Chapter 63 Hope of Survival

The wind was howling and the snow was falling.

A dozen tourists were gathered around the fire, warming themselves by the fire, shivering and worrying about going hungry in the future.

Although after the snow fell, they followed Jiang Xuan's suggestion and used water to make ice to block the cracks in the wall, the cold was still everywhere.

"Open the door, I'm back!"

A rough voice suddenly came from outside.

A tourist near the door reluctantly left the fire pit, walked to the door, moved the wood supporting the door, and opened the heavy door.

“Huff…”

After the door was opened, a gust of cold wind rushed into the house, blowing away the little warmth that had finally gathered in the house.

The tourists all shuddered and were quite dissatisfied, but because the other party was the leader, no one dared to say anything.

However, when they saw that Jingjie was holding a heavy unicorn in his hand, their eyes were instantly widened.

"Come and see, what is this?"

Jingjie deliberately held the unicorn up in both hands so that they could see it more clearly.

"Unicorn!"

"food!"

"Meat!"

Those tourists were already hungry, and when they saw the fat unicorn, they instantly became like vicious wolves, their eyes glowing green, their mouths swallowing saliva frantically, and they couldn't wait to pounce on it and take a bite.

Eating meat is what the tribesmen desire most, because most of what they usually eat are wild vegetables, wild fruits, insects and other foods.

What's more, due to food shortage, they haven't experienced the feeling of being full for a while, and they were extremely greedy after seeing the unicorn.

"This unicorn was just hunted by the leader of the Teng tribe. He didn't lie to us. We can really get food in winter!"

Jing Jie looked around and said, "Do you know what this means?"

Without waiting for the tourists to go home, Jing Jie said excitedly: "This means that none of us will have to worry about starving to death!"

After hearing what Jingjie said, the tourists stared at the unicorn in silence for a moment, and then suddenly burst into cheers.

"OK!"

"Very good!"

"We have food!"

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For these tourists, the biggest fear is starving to death in the winter due to food shortage. This is the most painful way to die.

However, just when they were on the verge of despair, Jingjie's words gave them hope.

At this moment, the unicorn in Jingjie's hand is no longer just a prey, but the hope that allows them to survive!

This kind of excitement is difficult to understand for those who have not experienced despair.

After Jing Jie finished speaking, he added: "I will go tell this good news to others."

Jingjie turned and left the room, and the door was closed again.

But those tourists were no longer panic-stricken or depressed; their mental state had changed greatly.

They gathered around the fire pit, looking at the dancing flames, their eyes filled with hope, and they even began to look forward to the future!

This is a good phenomenon.

Then, Nepeta went from room to room, showing the unicorn first and saying similar things.

Every time they arrived at a house, cheers would be heard from that house, drowning out the sound of wind and snow outside.

Jiang Xuan was standing under a tree not far away. With his excellent hearing, he naturally heard clearly the conversation between Jing Jie and the tourists.

Jiang Xuan chuckled and said, "I didn't expect this guy to be such a talent."

Just with a prey and inspiring words, more than a hundred tourists can be cheered. This is not something that ordinary people can do. It requires a certain amount of talent.

After Jingjie walked around, the unicorn's feathers were covered with a layer of snow. Its head was drooping and it looked as if it had lost all hope in life.

Jingjie came under the big tree and stood in front of Jiang Xuan, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"Chief, this unicorn..."

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Let's stew it in a pottery pot and give each of them a bowl of broth."

Although words can inspire people, they are short-lived. Only real benefits can inspire the fighting spirit of those tourists.

"Thank you, chief." Jing Jie thanked Jiang Xuan gratefully.

"But..." Jingjie hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid we won't survive this winter just by catching birds. After all, the snow is so heavy that we can't walk too far. The birds and animals nearby will eventually be caught."

"Don't worry, I have already thought of this problem. I have other ways to get you more food."

"Enough food for everyone to eat for the whole winter." Jiang Xuan was full of confidence.

"Really? That's great."

Jingjie breathed a sigh of relief. The leader of the Teng tribe looked young and was very reliable.

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, bring ten of the strongest tourists to me, and I will lead you to find food."

"good."

"I'm going to go back first. Go and stew this unicorn and let everyone have a bowl of hot broth."

Jiang Xuan turned and left. Jing Jie stood there, looking at Jiang Xuan's back. He began to feel good about Jiang Xuan and the Teng tribe.

That night, the unicorn was stewed into broth along with other food in several ceramic pots, and each tourist was given a bowl of it.

When they drank the steaming hot broth, many of them burst into tears of excitement, not because of how good it tasted, but because they not only did not starve to death, but also got to eat meat.

That night, many people had sweet dreams instead of nightmares every day as before.

The next morning, Jingjie selected the ten strongest tourists and found Jiang Xuan with simple hunting tools.

Jiang Xuan got up early, and not only that, all the members of the Teng tribe were already ready.

As Jiang Xuan requested, each of them brought a bundle of firewood, a rattan basket, ropes, their own weapons, and a piece of dried horseshoe-shaped wood Ganoderma lucidum as a fire starter.

After this kind of wood Ganoderma lucidum is ignited, it will smolder for a long time and is very suitable for use as a fire starter.

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"I'm going to be outside for a while today, so put on these fur coats and boots first and return them to me when you come back."

Jiang Xuan threw eleven sets of old animal leather clothes and animal leather boots to Jing Jie and others.

In fact, the Teng tribe has accumulated a lot of animal skins, and there are relatively few real members of the Teng tribe, so they simply cannot use so many.

However, Jiang Xuan could not give these animal skins directly to the tourists, because these tourists had not yet joined the Teng Tribe and had not created any value for the tribe for the time being. Instead, they had been consuming food.

Therefore, only if these tourists truly join the Teng tribe or create equal value, Jiang Xuan will consider giving them the animal skin clothes directly.

Jing Jie and the ten tourists looked at Jiang Xuan with gratitude, and then quickly put on the animal skin clothes and boots.

"Are you all ready? Let's go to the river."

Jiang Xuan held the bone spear and the fire, and walked towards the river first along the path he had opened up, followed closely by the members of the Teng tribe and the tourists.

The snow on the ground was very deep, making walking difficult, but everyone was excited because they had no experience in winter hunting and the unknown was exciting.

Next to the old witch's house, a giant eagle squatted in a huge nest. It shook off the snow on its body, then tilted its head to look in the direction of Jiang Xuan and others. It obviously didn't know what these people were doing out in such heavy snow.

The old witch who was warming himself by the fire was also very curious, but he did not go out because it was too cold outside and he could not bear it at his age.

Not long after, Jiang Xuan and others arrived at the riverbank in the heavy snow.

The severe cold and heavy snow have frozen the river surface which is more than 20 meters wide. It is frozen so solid that at first glance it looks like flat ground and you can't even tell where the river is.

Jiang Xuan chose a relatively sheltered location and said to the others, "Clear the snow here and light a bonfire. The brighter it burns, the better."

"good."

Although everyone didn't understand why they had to light the fire, they had already gotten used to obeying Jiang Xuan's orders.

Soon, the snow on the ground was cleared, the dry firewood was piled together, and then the bonfire was lit using the fire brought by the horseshoe-shaped wood Ganoderma lucidum.

“Huff, huff, huff…”

With the help of the wind, the bonfire burned more and more vigorously, even the snow next to it was melted and the ground was dried.

Afterwards, Jiang Xuan asked them to dig out a lot of stones from the snow and throw them into the campfire to burn them hot.

After doing all this, Jiang Xuan used the bone spear to poke into the river bend little by little, and finally found a better position. He removed the snow on the surface and revealed the hard ice underneath.

“This is it.”

"Dig out the red-hot rocks and carry them here."

Jiang Xuan shouted, and Chishao and others immediately took action. They first used wooden sticks to pull out the red-hot stones, and then put them into rattan baskets. When the rattan baskets touched the hot stones, the surface was soon burned black.

They were afraid that the wicker basket would be burned through, so they walked faster. After reaching the location designated by Jiang Xuan, they poured all the stones in the wicker basket onto the ice.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”

The hot stones continued to emit heat, and the hard ice quickly melted and sank.

It was not until this time that everyone finally understood why Jiang Xuan asked them to light a bonfire and burn the stones.

If it weren't for these red-hot stones, it would be extremely difficult to break through the hard and thick ice. I don't know how much effort it would take.

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