When they returned to the tribe, it was already late and quiet. Xia hadn't rested yet. When Meng Yuqing arrived home and saw Xia sitting at the door waiting for them, she was so startled that she woke up from her nap.
He lowered his head guiltily and glanced at Xuan. He was caught. Will he have a chance to escape in the future?
Xuan greeted Xia calmly.
"Father beast, you haven't rested yet?"
"Well, I'll wait for you to come back." Xia was stunned when he saw the little spotted beast they brought back. "Is everything okay?"
"Nothing happened." Xuan raised the small spotted beast in his hand. Xia looked at them seriously for a while, then turned and went into the house.
"Xuan, what should we do? We've been caught." Meng Yuqing reached out and poked Xuan's waist. Xuan moved uncomfortably and said softly.
"It's okay. Father Beast knew when we set out. As long as we don't let Sub-Father know, it'll be fine."
"Will the clan leader tell him?" Meng Yuqing became nervous.
"Don't worry, the father beast won't tell."
"Really? That's good. We can come out again in the future, right?" Meng Yuqing asked worriedly.
"Of course, don't worry."
Following Xia, the two entered the house. Meng Yuqing looked up and exchanged glances with Xuan. It was a good opportunity to talk to Xia about what happened tonight.
"Chief, I have something to tell you." Just as Xia was about to return to his room, Meng Yuqing called out to him.
Xia stopped and turned to look at him, then glanced at the little spotted beast that was still struggling.
"say what?"
Meng Yuqing took two steps forward and handed the bone spur knife and the broken bamboo shoot to Xia.
"These are spring bamboo shoots, they haven't grown into bamboo yet... they're from knotty trees. They're edible and they grow very fast. There are a lot of them in the knotty forest. You can have the collection team collect as much as possible in the next few days. After a while, these shoots will grow into bamboo... and the knotty trees will be inedible."
Xia took the spring bamboo shoots handed to him by Meng Yuqing, looked at them carefully, peeled off the skin to reveal the flesh, and lowered his head to sniff them.
"Are these growing in knotwood? Lots of them?"
"Yes, the bamboo shoots we collect can be processed and preserved for a long time, but you may need some tools. The skin is too rough and it can easily scratch your hands."
Recalling the scene of herself picking bamboo shoots, Meng Yuqing added.
Xia nodded seriously. "I understand. I'll tell Qiuye about it. I'll go collect it in the next few days."
"And this." Meng Yuqing handed over the bone spur knife in his hand. Xia looked at it quietly, waiting for them to explain.
"Yuqing smeared the juice of blackthorn grass on it. He caught this little spotted beast with this knife. I didn't help."
Xuan dragged the little spotted beast in front of Xia and pointed at the knife wound on the side of the little spotted beast for Xia to look.
Hearing Xuan say this, Xia showed a rare expression of surprise and immediately squatted down to check the body of the little spotted beast.
The spotted beast struggled even more violently. Xia looked at the little spotted beast carefully, and his heart was filled with turmoil.
Apart from the knife wound on its side, the little spotted beast had no other wounds on its body.
"How did you do this?" Xia suddenly raised his head and looked at Meng Yuqing.
"Blackthorn grass. I crushed the blackthorn grass and smeared its juice on the blade of my knife. When the little spotted beast attacked me, I took the opportunity to injure it. The medicinal properties of the blackthorn grass quickly paralyzed its entire body, and it fell to the ground unconscious."
Meng Yuqing explained carefully, "But it doesn't take effect immediately. From the time the wound is created until the effect takes effect... it takes about ten breaths. If it's a larger beast, this time will be longer."
Hearing this, Xia's eyes widened slightly.
Although the small spotted beast is not a particularly powerful small beast, its size is very impressive among small beasts.
It is definitely not something a sub-beast can contend with, let alone catch it.
If this method could be generalized, even if it only worked on small beasts, maybe not...
In an instant, Xia thought a lot.
Just as Xia was immersed in his own thoughts, Meng Yuqing really couldn't hold on any longer.
I yawned so hard that tears came out. How long will it take for this debuff to disappear? Half a month? About right.
He slapped his face, forced himself to cheer up, and finished the last words.
"I still have some black thorn grass left. Chief, please make a weapon like this for Qiuye. If possible, collect more of this grass so that every sub-beast in the tribe can be equipped with a weapon. Although we haven't tested it on medium and large beasts, it will have a certain resistance against small beasts. We can also paint it around the tribe..."
As he spoke, his voice became weaker and weaker, and he really couldn't hold it in any longer.
Meng Yuqing opened his mouth, but his voice was already too low to be heard. Before he could utter the last words, his body went limp and he fell asleep completely.
Xuan, who was standing next to them, immediately reached out to catch the sleeping Meng Yuqing, picked him up sideways and nodded to Xia.
"Father, I'm going to take him to rest first." Xuan paused and continued.
"He... doesn't understand a lot of things. I'll have to trouble Father Beast with some of the tribe's matters."
Xia looked at Xuan quietly, then nodded slowly.
He understood what Xuan meant. Meng Yuqing knew a lot of knowledge that they didn't know, but he was like a newborn cub, understanding nothing. Although he tried his best to cover it up, he couldn't hide it from Xia.
......
When he woke up again, it was already bright outside. Meng Yuqing ran out of the room to check the position of the sun. It was already noon! Strangely, even Qiu Ye was not at home.
When I returned to the house, I saw food already prepared on the stone table. It seemed that he had come back to have lunch and then went out again.
While eating the food left by Qiu Ye, he was thinking about what he should do after the house was built to quickly accumulate energy and exchange it for some things that could be developed in the mall.
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