Chapter XXXVII

Walking in the forest, animals tend to be more sensitive and aware of danger than humans.

The role of the golden eagle is to be able to quickly spot the snake entrenched in the tree, and the role of the horse is to be able to find the territory of the animal.

It is the instinct of animals to draw the territory and convey information by smell.

And it's a universal instinct.

Collecting the urine of fierce beasts such as tigers and lions is equivalent to a charm in the forest, of course, provided that you collect the urine of a male tiger, otherwise the urine of a female tiger can easily attract a male tiger.

Wang Xu had not investigated how many tigers there were in the Northeast in ancient times, but he remembered that an archaeological fellow who studied animals once discovered a tomb in the Northeast, in which the tiger bones were combined to have as many as a thousand.

In addition, there are often large insects in ancient literature, so it can be seen that the appearance rate of tigers in ancient times should be similar to the probability of wild cats on the streets in later generations, let alone in primeval forests.

It's just that they were all eaten later, after all, tiger skin, tiger blood, tiger whips and the like have been popular in China for many years.

The convoy had just walked in the forest for a little more than half a day before it was paralyzed, and all the horses were on their knees when they passed through a fairly flat and open woodland, and some of them were incontinent.

"There's a tiger around here." An experienced hunter said to Wang Li, "If it is just a beast, the horse will not be paralyzed, and the state of the head horse is not like this, it must be a tiger, and there may be more than one." ”

"Bad goods." Wang Li angrily patted his kneeling mount on the ground, "Call Mo Ding, they come back!" ”

Mo Ren took the order and rushed to the front to blow the whistle.

"It's strange, why are their horses okay?" The ink wolf looked at the horseshoe prints next to him and asked suspiciously.

"They are trained horses, and these are the family horses I collected from various villages." The Zhu family said with a smile: "When the war horse was trained, he was already accustomed to the smell of all kinds of fierce beasts. ”

"Even if a tiger lives in a pack, it is a female tiger with cubs." Wang Xu jumped out of the car and asked, "How long does it take for a horse to reply when it encounters this situation?" ”

"Not necessarily, but at least half an hour." The Zhu family hesitated and said.

Wang Xu nodded and said to Mo Lian, "Gather all the clansmen, let's finish eating here, don't go to collect firewood, just cut down these two trees." ”

Mo Lian nodded, and ran to inform the clansmen, and after a while, the adults and children all gathered, and the two towering giant trees collapsed in a short time.

Then it was quickly cut into small pieces and built into a bonfire, and the remaining half of the deer from yesterday and a python and a few rabbits that were cut on the road today were set up on the fire for barbecue.

Wang Xu took the map and compared the distance with Mo Kui.

"Are you sure we're here?" Wang Xu looked at Mo Kui suspiciously.

"It won't be wrong, don't worry, Emperor, although I haven't been here for a long time, I won't be wrong with the number of legs." Mokui's face was full of confidence.

"So, if you go any further, you may end up in a barbarian tribe?" Wang Li asked.

"It should be, but seeing that there are already tigers here, that tribe should be gone." Mo Kui sighed, and said with some embarrassment, "Twenty years ago, it was still a not weak tribe, and we also exchanged salt for their two female clansmen. ”

"Twenty years ago?" The Zhu family's gaze swept over several older women in the clan.

"Don't look at it, it should be sacrificed to the gods." Wang Li chuckled.

The Zhu family was stunned, and their gaze at Mo Kui was a little weirder.

"Don't mention this matter again?" Wang Xu said with a dark face.

Mo Kui shrunk his neck and laughed twice, and began to change the topic to tell Wang Xu about the old things here.

"That's right." Wang Xu suddenly remembered something, and interrupted Mo Kui, who was spitting with his eyebrows, "Mo Wolf said before, you went to a place with a water source with Sima of the previous generation, and were driven out by a group of monkeys?" ”

"Huh?" Mo Kui paused for a moment, and carefully recalled, "You are talking about the North Valley?" ”

"It should be, the ink wolf seems to be called Beishan." Wang Xu nodded.

"There is a real source of water in the North Valley, which is a big lake, and it could also be stream water." Mo Kui said, "But I also listened to the introduction of the previous generation of monarchs, and every generation of monarchs in that place will follow Sima to see, and if there is a chance, they will migrate there, but there are not only a group of monkeys occupying there, but there are also many fierce beasts inhabiting, I went there, and I saw three or four Xiong Zhen alone." ”

Looking at Mo Kui's palpitating expression, it didn't look like he was lying, but it aroused Wang Xu's suspicions.

Bears are also solitary animals, but it is not excluded that there are female bears with cubs, but it is indeed strange to see three or four in the same area, unless that area is really suitable for survival, the animal will reluctantly narrow its range of activities.

"Can you describe to me what the North Valley looks like?" Wang Xu asked again.

"The North Valley is rumored to be a huge valley, I don't know how big it is, but there is a very impressive one, that is, the valley is as smooth and neat as it is split by the Heavenly God Knife, and it is also like a mountain range stacked with a bunch of pillars, like bamboo slips, in short, it is very shocking, and the previous monarch said that the valley is a record of the Lone Bamboo Country from the Xia Dynasty." Mo Kui recalled

"When Yugong moved the mountain, the spirit moved the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Heaven sent two giant spirit gods to remove the two mountain ranges of Taihang and Wangwu, of which Taihang Mountain was moved to the territory of our lonely bamboo, cutting off the connection between the lonely bamboo country and Yin Shang, the Emperor of Yin Shang sent Chifeng to dredge the mountain range, Chifeng and Taihang Mountain God fought a big battle, smashed half of Taihang Mountain, and finally Chifeng fell here when he returned with serious injuries, turned into a huge valley, according to legend, there is still the heart of Chifeng in the valley, even in winter, the valley is still like spring all year round."

Wang Xu raised his eyebrows slightly, recalling the geographical location described by Mo Kui and the characteristics of the valley, aside from the mythical Yugong moving mountains, Taihang Mountain was indeed intercepted in the northeast, and the broken mountain range, could it be Yan Mountain?

The heart of the red phoenix, the valley is like spring all year round, indicating that there should be hot springs, then it is very likely to be close to the volcano, the volcano in the Qinhuangdao area, near Yanshan.

The mountain is as neat as a knife, and it is also like a stone pillar piled up like a bamboo slip?

Hiss!

Isn't that the famous Shijian Gorge, a volcanic crater relic of the Mesozoic Era!!

So that valley should be Banchangyu!!

Wang Xu slapped his thigh violently, startling everyone.

"What's wrong?" Wang Li's eyes widened.

"Show me where to come to the North Valley!" Wang Xu said to Mo Kui.

Mo Kui rubbed his hands nervously and pointed to a general direction on the map for a while.

Wang Xu took out the guide, compared the position, and said to Mo Kui, "Turn around, let's go this way." ”

Wang Xu has been trying to find his location, but he has not been sure, because the map scale and direction provided by Mo Kui are different from his map, and there are also deviations from the Liaoyang City described by Tu Tan, so Wang Xu can only go in the direction of Bohai at first.

But now to be able to confirm the location of Banchangyu, then Wang Xu will accurately grasp his location, very lucky, they should now be located in the primeval forest of the later Qinhuangdao Geopark, as long as they go east, even if they can't find the hot spring area they want, they can also find the location of the urban area of Qinhuangdao and the Bohai Sea in the later generations, and look for it along the Bohai Sea, and you can find everything you want.

"It's not in the direction of the North Valley." Mo Kui looked at it and exclaimed, "And this is the realm leading to the Tiger Division." ”

"There should be a river here, and the tiger lives next to this river?" Wang Xu asked.

"Yes, the Tiger Clan controls the entire lower reaches of the Yinlin River, and I heard that there are even bigger tribes to the north, up to the tribes of Donghu." Mo Kui said.

"Yinlin River?" Tu Tan frowned and thought for a moment, "This river should be the Luo clan that connects Donghu, and this tiger tribe should be their slave tribe." ”

"Do you know the situation of the Tiger Department?" Wang Li asked with some excitement.

"I don't know recently, but twenty years ago, the Tiger Department often had wars with us, and at that time they were a tribe with nearly a hundred warriors, but the weapons were not advanced, and it is not clear whether they are still there." Mo Kui shook his head.

"With a river with abundant water, the development of the tribe must be better than yours." The Zhu family smiled, "But in twenty years, it shouldn't develop too fast, you can go and take a look." ”

"What do you say? For the tribe to develop, it is impossible not to annex other tribes. Wang Li looked at Wang Xu.

"The annex is certain, but I would like to use Huairou's policy, but we must give priority to finding a habitat and settling down." Wang Xu frowned and drew a few strokes on the map: "This area is rich in products, abundant water and hot springs, and more than 20 kilometers to the east, there is the seaside. ”

"Are you familiar with this? So why didn't you confirm the direction before? Wang Li asked curiously.

"I didn't have a sense with the ancestral land before, but I only remembered it after listening to the great witch talk about the land of the falling phoenix." Wang Xu said with a smile.

The Zhu family and others raised their eyebrows at the same time.

"That North Valley, is it really the place where the fire phoenix fell?" Wang Li's breathing was a little short.

"The heart of the fire phoenix is buried in the valley, and it may be reborn after thousands of years." Wang Xu pretended to be a mystery.

"Is there really a divine beast fire phoenix?" Wang Li licked his lips.

"Murdin, they're back." At this time, Mo Kui suddenly interrupted the group.