The beast that looked like a triceratops was less than two hundred meters away from Jia Chao and the others. In terms of size, it was smaller than the legendary dinosaur, but much larger than an ox.
Jia Chao grabbed Hongya's arm and asked him, "You think grabbing one end of that thing will be enough for our tribe to feed us for how many days?"
Hongya shook his head, "A long time ago our tribe was a medium-sized tribe. Do you know why there are only a few people left in our tribe?"
Jia Chao: "Why?"
Hongya: "If we go up there, we can be wiped out by it!"
Jia Chao: "..."
In the end, Jia Chao did not dare to provoke the triceratops, but followed Hongya and the others carefully to the Baimu River.
Baimu River is actually not far away. It feels like only five or six kilometers. The group of people walked there for about an hour.
There is a soft river beach between the river and the grassland, and there are occasionally some footprints of wild beasts on the river beach.
When Jia Chao and the others arrived, they happened to see some birds by the river. Hongya and another tribesman waved bamboo shrimp traps and captured two of them.
"Chief Achao, this thing is so useful!" Hongya was as happy as a child looking at the prey he had obtained.
Jia Chao looked at him speechlessly, "If we can make ropes and make nets, you will find that hunting is actually quite easy."
After giving the unexpected prey to the tribesmen to tie up, Jia Chao began to direct Hongya and the others to catch fish.
Perhaps it's because the fish in the Baimu River have never been caught, and they are as stupid as the fish in the back mountain pool.
It only took Hongya and Baiyuan less than an hour to catch enough fish, and this was even after Jia Chao picked out many small fish and threw them back into the river.
Seeing the harvest in the fishing basket, the tribesmen all smiled.
What could be happier than having a full belly after a long day of fishing?
Because we were all loaded with goods, the journey back took a little longer, but we still made it back to the tribe before the sun set.
Like the troops who went down the mountain, the tribesmen led by Xingyue also brought back a lot of fish.
As for the tribesmen of the collection team, they did not return empty-handed, and some strange plant roots were brought back.
"Achao, can we put back the fish we caught from the back mountain? If we can't finish these fish, they will go bad tomorrow!"
Looking at such a rich harvest, Nushi actually frowned.
Jia Chao shook his head and pointed to the small stream on the right side of the camp: "It's okay. We can dig a fish pond over there and keep the fish in it. We can just catch them in it when needed in the future!"
When Nushi heard this, he patted his thigh and said:
"Hey! This is a good idea!"
Jia Chao: "..."
We can understand that the technology tree is wrong. There are fantasy technologies like Spirit Speaker and various elemental powers, but this technology that is related to the national economy and people's livelihood is not developed?
It’s just a fish, why don’t these people study it?
Their language system is already very complete. It stands to reason that the world should have entered an agricultural civilization long ago.
Thinking of this, Jia Chao asked Nian Shi: "Why haven't you thought about eating fish or raising fish before?"
Stubborn stone shook his head, "In the past, when your father was here, just catching a few wild beasts on the grassland was enough for everyone to eat. Who would think of eating fish? Moreover, the soul power of fish is very weak, and ordinary spirit speakers don't have it. Will hunt and kill.”
Jia Chao: "..."
At this time, Nushi looked at Xingyue and others who were handling fish by the stream, and suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Oh! Look at my memory! I forgot again! Ah Chao, hurry up and tell Xingyue and the others that you will kill all the tribe's prey from now on!"
Jia Chao: "Ah? Why?"
Stubborn Stone: "You are now an animal whisperer. After you kill the prey, you can absorb the soul power of the prey! Although the soul power of fish is very weak, it is very important to you!"
Jia Chao: "..."
Speechless again, because my contracted beast is a rabbit, so I can only become a man with a heart as cold as a fish-killing knife?
"Okay!" Jia Chao picked up his woodcutter and walked towards the stream.
He told Xingyue and the others why they came, and Xingyue and the others cooperated very well and handed over the fish to be killed to Jia Chao.
However, because most of the fish had been out of the water for too long, they had lost their vital signs, so Jia Chao was left alone.
However, despite this, he still found some changes in the beast spirit seal on his chest before going to bed at night.
"Hey, Rabbit, do you know how the Beast Whisperer becomes stronger?"
The rabbit who had his own straw nest turned to look at Jia Chao and said to him:
"You don't even know, how could I know? Go to sleep quickly, we will still be hunting tomorrow!"
Jia Chao: "Hey! You bitch! No capitalist is as black as you!"
Rabbit: "A rabbit is a rabbit, what is a dog and a rabbit? What is a capitalist? And you should call me by my name more often, so that our contract can be stronger!"
Jia Chao: "Then what's your name?"
Rabbit: "You gave me the name you gave me, and you forgot it so quickly?"
Jia Chao: "Huh? Did I give you a name?"
Rabbit: "Yes, when making a contract!"
Jia Chao: "..."
Isn't it?
No!
It can't be "Da Lang"!
What was a casual joke at the time actually became effective in the contract!
He asked weakly: "Da Lang?"
Rabbit: "Yes, that's the name! What's wrong with you? Can you be more reliable? Who's an animal whisperer chooses a name so casually? It's a name that even Rabbit doesn't like!"
Jia Chao: "Uh... um... this... Hi! At that time, I just remembered the legend of a hero, the scene of making a contract. It is so similar to the scene in that legend!"
Rabbit: "Oh? Really?"
Seeing Rabbit's expression of complete disbelief, Jia Chao made up a random story on the spot.
In the story, a man named Dalang went hunting alone in the mountains to treat the woman he loved, and he encountered a tiger.
Dalang fought with a tiger with a spear. Although he killed the tiger, he was also seriously injured.
When Dalang's woman Jinlian found him, he was already on the verge of death.
So Jinlian prayed to the God of Heaven, willing to use his remaining life to save Dalang.
The relationship between the two of them moved the God of Heaven, who asked Jin Lian to mix their blood together and let Dalang drink it.
In the end, the two shared Jinlian's remaining lifespan and died on the same day.
After hearing this story, Rabbit was silent for a long time, and finally said to Jia Chao:
"Although this man is very weak, I admit that he is a hero. From now on, I will call him Da Lang!"
Jia Chao grinned when he heard this and stopped talking.
What he didn't know was that two meters away from his straw nest, a silly girl was crying in her own straw nest.
Although Xingyue couldn't understand what the rabbit was chirping, she could clearly hear what Jia Chao said.
She believed the story of Dalang and Jinlian, and was willing to let Jia Chao drink her own blood.
For the next ten days, Jia Chao led his tribe to hunt and fish.
He began to teach the tribesmen to dig holes and make traps to hunt some powerful animals, and also harvested some prey.
The fur and tendons of those prey became Jia Chao's personal property and were placed in the bamboo courtyard in the back mountain.
The fish pond next to the creek has also been completed, and the excess fish caught every day have been kept in it.
But after only staying in the cave for two nights, Jia Chao, Xingyue and Dalang moved back to the bamboo courtyard in the back mountain.
First of all, he was really not used to sleeping in a large, smelly cave, where firewood was always lit to provide lighting, and there were so many tribesmen sleeping together.
The smoke and smell are just that. In addition to the constant snoring when I sleep at night, there are also various sounds of applause for love.
Secondly, he still owed a few pottery pots to the old magician Nushi, so he simply went back to the back mountain and fired a lot of pottery. These pottery made the tribesmen in the tribe look a little more human.
Of course, the most important point is that Jia Chao needs to refine some more iron tools.
"Achao, what is this?" Xingyue asked curiously, holding two newly refined iron tools in his hand.
Jia Chao replied without looking back: "Safety hook!"
Xingyue: "Is this also a divine weapon?"
Jia Chao thought for half a second and nodded: "Yes, a life-saving artifact!"
Hearing this, Xingyue gently put down the thing in her hand. She couldn't understand how this thing could save her life, but Chao said so, so it must be very important!
"Then what are you doing now?"
Jia Chao: "Make clothes!"
Xingyue watched Jia Chao apply some liquid mixed with the brains of beasts to a piece of animal skin, and could not understand the word "clothes" he meant at all.
But for Jia Chao, this was the best way he could think of. Leather could not be used to make clothes without tanning, and he did not have any leather materials.
This "brain hacking technique" was learned from watching short videos when I was bored in my previous life.
In addition to beating the skin, he also dried some tendons. These tendons are used to weave bow strings, which greatly improves the performance of his new generation crossbow.
Two days later, Jia Chao left the tribe with Xingyue and Rabbit. According to Xia Yun, if you don't go to the Sword Tiger Tribe to test the dominoes, they will become ineffective.
Although Jia Chao was a little reluctant, he was still coaxed out of the door by Nushi.
Hongya wanted Bai Yuan to lead a group of tribesmen to escort Jia Chao to the Jianhu tribe, but was stopped by Stubborn Stone.
According to Stubborn Stone, if an animal whisperer does not have the ability to survive independently on the Baimu Grassland, then it is impossible for him to pass the Sabertooth Peak Trial.
So Jia Chao had no choice but to sadly take Xingyue to the Sword Tiger Tribe alone. To be on the safe side, he brought all the weapons he could use.
A crossbow with twenty arrows, a one-foot-long iron dagger, a wild animal skin coat, a pair of animal skin boots, and a spear with an iron tip.
As for Xingyue, it has the same configuration, except that the crossbow is replaced by a two-foot-long bone-cutting knife.
Jia Chao sometimes wonders what Xingyue ate when he grew up. He can't even lift the bone-cutting knife, but Xingyue can dance so fast.
"Priest Stubborn Stone, do you think they can get to the Sword Tiger Tribe today?" Hong Ya looked at the backs of Jia Chao and Jia Chao from a distance and asked with worry on his face.
Stubborn stone said with a relaxed expression: "If nothing else happens, they will arrive when the sun is overhead!"
