The soil and stones of Fu Mountain are pure black, and some places are even shiny black, which makes Fang Yun instinctively think of coal.
The team chose to stay in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. Some people used the power of craftsmen to build basic defense measures. Then, a craftsman's Lu Ban ruler appeared in front of someone, and he directly split the hard stones to build a wall to block the valley entrance.
Fang Yun glanced at those people. There were only members of the Gong family, but no members of the Mohist family. It was obvious that the patriarchal system of the Xuemang ancient land not only excluded the Legalists, but also the Mohists.
Fang Yun looked at the Lu Ban rulers and decided that when he had some free time in the future, he would make some simple mechanisms to condense the Lu Ban rulers.
You don't need to master the profound skills of a craftsman, just play a certain role when needed.
Inside the valley, everyone was busy.
The red sky and the black valley seemed like a very strange environment to Fang Yun, but to the people of the ancient land of Xuemang, they were very ordinary.
Fang Yun continued to sit in the carriage and read. Not long after, Yun Jieying came over with a smile and said, "Cousin, the tent has been set up. I just got news from the uncle of the family head that there will be a banquet in the evening, and both the Jinshi and Juren will be there to discuss some things."
"Let's go and check out the tents." Fang Yun said.
"Okay." Yun Jieying followed Fang Yun to the newly built tent. Fang Yun was very satisfied, and then he and Yun Jieying walked towards the big tent in the center of the valley.
That was where the head of the family, Yun He, held banquets.
When he was outside the door, Fang Yun took a look and saw that the table inside was made of wooden boards and stones, using local materials. There were things placed on it, but they were all ordinary and light foods, nothing too luxurious. The most expensive was just pickled beef and mutton. This made Fang Yun nod secretly and think that Yun He was good.
More than 2,000 people consumed a lot of food and drink. They consumed more than 4,000 kilograms of dry food a day, which was exactly the load of a double-armored ox cart.
If Yun He wanted to enjoy himself, he could bring a lot of expensive food, but that would require more ox carts, which was too wasteful.
Soon, everyone entered the big tent one after another.
There were no tables or chairs during the march, so everyone sat on cushions behind the tables.
Yun He sat at the innermost part of the tent, while the other five Jinshi and Yun Hu were on both sides, closest to Yun He, and then there were many Juren, who were divided into four rows and sat in the tent.
There was only water in front of everyone, no wine.
Yun He raised his cup, his face kind, he glanced at everyone, and smiled, "The banquet is simple, it's just a family dinner, and we are on the march, so I won't apologize. Come. I will use water instead of wine, and toast you all."
Everyone raised their cups and drank all the water in them.
After everyone put down their glasses, Yun He smiled and said, "Hunting monsters is not something that can be done overnight. Moreover, we are now at the front line of the war between the two tribes, and monsters may come to attack at any time. However, I have already investigated clearly that there are only three bear tribes within 200 miles of here. Each tribe does not exceed 2,000 people, and these bear tribes cannot come out in full force. As long as the number does not exceed 1,000, we can easily defend it, so don't worry."
"Of course we trust you, the head of the family!" said a scholar, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Yun He continued, "Monster hunting is the main thing, but according to the old rules, we can't just focus on monster hunting. There are many sacred objects in this Axe Mountain, not to mention the dragon-patterned rice and blood jade. I heard that someone recently found light iron in Axe Mountain, and someone caught a four-horned antelope. These are all priceless treasures."
When Fang Yun heard about the word "light iron", he was also quite surprised, because this kind of metal was only heard to be produced in the ancient land of Confucius and the demon world.
The feel and some properties of light iron are similar to those of ordinary iron. The most peculiar thing about it is that it emits light like the sun, hence the name.
Light Iron is the divine object most needed by the human race, because Light Iron has a property that can break all the powers below the saint position of the demon race!
Even if the Great Demon King was hit by an arrow containing light iron, all the protective powers such as blood armor, demonic power, and witchcraft were useless, and his flesh and blood body could only withstand the light iron arrow.
The light iron arrows are specially made by craftsmen and can pierce the body of a normal Great Demon King. The damage caused by the arrows themselves to the Great Demon King is negligible, but each light iron arrow is smeared with a deadly poison that is enough to threaten the Great Demon King.
Unfortunately, light iron arrows not only require light iron, but also other divine irons. In addition, they are extremely poisonous and rare. The cost of a light iron arrow is more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is more expensive than the cultural treasure of a juren.
But for the human race, let alone 100,000, even if it is 10 million taels of silver to poison a big demon king, the human race will go all out regardless of the cost.
The problem is that the magic iron required for light iron arrows is too rare and cannot be bought with money.
If there was light iron in the Blood Mang Ancient Land, the Holy Academy would definitely have recorded it, but there was no record of it before, which means that the people of the Blood Mang Ancient Land have been hiding it, or they are simply unwilling to sell light iron to the Holy Academy.
The Ancient Land of Xuemang needs light iron more than the Shengyuan Continent. With arrows made of this metal and combined with the Gongjia crossbow, the Demon King would not dare to approach even if there were only a few dozen ordinary people operating them.
As for the four-horned antelope, it is called a sheep, but in fact it is a creature between a wild beast and a monster, also called a spiritual beast. The meat of this kind of sheep is priceless.
To the demon race, the four-horned antelope is useless, but to the human race, the four-horned antelope is a weaker form of the life-giving fruit. No matter where the wound is on the body, no matter how big the wound is, even if the flesh on the entire leg has been removed, as long as one eats enough four-horned antelope meat, they will be fully recovered.
However, the four-horned antelope only grows meat but not bones or internal organs, which is inferior to the raw fruit.
The four-horned antelope can also enhance sexual function and prolong life. As long as any food has these two abilities, it can be sold at a very high price no matter when and where.
When they heard about Guangtie and the four-horned antelope, everyone became excited and talked in low voices.
"Dragon pattern rice is precious, but it can always be found that light iron is even rarer."
"If I can get half a pound of iron, I will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life."
After everyone finished discussing, Yun He smiled and said, "After arriving here, we will first explore the Bear Demon Tribe. If they don't dare to attack, we will send some people to Axe Mountain to look for the sacred object. If they dare to attack, we will kill them until they dare not!"
A sickly red color appeared on Yun He's old face, and his eyes became extremely sharp.
The emotions of some warlike scholars were aroused and they all supported the head of the family.
Kang Xingzhi, Yun He's old friend, was sitting next to Fang Yun. The old scholar cursed, "Fuck him!"
Several people nearby smiled bitterly, obviously knowing Kang Xingzhi's temper.
Fang Yun also smiled. Many military scholars were like this and it was nothing strange to him.
After a while, Yun He said, "I will announce the Jinshi stationed in the valley in advance. Yun Dan, Nie Cheng, you two will stay in the valley while we go out. Do you two have confidence?"
Everyone was stunned.
Among the five Jinshi, Kang Xingzhi and Yun He are old friends, Fang Yun needs no introduction, Yun Ao is Yun He's nephew, and only Yun Dan and Nie Cheng are outsiders.
Letting two outsiders guard the station would be a sign of trust at other times, but now that they can go up the mountain to search for treasure, it is almost like publicly declaring that they do not trust the two of them.
(To be continued…)