Chapter 1070 - 89: Flint Spear

Hua Yun and the Golden Eagle returned to the camp.

Chen Wen looked at the Siberian Roe Deer Hua Yun had brought back and couldn’t help but ask, "Did you just hunt a deer directly and then process it on the spot?"

In response, Hua Yun shook her head, "This isn’t my prey."

She recounted what had happened before, and Chen Wen looked at her in surprise.

He remembered when the Golden Eagle had been scouting.

At that time, he had seen an injured moose.

However, the moose’s injury wasn’t severe, and Chen Wen still remembered that it could run and jump.

But it was all gone in a flash!

Looking at the Siberian Roe Deer that Hua Yun had processed, Chen Wen could only comfort himself, thinking that he should eat a bit more later!

After cleaning the Siberian Roe Deer, Chen Wen planned to roast part of it and braise and roast another part for storage.

Luckily, the braising and roasting hadn’t begun yet.

The bear meat from last time was a bit undercooked, so Chen Wen decided to increase the heat this time.

Once again, he wrapped the venison in leaves and mud.

When lunchtime came, Chen Wen finally placed the wrapped venison into the braising pit.

He buried the wrapped deer meat.

Chen Wen didn’t start the fire immediately.

The braising pit was still warm at the moment, and lighting the fire now could burn the deer meat.

He and Hua Yun had lunch and then, after taking a nap, added a layer of firewood over the braising pit.

After letting the firewood burn for over half an hour, he finally removed it.

In the afternoon, neither of them engaged in any activities; instead, they rested at the camp, preparing for tomorrow’s hunt.

Chen Wen planned to prepare some weapons.

After Hua Yun was attacked by a brown bear last time, he found that their weapons were somewhat lacking this time.

Especially the long weapons.

There is a big difference between long weapons and short weapons; short weapons are often used to handle prey, serving as tools.

While long weapons can truly be used for self-defense, functioning as actual weapons.

Therefore, Chen Wen planned to make a long weapon for Hua Yun to keep for self-defense.

His idea naturally was a stone spear.

Chen Wen had made quite a few stone spears before, and compared to wooden spears, stone spears are more lethal, able to penetrate the thick hide of some beasts.

The wooden spear was slightly lacking.

Previously, when facing the brown bear’s attack, Hua Yun had also stabbed the brown bear several times with a wooden spear, but it didn’t pierce the bear’s body, not even breaking the skin.

But the stone spear is different.

If Hua Yun had been holding a stone spear back then, she might have been able to pierce the bear’s body, making it suffer a bit.

As for the stone spear, flint is the best choice for the spearhead.

Flint is hard but also brittle, making it easy to process, and it balances lethality with processing difficulty.

Flint is also a relatively common stone that can be found in many places.

Chen Wen walked along the lakeside for a while, then wandered into the woods.

In half an hour or so, he picked up five pieces of flint that could be processed into long spears.

The quality of these flints was quite good, and they were large enough to be suitable for processing.

Chen Wen put the flints in the camp and asked Hua Yun to find some wood.

Meanwhile, he took a piece of stone he had picked up and began processing the flint.

The difficulty in making a flint spearhead is in controlling the force and angle when striking it; too much force can easily break the stone, wasting all previous efforts, and a skewed angle can cause the flint to crack or fracture.

If this happens, the flint spearhead is very likely to break during use.

So, even Chen Wen couldn’t guarantee one hundred percent success when making a flint spear.

Hence, Chen Wen had to be completely focused while crafting.

He held the stone, striking the flint with it.

Hard things tend to be brittle; being too rigid leads to breaking, which is exactly the case here.

Thus, Chen Wen could fairly easily break the flint.

The flaw of a flint spear is such that when it hits something particularly hard, it’s prone to breaking.

However, generally speaking, it’s not likely to break when stabbing animals.

Once he had chipped out the basic shape of the flint spearhead, Chen Wen began careful processing.

He held his breath, concentrating on finding the weak points of the flint and began striking.

With Chen Wen’s strikes, the edges of the flint consistently chipped away, forming a sharp spearhead shape.

When Hua Yun returned,

the first flint spearhead was already made.

"Take a look, how’s this spearhead? We’ll assemble a flint spear for you in a bit."

Chen Wen said, handing the spearhead to Hua Yun.

Hua Yun took the flint spearhead from Chen Wen, gently touching the sharp spear tip and edges, and said, "Very sharp. I didn’t expect you to have this skill."

Chen Wen hadn’t made stone spears in a long time, and Hua Yun thought he might have gotten rusty.

But it seemed he still had the skill!

Chen Wen smiled and said, "I haven’t made them much before, so I was a bit rusty at first, but after trying a few times, I got the hang of it again. I haven’t lost the skill; pretty good, right?"

But just as Chen Wen was speaking, the flint he was working on broke with a crisp cracking sound when struck.

Crack.

Chen Wen looked at the flint, speechless.

Darn, it had to break now of all times, just to ruin my moment, huh?

He picked up the flint and, under Hua Yun’s amused gaze, tossed it into the lake with a swoosh.

Hua Yun shook her head with a smile, "You’re unreasonable; wasn’t that piece of flint still pretty big?"

Hearing this, Chen Wen explained, "It looks big, but it actually wasn’t usable. That piece of flint had fractures in the middle, and even if it were processed, it would easily break."

Hearing this, Hua Yun shot Chen Wen a suspicious look.

Really? Or were you just frustrated and tossed it away?

But seeing Chen Wen’s serious expression, Hua Yun still believed him.

Chen Wen then took the wood Hua Yun had found into his hands.

He instructed Hua Yun to peel off the bark, trim off the branches with a knife, and then split one end of the wood into four parts.

Hua Yun also knew how to make spears.

After Chen Wen’s guidance, she understood how to handle it.

Soon, Hua Yun mounted the flint spearhead onto the spear.

She tied the spearhead with rope, then swung it in her hand to feel the balance.

"The end of the spear is a bit heavy."

Hua Yun commented on her observation.

In response, Chen Wen directly shortened the spear a bit.

Hua Yun felt it again, nodding with satisfaction, "It’s good, very handy!"

With a spear, safety was much improved.

Under Chen Wen’s guidance, Hua Yun baked the spear shaft over the fire for seasoning.

Not long after, the first spear was finished.

And Chen Wen had also completed the spearhead for the second spear. By evening, Chen Wen assembled the second spear, and the weapons were nearly ready!