Chapter 109: Flying Practice On

October 18th, after days of cold weather, it finally snowed.

Jiang Xuan stood at the door, watching the falling snowflakes, but he no longer felt the tension he had last year.

Because the Teng tribe has plenty of food this year, there is no need to worry about winter famine.

Tangyuan was lying in the bamboo shed, curled up into a big purple ball. He opened his eyes, saw Jiang Xuan, stretched his neck and yawned, then hid his head in the feathers and went back to sleep.

Birds of prey also need to hunt in winter, otherwise they will starve to death because they do not hibernate.

For example, the old witch's giant black eagle would fly out almost every noon when the temperature was highest to prey on animals that did not hibernate.

Tangyuan is different. It is too young and has not learned to fly. If it relies on its claws to run, it will be difficult for it to catch prey in such a cold winter.

So it can only lie in its nest and sleep, and wait for the black giant eagle to come back from hunting, and then it will "freeload" on the meal without feeling embarrassed at all.

That’s right, Tangyuan has learned to “freeload”.

After overcoming its initial fear, it seemed to really regard the black giant eagle as its "relative uncle" and often ran over there to get food.

The strange thing is that the black giant eagle didn't mind and never drove it away. It seemed that it really treated it as a junior.

"Cry!"

Suddenly, a sharp cry was heard above the Teng tribe.

Then, the huge black eagle landed on the ground with its prey in its grasp.

Tangyuan, who was sleeping in the bamboo shed, instantly pulled his head out of the feathers, and the whole bird became energetic.

It immediately stood up, flapped its wings, skillfully pushed open the wood supporting the gate, grabbed the crossbar on the gate, and opened the gate.

Afterwards, Tangyuan quickly ran towards the black giant eagle, leaving only a line of deep bird claw marks on the snow on the ground.

"Going to eat meat again?"

Jiang Xuan looked at Tangyuan walking away helplessly, feeling that this guy was too shameless.

However, he changed his mind and thought that Tangyuan might not understand what "face" was at all, and that just filling his stomach was enough.

…

Tangyuan staggered out of the bamboo forest and headed straight for where the black giant eagle lived.

Perhaps it was because winter was coming, the giant black eagle built a large nest next to the bamboo house using trees, branches, reeds and other materials, and slept in the giant eagle's nest at night.

Wild eagles usually build their nests on mountain peaks or cliffs, but this giant black eagle has lived with humans since it was a child and has become accustomed to building its nest on the ground.

The black giant eagle captured a wild boar today. It placed the boar next to the eagle's nest and kept pecking at it.

Right here, the glutinous rice balls are coming.

"Eeyore, eyore..."

Tangyuan ran to the huge eagle's nest and called out twice. The black giant eagle looked at it and then continued to eat meat.

Seeing that the black giant eagle did not react, Tangyuan flapped his wings and climbed up from the edge of the eagle's nest, then approached the wild boar and pecked it tentatively.

The giant eagle still did not object, and Tangyuan immediately began to peck at the food happily, eating the meat very quickly.

When the giant eagle and Tangyuan had eaten their fill, only the remains of an adult wild boar weighing more than a thousand pounds were left.

“Bang!”

The giant eagle picked up the wild boar's skeleton and threw it outside the eagle's nest. There were already quite a few skeletons like this piled up next to the eagle's nest.

After eating, Tangyuan was ready to leave. He still wanted to jump down from the edge of the eagle's nest, leaning against the extending trees, like jumping down a staircase.

However, when it stood on the edge of the eagle's nest, the black giant eagle suddenly pushed it with its head and pushed it directly out of the eagle's nest.

"Eer..."

Tangyuan was startled, but the bird's instinct made it flap its wings quickly, and it actually took advantage of the momentum to fly a short distance before landing on the ground.

Tangyuan turned around and looked at the black giant eagle in confusion, not understanding why he was pushed down.

The giant black eagle stood up from the eagle's nest, then suddenly flapped its wings and swooped towards Tangyuan.

Tangyuan was frightened and turned around to run away.

Then, it ran a few steps before being caught up by the giant black eagle, which grabbed the glutinous rice ball with its terrifying and huge claw.

“Huff, huff, huff…”

The giant black eagle actually flew into the sky with the dumplings.

"Eer...Eer..."

The panicked Tangyuan cried loudly, and his voice was very miserable.

"Tangyuan, what happened?"

When Jiang Xuan heard Tangyuan's cry, he immediately rushed out of the bamboo house, and then saw the black giant eagle holding Tangyuan and flying into the sky.

Jiang Xuan's heart tightened, and then he hurriedly ran towards the old witch.

"Old witch, old witch..."

When Jiang Xuan ran to the bamboo house where the old witch lived, he found the old witch standing at the door, watching Tang Yuan being caught by the black giant eagle, circling up in circles.

"Old witch, why did the giant eagle take away Tang Yuan?"

Jiang Xuan ran to the old witch and asked anxiously.

The old witch smiled and said, "Don't worry, the giant eagle won't hurt Tangyuan. Its claws didn't use any force. Otherwise, do you think Tangyuan would be able to scream so loudly?"

After the old witch's reminder, the anxious Jiang Xuan reacted immediately.

The black giant eagle's claws can instantly tear through even large beasts, let alone a small dumpling.

"Why did the giant eagle catch the dumplings and put them into the sky?" Jiang Xuan asked puzzledly.

The old witch laughed and said, "Tangyuan's feathers have grown full and its wings are strong, but because it has always lived on the ground, there is no mother bird to teach it to fly, so it can only walk on the ground."

"Now, the giant eagle has taken it up to the sky so that it can learn to fly as quickly as possible."

"So that's how it is."

After listening to the old witch's explanation, Jiang Xuan suddenly understood.

Then, the two looked up at the sky to see how the giant eagle taught Tangyuan to fly.

Not only them, but other people in the Teng tribe were also attracted by Tangyuan's screams. After understanding the situation, they all looked up at the sky.

In the sky, the giant eagle carried Tangyuan in a spiral upwards. When they reached a certain height, the giant eagle suddenly let go of its claws, and Tangyuan fell down screaming in the wind and snow.

"Fan, fan..."

Instinct drove Tangyuan to spread his wings and flap them desperately to stop the falling trend.

It swayed in the air as if it was drunk, but its falling speed slowed down significantly.

"Cry!"

The black giant eagle folded its wings slightly and flew around the dumpling, not going too far away.

Soon, the swaying glutinous rice ball finally landed, but it did not fall on the open space of the Teng tribe, but on the top of a big tree in the nearby forest.

Just when Tangyuan breathed a sigh of relief, the giant eagle swooped over, and its terrifying talons accurately grabbed it and took it into the sky.

"Eer...Eer..."

Tangyuan continued to scream, but it was of no use to the giant eagle. It was still carried high into the sky and continued to be thrown down by the giant eagle.

This time, Tangyuan had a little more experience. As soon as it was thrown, it spread its wings and flew desperately, unlike before when it fell.

On the ground, Jiang Xuan watched the glutinous rice balls being thrown over and over again by the giant eagle, and said with emotion: "Learning to fly is not easy."

The old witch shook his head and said, "Your bird is lucky because it has the giant eagle to help it. If it were in the wild, those fledglings would have to train their wings on the cliff to be strong enough and learn to fly."

"If they happen to fall out of the nest when the mother bird is out foraging, and they can't fly back to the nest on their own, they will be eaten by predators."

After listening to the old witch's words, Jiang Xuan suddenly remembered that the glutinous rice balls were found at the foot of a steep mountain. Could it be that it was the unlucky one that fell from its nest? The more Jiang Xuan thought about it, the more likely it was, but there was no way to verify it.

Tangyuan was also lucky as he was found by Jiang Xuan first, otherwise he would probably have been eaten by the predatory beast.

In the sky, after being thrown several times in a row, Tangyuan has mastered some flying skills, but cannot fly independently yet.

It screamed pitifully from time to time, but it was useless and could only fly desperately.

Only after flying more than a dozen times did the black giant eagle bring it back to the ground of the Vine Tribe.

As soon as Tangyuan landed on the ground, he screamed and ran towards Jiang Xuan. After running to Jiang Xuan's side, he rubbed his big head against Jiang Xuan, looking aggrieved, not like a bird of prey, but more like a puppy.

"Okay, okay, stop rubbing. Once you learn to fly, you don't have to rely on your legs to run when you hunt, okay?"

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Jiang Xuan comforted Tang Yuan for a long time before his emotions gradually stabilized. However, when he looked at the black giant eagle, he was already filled with fear.

Jiang Xuan found it a little funny. How come you weren't afraid when you were eating the meat?

The black giant eagle returned to the giant nest and lowered its head to comb its feathers.

Jiang Xuan dragged Tang Yuan to the front of the eagle's nest and said to the giant eagle seriously: "Thank you, Master Eagle, for teaching Tang Yuan how to fly."

The giant eagle seemed to understand Jiang Xuan's words. It chirped softly at Jiang Xuan, then looked at Tangyuan with disdain.

In the eyes of the giant eagle, Tangyuan was so timid that he was a disgrace among birds of prey.

Jiang Xuan thanked the giant eagle and then took the dumplings back to his yard.

Tangyuan ran straight to the bamboo shed and lay down in the bird's nest. Only then did it feel safe.

Jiang Xuan also returned to the house and continued to do his own thing.

He originally thought that after being tormented by the giant eagle like this, Tangyuan would not dare to ask the giant eagle for food again.

However, Jiang Xuan underestimated the appeal of food to Tangyuan.

He never imagined that just two days later, when the cry of an eagle was heard over the Teng tribe, Tangyuan would run out of the yard again and continue to look for the giant eagle to get food.

“What a foodie!”

Jiang Xuan shook his head and ignored Tangyuan, busying himself with his own business.

In the following days, the cries of eagles and the discordant screams of Tangyuan could be heard from time to time in the sky above the Teng tribe.

But as time went by, Tangyuan, which was dropped from the sky again and again, slowly mastered the skill of flying. The number of times it screamed gradually became less, and it flew farther and farther.

After more than a month, Tangyuan had basically learned to fly. Even when the black giant eagle was not around, it would find a high place to jump down and fly a few circles at low altitude.

At the end of December, the weather was getting colder, with strong winds and snow. Even the giant eagle did not want to go out hunting in such weather.

Tangyuan stayed in his nest all day, relying on Jiang Xuan to feed him.

The ice on the Feiyu River was also very thick, so the Teng tribe carried out another winter fishing trip and harvested a large number of fish.

Relying on these fish and the large amount of stored food, the people of the Teng tribe felt relatively at ease. They just sat around the fire pit every day polishing some stone and bone tools in preparation for the coming year.

But the other tribes were not as lucky as the Teng Tribe.

…

In the northern part of Southern Wilderness, the Crow Tribe.

Thick snow covered the entire crow tribe, and even the crows that were usually very noisy became quiet.

In the center of the Crow Tribe, there is a huge tree that requires five people to hug. At the fork of the tree, there is an extremely large old crow's nest that almost occupies half of the tree crown.

In this huge crow's nest lives the totem god of the crow tribe, an old crow who has lived for who knows how many years.

Around this big tree, there are a large number of towering ancient trees. On these ancient trees, there are countless crows' nests, in which live countless crows.

These crows are very large, and each adult crow has a wingspan of about two meters. Although they cannot carry people, they are very powerful in combat.

Moreover, these crows obey the command of the totem god of the Crow Tribe, and can often play a very important role once a battle breaks out.

It is precisely because of these crows that the Crow Tribe can live well in this area. The population has expanded to more than 3,000, and many small tribes nearby have been destroyed.

However, as the population of the Crow Tribe continued to grow, the prey nearby became increasingly scarce.

They didn't know how to grow crops, and even their methods of taming wild animals were very crude. Their means of obtaining food were too limited, and a food crisis gradually emerged.

With more than three thousand people and a huge number of crows, the amount of food that needs to be eaten every day is huge.

Once a food crisis occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In the tallest wooden house of the Crow Tribe, the important figures of the Crow Tribe gathered around the fire pit, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

The leader of the Crow Tribe is a middle-aged man of about thirty-five years old, with red and black Crow Tribe totem patterns painted on his face, as well as four horizontal stripes, representing that he is a powerful four-color warrior.

The leader of the Crow Tribe said in a deep voice:

"We have robbed everything we can from the nearby tribes, and there is still not enough food for this winter. The tribesmen can only eat one meal a day now. If this continues, I'm afraid they will starve to death."

The witch of the Crow Tribe was an old woman. She said in a hoarse crow-like voice: "Perhaps it is time for the tribe to migrate."

When it comes to migration, many people's faces are shrouded in a haze, because leaving a familiar place and going to an unfamiliar place often makes people feel scared.

However, if the tribe wants to continue to survive and get more food, it must migrate, which is something everyone in the Crow Tribe knows.

Only by migrating could they obtain hunting grounds with more abundant prey, and only by migrating could they plunder more tribes.

A hunting team leader asked: "Wu, where should we migrate to?"

The Crow Tribe witch stretched out a skinny hand that looked like a dried orange peel, pointed to the southwest, and said, "The Crow God has already pointed the way for us."

After hearing this, no one in the room dared to raise any other opinions.

Because the Crow Tribe has a living totem god!

Its will is the highest will of the entire tribe, and no one is allowed to refute it.

Next, the people of the Crow Tribe began to discuss migration.

For a tribe of more than 3,000 people, it is very troublesome to migrate. There are too many things to carry, and there will be many troubles on the way.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that the direction pointed by the witch of the Crow Tribe was exactly the direction of the Vine Tribe.

…

It’s the beginning of the month, monthly ticket…

Thanks to the book friend "Hao Qingtian" for the reward of 1,500 book coins.

Thanks to the book friend "陌丨" for the reward.

Thanks to the book friend "GM Junlin" for the reward.

Thanks to the book friend "Holding your hand, and staying with you until dawn" for the reward.

Thanks to the book friend "Strive for My Future" for the reward.

(End of this chapter)