The eleventh year of the Teng tribe, the first day of February, the Black Water Marsh.

“Clatter…”

In the black waters, Qingye stood on the back of a big crocodile, holding a stone spear in his hand, observing the movements around him with bated breath.

There was no one else around her following or helping.

Ever since the incident with the Black Snake Tribe, the leader of the hunting team had openly expressed his dislike for Qingye, and the other members of the hunting team also avoided her like the plague, with no one wanting to hunt with her.

But Qingye didn't care, because she knew that the leader of the hunting team, or even the chief, didn't care about her.

In the crocodile tribe, the ones who can truly decide her fate are the Crocodile God and the witch!

The crocodile god is high above and would not care about the petty grudges between tribal members, but the witch is different. The witch decides all practical affairs of the tribe, from foreign wars to weddings and funerals.

As long as the witch can trust Qingye and even make use of Qingye, other members of the tribe will naturally change their attitudes.

If you want to gain the witch's trust, in addition to proving your own abilities, it is best to please him.

Qingye knew that the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe had a small weakness, or hobby, which was that he liked to eat all kinds of delicious food.

So, today Qingye ventured into the Black Water Marsh alone, actually to find delicious food for Wu!

She knew that there was a kind of rain frog in the Black Water Marsh, the meat of which was extremely delicious. As long as she found this kind of rain frog, she would rub some salt on it, wrap it with fish scale grass leaves, and put it in the fire to slowly cook it...

The extremely delicious taste is something that a greedy witch can never resist!

However, delicious foods are generally hard to find, and the same goes for this tree frog. They usually hide in the water plants and are difficult to spot unless you bump into them by chance.

There is only one exception, and that is when it rains! When it rains, tree frogs will pop out from every corner and make high-pitched calls. That is the best time to catch them!

Today, it is a day when a storm is about to come. A large number of dark clouds have accumulated in the sky, making it gloomy, dim and scary.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky, the sound of thunder rolled like the wrath of heaven, shaking the water surface slightly. Several lightning bolts moved quickly in the thick dark clouds, like a dragon playing in the water.

“It’s going to rain!”

Qingye looked up at the sky, her right hand still tightly holding the stone spear, but her right hand involuntarily grabbed a bronze knife at her waist - that was a gift from Jiang Xuan to her.

The Black Water Marsh was extremely dangerous on a rainy day, and she was alone, so she could die in this dangerous situation at any time.

At times like this, only this knife can give her a sense of security.

“Tick-tick…”

Soon, rain started to fall from the sky.

At first, the raindrops fell sporadically on the water surface, splashing small drops of water.

After a while, a curtain of rain quickly floated over from the distant hills, pouring down like a waterfall from the sky, washing the ground wantonly.

The big crocodile immediately took Qingye to a nearby wetland forest to shelter from the rain.

But the rain was so heavy that even though Qingye was standing under a big tree, he was still soaked all over.

Qingye didn't care about the rain on her body at all. She concentrated and listened carefully to the movements around her.

“Quack…”

Suddenly, a loud frog croak was heard from the water grass not far away. A green tree frog as big as a washbasin jumped out from the grass, floated on the water, raised its head and sang loudly.

“Quack…”

“Quack…”

Soon, more tree frogs came out from every corner, using their bulging vocal sacs to make loud chirping sounds in the heavy rain, trying to attract nearby members of the opposite sex in this way.

Originally, this kind of courtship behavior on rainy days is relatively safe, because when it rains heavily, a considerable number of predators will not choose to go out hunting in the rain.

Unfortunately, they met Qingye.

When the rain frog appeared, Qingye's eyes suddenly lit up. She took the bow and arrow from her back, squatted down, and let the big crocodile swim to a suitable position for archery.

Then she took out a bamboo tube with a stopper, removed the stopper, carefully inserted an arrowhead into the tube, stirred it a few times, then pulled it out and placed it on the bowstring.

The bamboo tube contains the venom of a poisonous snake. It is not fatal, but it can paralyze the prey for a short period of time, making it unable to escape.

It is raining heavily now, and the poison on the arrowhead can be easily washed away by the rain.

So, after being stained with venom, Qingye took a deep breath, aimed at the closest tree frog, and then shot the arrow decisively! "Swish..."

The feather arrow spun rapidly, passed through layers of rain, and shot towards the basin-sized tree frog.

Tree frogs have a keen sense of danger and react quickly.

When the arrow flew towards it with a sound of breaking through the air, it immediately jumped out of the water, trying to avoid the arrow.

However, the water surface is not land after all, and the speed of its hasty bouncing is far less than the speed of an arrow flying.

The tree frog had just jumped up when it was hit by the arrow. It instantly lost its balance and fell crookedly onto the water.

“Quack…”

The tree frog croaked in panic and struggled to escape.

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However, after it struggled for a while, the poison on the arrowhead invaded its blood, and its whole body quickly became paralyzed, and it even lost the ability to move. How could it escape? "Xiaoqing, go over there quickly!"

After shooting the tree frog with an arrow, Qingye was cheered up and immediately commanded the big crocodile to approach the tree frog.

“Clatter…”

The big crocodile stuck its limbs to its body, swam its tail quickly, and swam very fast in the water.

When the big crocodile approached the tree frog, Qingye quickly grabbed one of the tree frog's legs, pulled up the poisoned tree frog, and put it into a woven rope net bag.

“Finally caught him!”

Qingye held the heavy tree frog and breathed a sigh of relief.

This adventure is worth it. With this delicious tree frog, the greedy witch will not be able to refuse it, and his attitude towards her will also change.

"It's a rainy day, so let's catch a few more."

Qingye tied up the rope net bag and prepared to hunt the next tree frog.

However, just as she followed the sound to find the location of the second tree frog, suddenly, the entire Black Water Marsh shook violently, and the water in the marsh quickly became turbid.

"roar!"

Deep in the Black Water Marsh, a huge water beast suddenly emerged from the water and let out a deafening roar towards the sky.

If you listen carefully, you can hear some fear in the roar.

Then, more roars and calls of various birds and beasts rang out.

A large number of water birds flew into the sky in the heavy rain and fled desperately into the distance. Various fish and aquatic animals were also fleeing.

"What's going on?"

When Qingye saw this rare scene, she was suddenly at a loss, because she had never encountered such a strange situation in Heishui Lake.

“Clatter…”

The big crocodile Xiaoqing swam twice in the same place anxiously, and then decisively followed the animals. It didn't even ask for Qingye's consent as usual.

"Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, what's wrong with you..."

The big crocodile suddenly accelerated, catching Qingye off guard. She hurriedly squatted down and tried to calm the big crocodile.

However, this was in vain. The big crocodile seemed to be frightened. It just ran away and didn't bother to respond to Qingye at all.

Fortunately, the big crocodile was a friend who grew up with Aoba after all. Even at this time, it still kept its back close to the water surface and ran with Aoba, without throwing Aoba into the water.

The entire Black Water Marsh was in chaos in the heavy rain. All kinds of animals, and even some psychic plants, were fleeing frantically, as if they were avoiding some huge threat.

This is an extremely rare phenomenon. (End of this chapter)