Chapter 263 Giant Claw Tribe
"What's your name?"
Jiang Xuan warmly put his arm around the young man's shoulders, as if they were old friends.
"My name is Stone Shovel."
The young man twisted his body awkwardly, but did not dare to struggle too much.
Jiang Xuan exclaimed: "Stone Shovel, what a good name, you must be very good at digging soil, right?"
The young man answered honestly: "We, the people of the Giant Claw Tribe, are all very good at digging."
"Giant Claw Tribe?" Jiang Xuan took a look at the totem pattern on the young man's face. The totem pattern looked like a strange beast. Because the two front claws were too huge and the body was too small, if you didn't look carefully, you would think their totem pattern was two giant claws.
The giant claw beast is a creature that is extremely good at digging holes, and the Vine Tribe has once caught one.
At the beginning, Jiang Xuan led the warriors of the Teng tribe to look for copper mines. When they couldn't find any anywhere, they discovered copper ore outside the cave of a giant claw beast. Finally, they obtained the copper ore and smelted bronze.
Now, the tribesmen whose totem god is the giant claw beast have sent gold to Jiang Xuan again.
From this point of view, the giant claw beast is really a blessing to the Teng tribe.
"Where is your Giant Claw Tribe?"
"Our Giant Claw Tribe..."
Shi Chan subconsciously wanted to say it, but then he felt something was wrong, so he stopped.
"Where are you? Why don't you say anything?" Jiang Xuan's expression remained calm.
"I can't tell you."
Shishao shook his head. Obviously, he was afraid that revealing the location of the tribe would bring disaster to the tribe.
"Well, you don't have to say it if you don't want to."
Jiang Xuan did not force it. After a brief chat, he let Shi Chan go back.
"You really let me go?"
Shi Chan's face was full of disbelief. In his opinion, the value of the Big Knife Coin was so high. If he forged the Big Knife Coin, wouldn't the Teng Tribe kill him?
"Of course, but you have to keep these two fake big knife coins. This is your punishment."
Isn’t this punishment too light?
Shi Chan still found it unbelievable, but Jiang Xuan had already ordered someone to take him out.
The stone shovel was taken out of the trading area and driven outside the vine wall.
It was not until he entered the forest alone that Shishao came to his senses and realized that he had really been let go.
Are the Teng tribe so easy to talk to?
Shichan felt it was very unreal, but now that he was out, he didn't want to be caught again, so he started to run away immediately.
On the other side, as soon as Shi Chan left, Jiang Xuan immediately ordered Feng Cao, "Let Jing Teng follow him and find the location of the Giant Claw Tribe."
"yes!"
Fengcao immediately arranged for the people of Thorn Vine to follow the Stone Shovel, hoping to find the Giant Claw Tribe through the Stone Shovel.
After Fengcao left, Dongkui couldn't help but ask, "Chief, didn't you just say you wanted to make a deal with the Giant Claw Tribe?"
Jiang Xuan said: "It is better to hold things like gold in your own hands. Trading is ultimately unreliable and requires a high price."
"Then you just..."
"If I don't do this, how can Shishovel return to the tribe on its own initiative?"
Dong Kui was speechless for a moment. Jiang Xuan looked so sincere just now that she really thought Jiang Xuan wanted to do business with the other party.
Compared with Jiang Xuan, she is still far behind.
Jiang Xuan said to Dong Kui, "You are the shopkeeper of the trading area. You will meet many people and encounter many things in the future. Remember, you must not reveal your true thoughts in front of outsiders."
"You should verify what others say yourself instead of just believing it. Otherwise, sooner or later, you will suffer a great loss because of your credulity."
Dongkui nodded and kept these words in mind.
…
In the forest, after leaving the Vine Tribe, Shi Chan carefully moved towards the northeast, where the Giant Claw Tribe was located.
He looked back from time to time, fearing that people from the Teng tribe would suddenly appear.
However, he had been walking for a long time and had not seen any pursuers from the Teng tribe, so he felt a little relieved.
He was not in a hurry to return to the tribe, but instead made a few detours in the forest and even found a tree hole in the forest to spend the night.
During this time, he did not find any warriors from the Vine Tribe, but only saw two down-and-out travelers digging roots and insects in the forest to eat.
It's so pitiful to become a tourist, Shichan thought.
He took a nap, and then made sure that no one from the Teng tribe was following him before he actually walked in the direction of the tribe.
The primitive jungle is extremely dangerous. Even a not-so-strong warrior like Shisho might die at any time.
But Stone Shovel was not afraid, because the people of the Giant Claw tribe had a special life-saving skill, which was digging holes.
As he walked, he always took note of the holes in the road and places where he could hide.
Once he encounters danger, he will run into the nearest hole as quickly as possible.
He walked and stopped like this for eight days.
During this period, tourists appeared from time to time, sometimes in front of him, sometimes behind him, and sometimes on the side.
Shichan didn't care. After all, tribes often perished in the forest. There were too many tourists. Moreover, the tourists who appeared every time were different.
Finally, the stone shovel came to a tall mountain.
Halfway up this mountain is where the Giant Claw Tribe is located.
The stone shovel walked to a huge rock at the foot of the mountain, drilled down, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In the forest near the foot of the mountain, Lan squatted on the branch of a big tree, watched the stone shovel disappear with his own eyes, and wrote down the location.
Lan is a member of the Thorn Vine team. He used to be a two-color warrior, but now he has become a three-color warrior.
She usually moves around in the forest as a tourist, collecting intelligence for the Teng Tribe or eliminating those who are detrimental to the Teng Tribe.
She also has a son who is now a very outstanding apprentice in the breeding team of the Teng tribe.
Lan waited patiently for a long time, making sure that there were no people from the Giant Claw Tribe nearby. Then he came down from the tree and pretended to look for food. He walked a few steps to the east, a few steps to the west, and finally came to the side of the huge rock.
She looked towards the place where the shovel disappeared, and saw a clump of very lush grass. After pushing the grass aside, she saw a pitch-black hole.
Lan definitely wouldn't dare to rush into a cave like this, otherwise he would die without knowing how.
She looked at the boulder again. At the bottom of the boulder, there was a relatively hidden totem pattern, and a pair of huge claws was very conspicuous.
This is it.
Lan breathed a sigh of relief. After tracking for so long, they finally found the location of the Giant Claw Tribe.
This tribe is really too far away from the Teng tribe.
However, although he discovered the totem pattern, Lan did not go back immediately. Instead, he got up and walked up the mountain, hoping to obtain more information about the Giant Claw Tribe.
However, before she went far, an arrow suddenly shot from the front with a "whoosh". Lan reacted very quickly. She immediately squatted on the ground and dodged the arrow.
"Duo!"
The arrow did not hit Lan, but hit a tree nearby. The arrowhead was stuck in the trunk and the tail kept shaking.
Lan was frightened by the arrow and broke out in a cold sweat. If she was not a tricolor warrior, if her reaction was a little slower, she might have died on the spot.
A warrior holding a bow and arrow appeared in front of him and shouted to Lan: "This is the territory of the Giant Claw Tribe, leave immediately, or I will kill you!"
"I didn't know this was the territory of the Giant Claw Tribe. I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now..."
Lan pretended to be panicked, stared at the soldier, and retreated carefully. When he retreated behind a big tree, he turned around and fled quickly.
When she ran back into the forest, several members of the Thorn Vine Team who looked like tourists ran out from everywhere and walked to Lan's side.
"Have you found the Giant Claw Tribe?"
"Found it. Leave two people here to watch over it, and the others will follow me back to the tribe to report to the leader."
Lan left two people behind, told them to hide carefully, and then ran back with the others.
The reason why several people ran back was to be on the safe side.
The jungle is dangerous and no one can guarantee that they can return to the tribe. With more people, the probability of successfully sending back information will be much greater.
…
Eight days later, Lan returned to the Teng Tribe and told Fengcao the location of the Giant Claw Tribe. Fengcao took the information to find Jiang Xuan.
More than half a month had passed by now, and the climate in the Teng tribe had become very warm.
When Fengcao found Jiang Xuan, Jiang Xuan was observing the saplings on the hillside.
The sapling he was looking at was a honeyleaf tree. Inside the sapling, there were some insect eggs that had not yet hatched.
The honey-leaf tree was one of the items that Jiang Xuan traded with the Black Tooth Tribe last fall, and he paid a considerable price for it at the time.
The leaves of the honey leaf tree are rich in sugar and are the perfect habitat for honey bugs.
These honey bugs build nests on the branches of the honey leaf tree, somewhat similar to bees.
After eating the leaves of the honey leaf tree, they will return to their nests and produce a large amount of white honey, which can be eaten by the larvae of honey beetles.
When the tribesmen discovered the honey, they initially cut down the entire nest and ate it, just like cutting a bird's nest.
Later, people in a certain tribe discovered that as long as they did not take away all the honey in the nest, the honey bugs would still reproduce there and continue to produce more honey.
Therefore, the smart tribesmen began to consciously protect the honey leaf trees, and harvested the honey in batches after the honey insects produced sugar.
Sugar is very popular among the tribesmen because it is one of the few delicacies for them and eating it can bring a feeling of happiness.
But on this primitive continent, it is not easy to get sugar. The bees are terrifyingly large, numerous, and extremely aggressive. Collecting honey requires risking one's life.
However, the honey produced by these honey insects is relatively easy to obtain.
It is precisely because of this that Jiang Xuan cares so much about these saplings. Whether the Teng tribe can produce sugar in the future depends on these honey leaf trees and honey insects.
At this time, the honey leaf tree has been transplanted successfully. With the arrival of spring, it began to sprout branches and leaves are tender green and very beautiful.
"Grow up quickly, and it would be great if you could bear some fruit, so that our Vine Tribe can have a forest of honey leaves in the future!"
Jiang Xuan looked at the sapling with eager eyes.
At this moment, Fengcao hurried over and said to Jiang Xuan: "Chief, the Giant Claw Tribe has been found."
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he immediately became energetic.
The honey-leaf tree is important, but gold is more important, as it relates to the monetary system of the Goto tribe.
(End of this chapter)
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