Chapter 237 Let Me Try
There were a lot of crocodiles in the water near the river bank. Jiang Xuan did not stop but walked forward a short distance.
When the crocodile tribe warriors are not around, these crocodiles will not be so obedient. If you accidentally anger them or if they are hungry, they will actively attack people.
Although Jiang Xuan is not afraid of crocodiles, in the territory of the Crocodile Tribe, if you kill or injure a crocodile, you will be hunted down by the entire Crocodile Tribe.
There are large areas of wetlands along the river banks, and the plants in the wetlands have obviously been interfered with by humans.
There are clumps of lush reeds and aquatic plants every few dozen meters, and in the open space in the middle, there grows an unknown plant.
This plant looks a bit strange, a bit like water hyacinth, but it is much larger than water hyacinth, and its leaves are thicker and longer than water hyacinth.
"What is this?"
Jiang Xuan stared at the plant for a while and was sure that it was planted by the people of the Crocodile Tribe, but he didn't know what it was used for.
With those big crocodiles around, Jiang Xuan couldn't just pull one up to have a look, so he could only keep moving forward.
After walking through the edge area, Jiang Xuan saw quite a few wooden houses. The quality of these wooden houses varied. Some were about to collapse, while others were well built.
The people who occupy these wooden houses are not from the Crocodile Tribe. Judging from the totem patterns on their faces, the population is very complex.
Jiang Xuan was very familiar with this situation, because it was the same outside the vine wall of the Teng Tribe.
These people should come from various tribes. Some are simply tourists, some come here to trade, and some linger here, looking for some opportunities.
After Jiang Xuan came over, these people just looked at him a few times, found that the totem pattern was unfamiliar, and then stopped paying attention to him and went about their own business.
Tribal people are usually quite xenophobic. They will not greet people from unfamiliar tribes except those they know.
Jiang Xuan looked at the people from each tribe with interest, especially the totem patterns on their faces.
The totem patterns of a tribe are often painted in the image of the tribe's totem god, but the first-generation shamans of some tribes have a talent for painting and their paintings are more like the totem god, while the first-generation shamans of some tribes have clumsy hands and their paintings are more abstract.
After walking a short distance, he saw totem patterns of many tribes, including birds, beasts, flowers, birds, insects and fish, which were very interesting.
As he walked, Jiang Xuan suddenly stopped because he saw a rather special totem pattern.
The totem pattern is red and depicts an ant with wings.
Red Ant Tribe!
Jiang Xuan never expected that he would see a warrior from the Red Ant Tribe as soon as he stepped into the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
The warrior of the Red Ant Tribe felt that he was being watched, so he looked back and saw Jiang Xuan.
He looked at Jiang Xuan for a few seconds and found that he was a strange tribesman with five warrior lines on his face. So he didn't say anything more and turned away.
Jiang Xuan looked at his back until the Red Ant Tribe warrior entered a room, then he looked away.
The Red Ant Tribe is the mortal enemy of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, while the Mountain Turtle Tribe is a friend of the Vine Tribe.
This time, Jiang Xuan came to the central part of the Southern Wilderness. One of his purposes was to see how powerful the Red Ant Tribe was and what the remains of the old Turtle God looked like now.
Jiang Xuan did not want the Teng Tribe to stay in the remote area in the northwest of the Southern Wilderness. If there was a chance in the future, he hoped that the Teng Tribe would move to the rich area in the central part of the Southern Wilderness and settle there.
But the Teng tribe has no roots, and if they come directly, they will easily be targeted by the big tribes, or even jointly targeted.
Therefore, the Vine Tribe needs allies, and the Mountain Turtle Tribe is a more reliable ally.
As a once large tribe, the Mountain Turtle Tribe must have some friends in the central region. For example, those large tribes that have lasted for a long time will more or less give face to the Mountain Turtle Tribe.
Otherwise, the Mountain Turtle Tribe would not have been able to retreat from the encirclement of the Red Ant Tribe and preserve the spark of tribal revival.
If the Vine Tribe can help the Mountain Turtle Tribe defeat the Ant Tribe and regain their foothold in the central region, it will be easier for the Vine Tribe to gain a foothold here, and other tribes will not target the Vine Tribe too much.
It's a win-win situation.
Of course, these things cannot be rushed. The Teng Tribe still needs to develop patiently for a period of time before it can compete with the big tribes, or even force its way into the central part of the Southern Wilderness and occupy a good place.
Jiang Xuan continued to walk forward. After passing the messy foreign tribes and temporary houses built by tourists, he saw a very long fence.
The fence is about three meters high and made of wood, separating the crocodile tribe’s actual living area from the outside.
Obviously, every tribe can come to the outer area, but not everyone can enter the inner area.
Outside the fence, a team of Crocodile Tribe warriors patrolled back and forth to prevent anyone from climbing over the wall or causing trouble.
Jiang Xuan did not go to the fence, but continued walking outside.
Not far away, he found a trading area, so he went over to take a look.
The trading area outside the Crocodile Tribe is a group of wooden sheds built on an open space, where people from different tribes can trade freely.
The trading area was quite lively, very similar to the street market that Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life.
After people from various tribes came here, some put their goods directly on the ground, while others spread a piece of animal skin on the ground and then placed their goods on it.
The transaction method is barter, which requires both parties to be interested in each other's goods before the transaction can be carried out.
If the goods provided by one party are not what the other party needs, then the transaction cannot be carried out.
In the Crocodile Tribe trading area, Jiang Xuan was strolling around with great interest.
The trading area is not very large and there are not many goods in it, but it is still relatively new to Jiang Xuan.
He saw someone setting out pottery and went over to take a look.
"Want a clay pot?"
The stall owner was a young soldier with scars on his face and arms, looking quite scary.
Jiang Xuan squatted down and looked at the pottery jar.
The workmanship of the pottery jar is very rough. It is neither round nor fired well enough. It is far inferior to the pottery jars of the Teng tribe.
Jiang Xuan shook his head and said, "Not necessary for now."
The young soldier looked at Jiang Xuan with disdain, and then ignored him, obviously thinking that Jiang Xuan could not produce goods of equal value for trade.
Jiang Xuan was too lazy to explain, so he stood up and walked away.
He saw many strange things on other stalls, such as unknown animal horns, hard-to-find herbs, fruits of magical plants, etc.
There are also ordinary goods, such as animal skins, tusks, stones, food, etc.
The trading area was not big, and Jiang Xuan finished his tour in no time, but he did not trade any goods.
Because he didn't find the goods he wanted.
To put it bluntly, in the trading areas outside such large tribes, it is difficult to come across anything good unless you are lucky.
Just when Jiang Xuan wanted to go and have a look somewhere else, suddenly, there was a commotion coming from the gate of the fence in front of him.
People in the trading area ran over there, and Jiang Xuan followed the crowd.
When Jiang Xuan walked over, he saw dozens of Crocodile Tribe warriors gathered around the fence, and everyone looked extremely anxious.
In the middle of the crowd, a boy of about thirteen or fourteen was kneeling on the ground, pinching his neck with both hands, his mouth wide open, making a "ho ho" sound, his face flushed red, and he looked very abnormal.
"Go find the witch, go find the witch quickly!"
The warriors were in a panic, and one of them ran hurriedly into the tribe.
However, the crocodile tribe is too large, and by the time he finds the witch, it might be too late.
The young man was still kneeling on the ground, his face getting redder and redder, even turning purple. His mouth was wide open and he looked at the soldiers pleadingly.
However, no one could help him.
Those crocodile tribe warriors may be good at killing people, but they are also good at applying medicine to treat external injuries.
But they had no idea what the young man's situation was, let alone helping him.
The boy's eyes became desperate, his body became shaky, and he could not even kneel steadily on the ground.
Just then, a voice appeared.
"His trachea is blocked by a foreign object. We must get it out as soon as possible, otherwise he will suffocate to death!"
The Crocodile Tribe warriors and the crowd all looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw that the person who spoke was Jiang Xuan.
A warrior from the Crocodile Tribe walked up to Jiang Xuan, grabbed his fur coat, and asked urgently, "Can you save him?"
Jiang Xuan said: "If you let me go and let me give it a try, maybe he can save his life."
The crocodile tribe warrior realized that his action was too rash, so he quickly let go.
"Hurry up and save him."
At this time, the Crocodile Tribe warriors also realized that the boy could not hold on for much longer. Although they did not know Jiang Xuan, they should not give up as long as the boy had hope of survival.
"Get out of the way, don't get stuck here."
Jiang Xuan ordered the Crocodile Tribe warriors who surrounded the young man to disperse, and then without further delay, he immediately started to rescue people.
He half-knelt down, clenched his right fist, and pressed the joint of his thumb against the boy's abdomen two fingers above his navel, while his left hand pressed his right hand.
Then, he used both hands to squeeze upwards six times in a row, paused for a moment, and then continued to repeat the action.
“Huh…huh…”
Every time Jiang Xuan pressed, the pressure in the boy's chest suddenly increased, and a rapid stream of air would surge out of his trachea.
After Jiang Xuan pressed it more than ten times, suddenly, the young man opened his mouth and an oval, finger-sized object flew out of his mouth.
“Cough cough cough…”
The young man began to cough violently and took large gulps of air.
"call……"
Jiang Xuan let go of the young man and breathed a sigh of relief.
The foreign body has been expelled and the boy will no longer be suffocated to death.
What he just used was the Heimlich maneuver he had learned in his previous life, which was specifically used to rescue people who accidentally swallowed foreign objects and whose airways were blocked, causing suffocation.
In fact, after learning it in his previous life, he never actually put it into practice once.
I just tried my best with the mentality of saving a life, and luckily I succeeded.
"Shiya, are you okay?"
"Shiya, how do you feel?"
The crocodile tribe warriors surrounded the boy again and asked him questions in a flurry.
"Cough cough cough... No... It's okay..."
The young man named Shiya stood up. Although he was still coughing, it was obvious that his red face was slowly returning to normal.
"It's all right, it's all right..."
The crocodile tribe warriors finally let go of their worries, and at the same time, some of them began to turn their eyes to Jiang Xuan.
Just now, everyone was helpless. If Jiang Xuan hadn't stepped forward, the boy would probably have died.
They were very curious. Jiang Xuan didn't use any medicine, but just pressed hard with both hands a few times and actually brought the person back to life.
This method seemed too magical to the crocodile tribe warriors and the onlookers.
Not long after, the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe arrived.
When the crocodile warrior who went to ask the witch came back, he found that Shiya was fine. He was relieved, but also asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Shi Ya pointed at Jiang Xuan and said, "He saved me."
The warrior next to him recounted what had just happened, and even the shaman of the crocodile tribe was amazed.
The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe looked at Jiang Xuan and asked, "Five-Color Warrior, which tribe are you from?"
"I'm from the Vine Tribe."
The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe thought about it carefully and realized that he had never heard of the name of the Vine Tribe, so he asked again: "The tribe from the Western Wasteland?"
When they heard the word "Western Wilderness", the surrounding warriors and onlookers frowned.
Since the large-scale migration from the Western Wilderness, the tribes in the Southern Wilderness have fought countless battles with the tribes in the Western Wilderness. Naturally, they have no good feelings towards each other and even hate people from the Western Wilderness.
Jiang Xuan shook his head: "No, our Teng tribe is in the Southern Wilderness, but the location is quite remote."
The witch of the Crocodile Tribe nodded and said, "Since you are from the Southern Wilderness tribe, please come in. The Crocodile Tribe will repay any grudge or favor. You saved Shiya this time, and we want to thank you very much."
"Thank you, the witch of the Crocodile Tribe."
Jiang Xuan did not refuse, because he wanted to learn something about the Central Region from the Crocodile Tribe. At the same time, if he could establish friendship with the Crocodile Tribe, it would be of great help to the future travel of the Teng Tribe.
Surrounded by the Crocodile Tribe warriors, Jiang Xuan and the Crocodile Tribe witch walked into the fence and entered the Crocodile Tribe.
The people watching outside all looked at them with envy, because only the Crocodile Tribe’s own members and their friends could enter the area inside the fence.
After walking into the fence, Jiang Xuan saw a scene that was completely different from outside.
The entire crocodile tribe is covered with dense streams and ponds, and in these streams and ponds live a large number of crocodiles.
It is morning now and the sun is shining brightly. A large number of crocodiles have crawled onto the shore to lazily bask in the sun. There are countless crocodiles, big and small.
A group of children from the crocodile tribe were laughing and running around among the crocodiles, playing on the backs of big crocodiles, and pulling the tails of small crocodiles.
The amazing thing is that these crocodiles were not angry. They just let the children play with them and were too lazy to move at all.
Jiang Xuan had never seen so many crocodiles, nor had he ever seen humans and such ferocious beasts as crocodiles living in such harmony.
(End of this chapter)
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