Lu Cheng returned to the cave, rested for the night, and got up early the next morning for morning exercises.
He tried to hold the copper ball and found that his strength had increased a lot, and he was able to hold a 3,000-pound copper ball.
The seventh uncle Beimi came over, patted him on the shoulder, and praised: "You have made a lot of progress, and you have accumulated a lot. Holding a 3,000-pound copper ball is a sign of entering the fourth level of martial arts. I will teach you another move. It's called the 'Carrying the Cauldron Pose', practice it for half an hour in the morning and evening, and take 'Strengthening Bone Pills', one pill per month."
Lu Cheng asked: "Uncle Qi, what are bone strengthening pills?"
"Zhuanggu Pills are made of tiger bone paste and psoralen, and are carefully cooked. You know the tiger bones are obtained by the tribesmen after hunting tigers with great difficulty; psoralen is a kind of herbal medicine that grows on the other side of the mountain. A large piece, but you need to select herbs that are more than ten years old to be effective. I don’t have many bone-strengthening pills in my hand, so I can only give you three. After you finish eating, go to Elder Beihu to get it. With your identity and If you contribute, you can only receive one pill every three months. You will find ways to make up for the shortfall by yourself."
"What can you do? Please give me some advice from Uncle Qi."
"Either participate in the clan competition, or hunt tigers yourself. One tiger can be exchanged for 30 bone-strengthening pills. In addition, I heard that you are appreciated by the great witch, and you can ask him to give you the elixir."
Lu Cheng learned the "Carrying the Cauldron" and received three "Strengthening Bone Pills". He immediately took one and felt warm all over his body. His bones were itchy and numb, like countless small insects burrowing around. He quickly practiced the "Carrying the Cauldron Style" to absorb the medicinal power.
After practicing for an hour, he followed Bei Mi and a group of teenagers to hunt antelope and elk in Beiwu Valley, dozens of miles away in the south.
They are not the main force in hunting. They are mainly responsible for guarding the entrance of the valley to prevent antelopes and elk from running away. Seeing a group of burly and tall tribesmen rushing in, killing the elk one by one, carrying them out and throwing them at the mouth of the valley. Then these young men and old men carried the elk and antelope back.
Lu Cheng discovered that the elk and antelope here were both larger than those of later generations. The elk were three to four meters long and weighed three to four thousand kilograms; the antelope was stronger than the North American bison of later generations, weighing three to four thousand kilograms.
A huge prey like this is usually carried back by two teenagers or two old men.
Lu Cheng picked up a smaller elk on his shoulders and walked back little by little with a "knock-klop-knock-knock" sound.
An arrow as thick as an arm was stuck in the elk's neck, and the deer's blood was dripping down.
Lu Cheng dipped his fingers into the deer's blood and let the jade ring absorb the spiritual energy in the blood.
After the spirit deer was carried back, specialized people bled it, dismembered it, made it into dried meat, and threw it into a huge brine tank to make bacon.
The Yi people are blessed with a small salt lake in the southeast corner of the Yiyu Mountain. The brine is salty and bitter, so it can be used to marinate meat. When it is time to eat, the meat must be soaked in the stream and washed away. of magnesium chloride, otherwise it would be difficult to swallow.
The work of curing meat is mainly done by women, and some elderly people also serve as directors.
Lu Cheng left Linglu behind and went to the Poyew Valley to fight against new prey.
After carrying it like this for three days, the blood groove on the jade ring gradually grew.
By the evening of the third day, the hunting in Yaowu Valley was almost over, and the adults came back, carrying a full load on their shoulders.
According to the elders of the tribe, this year's harvest is not bad. Next, we will go hunting in the Wumulberry Forest in the east. There are herds of bison there, as well as many tigers and cheetahs. As for the Lilu Valley in the west and the There may be no need to go to Gaiyu Wasteland.
After a night's rest, Lu Cheng followed many young people to the Wumulg Forest fifty miles to the east.
There are large areas of grassland in the sycamore forest, covered with sweet and fragrant bamboo grass that bison love to eat.
Lu Cheng saw that the royal bamboo grass had grown to seven or eight meters high. It looked like sugar cane, with lush branches and leaves, green and high, with one section after another, each section bearing an axillary bud and wrapped by leaves. The middle and lower stem nodes produce aerial roots, and the upper stem can grow branches. The grass blades are linear, the leaves are curved and drooping, and the backs of the leaves have white short plush shaped like needles.
Hunting bison is a relatively dangerous thing, especially in herds, which can cause great harm to people.
Fortunately, the people of the Leiyi tribe are very strong, and there are many masters of the sixth and seventh levels of martial arts, as well as tenth level martial arts, and even innate masters.
Despite this, Lu Cheng still saw many people injured.
Especially the next day, he saw the corpses of more than twenty tribesmen being carried out at once, and it was said that they were attacked by cattle and tigers!
Later, tall bison were carried out, as well as several huge tigers.
Lu Cheng went up to help, but he couldn't carry the huge bison, so he could only carry the calves and spotted leopards.
After working hard for a few days, the blood groove of the jade ring was filled up.
On the last day, the elder Pei Hu came over, patted the tired teenagers one by one, and gave each of the people who were in the fourth level of martial arts bone refining a bone strengthening pill.
At this time, the young master of the Bei Yi tribe, Bei Kuang's eldest brother, a man named "Bei Chi" came over and touched "Bei Kuang's" head and gave him two bone-strengthening pills.
"Okay, go back and rest. You have nothing to do next."
Lu Cheng asked: "Brother, don't you need to go to the west to plow the valley?"
Yan Chi sighed: "I still have to go. There are some medicinal herbs there, which will help improve the state of refining the internal organs. If you don't go, you won't get the medicinal herbs."
Lu Cheng knew in his heart that the Poi Yi tribe occupies a hundred miles radius, and the output of this area is limited. If you just feed yourself, it may not be a big problem, but if you want to grow the tribe, you have to go out and take risks.
Yan Chi said: "Go back and practice hard. By March next year, you will be considered an adult."
Here, thirteen is considered an adult. Adults must take responsibility. If you don’t work, you won’t have food to eat.
It was rare for Lu Cheng to say a few words to this elder brother, and then he saw Bei Chiang leading a group of people and leaving with a huge tiger on their shoulders.
In addition to the killed tigers and bison, there were also people who led a few live calves back, preparing to take them back to the tribe to raise.
Next, Lu Cheng remembered another thing and went to the hillside to dig a pile of spiritual grass called "Psoralea" and put it into the jade ring.
He wanted to get some tiger bones, but tiger bones with bone marrow were controlled by the clan. He was not qualified to obtain high-quality tiger bones, so he could only go to the market to buy some small pieces of tiger bones. Aura, but unable to make tiger bone paste.
Lu Cheng asked clearly. As a large ethnic group as the Poyi tribe, only a few people can get bone strengthening pills. And for those young people who can't get bone strengthening pills, if they want to strengthen their muscles and bones, there are other ways, such as beef bones. , leopard bone, antelope bone, deer bone, all have nourishing effects.
So, Lu Cheng went to the market every day and bought some tiger bones, leopard bones, antelope bones and deer bones. They are all fresh animal bones, with tendons, fascia and a little lean meat on them.
He put these things into the jade ring, and then at noon, he lay on the stone bed, touched the jade ring, recited the incantation, and returned to the modern world.
