It was close to dusk when we walked violently, and it was not suitable to travel in the dark, so the group stayed by the small lake overnight until dawn before entering the dense forest to find the Red Leaf Valley.
Yan Mo had something on his mind, so he didn't sleep soundly. He thought that Yuan Zhan would come back after he left, but he waited until midnight. As soon as Yuan Zhan appeared by his side, he sensitively opened his eyes.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Yuan Zhan rubbed his face, took off his coat, stripped it off, lifted the quilt and crawled into Yan Mo's bed.
Da Da, who was sleeping in the corner, opened his eyes, saw that it was Yuan Zhan, grunted, turned over and fell asleep again.
Dahe and Ding Fei, who were in charge of the night watch, sat at the entrance of the tent and looked inside, without saying a word.
Yan Mo was used to making bed for this man, he was too lazy to drive him out, and he didn't get up, he lay down with half-closed eyelids and asked him in a low voice: "What do you see? Who is staring at us?"
Yuan Zhan huddled under the blanket, forced Yan Mo to give up a large piece of land for him, then turned sideways, put his arm around the boy, and whispered: "Don't worry, it's a group of big monkeys."
"Big monkey? How big is it?"
"It's about the same size as a human, and some are taller than me."
"Do they have tails?"
Yuan Zhan thought for a while, but he really didn't pay much attention to this point, "It seems not. They are used to living in trees, and I saw the nests they made in trees."
"What do their butts look like?"
"How do I know what their butts look like? Who would stare at a group of monkeys' butts for nothing? Yours and I would rather take a closer look... Aww! Take it easy."
Yan Mo withdrew his bent knees, "It's big, it doesn't have a tail, it's 90% not a monkey, it's an ape, an orangutan."
Rubbing his lower body, Yuan Zhan said in surprise, "Orangutan? They are also humans? But they really look a bit like humans, except that they have more hair."
Yan Mo chuckled, "They are not considered human beings. They are just called apes, but genetically speaking, they are closer to humans than monkeys. You can also call them gorillas. What color are the hairs of those apes?"
"Maybe it's black, or red? The moonlight is not very good tonight, and the forest is too dense to see clearly."
Yan Mo asked some more about the characteristics of the stalking apes, and he probably got some points in his mind, "Have you seen them using tools?"
"No, it's just a group of big monkeys without tails." Yuan Zhan didn't pay attention to the group of orangutans, his eyes were half-closed, he followed those big monkeys for half the night, and kept on traveling during the day, very tired.
Yan Mo was not at ease. With the existence of intelligent creatures like Jiufeng and Tianwu, it was really difficult for him to believe that a group of orangutans with higher IQs than monkeys and who could follow them were just ordinary apes. If it was really an ordinary orangutan, seeing so many people scared away, how could it be possible to follow them for two days in a row? And they haven't gone deep into the dense forest yet, so the vigilance of these apes is too high.
"It's best to double the number of people watching the night." Yan Mo wanted to sit up.
Yuan Zhan held him down and didn't let him get up. He raised his thigh and clamped him, "I said, you don't have to worry about this. I'll tell Shen Gu when I get back, and ask him to send more people to watch the night."
"That's good." Yan Mo, who couldn't sleep, felt that Yuan Zhan's body temperature was too high, and wanted to push him away, but the bastard Zhan entangled him tightly. He struggled a few times but couldn't break free. After a while, he cursed a few words Go straight to sleep.
In his sleep, Yuan Zhan pushed people into his arms again, half-hugging and half-pressing people domineeringly. He didn't snore much, and his breath was long when he fell asleep.
Yan Mo had a weird dream in the middle of the night. In the dream, he was an egg. A huge, ferocious-looking beast kept pulling him into his belly, pressing him down, like hatching an egg. He struggled to roll several times. Going out, he was pulled back by the palm of the beast and rolled back.
Yan Mo yelled in the eggshell that he couldn't bear it, and tried hard to break out of the egg, leaving the hatching beast. When he dreamed that he was struggling and finally broke out of the egg, he woke up.
And at this time, the sky was also getting brighter.
As soon as Yan Mo moved, Yuan Zhan also woke up. The guy opened his eyes and complained, "What are you doing in my arms at night, you are so hard."
Yan Mo stretched out his hand unceremoniously and squeezed it, "Go pee! If you dare to touch me, I will chop you up!"
Yuan Zhan moaned lasciviously. He really wanted to do something, but there were voices outside, everyone was already up, and someone had already started making breakfast, so he packed up and set off as soon as he was full. Naturally, it is not good to stay in the tent anymore, and he was pinched by the wicked priest of his family, and he couldn't hold back anymore. He jumped up and ran out of the tent in a hurry. There was a sound of splashing water.
Yan Mo turned his head and saw a pile of clothes and pants, remembering that the animal ran out without any clothes on, he couldn't help but curse secretly: "Savage!"
Except for Yan Mo who felt that Yuan Zhan acted like a savage, the others saw their leader come out naked like this, and none of them thought it was wrong.
The weather has gradually warmed up, and a leather skirt is enough for a strong person. And because the fur is not rich enough, not all of the 1,500 people can be wrapped in animal skin clothes. Most of the soldiers just wear a piece of animal skin around their waists.
Some people caught a glimpse of the heroic figure of the leader urinating against the wind for three miles, and they were still very envious and jealous. Some bold women already pushed me and I pushed you, and laughed at each other because of the leader Yingwei.
The women and children were much more lively than when they first set off. Although they were tired from the rush all the way, they were the group that was taken care of the most. No matter Yuan Zhan or the kind young priest, no one regarded them as slaves and burdens, and even more so. No atrocities like forcing them to sleep with them or killing them for food.
That Lord Ding Fei said that there are no slaves in Jiuyuan, maybe what he said is true? Master Ding Fei also said that as long as they work hard and do long-term work for a period of time, they can pay off the red salt owed to the tribe, and after passing the test of the tribe, they can become real tribe members. Moreover, Master Ding Ning also said that even if they were long-term workers, they would not have to worry about starvation, and they would have ready-made stone houses to live in.
Master Dahe slipped his tongue during a break, saying that as long as they are loyal to the priest and the leader and pass the tribal test, they can become true members of the tribe without being long-term workers.
Because of these news, the 1,500 people were full of hope for the future, and they didn't feel hard on the journey. Everyone worked together on the journey, and almost no thorns emerged. When the women and children began to relax, there was gradually chatter and laughter in the line, and no one said they were going to run away.
Before setting off in the morning, Yan Mo called Dahe Dingning, Dingfei and the other three, and gave them some instructions in a low voice, "From now on, you can slowly reveal the rules of the tribe to them on the way, if they don't understand, If you don’t understand, just patiently explain to them.”
"Yes." The three felt that they had heavy responsibilities, and they were all very serious.
Da Da stood guard next to him, looking sideways at Dahe and the three of them. He was secretly learning Chinese, and he learned it quite quickly, but he didn't tell anyone. He was waiting to scare the boy in the future. With eyes full of praise again, he wanted to flick his tail triumphantly.
"Ding Ning, when you take those old and weak women and children, in addition to paying attention to their food, housing, transportation and physical health, you also need to be careful not to let those soldiers have too much contact with them. Before, everyone was rushing on the road, and some people had no energy even if they had ideas. And time, but when we enter the dense forest, we have more rest time, and the forest is more depressing, people's emotions will change, and some brutal people will not be able to control themselves. If you can't handle it, you must tell me that this kind of thing must not be hidden, understand?"
Ding Ning nodded heavily, "Mo Da, don't worry, I will take good care of them."
Yan Mo also explained the same thing to Yuan Zhan, asking him to instruct and warn the various warrior leaders to restrain their subordinates.
Even if he plans ahead.
There are no rules, no circle, 1,500 people here is no longer a small team, even the original original tribe is only so many people, but so many people are not the same race, the same tribe, and even the language is not all It's the same, it's fine if there is no accident on the road, once an accident happens, it may become a major event, and there will be no need for Morgan and the savage tribes along the way to attack them, they will be able to collapse from the inside.
For this reason, Yan Mo was cautious and cautious, and within a few days of departure, several rules had been conveyed to everyone's ears layer by layer.
Yan Mo called Yuan Zhan, took out a piece of animal skin, and unfolded it: "This is the picture drawn before Meng Bian left. Yanshan is here, and the Red Leaf Valley they went to is still at the edge of the dense forest, but from Yanshan to Hongye Valley The forest in between is already very dense. If we are not afraid of meeting the Morgan team, we can enter the dense forest according to the marks left by the Yanshan people. Since it is their back road, this road should be safer than other places .”
"What do you think?" Yuan Zhan asked while looking at the picture.
"My idea is that instead of taking the risk of walking through the dense forest to the Red Leaf Valley, it is better to continue along the edge of the dense forest like this, and wait until we find the mark left by the Yanshan tribe, and then we will follow the mark to find the Red Leaf Valley. In this way, our losses may be small. a little."
"What if we meet the Morgans who come to attack the Yanshan tribe?"
"This is where my headache is, what do you think?"
Yuan Zhan directly summoned Shen Gu and other leaders, and put the two choices in front of the leaders, allowing them to express their own ideas.
The other leaders hadn't figured out the temperament of Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo, so they didn't dare to speak. It was Shen Gu who spoke first. He said, "I have an idea. Is the Red Leaf Valley safe? Where are the Yanshan people hiding, Moore?" Wouldn't it be impossible to find them if they were dry?"
Yan Mo replied cautiously, "It's possible, if there are no Moore spies among them."
Everyone understood the meaning of the spies, Shen Gu frowned slightly, "It would be more troublesome if there were spies, it would be better if there were no spies, if the Yanshan people can stay in Hongye Valley for a while, we can go through the dense forest first, and send people back after we settle down Pick them up. After all, our main purpose is to go through the dense forest and over the mountains to reach the open land on the other side."
Yuan Zhan looked at the others again. Some of the other leaders echoed Shen Gu's thoughts, and some said to pick up the Yanshan tribe first after seeing the expressions on their faces.
Yan Mo knew that Shen Gu and the others probably didn't really want to take the time and risk to pick up the Yanshan tribe first.
"Shengu, you have seen the map. If you think about it carefully, you will find that we don't go too far from Hongye Valley through the dense forest." Yan Mo squatted on the ground and laid out the nearby map again.
"There is a horizontal mountain range between the dense forest and the open land. You can see it as two mountains, and there is a gap between the two mountains. We need to pass through this gap to reach the broad land. From the Red Leaf Valley to this gap is almost a straight line. We start from where we are now, and the gap is a long slanted line. This road may be a little closer than our first detour to the Red Leaf Valley and then through the dense forest, but it is not too close."
Shen Gu didn't shrink back because of Yan Mo's identity, he stated the facts very calmly: "But we are in danger of being caught up by Mogan when we take a detour to pick up people."
Yuan Zhan slapped his hands, and everyone looked at him. "Mo, Shengu, you have all overlooked the most important point. We are not familiar with the terrain of the dense forest, and we have no idea of the dangers inside. Whether it is to pick up the Yanshan tribe or pick it up afterwards, we must solve the problem. this point."
Yan Mo murmured, "Indeed, if you are not familiar with the route, it is too dangerous to lead more than a thousand people through the dense forest, not to mention the poisonous fog in the swamp, it is easy for people to get lost in the dense forest, and they will be targeted by large groups of wild animals. "
After some discussion, it was finally decided by Yuan Zhan, "Let's walk along the edge of the dense forest first. When we find the mark left by the Yanshan tribe, we will follow the mark to find Hongye Valley. If there can accommodate so many of us, we will first Settle down the people, and send another person to explore the way. If you encounter the Morgan team on the way, except for the team in the deep valley, everyone else will follow the priest and hide in the dense forest."
There is no better way, so it can only be decided in this way for the time being.
Jiufeng couldn't stand it. It used to be huge and it was difficult to enter the woods to play. Now it has finally shrunk. How can it let go of the opportunity to explore the dense forest? After resting on Yan Mo's head enough, it greeted Yan Mo and flew into the dense forest impatiently, bullying the birds, beasts and insects inside.
Because there is no road to go, in order to speed up, Yuan Zhan has always opened the way in front, removing trees, filling pits, and identifying swamps and muddy ponds. After a day, Yuan Zhan is the most tiring of everyone.
Yan Mo didn't want to do this. If it was an ordinary time, he would definitely let everyone follow suit, overcoming difficulties and opening up roads, and would not let anyone idle. Yuan Zhan would at most provide assistance. Otherwise, after a long time, everyone will take Yuan Zhan's hard work for granted.
When Yuanzhan did this at the beginning, Fukaya and the others were deeply panicked and always wanted to do something to help Yuanzhan, but when they found out that they were only helping Yuanzhan, they might as well follow behind and control the entire team so that they don’t fall behind. After their contributions, they didn't have much to do, but at that time everyone looked at Yuan Zhan with admiration and gratitude.
But as time passed, the admiration and gratitude were still there, but the panic and anxiety gradually disappeared.
Yan Mo has been secretly observing these 1,500 people. At the beginning, everyone was so dumb, and they couldn't tell who was good and who was bad when they did something with one password. But after a long time, and their "kindness", some The true colors of people are gradually exposed.
Dahe saw that something was wrong, and wanted to warn in advance, but was stopped by Yan Mo.
He wants to see what Fugu and other warrior leaders will do. The rules of how to do it have been passed down, and it is entirely reasonable for them to want to deal with certain people.
Yuan Zhan didn't say anything about it, and he didn't know if he saw it, but Yan Mo doubted 100% that he had seen it, and he was just holding back his bad intentions, waiting to make a big move.
Yuan Zhan is a very tolerant person. He is actually not suitable for using his abilities more now. If Yan Mo didn't help him with massage and acupuncture every night, his abilities might be improved by another level.
But his body can't bear so much overflowing energy. As Mo said, his body capacity is currently only able to accommodate level 6 energy, and level 7 is already very dangerous. Once he leaps to level 8, he may be able to see it for himself. See how the energy in your body breaks through your body.
If it was before, he would have endured by himself and would not let anyone see his weakness, but now...
Ever since he knew that Yan Mo lived another life in his dream and lived to be thirty-nine years old, Yuan Zhan felt that it was okay to show weakness in front of this person. And the first time he took the initiative to tell Yan Mo that he was not feeling well, and hoped that Yan Mo could help him recuperate his body, his priest not only helped him with acupuncture, but also gave him a massage.
The massage was so comfortable that he felt like his soul would fly to the sky.
He has since learned that it is good for him to show weakness occasionally in front of his priest!
So, someone began to look for opportunities to play "delicate" from time to time.
For example at this time.
Yuan Zhan raised his hand and ordered to rest on the spot.
When Shen Gu and the others were told to guard their surroundings, the tall young leader seemed to be in high spirits, but when he came to Yan Mo's side, his body was already shaking slightly, and his face was showing signs of fatigue.
"If the scale of the map is correct, we can reach the edge of the dense forest closest to Yanshan in two days at most. Calculating the time, Morgan should have arrived if he sent someone over." Yuan Zhan said while sitting on the ground.
Yan Mo pinched his shoulder and neck, "Tired?"
"Well, it's okay." Said it was okay, and the person was already lying on the boy's lap, "It's just a headache, I feel like I might have to upgrade again."
"You can't be promoted, you have to work hard to suppress it." Yan Mo didn't push him away, and the young man could already see a thick green color.
Yuan Zhan murmured: "I know, but I'm afraid I can't control it. If I die..."
"Shut up! A scourge like you can live at least a thousand years! I'll give you a massage for a while, and you'll feel better."
"Okay." Yuan Zhan held back the smile that was about to overflow from the corner of his mouth, and replied lazily.
Yan Mo massaged the acupoints on his head, and seeing his expression gradually relaxed, he released the Fruit of Witch Luck to let him absorb the energy of the blood stone in Yuan Zhan's body as much as possible while no one was paying attention.
The Fruit of Witch Luck likes this moment the most. It stretches out branches and tendrils to wrap around Yuan Zhan's wrist, and a bulging small bag clings to his veins. When absorbing energy, the small bag is slightly red, and the green branches are also glowing red. It doesn't look like a plant, but it looks like jade, which is very beautiful.
Yuan Zhan stretched out his other hand to cover the small bag so that no one else could see it.
"Father," Zhi Man took out another smaller bag, stretched it out to Yan Mo's face and rubbed it lightly.
Yan Mo's hard old heart immediately softened, and he stopped giving Yuan Zhan a massage. He stretched out his fingers to gently touch the small bag, with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Did the bad fruit bully you?"
"No, Guoguo gave me delicious food." Dudu's soft and tender voice sounded very happy. He wanted to come out and talk to his father a long time ago, but Guoguo refused, saying that he was too weak now.
"What delicious food did he give you?" Yan Mo didn't realize that he had already regarded the fruit of witch luck as a human being, and didn't use the word "it" again.
"Guoguo won't let me tell you."
"Shut up!" The fierce child's voice sounded, but the childish tone of the voice only made people want to laugh.
Before Yan Mo could laugh, Dudu let out a haha laugh first, silly.
Yuan Zhan opened his eyes, strangely, he could also "hear" the children's voices.
Seeing that Yuan Zhan woke up, Xiaoxiaobao immediately ignored his father, stretched out branches to rub his mother in obsequious obsequiousness, and narrowed Yuan Zhan's long and narrow eyes.
Yan Mo was a little jealous, but when Xiao Xiaobao opened his mouth to call Yuan Zhan "Mom", he laughed.
Yuan Zhan doesn't care if his son calls him mother or father, as long as his son is close to him.
"Guozi bullied you, tell me, and I'll beat him up." Yuan Zhan said to his youngest son in a majestic, fatherly manner.
"Mom~~Guoguo is very good~~"
The ferocious child's voice sounded again: "Soft bag!"
The soft bag turned around to wrap around the big bag again, and the big bag stretched out countless small whiskers to tightly wrap around the small bag, preventing him from leaving.
Dudu let out a "haha" laugh again, he was no longer afraid of bad results.
Seeing the two sons having a good time, the two fathers looked like silly fathers. Yuan Zhan touched the fruit at the end, and told him in a harmonious voice: "You are an older brother, you must protect your younger brother and don't mess with your father, huh?"
The jade-like bag broke out of Yuan Zhan's palm, lightly slapped his wrist, and left a sentence in a vicious voice: "There are high-level Yuanjing in this forest, grab it!"
"Where is it?" The two fathers asked at the same time.
But he refused to say the evil fruit, he wanted the good.
Yan Mo turned his face, "I don't have so much mental power to feed you at the moment! You are obedient, I will find similar spiritual power and return it to you in the future, if you are not obedient, hehe!"
"Let me out when you kill people. I don't absorb flesh and blood, but only spiritual power." Evil Fruit said that he is not picky, as long as he has a stutter.
Yan Mo subconsciously felt that it would not be a good thing for Guo Guo to absorb too much complex mental power at once, but he disagreed.
The evil fruit had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, "Then you promise me, if anyone attacks you, let me absorb that guy's spiritual power, if you don't agree, I will lock up your son..."
After talking about it, Eiguozi became impatient again, but instead of threatening to eat Dudu, he put him in confinement instead.
Yan Mo admits that he has been greatly threatened, and that the evil fruit may not eat his son, but he definitely can do it if he does not let his son come out to meet him.
Dudu didn't want to, and bumped the big bag with the small bag, "I want father! I want mother! Bad Guoguo!"
The evil fruit didn't say a word, and when the branches and vines were taken away, it was put back into Yan Mo's belly together with the small package.
Yan Mo was helpless, after thinking twice, he compromised, "I can agree, but if I tell you to stop, you must stop, understand?"
An impatient and vicious echo came from Evil Fruit: "Understood!"
Yuan Zhan snapped his tongue, "This kid, after he is born, he has to beat him hard, he dares to threaten his father at such a young age!"
Yan Mo squinted at him angrily, should he be more careful when he speaks in the future, this animal has not learned how to be good, but he can quickly learn swear words and the like! Now even the old man can say it.
"The thousand and five hundred people are not all good." Yan Mo brought up the business.
Yuan Zhan said "hmm".
"Aren't you worried?"
Yuan Zhan sneered, "What is there to worry about? If it's not good, we'll kill them all, and save me the trouble of taking them back."
Yan Mo knew that this guy was more cunning than him in managing people, and he spoke harshly, but he didn't know what tricks he had secretly laid out. He only reminded: "You can teach others whatever you want, and you can stay in Shengu."
"Don't worry, it's not stupid for that kid to establish prestige among the war slaves of all races. We want to see which of the thousand and five hundred people are available, and he is also looking. These people will be his future foothold in Jiuyuan. Basically, he is more nervous than us about whether these people are obedient and usable. Just wait, that kid will catch one or two kills for others to see in a short time."
Yan Mo nodded and patted him, "Get up, it's time to hurry, and let you take a good rest when you settle down."
It's a pity that Yuan Zhan basically has no chance to wait for An Ding.
The world is full of opportunities, but also full of crises.
Not long after more than 1,500 people set off, the scout team sent back a message: We saw the Morgan team ahead!