Chapter 248: Wish
After crying, I have to deal with the aftermath.
According to the custom of the Red Ant Tribe, when a member of the tribe dies, the body must be sent to the ant nest to be eaten by the young ants.
It is said that this will allow the souls of the tribe members to enter the ant nest and stay with the Red Ant God forever, receiving his protection.
But now, after knowing the tribe’s biggest secret, Guli no longer wants to send the elder’s body into the ant nest.
When people are alive, they are exploited as slaves by red ants. After they die, even their corpses are used to feed the young red ants. How sad is it?
Therefore, Guli gritted his teeth and said to the tribesmen around him: "The elder left a will before he died. He wanted to be buried in this forest. I decided to respect the elder's choice."
The tribesmen around looked at each other, because this was against the rules of the Red Ant Tribe.
But the witch is not here now, the highest-ranking person is the leader, and this is the last wish of the deceased, so no one dares to object.
Qie Ye understood his father's thoughts. With red eyes, he took a plow used for digging traps from a soldier next to him and started digging the hole directly.
Some warriors who had received favors from the elders also went up to help.
As a result, no one dared to mention the rules of the tribe.
Finally, the elder's body was wrapped in a large animal hide and placed in a deep earth pit. Guli and Qieye personally covered the elder with soil and buried him in the pine forest...
After the death of the elder of the ant tribe, his body was not sent to the ant nest. When the news was passed back to the tribe, the witch was quite dissatisfied.
But the person had already been buried, and the witch couldn't dig him out, so the matter ended up in nothing.
However, what the witch didn't know was that from that day on, the chief no longer believed in the Red Ant God, no longer trusted the witch without reservation, and even began to secretly plan to change the totem god.
The entire ant tribe, on the surface, remains as calm as before, but in fact, undercurrents have begun to surge.
Outside the Ant Tribe, Jiang Xuan wandered in the forest for a day, but was unable to find out anything about what happened inside the Ant Tribe.
Just when he was about to leave in disappointment, Qie Ye found him and handed him two oval fruits as big as rugby balls.
The skin of these two fruits is yellowish-brown and relatively hard. If you shake it, you can hear a sound coming from inside.
Qie Ye said: "This is the fruit of the kettle tree. There are seeds inside. You can take it back and try to plant it. Whether it can survive depends on the luck of your Teng tribe."
"Does the witch from your tribe agree to give me this fruit?"
Jiang Xuan was very surprised, because most tribes would regard these things as treasures and would not easily give them to outsiders.
"I am the chief's son. I don't need to ask the witch's opinion to take the two fruits."
Jiang Xuan keenly noticed Qie Ye's changes. This was not what he said when he took Jiang Xuan to visit the Red Ant Tribe before.
However, Jiang Xuan did not ask Qie Ye what happened, because he was just an outsider, and even if he asked, Qie Ye might not tell him.
"Thank you very much, I will give you something as well."
Jiang Xuan didn't want to take advantage of Qie Ye for nothing, so he took out a handful of gem knife coins and handed them to Qie Ye.
The gemstone knife coin is the most valuable knife coin in the Teng tribe’s knife coin system. It is made of high-quality stone and is very ornamental and practical.
Qie Ye took the gem knife coin. He was also a connoisseur of value and knew that this thing was worth a lot of money.
But since it was given by Jiang Xuan, he did not refuse and accepted it directly.
"You'd better not come to the Red Ant Tribe recently. Leave as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll leave right away."
Jiang Xuan didn't ask why, because judging from the situation of the Red Ant Tribe, something big must have happened.
"I still have things to do in the tribe. I'll go back first."
After Qie Ye finished speaking, he turned around and left. His steps were heavy and he was not as lively as before.
Jiang Xuan stood there and watched Qie Ye walk away, then he looked at the two kettle tree fruits in his hand and put them into the animal skin bag.
Then he climbed up the tallest tree nearby and blew a bone whistle.
"Eer..."
After a while, the dumplings flew over from the distant hill and landed on the open space.
Jiang Xuan came down from the tree, ran to the open space, and then climbed onto Tangyuan's back.
"Let's go, keep moving forward."
Jiang Xuan patted Tangyuan's strong feathers, and Tangyuan immediately flew up, circled twice in the sky, and then continued to fly southeast along the river.
Jiang Xuan looked back at the Red Ant Tribe in the forest. He didn’t know what the Red Ant Tribe would look like when he came next time.
…
Two days later, Jiang Xuan had already left the Red Ant Tribe, and used trading methods to inquire about the location of the Black Tooth Tribe from the tribes on the river bank.
On the third day after leaving the Red Ant Tribe, he found the Black Tooth Tribe.
The Black Tooth Tribe lived on a relatively rare mountain range in the central part of the Southern Wilderness. It was said that they did not live here voluntarily, but were forced to move up the mountain because they were relatively weak at the time.
If they can live in a plain suitable for living and planting, who would be willing to go to the mountains with relatively harsh conditions? However, no one expected that after the Black Tooth Tribe went up the mountain, they were desperate for change and actually began to take advantage of the Black Tooth Bird's ability to fly long distances and engage in primitive trade.
With the help of primitive trade, a highly profitable industry, the Black Tooth Tribe's strength grew rapidly. Even the several tribes that had forced them to the mountains in the first place had to trade with them and accept their exploitation.
In just a few decades, the Black Tooth Tribe established a powerful primitive business empire, and the Black Tooth Tribe's traveling trading teams traveled all over the Southern Wilderness.
Although their totem god has not yet become a great god, the overall strength of the Black Tooth Tribe is no weaker than any large tribe.
The people of the Black Tooth Tribe live a more prosperous life than any other large tribe.
The mountain range where the Black Tooth Tribe lives is named the Black Tooth Mountains by them. Now, the territory of the Black Tooth Tribe is no longer limited to the Black Tooth Mountains. They also occupy a large area of the plains surrounding the mountains.
"Eer..."
Tangyuan landed next to a small lake outside the Black Tooth Tribe. Jiang Xuan had just got off Tangyuan's back when a team of Black Tooth Tribe warriors came over.
The warriors of the Black Tooth Tribe are not as fierce as those of other tribes. Everyone has a kind expression.
The leading warrior said, "This is the Black Tooth Tribe. Which tribe are you from? Are you here to trade?"
"I'm from the Teng tribe. Not long ago, Wu Yu, the leader of your Black Tooth tribe's caravan, invited me to come here."
"Was it Chief Wu Yu who invited you? Please wait a moment. Chief Wu Yu hasn't been out these two days. I will go find him right away."
The warriors of the Black Tooth Tribe were not stupid either. They did not let anyone in casually, but went to find Wu Yu to confirm the situation first.
While waiting, Jiang Xuan casually looked at the team of warriors from the Black Tooth Tribe.
The strength of a tribe can be clearly seen from its members.
First of all, the warriors of the Black Tooth tribe are very strong, not as thin as the warriors of other tribes, and they don’t look like they are often hungry.
Secondly, although the animal skin clothes worn by each of them were not brand new, they were all intact, not tattered like those of other tribes.
Their weapons are also well-made, which is very different from those crudely made weapons.
Finally, there are the ornaments that these warriors wear around their necks or hang around their waists.
These ornaments are polished very beautifully, and if you take them out to trade, you can exchange them for a lot of things.
From these details, we can see that the Black Tooth Tribe is really wealthy, so wealthy that it makes people envious and even jealous.
“Chief Xuan, hahaha, as soon as I heard you were from the Teng Tribe, I knew it was you!”
Wu Yu walked out of the tribe with a very happy smile on his face.
In this primitive continent where dangers abound and transportation is extremely poor, the reunion of old friends is something worth celebrating, because too many people will never see each other again after meeting once.
Wu Yu greeted him enthusiastically: "Come on, let's go inside the tribe. I have a lot of good things there. I'm sure you will like them."
Jiang Xuan pointed at the glutinous rice balls and asked, "Can it go in?"
"Of course, our Black Tooth Tribe has a place for mounts to stay temporarily. Let it go in with us."
“That’s great.”
Because Tangyuan was too big and too ferocious, he was not welcome in any tribe he went to and could only wait outside the tribe.
This time, it can finally go in with Jiang Xuan.
"Tangyuan, follow me."
Jiang Xuan waved his hand, and Tangyuan followed behind him, swaying like a duck, looking quite funny.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Wu Yu brought Jiang Xuan and Tang Yuan to a very spacious wooden shed area.
This area has various wooden sheds of all sizes, as well as wide open spaces. People from various tribes who come to trade can temporarily place their mounts here, and the people of the Black Tooth Tribe will take care of them.
Wu Yu looked at Tang Yuan's huge body, then pointed to the open space and said, "Let it rest here for a while. If it needs food, we can ask the warriors of our tribe to send a few wild beasts over. Of course, the wild beasts need to be exchanged for some goods."
After hearing this, Jiang Xuan had only two words in his mind: profiteer.
The reason why the Black Tooth Tribe built this wooden shed area was not to provide convenience to the various tribes, but to take advantage of the mounts' need to eat and earn commissions.
"No need, Tangyuan was already full when he came, just let him rest here for a while."
Jiang Xuan decisively rejected the Black Tooth Tribe's intention to serve Tang Yuan.
Wu Yu felt it was a pity. If he wanted to feed such a large bird of prey, it would need a lot of meat. Maybe he could exchange this meat for some good things from Jiang Xuan.
"Then let's go."
Wu Yu led Jiang Xuan and continued to move forward. Jiang Xuan looked back at the wooden shed area and decided to build one outside the vine wall of the Teng Tribe after returning, copying the Black Tooth Tribe's money-making idea.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan showed a slight smile. Next time the Black Tooth Tribe's traveling team goes to the Teng Tribe, he will let them experience the feeling of having to pay for mounts, food, and water.
Jiang Xuan believes that they can even go a step further and provide services such as bathing, hair trimming, and medical treatment to those mounts.
Of course, these services are charged.
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(End of this chapter)
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