Chapter 73: Power Mushroom and Magic Mushroom
On the big tree, Jiang Xuan and others looked at the battlefield outside the mushroom forest with lingering fear.
The bodies of the mosquito tribe were all taken away, and the bodies of the giant hornets were still scattered on the ground. Some of the giant hornets that were not completely dead would move their legs from time to time.
"Are they all gone?"
On the big tree, Jiang Xuan first observed the huge hornet's nest and made sure that most of the giant hornets had returned to the nest.
He found that the five feather arrows with strong smell were bitten into several pieces, dragged out by the giant hornets and thrown far away.
Even the parts of the beehive that were tainted by the feather arrows were torn off by the giant hornets and then cleaned out.
The hornet's nest now looks full of holes, but it will be repaired in a few days.
"A terrifying giant wasp."
Jiang Xuan thought of the scene of a large nest of giant hornets roaring just now. Although it was not aimed at them, he still felt a lingering fear.
The combat effectiveness of a single giant hornet is not very strong and can be easily dealt with by a single warrior, but when they fight in groups, even a wild bear will have to retreat.
Jiang Xuan and the others climbed down from the tree, deliberately avoiding the location of the hornet's nest to prevent the still furious hornet from running out again.
"The people from the Mosquito Tribe have also run away."
Shi Qiu cautiously went to the woods to check and made sure that all the people from the Mosquito Tribe had escaped, then he came back to report to Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan said with satisfaction: "A lot of people from the Mosquito Tribe died this time, so we have indirectly weakened the Mosquito Tribe's strength."
The others also smiled. The damage to the Mosquito Tribe was a great thing for the Vine Tribe.
Shi Qiu asked: "Chief, what should we do next?"
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said, "We are too weak. No matter which side we face, we have no confidence. We should not stay here for long. Let's go back first."
Everyone nodded. This place was too dangerous for them.
Although Jiang Xuan was a little reluctant to leave this mushroom forest, because he believed that the Mosquito Tribe would never ambush here for no reason, it must be for some kind of benefit.
In other words, there are definitely things attractive enough in the mushroom forest.
Unfortunately, the Vine Tribe is too weak and they have no knowledge of the Mushroom Forest. Even if there are good things there, they cannot get them.
"When the tribe becomes stronger, find an opportunity to come here again."
Jiang Xuan shook his head and planned to return to the tribe and hunt some prey on the way.
They followed the same path and walked back around the mushroom forest.
However, not long after they walked, a man in a tortoise shell suddenly appeared in the mushroom forest, standing on a huge mushroom. He waved and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Jiang Xuan and others stopped and looked at that place vigilantly.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Xuan responded while gesturing for everyone to get ready and run away if something went wrong.
"Did you shoot the arrow just now?" The man in the turtle shell continued waving his hands.
Jiang Xuan thought about it and realized that those few arrows he shot just now had harmed the Mosquito Tribe, but had helped the people from this strange tribe. There was nothing he couldn't admit.
"Yes, we shot it!"
The man in the tortoise shell looked delighted and continued to shout, "We are from the Mountain Turtle Tribe. The arrows you shot just now attracted the giant hornets and helped us."
"The Mountain Turtle Tribe has always been grateful for what has been done to them. Our leader wants to thank you very much."
"How do you thank me?"
Jiang Xuan did not let his guard down, because in the jungle, the tribes were fighting fiercely for resources. If he trusted someone from a strange tribe, it would likely bring disaster to himself.
People who are too naive cannot survive in such a harsh environment.
At this moment, a huge mountain turtle slowly walked out of the mushroom forest. Next to the big mountain turtle was a middle-aged man wearing a big turtle shell.
Behind the middle-aged man, there were seventy or eighty warriors and another big mountain turtle.
"Our leader is here!"
The man standing on top of the giant mushroom shouted, then climbed down the strange giant mushroom.
The middle-aged warrior wearing a large tortoise shell shouted to Jiang Xuan from afar: "Friends across the way, I am the leader of the Mountain Turtle Tribe. Shanjia, may I ask which tribe you are from?"
"We are from the Teng tribe!" Jiang Xuan replied.
"The Vine Tribe..."
Shanjia thought about it and realized that he had never heard of this name before. It was probably a remote and unknown little tribe.
But Shanjia didn't care. After all, there were as many small tribes in the Southern Wilderness as the stars in the sky. As long as they were not hostile tribes, it would be fine.
"Friends from the Vine Tribe, thank you for the arrows you just shot. You saved us from being ambushed by the Mosquito Tribe."
Shanjia said solemnly: "We in the Mountain Turtle Tribe have always been grateful for what we have received. To thank you, I decided to give you some powerful mushrooms and three magical mushrooms."
"Power mushroom? God mushroom?" Jiang Xuan had never heard of these two names. He could only guess that these should be the products of the mushroom forest. He just didn't know what these two mushrooms were used for and how big they were.
If the mushroom is as big as a house, it will be difficult to move it back.
Jiang Xuan looked at the huge mushrooms around the people of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should accept such a thank-you gift.
Of course, until now, he still has not let down his guard. After all, the Teng Tribe has had almost no contact with other tribes, and he doesn't know what kind of tribe the Mountain Turtle Tribe is.
Shanjia seemed to see his confusion, so he explained: "The powerful mushroom is a magical mushroom. Eating it can increase the strength of the warriors. It is definitely good for you."
"The God Mushroom is more precious than the Power Mushroom. It is specially eaten by the witches in the tribe. After the witches eat the God Mushroom, they can see the patron saint of the tribe during the sacrifice and listen to the oracle."
In the Mountain Turtle Tribe, the Magic Mushroom is a very precious trading commodity. Every Magic Mushroom can be traded for a large amount of goods with other tribes.
In this age of barter, owning such a precious item would naturally bring a lot of benefits to the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
Shanjia added: "The reason why the Mosquito Tribe sent so many people to ambush us is to steal our mushrooms."
After listening to the pangolin's words, Jiang Xuan finally had some understanding of these two magical mushrooms.
He guessed that the Power Mushroom should be the same as the fruit of the whip tree. Eating it can increase people's strength and it is also a magical plant.
As for the magic mushroom that was specially given to witches to eat, he was not sure what its effect was, nor did he know how the pangolin could see the gods as he said after eating it.
However, what is certain is that these two kinds of mushrooms are indeed good things, otherwise the Mosquito Tribe would not have gone to such great lengths to steal them.
Moreover, Jiang Xuan was very sure that the Mountain Turtle Tribe had picked more than just these two types of mushrooms in the mushroom forest. There should be many more useful mushrooms.
After all, the mushroom forest is so big and there are so many types of mushrooms, it is impossible that only one or two are useful.
Even those highly poisonous mushrooms can be good things if used properly.
Pangolin waved his hand, and a warrior from the Mountain Turtle tribe came out carrying two animal hide bags, one of which was relatively large, while the other was very small.
The warrior did not walk up to Jiang Xuan, but stopped when he was still a short distance away from them, put down the two animal skin bags, one large and one small, and then quickly returned.
Shan Jia said to Jiang Xuan: "The ones in the big animal skin bag are the powerful mushrooms, and the ones in the small animal skin bag are the magical mushrooms. I'll give them all to you."
"It's getting late, and we have to hurry back to the tribe. If there is a chance in the future, you are welcome to visit our Mountain Turtle Tribe and trade with us. We have a lot of good things in our Mountain Turtle Tribe, and you will definitely be satisfied."
"Okay, see you next time."
After the pangolin finished speaking, he took his warriors and the two big mountain turtles back to the mushroom forest, probably heading back from another place.
"Just leaving like that?"
Jiang Xuan looked at the two animal skin bags on the ground not far away, and felt a little unreal for a moment.
I originally thought that apart from screwing over the Mosquito Tribe, there wouldn't be much to gain from this trip.
Unexpectedly, I got two bags of magic mushrooms by accident.
"No matter what, just take it back first."
Jiang Xuan walked cautiously to the two animal skin bags and tied them together with a rope without opening them. After making sure there was no problem, he took the two bags of mushrooms back to the tribe.
They climbed over mountains and crossed rivers, and were lucky enough to capture a few large prey on the way back, so this trip was quite rewarding.
After returning to the tribe, Jiang Xuan took the two large bags of mushrooms and found Chishao, and told her what had happened.
"Mushroom Forest, Mosquito Tribe, Mountain Turtle Tribe, Magic Mushrooms..."
After listening to Jiang Xuan's description, Chishao was very envious of their experience because it sounded very exciting.
Although her current identity is the witch of the Teng tribe, she is different from the witches of other tribes. She does not need to stay in the tribe every day and still goes out hunting frequently.
"Let's open it and take a look first."
Chishao first opened the large animal skin bag, which contained a kind of red mushroom, each about the size of two fists.
What is surprising is that the texture of this mushroom is very similar to animal muscle. At first glance, you might think someone cut animal meat into the shape of mushrooms.
This is what the pangolin calls the powerful mushroom. It is said that eating it can increase a person's strength.
Chishao said, "Let's find a few wild animals to try first. It's better to be careful with things sent by strange tribes."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "We should be more cautious indeed. We have caught a lot of wild animals recently. I will cut a few slices and feed them to them."
In order to find more wild animals suitable for breeding, the Teng tribe has been intentionally capturing various wild animals for domestication since the ice and snow began to melt.
For example, black muntjac, bighorn deer, bighorn sheep, gray rabbit, unicorn, etc.
Now, these animals have become glorified test subjects.
Jiang Xuan used a stone knife to cut a few slices from the Mushroom, then took it to the breeding area and fed a piece of Mushroom to the bighorn sheep first.
Jiang Xuan thought that the bighorn sheep would refuse to eat, but unexpectedly, the bighorn sheep sniffed the Power Mushroom, then ate it happily, and even licked its lips, looking at Jiang Xuan eagerly.
Jiang Xuan did not continue to feed it, but observed it patiently.
After eating the Mushroom, the bighorn sheep did not react at first. However, gradually, it became more energetic. It first ran around in the pen, and then used its horns to hit the wooden wall of the pen.
Not only that, Jiang Xuan discovered that this bighorn sheep was obviously stronger than other bighorn sheep, and it was very powerful when it hit the wooden wall.
After a long time, the bighorn sheep vented its energy and gradually calmed down, but the muscles on its body were visibly more obvious than before.
Apart from this, there were no signs of poisoning or other symptoms.
Jiang Xuan experimented with several other wild animals and found that none of them were poisoned, but instead had become much stronger.
Finally, Jiang Xuan found a thinner tourist and asked him to eat half a slice of Power Mushroom.
The thin tourist soon felt hot all over, his blood circulation quickened, and his muscles became noticeably stronger than before.
According to tourists, after eating the Power Mushroom, they felt as if a force was injected into their bodies.
"It seems that the people of the Mountain Turtle Tribe did not lie to me. Eating this kind of powerful mushroom can indeed increase your strength."
Jiang Xuan finally felt relieved and developed a certain favorable impression towards the Mountain Turtle Tribe. After all, if it were the Mosquito Tribe, they would definitely not be willing to give away such a good thing.
In Jiang Xuan's impression, mushrooms cannot be stored for a long time. Therefore, after Jiang Xuan confirmed that the Power Mushroom was fine, he immediately gathered all the warriors of the tribe and shared the Power Mushroom with them.
Of course, Jiang Xuan ate the most, because he was the leader and had to be stronger than others in order to win the support of the people.
After Jiang Xuan ate a whole pack of powerful mushrooms, he felt as if he had taken some powerful medicine. He felt hot all over, his heart was beating fast, and his blood was flowing rapidly.
Then, the muscles all over his body changed at an astonishing speed, starting with the muscles in his limbs, which became more obvious and stronger.
Then the chest muscles, abdominal muscles, and even the muscles all over the body were strongly stimulated.
“I feel full of strength!”
Jiang Xuan clenched his fist and then hit a big tree hard. With a "bang", a dent was made in the tree, the bark cracked, wood chips flew everywhere, and the leaves on the tree fell down with a rustling sound.
"My strength has increased by about 10% compared to before!"
Jiang Xuan was quite satisfied with the result. The effect of this powerful mushroom was truly amazing.
However, the next moment, Jiang Xuan felt a piercing pain and then shook his hands hard.
He looked down and found that there was a slight break in the skin on his fist and it was bleeding.
"It's swollen. The beating was too strong..."
This is just a small episode. The overall effect of the Estragon mushroom is still quite satisfactory.
Even at night, some tourists made even louder noises, apparently they had too much energy and had no place to vent.
In addition to the powerful mushrooms, there are also magical mushrooms in another small animal skin bag.
According to the people of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, this is a magical mushroom that is more precious than the Mushroom.
After all, it is specially for witches to eat.
However, Jiang Xuan was not quite sure about the specific effects, so he needed to use red peony root to test it.
Inside the bamboo house, Chishao opened the small animal skin bag under Jiang Xuan's gaze. There were only three mushrooms in it, and each one was only as big as a walnut.
You will know what effect these three magical mushrooms have on witches after trying them.
Two chapters combined into one.
(End of this chapter)
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