Just outside the hollow tree trunk, the barbarians had finished their dinner and were getting ready for the night.
Tasgall and Jarek were on guard duty by Burak's orders, while the rest returned to the trunk to finish the preparations.
Every time Hao Xuan 'communicated' with the Celestial Webway like he was doing now, there was a physical change that was created in his immediate surroundings because of it.
The most obvious and one of the first changes was the weak humming sound that manifested from his body. After that was the dim white light which, in and of itself, was an indication of something more.
The combination of these phenomenons elicited a response from all sentient species of the local fauna and flora within the range of 700 meters around Hao Xuan. The weaker creatures would start to lose their senses and manifest unusual behavior while the larger ones would become aggressive.