The farming industry of the Teng tribe restarted, and Dajiao was in high spirits. He began to cultivate a large number of insects again, and then used these insects, wild vegetables, aquatic plants, very small shrimps, crabs, snails, etc. to feed chickens and ducks.
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, the hunting team captured many bamboo rats, gray rabbits, bighorn sheep and other animals, allowing the bighorns to continue to be domesticated.
For this reason, many pens made of thick wood were built in the rattan tribe's breeding area to tame animals that are relatively large and cannot dig holes.
In the future, Jiang Xuan also plans to breed larger mammals such as wild boars and bison. If he can successfully domesticate them, Jiang Xuan will consider getting out the curved plow and using cattle to plow the fields.
Compared to human digging, cows can dig the ground many times faster, not to mention that the cows in this world are large and powerful.
Only a month later, the entire Vine tribe became orderly again.
All the houses were built, the totem poles were erected again, and the cauldron was fired and placed on the altar again.
Even the rhythmic sound of the hydraulic equipment deep in the bamboo forest has returned.
During this period, several babies were added to the tribe, which made the tribe more dynamic.
Jiang Xuan specially asked people to add nutritious food to these mothers, and also gave them some soft animal skins and other daily necessities, and allowed them to cultivate for a period of time so that they could raise their children with peace of mind.
The days seem to have returned to calm, with everyone performing their duties and working together to grow the tribe.
However, everyone knows that the current calm is just the calm before the storm.
There must be a battle between the Vine Tribe and the Mosquito Tribe, and this battle is coming soon.
If we rely on the current warriors, we will definitely have no chance of winning against the mosquito tribe.
But after witnessing the scene of Shen Teng's tribulation, everyone in the Teng tribe was very confident in the victory of this war.
June 10th.
Jiang Xuan called all the tribesmen together to discuss finding magical plants.
"Teng Shen has made a breakthrough, but he still needs some time to cultivate. We can't just rely on Fuji Shen. We must try our best to improve our strength."
"I decided to lead a hunting team to the Mountain Turtle Tribe to see if I can trade some more powerful mushrooms or other mushrooms that can increase strength."
"At the same time, we will also try to find the fruits of some magical plants along the way."
Jiang Xuan added: "This time, Wu will go with us."
In fact, if there was any other way, Jiang Xuan would not let Chi Shao go with him, because the leader and the witch left the tribe at the same time, and it would be difficult for others to suppress the tourists.
Once something happens to the tribe, it will be a catastrophe.
Fortunately, the Vine Tribe still has a sea-fixing needle like Shen Teng, so there is no need to worry about big trouble.
The reason why Chi Shao is asked to go with him is because only Chi Shao knows enough magical plants. If Jiang Xuan takes people there by himself, he will probably miss the magical plants if he encounters them.
Jiang Xuan selected the twelve most powerful warriors, arranged things in the tribe, and then began to prepare things to trade with the Shangui Tribe.
At this time, the animal bones and teeth left by the old witch came in handy. They were very popular trading items among the tribesmen.
After everything was prepared, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao took twelve warriors, as well as some animal bones and teeth, on the road to the Shangui Tribe early the next morning.
Jiang Xuan has never been to the Mountain Turtle Tribe, but he knows the location of the Mushroom Forest.
With how much the Mountain Turtle Tribe attaches importance to the mushroom forest, as long as you find the mushroom forest, you should be able to find people from the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
"Chi chi chi..."
In the hot weather, in the dense virgin jungle, all kinds of insects are hiding on the branches or leaves and chirping crazily.
The people of the Vine Tribe have been walking in the jungle for most of the day.
They had dark green totem patterns painted on their faces, held weapons in their hands, and carefully observed their surroundings to guard against dangers that might suddenly appear.
Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan: "How far is it from the Mushroom Forest?"
Jiang Xuan replied: "We should be able to arrive before dark tomorrow."
From the vine tribe to the mushroom forest, including the overnight stay, it takes about two days. If you walk quickly, the time can be shortened.
"Then we'll find a place later and prepare to spend the night."
Spending the night in the jungle is dangerous. You must find a safe place in advance, build a shelter and light a fire.
Without fire or shelter, you can easily become dinner for jungle predators.
"What..."
There was a group of bighorn sheep grazing ahead, and a mountain leopard suddenly burst out of the bushes nearby. It bit the neck of a bighorn sheep with lightning speed, and then dragged the bighorn sheep away.
The sheep fled in all directions, and the bighorn sheep became food for the mountain leopard.
This kind of mountain leopard is very fast and has a wide range of diet. Sometimes, humans are also their prey.
Not long after Jiang Xuan and the others left, they encountered a giant python entrenched in a tree. When they passed under the tree, the giant python tried to attack them, but Jiang Xuan discovered it in advance and killed it.
The tough snake skin has many uses when peeled off.
The snake body is also cut into several sections and taken to the camping place at night, where it can be roasted and eaten at night.
Similar dangers are very common in the jungle. If you are not careful, you may lose your life.
Because of this, the hunting teams of various tribes actually suffered high casualty rates.
The casualty rate of the Vine tribe's hunting team is relatively low, because the Vine tribe has relatively sufficient food and they don't have to work so hard.
Before the sun set, they found a large stone wall, built a temporary shelter on it, and lit a fire.
At night, Jiang Xuan and others roasted the python's meat and ate it.
While Jiang Xuan tore the snake meat and stuffed it into his mouth, he said to Chi Shao: "Plants that can improve strength are really hard to find. We have been walking for a whole day and haven't encountered any."
Chi Shao said: "That's because people from all tribes need plants that can improve their strength. Once they encounter them, they will often pick them clean and even dig up the trees. As time goes by, these plants will become less and less. "
Jiang Xuandao: "Then if you find a place where no one has ever been, is it possible to get a lot of these plants?"
Chi Shao was stunned and said: "Maybe, but such a place should be difficult to find."
The Southern Wilderness is very large, and the number of tribesmen is actually not that large, but it cannot sustain the tribesmen continuing and migrating from generation to generation.
A place may be inaccessible now, but it may have been inhabited by many tribes a few years, decades, or hundreds of years ago.
Nothing special happened that night.
The next day, everyone continued on their way, and Chi Shao found some rare herbs on the road, which was an unexpected gain.
Before dark, they finally arrived at the outskirts of the magical mushroom forest.
"Hey, it's already summer, and there are so many giant mushrooms?"
Jiang Xuan was very surprised when he saw that the mushroom forest was almost unchanged from the last time he saw it.
The life span of ordinary mushrooms is extremely short. From growth to withering, some only take a few days, and some can last as long as one or two months.
Unless it is a special mushroom such as Ganoderma lucidum, the growth period will be longer.
Obviously, the various giant mushrooms in this mushroom forest are also magical plants, and their growth cycles are different from ordinary mushrooms.
Chi Shao said: "Since these mushrooms are still there, people from the Shangui tribe should come here often. We will negotiate with them then."
"It's getting dark now. Let's find a place to spend the night."
The group found a safer place outside the mushroom forest, built a shelter, and made a fire to spend the night.
It was getting dark, and everyone was eating barbecue and some plant tubers. Uncaria, who was sitting on the tree as a sentry, suddenly let out an exclamation.
Jiang Xuan immediately stood up and asked the tree: "Uncaria, what's wrong with you?"
Undo's voice was a little excited: "Chief, come up and take a look."
"What are you looking at?"
"Mushrooms, glowing mushrooms!"
After hearing Uncaria's words, Jiang Xuan immediately climbed up the tree and looked towards the mushroom forest.
This sight shocked him so much that he was speechless.
In the huge mushroom forest, many mushrooms glowed faintly as night fell, just like night lights.
These glowing mushrooms are red, green, and blue. The whole mushroom forest is shining with colorful light, which is so beautiful that you can’t believe it.
"Surprisingly...there are actually glowing mushrooms!"
"beautiful!"
Jiang Xuan and Undou's admiration made others unable to hold back.
They all climbed up nearby trees and saw this shocking scene.
Jiang Xuan was okay, after all, he had seen too many night scenes in his previous life, and these glowing mushrooms just felt novel and beautiful.
But for those tribal people who have never seen electric lights and rarely see other lights except firelight and moonlight at night, the visual impact of this luminous mushroom is too strong.
Many people, including Chi Shao, were obsessed with it.
But Jiang Xuan was thinking, if this kind of luminous mushroom can exist for a long time and can be transplanted, wouldn't it be able to be used as a light bulb at night?
Of course, these mushrooms emit relatively weak fluorescence, so it is unrealistic to light up a house with just a few mushrooms.
But even so, it would be a pleasure to have some glowing mushrooms in the tribe.
At this time, in the Mushroom Forest, more than a hundred warriors from the Mountain Turtle Tribe, with two large mountain turtles, were collecting a very precious mushroom with the help of the light emitted by these mushrooms.
This kind of mushroom is called Luminous Mushroom. After eating it, people will have the ability to see at night like nocturnal animals.
Having night vision is really important to tribal people.
Because tribesmen often spend the night in the jungle, but because they cannot see in the dark, they can only use fires to prevent wild beasts from attacking, but they cannot hunt at night.
In fact, in the world where Jiang Xuan lived in his previous life, people could only walk out at night after the advent of portable lighting.
The nocturnal mushrooms are difficult to identify during the day, but they emit a special light at night. Therefore, people from these mountain turtle tribes look for and collect nocturnal mushrooms at night.
"There's one over there!"
The warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe saw a Luminous Mushroom and ran over excitedly.
"Let me pick it."
Shan Jia, the leader of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, was still wearing a set of heavy tortoise shells. He walked to the place where he found the Luminifera Mushroom, and then carefully reached out and picked it out.
This is an ordinary-looking mushroom, only the size of a palm. If it were during the day, similar mushrooms would be everywhere in the mushroom forest.
But in the dark, this luminous mushroom emits a faint green light as a whole, which is very beautiful.
The mountain beetle carefully put the luminous mushroom into the animal skin bag, and then said happily: "Keep looking!"
That night, the people from the Vine Tribe watched the night scene of mushrooms for most of the night outside the Mushroom Forest, and the people from the Mountain Turtle Tribe also looked for Luminous Mushrooms for most of the night inside the Mushroom Forest.
Both sides gain.
The next day, when the morning sun slowly rose, the glowing mushrooms in the mushroom forest gradually dimmed and became no different from other mushrooms.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes or experienced it, many people might not believe that there were such luminous mushrooms in the forest.
The next day, Jiang Xuangang woke up and was sitting next to the fire, roasting some plant tubers to eat, when the soldier on guard in the tree suddenly shouted.
"Chief, a group of people came out of the mushroom forest, and they brought two huge mountain turtles with them!"
Jiang Xuan was shocked and said: "They must be from the Shangui Tribe. Let's go over and have a look."
Jiang Xuan quickly stuffed the food into his mouth and swallowed it, then called Chi Shao and other warriors and hurried to the place where the Mountain Turtle Tribe came out.
The soldier who was in charge of sentry also quickly climbed down from the tree. He used tools to dig up the soil quickly, covered the fire, ensured that the fire was extinguished, and then hurriedly followed.
Outside the Mushroom Forest, the warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe walked out one after another. They all had relaxed smiles on their faces. It was obvious that they had a good harvest last night.
The leader of the Mountain Turtle Tribe and the leader of the hunting team were talking and laughing all the way, discussing how much the mushrooms harvested this time could increase the strength of the tribal warriors, and how much they could exchange for some of the mushrooms.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in the woods.
"somebody is coming!"
The people of the Mountain Turtle tribe immediately became nervous. Shan Jia commanded everyone to quickly use the favorable terrain and two huge mountain turtles to prepare to defend against the enemy.
"Friends of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, don't be nervous, we are from the Vine Tribe, and we have helped you fight against the Mosquito Tribe before!"
Jiang Xuan started shouting from a distance to avoid being attacked by people from the Shangui tribe and causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
"Vine tribe?"
Golin thought about it for a moment and felt that it sounded familiar, but he wasn't very impressed.
It wasn't until Jiang Xuan and others appeared from the forest, and when Shanjia saw the totem pattern on Jiang Xuan's face, that he finally remembered.
Totem patterns are easier to remember than names.
"So you are friends from the Vine Tribe. Why are you here?"
Although Shan Jia thought about the Vine Tribe, he still did not relax his vigilance, because the Shan Jia Tribe and the Vine Tribe had only met once, and who knew what the other party's purpose was.
Jiang Xuandao: "Chief Shanjia, we came here specifically to do business with the Shangui tribe, but we couldn't find where your tribe was, so we had to come here to try our luck. I didn't expect to meet you by chance."
Jiang Xuan waved his hand and asked the Vine tribe warriors to display the animal bones and teeth prepared for trading.
"Chief Shanjia, look, we came here to make a deal sincerely, and we definitely don't have any bad intentions."
When the mountain armor saw those animal teeth and bones, it immediately believed Jiang Xuan's words.
He also saw that there were only fourteen people on the Vine Tribe side, and they were not very strong, while there were more than a hundred warriors on the Shanjia Tribe side, giving them an absolute advantage, and his nervousness finally calmed down a little.
