Chapter 234: Thoughts on Going to the Central Southern Wilderness

On October 15th, the snow was getting thicker and thicker. Except for some soldiers, most people hid in their houses and did what they could.

After Jiang Xuan finished drawing the map from Feiyu River to Otter Tribe on the animal skin scroll, he had nothing else to do for the time being.

Jiang Xuan felt a little depressed when he thought that winter had just begun.

Staying in the house every day and doing something unimportant can't make him happy.

"What can you do in winter? Everywhere is covered in snow."

Jiang Xuan thought carefully for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said: "The old witch said that it seems that it doesn't snow south of the central part of the Southern Wilderness!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan's heart became hot.

Now, the mountains around Teng Tribe are blocked by heavy snow, and each tribe will try to reduce going out as much as possible. In addition, with a great god in charge, Teng Tribe is very safe.

At this time, whether he, the leader, is in the tribe or not does not have much impact.

He had always wanted to travel to the central part of the Southern Wilderness, or even further. Now that he had some free time, why not go?

When Jiang Xuan thought of this, he immediately put on a fur coat, opened the door, and walked towards where the old witch lived.

The snow was getting thicker and thicker. With every step Jiang Xuan took, his knees would be submerged in the thick snow.

But he was a five-color warrior with extremely strong physical strength, so he did not feel any difficulty walking even in such an environment.

Not long after, he arrived in front of the house where the old witch lived.

The old witch's house is no longer the low bamboo house it used to be. Instead, it has been replaced by a spacious mud brick and tile house, and there is even a yard on the left side of the house.

To the right of the house is a giant eagle's nest built on the open space.

The giant eagle was sleeping. After Jiang Xuan arrived, it just took a look, then shook off the snow on its feathers and continued to sleep.

“Boom boom boom…”

Jiang Xuan knocked on the old witch's door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Xuan."

There were footsteps in the room, and then the door was pulled a few times and opened.

Because it snows every year where the Teng tribe is located, when the construction team builds the house, the doors open inwards to avoid the situation where the snow is too thick and the door cannot be opened.

"Come in and close the door."

After the old witch opened the door, he returned to the fire pit.

When he doesn't use his magic power, he is just an ordinary old man. In such a cold day, it is warmer to stay by the fire.

Jiang Xuan pushed the snow at the door out with his feet, then quickly closed the door to block the cold wind from blowing into the house.

He walked to the fire pit, sat on a low stool made of polished wooden stakes, and watched the old witch use a wooden stick to dig out a few round potatoes with charred skin from the fire pit.

"Do you want to eat?"

"eat."

The old witch pushed a roasted round potato towards Jiang Xuan, and picked up one for himself, blew on it, peeled off the charred shell, revealing the light red flesh of the round potato, which was filled with fragrance.

Jiang Xuan also picked up the round potato, peeled it and ate it.

Round potatoes look like a ball, with a dark red skin and light red flesh. They look a bit like sweet potatoes, but are much larger and taste better than sweet potatoes.

Jiang Xuan took a bite and felt it was very hot, but he couldn't bear to spit it out, so he bit it with his teeth and exhaled and inhaled, using this method to cool down.

After it cooled down a little, I chewed it and swallowed it.

When taking the second bite, he was not so anxious and blew it to cool down before putting it in his mouth.

"Old witch, you said before that it doesn't snow in the central part of the Southern Wilderness, right?"

"That's right."

"I want to go there. Can you tell me more about it?"

The old witch was not very surprised by this, because with Jiang Xuan's personality, he would go sooner or later.

"The central part of the Southern Wilderness is a very lively and dangerous place..."

The old witch recalled for a moment, and then calmly told Jiang Xuan what he knew about the central part of the Southern Wilderness.

Including the tribes he visited, the dangers he encountered, and some more peculiar places.

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up as he listened to the old witch's description.

He couldn't wait to go over and see it with his own eyes.

The old witch spoke for a long time and in great detail, including which tribes were easier to deal with, which tribe was more hostile to outsiders, etc.

At the end, the old witch solemnly reminded: "If you meet someone from the Red Ant Tribe, don't mention the Mountain Turtle Tribe, and don't deliberately ask about it."

"Don't worry, I won't mention it."

The old witch nodded and didn't say anything more. He believed that with Jiang Xuan's intelligence, he would be able to grasp the right balance.

After understanding the general situation in the central part of the Southern Wilderness, Jiang Xuan ate two roasted round potatoes, stood up and said goodbye.

After coming out of the old witch's house, Jiang Xuan went to find Chishao, Uncaria and others and told them about his idea of ​​going to the central part of the Southern Wilderness.

Gou Teng and others were worried about Jiang Xuan's safety and wanted to follow him, but were rejected by Jiang Xuan.

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The leader left the tribe. If the leaders left too, wouldn't the tribe be in chaos? Two days later, Jiang Xuan arranged the tribe's affairs and prepared a large amount of witchcraft medicine, food, weapons, and other things that could be used in daily life.

Finally, to be on the safe side, Jiang Xuan went to the altar and asked the divine vine for a way to save his life.

“Ka-ka-ka…”

A frozen vine began to twist, and the ice on it broke and fell down with a rustling sound.

“Crack…”

The vine glowed with green divine light, fell off from the main body, and then wrapped around Jiang Xuan's arm. There was a flash of light, and the vine sank into his arm. After the light disappeared, it looked like a tattoo.

"Thank you Fuji-gami."

Jiang Xuan thanked Shen Teng, then returned to his yard, gathered all his belongings, and left the Teng tribe on Tangyuan, flying towards the distant and unknown central part of the Southern Wilderness.

He did not fly directly south, but went along the Flying Fish River, because Shanjia once said that the Mountain Turtle Tribe came to the Great Swamp from the central part along this river.

One of Jiang Xuan's purposes for this trip to the Southern Wilderness was to draw a navigation map for the fleet in preparation for the future long voyage of the Teng tribe fleet.

Therefore, every time Tangyuan flew a certain distance, Jiang Xuan would let it stop and draw the changes in the river channel and the iconic landforms on both sides of the river.

If there is a tribe on the river bank, Jiang Xuan will also mark the tribe’s totem pattern.

Jiang Xuan had already drawn the section of the river from the Teng Tribe to the Otter Tribe. He continued to fly forward for a long distance but did not find any other tribes settled on the river bank.

In this primitive continent, deep water is very dangerous. Except for tribes like the Mountain Turtle Tribe whose totem gods are not afraid of water, most tribes will not settle near the water.

After walking and stopping for a few days, Jiang Xuan was already far away from the Teng tribe.

At the same time, he discovered a detail: the further he flew, the thinner the snow on the ground became.

"The old witch is right. The further south you go, the warmer the weather becomes."

After flying for a few more days, the snow on the ground gradually disappeared.

Looking down from the sky, it seems like an invisible line divides the forest into two large pieces. The one in the north is covered with snow, while the one in the south has no ice or snow at all, and the evergreen trees are lush and verdant.

Jiang Xuan let Tangyuan land at this dividing point and recorded the incident on the animal skin scroll.

He marked the side where it was snowing with snowflakes, and the side where it wasn't snowing with a sun. It was simple and easy to understand.

After a short rest and eating something, Jiang Xuan set off again riding Tangyuan.

Tangyuan was flying at an extremely fast speed, and Jiang Xuan felt like he was on an airplane. If they hadn't stopped frequently and had to rest and sleep at night, they would have reached the central Southern Wilderness long ago.

In addition to climate change, Jiang Xuan discovered that the terrain had also changed greatly when he was drawing the map.

The further south you fly, the more flat and wider the terrain becomes. Even though there are some mountains, they are not as steep as in the northwest of the Southern Wilderness.

Jiang Xuan looked at the flat forest and sighed, "No wonder the larger tribes all run to the central part of the Southern Wilderness. This flat place is much easier to hunt or cultivate than the Great Swamp!"

Tangyuan continued to fly forward. The river ahead gradually became wider, and many tributaries appeared along the way. The number of tribes on the ground also gradually increased.

After a few more days, Jiang Xuan finally encountered a tribe living on the river bank.

He thought about it and decided to go to this tribe to inquire how far it was from the central Southern Wilderness.

(End of this chapter)