The team rested in the originally planned cave at night. The cave was discovered during hunting in the past, but the cave was too small to store larger prey. After comparing a few, the hunting team of Yanjiao chose another place. As a resting base for the hunting team, and here, as a backup place.
Shao Xuan and the others will not take these people to the resting place of their hunting team. They can only come here, or sleep in the open, and lead outsiders to their secret base to be sick. Shao Xuan does not trust these people. .
Set up firewood, use a temporary stone pot to boil some water, then cook a pot of soup and roast some meat.
In the mountains and forests outside the cave, there are some squeaking sounds echoing in the wave band, I don't know what it is, it sounds creepy.
The mud on the body has been caked, just because they don't know whether they will encounter mosquito swarms later, and everyone dare not take off the mud. Fortunately, the black mud after the agglomeration has a lighter smell. Even if it didn't fade, now everyone feels that it can be tolerated.
The so-called long-term smell does not know its smell, numb.
At first, some people worried that Shao Xuan was going to harass them and make some muddy mud for them to wipe. Later, they learned that this kind of black mud was actually in some pits near the creek, because there lived a kind of favorite food. Mosquitoes are the beasts of mosquitoes, so mosquitoes are very disgusted with the smell of this black mud, and they will automatically avoid it after smelling it.
After learning the truth, everyone felt a lot of peace in their hearts.
But what they didn't know was that in the pits that produced black mud, many animals who went to drink water would also pull into them. Don't look at the serious faces on Yanjiao's side, but they are actually happy in their hearts.
"What is that?" Qu Ce pointed at the foot of the mountain and said.
Shao Xuan looked down the mountain. In the dark night, there were some luminous curves in the mountain forest, winding into the distance.
There is a small river there, and those shiny things are actually some tiny creatures by the river. They will float up from the bottom of the river at night, and they will gather near the river bank, and the bright light will attract some phototactic animals to go there. It sticks so hard that it is difficult to break free, and is finally dragged into the water to be eaten.
"Don't go there, it will eat people." Shao Xuan said.
Not every luminous place is a water and moon flow channel that produces gems, and some places are absolutely dangerous, especially in such a mountain forest.
On the fifteenth day of entering the mountain forest, the team had already left the hunting range of Flaming Horn and entered the hinterland of the beast forest, and they had to be more cautious as they moved forward, because the five members of Flaming Horn did not have many people who could guide them. place. No one knows what lies ahead.
The pace of progress has slowed.
Shao Xuan got together with Duokang, Mai and other five people. It seemed that they were negotiating, but the other four people actually helped Shao Xuan to cover.
The situation of the Yanjiao five people, everyone has seen too much these days, and they have long been used to it, so the other six tribes did not care, and they all gathered together to discuss.
In a place that others can't see, Shao Xuan quickly knotted a straw rope in his hand.
When Shao Xuan opened his eyes, looked at the straw rope that was finally successfully knotted, and interpreted the hints given by each knot, Shao Xuan pointed in one direction, "Over there."
As soon as the people from Yanjiao discussed the direction, they heard a slightly arrogant voice saying: "The old man observes the sky and speculates that there will be rain tomorrow, at the latest, the day after tomorrow, and it is not small, and it may even last for two to three days, everyone. How are you going to deal with it?"
Shao Xuan looked at the speaker, it was an elder of the Changzhou tribe, named Mu You. Along the way, I heard him say about observing the sky several times, and I heard him say the day before yesterday that there was no rain for three days.
In fact, it hasn't really rained since entering the forest, and it's just a little bit floating. Most of the time it's sunny, and the temperature is getting higher and higher.
Looking at the other tribesmen, they seem to believe in Mu You's words.
The four people in Yanjiao glanced at the old man who was sitting there pretending to be staring at the sky, and then looked at Shao Xuan. They didn't believe any of them, only Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan shook his head.
The arrogance on Mu You's face was even worse. He felt that in terms of celestial phenomena, no one here could compare to him. Perhaps the Wu of Yanjiao had similar abilities, but that was different. Wu used Wu power, while he relied on his rich personal experience. Besides, there is no witch here.
Throughout the year, the Changzhou tribe spends most of their time on the boat, running around the river, and they do know a lot. Observing astronomical phenomena is also a skill that many crew members need to learn. They can judge the weather as soon as possible, and can also prepare in advance to reduce losses.
Finally had the opportunity to show their strengths, the people of the Changzhou tribe also had a sullen joy. No matter how powerful the flaming horns' survival skills in the beast forest are, they can't judge the weather a few days in advance, right? I haven't heard of them these days. At most, I can infer the next day's astronomical phenomenon from the evening or night sky.
They also regarded Shao Xuan's shaking of his head as his inability to know the meaning of celestial phenomena.
Several tribes over there are discussing to find a place to shelter from the rain in advance, and prepare to avoid it for two or three days. They do not want to walk in such a mountain forest in the rain.
As for the four people in Yanjiao, they knew that Shao Xuan shook his head, but he was actually saying: Don't listen to his nonsense, there is no rain, and continue to drive in the direction where Bu came out.
So, from the beginning of entering the forest to the present, for the first time there has been a big disagreement.
Yanjiao had to continue on his way in the direction he had decided, while the other six tribes were more inclined to the decision of the Changzhou tribe, and they had to find a place to shelter from the rain first.
"In this way," Shao Xuan was not angry, and said in a calm tone, "This is beyond what we are familiar with, and the responsibility of leading the way has been exhausted. If you decide otherwise, we will not object, but we still follow our own. plan to go."
"Wait, we'll walk with you." Gula hurriedly said. Since they returned to the tribe to cooperate with Yanjiao and chose Yanjiao's side, they should not defect at this time. Moreover, Gula himself felt that it was better to follow Yanjiao, and it was a big deal to get wet. It is the eagle that suffers from the sky, and they do not like rain.
The people from the Mang tribe looked at each other, and Qu Ce said, "Then let's go together. Our Mang tribe doesn't know much about the mountains and forests, and we hope that the brothers from Yanjiao will help."
The Mang tribe led the team without words, which was the default decision of Qu Ce. Although he felt that Mu You's words were correct, at the same time, through the observation of the past ten days, he felt that the intuition of the beast-like people of the flaming horns was also very rare and worthy of reference. Just as Qu Ce said, in this forest, it's better to see how the Yanjiao people behave.
The people from the Eighth Tribe looked at each other in dismay, but the members of the Jiyou Mang Tribe stood over, and it is not good for them to stay with the Changzhou Tribe. It is better to be with the Mang Tribe when they talk about cooperation.
The people of the Thousand-faced Tribe didn't say a word, and took a big step towards Yanjiao, watching the corners of Mu Duo's brows tremble.
When the Yu tribe saw this situation, their hearts to stand firmly on Changzhou's side were also shaken. This can't be done. It's all over. We are the only people here, and we will definitely suffer. As a result, Gu Zhi, who led the team of the Yu tribe, sighed, and Chao Mu You smiled apologetically, and led someone to stand over to Yanjiao.
Everyone from the Changzhou Tribe: "..." So how do we choose? ! Anyway, they will definitely not choose to order.
So, Mu Youqing put on a face, and together with the others, continued to follow behind Yan Jiao.
"Why did you choose this direction?" Spring Ye asked Shao Xuan.
"Because I think that slaves from Yanling can be found here." Shao Xuan said.
Mu You, who was behind, snorted. The sound is neither light nor heavy but still audible.
Shao Xuan's face didn't move at all, as if he didn't hear the mocking "chi" sound, he continued to walk with him.
The next day, blue sky, white clouds, scorching sun. It doesn't look like it's going to rain.
Mu Yu's face became uncomfortable.
Day three.
The sun shines in the sky, and the scorching sun is still scorching the earth.
Mu You was quite uncomfortable, and kept his eyelids down, just not looking at people. The people of the Changzhou tribe were silent and pretended to be dumb.
On the fourth day, it still didn't look like it was going to rain at all. However, everyone didn't want to make fun of Mu You. After entering the hinterland of the beast forest, the sense of crisis became stronger, and they didn't want to be distracted.
What Shao Xuan did not explain was that the weather in the beast forest was changing too fast, and the closer it was to the hinterland of the forest, the more unreasonable it was. The people of the Changzhou tribe? Forget it, their experience is accumulated under normal circumstances, and it may not be applicable here.
Moreover, Shao Xuan felt that the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and it was already out of the ordinary trajectory, making it elusive. Even if Shao Xuan learned to observe the celestial phenomena from others, unless he used a knotted rope for divination, he would not be able to accurately infer the weather.
Shao Xuan wouldn't say these explanations, wouldn't let Mu You go down the steps, who made him squeak before
In the woods, the insects hiding among the leaves were making a noise.
"A Xuan!" Mai, who came down from the tree, pointed in one direction with a solemn expression.
Shao Xuan jumped up the tree and looked in the direction Mai pointed.
Not far ahead, among the verdant green, there are some gray figures flying.
"What's wrong?" Gula asked.
"Go ahead and take a look."
Those gray figures are a scavenger bird.
When Shao Xuan arrived, the ground was almost covered with gray.
Sensing the person approaching, the gray figure shouted and flew into the sky in a group. The gray layer that originally covered the ground was also revealed.
On the ground is the corpse of a vicious beast, as well as those of several people.
Whether it is a human or a beast, they can no longer see the original appearance, and less than one-fifth of the part is eaten.
On one of the bones of the beast was a spear with a broken handle, and the spear head was a gold tool instead of a stone tool.
"Those slaves?!!"
Seeing this, the people of several tribes showed joy.
It was really said by the Yanjiao people, and walking towards this direction, they actually found the group of slaves sent by Yanling City.