Chapter 128: The Expedition
This is also an area close to the middle of the Donggong tribe, covering a wide area, and it is also a semicircular structure made of **, with an empty roof and a skylight.
Li Xin'an walked into the house and saw that there were already hundreds of people sitting in the room, sitting around the fire pit.
In addition to those tribal leaders and elders that I had seen today, there were many other people with strong temperaments, all of whom were the main rulers of the Donggong tribe.
In the center of the house was a fire pit, in which a lot of grease was poured and burning, and on top of the fire pit hung a huge animal fur, and inside the fur was a gushing soup, in which all kinds of sea creatures and animal flesh were boiled.
Due to the presence of water, the fur was not burned, but the contents were boiled with a coo.
In the corner, there were some people in charge of grilling fish and meat, and the plates were served to everyone, and Li Xin'an noticed that the seasoning had some refined salt and some strangely colored powder, which may have been ground from something from the sea.
Seeing Li Xin'an come in, the leader of the Donggong tribe stood up and warmly invited Li Xin'an to come and sit beside him.
Li Xin'an immediately agreed with a smile, and after greeting the people who cast their eyes on the people around him, he sat down beside him, and suddenly felt a wave of heat coming.
The chief immediately announced that everyone had begun to eat.
Most of the tables, chairs, and chopsticks here are made of animal bones or shells, probably due to the lack of plants and the proximity to the sea, so they were made from local materials and the bones of large creatures in the sea.
Among them, the bowls and chopsticks used by Li Xin'an are round and clear, like beautiful jade.
After questioning, Li Xin'an learned that the bowl was made from the bones of a whale, and that whale was a king-level creature.
Li Xin'an looked at the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and made a decision in his heart.
He has already transformed the remains of a king-level war pet, as long as he transforms two more king-level war pets and completes one more task, he can upgrade the summoning system.
So he wanted to ask the leader to give him a pair of dishes and chopsticks, but that was after the banquet, as a qualified foodie, Li Xin'an naturally wanted to eat a beautiful meal first.
"Benefactor, eat quickly, taste the characteristics of our Donggong tribe. ”
The leader persuaded Li Xin'an.
"Haha, okay, I'm going to eat a lot today. ”
Li Xin'an tried this kind of heroic meal for the first time, he reached out to the middle of the animal fur and sandwiched a piece of fish meat into his mouth, only to feel that the fragrance was abnormal, the fish absorbed the soup, and a variety of meat flavors were melted into this piece of fish.
Everyone was very happy to see Li Xin'an eating happily, and the atmosphere here suddenly became hot, and they began to persuade Li Xin'an to drink.
The sake here is made from fish, marine plants and some grass fruits, which is thicker and darker than ordinary wine, and tastes sour and sour, with a meaty aroma, more like mellow broth, but with some special fragrance and unique flavor.
Not long after, all kinds of grilled meat were also distributed to everyone, Li Xin'an picked up a skewer of grilled meat and tasted it, this should be the meat of land animals, the meat is firm and tender, the taste is spicy, and it is very enjoyable.
Everyone ate, drank, talked and laughed, asked Li Xin'an about the customs of Condensing Frost City, and heard that the caravan between Condensing Frost City and Zhongzhou had the opportunity to get the novelties of Zhongzhou, which made everyone listen to a burst of envy.
"It seems that the people of the Donggong tribe also have a great demand for the same as above, so go back and talk to Zhou Qian to help him open up a trade route. ”
Li Xin'an thought to himself.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xin'an saw that everyone was very interested in the caravan and Frost City in Zhongzhou, so he talked about it a little, but he didn't say anything about the revolution in Frost City that had greatly reduced its strength, nor did he tell everyone the location of Frost City.
Fortunately, the people here had long forgotten the location of Frost City in the past few thousand years, otherwise Li Xin'an was worried that they might seize Frost City, after all, Frost City was too weak now.
The banquet lasted until the end of the afternoon, and originally people were still unsatisfied, and they still wanted to hear Li Xin'an talk about the things of Condensation City, but for the sake of tomorrow's battle, people still left the banquet and returned home to prepare and rest.
Before leaving, Li Xin'an asked the tribal leader to take away the whale bone chopsticks he used, and the tribal leader readily agreed.
Li Xin'an put away the dishes and chopsticks, said goodbye to the leader, and left here with the sturdy young man.
At the previous banquet, Li Xin'an learned that this sturdy young man was named Donggong Ju, who was very brave, and his father was the leader of the tribe, named Donggong Shi.
As the son of the leader, Donggong Ju is humble, never puts on a show, and has strong strength, which has won the support of a group of young people, and is regarded as the most prestigious among the younger generation in the tribe.
Li Xin'an was very curious about what the sea of the Donggong tribe was like, so the Donggong giant took Li Xin'an to the seaside.
The beach is flat, with icebergs floating, and the sea is unusually calm and calm, with puffs of water vapor wafting on it, and the sea breeze blowing is slightly hot, with the salty smell of the sea.
Donggong Ju said to Li Xin'an: "We can survive on this ice field, one is to rely on the gift of the god of fire, and the other reason is to rely on the gift of the sea, without this sea to provide us with food and oil, we would have died a long time ago."
In our hearts, the god of fire is like our father, and the sea is like our mother. ”
At this time, there were many people from the Donggong tribe fishing here, and their boats were not made of wood, but made of animal fur and bones, with fur as the hull and animal bones as the keel.
These ships are rudimentary and can only sail near the coast and cannot go far.
Li Xin'an was very puzzled about how they had caught a huge whale with such a boat, but then his doubts were dispelled.
I saw that after the boat sailed to a farther position, the people on board stripped off their clothes and jumped directly into the water with a bone gun in their hands.
It took a long time before he poked his head out again, and there was a large fish stuck in the bone gun in his hand.
Li Xin'an asked, "Are you all catching fish with your bare hands?"
Donggong Ju replied: "Haha, of course, the people of our Donggong tribe are all good divers, and they are like fish in the water. ”
Li Xin'an asked, "Can I try it?"
Donggong Ju smiled and said, "Haha, of course you can." ”
Then he came to the shore and borrowed a clansman's boat to take Li Xin'an to the depths of the sea.
Li Xin'an stripped off his clothes, leaving only a pair of shorts, only feeling cold and swishing, and only after running the energy did he regain a warm feeling.
Then Donggong Ju tied a rope to Li Xin'an's body, Li Xin'an tested the water temperature, and found that the water temperature in the sea was higher than the temperature outside, so he jumped into the water with the bone gun on the fisherman's boat.
When he got to the water, all the sounds around him were cut off, Li Xin'an slowly opened his eyes and looked around, only to see that there were colorful swimming fish everywhere, and he chose the most bright red swimming fish to swim to.
When he arrived, he threw the bone gun in his hand, but due to the current of water, the position of the bone gun was offset and it did not hit the target.
At this time, his lungs were already like they were about to explode, and Li Xinan hurriedly swam to the surface.
"Hahaha, the most important thing in the water is to keep breathing well, and the position of the bone spear should also be decided according to the fluctuation of the current. ”
"Thanks for the reminder!"
Li Xin'an adjusted his breathing, took a deep breath, plunged into the water, and continued to swim in the direction of the fish he had just seen.
The fish was still swimming gracefully, and Li Xin'an adjusted the position of the bone spear upwards this time, and stabbed it suddenly, and finally stabbed the fish.
Li Xin'an went to pick up the bone spear and fish, swam out of the water, and happily held up the fish he caught to display, and the people around him also laughed approvingly.
After playing in the Donggong tribe for a day, it was already dark, and Li Xin'an rested in the Donggong tribe for a night.
Donggong Ju arranged a comfortable room for Li Xin'an, and the furniture in it was made of white bones, which looked weird and beautiful.
After receiving the visitors, Li Xin'an took out the whalebone bowls and chopsticks that he was going to come today, as well as the cold and poisonous tiger tooth gun, and transformed the two things into creation points.
Only the tip of the Cold Poison Tiger Tooth Gun is the tooth of the king-level creature Green Swamp Poison Tiger, so there is still a stick left after the transformation, which is the fourth-level ore material Snow Silver Gold.
At this point, Li Xin'an has finished transforming the remains of three king-level creatures, and he only needs to complete one more task to upgrade the summoning system.
However, the system has not released any new tasks recently, and the only remaining task is to "build an influential organization".
"When you get to Zhongzhou, let's choose some suitable people to create an organization. ”
Li Xin'an opened today's purchase area to check again, and there was no useful war pet, so he closed it again and prepared to sleep.
"Devil-faced spiders, help me keep vigil. ”
The snow-white ghost-faced demon spider suddenly appeared in front of Li Xin'an, came to the door, fell into invisibility, and began to keep vigil.
Although the Donggong tribe warmly entertained Li Xin'an today, which made Li Xin'an feel very good, Li Xin'an still didn't worry about the Donggong tribe, and Li Xin'an only believed what the holy woman said, and believed it all.
So for safety, Li Xin'an still summoned the ghost-faced demon spider to help him keep vigil.
Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, Li Xin'an woke up early, did some exercises at the door, stretched his body, and Donggong Ju came and asked Li Xin'an to set off and prepare to go to the Demon Cave.
After Li Xin'an quietly recalled the ghost-faced demon spider, he followed Donggong Ju to the outside of the Donggong tribe, which was already full of soldiers who were ready to set off, as well as people who came to see him off.
Every warrior of the Donggong tribe rode a group of snow leopards, and Donggong Ju also found one for Li Xin'an, Li Xin'an could actually ride the snow giant, but in order not to be special, he took the snow leopard and rode it.
Donggong Ju handed Li Xin'an a few pieces of fresh meat and said, "After a while, feed the snow leopard a piece of fresh meat, which will make it travel faster." ”
"Good. ”
After Li Xin'an took the fresh meat, Donggong Ju left to say goodbye to his mother.
This time, Donggong Ju and his father both went out to fight the Demon Cave, and Donggong Ya was also caught in the Demon Cave, and the family of three left the Donggong tribe, his mother was naturally very sad, and now Donggong Ju and his father are surrounded by their mother to comfort.
Some of this snow leopard has not yet been domesticated, and after Li Xin'an rode it, it moved left and right, looking very impatient.
Li Xin'an slowly ran the energy, released some breath, clamped his legs hard, the snow leopard was in pain, and suddenly became docile, Li Xin'an fed the snow leopard a piece of fresh meat, and the snow leopard suddenly wagged its tail at him obediently.
In addition to the snow leopards, there are also some huge mammoths and strong yaks, all of which carry a variety of weapons and equipment, as well as food.
The Donggong tribe had almost no storage devices, so they could only rely on these animals to carry weapons and food.
After waiting for a while, the soldiers said goodbye to their families and set off in a grand manner.
Donggong Ju shouted to Li Xin'an: "Brother, come to me!"
"Good!"
Li Xin'an controlled the snow leopard under the seat and came to the side of the East Palace Ju, the age difference between the two is not much, plus the familiarity of yesterday, they have gotten along very well at this time.
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Three days later.
After three days of sleeping in the open, the expeditionary warriors of the Donggong tribe successfully arrived at the location of the demon cave, and there was no danger along the way, only three inexperienced young warriors were slightly injured on the way.
At this time, everyone was camping on a sheltered slope near the Demon Cave.
The camp here is also directly melted into water using the fire ability on the ground to melt the snow on the ground, and then put the melted snow water into a mold to freeze into ice cubes of uniform shape, and then use ice cubes to build a relatively strong igloo, and prepare to build a layer of ice walls on the periphery of the camp to avoid sneak attacks.
Li Xin'an didn't know how to build an igloo, so he went to the vicinity of the demon cave with the reconnaissance team to investigate.
The Grotto is a huge circular structure made of ice and snow, like an enlarged igloo, located in an endless ice field surrounded by black gas.
On the periphery of this building, there are some monsters made of ice and snow condensed that are standing guard here, the main monster is the dog-faced monster that Li Xin'an fought before, according to the people of the Donggong tribe, this is the ice demon slave, a puppet controlled by the ice demon wizard.
There are also spider-like bugs, more than half a meter tall, constantly patrolling, and it is said that they are produced by a creature called the Ice Demon Bug, which is bloated and lives in the interior of the cave all year round, but can produce and hatch eggs at a very fast rate, creating this extremely powerful bug.
In addition, there are some sturdy black humanoid creatures, which are ice demon warriors, whose defense and attack power have reached the level of a fifth-level transcendent, and their combat power is extremely strong.
At this time, there were at least hundreds of demon creatures guarding the outside of the demon cave, including three ice demon warriors, dozens of ice demon insects, and dozens of ice demon slaves.
The reconnaissance team deliberately observed from a distance to avoid being discovered by these demons, and after observing the situation for a while, they returned to the camp to report the news.
Donggong Shi ordered to rest here for one night, and launch a general attack tomorrow, and everyone agreed.
The Donggong tribe came with the combat power of four fifth-level transcendents this time.
That night, Donggong Shi arranged for many soldiers to stand guard, as an old man who had fought in the Demon Cave, he was very cautious about the Demon Cave.