Chapter 126 Long-tailed Bird
Jian Mo rarely came out, and he always wanted to catch up with the main force.
After another day of rest, his fever completely subsided, but his ears still couldn't be retracted.
However, his ears were gray and soft, and they were not very obvious on the top of his head. If you slightly pull your hair to cover them, people who are not careful will not be able to find them at all.
Jian Mo said to Wu Jiong, "Let's set out today. There's nothing to do here. It's really boring."
Wu Jiong touched his forehead and felt that it was no longer hot. Seeing that he really couldn't stay, he said, "Let's leave after breakfast. Let's get ready and tell the people of the Snow Foot Tribe."
Jian Mo immediately agreed, "I'll go and tell them, you make the preparations, and we'll act separately."
Wu Jiong: "Okay, I'll feed Jiujiu first."
As for Ying Ao, they didn't need to feed him at all. He would find food by himself.
Jian Mo quickly went to find the people of the Snow Foot Tribe.
The people of the Snow Foot Tribe asked, "Wouldn't you like to rest for a few more days?"
Jian Mo smiled and said, "No, I still want to see how the tribe ahead is doing. Thank you for these days."
"It's a small matter. There's nothing to thank me for." The people from the Snow Foot tribe brought out two jars. "The Pinghua fruit jam you helped make is not ready so quickly. This is the jam we made before. I'll give you two jars. You can take them back and try them."
Jian Mo wanted to exchange with them, but he didn't expect them to give it to him: "Thank you so much. I just like your jam. After we finish eating, we will come to exchange with you."
The people from the Snow Foot tribe smiled and said, "Okay, come and play when you are free."
Jian Mo put away the jars and handed over the paper he had prepared in advance: "Have you seen similar stems here? It looks like this and tastes a bit spicy. It can be used as a seasoning." There was
a picture of ginger on the paper. Jian Mo was not sure whether it looked like ginger or not, so he could only say that he tried his best.
He had no way to cure Danguan's alopecia areata. He had heard before that rubbing ginger on the scalp can help promote hair growth, but he didn't know if it was true. Since they also needed to find a seasoning, they decided to look for one together.
If it worked, Danguan's alopecia areata could be saved.
The people of the Snow Foot tribe looked at the ginger on the paper, carefully identified it, and exchanged their opinions with each other.
After a while, they shook their heads and said that they had never seen this plant before.
Jian Mo was not surprised. If they had seen it, they would have used ginger when cooking these two days.
Jian Mo said, "Then please keep an eye out for it. If you find this kind of plant or have any news about it, please inform us. We want to exchange some."
The people of the Snow Foot Tribe: "Okay, we've got it. Can you leave this painting with us? What is this white thing, a kind of leaf?"
Jian Mo smiled: "No, we made something called 'paper', you can write and draw on it, but paper is very fragile and will tear if you are not careful. It won't work even if you soak it in water or burn it."
The people of the Snow Foot Tribe touched the paper carefully: "Who would be willing to soak such a good thing in water or burn it?"
Jian Mo looked at him. They liked it and said, "If you want, I'll bring some paper and pen next time you come - a pen is a tool that can write and draw on paper."
Then, Jian Mo showed the pen, which attracted the people of the Snow Foot Tribe to praise: "You have so many good things in the Riverside Tribe."
Jian Mo: "Yes, there are some. You can find more if you go to our tribe."
The people of the Snow Foot Tribe said, "If you say so, we will take the time to go there."
Jian Mo smiled, "Then it's a deal, come and play with us when the time comes."
When Jian Mo and his friends were packing up, the fat birds of the Baizhi Tribe and the caracals of the Yuqi Tribe came.
They were surprised that Jian Mo and his friends were going to chase the caravan today.
A fat bird said, "Won't you wait two more days?"
Jian Mo repeated what he said to the people of the Snow Foot Tribe.
The fat birds and caracals looked at each other with sparkling eyes.
Soon, the fat birds said first:
"Doctor Jian Mo, how about we go with you?"
"Yes, yes, we don't have anything to do anyway, let's just go out for some fun. You want to go to the Eighteen Bends Tribe, right?"
"I haven't been to that tribe yet, it's a good opportunity to broaden our horizons."
The caracals immediately followed:
"Then we want to go too!"
"The Eighteen Bends Tribe is not very far away, it's just right to go today and come back tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, we can be back the day after tomorrow, so let's go there."
Jian Mo felt a headache for this group of young people, and raised his hand to stop them: "Did you tell other people in the tribe when you came? If you suddenly go missing, will the people in the tribe be very worried?"
The fat birds and caracals said in unison: "Just find someone to inform!"
After that, they stared at each other, both of them were upset that the other party imitated their words.
Jian Mo ignored their little dispute: "Then you send someone back to report first."
The fat birds and caracals: "We will go and discuss with the people of the Snow Foot Tribe!"
It was another very tacit sentence, and they stared at each other again.
Jian Mo didn't care, just said: "You must find a good person to report back to the tribe first, otherwise there is no way to talk."
While speaking, Wu Jiong came over and reminded the group of fat birds and caracals: "When we come back, we may come back from the Mingjiang Tribe, and we may not pass through the Snow Foot Tribe again."
The fat birds were excited: "It doesn't matter, the Mingjiang Tribe is closer to us."
The caracals: "The Mingjiang Tribe is not far from us."
Wu Jiong nodded and had no opinion.
Dan Guan quickly got ready and walked over with his things on his back.
His beast form is like a giant tiger cat, and he looks a bit like a domestic cat, but more domineering. Because his hair is longer, the bald spots on his body are covered, so it is not very obvious.
Jian Mo's mind suddenly moved, and he thought of cat ringworm.
But it is definitely not cat ringworm. His hair has not become rough, his body is not itchy, and his family has not been infected. In this case, the probability of cat ringworm is relatively low.
But what if it is also a fungal infection?
It is not impossible.
Jian Mo thought about it all the way and decided to prepare medicine soup for Dan Guan after returning. However, he definitely couldn't go to Mengshui tribe. It would be better for him to move out of his home and live in an empty house.
During the lunch break, Jian Mo told Dan Guan his guesses and suggestions.
Dan Guan didn't quite understand and asked dully: "Is it possible?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, then try taking a spring thunder egg bath. If it works, we will treat it according to this idea. If it doesn't work, we will think of another way."
Dan Guan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
Jian Mo asked him: "Then do you still want to chase the caravan with us? You can go back first, and then come to the riverside tribe to get medicine."
Dan Guan: "I'd better go with you, since we're here."
They ate something simple and continued on their way.
Dan Guan and Yan Ze both have very good physical strength - Yan Ze is the orc who has been carrying Bei Ya on his back, and nothing went wrong when they were hurrying.
As for the caracals and fat birds, they don't have to carry weight, so they can run faster.
Jian Mo rode on the back of the giant wolf, searching for a way to treat "ringworm" in his mind.
He intuitively felt that Dan Guan's previous idea of seeking medical treatment might be wrong, as he had been focusing on hair loss. If he focused on treating ringworm, there are some local specialty herbs that should not be too troublesome.
After all, the living conditions here are average, and the hygiene habits are not very good, so ringworms are still relatively common.
After finalizing several treatment plans in his mind, Jian Mo felt relieved.
Next, it depends on Dan Guan's luck. If he is really bald, maybe he will see the effect soon.
If he is hair loss, then he is really powerless.
Jian Mo and his group chased after them and finally arrived at the territory of the Eighteen Bends Tribe in the evening.
The Eighteen Bends Tribe is located in a typical mountainous area. The climate should be warmer than that of the Riverside Tribe. They can no longer see snow-capped mountains and the leaves of the trees have become wide and broad.
There are many mountains here, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the eyes are full of green plants. There are
many mountains and cliffs. They are walking on small paths, which are quite difficult to walk.
The people of the Yuqi Tribe knew where the settlement of the Eighteen Bends Tribe was, and they ran in front to lead the way.
Running on the mountain road is very tiring. No one had the heart to talk, so they just kept running.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Jian Mo heard shouting in front of him. The sound was quite lively, and there might be a lot of people in front.
Jian Mo immediately hugged Wu Jiong's neck: "Listen, is there anyone in front?"
The fat chirps flying above their heads flapped their wings and chirped: "The people in front are hunting, and they seem to be chasing some kind of bird. Wait, people from the Mengshui tribe are also here, they are from your caravan."
Jian Mo was excited: "That's great, let's go and take a look?"
The giant wolf responded and ran forward with him on its back. The other giant beasts and the fat chirps quickly followed, and the chirps and Ying Ao also flapped their wings and circled behind them.
They rushed over and saw their companions in the caravan.
The people in the caravan also saw them, and waved their hands and shouted from a distance: "Doctor Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong, you are here? Doctor Jian Mo, are you feeling better?"
Jian Mo shouted: "Much better, I'm fine!"
When the two sides met, Wu Jiong asked: "What are you catching? Birds?"
Yun Ke: "Yes, I'm catching a bird called a long-tailed bird. I was planning to catch it tomorrow, but I was scared today, so I had to give it a try."
Jian Mo stretched his neck to look when he heard it, and sure enough, he saw several people holding birds as big as geese in their hands, but the bird had a very long tail and a slender body. It looked very beautiful, not the same style as a geese.
Even the long-tailed birds they caught were only a few in total. I don’t know if it was because of a failed hunt or because there were not many long-tailed birds here.
Yun Yu introduced the people of the Eighteen Bends tribe to Jian Mo and his friends.
The people of the Eighteen Bends tribe were very friendly and warmly invited them to return to the tribe first and have a bonfire party together in the evening.
There were too many people today. Everyone introduced themselves to each other, and the names of the people might not match, but after a while, everyone became familiar with each other.
Since they had already come to the mountains, Jian Mo simply asked about a few kinds of herbs and asked if there were any nearby.
The people of the Eighteen Bends tribe said yes and took them to collect them.
Since the matter concerned his own baldness, Dan Guan was the most active and rushed to the front. After a while, he collected a large basket of herbs and brought them back. With
more people and chatting with each other, it felt like the road was getting closer.
Jian Mo felt that it was not long before he met the people of the Eighteen Bends Tribe and arrived at the settlement of the Eighteen Bends Tribe.
This is a small tribe located in the mountains.
Their houses are the kind of ordinary stone houses, and the decoration is not as beautiful as the houses of the Riverside Tribe and the Mengshui Tribe, but they look good, and have a feeling of a paradise in the mountains.
However, their tribe is not too big, and there are not many empty houses. Most people need to deal with each other in the open space of the tribe.
No one minds. It is rare to come out. Sleeping in the open space helps communication. It is more lively than sleeping in each house.
Jian Mo's body is not fully recovered yet, and he is a doctor. In order to take care of him, everyone gave them a house.
After expressing his gratitude, Jian Mo pulled Wu Jiong into the room. Compared with living in the wild, he is indeed more accustomed to living in a private house.
In the evening, everyone got busy, slaughtered the prey, and prepared to cook dinner.
Jian Mo and his friends donated the two large metal pots they brought with them, so that everyone could cook.
Dan Guan couldn't help it when he arrived at the Eighteen Bends Tribe, so he quickly asked where he could take a bath, took his clothes and ran directly to the wild to take a bath.
After brushing himself clean, he ran back and asked Jian Mo to apply medicine to him.
Jian Mo also prepared the medicine, and let him turn back into a beast. After shaving his bald spots, he used gauze to wrap the medicine on his skin.
Everyone was busy, and when the meal was ready, they gathered together to eat and chat.
At this time, everyone finally discovered that Jian Mo had a pair of beast ears.
To Jianmo's surprise, everyone was very calm:
"The world is so big, it's not strange that some beastmen have four ears."
"You should eat and drink as you should. Maybe one day the beast ears can be retracted?"
"Brother Jian Mo, don't be depressed. Your ears really look like the ears of the civet cats. Maybe they will get better when they grow up."
"Yes, Brother Jian Mo, go see my dad when you go back. Maybe he can help?"
Jian Mo has gradually accepted the fact that he has a pair of beast ears. After being comforted by everyone, he feels more relieved.
He raised the bowl of soup instead of wine to express his gratitude, and took the initiative to change the topic: "Are you going to go into the mountains to hunt tomorrow?"
The people of the Eighteen Bends tribe said:
"Yes, we didn't catch enough long-tailed birds today, so we have to go into the mountains to catch more tomorrow."
"We have explored the route, so we can go directly tomorrow. When we catch the long-tailed birds, we will treat everyone to bird soup tomorrow night. The long-tailed bird soup is delicious."
The people in the caravan also said that catching long-tailed birds is very fun, and they haven't had enough fun today, so they want to play again tomorrow.
It happened that Jian Mo and his friends had just arrived here, so staying one more day would facilitate them to exchange information and goods.
Jian Mo thought this proposal was good and had no objection.
After a tiring day, everyone finished dinner and cleaned up the pots and pans together, then went to wash up and get ready for bed.
Although Jian Mo did not run much today, riding on a giant wolf was not easy at all. He lay on the bed prepared by the Eighteen Bends Tribe and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.
The next morning, he heard some noise outside the door, as if someone was blocking the door or blocking the road or something. He
originally thought that Jiujiu was hungry or not used to strangers, so he was waiting outside the door for them to get up.
Unexpectedly, when he went out to take a look, it was not Jiujiu at the door, but the tiger cat Danguan with sparkling eyes.
The tiger cat stood up all of a sudden: "Doctor Jian Mo, I feel like I feel better. Can you help me check it out?"
Jian Mo walked over, lifted the gauze and looked at the place where he applied the herbal medicine. He felt no change: "The time is too short. Maybe we need to observe it for another two days."
The tiger cat licked the hair around the bald spot with its tongue, revealing the bald spot: "Can't you see it? I feel that the skin that has been applied with the medicine has become more delicate."
Jian Mo said : Mo said tactfully: "When you care too much, you are prone to have illusions."
Tiger Cat suddenly wilted: "Ah, isn't it getting better?"
Jian Mo comforted him: "How can the problem that has troubled you for years be cured so easily? If you apply the medicine for a few more days, you may see the effect."
Tiger Cat thought about it and said: "Then I will apply the medicine for a few more days. Doctor Jian Mo, you should wash up and have breakfast, they are almost ready."
After Jian Mo washed up, he went to the open space to have breakfast.
Breakfast was meat porridge made from stems and dried meat, plus small pickled vegetables.
Unlike the pickled vegetables of other tribes, the pickled vegetables of the Eighteen Bends Tribe have a little spicy taste and the fragrance of the plants themselves. They are salty, sour, spicy and crispy, and taste very delicious.
Jian Mo asked about it and found out that this kind of wild vegetable for making pickles is a bit spicy and has thick meat, so the pickles are particularly delicious.
After tasting a few more pieces, Jian Mo couldn't help but exchange them for two small pots and asked the people of the Eighteen Bends tribe if he could change the seeds.
The people of the Eighteen Bends tribe generously let him go hunting with them today. When they met on the road, they told him that he would go to pick the seeds himself.
Jian Mo agreed.
After breakfast, a large group of people set out again.
Led by the people of the Eighteen Bends tribe, they walked towards the place where the long-tailed birds lived.
The people from the Eighteen Bends tribe explained in front: "Long-tailed birds have the habit of living in groups. We have found two nests in total. Let's go to the nest on the cliff first, and then look for the second nest after we catch all of them."
Jian Mo listened for a while before realizing that they had to catch live long-tailed birds to domesticate them, so it was particularly troublesome.
The Eighteen Bends tribe seemed to be the only tribe nearby that domesticated long-tailed birds, and other tribes did not have this habit.
Jian Mo couldn't help but think of poultry. If the people from the Eighteen Bends tribe could succeed, they could probably give it a try.
If they had poultry, they would have a fixed source of bird eggs in the future.
Anyway, the tuk-tuk beasts have already been raised, and their house needs to be expanded. It shouldn't be too troublesome to expand a poultry house next to it.
Just as Jian Mo was thinking, the people from the Eighteen Bends tribe said in a low voice in front of him excitedly: "Here it comes, look at the long-tailed bird in front."
Everyone heard the prompt and looked forward together. Soon they saw the long-tailed bird pacing on the cliff.
The people from the Eighteen Bends tribe whispered: "Let's divide into groups. Some people go to the top of the cliff to guard, and some people go to the bottom of the cliff to guard. Try to catch it alive?"
No one had any objections.
Wu Jiong said: "I will take people to the top of the cliff."
Yun Xi smiled: "Let's go below."
The old chief of the Zhengchi tribe, Yan Dun: "Let's go to the left?"
The chief of the Hongqi tribe had to claim the right.
Everyone quickly divided into groups and made preparations. Each of them took people to ambush. The beastmen were not good at hunting, so they watched from a distance. The fat birds and caracals were on guard.
The beastmen were very strong in hunting. They had already touched the edge of the long-tailed bird's territory, but the long-tailed bird was still pacing back and forth in the same place, not noticing any danger nearby. The people of
the Eighteen Bends tribe observed the opportunity and saw that it was almost time. A long howl was used as a signal.
All the giant beasts heard the long howl and rushed forward.
The long-tailed birds were frightened and fled in panic.
So many giant beasts rushed over together, but only a few long-tailed birds were caught.
The long-tailed birds were very agile and they flew out from the gap in the beasts' encirclement in
just a few moves. Once they were out of the beasts' encirclement, the long-tailed birds flapped their wings and glided down from the cliff. In just a short while, they glided to a distance of more than ten meters or even dozens of meters away.
The beasts could not chase the long-tailed birds on the cliff because it was too dangerous. They could only stand still and watch. On
Jian Mo's side, there was a sub-beastman from the Eighteen Bends Tribe who sighed and said, "We knew this would be the result. The long-tailed birds are too agile and it's hard to catch them every time."
Another beastman from the Eighteen Bends said, "At least there are a lot of bird eggs today. If we take those eggs back and hatch them, we should be able to get a lot of chicks, but I don't know if we can keep them alive."
The beastman said, "It's good to hatch some chicks."
The fat chicks from the Baizhi Tribe watched from the side, confused, "You just give up and stop chasing?"
The people from the Eighteen Bends
said, "The main reason is that we can't chase them. If we chase them, we're afraid we'll fall off the cliff." The fat chicks were excited when they heard this, "That's you. We in the Baizhi Tribe are not afraid."
"That's right, just watch us."
As they said this, the fat chicks from the Baizhi Tribe flapped their wings and flew up.
Their beasts were not big, so they were just moving in the mountains.
After a while, the fat chicks approached the long-tailed bird.
The long-tailed birds were very panicked when they found the fat chirps, and they flapped their wings and flew up in panic.
However, this did not pose a problem for the fat chirps. They flapped their wings and chased the long-tailed birds, catching up with them in a few seconds.
The long-tailed birds used their flexible bodies to turn as much as possible.
The fat chirps followed.
The caracals saw that the fat chirps did not catch up in the first time, and they were very disappointed. With their relatively small beast forms and flexible bodies, they joined the battlefield.
As a result, the mountains began to be in chaos again, with feathers flying everywhere.
The other orcs and sub-orcs who could not chase were watching from the sidelines.
Even Chirps and Ying Ao from Jian Mo's family squatted behind him, poking their heads out from the left and right, watching the fat chirps and caracals chasing the long-tailed birds.
There were cliffs all around, so it was dangerous to chase. Only the beastmen from their two tribes could be as agile as on flat ground.
After chasing for a while, one of the fat birds finally couldn't stand it anymore and stopped trying to catch the long-tailed bird with its claws. Instead, it flew above the long-tailed bird and, relying on its much larger body, swooped down and directly pressed the long-tailed bird under its body. The
long-tailed bird let out a pitiful "chi" and rolled its eyes.
The fat bird hummed and took the long-tailed bird out to show everyone the still-living long-tailed bird.
Success!
The fat birds cheered and followed their companions' method to press the long-tailed bird.
Although the caracals were a bit disdainful, they also swooped up, imitating the fat chicks, trying to catch the long-tailed bird.
After a while, the caracals succeeded one after another.
However, their beast forms were much larger than the long-tailed bird, and they almost crushed the long-tailed bird's soul during the swooping process.
There were not many long-tailed birds escaping in the mountains and forests.
Chick Chick behind Jian Mo was watching, and suddenly squeezed out, jumped off the cliff, flapped its wings, and flew towards where the long-tailed bird was: "Chick--"
By the time Jian Mo reacted, Chick Chick had already flown more than ten meters.
Jian Mo was worried as if he hadn't caught his dog: "Jiujiu, come back!"
Jiujiu pretended not to hear what he didn't want to hear. He flew directly to the long-tailed bird he had set his eyes on, and then dropped from the sky with a heavy drop: "Jiujiu!"
The long-tailed bird was instantly pressed down by Jiujiu and started chirping, exhaling more than inhaling.
Jian Mo couldn't help but say: "You silly Jiujiu! We caught it alive!"
If they were just hunting birds, the people of the Eighteen Bends tribe would have killed all the long-tailed birds long ago.
Jiujiu picked up the long-tailed bird and showed it to Jian Mo and Ying Ao with sparkling eyes: "Jiujiu!"
It caught it!
No one minded Jiujiu's behavior of catching birds, especially the fat ones, who clapped their wings and applauded Jiujiu: "Jiujiu is so good!"
Others also praised: "Jiujiu is great!"
Jiujiu understood everyone's praise and puffed out his chest: "Jiujiu!!!"
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