Chapter 4 Ancient Vine on Stone Mountain

"Bang Bang Bang..."

“Woo, woo, woo…”

In the primeval forest, Jiang Xuan and others walked while knocking on the trees with bamboo, and roaring from time to time.

It has been two days since they left the bamboo forest. Jiang Xuan's injuries have almost healed and he can walk without any problem.

Ahead was a forest that even the Deer Tribe hunting team had never set foot in, and there was no sign of human activity.

In a place like this, what one needs to guard against is no longer humans, but the terrible beasts.

When they left the bamboo forest, each of them took a small bamboo two fingers thick. This kind of bamboo is not as tall as the moso bamboo, but it is very tough.

When bamboo hits trees, it can make a loud, crisp sound, which is used to scare away ferocious birds and beasts. Generally, wild animals will leave on their own when they hear such a loud noise.

Chishao in front suddenly stopped and listened attentively.

Jiang Xuan asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

Gou Teng and others were also very nervous. In such an unfamiliar place, there were too many deadly dangers and they couldn't tell when they might encounter them.

Chishao closed his eyes and listened carefully for a while: "There seems to be the sound of flowing water ahead."

Jiang Xuan also listened carefully and nodded: "There is indeed the sound of flowing water."

Uncaria asked, "Should we go over there?"

Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said, "Let's go over there and take a look. I hope to find a place with a river and flat land to live in."

The water resources in the Southern Wilds are very abundant, with mountain springs and streams everywhere, so there are no wild beasts gathering near the water. As long as you don't go into the water, it is relatively safe.

"Then let's go."

Chishao attaches great importance to Jiang Xuan's opinion because he is her only relative. As long as it is not too outrageous, she will not refute it.

A group of people walked along the sound of flowing water. The road that no one had walked on was very difficult to walk on. After walking for about an hour, they finally found the place where the sound of flowing water came from.

“Clatter…”

It was a river, about twenty meters wide. The flow was not fast, and the water was very clear, with many fish swimming around in it.

There are large patches of reeds growing by the river, about three or four meters high and very lush.

Jiang Xuan stood on a huge rock, looking at the slowly flowing river in front of him, and said excitedly: "This is the river I'm looking for!"

Ten-year-old Nan Xing asked curiously, "Xuan, why are you looking for a river?"

Jiang Xuan smiled mysteriously: "You will know later."

Nan Xing felt a little confused, but since Jiang Xuan didn't tell him the reason, there was nothing he could do.

Chishao stood beside Jiang Xuan and asked, "Xuan, are we going to live here?"

For Chishao, it doesn’t really matter where she lives, as long as Jiang Xuan is happy.

Jiang Xuan stood on the big rock, looked around, and shook his head: "There is not much flat land here, we can't live here, let's look for more along the river bank."

Chishao didn't know why Jiang Xuan had to find a large piece of flat land, but she respected Jiang Xuan's choice.

"Okay, let's move forward."

The five people did not approach the river bank because the reeds were too tall and too dense. Firstly, it was inconvenient to walk in. Second, there might be terrible predators hiding in them. They could not take the risk.

They continued walking in the forest. Jiang Xuanli would climb up a tree from time to time, or stand on a high place to look around, looking for a suitable place to live.

After walking for another half a day, it was already afternoon. If they couldn't find a suitable place to live, they would have to find a place to spend the night.

When they climbed over a hillside, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

There was a large open area ahead, where the river turned a corner and continued to rush forward.

Jiang Xuan looked around and his eyes lit up immediately. This is a good place! At this moment, Uncaria suddenly saw something and pointed in a direction, exclaiming, "Look over there!"

Jiang Xuan looked in the direction pointed by the hook vine, and then saw a scene that he would never forget! At the end of the open area, there was a stone mountain hundreds of meters high, with steep terrain and cliffs on all sides.

An ancient vine, who knows how many years it has grown, has an extremely thick trunk, winding up along the mountain, and even wrapped around the entire stone mountain, like a giant dragon coiling around a pillar! "Oh my god, this is too big!"

Everyone was shocked. The vigorous ancient vine was much larger than any vine they had seen before.

Jiang Xuan was shocked, and he looked around carefully.

He discovered that there was not only a river bend and a forest here, but also a bamboo forest at the foot of the stone mountain.

A small stream flows out from the bamboo forest, winding all the way, passing through a large flat land, and finally merging into the river.

This is simply the perfect place to live! Jiang Xuan said excitedly: "This is the place I'm looking for!"

Chishao came back to his senses and asked, "Xuan, do you want to live here?"

Jiang Xuan nodded and pointed to the bamboo forest at the foot of the stone mountain: "We will settle down by the stream next to the bamboo forest!"

"Then let's go, walk faster, it's getting late."

Chishao took the lead and walked forward, followed immediately by Jiang Xuan, and followed closely by Uncaria rhynchophylla, Gastrodia elata and Arisaema confusa.

That ancient vine was so shocking, as if it were a god.

Living at the foot of a stone mountain, one should be protected by the gods, right?

The tribesmen worship gods, and they firmly believe that as long as they have devout faith, the gods will protect them.

There was no road on the ground, so the five people cut through the thorns and walked for more than an hour before finally reaching the bamboo forest at the foot of the stone mountain.

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The lush bamboo blocks the sunlight, and there are not many thorns and weeds under the bamboo forest, which makes people feel very comfortable just looking at it.

Jiang Xuan followed the sound of water and found the stream.

He chose a relatively flat area next to the stream and said to Chishao, "Let's live here!"

Chishao looked at him gently and said, "Since you like it here, let's live here. It's getting dark, let's build a temporary shelter first, and then make a fire. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if we are attacked by wild beasts at night."

"good!"

Jiang Xuan said to the three boys, "Let's go pick up some bamboo and build a temporary bamboo shed. Sister will go and make a fire."

Chishao had no objection, and the three teenagers had no objection either, and they all started to work.

There are many dry bamboos in the bamboo forest. After the bamboos dry up, they will soon be eaten by insects, become rotten and fall down.

Jiang Xuan, Uncaria rhynchophylla and Gnaphalium sphaerocephalum pulled the fallen bamboos one by one to the selected place near the stream.

Fresh bamboo is extremely tough. Without a hatchet, it takes a lot of effort and a long time to cut it down.

It is much easier to pick up these fallen dead bamboos.

After Jiang Xuan pulled the dry bamboo to the selected location, he found some tough vines and began to build a bamboo shed.

He chose living bamboos as support, and first tied a relatively intact bamboo horizontally between two bamboos at a height of one person as a crossbeam.

Then, other dry bamboos were placed on the beams, tied with rattan, and excess branches were broken off to make a simple bamboo shed with a slope.

Then they spread a lot of moss, hay and bamboo leaves on the roof of the bamboo shed to prevent rain at night.

Jiang Xuan and the three young men finally built the bamboo shed after about an hour.

At this time, the sun had already set. Chishao found a dry thorny tree and a harder dead wood, and then used the fire plow method to light a bonfire.

Then she cleared away the dead branches and leaves near the bonfire to prevent the fire from spreading and accidentally setting the bamboo forest on fire.

Finally, she brought a lot of stones from the stream and surrounded the fire, which made it much safer.

As for firewood, there is no need to bother looking for it. The abundant dry bamboos in this bamboo forest are the best firewood.

Night finally fell. Jiang Xuan and the other four sat in a simple bamboo shed, looking at the flickering campfire and eating wild fruits picked on the road. Their hearts finally settled down a little.

Finally they don't have to wander around anymore.

“Bang!”

After the bamboo in the fire burns, the air inside the bamboo joints expands rapidly, causing the bamboo to explode with a loud noise.

The sound scared away all the wild animals and birds nearby.

This is the most primitive firecracker and is also one of the means used by tribesmen to prevent attacks from wild beasts at night.

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(End of this chapter)