Chapter 153: "The Hen"
"This, these are all food?" Someone finally came back to his senses, his thick hands trembled slightly, and he untied the knot on a cloth bag, and inside was a powder with a good smell of white flowers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Qingyin and the others went out in the middle of the night five days ago, claiming that they would bring back a lot of food, but the village chief of Shangguan Yan's village did not mention it to the rest of the people except to inform the Council of Elders and the patriarch. Now the men in the passage looked at the cloth bags with enthusiasm.
"Yes, this is called flour, and it can be used to make cakes and noodles, and it is very filling. This," she said, grabbing a handful from another cloth bag, "it's called rice, and when cooked in water, it can also be used as a staple food instead of animal meat to fill your stomach." ”
"Also, these are sweet potatoes, which can be used as a staple food or as a vegetable. "These are oil, salt, and spices," "These are wooden bowls and spoons, which can be used to hold food......
The men stared at her with some confusion in their eyes, not that they didn't believe her words, these outsiders had not deceived them so far, and this woman had saved some of them countless times when she was hunting. It's just that these little white grains and lumpy things like powder, can you really eat them? How can you eat them?
Kashgar is still sitting on a wooden raft because of his broken leg, and next to him is an open bag of "flour". For some reason, seeing that others didn't seem to believe her, she was a little unhappy, and leaned over and grabbed a handful and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Ahem......"
Flour, when he stuffed it into his mouth like this, he choked into his trachea, and his face was pounced into a big white and black face.
"Poof!" Shangguan Yan laughed out loud, and even Lin Mochen, who had a cold face, smiled slightly.
Qingyin smiled and opened another cloth bag: "Kashgar, flour is not eaten like this, come, eat this, this is a cake made of flour." ”
Kashgar's big flower face was still red, and he took it, took a big bite, paused, and then this taste, which was completely different from the meat of the beast, actually tempted him to bite one bite after another.
Seeing that he was eating happily, Qing Yin said, "Eat slowly, be careful of choking", and distributed the dough cakes made by a few people in the cloth bag to other curious men.
For a while, only the sound of swallowing was heard in the passage, and occasionally a few vague words of "delicious" were mixed in. The patriarch who had just arrived outside the passage stood still, only silently watching the scene.
"Chief, you're here, and I want to trouble you to inform the other villages to bring all the wooden rafts that can be used here. From tomorrow onwards, we will no longer hunt, just carry the rafts to the edge of the jungle and let me open the storage bag and throw the food out and carry it back. ”
The patriarch's serious face was also a little moved: "How much food did you bring back? You know, there are more than 50,000 people in the four villages of my Tuba tribe combined. ”
"The food we brought back was enough for the entire Tuba to eat for more than a month. You don't have to go out hunting, you don't need to shed blood, you don't need to lose your people for more than a month!"
"What about in a month?" the patriarch looked at her steadily.
"If our guys hadn't come back by then, the guys and I would have gone out again. Trust us, you won't go hungry anymore with us!"
Ever since the patriarch knew that she had gone deep into the jungle with a few women, he had never expected them to return. The Tuba have lived in this rocky mountain group for too long, and their ancestors don't know how many times they have tried to explore the outside world, but they have never returned.
For thousands of years, at irregular intervals, a few outsiders have broken into this area. At first, it also gave them hope, igniting the long-dormant Tuba people's eagerness for the outside, but the result is still gone.
However, this woman not only came back with her people, but also brought back so much food! Who would really be willing to trade their lives for a bite to eat? Who would really be indifferent to the death of their own people?
If it is really as she said, this month can make the clansmen eat without hunting, then she is equivalent to saving the lives of hundreds of Tuba!
Looking at her confident expression, the patriarch finally believed her, believing that this woman could really lead his people out of this cage that had trapped the Tuba tribe for countless thousands of years!
The patriarch raised his hands above his head and bowed to the ground: "Thank you for the gift!" There was a slight tremor in his voice, and his face touching the ground was excited and reverent.
Qingyin knew that Mu Qi was the god of food in the Tuba language, but she really didn't think that one day this title would fall on her head. As the men prostrate on the ground, thanking "Mu Qi" one by one, the pear vortex at the corner of her mouth disappeared, and her expression gradually stiffened.
Ten days later, at the edge of the jungle, a slender girl, dressed in a white dress with various types of fur, jumped up and down......
"Ah, it's finally over!" Qing Yin rubbed his sore arm and pursed his lips, his face covered with sweat.
More than a dozen monsters hung behind her, and seeing that the one at the front of the run was about to pounce, Qingyin ravaged and jumped onto the terracotta.
"Let's go, I don't have to come back tomorrow. ”
More than a thousand strong men lifted ten wooden rows, shouted, and walked happily towards the gate with neat steps.
When the gate fell again, the sun was still scorching outside, and the birds could only linger outside the red light. Inside the gate stood the adult men gathered from each village, who, under the command of their respective village chiefs, carried bags of grain on their shoulders in wooden rows.
"Qingyin, are you done today?" Shangguan Yan squeezed through the crowd.
"It's all thrown out, I'm tired to death. By the way, why did you come here, don't you have to teach your people in the village how to eat?"
"They have already learned," Shangguan Yan pushed someone on her: "Stand up, now you are the Mu of the entire Tuba tribe, so pay attention to your image." ”
Hearing this title, the corners of Qingyin's mouth twitched: "I knew I would let you be this hen." ”
Thinking of the convulsive expression on Qingyin's face when a large group of people were prostrate on the ground and shouting "Mu Qi", Shangguan Yan couldn't stand up straight with a smile:
"I can't grab this, among our people, you are the fastest and the most powerful. Besides, that's a fitting name, throwing so many bags of food out every day isn't like a hen laying eggs!hahaha......"
While the two were talking and laughing, the patriarch came over with Kashgar and saluted solemnly: "Nata, the patriarch of the Tuba tribe, come to invite Mu Qi to preside over the ancestral shrine of the clan tonight." ”
Not again...... Qing Yin sighed in her heart, if it weren't for the name of this "God of Food" to persuade the Tuba people to go out with her people, she would not agree to go to the altar.
Shangguan Yan covered her mouth and smiled, Qing Yin glanced at her, and nodded helplessly.
Not long after the group walked out of the passage, a rapid whistle sounded, and everyone looked at the young man who was rushing in surprise.
"The outsiders are coming, the outsiders are coming!" cried the young man.
"Quick! Open the gates!" Qing Yin and Shangguan Yan were overjoyed and quickly rushed to the gate. Now Qingyin's words are better than the patriarch's, and when they arrived at the door, the gate had opened to half a person's height, and a white figure came in first.
As soon as Li Lieba raised his head, he saw the smiling Qingyin, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped anymore, and he was about to say something, when he was pushed by Nie Yun, who had just come in:
"Stand aside and giggle, don't get in the way. ”
It was dark outside, and strange birds had already appeared in the air, but before they could swoop down to hunt for food, more than a hundred monks all carried large burdens into the passage, and there was laughter and laughter inside the gate.
Shangguan Yan tugged at Qi Hao's sleeve and said, "Why have you been here for so long? ”
Qing Yin shook his hand and smiled: "Don't pull me, with you here, Qi Hao will break back even if it is the rain of arrows from Daoshan, right, Qi Hao?"
Qi Hao's ears were red, but he still hummed softly, and Shangguan Yan smiled with satisfaction.
"Qing Yin, are your clothes torn like this?" Li Lieba finally took his eyes off Qing Yin's smiling face, found all kinds of patched strange clothes on her body, and hurriedly untied the big burden she was carrying:
"Come and pick out some good-looking ones. ”
Qing Yin saw that they were all beautiful magic robes, and happily selected: "This is what Qi Hao thought of again, right?"
Li Lieba touched his head: "When we took all the Bigu pills away, Qi Hao said that you will definitely go hunting with you, and it is estimated that the magic clothes will be almost damaged, so I bought these." ”
"Huh, why are there so many mortal clothes?"
"It's for the Tuba women, and they have all the baggage. Li Lieba replied to Shangguan Yan: "If we hadn't waited for these clothes to be ready, we would have been able to come back two days earlier." ”
"Qi Hao, you are so careful. Shangguan Yan praised sweetly.
"This is not what Qi Hao thought, it is the one. Nie Yun raised his chin at Wu He, who was not far away, and Wu He was talking to the patriarch with a serious face.
"At the beginning, he was frightened by the women here, and he pestered the patriarch to tell the women to get dressed. I don't want to think about where people get their clothes to wear, this is not winter, and you can't die of heat if you wear an animal skin. Now he's got his wish. Shangguan Yan looked at the direction where Wu He was, and was overjoyed.
There are only two seasons here, winter and summer, and the heat of summer makes the women only have small pieces of animal skins wrapped around their chests and abdomen. The almost naked Tuba women are also the reason why no male cultivator is willing to stay when arranging the left-behind personnel.
Shangguan Yan helped everyone distribute their clothes, while Qingyin followed the patriarch who had dealt with Wu He to the altar. After the ceremony was completed, she found Li Lieba and them around a bonfire.
Nie Yun learned the etiquette of the Tuba tribe and bowed respectfully: "In Xia Nie Yun, I have seen Mu Qi." ”
"Laugh if you want, don't hold back. Qing Yin sat down angrily and ate the freshly prepared pancakes.
Hahaha...... The three men laughed mercilessly, listening to Shangguan Yan describe the situation that day vividly, especially the way she learned the way the corners of Qingyin's mouth kept twitching, which made Nie Yun laugh on Qi Hao's body.
"Okay, let's get down to business, when are you going to leave?"
It was not easy for a few people to stop laughing, and Nie Yun asked, "The patriarch agreed?"
"Well, I finally relented today, and said that a few village chiefs would be summoned tomorrow, so it should be no problem. ”
"It seems that your 'hen' is not in vain, I think he swore to die and didn't want to leave. Nie Yun smiled playfully.
Qing Yin didn't bother to take care of him, and asked Qi Hao, "How is this first layer of beast circle arranged?"
The first layer of the beast circle that I have usually explored is equivalent to the Qi refining period, and if there is a mortal race in it, it is also enclosed near the "new birth belt". Although they can't produce monks because they don't have exercises, because they are nourished by aura, they will only come out to venture out to hunt when there is not enough food to grow. Compared to the Tuba tribe, these encircled mortals are doing well.
And this time, the first layer was completely mortal layer, and with their cultivation in the later stage of foundation building, they were all suppressed by the formation to the point that they could only open the storage bag. This situation is the first time that the Tianding Sect has encountered it since it opened up the secret realm. To leave the first floor with more than 50,000 people, it is impossible to succeed without perfect preparation.
At the beginning, Qi Hao and the others took people away, first, to take away the mortals in the third-layer canyon first, and secondly, to go out to make some utensils for the Tuba people.
Qi Hao opened a small bag on the side, handed it to Qing Yin, and pointed to a few things inside:
"This mask, which is directly ground from the main medicine of the Qingxin Pill, can protect the Tuba people from surviving the first layer of mist for five days. On the second floor, they can stay on the shuttle. ”
Even the Pure Heart Pill couldn't be completely refined by them at the first layer, not to mention these mortals, only this kind of mask that could directly block the invasion of the mist could ensure that the Tuba people would not be lost in their minds.
"Fortunately, I met He Zhenren on the way this time, she was taking some formation mages to the newly built city, otherwise she would not be able to make this jade plate and lock so quickly. Qi Hao pointed to two other things and said.
Shangguan Yan took the jade plate and the lock, and carefully observed the formation pattern on it: "This jade plate does not need spiritual power to excite, as long as it is broken, it can form a shield, although it is a one-time and expensive cost, but it is the most suitable for mortals." I just can't see how much of an attack it can withstand. ”
Qi Hao smiled at her: "He Zhenren said that he could withstand the attack of the late stage of qi refining, at most a pillar of incense time." And the traction array on this lock can ensure that more than 500 people are teleported to the same range, no more than ten miles apart. ”
"Great, in that case, as long as nothing happens, after passing through the first passage, the safety of the Tuba people can be guaranteed. ”
"Hmm. The important thing is that they do not panic when they are attacked, and they can break the jade plaque in time, and we, the monks who lead the team, can sacrifice the earth shuttle in time to gather these people up, so that the casualties can be minimized. ”
"What about children, especially babies?" The first layer can't use spiritual power, so it can't load everyone on the ground shuttle through the passage, although with this lock, the distance after teleporting out is not far, but it is still possible to meet the team. These babies who have no ability to protect themselves are the most worrying for Qingyin. (To be continued.) )