All the people in the field stopped what they were doing and welcomed the chief " I have seen chief Si " to which the latter faintly nodded. They made their way to where Ming Shin and Li Tian were standing.
Ming Shin followed the etiquette "I have seen chief Si". The former was already familiar with Ming Shin as he was one of the elders who was earlier there in the hall and observing him more closely 'So our tribe's fate rests in this boys hands' he lamented.
A young man of eleven years old was scrutinizing the kid who looks almost as tall as him but rather so delicate and white. 'So, are all outside people so delicate and tender' he thought.
"Juan 'er, he is Jun Hai, ten years old and he is in Bone Forging sixth layer. Make sure to let him familiarize with all the units here and come to my quarters after that" he spoke to the young man following him.
He nodded politely to his father and spoke to Ming Shin "Junior brother Hai, follow me. I will introduce you to the various units in our scouting division".
"Yes, Senior brother" Ming Shin replied with a twitch. As they both were passing by, the members on the field politely greeted "Senior brother Juan" while they curiously looked at Ming Shin who was following him.
The Scouting division is formed up of five units led by five commanders and ten vice commanders. These first unit is Frontline scouting team which mainly consists of spotters who have more visual and observation prowess.
The second unit of which Si Juan was the vice commander of is the reinforcement team. This team mostly deals with martial strength and is usually somewhere in the middle and rear guard. The third team is Relayers which consists of people who can run long distances very fast.
They are also the first to escape after getting the news from the spotters to relay the news first to the fourth division. The fourth division consists of strategists who usually conspire a plan according to the changing situations.
The fifth unit is the silent unit which is usually hidden from all the remaining four units except for their commanders. This unit is mostly nimble and quick and and can use both short distance and long distance tools to quickly neutralize the enemy.
They also act as information extractors while they use torture or any means available to extract the intel either from the enemy or traitors. So far there have been no traitors in the tribe though. After he was given introduction of these units, Si Juan took the latter back to his father's quarters.
In the main hall of the scouting division, both the chief and vice chief were seated above while having tea while listening you five young people making various reports of observation from the past few days.
There were two women and three men seated below holding a set of papers. The two women were covered in veil but were very well proportioned. One of the men was burly, while the other two were very lean.
As Ming Shin entered he was presented with such a sight and solemn atmosphere. Si Juan greeted the five commanders and stood behind the burly man.
"Here are the five commanders, please introduce yourselves to the new member of our division Ju Hai" Si Huang, the chief of scouting division said.
The five people set their sights on Ming Shin.
"Yue Nai, Silent unit commander" one of the veiled women started.
"Rei Shi, Martial unit commander", the burly man shouted.
"Hu San, commander of Relay unit" a lean man introduced himself.
" Li Wei, Strategic unit commander" another veiled woman curiously looked over. Ming Shin felt like an open book in front of her.
"Ya Min, Front line unit commander" the second lean man smiled kindly.
"Now, I heard about your ability from Li Tian. After the brief introduction of various units, their functions and commanders, what is your plan" Si Huang questioned Ming Shin.
"Naturally, I want to join the Front line unit where I can display the best of my abilities" the latter replied as a matter of fact.
This is the best unit if I want to scout the perimeter and I'm also the first man to discover any possible hidden traps or rotes and can divert the entire team to my advantage.
"Oh? But it is also the unit with most causalities. Many of them die from sudden ambush, death traps and even frontal collisions before the arrival of Martial unit reinforcement. Are you sure you want to be in this unit?" Si Huang was sweating a little on the inside.
'Dear ancestor, I hope you will not be reckless in choosing the frontal unit. After all, we have the hope to liberate ourselves with your help now. I cannot let anything happen to you'.
"I want to join the first unit, Chief Si" the latter was determined.
The five commanders and even Li Tian and Si Huang seemed to be surprised hearing the chief's tone of inquiry of his choice. Does the chief seem to place importance on this boy? Is he worried about Ju Hai's choice?
Nothing to be done, Si Huan acquiesced to the latter's choice and asked Ya Min to show around his new member. All the people were dismissed and only Yue Nai was asked to stay back.
She looked curious if there would be a new mission for her unit. There were only three people in the hall including Li Tian.
"Yue Nai, this is the most important mission I have ever given to you. Keep an eye on that boy always and do not let him die" Si Huang solemnly gave an order.
"Yes sir !!" though bewildered by her mission, she only had orders to follow. Li Tian was thoughtful of what happened in the main meeting with the tribe chief.
"Thank you brother Min for saving me in the forest" Ming Shin sincerely thanked him while walking.
" Some one already informed you huh. I am more surprised by the fact that you made it alive when your body was in such terrible shape" the former commented.
Ming Shin smiled and said nothing.
"Brother Hai, you cannot be so reckless anymore. We are the first and foremost Spotter unit. We have lots of causalities and we are also the unit with the least strength" Ya Min seriously reminded.
"The other units often look down us and taunt us as our only job is to be someone who explored the path and lay our lives for them" he lamented.
"Don't worry brother Min, I will not take that to heart. Our duty comes first before anything" Ming Shin replied with conviction while the latter looked at him with appreciation.
Soon, they have reached the barracks of the Spotter Unit and there seems to be a commotion going on. While approaching them, they seem to be hearing a woman making a fuss " We have been given only sixty percent of the reward we deserved".
There were three men around her who were depressed "We have also lost two people in the last mission and they wouldn't even give us our reward".
The remaining people also clamored around " The military unit is being a bully again. Their unit is always looking for reasons to cut down our reward points ".
"What can we do? They gave a shitty reason that, because we failed to distinguish some track marks in the last mission, three of their people were injured in a sudden attack. Hence they took our points as compensation" another person grieved.
Soon everybody noticed their commander coming in with an unknown person who looked like a girl except for his heroic eyebrows and deep eyes which gave them a strong impression.
"Quit whining everyone. If you have time to gather and have such fruitless talk, you might as well train yourselves properly and overshadow the other units" Ya Min snarled.
All the people in the unit bowed their heads embarrassedly while the woman from earlier looked pitiful "Brother Min, then do we just leave it at this? They have taken 150 points of credit away".
"No, so I said you guys need to work hard. I will go and have a talk with Rei Shi" he was helpless to his vice commander Hei Lan.
"By the way, this is Ju Hai and the new member of our unit. Make sure you introduce everyone in our team and let him familiarize with the various rules around here" he ordered before bidding farewell on his way to the Martial Unit.
"Ohh younger brother Hai, how do you looked so beautiful? I would also like to know such secret first" Hei Lan was curious as a cat and looked at him as if she spotted a prey.
Ming Shin helpless laughed at her comment and introduced himself to the unit. Only now did he know that this woman was one of the vice commanders of this unit and the other vice commander was currently leading a team of men scouting ahead.