him to look at the people on the open ground below: "You've attacked quite a few tribes, haven't you? The Bumblebee tribe alone caused you to lose a lot of warriors, but there are still more than four hundred warriors here. Where did so many warriors come from? Your tribe has so many warriors, how could you only have so few ordinary people?"

The Flame Bird Witch, drawing strength from who-knows-where, managed to break free from Red Moon's grasp. He turned and glared venomously at Jiang Ning, snarling, "I am a witch, after all. Even in death, I have my dignity. How dare you let your warrior treat me like this!"

With a wave of his hand, the Bumblebee Witch sent a real bone bumblebee stinging him, and the Flame Bird Witch instantly collapsed to the ground.

The Iron-Eating Beast Witch sneered, "Dignity? What dignity does someone like you want?"

Those below, watching the commotion above, many wore expressions of triumphant revenge. Jiang Ning carefully observed them and discovered that quite a few of them were from the Flame Bird Tribe.

Jiang Ning pointed to the person standing at the very front of the Flame Bird Tribe: "You, the one at the very front of the Flame Bird Tribe. Your shaman has been captured, why are you looking like this?"

Following Jiang Ning's words, Yan Niao Wu looked over and saw a young boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old with a pleased expression on his face. Yan Niao Wu was too busy with other things every day to remember the boy's face.

The man raised his head, his eyes filled with hatred no less intense than that of the slave beside him: "Our shamans? We haven't had any shamans for a long time!"

The Flame Bird Witch was furious: "How dare you speak like that?"

The child glanced disdainfully at the Flame Bird Shaman and shouted at Jiang Ning, "Ever since he became a Xuan Shaman, he's been like a madman. Even when it's not the time for sacrifices, he still grabs his people and forces them to awaken! Even if I'm not a shaman, I know that awakening can only be successfully completed when the two stars converge!"

"But what about him? He doesn't care about the lives of his people at all. When the awakening failed, he just killed them, saying that the tribe doesn't support idlers. There aren't enough ordinary people in the tribe, and no one is working for him. Easy! Just go and capture people from other tribes! So what if they are from outside tribes? Kill their shamans! They are now unclaimed people! Anyway, as long as the totem is planted, they are his people."

“My elder sister became a cripple because of her failed awakening, and she even has difficulty walking. But what did he do? He still wouldn't let my elder sister go, saying that although she couldn't work, she was still a woman and could have children! My elder sister was already seriously injured, how could she endure such pain? My elder sister was tortured to death by those men he sent!”