The result was obvious, the Yan tribe was defeated.
The wars between tribes are nothing more than a fight for territory and women.
The tribesmen were still very united, so even though they were defeated, there were still some survivors, about a hundred people, mostly the elderly, the weak, women and children.
The warriors of the tribe had already died in the battle.
The surviving people of the Yan tribe became wanderers.
A wanderer is someone who has lost his spark.
The witch of the Yan tribe also died in this battle, and as the only surviving successor to the great witch, the client Man Qing was elected as the new great witch.
But what’s the use of just having a title? Without the fire and the rituals to inherit the witch’s legacy, the client Man Qing is just an ordinary person.
A group of elderly, weak, women and children became wanderers, and it was extremely difficult for them to survive.
Without food and clothing, people will keep dying, first the elderly, then the children.
The remaining women were willing to be taken in by some tribes.
Some chose to go to other tribes, while others chose to continue following the client Man Qing.
Anyone can go to another tribe, but the client cannot. She is the great witch of the Yan tribe. If she goes to another tribe, the Yan tribe will be completely finished.
The client Man Qing insisted on not having enough food and eventually starved to death.
After starving to death, she was selected by Xiao Si and became the client this time.
When talking about his long-cherished wish, Man Qing can sum it up in eight words: As long as the fire is not extinguished, the tribe will not perish.
This is her obsession, otherwise she would not persist until she starved to death, nor would she be willing to go to other tribes! Meng Changjin slowly opened his eyes and found that he had changed a key.
There was a stone ceiling above his head and hay and animal skins beneath his body.
The air in the cave is not very good and has a strange smell.
Meng Changjin, wrapped in animal skins, climbed up from the haystack and walked outside.
There was a fire burning at the entrance of the cave, and it seemed that it was about to go out.
Meng Changjin first added a few thin firewoods to the dying fire, and then looked outside.
The cave is located on the mountain wall and has some chisel marks, but most of it is naturally formed.
Meng Changjin guessed that there must have been a cave originally, which was then carved out to become a place to live.
Looking outside, you can see that there are one thousand semicircular mountain walls here, and there are hundreds of such caves on the mountain walls.
However, some of these caves had smoke coming out of them, while others did not. Based on the client's memory, Meng Changjin knew what this meant.
A cave with smoke means there are people there, and a cave without smoke means there are no people there.
Of these hundreds of caves, only half of them still have smoke coming out of them.
Below the semicircular mountain wall is a huge flat area.
In the center of the flat ground, there is a round platform made of stones. On the platform, there is a little flame swaying in the cold wind.
This is what is called the spark.
Although it is just a small flame, it will not be extinguished even in wind and rain unless it is swallowed or replaced by another fire.
On the opposite side of the semicircular mountain wall is a river two or three meters wide, and on the other side of the river is a forest.
At this time, the two or three meter wide river had been frozen, and the mountains and forests on the opposite side were also covered in snow.
Meng Changjin's ears moved slightly and he heard a voice coming from above his head.
After careful consideration, Meng Changjin understood the meaning.
They say that there is not much food left, but winter is only halfway over, and many people probably won’t make it this time.
Meng Changjin straightened his lips. This was indeed a big problem.
In fact, there are quite a few things in Meng Changjin's spiritual plant space. Before leaving the previous mission world, Meng Changjin did not make any preparations.
She bought a lot of various rice, flour, grain and oil and threw them into the spiritual plant space.
Since you have money, there's nothing wrong in making more preparations.
What Meng Changjin felt was difficult to deal with was that there must be a reason for her to take out these things. Now that half of the winter had passed, no one should have starved to death for the time being.
But if there is not enough food, people will probably start dying soon.
After winter is over, some people will come and take over this territory, and we cannot fight on an empty stomach.
Meng Changjin suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
Even if she took out food now, these people probably wouldn't dare to eat it because she couldn't explain where it came from.
Then there is only one way.
That is, to become a witch.
The people in the tribe believe in the witch's words unconditionally.
Meng Changjin felt that it didn't matter if she didn't become a witch. If she could make the witch believe her, that would solve the problem.
The most important thing is that the witch of the tribe will usually pass on everything to the new witch before he dies. Meng Changjin is afraid that he will have to become the witch and let the current witch die, which would be bad.
But how to make Wu believe her is not an easy task.
Wrapping himself tightly in the animal skin, Meng Changjin stepped onto the stone pit next to him and went down.
When passing by the neighbor's house downstairs, the other party started talking a lot to Meng Changjin.
Meng Changjin was confused for a moment, and then he figured out what the other party was saying after trying to figure it out in his mind.
The neighbor below the client is also one of the candidates for the next witch, or in other words, the people living in the six caves above and below this row are all candidates for witches.
The client Man Qing is just one of them.
The client lives in a cave on the second floor of this row. The man living below her is called Zhuo. He is a fourteen-year-old boy with a chubby face and is quite cute.
The other party was just chattering away, asking Meng Changjin what he was going to do. It was such a cold winter, so he shouldn't go out.
Of course, in addition to this, the young man named Zhuo also told Meng Changjin some things that happened in previous winters.
The main point is that someone went out last winter and froze to death.
Meng Changjin wanted to laugh. Was he afraid that she would freeze to death if she went out?
The winter here is indeed quite cold. Meng Changjin felt that the temperature was about minus ten degrees Celsius.
In addition, the only means of heating were animal skins, hay and a small fire at the entrance of the cave, so it was not surprising that people froze to death.
Meng Changjin made a speech in her mind and spoke to the other party in the same gibberish, saying that she was just going out for a walk.
After saying this, without waiting for the other party to emphasize again that they would freeze to death if they went out, Meng Changjin quickly stepped down into the stone pit and reached the ground.
When he reached the ground, Meng Changjin discovered that the entrances of the caves on the ground were blocked by stones, while those above were blocked by stones.
But looking at the stone pit used for going up and down, Meng Changjin knew why.
It's just a stone pit, so you have to be careful when going up and down, let alone carrying the stones up.
Meng Changjin didn't look at it any more, turned around and walked towards the river.
After taking a few steps, Meng Changjin heard footsteps coming from behind him.
There was no need to look back, just a sweep of his spiritual sense and Meng Changjin would arrive, and the one who caught up with him was the young man named Zhuo.
Meng Changjin suddenly turned around, scaring Zhuo, who was following him, so much that he fell to the ground with a lot of snow on his animal hide.
"Why did you follow me? Didn't you say you would freeze to death if you go out? Go back." Meng Changjin was also puzzled. Didn't this guy say he would freeze to death if he went out? If that was the case, why did he follow me? "I, I was afraid you would freeze to death, so I dragged you back." Zhuo said in a low voice.
Meng Changjin: ...
After being speechless for a while, Meng Changjin frowned and said sternly: "Go back immediately and don't follow me!"
She went out to do serious work and had no time to take the child with her!
Meng Changjin's expression was so serious that Zhuo, who had just gotten up from the ground, suddenly shrank his neck.
"Then you froze to death..." Zhuo wanted to talk about dragging the corpse, but when he saw Meng Changjin's dark face, he couldn't continue.
"I am sure that I won't freeze to death, but you say that you are not sure. If you insist on following me, I won't care if you freeze to death." Meng Changjin's face was dark and his tone was very serious.
"Okay, don't follow me." Meng Changjin was too lazy to say anything else. After adding sternly, Meng Changjin continued to walk outside.
This time Zhuo really didn't dare to follow. In the tribe, if one person explicitly did not allow others to follow her, then the others generally would not follow.
It is the same now. Meng Changjin does not allow Zhuo to follow, and Zhuo dares not follow.
Unable to follow Meng Changjin, Zhuo quickly ran back to his cave. He was actually afraid that he would freeze to death.
Meng Changjin's spiritual sense continued to spread behind him, and he was satisfied after confirming that Zhuo did not follow him.
It’s good that he didn’t follow. If he had followed, it would have been inconvenient for Meng Changjin to move around.
She came out specifically to find a way to bring something out of the spiritual plant space.
For example, her knife.
In addition, Meng Changjin also wanted to go to the river to take a look.
The river is frozen now, and you might be able to see fish directly under the ice.
If you can really see them, you can catch some and bring them back.
Food is scarce now, and fish is also food.
However, in the client's memory, the people of the Yan tribe do not eat fish.
These people don't know how to handle fish, and they can't even chew the fish scales, so fish are excluded from their food.
But precisely because the people of the Yan tribe don’t eat fish, there may be a lot of fish in the river.
If we catch them all, it will be enough for us to have food for a few days.
When they reached the river, Meng Changjin took out her knife.
She held the fiery red straight knife in her hand and stepped onto the river surface in two or three steps.
The ice was a bit thick and it was hard to see clearly underneath, but this did not pose a problem for Meng Changjin as she had spiritual awareness.
The spiritual consciousness spread out, directly passed through the ice layer, and explored the surroundings.
Soon, a smile appeared on Meng Changjin's face. There were really a lot of fish under the river! Not only were there a lot of fish, but they were also quite fat.
Any one you see should weigh about five or six kilograms.
Meng Changjin picked up the knife and started chopping at the ice. Although he didn't have much strength, his knife was good!
Under Meng Changjin's fiery red straight knife, the ice layer turned into tender tofu.
A long crack was easily cut out, and with a few more cuts from Meng Changjin, a hole as big as a basin was cut out in the ice.
There was just a little bit of shallow water beneath the ice. Meng Changjin scooped out the broken ice and stabbed the fish accurately with his straight knife, and a big fish was caught.
Meng Changjin was having a lot of fun fishing, and before long, she had removed a large chunk of ice from the river.
Looking back, he found that he had caught quite a few big fish. Meng Changjin found a rope to string the fish together, which was more than one meter long.
It was difficult for Meng Changjin to drag the thing.
However, the fish are dead, so they can be directly stored in the spiritual plant space and taken out when we get near the cave.
As for the straight knife, Meng Changjin naturally had to take it back and put it in the open.
In the tribe in winter, in order to reduce consumption, everyone eats a little and then sleeps all day.
So when Meng Changjin dragged back a long string of fish, few people noticed.
Meng Changjin didn't care and just dragged the fish to the witch's cave.
The witch's cave is on the first level. There are no stones piled at the entrance of the cave, but a piece of animal skin is hung to block the wind.
Just as Meng Changjin dragged the fish to the outside of the witch's cave, an old voice came from inside: "It's Manqing, come in."
Meng Changjin raised his eyebrows slightly. This witch was quite interesting.
Meng Changjin did not drag the fish in. He put a string of fish outside and lifted the animal skin and went in.
The witch's cave was much larger and was divided into several rooms.
At this time, the witch with wrinkles on his face was sitting on a stone bench, holding a roll of animal skin in his hand.
"Why did you go out? It's freezing cold and it's dangerous to go out." Wu glanced at Meng Changjin, glanced at the straight knife Meng Changjin was holding, and spoke softly.
Meng Changjin saw that the old lady was quite gentle and felt that she should be easy to talk to. After thinking for a while, he said, "Great Witch, I just went to the river to catch some fish and animals. I want to share some with you."
Wu looked at Meng Changjin again, paused, and slowly said: "How to eat fish beast? The hard shell on the surface can be removed, but the bones of fish beast are too thin, and it is easy to accidentally eat them and get stuck in the throat. Even if you are careful, the taste of fish beast is not good, it is extremely bitter."
Meng Changjin listened quietly and nodded in approval.
Wu was even more surprised when he saw Meng Changjin nod.
Since we know these problems of the fish beast, why do we still want to catch it?
Meng Changjin was not in a hurry: "Great witch, I have a way to make the meat of fish and beasts not bitter. Everyone just be careful when eating, it will be fine."
"Do you have a solution?" Wu looked at Meng Changjin in surprise, and soon a smile appeared on his face: "Then you give it a try."
Meng Changjin was surprised at how easy it was for Wu to talk to. So he let her try it?
But she didn't delay and nodded quickly: "Wait a moment, Great Witch, it will be ready soon."
After Meng Changjin finished speaking, he hurriedly opened the animal skin curtain and went out.
After finding a relatively small fish from the rope, Meng Changjin didn't care whether his straight knife made of natural materials would be unfairly used to scrape the fish scales. He scraped the scales quickly and also cut open the fish's belly to take out the internal organs and black membrane.
The fish gills must also be cleaned.
After finishing all this, Meng Changjin picked up the processed fish and quickly ran to the river to wash it. On the way back, he cut a wooden stick and carved it as he walked. When he returned to the outside of the witch's cave, he had already carved the fish and had strung it on the stick.
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