The grassland is silvery white, with occasional ups and downs, and it seems lonely but not lifeless.

The ghost eagle can catch a few rabbits, foxes or baby goats in a day, and come back to ask for credit. There are a lot of footprints on the snow. Herds of elephants have turned over the snow and dirt, eating the grass roots below, leaving unsightly ravines in their wake. The wolves may have just hunted during the night, leaving huge skeletons in the snow with eagle vultures resting on them. Seeing people coming, the eagle vultures scattered in a hurry. Then he was chased by a ghost eagle in the sky and flew in a mournful manner.

Standing on the sleigh and looking around with a telescope, the wolf said with some emotion: "Although it is colder here than ours, as long as you are brave enough, it will not be worse than us." ”

Not to mention anything else, the number of beasts here alone is much larger than in the forest. Woolly bison and mammoths can be hunted as long as they fight for their lives. And these are good prey with warm skin and meat, and you can eat them for several days if you kill one.

So, these people don't necessarily have a hard time.

"Hehe, these herds will be extinct in a few years." Lin Ji sneered.

Under his leadership, the steppe people began to tame horses on a large scale. Until these herds are extinct, domestication will not be too easy to spread. The steppe people on horseback will bring ruin to these herds.

For now, there are hardly any large-scale herds within 200 kilometers of Juyingpo. It was the result of a fall hunt they had.

Thinking of where he went to bring the disaster, Lin Ji also felt a little helpless. But he reassured himself that this would lead to a huge increase in the population of the grasslands. And he began to feel at ease again.

Juyingpo walked two or three hundred kilometers to the east, and arrived at the foot of the Daxinganling Mountain. Along the way, everyone was vigilant and abnormal, but they didn't encounter any people from the Tiger Clan. In other words, the crowd did not pay attention to the people, so they did not even meet people.

In fact, with the number per capita per square kilometer below one, it is not easy to meet people in the wild.

They spent the night at the foot of the mountain, and the next day they hid the sleigh in a hollow, buried it in snow, and then rode their cattle into the mountain. Lin Ji and the others began to care about how to find and dig ginseng in the snow, but they didn't notice that not long after they left, someone went to their camp where they were staying, and after some inspection, they dug out their sled.

"They ride horses! And elephants! ”

"It's the group of horse guards who are gathering. Only they will have elephants and horses. ”

"They'll be back."

"We gather our men and ambush them here to avenge the death of our people!"

"Take their mount sharps!"

"Good. Those people in the mountains here seem to have recently encountered the mountain god and escaped. We just called them all. ”

"That's enough for us to hunt a big herd, these people, hehe."

The crowd looked at the footsteps in the mountains and deliberated for a while, and then scattered.

……

Entering the mountain from the direction of the grassland, the forest trail walked along the relatively gentle slope. The snow on the sunny slope melted a little and turned into skating, and everyone except Xiaobai walked quite hard. The mammoths had to crush the ice in front of them, and even arch the ice with their tusks so that the horses behind could carry the man. It's not that fast.

Along the way, you can see the number of trees growing, and after a day of walking, everyone is completely into the forest formed by tall cedars and other trees.

In the snowy fields, leopards and tigers are infested from time to time. An aerial hunter of the same size as the Ghost Eagle also appeared. After a few battles in the air, the ghost eagle dropped a few feathers, and some of them fell on the elephant's back in embarrassment, and became dejected.

"Cowardice!" The wolf is quite dissatisfied with the defeat of the ghost eagle, and hates that iron is not steel. He had just watched the battle of the Ghost Eagle with his binoculars for a while, and knew that the Eagle was no smaller than its opponent. The reason for the failure is that the ghost eagle is not fierce and wild enough. This is exactly what the wolf looks down on.

The ghost eagle was scolded by the wolf, and was about to fly again. Lin Ji hurriedly took a few steps forward and grabbed it.

"It's almost time for today, rest for the night first, and then look good tomorrow." The forest trail climbed onto the elephant's back and sorted out the feathers of the ghost eagle. Then he took out some steel bars and sharpened them against the claws of the ghost eagle.

The ghost eagle has been raised for so many years, and it is good that it can still hunt, but it is too difficult to compare it with other eagle owls. If it was really that wild, it was estimated that Lin Rui would not dare to raise it.

Since the ghost eagle is domesticated, if the wild is not enough, it can be supplemented with equipment. It doesn't take much effort.

When it was dark to camp on this day, Lin Ji sharpened four small sickle-like hooks and tied two to each of the two talons of the ghost eagle. The Ghost Eagle was a little unaccustomed to this new equipment, and it seemed that he couldn't even stand on his feet.

Everyone happened to have come back from hunting a deer. Lin Ji came to the deer with the ghost eagle, raised its claws and gently slashed down the deer's body, and immediately there were two more cuts on the deer's skin, and it became two.

The eagle's talons are sharp, and it is not difficult to scratch through the hide. But it can't be so easy to cut the hide.

The ghost eagle's IQ is not low, and when he saw the results, he tried to draw twice. Then he was encouraged, spread his wings and steadied himself, and the double-pawed boxers took turns paddling up on the deer.

The snow foam around it flew, the skin under its feet was open, and the forest trail had to retreat a few meters away.

"A good deerskin." Others were a little distressed.

"Forget it, let it play." Lin Ji waved his hand, not paying much attention. As long as the ghost eagle dominates this sky, there will definitely be no shortage of deer or something. And it's safer for everyone.

The ghost eagle rowed the whole deer out of shape, and then stopped contentedly, and then tilted its head and chirped, looking high-spirited. It is as if the martial arts master has been blessed by the Dragon Slaying Sword.

The forest trail was to be taken down at night, but it would not let it, and it swayed on the snow by itself. As a last resort, Lin Ji had to patiently teach it how to stand and walk, and how to shrink its feet, so as not to hurt the humans and beasts or itself.

After dark, Lin Ji took out some ginseng from the small town and buried it in the snow for Xiaobai to find. Digging ginseng can only rely on Xiaobai's sense of smell.

At this time, the number of human parameters should not be less. Because it's basically just a small perennial shrub.

Xiaobai is very interested in this kind of game of finding things. Because when it finds the ginseng buried in the forest, it will pick it up and eat it with a click, just like eating a carrot. Later, the white horse was curious, and after coming to sniff, he also ate with him. After the forest trail is buried, it will be eaten by these two goods in the middle of a turn.

Seeing these things sold in grams being wasted like this, Lin Ji felt that his heart trembled and hurt. The training had to be terminated.

He had to warn Xiaobai: "If you don't find ten or eight roots back tomorrow, see how I clean you up." ”

Ginseng generally grows in woodlands at an altitude of 800 to 1,200 meters. These areas are estimated to already be available. As for whether it can be touched or not, only God knows.

They stayed overnight in the woodland and did not pack up and leave the next day. Lin Ji decided to stay here for a day and see what was going on here.

As soon as the day dawned, the ghost eagle ate himself and flew to the sky. Before the people in the camp had made breakfast, there was a loud eagle cry from the sky, and several eagle eagles with a wingspan of three meters were fighting in the sky, and they were obviously besieging the ghost eagles.

But it didn't take long for the battle to end. A big eagle screamed and pounced into the forest, and Xiaobai identified the direction and looked for it, and it didn't take long to bring it back. Two large cuts appeared on the eagle's chest and abdomen, and the blood was not stopping, and he saw that he would not live long.

The other eagle owls in the sky may not be able to withstand the attack of the ghost eagle and disperse one after another. In the sky, only the ghost eagle was left to show off its might, flying in various poses.

Leaving the prey of the ghost eagle for breakfast, everyone cooked another full meal, and Lin Ji led the elephant and took Xiaobai to wander around the forest.

Mammoths eat mainly bark and roots in winter. They sweep away the snow and ice as they eat, and the forest trails allow Xiaobai to look for ginseng on the ground they have climbed. Many times, Lin Ji will lie on the ground and look for it.

The idea that ginseng is just a small perennial shrub is true. Because in many cases they grow together with other tree roots, and there are no leaves to identify, so it is very difficult to distinguish them.

After a morning of searching, Lin Ji found dozens of suspected ginseng roots, carefully and painstakingly dug them out, cleared the sediment, ice and snow, and found that most of them were just ordinary tree roots.

Only a few of them are real ginseng, but the vintage is also somewhat lacking. The idea of being able to dig up a thousand-year-old ginseng in the form of a human form is more than 108,000 miles away from the idea of going down with a hoe from the forest traces.

While the forest trails were not paying attention, Baima and Xiaobai each killed one tree.

Lin Ji was covered in muddy water, and he wanted to beat people with the remaining ginseng in his hand. Finally holding back his temper, Lin Ji ordered: "See if there are any pheasants around, get a few to stew, and let everyone warm up." ”

The hazelnut chicken here is good, and it is definitely a great supplement if it is used to stew ginseng. When you come, you can't miss it.

Back at the camp, the others really hunted the hazelnut chicken, and at noon they really cooked a ginseng chicken soup, which was praised by everyone. Xiaobai picked up some bone broth and ate it.

Lin Ji ate half a bowl, afraid that it would be too hot, so he poured the rest to Xiaobai, and said to it at the same time: "It's delicious, right?" If it's delicious, find more of it, don't eat it raw. Otherwise, you won't have your share next time. ”

Xiaobai understood, and led the elephant into the forest in the afternoon, and it didn't take long to get back a few truncated ginseng trees for Lin Ji, which made Lin Ji feel distressed.

Relatively speaking, the ghost eagle is still relatively worry-free. After it dominated the skies, the forest trail left only a hook on its paws, and it learned to grasp and divide its two claws. On this day, someone hunted a sable nearby. After showing the forest trail to the ghost eagle, it began to catch sables from the second day.

The mink it caught was almost only a cut on its head, and the animal skin was still intact, which showed that it was becoming more and more skilled with its hook.

Mink fur is light and strong, with thick fluff and is the finest fur, especially sable. In later generations, this kind of sable was almost extinct and could not be hunted, and the price in the market was also invisible. At this time, it is natural to get a few furs to see if it is really as good as the legend.

The people walked around the forest for a few more days. Dozens of ginseng trees were excavated, and more than a dozen mink skins were also obtained. Of course, the ginseng of the hundred years and thousands of years has still not been found.

On this day, deep in the forest, the tigers and leopards seemed to be extinct. The horses and elephants seemed a little restless and unwilling to go any further.

Lin Ji saw that something was wrong, took out a rifle and hung it on his shoulder, and at the same time asked everyone to prepare for battle.

In the ice and snow under the trees, only Xiaobai seemed to be a little excited. It jumped up and down in the snow among the trees, shouting from time to time. Those familiar with its voice could hear it, and there was a certain joy in its voice.

"Eating too much ginseng?" Fu Wolf looked at Xiaobai with some puzzlement.

In the past few days, everyone has eaten one or two more meals of ginseng stewed chicken, although the forest traces are all measured by looking. But it still gave them a youthful restlessness. At this point, they probably knew what the use of the forest trail was to find this thing. It's also indispensable to use this to make fun of your companions.

Xiaobai and Baima have been swallowing ginseng raw in the past few days, which is naturally the focus of everyone's observation. Xiaobai's current performance really seems to be restless.

Some people looked at each other, because Xiaobai's restlessness was a troublesome thing. There are no female snow monsters here. And no one here can beat it......

Lin Ji looked up to see the trajectory of the ghost eagle in the sky, but found that the ghost eagle was gone. Not surprisingly, it should have flown off to hunt.

To be on the safe side, Lin Ji ordered: "It shouldn't be Xiaobai's problem. Let's go back and get out of here. ”

Lin Ji is familiar with Xiaobai and knows that it is not sexually mature, and it should not be the time to be restless. Xiaobai's reaction, Lin Ji was more worried about another possibility.

This possibility quickly came to everyone's mind. After all, this is an alpine snowy area.

The people raised their vigilance and walked back, but they did not go far when they found that there was a row of huge footprints on the road when they came, in addition to the footprints left by horses and elephants.

The footprint was sixty centimeters long, almost the size of a surfboard. Lin Ji had seen it once in the snow a few years ago, and it was when he found Xiaobai.

Everyone surrounded the forest trails in the middle, looked around more carefully, and guessed: "Is it Xiaobai's?" Did it just walk behind us? ”

As the same variety, Xiaobai's footprints are not small.

Xiaobai ran up from behind, walked over to the footprints and looked down to sniff. It also left a row of footprints behind it, but it was significantly smaller than these. Xiaobai is not an adult after all.

"Don't mess around, everyone." Fu Wolf said loudly: "The statement that snow monsters like to eat people is false, we don't provoke them, they don't take the initiative to attack people." Unless we step into their territory, or happen to come across them giving birth. Now, let's go slowly......"

Before the wolf's words fell, a squeaky cry was heard in the forest. Everyone who grew up with Xiaobai understood that it was the cry of the little snow monster.

Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a fluffy white thing on a tree branch more than ten meters high not far away, which was staring at this side with big eyes and curiosity.

This scene is familiar.