After a short half-day's walk, Ling'er and the apple-picking team led Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu to a hidden valley.
This valley is covered with dense virgin forest, surrounded by mountains thousands of meters high and lined with cliffs. If Ling'er takes the secret path, he will not be able to enter this valley from any direction.
In the center of the valley grows a mutated yellow horn tree. Any tree has a diameter of dozens of meters, and the largest one grows to over a hundred meters in diameter, which is extremely huge. This human's home is located on these mutated yellow horn trees, and they are all simple wooden houses. There are several families on this tree, and several families on that tree. The entire tribe has about a hundred wooden houses, which means it has a population of several hundred.
Put Ning Tao's hometown, this is just a larger village.
This tribe has a name, it's called the "Hot Springs" tribe.
Next to this tribe, there is a hot spring in a cave at the foot of a mountain, hence the name.
This is what Ling'er told Ning Tao on the way.
As soon as the team entered the tribe, ropes and rope ladders hung down from the huge yellow-horned trees. Some of the men, women, old and young in the tribe grabbed the ropes and slid down, and some stepped on the rope ladders.
The first ones to run over were a group of children, making a lot of noise.
"Uncle Qiang Shi, what delicious food did you bring back?" A little girl ran towards Qiang Shi, with a happy smile on her face.
Qiang Shi put on a straight face and said angrily: "Go away, don't bother me!"
The little girl was stunned on the spot, her big black eyes filled with tears of grievance.
Ling'er walked over and glared at Qiang Shi: "Xiaoyu is usually closest to you, but you are even mean to her. What's wrong with you?"
Qiang Shi was about to have an attack when Ning Tao swayed and instantly broke through the distance of more than ten meters and came to his side. He swallowed the harsh words he was about to say again.
Ning Tao smiled and said calmly: "Do you want me to take you to heaven to embrace the moon again?"
Qiang Shi: “…”
Ning Tao lowered his voice: "If you dare to offend me and bully the tribe again, the next time I take you to heaven, I will let you come down by yourself."
Qiang Shi's face suddenly lost even a trace of blood.
Evil people need to be punished by evil people.
Ling'er held Xiaoyu in her arms and said with a smile: "Xiaoyu, don't be sad. We have picked many spiritual apples and I will give you my share later."
"Sister Ling'er, you are so kind." Xiaoyu buried his head in Ling'er's arms, too timid to look at Qiang Shi.
More than a dozen spirit apples were divided, and almost all of them were children, with a few teenagers as well.
Ling'er also had a share, but she didn't ask for it. Instead, she gave it to Xiaoyu and another child.
Ning Tao asked curiously: "You went so far away and took such great risks to pick those apples back. Why are only children and teenagers there?"
Ling'er said: "That's a spiritual apple. We give spiritual apples to children and teenagers in order to awaken the spiritual veins in their bodies and have the opportunity to become spiritual warriors in the future."
"Spirit warrior?" This was the first time Ning Tao heard about it, and he was very curious.
Ling'er looked at Ning Tao with the same look: "Brother Hero, aren't you a spiritual warrior?"
Ning Tao was stunned for a moment.
He was sure that he was not a spiritual warrior, he was the God who was destined to send his son, he was a god.
But there is no need to tell Linger.
He changed the way he asked the question: "How many spirit warriors are there in your tribe?"
Ling'er burst out laughing: "Oh, my heroic brother, do you think spirit warriors are wild fruits in the forest? Our tribe is a small tribe, there is no one. That's why we risked so much to pick spirit warriors." Ping, we are counting on one of these children to awaken their spiritual veins and become a spiritual warrior."
Ning Tao said: "Before, I saw you all jump up to the ten-meter-high apple tree with a slight jump. If you are not a spiritual warrior, then what is the standard for a spiritual warrior?"
But before Ling'er could answer his question, an old man with a white beard suddenly jumped up from the ground, jumped lightly into the air more than ten meters high, then grabbed a rope hanging from a yellow horn tree, moved his hands together, and swish He climbed up in a few seconds.
Ning Tao was stunned.
In his hometown, this old man's skills would definitely be on the level of Ouyang Feng or Huang Yaoshi, but here he is just an old, bad old man.
He suddenly felt that his question was unnecessary, so he stopped asking it. Although this is also the earth, it is completely different from the earth he is familiar with. Moreover, this earth has experienced the so-called era of explosion. There is abundant spiritual energy in the air, and there is also a natural energy factor. Even insects can evolve into advanced intelligent life and establish an insect civilization. Then the bad old man of mankind can jump more than ten meters. High, freehand rock climbing and so on, this has become a normal thing.
"Brother Hero, are you..." Ling'er hesitated, her eyes filled with concern.
Ning Tao put away his messy thoughts and said casually: "Is it something?"
Ling'er then said: "Brother Hero, have you lost your memory? I think you can't remember many things. Is that okay?"
Ning Tao was stunned for a moment, then continued: "Yes, yes, I just lost my memory. I can't remember many things. You have to talk to me more and help me restore my memory."
He was worried that it was difficult to explain, so she just said that he had amnesia, and he didn't even bother to explain. Amnesia was a disease that suited him well.
Bi Mingzhu also echoed: "Yes, I also have amnesia. I can't remember many things."
Ning Tao: "..."
Lao Bi, why are you here to join in the fun
"Otherwise, you can stay at my house and I'll tell you slowly." Ling'er said.
"Okay, then my wife and I will live in your home." Ning Tao didn't think much and agreed immediately.
Bi Mingzhu asked: "Miss Ling'er, who are the people in your family and is the room enough?"
Ling'er said: "My parents are gone, and I am the only one in my family. You can stay in my parents' room, and I will go and clean it up for you."
Ning Tao smiled: "Then I'll help you."
"Brother Hero, Sister-in-law Hero, please come with me." Ling'er walked forward and led the way.
Ning Tao and Bi Mingzhu followed Linger.
Bi Mingzhu whispered: "Laosong, why do you want to live here?"
Ning Tao also whispered: "We are just here for the first time, and we don't understand many things. Let's live here for a while first before talking about it."
Bi Mingzhu nodded: "Well, we don't have anywhere to go anyway."
A group of children and teenagers ate the spiritual apples they received and sat cross-legged on the ground, clasping their palms together in front of their chests. Everyone is in this posture, looking like a group of young monks meditating.
But it was definitely not some monk meditating. Ning Tao soon sensed that spiritual energy was gathering from all directions and swarming towards the group of teenagers.
Those teenagers were cultivating.
Ning Tao sighed in his heart, this is really a strange world.
The ape-men followed the path of scientific and technological development, invented firearms and steam trains, and built large-scale cities. However, humans hid in the forests and lingered, still following the path of martial arts.
So the intelligent life evolved from insects, that is, Kun people, what route did their civilization take
No way of knowing.
Ling'er came to the largest yellow-horned tree, flexed her legs and kicked up, and her pretty body took off in a whoosh. After flying to a height of more than ten meters, she grabbed the rope and climbed up. Her movements were comparable to Ling'er's. monkey.
Ning Tao looked up, his eyes fixed. In his sight, there was a white full moon with missing corners, which was very beautiful.
Bi Mingzhu also saw it and said narrowly: "Old Sang, where are you looking?"
Ning Tao coughed dryly, still looking up, and said seriously: "This tree is so tall."
Bi Mingzhu rolled her eyes.
In a blink of an eye, Ling'er climbed up, then poked his head out from a big branch dozens of meters high, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Hero, Sister-in-law Hero, come up quickly!"
Ning Tao then retracted his gaze, put one hand around Bi Mingzhu's waist, bent his legs, jumped up lightly, and came to Ling'er's side in a whoosh.
Ling'er's eyes were full of admiration: "Brother Hero, it will be great if I can be as powerful as you."
Ning Tao smiled and said, "It's easy. I'll transfer some skills to you later and help you open up the Ren and Du meridians."
Ling'er stared at Ning Tao and said curiously: "Brother Hero, what is the second line of Ren and Du?"
"This... you'll know when the time comes." Ning Tao just said a joke casually, but he didn't expect the little girl to take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, Bi Mingzhu interrupted: "Lao Song, when you said you were transferring power to Miss Ling'er, you couldn't use a USB cable to transfer it, right?"
Ning Tao let out a cry, not only almost laughing, but almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Sister-in-law Hero, what is the Niu Er Bi cable?" Ling'er asked again curiously.
Bi Mingzhu glanced at Ning Tao.
Ning Tao blinked fiercely, with a threatening look in his eyes.
You say it, you say it, as long as you dare to say it, I will whip you with a USB cable later.
Bi Mingzhu smiled: "Lead the way, we'll talk as we walk."
"Well, Brother Hero and Sister-in-law Hero, please come with me." Ling'er walked forward and led the way.
This largest yellowhorn tree has the most wooden houses on it. Some branches are more than ten or twenty meters wide, which is equivalent to a four-lane road. It is very wide.
Ling'er pointed to a wooden house at the end of the big branch and said, "That's my home." Then she pointed to a huge branch above her head, "The patriarch's home is up there. It can't be seen here. You can climb up to it." I saw it, but it’s a pity…”
Her expression darkened.
Ning Tao comforted him: "Don't worry, I will help you rescue your clan leader."
"Well, thank you, Brother Hero." Ling'er became happy again, suddenly remembered something, and asked again, "Sister-in-law Hero, what exactly is the Niu Ershi Bi connecting line?"
Bi Mingzhu chuckled: "The USB cable..."
She didn't seem to know how to describe it. She suddenly pointed to a small branch next to her and said, "Look at that branch, it looks like that."
Ning Tao glanced at the small branch as thick as a chopstick and felt an inexplicable headache.