Chapter 241 Black Water Marsh
After eating, Jiang Xuan and Qingye chatted for a while about some of the situations and legends about Heishui Lake.
Blackwater Marsh is a vast body of water. No one knows how big it is because no one has ever walked through the entire Blackwater Marsh.
The situation in Blackwater is also quite complicated, with lakes, swamps, grasslands, wetland forests, etc.
In this complex landscape, there live countless terrifying creatures. Once you enter, you will lose your life if you are not careful.
However, as the saying goes, crisis and opportunity coexist.
In the dangerous waters of Black Water Marsh, there live a large number of birds, beasts, insects, fish and plants.
Every time they enter the Black Water Marsh, the Crocodile Tribe can always harvest a lot of prey. If they are lucky, they can also pick the fruits of magical plants that are of great use to the warriors.
For example, the fruit that Qingye gave to Jiang Xuan was picked from the Black Water Lake.
Jiang Xuan said: "It sounds like Black Water Lake is very interesting. I really want to go over and take a look."
Qingye said: "If everything goes well, we will be able to reach Heishuize at noon tomorrow."
"Okay, then go to bed early. We have to continue our journey tomorrow."
Jiang Xuan covered himself with a piece of soft animal skin that he carried with him, then used some reeds picked from the waterside as a pillow, closed his eyes and began to sleep.
With Tangyuan guarding the nearby hilltop and the sacred vine wrapped around his arm, he could sleep soundly.
Qing Ye was not sleepy. She sat next to Jiang Xuan, looking at the sparkling river under the moonlight, and she knew what she was thinking...
On the morning of the seventh day, just after dawn, Wuyao woke up from his sleep on time.
At this time, the morning wind was warm, which made Gan Lu feel that it was actually winter.
The climate in the central part of the Southern Wilderness is really great.
The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe also woke up one after another, went to the river to wash their faces with hot water, woke up, ate something, and continued on their way.
“Clatter…”
Hundreds of crocodiles carried people into the water and continued to swim backwards.
Wuyao and Ganlu were still sitting on the same crocodile. I took out the smoked meat that I had placed next to the fire last night and chewed it quickly.
"Eer..."
The glutinous rice ball was still flying in the sky. After a night's rest, it was full of energy and flew around excitedly.
At noon, we finally arrived at Baishuize.
When Wu Yao saw Bai Shuize, he finally understood the origin of the name.
I stood on the crocodile's back and looked around, only to see a small, narrow area of water behind it.
That area of water is different from other places. Its water looks white, and people feel safe instinctively when they see it.
Even before Tangyuan flew to that area of water, he descended to a low altitude and dared not fly around anymore.
Obviously, Tangyuan also realized that the area of water was an abnormal place.
On the crocodile's back, Jiang Xuan said with a serious face: "Outside is Baishuize, Chief Xuan, you must be very careful and follow me closely, otherwise you will wander around."
Gan Lu nodded. The crocodile tribe was less unfamiliar to me in that place. Even if I was weak, it would be difficult to get into trouble if I ran around.
It was obvious that hundreds of crocodiles were visiting that area of water for the first time, and they swam out in groups.
“Gugu…Gugu…”
Before retreating into Baishuize, Ganlu often heard famous birds calling, as well as some large insects making some strange noises.
“Rustle…”
When the crocodiles swam across a patch of grass floating on the water, Wu Yao heard the sound of animals running outside the grass. Apparently, no prey had escaped.
Wu Yao's mind became less focused. In such a familiar and safe place, no matter how careless he was, it would be too much.
I stood on the crocodile's back, holding a bronze spear, and listened vigilantly to the movements of the Seventh Circle.
Jiang Xuan was also a little bit behind. At that time, he had to be careful even when speaking.
"boom!"
After a while, the water surface behind suddenly broke open, and a huge water beast suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water, opened its bloody mouth, and bit the crocodile from the crocodile tribe.
The crocodile was caught off guard. It swung its tail suddenly and shot out slowly like an arrow, narrowly escaping from the water beast's mouth.
"roar!"
The little crocodiles in the crocodile tribe are also vegetarians, and the smallest crocodiles at the back immediately ended their counterattack.
However, this water beast did not fight with these little crocodiles. Before its sneak attack was successful, it immediately dived out of the water and swam away in the blink of an eye.
Ci Mu's face became extremely serious, and the terrifying aura of a warrior burst out, and he shouted: "Little family, be more careful, don't fall behind!"
I know why Ci Mu feels that today's trip to Baishuize is extremely dangerous, but now that he has retreated, he has a choice and can only be more careful.
Even Tangyuan seemed to smell the same unusual scent. It flew very high above Wuyao's head.
There are also no benefits.
With Wu Tangyuan on guard in the sky and these little crocodiles clearing the way, more birds and water beasts that hate sneak attacks appeared.
“Hiss…”
A small snake as thick as a water tank was coiled under the tree. Its color was almost the same as the trunk. If it moved, it would be difficult to notice that there was a snake coiled under the tree. You would only feel that the branches were twisted in a strange way.
When there were no more crocodiles passing above, the little snake's body tightened like a spring, and its icy and merciful eyes stared at the person under the crocodiles, ready to pounce at any time.
"Eer..."
However, just as the little snake was about to eject itself to eat people, a bird's cry that could pierce through gold and split rocks suddenly rang out in the sky.
“Huff, huff, huff…”
Then, dumplings fell from the sky, causing a gust of wind that made the branches rustle.
Tangyuan's claws accidentally grabbed the snake's body and then brought it down from the sky.
“Hiss…hiss…”
The small snake, which was dozens of meters long, twisted wildly in the air and opened its bloody mouth to try to bite the glutinous rice balls.
However, Tangyuan had eaten a lot of snakes and was too unfamiliar with their various tricks.
It found the right opportunity, pecked hard from high up, and pierced the front of the snake's neck.
The little snake struggled for a few times, but it couldn't even lift its head, let alone bite the dumplings.
Tang Yuan took it and flew under a huge ancient tree, and then slowly pecked at the snake meat.
"What a powerful and ferocious bird!"
Above, the warriors of the Crocodile Tribe were stunned. We all knew that kind of small snake. It was very difficult to deal with because it was good at camouflage. Usually, many warriors of the Crocodile Tribe were eaten by the snake.
But today, Tangyuan easily caught and subdued the small snake as thick as a water tank.
The scary little snake became food for the dumplings.
Tangyuan carried the little snake and flew for a while, then found a place to stop and eat it, then flew for another while, then found another place to stop and eat it.
Before it was full, it lifted the remaining snakes to the space below the magic potion and hung their tails up.
Wuyao took a rope, tied the little snake's tail, and then asked Tangyuan to put the little snake on.
“Boom!”
The little snake fell under the water, creating a small splash.
Even the little crocodile's retreat speed was slowed down because it had to drag a little snake.
Wu Yao pulled the little snake over, found the location of the snake gall, and then carefully took out the snake gall as small as a bowl.
Inside the snake gallbladder is a layer of gall bladder, and outside is dark green liquid bile. You have to be very careful, because if it is broken, all the bile will flow out and the snake gall will be useless.
Such a small snake gall is an excellent medicinal material for making rotten wood. For the tribesmen, it is a real treasure.
The witch doctor tied the bile duct of the gallbladder carelessly with a thin rope, and then placed the snake gall outside a large animal hide bag and hung it around his waist.
Before I go back, I will hang the snake gall in a well-ventilated place. Before it dries, it can be used to make rotten wood.
Before getting the snake gall, I peeled off the huge snake skin.
Tangyuan has lived with Wu Yao for a long time and has a very good habit of eating snakes. He will touch the snake's gallbladder and peck the snake's skin from the middle of the snake's belly, so as to minimize the breakage of the snake's skin.
Snake skin is one of the least used animal skins by the tribesmen because it is relatively soft and rough, and is very convenient to use for anything.
Before peeling off the snake skin, Wu Yao handed it to Jiang Xuan and said, "Give that snake skin to him."
"Yes, yes, yes... you can have it, it's too precious..."
Wu Yao stuffed a thick stack of snake skin into Jiang Xuan's hand and said, "If he had led you back to Baishuize, Tangyuan would have caught that snake, so he should have refused half of it."
"Oh well……"
Gan Lu was also a straightforward person. He accepted the gift without trying to refuse it again, intending to give it to Wu Yao before Bai Shuize found something suitable.
As for the snake meat, there was only a little left because of Tangyuan's eating, so Wu Yao only took out a few of the smallest snake bones.
Snake bones, which are also one of the raw materials of rotten wood, are much less valuable than snake gall and snake skin.
Before they had dealt with one snake, the Crocodile Tribe's team had already gone deep into the Baishui Lake and arrived at a large wetland forest.
That was also one of the relatively unfamiliar hunting grounds of the Crocodile Tribe in Baishuize.
There are a large number of moisture-loving trees growing outside the wetland forest. Those trees have been growing for many years and their trunks are very large.
The ground of the wetland forest is full of puddles and mud. Fortunately, it is winter now. If it were summer, the entire ground would be flooded.
It is very easy for people to walk in such a place, and they can only rely on these collapsed ravines. Otherwise, if they step out of the quagmire, it will be fatal.
Fortunately, there are many crocodiles in the crocodile tribe. Crocodiles are afraid of water and swamps, and they are almost affected when walking on such terrain.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…”
Before the first little crocodile landed in the wetland forest, the beasts and birds were slowly fleeing, whether underground or under the trees.
Ci Mu stood under the little crocodile's back and observed it carelessly for seven weeks to see if he found any problems, then waved to the front.
“Clatter…”
Alligators came ashore one after another. They crawled to the ground of the wetland forest in twos and eights, scanning the surroundings with their icy eyes.
Before you get there, you can't stay alone anymore, otherwise the noise will be too small and you won't be able to catch any prey.
Before everyone arrived, Ci Mu stood under the giant crocodile's head and shouted, "Everyone, divide into ten hunting teams and hunt along the route we took before. Kids, be careful and don't provoke these troublesome little guys."
"yes!"
Apparently, this was the first or second time that the Crocodile Tribe had done that. We slowly found the leaders of our respective hunting teams, and then followed the leaders, riding on crocodiles to various places in the forest.
Wuyao and Ganlu also followed a hunting team. The captain of the hunting team was a seven-color warrior named Linjia, whose strength was also top-notch among the ten hunting team leaders.
Linjia said in a deep voice: "Follow closely, little ones, don't fall behind, otherwise, if you encounter safety, no one can save you!"
Scale Armor also took a special look at Wu Yao.
Wu Yao is stronger than me, and he is the leader of a tribe. Scale Armor has no power to command me.
If you run around before the witch medicine wears off, it will hinder the entire hunt when it is safe.
That was what Scale Armor was most worried about.
Fortunately, Gan Lu looks mature and steady, and doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes to stir up trouble.
"Set off!"
Scale Armor selected a direction, then waved his little hand and rode a crocodile to the back.
A hunting team of less than a hundred people followed closely behind on crocodiles.
Because the terrain is relatively simple and the crocodiles need to climb over green leaves all the time, the children dare not stand on the crocodile's back, but choose to sit on the crocodile's back to avoid falling.
Wu Yao and Jiang Xuan were still sitting on the back of the little crocodile named Daqing. I smelled the air outside the wetland forest, which was a mixture of the smell of decay and grass, and looked at the unique scenery around me. I became excited involuntarily.
I'm looking forward to encountering some of the same things in the wetland forest outside Baishuize.
Before the little crocodile retreated out of the wetland forest, it retreated into hunting mode.
They became more alert and their steps became faster and heavier.
After walking for a while, Wu Yao saw a strange little insect about half a meter long, wriggling rapidly under the trunk of a small tree.
It looks quite strange, with a pink head that is surprisingly similar to a baby's face. It even has pink lips that are curved downwards, as if it is smiling at people.
Its body is green without a brown spot in the middle, just like a big quilt covering its body.
At the end of its tail, there are two antenna-like tails that can curl or straighten, which is very peculiar.
Seeing Wu Yao staring at the worm, Jiang Xuan said, "This is called a baby worm, a worm that is not found outside of Baishuize. It is delicious. Do you know how to catch it?"
"I see."
Wu Yao had some thoughts in his mind, whether he should hide his face or keep smiling.
When the tribesmen judge the value of a species, the first thing they consider is whether it is edible and tastes good, and the second is whether it can be used as a medicinal herb.
If it is delicious and can be used as medicine, the tribesmen will have no interest in it even if it grows into a flower.
As the group continued to retreat, the various strange animals and plants became fewer and fewer.
“Puff, puff, puff…”
Under the small tree, a bird with green wings and a pig-like head was startled by the crocodile and the crowd and flew away slowly.
Jiang Xuan introduced it to Wu Yao loudly: "It's called the Pig-headed Bird. It eats wild fruits under the tree. Its bones can be used to make rotten wood. You can catch it later."
After walking for a while, Gan Lu saw another strange creature, about the size of a face basin, covered with lush hair. It was lying under a green leaf and would move when a crocodile came.
Gan Lu asked Jiang Xuan curiously, "What kind of beast is that? Why is it moving?"
Jiang Xuan smiled, then stood up from the crocodile's back, jumped clumsily to the dead tree, and grabbed the strange, hairy creature.
(End of this chapter)
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