Chapter 90 Mountain Turtle Tribe
"Chief Xuan, if you want to make a deal, you have come to the right place by looking for our Mountain Turtle Tribe."
Shanjia puffed out his chest and said proudly: "We have a lot of goods in our Mountain Turtle Tribe. The tribes near the Great Swamp like to come to our Mountain Turtle Tribe to trade."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "It is precisely because I know how powerful the Mountain Turtle Tribe is that I came all the way here to find you."
When Shanjia heard this, he was immediately very pleased. The two of them walked towards the Shangui tribe, talking and laughing. Chishao also followed, but didn't say much.
The warriors from the Vine Tribe and the Mountain Turtle Tribe, as well as the two big mountain turtles, followed behind.
Half a day later, Jiang Xuan followed the pangolin to the big swamp.
This is a vast swamp, a rich wetland where countless aquatic plants and animals live.
There are all kinds of fish and water animals in the water, and all kinds of birds, beasts, insects and snakes on the trees. For the tribesmen, this is an ideal place to live.
"Our Mountain Turtle Tribe is ahead."
After seeing the Great Swamp, Panther was in a noticeably better mood, and the warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe also relaxed a little.
After walking for a while, we saw a series of buildings in front of us. There were no less than a hundred buildings of different sizes, with smoke rising from the chimneys.
Outside these buildings, there are fence-like fences made of stone and wood, which surround all the buildings.
This is the Mountain Turtle Tribe, who live on a higher flat area next to the Great Swamp.
Outside the Mountain Turtle Tribe, huge mountain turtles can be seen everywhere. Some are basking in the sun on land, some are hunting in the swamp, and some are walking around leisurely and slowly...
Inside the tribe, many members of the Mountain Turtle Tribe were also busy. Some were processing prey, some were drying furs, weaving ropes, and sharpening various weapons.
There were children chasing and playing in the open space, and occasionally a child would climb onto the back of a big mountain tortoise. The tortoise did not get angry, but carried them slowly forward.
What a great mountain turtle tribe!
Jiang Xuan looked at the vibrant Mountain Turtle Tribe and felt a little envious.
The warriors of the Teng tribe were also whispering, unable to hide the envy in their eyes.
The warriors of the Mountain Turtle Tribe all smiled, with proud looks on their faces and their backs straightened a little.
A strong tribe is a lucky thing for all its members, as they will not be easily bullied when they go out.
When Shanjia and others arrived at the gate of the tribe, the soldiers in charge of guarding and some members of the nearby Mountain Turtle tribe came to greet them.
"The leader is back!"
“Is the harvest great?”
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They asked questions all at once, and the warriors from the Panther and Mountain Turtle tribes responded with smiles, in a very good mood.
Soon, the people of the Mountain Turtle Tribe noticed Jiang Xuan and others.
The guard asked, "Chief, which tribe are these people from?"
Shanjia replied: "They are from the Teng tribe, and they come here specifically to trade."
"So that's how it is."
The people of the Mountain Turtle Tribe had never heard of the Vine Tribe, but that did not hinder their enthusiasm, because any tribe that came to trade could always bring them a lot of good things.
"Chief Xuan, the witch of the Teng tribe, please come in."
Shanjia led Jiang Xuan and others into the Mountain Turtle Tribe, took them to a large house in the center of the tribe to rest, and took out some food to entertain them.
Not long after, the witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe heard that the witch of the Teng Tribe had arrived, and came out to personally receive Chishao and discuss some knowledge about herbal medicine with him.
The witch of the Mountain Turtle Tribe is an old man with white hair and beard. He looks very thin and a little hunchbacked. He walks slowly, just like an old mountain turtle.
He and Chishao are both witches, and they are not enemies. Chishao has more knowledge about herbal medicine, and the two of them have a very pleasant conversation with each other.
It is natural for shamans to talk to shamans, chiefs to talk to chiefs, and ordinary soldiers to talk to ordinary soldiers.
"Chief Xuan, come and try our mushroom skewers. This is not easy to find in other places."
Shanjia took two freshly grilled mushroom and meat skewers and sat next to Jiang Xuan. He handed one to Jiang Xuan and ate the other himself.
"Then I have to try it."
Jiang Xuan took the mushroom meat skewer and found that this kind of meat skewer was very peculiar. The meat and mushrooms were cut into pieces, and then a piece of mushroom and a piece of meat were stacked together, and finally strung into a big skewer and roasted.
Jiang Xuan had eaten grilled meat and grilled mushrooms before, but he had never eaten mushrooms and meat grilled together.
Jiang Xuan first took a tentative bite, and the aroma of barbecue and the freshness of mushrooms bloomed on the tip of his tongue at the same time, bringing a wonderful taste experience.
"tasty!"
Jiang Xuan gave a sincere compliment.
"Hahaha, I knew Chief Xuan would like it."
Shanjia approached Jiang Xuan and whispered mysteriously, "Because I also sprinkled salt on the skewers."
Shanjia gave Jiang Xuan a look that said "you know what I mean".
"So that's how it is. No wonder it tastes so good."
Jiang Xuan nodded, and they smiled at each other.
For people in small tribes, salt is definitely a very precious thing because they have very few channels to obtain salt.
Small tribes often have to pay a huge price to trade some salt from medium-sized tribes or large tribes.
In order to save salt, people in small tribes usually rely on drinking animal blood to obtain salt. Things like grilling meat, adding salt and serving it to others are considered quite luxurious and also a way of showing off.
Of course, if Shanjia knew that the Teng tribe had endless salt, he probably wouldn't have thought of showing off.
The two of them didn't talk about anything else and just focused on eating.
Both of them ate very quickly, and soon only two sticks were left of the mushroom skewers.
Still not satisfied, Shanjia brought over a few more skewers and feasted on them with Jiang Xuan, but this time he didn't add salt, so the taste was much worse.
After eating, the pangolin wiped his mouth and exclaimed: "It's so delicious. No matter how many times I eat it, I still feel like I can't eat enough."
Jiang Xuan agreed: "It is indeed delicious."
Mushrooms are not actually an ideal food for many tribal people because many mushrooms are poisonous.
Many people have lost their lives after eating poisonous mushrooms. Over time, everyone has become a little afraid of this delicious food.
Even Jiang Xuan, when leading the warriors of the Teng tribe to look for food, rarely collected mushrooms unless he came across a familiar and non-toxic variety.
Only people like the Mountain Turtle Tribe, who have been dealing with the mushroom forest for a long time and are familiar with all kinds of mushrooms, would pick large quantities of mushrooms for consumption.
After eating and drinking, we finally started talking about business.
Shan Jia asked, "Chief Xuan, I wonder what you want to trade with us this time?"
Jiang Xuan said: "We want to trade some mushrooms that can increase strength when eaten. For example, the powerful mushrooms you gave us last time are very good."
A bright smile appeared on Shanjia's face, because most of the tribes that came to the Mountain Turtle Tribe to trade wanted similar things as Jiang Xuan.
The powerful mushrooms I gave to Jiang Xuan and his men last time were both a thank you gift and a trial product. If you use them well, who knows if you won't come to the Mountain Turtle Tribe to trade? The mountain turtle looks big and strong, and he wears a huge tortoise shell every day, which looks quite funny, but in fact he is very smart, even a little cunning.
Shanjia said: "What a coincidence, this time when we went to the mushroom forest, we picked a lot of powerful mushrooms, all fresh."
Jiang Xuan asked again: "Besides the Power Mushroom, are there any other mushrooms that can increase strength?"
There are many kinds of mushrooms in the mushroom forest. Jiang Xuan guessed that there must be more than one kind of mushroom that can increase strength, so he asked directly.
The pangolin smiled even more brightly.
"Of course there are. In addition to the powerful mushrooms that can increase strength, there are also the swift mushrooms that can increase speed, the big ear mushrooms that can enhance hearing, and the eagle eye mushrooms that can enhance vision..."
Listening to Pangolin's introduction, Jiang Xuan felt his eyes were opened.
He has long known that there are many magical plants in this world that can enhance people's abilities in all aspects after being eaten.
But he never imagined that there were so many kinds of mushrooms that could enhance human strength.
However, Jiang Xuan soon discovered something wrong.
If the Mountain Turtle Tribe really possesses so many strength-enhancing mushrooms, then wouldn't every warrior in their tribe be able to become very powerful?
Then why is the Mountain Turtle Tribe still a small tribe, and why even the Mosquito Tribe dares to ambush them? "Leader Panther, if someone can eat all the mushrooms you mentioned, what color warrior can he become?"
Shanjia's expression froze, and after hesitating for a while, he said, "Three colors."
"Three colors?" Jiang Xuan was stunned. Is it true that the highest color you can achieve is three colors if you eat as much as you want?
Shanjia said: "If I'm lucky enough to pick some rare mushrooms, I should have a chance to break through to a four-color warrior."
Jiang Xuan noticed that Shanjia was the four-color warrior, but apart from him, Jiang Xuan did not see any other four-color warriors in the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
In other words, achieving a breakthrough by eating mushrooms is obviously not as simple as Jiang Xuan thought.
"Why is this happening?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"Because all mushrooms are most effective when eaten for the first time. After eating them once, the effect will not be as good if you eat them again."
What the pangolin said was rather vague. In fact, after eating the same kind of mushroom three times in a row, his strength would no longer be improved.
Moreover, although there are many types of mushrooms in the mushroom forest, the effect of enhancing strength is not as great as imagined.
These mushrooms are most effective when eaten by uniform warriors. The stronger they are, the less effect they will have.
Otherwise, the Mountain Turtle Tribe, guarding a mushroom forest, would have already produced a large number of powerful warriors.
Even so, the mushrooms of the Mountain Turtle Tribe are very valuable and many tribes covet them, and attempts to rob them have happened more than once or twice.
Because these mushrooms can create a group of relatively strong low-level warriors, this is still very attractive to those small tribes.
"So that's how it is."
To be honest, Jiang Xuan was a little disappointed, but he also felt that this was more in line with common sense.
It would be ridiculous to think that you could become invincible just by eating some magical plants.
Even so, Jiang Xuan still planned to trade some magical mushrooms back, because the Teng Tribe was too weak, and these mushrooms would be very good even if they could only create some low-level warriors.
After the two discussed for a while, Shanjia had someone take out some of the mushrooms collected yesterday, and Jiang Xuan took out the animal bones and tusks, and the two sides officially began the transaction.
"This is the Power Mushroom. You have all tried it. I don't need to explain its effects."
"Three powerful mushrooms in exchange for this beast's shoulder blade, what do you think, Chief Xuan?"
The pangolin picked up a piece of beast's shoulder blade, which was about half a meter long and very heavy. This thing is good material!
"No, no, Chief Panther, this is the shoulder blade of a ferocious beast, not an ordinary beast. In order to hunt this beast, our tribe has sacrificed several warriors."
Jiang Xuan waved his hands repeatedly, acting very realistically, as if the Teng tribe had indeed paid a huge price for this thing.
In fact, this shoulder blade was just one of the pile of animal bones left by the old witch, and the Teng tribe did not spend much effort on it.
Shanjia looked at the shoulder blade over and over again, and felt that it was indeed a good material, and this thing was quite rare, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Four powerful mushrooms, what do you think, Chief Xuan?"
"Six powerful mushrooms, Panther leader, it's not easy for us to run so far..."
"No, no, six mushrooms are too many."
"Then it must be five, no less." Jiang Xuan was very determined.
"Okay, five is five."
"make a deal."
The pangolin got the beast's shoulder blade, and Jiang Xuan got five powerful mushrooms. Both parties were quite satisfied with the transaction.
Then, the two sides had another verbal battle and completed several deals.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe obtained some animal teeth and bones, while the Vine Tribe obtained several kinds of mushrooms that could enhance strength.
Finally, the pangolin set his eyes on a huge animal horn, which was the most valuable item among the few remaining goods brought by Jiang Xuan.
This is a unicorn's horn, as big as a bowl and nearly half a meter long. It is extremely rare.
For the tribal people, animal horns are a more commonly used material than animal teeth.
Because animal horns are generally larger, they are easier to grind into shape than animal teeth and are very suitable for being polished into various tools or weapons.
In addition, many tribesmen also like to use animal horns to make decorations.
Ornaments made of rare animal horns represent great strength, and when worn on the body they often arouse envy and admiration from the tribesmen.
Shan Jia asked, "Chief Xuan, what do you want to trade for this horn?"
Jiang Xuan said: "This is a unicorn horn, and it is so perfect. I definitely won't exchange it for an ordinary mushroom. Do you have any rare mushrooms you have collected?"
Shanjia hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a rare mushroom that we just picked, but the quantity is very small."
"What mushrooms?"
"Night Shimeji!"
"What does this mushroom do?"
"Eating it can help you see clearly at night."
After hearing what Shanjia said, Jiang Xuan was obviously stunned for a moment, because he had never thought that he could encounter such a good thing when he came to the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
"Where is this night-shining mushroom? Can I take a look?"
Shanjia said: "Night-shining mushrooms cannot see the light, you come with me."
Jiang Xuan followed the pangolin to see the night-shining mushroom with excitement. He was very curious whether this thing was as magical as the pangolin said.
Soon, Jiang Xuan was taken into a room at the back. This room had no windows, and there were no gaps between the walls and the ceiling. It was pitch black after the door was closed.
"Chief Xuan, look."
Shanjia took out a hide bag from the corner of the room and opened the bag.
A faint green fluorescent light emanated from the animal skin bag, and Jiang Xuan saw the magical night-shining mushroom with his own eyes.
It is about the size of a palm, translucent, and very beautiful. It doesn't look like it's meant to be eaten.
After showing it to Jiang Xuan, Shanjia immediately closed the animal skin bag, tied the mouth of the bag, and took Jiang Xuan outside.
"Chief Xuan, you saw that there were only three night-shining mushrooms in the animal skin bag. We collected them with great difficulty. I can only take out one night-shining mushroom to trade with you for the unicorn's horn."
This time, the pangolin was very determined and did not give Jiang Xuan any room for bargaining, because the night-shining mushroom was indeed very precious.
If it weren't for the unicorn's horn, he would never have taken out the night-shining mushroom for trading.
Jiang Xuan weighed the matter in his mind. If it was true as the Mountain Turtle Tribe said, that eating this mushroom could give one the ability of night vision, then for him, this deal would definitely be a good one.
Jiang Xuan confirmed again: "If you eat this mushroom, you will definitely be able to see clearly at night?"
Shanjia said: "Of course."
"Will there be any other harm from eating it?"
"No, many people in our tribe have eaten night-shining mushrooms."
"Okay, I'll use the unicorn's horn to exchange for a night-shining mushroom!"
Jiang Xuan acted decisively and completed the last deal with the pangolin. He expected that this magical mushroom could give him the ability of night vision.
Thanks to “book friend 20191228074941089” for the reward.
(End of this chapter)
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