Chapter 236 Crocodile Tribe
After the transaction was completed, Shanxie even took off his animal skin bag on the spot, put on an animal skin backpack, and walked around the tribe, attracting curious and envious eyes, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
After the transaction was completed, Jiang Xuan took advantage of Shanxie's happiness and asked him about the central part of Southern Wilderness.
"Captain Crab, how far is this place from those large tribes in the central part of the Southern Wilderness?"
"Which big tribe does Chief Xuan want to go to?"
"I heard that the Red Ant Tribe is very big and has a lot of good things. I want to go over and take a look."
"Red Ant Tribe, I've only heard of it, but I've never been there. How far away is it? I don't know either."
Except for the tribes with flying mounts, most tribes have a very small range of activities, and they basically dare not go anywhere more than ten days' journey away.
Shanxie thought about it carefully and said, "Although I have never been there, our ancestors said that if we keep walking down the river, we will reach where the big tribe is. The Red Ant Tribe you are looking for should also be there."
"Okay, I'll leave now."
"So soon? Stay a few more days."
"No, I want to find the big tribe as soon as possible. If I find it, I will definitely bring back some goodies to trade with you."
When Shanxie heard this, a smile suddenly spread across his face: "Okay, then I'll wait for Chief Xuan to come back."
Jiang Xuan picked up the animal skin bag and walked outside the Crab Tribe, where Tangyuan had been waiting for a long time.
When it came to Tangyuan's side, the mountain crab didn't dare to get any closer, because the huge and ferocious bird was too terrifying and put a lot of pressure on him.
Jiang Xuan was just about to climb onto Tangyuan's back when he suddenly thought of something. He put down the animal skin bag, went back to Shanxie, and took out a smaller animal skin from the big pocket of his animal skin coat.
Jiang Xuan handed the animal skin to Shanxie and said, "Chief Shanxie, this is the totem of our Teng tribe. If any warriors from the Teng tribe pass by here and encounter difficulties, I hope Chief Shanxie can give them some help."
"We in the Teng tribe will repay a favor. As long as the mountain crab leader helps them, the Teng tribe will definitely repay the Crab tribe in the future!"
This time Jiang Xuan went to the central part of the Southern Wilderness. In addition to wanting to understand the situation in the central part, his most important purpose was to explore the way for the Teng tribe's fleet.
Mapping the river and making friends with the tribes along the river are both of great benefit to the fleet's navigation.
After all, water navigation is risky and no one knows when you might run into trouble.
Shanxie unfolded the hide and took a look, then put it away solemnly: "Don't worry, Chief Xuan, as long as the warriors of the Vine Tribe come to the territory of our Crab Tribe, I will definitely help them when they need help."
"Thank you, Chief Mountain Crab. See you next time."
Jiang Xuan climbed onto Tangyuan's back and waved to the mountain crab.
“Huff, huff, huff…”
Tangyuan kicked his legs suddenly, then flapped his wings quickly and flew into the sky.
Shanxie looked at Jiang Xuan's back with envy. It would be great to have a ferocious bird that could fly and ride on it!
Of course, he was just envious. He would not dare to fly to the sky because he still had to stay firmly on the ground.
Next to the mountain crab, a warrior couldn't help but ask: "Chief, why don't we just rob his goods? He is alone anyway, if we kill him, no one will know."
“Bang!”
Mountain Crab was furious. He turned around and slapped the warrior, knocking him unconscious. He covered his rapidly swelling face and looked at the leader in confusion.
"Idiot, can't you see the warrior tattoo on his face? What color warrior is that? It's a five-color warrior!"
"Look at that ferocious bird again, and what he took out. Have you ever seen such fine salt? Such exquisite pottery? Such a beautiful animal skin bag?"
"I tell you, the Teng Tribe is definitely a big tribe, and a very powerful one!"
"How could you think of killing the leader of a large tribe?"
"When you encounter problems next time, use your fish brain!"
The soldier was so stunned by the mountain crab's scolding that he dared not say another word.
Shanxie, carrying his animal skin backpack, turned around and returned to the tribe, looking very disappointed.
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After leaving the Crab Tribe, Jiang Xuan took out a river map at the next resting place, marked the location of the Crab Tribe on the river map, and drew the Crab Tribe's totem pattern.
The map of the winding river was getting longer and longer. Because the animal skin was not big enough, he had already drawn two animal skins.
When the painting is finished, find a large piece of animal skin and draw the entire river map, as well as the tribes and iconic landforms along the river on it.
When the Teng tribe fleet sets sail again, it will not be in a blind spot. At least it knows where the next stop is and what tribes are ahead.
As Tangyuan continued to fly, the flat terrain became more and more, and the mountains became fewer and fewer.
Another obvious change is the temperature.
The further south you fly, the higher the temperature becomes, and the vegetation on the ground is mostly green, so it doesn't even look like winter.
Jiang Xuan sighed, "No wonder everyone is flocking to the central part of the Southern Wilderness. This place is perfect for a large tribe to survive."
Except for the Vine Tribe, most tribes mainly engage in hunting and gathering, supplemented by planting and breeding.
In order to obtain enough food, they must migrate once every time they live for a period of time. This can ensure an adequate food supply and give animals and plants in the forest time to reproduce.
The snowy winter is undoubtedly a nightmare for the tribal people, because they cannot get enough food and will starve to death.
Places where it doesn't snow all year round are undoubtedly the best habitats for the tribesmen, because they no longer have to worry about not finding food in the winter, nor do they have to go through the trouble of finding ways to keep warm.
Therefore, throughout the Southern Wilderness, large tribes are almost all concentrated in the resource-rich central region and further south.
In the following period of time, Jiang Xuan encountered a medium-sized tribe and two small tribes on the river bank.
The further south we flew, the wider the river became and the more tribes there were.
On the second day of November, Jiang Xuan finally encountered his first large tribe!
This is a large alluvial plain formed by river silt deposition, covered with various aquatic plants.
After the river flows here, it splits into two and flows in two directions.
After Tangyuan flew to the vicinity of the alluvial plain, Jiang Xuan looked down from the sky and saw rows of houses located everywhere on the plain, which was very spectacular.
The scale of buildings in large tribes far exceeds that of medium-sized tribes. Anyone who has seen it can clearly see the difference.
"Tangyuan, don't fly forward anymore, land on the sandbar next to you first."
Jiang Xuan had heard from the old witch that wherever large tribes lived, they did not like to have flying mounts from other tribes flying over their heads.
If you rashly fly over the head of a large tribe, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction from the totem god of the large tribe. If you encounter a totem god of the large tribe with a bad temper, he is likely to knock down both you and the bird.
Jiang Xuan doesn't want to take this risk.
So, he let Tangyuan land directly on the sandbar next to the impact plain to understand the situation first.
“Boom!”
Tangyuan landed on a sandbar, and the water plants on it were flattened by it, with its claws deeply sunk into the mud and sand.
A sandbar is a small island formed by the accumulation of mud, stones and other materials in a river. Most of it will be submerged during the flood season and will only be fully exposed during the dry season.
It is winter now, the dry season, so the area of this sandbar looks relatively large.
As soon as the glutinous rice balls landed on the ground, Jiang Xuan heard a rustling sound coming from the water plants on the edge of the sandbar, and then heard the sound of them entering the water.
Apparently, some amphibians were frightened by the dumplings and fled into the water.
Jiang Xuan got off Tangyuan's back and found a big rock not far away with some human drawings on it.
Jiang Xuan walked over and finally saw clearly what was painted on the stone.
A totem pattern was painted on the stone in dark green.
The totem pattern clearly looks like a crocodile, with its bloody mouth full of sharp teeth, strong claws and tail all clearly drawn.
Therefore, this should be the territory of the Crocodile Tribe !
Not long after Jiang Xuan landed, he heard strange sounds of water on the river.
He looked toward the river and saw twelve armed warriors advancing quickly on the waves.
"Light Kung Fu Floating on Water?"
Jiang Xuan found it unbelievable. Could the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe have such magical abilities?
However, when these soldiers came closer, Jiang Xuan realized that he was overthinking.
Under the feet of each warrior, there is a huge crocodile, which carries them forward underwater.
"That makes a lot more sense."
Being carried across the water by a crocodile is obviously easier to accept than walking on the waves.
Soon, twelve big crocodiles swam to the shore. The twelve warriors jumped easily onto the shore and walked towards Jiang Xuan.
They first looked at the huge and oppressive Tangyuan, and then looked at Jiang Xuan.
Those warriors saw the five warrior lines on Jiang Xuan's face at a glance, and coupled with the terrible pressure brought by Tang Yuan, these crocodile tribe warriors began to pay attention to Jiang Xuan.
The leading warrior asked, "Which tribe are you from?"
Jiang Xuan replied: "I am from the Teng tribe."
"Ivy tribe?"
The leading warrior thought about it carefully and found that he had never heard of the name of this tribe.
However, he did not underestimate it. After all, a tribe that could give birth to five-colored warriors and raise a ferocious bird must not be weak. The reason why he had never heard of it was probably because it was far away.
"Friends from the Vine Tribe, welcome to the territory of the Crocodile Tribe. You can move freely outside the territory, but be careful not to violate the rules of our Crocodile Tribe, otherwise you will bring disaster upon yourself."
The leading warrior pointed at Tang Yuan and said, "Besides, our crocodiles don't like it, so it can only stay here or go somewhere else and cannot enter the territory of the crocodile tribe."
Crocodiles are the overlords of the water and have extremely strong fighting power. They have a natural advantage over fish, aquatic beasts, water birds, and even animals like humans.
However, when faced with Tangyuan, these crocodiles have no advantage and may even become food.
Jiang Xuan said: "Tangyuan can't enter your tribe's territory, so how can I get there?"
The place where they landed was a sandbar, about 500 meters away from the territory of the Crocodile Tribe. They couldn't let Jiang Xuan swim over there, could they? How dangerous it would be.
The leading soldier thought about it and felt that what Jiang Xuan said made sense, so he reluctantly said, "I can take you there."
“Thank you very much.”
Jiang Xuan took off a hide bag filled with goods from Tangyuan's back, and then gave Tangyuan a few instructions, telling it to stay on the sandbar to rest, or to find food nearby, but not to go far.
Tangyuan nodded, then walked a few steps outside, suddenly flapped its wings and flew up, causing a gust of wind that knocked down the vegetation on the sandbar.
The crocodile tribe warriors watched Tangyuan fly away and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure Tangyuan brought to them was too great.
"Let's go back."
The leading soldier waved his hand and walked towards the water first.
Jiang Xuan hurried to catch up, he didn't want to swim in a river full of crocodiles.
When we arrived at the water's edge, a group of big crocodiles had been waiting on the shore for a long time.
“Clatter…”
After the crocodile tribe warriors came over, the big crocodiles jumped into the water and waited in the shallow water.
The leading warrior waded to the largest crocodile and stood on its back.
"Friends from the Vine Tribe, come sit up, I'll take you there."
Since the other party has spoken, you cannot be timid at this time, otherwise you will be looked down upon.
Jiang Xuan is a five-color warrior and can swim, so he doesn't take a crocodile seriously.
He calmly carried the animal hide bag and sat astride the back of the big crocodile.
“Let’s go!”
The soldier shouted, and saw the big crocodile's tail swinging quickly, carrying them into the river.
Crossing the river on a crocodile was a brand new experience for Jiang Xuan, and it made him quite excited.
“Clatter…”
Because Jiang Xuan was sitting on the back of a big crocodile, his legs and waist were completely immersed in the water, and the waves raised by the river splashed on his face from time to time.
At this moment, Jiang Xuan finally understood why the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe stood on the backs of crocodiles to cross the water, because it was not that uncomfortable! Fortunately, the sandbar was not far from the alluvial plain where the Crocodile Tribe was located. Soon, the big crocodile swam to the other side.
After the big crocodile swam to the shallow water, Jiang Xuan immediately got off the crocodile's back. At this time, his whole body was wet and he looked a little embarrassed.
"Friends of the Vine Tribe, you may now move freely."
After the twelve crocodile tribe warriors brought Jiang Xuan over, they left immediately.
To a large tribe like the Crocodile Tribe, outsiders often come, either to do business or to seek some benefits. The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe have long been accustomed to it.
"This is the territory of the Crocodile Tribe."
Jiang Xuan looked around curiously. When he set out from the Teng Tribe, Jiang Xuan asked the old witch in detail about the situation in the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
The Crocodile Tribe is a large tribe located in the central part of the Southern Wilderness, close to the north.
In other words, after a long flight, he did arrive in the central part of the Southern Wilderness. This discovery made Jiang Xuan quite excited.
On the way here, he had imagined countless times what the central part of the Southern Wilderness was like and to what extent those large tribes had developed.
Now, he could finally see it with his own eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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