Chapter 104: Rock Sheep Tribe

On September 28, the Teng Tribe held an autumn sacrifice. Many of the tribe's warriors broke through from one color to two colors.

Because the mosquito-beating tribe had just held a sacrifice, the scale of this sacrifice was not large, but because they had just had a good harvest, the offerings were still quite abundant.

After the sacrifice, it was already late autumn and the weather was getting colder. It wouldn't be long before winter came again.

In the yard at the foot of the stone mountain, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao were harvesting herbs.

Jiang Xuan dug a herb out of the soil and carefully shook off the dirt on it. The roots were very useful.

"Sister, I plan to lead a hunting team to explore the forest behind the stone mountain."

The Teng tribe has already explored the south, north and east, but they know very little about the area behind the stone mountain, that is, the west.

One of the reasons is that the mountains in the west are relatively barren, and there are not many prey near the Teng tribe.

The second reason is that the Teng tribe is short of manpower. They cannot explore all the forests in the north and south, let alone other places.

The tribe currently has sufficient food reserves, and Jiang Xuan plans to explore the western forest before winter comes.

If there is anything over there that can threaten the Teng tribe, it can be discovered early.

"Go ahead. I'll be watching over the tribe, but you must be careful."

Jiang Xuan is now a four-color warrior with great strength, and he has a hunting team following him. As long as he is careful, Chishao is not too worried about his safety.

"good."

The two of them dug up all the annual herbs, washed them, and dried them.

As for perennial herbs that can survive the winter, only the fruits and leaves are picked, and part of the rhizomes are cut when necessary.

That afternoon, Jiang Xuan assembled the second hunting team and asked them to get ready and follow him to explore the western forest.

The next day, they set out at dawn.

“Huff…”

In the early morning of late autumn, the wind was very strong, making people feel cold, and most of the grass on the ground had turned yellow.

Jiang Xuan looked up at the stone mountain and saw thirty-six giant dragonflies clinging to the ancient vines, not foraging in the early morning as usual.

Jiang Xuan felt a little emotional. Although these giant dragonflies were powerful, they were insects after all, and their lives were too short.

When they are in the form of water scorpions, 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 kind of price.

Although these giant dragonflies are unlikely to survive this winter, Jiang Xuan knows that there are still a large number of water scorpions in the Feiyu River, and every year, a group of them will transform into giant dragonflies.

This is a lucky thing for the Vine Tribe. After all, every year there are giant dragonflies to help them fight, and this situation will continue as long as no major changes occur.

Before long, they bypassed the tall rocky mountains and arrived at the forest in the west.

The terrain in the west starts with rocky mountains and gradually becomes higher. Perhaps it is because of the change in terrain that the vegetation becomes sparser the further west you go, and the water resources are not as abundant as in other places.

After they walked for half a day, they found that most of the trees in the forest were no longer evergreen trees, but deciduous forests similar to those in the temperate zone. All they saw were red or yellow leaves, which occasionally fell with the wind.

The environment in this world is really strange, Jiang Xuan sighed inwardly.

Could it be that the location of the Teng tribe happened to be on a certain climate dividing line? Or is this area special? Jiang Xuan pondered 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.

“Chichichi…”

Several big squirrels were jumping around in the tree, climbing up to the high branches from time to time to look for some nuts and carry them back to their holes.

The animals and plants in this world are relatively large, and squirrels are no exception. Their fluffy hair makes them look particularly large.

However, the warriors of the Vine Tribe had no interest in these squirrels because compared to other prey, squirrels were too small, had little meat, and their meat was rather 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 would usually note the location of squirrel holes. If they encountered serious food shortages in winter, they could dig the squirrel holes and obtain a lot of nuts like pine nuts.

Of course, after the nuts are taken away, the squirrels will starve to death.

In order to prevent them from starving to death, the tribesmen would catch the squirrels when digging their holes and take them home to roast and eat.

"call out!"

In the distance, there was the sound of an arrow breaking through the air and the scream of an animal.

Not long after, the stone loach came back carrying a fat red muntjac.

The red muntjac looks like a deer, but is smaller than a deer. The horns on its head are short and small, and its tail is also short.

An adult red muntjac weighs about 150 kilograms, while an adult giant deer usually weighs more than 500 kilograms.

After walking for a long time, everyone was hungry, and this red muntjac was just right for satisfying their hunger.

The stone loach was washed and skinned by the red muntjac in the mountain stream, the hide was collected, and the meat and internal organs were eaten directly.

Some soldiers built a fire by drilling wood together, and cut a lot of sticks to distribute to everyone for grilling meat.

Shi Qiu presented the red muntjac's heart to Jiang Xuan.

It is a common practice among the tribesmen to give the heart of the prey to the most noble person.

Jiang Xuan didn't hesitate to cut the heart open, skewered it with a wooden stick, and slowly roasted it over the fire.

Shi Qiu sat next to Jiang Xuan and said, "Chief, when I went hunting just now, I saw an old pit that was covered with moss. It must have been dug by people from other tribes a long time ago."

This at least shows that people from other tribes had visited this area before.

Jiang Xuan said: "It seems that there should be a tribe here, but I don't know if this tribe still exists and how far it is from here."

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep going tomorrow. If you find other traps, tell me immediately."

"yes!"

As they continued to grill, the aroma of the meat drifted 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 it was afraid of the fire, or perhaps because there were too many people in the hunting team, it did not dare to approach.

In the middle of the night, the sounds of wolves howling and various beasts roaring could be heard in the distance, making it difficult for people to sleep well.

The next morning, everyone continued on their journey.

On this day, they indeed discovered several old traps again.

At the same time, Jiang Xuan clearly felt that as they continued to move forward, the temperature in the early morning was getting lower and lower.

On the morning of the third day, the scouting soldiers finally found a trap that was still usable, and it should not have taken a long time to set up.

At noon, they found more traps. One noose trap had caught a bird, but the rope was tied around its 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 huge rock.

This totem pattern is painted with a red mineral material and looks very much like some kind of sheep, but it is painted in a more abstract way.

“It should be this tribe.”

Jiang Xuan stood in front of the boulder and looked at the totem pattern carefully, feeling it was quite novel.

“Wuwuwu…”

Suddenly, a whistling sound came from the mountain, and more than a hundred armed tribesmen emerged from the woods and quickly surrounded them.

The warriors of the second hunting team immediately gathered together, protecting Jiang Xuan in the center, and prepared for battle with nervous expressions.

In order to avoid a conflict, Jiang Xuan pushed aside the warrior in front of him, walked to the front, and immediately shouted: "I am Xuan, the leader of the Teng tribe. We are just passing by here and have no ill intentions."

"Leader of the Vine Tribe?"

Among the more than one hundred tribesmen, a man in his thirties stepped forward. There were three horizontal lines on his face, indicating that he was a tricolor warrior.

When he saw that Jiang Xuan was so young, yet 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. I am the hunting leader of the Blue Sheep Tribe, Wu Gu."

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"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 Rock Sheep Tribe were obviously nervous, but when they saw that he was picking up a stone, they became curious: What did he want to do? Jiang Xuan said: "Yes, I am the leader of the Vine Tribe."

With a smile on his face, he slowly exerted force with his hands. The blue-grey stone made a "crack" sound and was actually broken into pieces by his bare hands.

When Wu Gu saw this scene, he was shocked, 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 his identity as the leader should be true.

Because in a small tribe, it is very good to have a four-color warrior, and such a person is often the leader.

The warriors of the Mountain Sheep Tribe also showed surprised expressions, because Jiang Xuan was too young. At his age, ordinary tribesmen could only become warriors.

Facing a leader, Wugu was a little uneasy, because he knew how strong the Four-Color Warriors were. Even though they had more people, they might not be able to defeat the Four-Color Warriors.

He immediately ordered a soldier next to him: "Go and invite the leader over."

"yes!"

The warrior hurried up the mountain, apparently going to ask the leader of the mountain goat tribe for help.

While waiting, Jiang Xuan observed the warriors of the Mountain Sheep Tribe.

He discovered that these warriors had red totem patterns painted on their faces, which were similar to the totem patterns on the boulders.

Most of the clothes they wore were animal skins, and they were rather worn out. The weapons they used were mainly stone tools, with relatively few bone tools.

At the same time, they usually have a sheep horn hanging around their waist.

The horns of this kind of sheep are relatively straight, which are somewhat different from the horns of the bighorn sheep that 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 suffering from hunger.

While waiting, Wugu did not speak to Jiang Xuan out of caution. The two sides were wary of each other, staring at each other, and waited for about half an hour.

More than half an hour later, hundreds of warriors from the Mountain Sheep Tribe ran down the mountain, led by a middle-aged man with an older look and a goatee on his chin.

Because of the tools used by the tribesmen, adults generally have some beards, but they tend to grow rather messy. It is relatively rare to see a neat goatee like this middle-aged man's.

It was obvious that his beard had been specially trimmed.

The middle-aged man with a goatee walked up to Jiang Xuan. He was surprised at his age as usual, and then introduced himself: "Leader of the Rock Sheep Tribe, Hongyan."

"The leader of the Fuji tribe, Xuan."

Hongyan stroked his goatee and found that he had never heard of this Teng tribe, so he asked, "Where is your Teng tribe?"

Jiang Xuan said: "Go to where the sun rises, walk for three days, and you will see a huge stone mountain and a magical vine. That is our Teng tribe."

"Stone Mountain, Divine Vine..."

Hongyan had no impression of this because the mountain goat tribe's activities were not located there.

However, he still took note of Jiang Xuan's words, thinking that he might come across them someday.

Hongyan asked again: "Chief 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 the snow starts."

"Make a deal?"

Hongyan's eyes lit up. Their Mountain Sheep Tribe had not traded with other tribes for a long time.

Hongyan stroked his goatee, thought for a moment, and said, "Chief Xuan, the sun is about to set. Since we have arrived at the territory of our Rock Sheep Tribe, why don't you stay the night in our tribe? We in the Rock Sheep Tribe are very hospitable."

Jiang Xuan thought about it and felt that they were not carrying any goods and had no hatred towards the Mountain Sheep Tribe, so the Mountain Sheep Tribe had no motive to harm them.

So, he nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble Chief Hongyan."

"Hahaha, no trouble, come on, I'll take you there."

Hongyan and Jiang Xuan walked side by side, and the warriors of the Teng tribe and the Mountain Sheep tribe followed closely behind them and went up the mountain together.

The Blue Sheep Tribe lives halfway up the mountain, 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 totem patterns of the Mountain Sheep Tribe on the big trees and the huge rocks.

In addition, there were many mountain goats that Jiang Xuan had never seen before, and they were running freely on the steep slopes.

When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, Jiang Xuan saw a large number of wooden houses built against the mountain.

There were many members of the Mountain Sheep Tribe among these wooden houses. After seeing Jiang Xuan and others, they did not approach them but stood in the distance, staring 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 mountain goat tribe, some of which were used to store things and some to raise mountain goats.

Hongyan took Jiang Xuan into the largest wooden house. Next to the house, there was a spring with a large flow of water. After flowing out, it turned into a mountain stream.

There are more blue sheep tribal totem patterns painted on the outer and inner walls of the wooden house. In addition, there are many blue sheep skulls with horns hanging, which looks very primitive tribal.

It was not until Hongyan invited him to sit in front of the fire pit that Jiang Xuan finally withdrew his curious gaze and stopped looking around.

Hongyan enthusiastically gave Jiang Xuan some food, including dried meat and some unknown wild fruits.

As for the warriors brought by Jiang Xuan, they were entertained by Wugu and others.

Thanks to the book friend "十年伈" for the reward.

Thanks to the book friend "破樊番番番番" for the reward.

(End of this chapter)