Chapter 82: The God Vine Falls into Sleep

Hydraulic power is one of the earliest natural energies used by humans.

People only need to use the difference in water levels to obtain strong and continuous power to replace some boring and repetitive labor.

Among the devices that use water power, the most typical ones are water wheels for irrigation, water mills for grinding grains, and water pestles for crushing various things.

Of course, although these machines have a relatively simple structure, they require relatively high production tools and woodworking skills, and it is definitely impossible for a half-baked person like Jiang Xuan to make them.

But it doesn’t matter, Jiang Xuan just wants to make a hydraulic device to pound medicine.

He only needed to make the most primitive and simplest hydraulic pounding device.

After patiently pounding the medicine in the stone mortar, Jiang Xuan said to Chi Shao, "I suddenly thought of a device that can pound medicine automatically. If it can be made, you won't have to work so hard in the future."

Chishao asked curiously, "Really? What does it look like?"

Jiang Xuan picked up two wooden sticks and explained, "Look, we use a thick piece of wood as a crossbeam, dig a hollow at one end, and attach a pestle to the other end."

"Then, I just need to raise this wood in the middle and place the end with the bucket under the bamboo where the water is flowing."

"The water will fill the bucket, and the wood on one end will sink, while the wood with the pestle on the other end will rise."

"When the water automatically drains away, the empty bucket rises, and the end with the wooden pestle lands on the stone mortar, and then you can pound the medicine."

This thing utilizes the simplest lever principle, replacing human power with water power, and can be used to pound medicine day and night.

In fact, it is not only used for pounding medicine, but also for pounding some grains and other things if necessary.

Chishao said: "That sounds good, what do you need me to do?"

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "It's a very simple thing. I can do it myself. You just go ahead and do your thing."

"Okay, then let me know when you need help."

Jiang Xuan nodded and asked Chishao to get busy.

He left the bamboo forest and walked into the forest south of the tribe. After searching for a long time, he found a suitable big tree, about the size of a washbasin in diameter.

Afterwards, he found two tourists and used a stone knife to dig two holes, one on the left and one on the right, on the tree trunk close to the ground, and then put some red-hot charcoal in each hole.

Visitors are then asked to hold reed pipes and blow air onto the charcoal continuously to help it burn quickly.

This is a common method used by tribal people to cut down large trees.

Because the stone axe is very slow in cutting small trees, it is extremely difficult to cut down big trees.

By using this method of blowing air to burn charcoal, you can burn through the core of a large tree relatively quickly, and then use a stone axe to chop it a few times, and the tree will fall down.

The two tourists, one in front and one behind, blew desperately for a long time and finally burned through the heart of the tree. Then Jiang Xuan swung a stone axe and chopped down the hollow tree.

Then he removed the excess parts of the tree and carried it back to Chishao's yard.

He first found a very thick dead wood and cut a groove in the middle to use as a lever support point for the hydraulic medicine pounding device.

Then he used fire to burn a deep trough at the thickest end of the tree he had cut down.

When burning, he covered the trunk with wet mud all around, leaving the area that needed to be burned empty.

Using this method, you can ensure that other parts of the tree will not be burned, and only the parts that need to be burned will be burned.

After the water tank was burned, he dug a small groove in the thinner part of the tree, put charcoal in it, and blew hard with a reed to burn a big hole.

Afterwards, he found a smaller tree trunk, used a stone axe to cut it into the shape of a pestle, and embedded it into the hole in the big tree.

He also found a lot of resin, heated it into liquid in a pottery pot, added wood ash and stirred it evenly to make an adhesive. He then poured the mixture into the hole connecting the wooden pestle and the tree, and firmly stuck the two together.

Finally, he placed the big tree with the trough and the wooden pestle on the supporting stump, with the end where the wooden pestle was longer and the end where the trough was shorter.

After continuous adjustments, Jiang Xuan found the most suitable support point, and then cut a groove at that position to fit with the groove of the support point, so that it would not shift easily.

Jiang Xuan brought over the large stone that Chi Shao used to pound the medicine and put the wooden pestle into the mortar.

Finally, he used a bamboo tube to connect the water to the top of the sink, and a primitive, simple water-powered medicine pounding device was completed!

“Clatter…”

The water flowing out of the bamboo tube filled the trough, and gravity caused the trough to sink, while the end with the wooden pestle rose up.

When the water trough drops to a certain level, the water inside naturally flows out, the weight becomes lighter, the water trough rises again, and one end of the wooden pestle falls heavily and hits the stone mortar.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Every once in a while, the wooden pestle would hit the mortar. If the device was not damaged and the water was not cut off, it would continue to hit the mortar day and night.

"Sister, what do you think of this hydraulic medicine pounding device?"

After everything was done, Jiang Xuan took Chishao to see his results, with a smile on his face.

Chishao observed the device and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was indeed very practical.

The most important thing is that people need rest, but this device does not need rest and can keep pounding medicine. People only need to check on it from time to time.

Jiang Xuan picked up a thick wooden fork and said, "If you need it to stop, just use this fork to prop up the front and prevent the sink from filling with water."

Chishao exclaimed: "Xuan, you are so smart. You can always make something practical."

Jiang Xuan smiled embarrassedly. These things were the crystallization of the wisdom of countless ancient people in the world of his previous life. He was just copying them.

From that day on, there would always be a very rhythmic knocking sound coming from the depths of the bamboo forest of the Teng Tribe.

As time went by, everyone knew that it was the hydraulic medicine-pounding device made by the leader that was pounding the medicine.

Everyone admired the leader's intelligence and wisdom.

In the following period of time, Jiang Xuan led people to lay many bamboo tubes with bamboo joints opened up, and brought the stream water to the front of all the bamboo houses.

In this way, it is very convenient for everyone to cook or wash things, and there is no need to run to the stream.

The days passed one by one.

"boom!"

On the morning of March 15th, when the rising sun shone on the stone mountain, the huge ancient vine suddenly burst into endless green light, and a terrifying breath of life was surging.

The entire Teng Tribe, including all creatures in the mountains and forests near the Teng Tribe, felt a palpitation at this moment.

"What happened to Fujigami?"

Jiang Xuan hurried to the front of the altar. At this time, many people had gathered in front of the altar, and Chishao was standing in the front.

Chishao's eyes were closed and there was a mysterious energy fluctuation on his body. Jiang Xuan knew that it was witchcraft power.

After a long time, Chishao opened her eyes. She looked at the giant vine wrapped around the stone mountain and said excitedly, "The vine god told me that it has absorbed the power of faith of the tribe members and is about to break through!"

"Are you going to break through?"

Jiang Xuan was also very surprised when he heard this.

Judging from the current situation, the stronger the divine vine is, the safer the tribe will be, and the stronger the tribe’s warriors will be.

He had heard from the old witch that there were three types of totem gods: totem gods of small tribes, totem gods of medium tribes, and totem gods of large tribes.

The strength of this divine vine was previously equivalent to that of a totem god of a small tribe.

However, it is now about to break through.

This also means that if everything goes well, the Vine Tribe will have a totem god that is as powerful as a medium-sized tribe.

If the tribes whose totem gods no longer existed knew about this situation, they would probably go crazy with jealousy.

"However, the vine god also told me that it will sleep for a while to accumulate more power. During this period of time, the vine god will no longer be able to protect the tribe."

Chishao looked at Jiang Xuan and said, "While the Teng Shen is asleep, we need to face the dangers from outside by ourselves."

After hearing this, Jiang Xuan suppressed his excitement a little and said, "Let Teng Shen rest assured to break through. During this period of time, we will try not to stay away from the tribe and ensure the safety of the tribe."

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It is now approaching summer, and all kinds of food have become abundant. The Vine Tribe is close to a river, so they just need to develop for a while and wait for the divine vine to break through.

Chishao nodded, then closed her eyes and conveyed Jiang Xuan's words to Shen Teng.

"boom!"

On top of the stone mountain, the divine vine burst out with an even more dazzling green light, and all the branches became crystal clear, as if they were carved from jade.

The terrifying breath of life was spreading. Near the Teng Tribe, many creatures were crawling on the ground, their bodies trembling constantly, and they were terrified to the extreme.

It didn't take long before the green divine light gradually faded away, the branches of the giant vine returned to normal, and the terrifying aura slowly disappeared.

Chishao opened her eyes and said, "The divine vine has begun to fall asleep."

Jiang Xuan asked the crowd to disperse and told all the tribesmen to keep the secret strictly, not even to tell visitors who had lived in the Teng tribe for some time.

After the crowd dispersed, Jiang Xuan's excitement gradually subsided.

He said to Chishao, "It's a good thing that the Vine God is about to break through, but now that the old witch is gone and the Vine God is asleep again, from today on, we can only rely on ourselves."

Chishao nodded, feeling a heavy pressure.

"During this period of time, let's try to be careful and cautious. As long as Fujin breaks through successfully, everything will be fine."

The two discussed hunting for a while and then returned to the bamboo house.

Jiang Xuan gathered all the warriors of the Teng Tribe and announced that from today on, the Teng Tribe would only hunt and gather in the nearby jungle and would not go too far for the time being to avoid causing trouble.

At the same time, they continued to make bamboo rafts and harpoons, and some soldiers began to learn swimming and fishing.

The warriors of the Teng tribe all agreed. Although it was a pity that they could not go hunting far away, fortunately, the Teng tribe was close to a river, so fishing was also challenging.

After Jiang Xuan arranged these things, he took Shi Qiu to the forests on both sides of the tribe to check the magical plants that had been planted before.

"The grafted cage vines have sprouted!"

Jiang Xuan came to the forest south of the tribe and was pleasantly surprised to find that more than half of the cage vine branches that he had grafted two months ago had successfully taken root and sprouted, with only a few dying.

Sure enough, vines have very strong vitality, and cutting planting is a feasible method.

This is good news, which means that the plant defense line constructed by Jiang Xuan has taken another step towards success.

"The fruit core of the whip tree has also sprouted seedlings."

Last year, Jiang Xuan picked a lot of whip tree fruits. The fruits of this magical plant can increase people's strength after eating.

Jiang Xuan planted the leftover fruit cores within the designated plant defense line with a try-it attitude.

Unexpectedly, the planting was successful.

Although these whip tree seedlings do not yet possess terrifying attack power, after a few years, when they grow into big trees, they will not only be able to provide the Vine Tribe with a large amount of fruits, but also protect the Vine Tribe with their terrifying attack power.

Afterwards, Jiang Xuan went to the jungle to the north of the tribe, where there was a row of euphorbia pulcherrima flowers. These flowers looked very similar to the plants in a casual game that Jiang Xuan had played in his previous life.

Each plant of the euphorbia pulcherrima has a huge red flower.

It is very bright in color and usually remains motionless like other flowers. There is a large amount of honey in the stamens, which emits a rich fragrance that attracts all kinds of insects and even small animals.

However, when these large insects or small animals try to eat the honey, the biting flower will immediately turn into a bloody mouth, bite the greedy thieves to death and digest them.

It is said that once a tribesman approached this giant flower and had his head bitten off, so it got such a fierce name.

This magical plant was also found by Jiang Xuan when he was out hunting. He transplanted some seedlings, and now most of them have survived.

Of course, not all magical plants were successfully transplanted. Some of the magical plants that were more difficult to survive might not adapt to the environment after transplanting and withered not long after.

Peaceful days always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

In early April, the weather gradually became hotter.

Everything is growing wildly and thunderstorms are frequent, which also means that the Southern Wilderness has entered summer.

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

In the Thunder Mountain south of the Teng Tribe, there was a group of bird-billed mosquitoes flying quickly, and behind these bird-billed mosquitoes was a hunting team from the Mosquito Tribe.

After entering summer, bird-billed mosquitoes begin to reproduce rapidly, and both their number and attack power are stronger than in other seasons.

In the past year, the Mosquito Tribe has completely established its foothold in the Great Swamp, and has also wiped out two weaker small tribes, and its strength and population have grown rapidly.

The number of bird-billed mosquitoes increased dramatically, the number of tribal warriors increased dramatically, and everything in the mosquito tribe looked very good, which also prompted their ambitions to expand rapidly.

The Mosquito Tribe's range of activities became larger and larger. They did not forget the hunting team that was wiped out by the Vine Tribe.

So, after a brief period of forbearance, they decided to come again to inquire about the situation of the Teng Tribe. This time, they were determined to find out the details of the Teng Tribe and would not be easily scared away again.

“Rustle…”

In the woods, the hunting team of the Mosquito Tribe was advancing quickly.

With the bird-billed mosquito leading the way, they don't have to worry about encountering sudden danger.

This hunting team has about eighty people. The leader is called Huawen, a powerful three-color warrior who is cunning and cruel.

"We are getting close to that tribe. Everyone, spread out and be careful."

After approaching the Teng tribe, Hua Wen gave an order and the more than 80 warriors dispersed and continued to sneak under the leadership of Bird-mouthed Mosquito.

(End of this chapter)