There was a moon in the evening, and Wu Dongfang returned to the road again. At this time, there was not much cultivated farmland, and there were many woods on the left and right of the road. Whether he was walking or running, he would usually stick to the woods on the roadside and try to find cover. If he walked in a big way, On the road, there was a Tu wizard flying in the sky, and it was easy to spot him.
While walking, he was not idle. He found a piece of wood and carved it with a small copper knife that came from Fei Mu. When he was cutting, he was thinking that Fei Mu only had this small knife, so he took it away. If Fei Mu was gone, it would be useless. When he thought about it again, he remembered that Fei Mu was dead. He felt depressed and sighed.
After drinking, his whole body became hot, and he was no longer cold when he was walking in the middle of the night. When he had to do something, time passed quickly. When it was almost dawn, the thing he made was completed. The one-foot-long wooden stick was hollowed out by five centimeters. He stuffed the bead he gave him in July. This bead didn't look like a pearl. Judging from the weight, it should be something like jade. It looked like a white-skinned native egg. Just put the bead into the wooden hole. With a flashlight, the light naturally cannot be compared with the military wolf fang, or even an ordinary flashlight, but it can illuminate at night, which is already very good.
It was very troublesome to carve the wooden cover, so I just cut a wooden plug to block the light. After making a flashlight, he threw away the wooden box. He couldn't keep this thing.
Putting away the flashlight, he took out the stone box where the ground grease was stored. The stone box was carved with decorative cloud patterns and the whole was polished very smooth. After looking at it for a while, he put the stone box away. What was stored in it was undoubtedly Ground fat, but it is hard to say whether eating ground fat can lead to immortality. If immortality is really possible, it would be too easy to obtain. But according to Qi Qi's tone, this thing can at least prolong life.
After dawn, Wu Dongfang returned to the mountain again and walked eastward from the forest. There were many differences between the Xia Dynasty and modern times. One of them was that there were many trees, with trees as thick as a few arms all over the mountain.
At 1st o'clock in the morning, he saw a man, a middle-aged hunter holding a bow and arrow. The man came from the north of the ridge. When he saw the hunter, the hunter also saw him, and it was too late for him to hide.
The two stopped more than ten steps apart. Wu Dongfang was looking at the bow and arrow in the hunter's hand, while the hunter was looking at the wine jar in his hand.
After a brief stay, Wu Dongfang smiled at the other party and stepped forward.
The hunter stepped aside to make way, and Wu Dongfang walked over.
After walking a few dozen meters, the hunter caught up and said, "Exchange my bow for your wine."
Wu Dongfang glanced at the hunter, and then at the bow in the hunter's hand. Although the bow and arrow were just a piece of wood and a string, the bow body and bow string were very particular. The bow in the hunter's hand was black and purple in color. It looks like something with age.
Seeing his hesitation, the hunter looked at the waist knife on his body again.
Wu Dongfang handed over the wine jar before he took off his sword.
The hunter looked happy, took the wine jar, smelled the wine, and took another sip. The joy on his face became more obvious. He took off the quiver and handed the long bow to Wu Dongfang.
"Only half the altar." Wu Dongfang said.
"Who are you, and why do you have such good wine?" The hunter also took off his waist knife and handed it to him.
"Give this to me, how will you hunt in the future?" Wu Dongfang waved his hand and did not take it. He felt that the other party had already suffered a loss by exchanging wine for his bow and arrow.
"I can exchange it for a cow, and I will never have to come to the mountains again." The hunter gave him the knife, took off his clothes, wrapped the wine jar and hurried down the mountain.
"Which village are you from?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"Hexi." Orion didn't even look back.
Wu Dongfang watched the other party leave, waited until the other party was far away, put his quiver on his back, hung up his sword and continued on his way. With these equipment, he would not have to worry about food in the future. The most important thing is that hunters who hunt are better than woodcutter who chop wood. Good cover.
After walking a few steps, he stopped. The hunter just said, "I will never come to the mountains again." This meant that he was not willing to come to the mountains. People at this time were very poor, and hunting was fine. There is only one reason why Orion is unwilling to do such a good thing to subsidize his family, and that is that the mountains are very dangerous.
He didn't know exactly how dangerous it was, but it was at least more dangerous than he had previously imagined. Thinking of this, Wu Dongfang walked south, trying to stay away from the deep mountains and forests in the north.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the road disappeared. In the distance was an abandoned village. To the north of the village was a barren farmland. He was located on the mountain opposite the farmland.
The absence of a road meant that there was no one around. He began to hesitate whether to continue walking. Uninhabited areas often hid huge dangers and unknowns.
After hesitating, he continued walking forward. No matter what happened, he had to go east and could not go back the same way.
In the evening, he stopped on a cliff. This time he couldn't walk at all. Under the cliff was a rolling river with no end in sight from south to north. The river was more than several miles wide and the current was very fast.
He is not sure whether this river is the Yellow River, because the Yellow River and the Yangtze River have changed their courses countless times, and the Yellow River course of the Xia Dynasty and the modern Yellow River course are not in the same position.
No matter what kind of river it is, it is blocked.
Behind is a wild and dense forest, in front is a raging river, and it will soon get dark. A person in such an environment needs to bear huge psychological pressure at all times. He rarely misses modernity after coming here, but now he starts to miss modernity. , Xia Dynasty is too desolate, and there are dangers everywhere. Even if there is no pursuit by the Tu tribe, it is not easy to survive in such an environment.
Fortunately, he was not sentimental. After standing facing the river for a while, he started looking for a place to stay. Finding a place to stay was the second most important thing after running away every night.
He chose to walk downstream along the river bank, searching as he walked. The river water upstream would definitely be more rapid, and there might be a place with slower water flow downstream. Then he would try to cross the river.
It soon became dark, and the howls of wild beasts came from the mountains. He did not find a suitable place to live in the forest, but he found a huge bird's nest on the branch of a big tree.
The bird's nest is more than ten meters above the ground. It is similar in style to a crow's nest, but dozens of times larger. At first glance, it looks like a tree house.
No bird droppings were found under the tree, so Wu Dongfang started to climb the tree. After climbing up, he found that the entrance of the bird's nest faced south, with a lot of bird feathers and soft grass remaining inside, as well as several dead fish that had become dried fish.
Most of the fish-eating birds will migrate south in winter, and the owner of the house should go south for vacation at this time.
After confirming that the owner was not at home, Wu Dongfang climbed in. The bird's nest was so big that he could lie comfortably in it. He tried to turn over and found that the bird's nest was very strong.
He lay down on his side, and before he could peel the chestnuts, he suddenly noticed a fire on the top of a mountain dozens of miles away to the south. The fire was always in a fixed position and did not move or spread.
Just when he was wondering who would be camping on the top of a mountain, fire also appeared on the top of a mountain on the other side of the river. Seven or eight fires appeared on both sides of the river. These fires did not last long and would disappear in three to five minutes. extinguished.
The use of light and fireworks to convey messages is a common method used by the military. The beacon towers on the Great Wall used beacon smoke, but the conditions for garrisoning here were not met, so those who previously used fire to communicate with each other could not be soldiers.
Since they were not soldiers, they were probably wizards sent by the Tu tribe. Their mission was to observe the river and prevent him from crossing the river.
The use of firelight to convey messages shows that these wizards are ordinary wizards. If they are Celestial Master-level wizards, there is no need to use firelight to convey messages. It would be more convenient to fly over and talk face to face.
However, there are also doubts in this, that is, if you are not a heavenly master, you cannot use Heaven and Earth to return together. How did the wizards on the other side get there
After the fire disappeared, the surroundings fell silent, and even the roaring beasts fell silent. Except for the sound of water in the river to the east, there was no sound in the mountains and fields. The silence was oppressive.
Wu Dongfang lay down and yawned. Since the other party was fortified here, he could only go back and avoid these peaks before heading south. The Tu people could not line up wizards on both sides of the river.
In the middle of the night, he was awakened by shouts from the east. He went out and looked east, and saw torches in the east. The originally turbulent river was blocked by a dam. A large number of people holding torches gathered on the dam. Below the dam, in the center of the torch is a huge white tortoise. Because it is too far away, it is difficult to accurately estimate the size of this big tortoise. There are also many people standing on its back. From a distance, it looks like it has climbed onto the lid of a pot. A group of ants on the ground.
This group of people is undoubtedly hunting this huge tortoise. Since the water upstream is blocked by the dam, the river has been cut off, and both sides of the river bank are very steep. This tortoise has no way to escape and can only stay in the river. It was rushing left and right, and the people around it seemed to be holding huge ropes in their hands, and they were trying their best to hold on to the bastard.
Only then did he realize that the previous fires were not aimed at him, but this huge tortoise was everyone's target.
The largest tortoise he had seen before was only seven or eight pounds. This tortoise was probably seven or eight tons, and it was a rare white color. But this was not the main reason for his horror. What stunned him was the dam. A dam across the river has been slowly increasing in height, and is now more than ten meters above the ground.
Opportunities must be missed and never come again. Wu Dongfang turned around, picked up his things, got down from the tree and ran eastward. At this time, there was no water in the river, so he could take the opportunity to cross the river.
He ran all the way to the river bank. As he got closer, he saw the true face of this big tortoise. This guy was almost as big as half a basketball court and had many bumps on his head. This was not an ordinary tortoise, it was a white one. The mangy turtle.
Its two hind legs were tied with thick copper chains. Hundreds of men in linen clothes pulled the chains to restrict its movement. There were also nearly a hundred people led by a group of wizards who were besieging it with various weapons. The mangy turtle was injured and bleeding in many places, but it did not seem to be vicious. It did not attack those people after being injured, but struggled hard to escape.
Wu Dongfang ran eastward close to the dam. The river bottom here was very hard and there was no mud. Soon he was halfway out. At this time, a figure rushed from the cliff to the south side of the river, "Kill the turtle quickly." Dragon, if the water of the river rises to the top of the cliff, the soil will not be able to stop it."
In less than three minutes, Wu Dongfang ran to the other side and quickly climbed up the cliff on the other side. After landing, he found a square stone platform a few steps away, with a small square wooden box placed on the stone platform.
Wu Dongfang was curious, so he walked over and picked up the wooden box and took a look, and found that there was some red soil inside.
The moment he picked up the wooden box, the dam blocking the water disappeared, and huge waves tens of meters high poured down...