Chapter 62 After Xuandu finished speaking, he lowered his head...
After Xuandu finished speaking, he looked dejectedly at Cang Li and whispered a request:
"Great Chief, why don't you come with me?"
Cang Li hesitated for a moment, then firmly shook his head and refused: "No, there are some things going on with the human race recently, and I can't leave. The Wu tribe from Buzhou Mountain somehow got here, and they even stole our grain a few days ago. We don't know when they will come back, and I can't leave at this time."
“Xuan Du, you should go back first. I don’t think the Daoist’s problem is serious. I said last time that the Daoist might have something he hasn’t figured out. Right now, the survival of the human race is more important. You should go back to Kunlun Mountain first. I will go to Kunlun Mountain to see him after I have resolved the matter of the human race.”
Xuandu was very hesitant. When he came this time, Yuanshi's expression was not very good. He was a little worried that Cangli would not return to Kunlun Mountain with him, and that his second uncle would come and take Cangli away in person.
Cang Li patted Xuan Du on the shoulder: "Don't worry, your master is a saint. If he can't solve a problem, how can someone else? I will also resolve the human race's affairs as soon as possible, and then go to Kunlun Mountain to take a look."
Xuan Du had no choice. He respected Cang Li and wouldn't force him to go to Kunlun Mountain with him, so Xuan Du could only say to Cang Li:
"Alright, Chief, if you encounter any trouble, just let me know and I'll come to your aid."
Cang Li smiled and waved goodbye to Xuan Du as he left, then turned to Ji Hejie and said:
"Wait until the Taoist priest has finished his madness before you go to Kunlun, otherwise I'm afraid he'll beat you up."
Ji Hejie was a little confused. His older sister clearly said that the Taoist priest was fine, so why did she say that the Taoist priest had gone crazy as soon as Xuandu left?
Cang Li pinched Zhong Heyu's chubby cheeks. Even if Xuan Du didn't come, she would have to go to Kunlun Mountain sooner or later, but the timing was wrong. The Wu Clan had arrived at this time. Cang Li had always thought that the human race was still in its infancy and that the war between the Wu and the Demons was still a long way off. She would have enough time to make the human race stronger.
However, the Wu tribe arrived and, without any regard for reason, immediately began to steal food.
Cang Li deeply understood a principle: this kind of robber logic could not be tolerated once. One act of tolerance would only make the Wu tribe think that the human race was weak and easy to bully, thus taking advantage of the situation and forcing the human race to have no place to stand.
“Ji, you and Jie will be leading the others and Yu in practicing the magic left behind by the Taoist priest. Don’t be lazy.”
Ji Hejie nodded hurriedly. They could also see that Cang Li seemed anxious, probably worried about the strange outsiders trying to steal things. Ji Hejie secretly vowed to cultivate diligently and defeat those who were destroying the human race's homeland.
Cang Li took out the Xuanyuan Sword. This sword was indeed powerful. Even someone like her with little offensive power could increase her combat strength by wielding it. Cang Li tried to swing it a few times, and it was still a bit clumsy, but you could feel the Xuanyuan Sword trying to correct her chaotic sword moves in her swinging movements.
As expected of a divine weapon, Cang Li touched the blade. She had only used the Hongmeng Holy Sword to cut cloth and chop down trees, and had never experienced the power of a magical treasure. It was also possible that the owner of the Hongmeng Holy Sword was Hong Yun, and she had not made the Hongmeng Holy Sword recognize her as its master, so she could not unleash the power of the Hongmeng Holy Sword.
The Xuanyuan Sword is a famous divine weapon in mythology. Its owner was the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. However, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan has not yet been born. She obtained the Xuanyuan Sword from the shop. Strictly speaking, the Xuanyuan Sword has no owner. She is the current owner of the Xuanyuan Sword.
That's probably why the Xuanyuan Sword came into Cang Li's hands and even took the initiative to correct Cang Li's swordsmanship.
Cang Li's movements with the Xuanyuan Sword became increasingly fluid. After completing a set, Cang Li stopped and rubbed her arms. She had been busy farming and trying to survive, and she hadn't realized that her arms were so strong. She didn't feel tired at all after completing the set.
She could even do it hundreds more times, Cang Li thought with a touch of narcissism. She really was an unparalleled genius!
As the weather grew colder, all the humans harvested the last of their crops and stored them in the large mountain cave. As arranged by Cang Li, pregnant women and children were moved to the riverbank near the small mountain cave. Strong young men and women, armed with weapons, were stationed on the outer perimeter, and thousands of people patrolled the edge every day to prevent the witch tribe, who had come to plunder the crops last time, from launching a sneak attack.
Cang Li instructed everyone to dig a ring of traps around the perimeter, with pointed bamboo sticks stuck in the traps. If someone fell in, they would be badly injured, if not killed.
Behind the trap, Cang Li built another wall using earth, wood, and bamboo. This wall had little protective function; its main purpose was to alert the people inside. If the Wu tribe wanted to enter the human tribe's settlement, they would have to knock down this wall, which would create a significant disturbance and alert the people inside to prepare for battle.
After Cang Li checked and confirmed that everything was in order, he let those who were not on patrol continue to practice swinging bamboo spears, and arranged for the thinner people to do logistical work, such as sewing bamboo armor and cooking.
This created a tense atmosphere at mealtimes for the entire human race. Initially, no one thought it was a big deal; it was just that someone had stolen their food once. No one returned to the soil.
But now all of Cang Li's actions are telling them that things are not so simple. Without improving their own abilities, they can no longer stand in the prehistoric world. Having food and drink is not enough. Without the strength to match, they cannot protect their food and homeland.
After understanding these things, everyone practiced even more diligently. Those humans with cultivation talent gradually touched the threshold of immortal cultivation in their practice, and learned to draw qi into their bodies without a teacher. In a short time, the strength of the human race increased greatly.
Cang Li patrols the human race every day carrying the Xuanyuan Sword. The weather is getting colder and colder. The Wu tribes that had plundered the food haven't come back during this time, but Cang Li hasn't let her guard down. She had asked before and found out that not much food was stolen. If the Wu tribes haven't gone far away, they will definitely come back after they finish eating what they stole.
Especially in winter, when food is even scarcer in the wild, the human race here has no shortage of food, and even has heated houses and firewood, making it a veritable paradise in the wilderness.
As Cang Li had predicted, when the first light snow fell, the Wu tribe, who had previously come to steal things, launched a night attack, attempting to rush into the human tribe to plunder. However, they were caught off guard and fell into the outer traps, becoming like hedgehogs.
The screams reached the ears of the humans, and everyone immediately went on alert.
Cang Li had been sleeping here all this time. Hearing the noise, he jumped up instantly, went out of the house, lit a torch, and said:
"Take some people from Tribe 23 to check it out, but be careful."
The team from Tribe 23 immediately grabbed bamboo spears and torches and left the tribe, heading towards the trap.
Cang Li then ordered his men to strengthen patrols, making sure the Wu tribe didn't sneak in.
An additional team of guards was added to the area where the pregnant woman and children were staying.
Cang Li thought about it for a moment and felt that this was still not safe enough. If a fight really broke out, so many children and pregnant women would not be able to escape.
The mountain behind the cave is big enough; she should find a secluded spot on the mountain and dig a large new cave to hide these pregnant women and children.
As dawn broke in the east, the team that had gone out to check on the traps returned, dragging back five or six corpses.
"Chief, we found the bodies of these people in the trap. They were the same people who came to steal our food last time."
Then everyone placed the body in front of Cang Li.
Cang Li instantly smelled a strong stench of blood, completely different from the blood of the prey she had processed. The witches and humans were indistinguishable in appearance, and these human-like corpses were placed before her. Cang Li felt as if she were watching a horror movie, and her face turned pale instantly. She had lived a very hard life in the past, but she had lived in a peaceful era and had never seen such bloody corpses before.
The witch on the ground had her eyes open, her pupils were gray, her face had turned ashen, her body was riddled with holes, and her blood had congealed on her body, giving off an aura of death.
These corpses seemed to give Cang Li a glimpse of the future of humanity.
Cang Li steadied himself, deliberately avoiding looking at the corpse on the ground, and calmly addressed the others:
"Are there any survivors besides these? Are there any other members of the witch clan who escaped?"
The squad leader who was sent out replied, "Chief, you're right. When we went there, besides those who fell into the traps and died, there were also many escaped witches. We chased them for a while but couldn't catch up, so we turned back and brought these corpses back."
Cang Li held his breath and pointed to the corpse on the ground, saying:
“Drag these bodies far away from the tribe, dig a pit, and bury them. Don’t just leave them lying around.”
If the corpses decompose, it will definitely cause an epidemic. Humans nowadays can hardly resist even ordinary diseases, let alone epidemics.
The squad leader didn't quite understand, because so far, the people who had died among their race had either been washed away by water or dragged away by wild beasts in the mountains. They had never seen the corpses of their own people, so they had no experience in dealing with corpses. However, what their chief said must have a reason.
"Yes! We'll drag the body away and bury it right now!"
The squad leader directed his men to drag the five or six corpses away towards the Yellow River, far from the tribe, intending to bury them there. Their fields were not close to the Yellow River, because if they were too close, the grain would easily be washed away by the sudden rise of the river.
It wasn't until the body was dragged out of sight that Cang Li slowly came to his senses.
She finally realized that this was not a farming and management game, not one of those games where she could upgrade her home by teaching humans how to farm, raise animals, build houses, and find shelter from the cold and heat.
People really do die here. It's not that she hasn't seen human corpses before and that dead people don't exist. Today's corpses are those of the witch clan, and tomorrow they will be the corpses of humans, just like the wild boars, rabbits, and pheasants she has dealt with, covered in blood and left to be slaughtered.
There are only a few people now, but soon there will be tens of thousands. Cang Li knows that this is the prehistoric world, not a socialist primitive society. She is not only facing natural disasters and wild beasts in the mountains, but also demons, witches, and all kinds of races that live in the prehistoric world.
They will wage war for survival and for territory. Soon the Lich and Demon races will fight to the death, causing the human race to be reduced to less than one-tenth and almost wiped out.
These facts, which she thought were still far off, are not far off at all; they could happen at any time.
Cang Li suppressed the nausea he felt upon seeing the corpses of the Wu tribe, hurriedly instructed Nini and Amu to strengthen their defenses, and told the tribesmen not to go out easily. He then crossed the bridge and headed towards the cave.
She needs some quiet time.
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