Southern Wilderness, Frog Tribe.
"boom!"
The frog tribe witch walked into Huo Meng's house and closed the door tightly.
"Wu, what are you doing?"
Huo Meng was grilling fish, and he was puzzled by Wu's behavior.
The frog tribe shaman walked to Huo Meng and said, "What time of the day are you still in the mood to grill fish?"
"Even if the sky falls, you still have to fill your stomach, right? What happened?"
The frog tribe shaman lowered his voice: "There is something wrong with the totem god of the Vine tribe. We have to prepare early."
"Didn't it say that Fujigami will sleep for a while?"
"Do you believe this? You have seen how powerful the thunder disaster was on that day. Even the stone mountains were destroyed and the divine vines were broken."
"From that day on, I never felt Shindo's presence again."
"So, I conclude that there must be something wrong with the totem god of the Vine tribe, and maybe he has been choked to death."
Although the frog tribe shaman is not very powerful, he is still a tribal shaman and is very sensitive to the power of the totem god.
Before Shen Teng's tribulation, the frog tribe shamans could feel Shen Teng's presence from a long distance away, and that terrible sense of oppression made people breathless.
But after Shen Teng passed through the tribulation, the stone mountain disappeared, Shen Teng disappeared, and the sense of oppression also disappeared.
At first, the frog tribe wizard was not sure, but as time passed, he tried all kinds of methods, but still failed to sense the existence of Shen Teng.
Coupled with the failure of the tribulation, the Frog Tribe Wizard can almost conclude that Shen Teng must have failed to overcome the tribulation, something serious went wrong, and he was even directly choked to death.
Huo Meng took a bite of the fish and said, "What do we do according to Yi Wu's wishes?"
"What to do? Of course prepare an escape route!"
The frog tribe wizard said: "Although the current situation is calm, as long as the nearby tribes determine that there is something wrong with the divine vine, it won't take long before they attack the vine tribe!"
"By that time, the Vine Tribe without the protection of the totem god will definitely be defeated, and our Frog Tribe will also suffer."
"So, for the sake of the Frog Tribe, we have to prepare in advance. Once the Vine Tribe is breached, we will run immediately!"
After Huo Meng listened to Wu's words, he still ate the fish leisurely and didn't seem to care much.
The Frog Tribe Witch became anxious and snatched his fish away, saying, "It's been so long and you're still eating here, why don't you say something!"
Huo Meng finally looked at Wu and said, "I think the matter may not be that serious."
"What did you say? It's not serious?"
The frog tribe witch couldn't understand Huo Meng's thoughts at all. He even thought that Huo Meng had eaten too much fish and had something wrong with his brain.
Huo Meng snatched the fish back and said, "Wu, have you ever thought about it, if something goes wrong with the Vine God, who will the Vine Tribe be the first to take precautions against?"
The Frog Tribe Wizard was stunned for a moment. Although he was older, he was not as old as Hutu. He was clicked by Huo Meng's words and immediately thought of the key point.
"You mean, the Vine Tribe is the first to take precautions against us?"
Huo Meng nodded: "Yes, as a subordinate tribe of the Vine Tribe, we are also the tribe closest to the Vine Tribe. They will definitely not be defenseless."
"So, if we are really planning to escape, once discovered by the Vine Tribe, they will destroy the Frog Tribe as quickly as possible."
"Witch, even without the Vine God, do you think we can withstand the Vine Tribe's attack?"
Wu slowly shook his head. The Frog Tribe was too weak, and there was no totem god to protect them. The Vine Tribe only needed to send out some warriors to easily destroy them.
Wu asked again: "Then what do you think we should do?"
Huo Meng took a bite of the fish and quickly spit out a few fish bones, saying: "Since we are a subordinate tribe, we have no other choice but to fully support the Teng tribe."
"If the Vine Tribe wins this one, they will trust the Frog Tribe more in the future, and we will get more benefits."
"What if we lose?"
"If you lose, then accept your fate. With our current population, without the protection of the Vine Tribe, it will be difficult to survive in other places."
The frog tribe wizard looked at Huo Meng with complicated eyes. He had to admit that Huo Meng saw more clearly than him and had a much longer-term vision than him.
Huo Meng gnawed the fish clean, then stood up and opened the door to let in the light from outside.
"I'm old...no longer useful...I'll leave it to you to make decisions about the tribe from now on. I won't interfere anymore."
The frog tribe shaman also stood up and walked towards his house step by step, his back looking a little sad.
Huo Meng listened to his words and looked at his back. There was no joy in his heart, only a heavy responsibility.
…
Vine tribe, behind the altar.
After several heavy rains, the charred divine vines had been washed away very short, and the boulders left behind after the rocky mountains were shattered were also washed away cleanly.
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao squatted next to the divine vine and pulled out the weeds growing on the ground one by one.
Red Shao's yard has been rebuilt. Every day, when they are not busy, they will come here to walk around, clean up the weeds, and see if the divine vines have grown back.
While pulling weeds, Jiang Xuan said to Chi Shao: "Bramble Vine reported that the Wild Boar Tribe has set its sights on us and is likely to take action against the Vine Tribe."
The Wild Boar Tribe is a medium-sized tribe that migrated from the Western Wilderness not long ago. It is said that it is only staying here temporarily and will continue to migrate after repairing.
The totem god of this tribe is a giant wild boar, and most of the warriors in the tribe ride wild boars to hunt and fight, and are very powerful in combat.
Chi Shao said: "When will we do it?"
"It's not clear yet, but we need to make some preparations in advance."
Jiang Xuan asked again: "Is Teng Shen still unable to contact you?"
Chi Shao shook his head: "I try to communicate with Teng Shen every day, but it doesn't have much effect."
Jiang Xuan said helplessly: "It seems that we have to prepare for the worst."
Chi Shao pursed her lips and said nothing.
"In addition to the threat from the wild boar tribe, many people in the tribe have become restless. I have ordered the law enforcement hall to arrest those who should be arrested and kill those who should be killed. At this time, there can be no more trouble within the tribe."
Jiang Xuan explained the situation inside and outside the tribe, not only to Chi Shao but also to Shen Teng. He was now facing a lot of pressure.
Finally, when the weeds were pulled out and the words were finished, Jiang Xuan looked at the blackened vines again, sighed slightly, and turned to leave.
The more precarious the situation, the busier he becomes as the leader, because there are too many things to deal with.
After Chi Shao finished pulling the weeds, he tried to communicate with Shen Teng again, but there was still no response.
Chi Shao bit her lip, bowed to the charred Shen Teng, then turned and left.
She couldn't let Jiang Xuan bear the pressure alone, she needed to bear the responsibility of being a witch.
Not long after Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao left, no one noticed that a small green vine slowly broke out of the charred soil.
Compared with the original huge divine vine, this vine is too young and even inconspicuous.
But its appearance represents hope!
…
July 28th, the north gate of the Vine Tribe.
"Spear, where are you going?"
The soldier in charge of guarding the door saw Qiu and his woman walking out together, so he said hello familiarly.
Mao smiled, with an unnatural expression: "We have a rest today. Let's go into the mountains to try our luck, hoping to earn some sword coins."
"Then you have to be careful and don't go too far."
The warrior guarding the gate didn't pay much attention, because the spear was also a member of the guard team. It was also the practice of most warriors to go into the mountains to hunt and search for herbs, stones and other things in exchange for sword coins on their days off.
"Don't worry, we won't go too far."
Spear smiled, then hurriedly led the woman out of the door.
After a period of consideration, coupled with the private circulation of various rumors in the tribe, the spear finally believed the woman's words and decided to use the secrets of the Teng tribe to sell them to other tribes for a good price and gain status.
However, they did not know that as soon as they left the tribe, they were secretly targeted by the members of Thorn Vine.
In the dense primitive jungle, the spear led the woman through carefully. His goal was to find the wild boar tribe, because he heard the news about the wild boar tribe from other warriors and knew that it was a powerful medium-sized tribe.
The woman was very fierce at home, but after entering the forest, she acted very timidly and followed the spear closely, never leaving.
Because she is just an ordinary person without much fighting ability. Without a spear, she may die at any time in the dangerous forest.
Spear was also very nervous. On the one hand, he felt very guilty for betraying the Vine Tribe. On the other hand, he didn't know if the Wild Boar Tribe would believe them or accept them after finding them.
But now that he had come to this point, it was useless to think any more. He could only bite the bullet and move on.
Behind the spear, there were four or five people who were originally scattered around. After seeing the spear and the woman, they gathered together temporarily.
Feng Cao was also among several people.
Feng Cao squatted on a tree. She stared at the spear and the woman for a long time, and whispered: "Something's wrong. They didn't go into the mountains to look for things."
Feng Cao discovered that the spear and the woman didn't care about the herbs and stones on the ground at all. Even when they encountered small prey, they didn't hunt them. They just kept walking forward.
Feng Cao said to a woman next to him: "Lan, go around to the front, pretend to be a passing tourist, and ask them where they want to go."
"yes!"
Lan is very agile. She keeps jumping on the trees, making very little noise, almost like animals in the trees.
Lan quickly walked around in front of the spear and the woman. She found a good place to sit down, then quickly picked up some firewood, piled it into a pile, and used a hard branch and a piece of dead wood to make a fire.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
By the time the spear and the woman reached that place, Lan had already drilled the dead wood until it was smoking.
Spear had long heard the sound of drilling wood to make fire. When he came here, he saw a female tourist and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
He is now afraid of meeting people from the Vine tribe.
Just as Spear and the woman were about to move on, Lan stopped them.
"Hey, where are you going?"
Spear suddenly became nervous, because this female traveler was a warrior of two colors and very strong, and he would definitely not be able to defeat her.
"Are you alright?"
Spear clenched the weapon in his hand and stared at Lan warily.
Lan threw down the smoking stick and said casually: "I want to find a tribe to seek refuge with. Do you know which tribe is better?"
Spear thought for a while and said: "The most powerful tribe nearby is the Wild Boar Tribe. With your strength, you should be able to join it."
The woman chatted: "We are going to find the wild boar tribe now. Do you want to go with us?"
The woman thinks that Lan is a warrior of two colors, and if she can go with them, she will be safer.
Spear was a little unhappy, because after leaving the tribe, anyone he met had to be careful. If he didn't pay attention, he would be eaten to the bone.
But since the woman had already spoken, he had no choice but to wait for Lan's answer.
Lan pretended to be happy and said: "You also want to find the Wild Boar Tribe? That's great."
"I still have some stuff nearby. You guys wait for me here. I'll get the stuff and go to the Wild Boar Tribe with you."
Lan picked up her stone spear, walked into the woods, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zhao looked around and said to the woman dissatisfied: "How can you just invite a stranger to travel with you? What if she attacks us on the road?"
The woman was frightened for a while and said: "No...it can't be..."
"What do you know? Any tourist who can live alone in the forest is cruel and ruthless. Don't talk to others randomly in the future."
"What's wrong with you? I'll just stop talking to you from now on."
The woman was a little dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to make a fuss like she did in the tribe. She felt particularly wronged.
