On September 28th, the Vine Tribe held an autumn sacrifice. Among the tribal warriors, many warriors of one color broke through to two colors.
Because the tribe had just made sacrifices when they were fighting mosquitoes, the scale of the sacrifices this time was not large, but because they had just harvested, the sacrifices were still abundant.
After the sacrifice, it was late autumn, the weather was getting colder and colder, and it wouldn't be long before winter would come again.
In the yard under the stone mountain, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao were harvesting herbs.
Jiang Xuan dug out a herb from the soil and carefully shook the soil off. Those roots were very useful.
"Sister, I plan to take a hunting team to explore the forest behind the stone mountain."
The Vine Tribe has explored the south, north and east sides, but they know very little about the west side behind the stone mountain.
One of the reasons is that the mountains to the west are relatively barren, and there are not many prey in the part near the Vine Tribe.
The second reason is that the Vine Tribe is short of manpower. They can't finish exploring the forests in the north and south, and naturally they can't take care of other places.
At present, the tribe's food reserves are relatively sufficient, and Jiang Xuan plans to explore the western forest before winter comes.
If there is something that threatens the Vine Tribe, it can be discovered early.
"Go ahead, I'll be watching over the tribe, but be sure to pay attention to safety."
Jiang Xuan is now a four-color warrior, powerful, and there is a hunting team following him. As long as he is careful, Chi Shao is not too worried about safety.
"good."
The two of them dug up all the annual herbs, washed them, and dried them in the sun.
As for perennial herbs that can survive the winter, only the fruits and leaves are picked, and part of the rhizomes are cut off when necessary.
That afternoon, Jiang Xuan summoned the second hunting team and asked them to prepare and follow him to explore the forest to the west.
The next day, at dawn, they set off.
"Huhu..."
In the early morning of late autumn, the wind was strong and it felt cold on the body. Most of the grass on the ground was withered and yellow.
Jiang Xuan looked up at the stone mountain and saw thirty-six giant dragonflies clinging to the ancient vines, not looking for food in the early morning as usual.
Jiang Xuan felt a little emotional in his heart. Although these giant dragonflies were powerful in combat, they were insects after all, and their lives were too short.
When they are in the form of water flies, they can live in the water for several years, but after transforming into giant dragonflies, they can only live for half a year.
This is also a price.
Although there is a high probability that these giant dragonflies will not survive this winter, Jiang Xuan knows that there are still a large number of water flies in Feiyu River, and every year, a batch of them will transform into giant dragonflies.
For the Vine Tribe, this is a lucky thing. After all, giant dragonflies can help them fight every year. As long as no major changes occur, this situation will continue.
It didn't take long for them to bypass the tall rocky mountains and arrive at the forest to the west.
The terrain in the west starts from the rocky mountains and gradually becomes higher. Perhaps it is because of the changes in the terrain that the vegetation becomes sparser as you go west, and the water resources are not as abundant as in other places.
After they walked for a long time, most of the trees in the forest were no longer evergreen trees, but similar to temperate deciduous forests. They were full of red or yellow leaves that fell down with the wind from time to time.
The environment in this world is really strange, Jiang Xuan sighed inwardly.
Could it be that the location of the Vine Tribe is exactly on a certain climate boundary?
In other words, this area is special?
Jiang Xuan thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
In the evening, they built a temporary shelter next to a mountain stream to spend the night.
"Chi chi chi..."
Several big squirrels jumped up and down in the trees, and from time to time climbed to the high branches, looking for some nuts to move back to their holes.
Animals and plants in this world are relatively large, and squirrels are no exception. Their fluffy hair makes them look extra large.
But the warriors of the Vine tribe had no interest in these squirrels, because compared to other prey, the squirrels were too small, had little meat, and the meat was unpalatable.
If there wasn't a real lack of food, no one would catch these squirrels.
However, the squirrel hole is a good place.
Some soldiers usually write down the location of squirrel holes. If they encounter severe food shortages in winter, they can dig out the squirrel holes and obtain a lot of nuts such as pine nuts.
Of course, after the nuts are taken away, the squirrels will also starve to death.
In order to prevent them from starving to death, the tribesmen would catch the squirrels when digging their holes, take them back, roast them and eat them.
"call out!"
There was the sound of an arrow piercing the air in the distance, and an animal scream.
Not long after, Stone Loach came back carrying a fat muntjac.
The barking deer looks like a deer, but is smaller than a deer. The horns on its head are short and small, and its tail is also very short.
The weight of an adult barking deer is about 150 kilograms, while the weight of an adult bighorn deer is usually more than 500 kilograms.
After walking for a long time, everyone was hungry, and this red muntjac was just the thing to satisfy their hunger.
The stone loach washed and skinned the red muntjac in the mountain stream, put away the skin, and ate the meat and internal organs directly.
Some soldiers made a fire by drilling wood, and cut a lot of sticks to share the barbecue with everyone.
Shi Loach dedicated his heart to Jiang Xuan.
It is a common practice among tribal people to sacrifice the heart of prey to the most noble person.
Jiang Xuan was not polite and cut the heart directly, skewered it with wooden sticks, and slowly roasted it on the fire.
Shi Loach sat next to Jiang Xuan and said: "Chief, when I went hunting just now, I saw an old pit that was already covered with moss. It should have been dug by people from other tribes a long time ago."
This at least shows that people from other tribes have visited this area before.
Jiang Xuandao: "It seems that there should be a tribe here, but I don't know if this tribe is still there or how far away it is from here."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's continue moving forward tomorrow. If you find other traps, tell me immediately."
"yes!"
Everyone continued to barbecue, and the smell of meat wafted far into the forest, attracting the attention of many predators.
After nightfall, Jiang Xuan used his night vision to see a bear wandering near the shelter, but perhaps because he was afraid of the flames or because the hunting team had a large number of people, it did not dare to approach after all.
In the middle of the night, the sounds of howling wolves and various animal roars could be heard in the distance, making it difficult to sleep soundly.
Early the next morning, everyone continued to move forward.
On this day, they discovered several old traps.
At the same time, Jiang Xuan clearly felt that as they continued to advance, the temperature in the morning was getting lower and lower.
On the morning of the third day, the soldiers exploring the road finally found a trap that could still be used. It shouldn't take very long to set up.
At noon, they found more traps. A noose trap also captured a bird, but the rope was tied around the neck and it had been hanged.
In the afternoon, they came to the foot of a big mountain and saw a strange totem pattern on a boulder.
This totem pattern is painted with a red mineral material. It looks like some kind of sheep, but the painting is more abstract.
"It should be this tribe."
Jiang Xuan stood in front of the boulder and looked at the totem pattern carefully. He felt that it was quite novel.
"Woooooooo..."
Suddenly, there was a roaring sound from the mountain, and more than a hundred tribesmen with weapons emerged from the woods and quickly surrounded them.
The soldiers of the second hunting team immediately gathered together, protecting Jiang Xuan in the center, nervously preparing for battle.
In order to avoid a conflict, Jiang Xuan pushed away the soldiers in front, walked to the front, and immediately shouted: "I am Xuan, the leader of the Teng tribe. We are just passing by here, and there is no harm."
"Leader of the Vine Tribe?"
Among the more than a hundred tribesmen, a man about thirty years old came out. There were three horizontal lines on his face, indicating that he was a three-color warrior.
When he saw that Jiang Xuan was so young, but claimed to be the leader, and had four horizontal lines on his face, he obviously didn't believe it.
"This is the territory of the Blue Sheep Tribe, and I am the hunting leader of the Blue Sheep Tribe, Wu Gu."
"Are you really the leader?"
Facing Wu Gu's distrustful gaze, Jiang Xuan slowly bent down and picked up a blue-gray stone.
When he bent down, the warriors of the Blue Sheep tribe were obviously nervous, but when they saw that he was picking up a stone, they became curious again: What does he want to do?
Jiang Xuandao: "Yes, I am the leader of the Vine Tribe."
With a smile on his face, he slowly exerted force on his hand, and the blue-gray stone made a "clicking" sound, and was actually crushed into pieces by his bare hands.
Wu Gu was shocked when he saw this scene, because this kind of stone was very hard, at least he couldn't crush it with his bare hands.
He finally believed that Jiang Xuan was a powerful four-color warrior, and the identity of the leader should also be true.
Because in a small tribe, it would be great to have a four-color warrior. Such a person is often the leader.
The warriors of the Yanyang tribe also showed surprised expressions, because Jiang Xuan was too young. At his age, ordinary tribesmen could only become Yoshiki warriors.
Facing a leader, Wu Gu became a little uneasy because he knew how strong the four-color warriors were. Even though they had so many people, they might not be able to defeat the four-color warriors.
He immediately told a soldier next to him: "Go and invite the leader over."
"yes!"
The soldier hurriedly ran up the mountain, apparently to invite the leader of the Blue Sheep tribe.
While waiting, Jiang Xuan observed these warriors of the Blue Sheep tribe.
He found that these warriors had red totem patterns painted on their faces, which were more similar to the totem patterns on the boulders.
Most of them wear animal skin clothes, which are relatively worn out, and the weapons they use are mainly stone tools, with relatively few bone tools.
At the same time, they usually have a goat's horn hanging around their waist.
This kind of sheep's horns are relatively straight and different from the horns of the bighorn sheep Jiang Xuan had seen before.
At the same time, he found that these warriors were very thin. Obviously, this was not a wealthy tribe and they were still hungry.
While waiting, Wu Gu did not talk to Jiang Xuan out of vigilance. The two sides were wary of each other and waited for more than half an hour.
More than half an hour later, hundreds of warriors from the Blue Sheep tribe ran down the mountain. The leader was a middle-aged man with an older face and a goatee on his chin.
Tribal people generally have some beards as adults because of their tools, but it is relatively rare to have a messy goatee like this middle-aged man's neat goatee.
Apparently his beard had been specially trimmed.
The middle-aged man with a goatee walked up to Jiang Xuan. He was surprised at Jiang Xuan's age as usual, and then introduced himself: "The leader of the Yanyang tribe, Hongyan."
"The leader of the Vine Tribe, Xuan."
Hongyan touched his goatee and found that he had never heard of this Vine Tribe, so he asked: "Where is your Vine Tribe?"
Jiang Xuandao: "Go to the place where the sun rises and keep walking for three days. You will see a huge stone mountain and a divine vine. That is our Vine Tribe."
"Stone Mountain, Divine Vine..."
Hongyan was not impressed by this, because the activity range of the blue sheep tribe was not over there.
However, he still remembered Jiang Xuan's words, maybe he would use them one day.
Hongyan said again: "Leader Xuan, where are you going?"
Of course Jiang Xuan couldn't say that they were here to investigate threats.
"Chief Hongyan, winter is coming soon. Let's try our luck and see if we can find other tribes and trade some things before it snows."
"make a deal?"
Hongyan's eyes lit up. Their Blue Sheep tribe hadn't done business with other tribes for a long time.
Hongyan touched his goatee, thought for a moment, and said: "Chief Xuan, the sun is going down. Since we have arrived at the territory of our Yanyang tribe, why not spend the night in our tribe first? Our Yanyang tribe is very hospitable. of."
Jiang Xuan thought about it and felt that they were not carrying any goods and had no hatred against the Yanyang tribe. The Yanyang tribe had no motive to harm them.
So, he nodded and said: "Then I'll trouble Leader Hongyan."
"Hahaha, no trouble, let's go, I'll take you there."
Hongyan and Jiang Xuan walked side by side, followed closely by the warriors of the Teng tribe and the warriors of the Yanyang tribe, and they went up the mountain together.
The blue sheep tribe lives on the mountainside, where there is some flat land, but it is not very wide.
When Jiang Xuan went up the mountain, he could see a large number of blue sheep tribal totem patterns on the big trees and boulders.
In addition, there are many blue sheep that Jiang Xuan has never seen before. They run freely on the steep hillside.
When they reached the mountainside, Jiang Xuan saw a large number of wooden houses built on the mountain.
Among these wooden houses, there were many members of the Blue Sheep tribe. After seeing Jiang Xuan and others, they did not come close. They stood in the distance and stared at them curiously.
Jiang Xuan also noticed that perhaps because this place was relatively dry, many earth caves were dug in the settlement of the blue sheep tribe, some of which were used to store things and some were used to raise blue sheep.
Hong Yan took Jiang Xuan into the largest wooden house. Next to this wooden house, there was a spring with a large flow of water. After flowing out, it turned into a mountain stream.
More blue sheep tribal totem patterns are painted on the exterior and interior walls of the wooden house. In addition, there are also many horned blue sheep skulls hanging, which look very primitive tribal atmosphere.
It wasn't until Hong Yan invited him to sit in front of the fire pit that Jiang Xuan finally withdrew his curious eyes and stopped looking around.
Hongyan enthusiastically gave Jiang Xuan some food, including dried meat and some unknown wild fruits.
As for the soldiers brought by Jiang Xuan, they were entertained by Wu Gu and others.
