Chapter 52 The Best Sacrifice
The huge rough ceramic tripod needs about ten days to dry in the shade, and it also takes a certain amount of time to air-dry in the earthen kiln.
Therefore, after Jiang Xuan was done, he began to prepare for the most important thing of the sacrifice.
That is to prepare the sacrifice! Because we want the sacrifice to be more solemn and to make the vine god more satisfied, therefore, the preparation of the sacrifice is of vital importance.
First of all, there are various grains, including stone eggs, round potatoes, thorny fruits, red-haired fruits, and Polygonatum.
It would be best if there were grains, but unfortunately the Teng Tribe doesn’t have them yet, so we can only wait and find some before planting them.
Then there is Shen Teng’s favorite blood food.
As for blood food, Jiang Xuan plans to offer sacrifices to the divine vine with big fish, colorful pheasants, colorful ducks, bighorn sheep, black muntjac and other prey.
The offerings this time are very rich, and Jiang Xuan believes that the divine vine will definitely like it.
Jiang Xuan planned to hunt bighorn sheep, black muntjac and other prey first, because the big fish were in the river and it didn't matter when he went fishing.
That night, Jiang Xuan discussed hunting matters with Chishao, Uncaria, Stone Loach, and Nanxing.
"We are going to hunt. This hunt is more difficult because we need to capture the prey alive and bring it back for sacrifice. I plan to take three people with me and leave one person to guard the tribe."
Chishao didn't say anything because she was sure to go.
Uncaria spoke first: "If you want to catch live prey, you must rely on traps. I am good at making traps. Leader, take me with you."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Gou Teng is good at making traps, so count him in."
"My, my, my, Chief, you promised last time that you would take me with you when you go hunting again!"
Nan Xing looked at Jiang Xuan eagerly. He was the youngest and had the lowest fighting ability. He was never taken along on hunting trips, and he had been longing for this for a long time.
Last time, Jiang Xuan left him at home and promised to take him with him next time he went hunting. He couldn't break his promise, could he? Jiang Xuan looked at Shi Qiu with some embarrassment.
Shi Qiu was more calm, and he took the initiative to say, "I'll stay in the tribe."
"Okay, then take Nanxing with you."
“Yeah!”
Nanxing jumped up with joy, shouting, "I'll go get the hunting tools right away."
Everyone in the room laughed, and then went to prepare their hunting gear.
The next morning, Jiang Xuan, Chishao, Uncaria and Nanxing took all their hunting tools and prepared to go to the southern forest to hunt.
It is already late autumn. The autumn wind in the early morning brings a chilly chill, and the green leaves in the forest are gradually turning yellow or red.
Jiang Xuan had totem patterns painted on his face, and wore simple animal skin clothes, pants, and boots. He held a bone spear in his hand, had a stone knife and an animal skin bag on his waist, and a bow and arrow on his back.
It is said that clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. This outfit makes him look wild and more intimidating.
“Huff…”
On top of the stone mountain, giant dragonflies are constantly hovering, catching some large insects and some small birds and animals to eat.
But its movements are no longer as fast as in summer.
“I don’t know if this giant dragonfly can survive this winter.”
Jiang Xuan looked up and his voice was a little low.
This giant dragonfly accompanied the Vine Tribe for more than half a year. When the Mosquito Tribe's hunting team attacked, it helped them fight and ate a lot of bird-billed mosquitoes.
But the lifespan of dragonflies seems to be very short. Even though they are so huge, they cannot survive the winter.
Chishao said: "Some insects can only live for a few days. It's already very good that it can live for more than half a year. This is its fate."
Jiang Xuan thought about it and said, "Yes, compared to trees, our lives are also very short."
Jiang Xuan no longer worried about this issue. Chishao was right. This was its fate.
"Let's go hunting in the mountains!"
Jiang Xuan looked at the giant dragonfly again, then retracted his gaze and walked firmly into the forest, with the three following closely behind him.
Nanxing was particularly excited because he had a bone whistle hidden in his animal skin bag.
After a long period of practice, he can now use the bone whistle to make lifelike bird and deer sounds. He plans to go into the mountains and find some prey to see if he can use the sound of the bone whistle to attract prey.
Soon, they entered the vast primitive jungle.
No matter what the previous state was, once they entered the jungle, everyone's attention became highly focused and their footsteps became lighter. These actions almost became their instincts.
The jungle is dangerous, hunting is also dangerous, and careless people can easily lose their lives in the jungle.
“Cluck, cluck…”
As they were walking, Jiang Xuan suddenly stopped and squatted down, and the others also stopped.
A group of colorful pheasants appeared in front of us, about seven or eight of them.
The colorful pheasant is very beautiful. The rooster has a bright red comb on its head, a purple-blue neck, and long and bright seven-color feathers on its tail, which looks very beautiful.
In autumn, there is plenty of food in the forest, and these colorful pheasants grow very fat. The roosters are roughly estimated to weigh more than 20 kilograms, while the hens are smaller, estimated to weigh around 10 kilograms.
At this time, these colorful pheasants are looking for food in the forest. They are looking for fruits, seeds, and various insects to eat.
Jiang Xuan whispered to Chi Shao, "Can we use a lasso to catch these colorful pheasants? They are all good sacrifices."
Chishao observed the surroundings and said, "The seven-colored pheasants can't fly far. We can go around to the front, use insects as bait, set up a lasso trap, and then drive them over."
"Okay, let's do it."
Jiang Xuan waved his hand, and the four of them bypassed the colorful pheasant from a distance and went to an open space in front. They quickly caught some insects and set many lasso traps.
Uncaria is indeed very talented in setting traps. After a period of study, his speed in setting traps is now comparable to that of Chishao.
The hookworm bent down a small bush, tied a rope to it, and connected it to the trigger trap on the ground.
Finally, he tied a worm in the center of the noose.
This worm is connected to a trigger trap. As long as the pheasant wants to eat the worm, it will pull the safety device of the trap, and the twig will instantly pop up, pull the rope, and put it around the pheasant's neck.
If you are lucky, you might catch its claws.
"alright."
Uncaria Rhyncho simply cleaned up the traces on the ground and then continued to set the next trap.
With the efforts of the four people, all the traps were set soon.
"Nanxing, follow me. Sister, you go to the left, and Uncaria go to the right. We will surround them from three sides and drive those colorful pheasants to fly to the trap."
"good!"
After Jiang Xuan finished the division of labor, he immediately took Nan Xing back to their previous position.
Red peony root and Uncaria rhynchophylla surround the seven-colored pheasant on both sides.
“Wuwuwu…”
After everything was ready, everyone stood up immediately, waving their weapons and whistling to drive away their prey.
“Hehe…”
"Fan, fan..."
The colorful pheasants were startled, then flew up and instinctively ran towards the side where there was no one.
Because the pheasants are fat and not good at flying, they fell after flying only a few dozen meters and hid in the bushes.
Jiang Xuan and the other three gathered together again.
Jiang Xuan was very satisfied when he saw the colorful pheasant flying to the trap area.
"Okay, now we just need to find a big tree where we can see the traps, then hide in the tree and wait patiently."
The four of them searched around for a while, and then found a big tree with a good view. They climbed up the tree, hid in the dense branches, and observed the movements over there through the gaps between the leaves.
About ten minutes later, the colorful pheasants thought the people had left and poked their heads out from the bushes again.
At first, they were cautious and looked around carefully.
Half an hour later, they gradually became bolder and, as usual, dug at the ground with their claws, looking for insects to eat.
An hour later, a pheasant was the first to discover the bug in a lasso trap.
It stared at the insect for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation and pecked it.
“Whoosh!”
The pheasant triggered the trap, and the bush bounced up instantly. The noose also tightened immediately, wrapping around the pheasant's neck and hanging it up.
The colorful pheasant flapped its wings desperately, but it was unable to break free.
“Hehe…”
The other pheasants escaped again.
"It's hit, go down, go down."
The four of them immediately climbed down the tree quickly. Jiang Xuan rushed to the trap the fastest and grabbed the two wings of the colorful pheasant.
"Quick, tie up its claws."
Uncaria excitedly took out the rope, quickly grabbed the two claws of the pheasant, and tied it up.
Chishao untied the rope from around the pheasant's neck to prevent it from being strangled to death.
"What a fat pheasant! A perfect sacrifice! Haha!"
Jiang Xuan was holding the colorful pheasant and smiling from ear to ear.
This hunt has had a good start and we will surely catch more prey next time.
Thanks to the book friend "Qingtangl" for the reward of 5,000 book coins and becoming the steward of this book.
Thanks to the book friend "Why do I write books so slowly" for the reward of 1,500 book coins.
Thanks to the book friend "Mengmeng Beast" for the reward.
Thanks to the book friend "想不可名" for the reward.
(End of this chapter)
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