Chapter 145 Ancient Pearl Tribe

Zhao Liya couldn't stop giggling. It had to be delicious! After all, their seasoning wasn't just any ordinary seasoning. It was blended by her with her guidance and then improved by Shu Yan.

For fear that they wouldn't have enough to eat in the wilderness, Shu Yan carefully prepared several flavors of seasonings.

Today they use five-spice.

Zhao Liya gestured and communicated with her in her broken local dialect: "It all depends on the seasoning. Here, this is it."

She took out a small bottle of seasoning and showed it to Liying.

Li Ying took it and looked at it, touching the small bottle with envy, but did not ask Zhao Liya for it, and still gave it back to Zhao Liya.

Zhao Liya put the small bottle into her hand and said with a smile, "Here you go."

Li Ying was stunned.

Tan Axu and the other three were also stunned.

Salt was not easy to come by for them, and it was the first time for them to eat such delicious barbecue. They also saw the magical powder made of unknown ingredients, which became incredibly delicious when sprinkled on the barbecue.

Although they didn't know what the powder was, they were certain it must be very valuable. Just give it to them like this?

"Give, give, me?"

"Um!"

"No, no!" Li Ying hurriedly returned it to Zhao Liya: "I, I don't have anything good to give you, I can't take it!"

Zhao Liya smiled: "Why don't you do us a favor?"

Li Ying opened her eyes wide: "Huh?"

"We want to go to the Five Peaks of Yanluo Mountain. Are you familiar with this area? If so, could you take us there? We'll cover your food along the way. You can also tell us what you want and we can trade."

The people here have a weak sense of buying and selling and are more accustomed to exchanging.

Li Ying was confused: "Do we still need to exchange? Aya, you give this to me, that's the exchange."

Zhao Liya laughed dumbly: "Oh, sorry, I forgot for a moment."

Tan Axu was worried that Liying would agree, so he quickly winked at her and reminded her, "Liying!"

Li Ying was not naive and ignorant of the world. In fact, the four of them had followed Zhao Liya and her group for at least an hour.

They came out to gather, hunt and look for food, and accidentally saw so many people who were obviously not ordinary local villagers entering Yanluo Mountain. Naturally, they wanted to follow them secretly to see what they were going to do.

They were used to living in the mountains and were quite vigilant and cautious, so even Zhou Hansheng didn't notice it immediately, let alone the others.

This was all thanks to Zhao Liya. She was the only woman in the group, so naturally, she was even more noticeable. Li Ying watched the interaction between Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng, and then looked at the entire group. She didn't think they were bad guys.

She was extremely impressed by the fact that Zhou Hansheng had actually discovered them.

After this contact, she felt very fond of them and started to like them a little.

However, helping them reach the Five Peaks was a long journey, so she certainly couldn't agree to it casually.

Li Ying smiled and said, "It's a bit far. Why are you going to Wujian Peak? Why don't you come back to the tribe with us first? You can talk to my brother!"

They are indeed the natives of this place.

After hearing her say this, Zhou Hansheng, Zhong Jing and others felt relieved.

Zhao Liya looked at Zhou Hansheng, and when Zhou Hansheng nodded, she smiled and said, "If it's okay, we'll go."

Li Ying smiled and said, "Of course! We in the Guzhu tribe are very hospitable."

Tan Axu also thought it would be a good idea to bring these people back as guests. There were many people in the tribe, so he didn't have to worry about them doing anything tricky.

To be honest, these people always gave him a dangerous feeling.

Since we are going to visit this Guzhu tribe, our route has to be temporarily changed.

Just take it as a break, and everyone feels good about it.

Zhong Jing glanced at his men and said, "No need to say more, everyone will be careful. They should be relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside. They will not let their guard down along the way or when they reach the Guzhu tribe."

The locals living in the deep mountains of Lingnan are some of the simple and honest ones who are genuinely simple and honest, while others are some of the cunning and despicable ones who are genuinely cunning and despicable. Be vigilant just in case.

Zhou Hansheng ordered Zhaonan and others to work with Yu Xiaofang and Hu Ling respectively to respond to emergencies at any time, while he himself stayed with Zhao Liya to protect her safety.

This place is not very close to the Guzhu tribe. They followed Li Ying and the other three, crossing mountains and rivers, and it took them more than an hour and a half to reach this tribe located in the valley.

The houses of the Guzhu tribe are also made of bamboo and wood, with roofs covered with tree bark or thick thatch. They have two floors, with the upper floor used for living and the lower floor for raising pigs, chickens, or storing various miscellaneous items.

The tribal houses are hidden among various tall trees with lush branches and leaves, which is very concealed. At first glance, there are only a few of them. Subconsciously, you would think that this is a small tribe.

After a closer look, they saw more houses behind various half-obstructed trees. Zhao Liya and others roughly estimated that the scale of this tribe was not small, with at least two hundred households and at least tens of thousands of people.

It was still early at this time, and most of the people in each household in the tribe went out to work, with only a few people at home.

Everyone was surprised to see Li Ying and the others bringing back such a large group of strangers. They all ran out to see what was happening, asking Li Ying and the others questions while looking at Zhao Liya and her group.

Zhao Liya could probably understand a few words that Li Ying said, but at this time these people spoke too fast and too loudly, so she quickly gave up trying to listen carefully.

I feel dizzy and don't understand anything.

never mind.

The current patriarch of the Guzhu tribe is Li Ying's brother Li Zhu. Li Zhu is about 27 or 28 years old, of medium build, very strong, with dark and rough skin, a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes are black and bright.

At first, he was very wary of Zhao Liya and her group and asked them many questions.

Zhao Liya quietly told Zhou Hansheng to tell Lin Mo the truth, we are here to find trees.

Although their tribe is not located in the direction of the Five Peaks, it is still in this large area geographically. Zhao Liya is not the heroine who travels through time with a golden finger, and she does not have the power of the space system to bless her. If they want to cut down the tall trees and transport them out, they must rely on the Guzhu tribe.

To be honest, they were lucky enough to have met Li Ying first. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to transport the wood.

But now, isn't it easier?

There are so many people in the Guzhu tribe. Just look at Tan Axu and the others and you will know that these people are strong and powerful, and they must be very strong.

Talking to them openly now will save a lot of trouble.

Perhaps Zhong Jing had suffered a lot at the hands of the locals during his garrison, so he was very vigilant and did not dare to trust the people here easily.

But Zhao Liya thought it was worth a gamble.

Please give me a monthly ticket!

(End of this chapter)