“So beautiful…”

The shaman of the crocodile tribe looked at the colorful crocodile pottery figurine almost obsessively. This handicraft that was ahead of its time brought him an indescribable shock.

The Crocodile Tribe uses the crocodile as its totem and has extremely deep feelings for the crocodile. It would be difficult for any member of the Crocodile Tribe to refuse a lifelike, colorful crocodile pottery figurine as a gift.

Ci Mu first asked someone to find a piece of fine animal skin and spread it on the ground, and then he carefully placed the crocodile pottery figurine on it.

Ci Mu excitedly held Jing Jie's hand and said, "This gift is so precious. Go back and thank your leader and witch for me. The Crocodile Tribe and the Vine Tribe will always be best friends!"

Jingjie said with a smile: "I will definitely convey Chief Thornwood's words."

Afterwards, Jingjie asked his soldiers to open the other wicker baskets, revealing various precious gifts.

Among them are various pottery carved with crocodile patterns, golden bronze knife coins, as well as white insect wax, sugar and other things.

Although these gifts are not as stunning as the colorful crocodile figurines, they are also relatively rare and worth a lot of money.

After receiving these gifts, the witch from the Thorny Wood and Crocodile tribes felt even better about the Vine tribe, and even felt embarrassed for receiving so many precious gifts.

At this time, Jingjie took the opportunity to tell the warriors of the Vine Tribe, the Mountain Turtle Tribe and the Frog Tribe about borrowing the passage to the central hinterland. The Ci Mu and the Crocodile Tribe witch agreed immediately without any hesitation.

Although there are many people who want to pass through the country this time, in the eyes of Ci Mu and the witch of the Crocodile Tribe, these people can pose no threat to the Crocodile Tribe. With the Crocodile God here, unless the totem god of the Vine Tribe comes in person, no matter how many warriors come, they will just be delivering some meat.

This is the confidence of a large tribe that has a totem god!

Jingjie and Shiqiu looked at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the Crocodile Tribe occupied the most important waterway. If they were unwilling to let them pass through, things would become very difficult.

Moreover, with the experience of successfully borrowing the road the first time, the next time will become easier, and the Crocodile Tribe will be less guarded.

The two had to admire Jiang Xuan's foresight. If Jiang Xuan had not already established good relations with the Crocodile Tribe and asked them to bring these precious gifts, it would have been impossible for them to borrow the passage so smoothly.

Let me ask you, which big tribe is willing to easily open up its territory to allow a large number of people from other tribes to pass through?

After the gifts were handed over and the matter of borrowing the road was settled, Ci Mu immediately arranged a banquet and warmly entertained Jing Jie and others.

Even the warriors of the Vine Tribe who were in charge of trading were treated very well. Some warriors who were favored by the girls of the Crocodile Tribe were even able to stay overnight in the stilt houses, enjoying both delicious food and beautiful women, which was quite comfortable.

However, although everyone was happy, there was one person who was very unhappy, and that was Heijia.

Because Qingye liked Jiang Xuan and rejected him, Heijia couldn't like the entire Teng tribe and even felt a little disgusted with it.

Especially when Ci Mu asked him to entertain the warriors of the Teng tribe, this dissatisfaction accumulated more and more.

But the leader and the witch had a very good impression of the Vine Tribe, or rather, most of the Crocodile Tribe warriors had a very good impression of the Vine Tribe. Hei Jia had no excuse to get angry and could only suppress his dissatisfaction in his heart. However, the more he suppressed it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he was about to explode with anger.

After finally waiting until the end of dinner, the leader Ci Mu was chatting with Jing Jie, Shi Qiu and others, and he inadvertently mentioned that the warriors of the two tribes should compete to liven up the atmosphere. Hei Jia felt that he had finally found an opportunity.

Hei Jia immediately stood up and said to Ci Mu, "Chief, let me learn the hunting skills of the warriors of the Teng tribe."

Ci Mu laughed and nodded, because Hei Jia was the strongest warrior of the younger generation of the Crocodile Tribe, and it would be perfect for him to compete with the people of the Vine Tribe.

"Okay, but you are a five-color warrior. To be fair, you can only compete with the five-color warriors of the Vine Tribe."

After Ci Mu finished speaking, he looked at Jing Jie and Shi Qiu with a smile, because among the warriors of the Teng tribe present, they were the only two who were five-color warriors.

Black Armor had a target in mind. He pointed at the Stone Loach and said, "I see that the Stone Loach leader has been carrying a bow and arrow. I think he is very good at archery. I happen to be an archer in the hunting team. Why don't we have a competition?"

Shi Qiu frowned slightly. He was calm by nature and not the kind of person who liked to show off. He did not like this kind of competition in public.

However, at this moment, Jingjie came over and whispered, "Chief Shiqiu, show your strength appropriately, otherwise people will look down on the Teng tribe."

After hearing this, Shi Qiu finally nodded, because the Teng tribe meant too much to him and he would never allow others to look down on it.

"Okay, I'll compete with you."

After hearing Shi Qiu's reply, Hei Jia was overjoyed and immediately said, "This place is too narrow. Let's go downstairs and compete."

The members of the Crocodile Tribe immediately swarmed down, and everyone's face looked very excited.

Jingjie and Shiqiu looked at each other, and then led the warriors of the Teng tribe downstairs.

When Ci Mu went downstairs, he thought for a while, then deliberately took a bow from the wall before going downstairs.

After arriving downstairs, the news that the leader of the hunting team of the Vine Tribe and Black Armor were going to compete in archery quickly spread. Soon, the entire Crocodile Tribe was in an uproar, and countless people rushed over here, all wanting to watch the excitement.

By the time Hei Jia had found a venue for the competition, the crowd of onlookers had already surrounded the venue in three layers inside and three layers outside, and many people had even climbed up the nearby stilt houses and trees.

Before going on stage, Ci Mu found an opportunity to pass the bow he had just taken down to Hei Jia.

"Since we are going to compete in archery, how can we do it without a good bow? This bow is what I used before. The material and craftsmanship are quite good. I am giving it to you now. Don't embarrass the tribe during the competition later."

Black Armor took the bow and said confidently: "Don't worry, leader, I will definitely win!"

Ci Mu felt that Hei Jia was a bit too confident, but thinking that his archery skills were indeed top-notch in the Crocodile Tribe, he didn't say much. After all, the competition was about to start, and he couldn't undermine Hei Jia's confidence.

Soon, Black Armor and Stone Loach came on stage surrounded by the crowd, and they stood on each side.

As the leader of the crocodile tribe, Ci Mu naturally presided over the competition.

After the two of them prepared their bows and arrows, Ci Mu pointed to a small tree several dozen meters away that was as thick as a wrist and said, "Do you see that small tree? Each of you shoot five arrows. Whoever hits the tree trunk with more arrows wins. Who will go first?"

Black Armor shouted without hesitation: "I'll go first!"

After Heijia finished speaking, he immediately concentrated and held his breath, drew his bow and arrow, temporarily ignoring the noisy crowd around him, with only the small tree in his eyes.

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"call out!"

Soon, Black Armor shot the first arrow. The arrow with tail feathers flew towards the small tree with a sound of breaking through the air. Finally, with a "doo" sound, it accurately pierced the trunk of the small tree.

"good!"

The onlookers from the Crocodile Tribe shouted excitedly. Hei Jia's accurate first arrow was very morale-boosting.

A smile also appeared on Heijia's face. He looked at Shiqiu provocatively, trying to see Shiqiu's panic, or even submission.

However, Shi Qiu's expression was extremely calm, and he didn't even look at him.

This made Heijia a little angry. He thought Shiqiu must be pretending to be calm.

Heijia drew his bow and arrow again, and with full confidence, shot arrows at the small tree. Every time an arrow hit the tree, there would be cheers from the people of the crocodile tribe.

Heijia did have some skills. He shot five arrows in a row, and not a single arrow missed the target. All of them hit the trunk of the small tree.

This made the members of the Crocodile Tribe even more excited. Even Ci Mu nodded with a smile, obviously very satisfied with the strength shown by Hei Jia.

"Chief Stone Loach, it's your turn."

After shooting, Black Armor looked at Stone Eel provocatively, with a proud look on his face.

Shi Qiu didn't care either. His expression remained calm and his hands remained steady.

He looked at the small tree, took out the horn bow, and then drew the bow and arrow with a normal expression, just as he had done countless times, simply pulling the bow and shooting the arrow at the target.

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The stone loach shot five arrows almost without stopping. Although the movements did not seem fast, they were so smooth that it seemed like a performance art, which was pleasing to the eye.

"Dole, dole, dole, dole, dole..."

Five arrows flew towards the small tree one after another, and then landed on the middle of the trunk. The landing point was actually much better than that controlled by the black armor.

The cheers of the Crocodile Tribe members suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at Shiqiu as if they had seen a ghost.

Almost every tribesman is a master of hunting, and because of this, they know very well how difficult it is to make five arrows fall on the same spot without any deviation.

The smile on Heijia's face froze. After his body stiffened for a moment, he rushed towards the small tree like mad and observed the arrow on the trunk closely.

After getting closer, Hei Jia clearly saw that although the five arrows he shot all hit the tree trunk, their positions were random. One arrow even landed on the edge of the trunk and almost missed the target.

The five arrows shot by the stone loach all fell in the same position. The five arrows were distributed in a plum blossom shape, very regular and neat, without any deviation.

The difference between the two was obvious. The man in black armor turned pale, staggered a few steps, and almost fell to the ground.

At this moment, his pride was shattered, and for the first time he deeply realized that there are always people better than you.