Originally, Wu Wu also wanted to send a few people who were familiar with the Jing tribe to lead Shao Xuan and the others, but the Wu tribe was in a difficult situation. All the houses and buildings in the tribe collapsed and needed to be rebuilt. When it needs to be resettled, I can only write a cloth scroll to Shao Xuan.
After Shao Xuan and the others left the Wu tribe, Wu Wu thought about it and asked the people from the sub tribe to bring a letter to the Jing tribe. The people of the sub-tribe walk in the underground cave without encountering beasts, it is faster and more convenient, and they may be able to reach the crystal tribe in front of the flaming horns.
There are people from the sub-tribe who ease in the middle, and the people from the crystal tribe will have a better attitude towards the flaming horns.
However, what Wu Wu could not have imagined was that the speed of Shao Xuan and the others was one step faster than the people of the tribe.
The people of the sub-tribe go to the crystal tribe. Although they do not need to climb mountains and mountains, the underground is not suitable for digging holes everywhere, especially in the area near the river. .
As for Shao Xuan and the others, apart from placing monuments on the shore, they never stopped, and they sailed day and night.
Since the giant beast was killed, the river near the Kou tribe has also calmed down a lot. Smaller fish have begun to be active around, and no other large and aggressive river beasts have been seen. The big fish that Boluo encountered before may have been driven by the giant beast.
Continuing down the Yan River, the changes in the topography on the river bank are not too obvious. It is similar to the place where the Ku tribe is located, but compared to the upstream area of the Mo tribe, the forests are much denser.
In the cabin, Shao Xuan sat cross-legged and placed the sword on his legs. There was a bloodstain on the sword, which Shao Xuan had smeared with his own blood. I plan to try it out to see if I can use this kind of blood to set fire to the sword, but unfortunately, I haven't been successful. I always feel that there is something missing, but I can't think of what it is.
"Someone!" someone outside shouted.
Shao Xuan also happened to notice the spark of the crystal tribe, and temporarily put down the sword and walked out of the cabin.
"It has arrived."
The Jing tribe also lived by the Yanhe River. The distance from the river bank was not too close, but not too far. It was closer to the river bank than the Ku tribe.
Wu Wu once told Shao Xuan that the people of the Jing tribe migrated here later, and they didn't know where they were before. Since the cataclysm of the world a thousand years ago, the Jing tribe has migrated here.
Someone in the woods was watching here, and there were some sharp bird calls. Shao Xuan and others knew that it wasn't really a bird call, but a signal from someone hiding in the woods.
As the two boats slowly docked, the people in the woods retreated away from the river bank, but they still hid in the woods, staring vigilantly at the two boats that were docked. They had never seen a ship, and were more wary of unfamiliar outsiders.
The place where the boat docked could clearly see a piece of land that had been created artificially. There were no tall trees there, except for some artificially laid short wooden stakes, it was just grass, and even the weeds were not as high as in the woods.
Those short wooden stakes should be used to tie rafts and the like. There are traces of ropes on them. Those sunken parts on the grass are obviously stepped on by people, so the grass will change from upright to crooked, often stepping on it. Grass is not high.
Going ashore from here, Shao Xuan raised his eyes and looked at the woods ahead.
From the river bank to the woods, a path was opened, only two or three meters wide, but in the dense woods, this path was very conspicuous.
Wu Wu once said that the people of the Jing tribe would use the nets of the Wu tribe to fish in the river, and it was this way that they traveled between the tribe and the river.
Shao Xuan walked forward with the people, but did not go deep into the woods, but stood still.
"Are you from the Crystal Tribe? We are from the Yanjiao Tribe. If we have something to discuss, please inform the Crystal Tribe witch."
There must be other traps in the woods. Although Shao Xuan is not afraid of those, it is better to have less unnecessary trouble. Besides, he still has to find "eyes" from the Jing tribe, so he still has to give people a good first place. impression.
After Shao Xuan shouted, the forest was quiet for a while, and then there were several "bird calls", and there was a whizzing sound not far away, someone should have left and went back to report.
Shao Xuan was not in a hurry. He found a stone in the woods next to him and waited.
About twenty minutes later, footsteps were heard in the distance, and there were people talking in low voices.
A lot of people came here, no less than 200 people, which happened to be similar to the number of people on Shao Xuan's boat.
The crowd got closer and closer, and the path opened up was too narrow. Some people walked directly in the woods, and the sound of the branches being stepped on became clearer and clearer.
Soon, some figures appeared in the woods.
The sun shines in the woods, and only part of it is sprinkled on the trail because of the blocking of the branches above. In the woods on both sides of the trail, there is even less sunlight. Therefore, at a glance, the clearest thing is to walk on the trail. people.
At the front are three sturdy warriors, perhaps because they are often exposed to the sun, they look darker. The people of the Ku tribe have been tanned, and the people of the Jing tribe are darker than the people of the Ku tribe, but the paintings on their bodies are painted in bright colors, white, red, blue, yellow, green. ,and many more.
The three crystal tribe warriors in front held weapons made of horns or stone tools in one hand, and the other hand held a circular shield to block their chests, covering the entire torso, only showing the legs and nose. The black and white eyes reveal the tension that cannot be concealed, and they can probably see that people in Yanjiao are not easy to deal with. In the face of strange and powerful outsiders, it is strange to be unprepared.
The shield is made of wood or rattan. After all, they don't have the great strength of the flame horns. The shields made of stone tools or horn bone tools are indeed more solid, but they are too heavy. It is said that a shield that is too heavy will not only fail to play its own role, but will also become a burden in battle.
Taking a look at the equipment of the Jing tribe people, Shao Xuan had a general orientation for them in his heart. Glancing past the three warriors, he looked at the people behind them.
There was a thin middle-aged man with eyes like a knife. When he looked towards Shao Xuan, his gaze was like a real blade shooting out of his eyes, which made people shudder. In addition, the middle-aged man walked with the majesty of a leader all the year round, which was clearly different from others.
Crystal tribe witch
Shao Xuan thought of what Wu Wu had said, and looked at the middle-aged man's eyebrows.
There is no third eye that Wu Wu said, but there is a vertical line between the man's eyebrows.
It should be him. Shao Xuan secretly said.
The three people in front closely guarded the middle-aged man behind them, and they stopped approaching when they were about twenty meters away from Shao Xuan. Not only them, but the others from the Crystal Tribe who came over also looked nervous, alert and uneasy.
The middle-aged man raised his hand and gently moved the three fighters in front of him. After hesitating, the three fighters stepped aside, but they still stared at Shao Xuan and the others. Seeing that, if Shao Xuan and the others changed a little bit. , they immediately pulled the middle-aged man back.
The weather is already very hot in this season, and the lower reaches of the Yanhe River seem to be hotter than the upper reaches. It is for this reason that some of the tribesmen Shao Xuan and the others encountered on the way of the boat were wearing less clothes, and most of their skin was exposed to sunlight. Down. The people of the Ku tribe also wear some linen and some decorations like rope nets. But the people of the Jing tribe are not so complicated. Many warriors who come here are basically shirtless, with only a little bit of cover and protection on their waists and feet.
The brightly colored paintings on their bodies can be seen more clearly as the distance between the two sides narrows.
It doesn't matter if you paint other things, the people of the Jing tribe are all painted with eyes!
People from the Hui tribe like moiré patterns, those from the Ku tribe like reticulate patterns, and people from the Jing tribe like the "eye" pattern. Their tribe's totem looks like three erect eyes. The patterns painted on the totem warriors of the Jing tribe are also mostly eye patterns, but their painting skills are not bad, the colors are different in shades and have a sense of hierarchy. It looks like they have countless eyes on their bodies, bright and bright. The color of the tanned skin highlights the existence of those "eyes".
People with intensive phobia will probably feel disgusted and nervous when they see the people of the crystal tribe, and can't look directly.
They don't wear much, but they wear a lot of accessories.
The ones hanging on the ears, the ones on the neck, the chains on the wrists, the waist, the feet, etc., are all ornaments made of earth-eye stones, and with the eyes painted on them, it makes people look at them. Looking at it, it was like being stared at by countless eyes, and my heart panicked.
"Are you from Yanjiao?" asked the middle-aged man who came out.
"Not bad." Shao Xuan could hear that the people from the Jing tribe should have heard of the "Flaming Horn Tribe", but they didn't know which version they heard about. Seeing their nervous appearance, think about them and the Kou tribe. The relationship between the two, the version known to the Jing tribe will definitely not be the true version, maybe there are those myopic gossips from the sub-tribe who talk more.
"What's the matter with you?" the man asked again.
"We just came over from the Wu tribe, and we have something to ask." Shao Xuan took out the cloth scroll that Wu Wu gave to him and threw it over.
The man caught the cloth roll and glanced at Shao Xuan suspiciously. His gaze stayed on the cloth roll for two more seconds before opening it. Probably to see if there are other bad things on the roll, such as poison and other traps.
However, after seeing what was written on the cloth scroll, the man's tense expression eased slightly, "Written by Zhen?"
Wu Wu's name is "Zhen", so after Jing Wu said the name, Shao Xuan nodded.
Wu Wu had written the general situation on the cloth scroll. After the man read it, he raised his hand so that the people behind him would not be overly nervous, and turned to Shao Xuan and said, "Please."
This is the meaning of agreeing with Shao Xuan to enter the crystal tribe for detailed discussions.
Shao Xuan still only brought half of the people there, and left half to guard the boat.