"Aiyi, I think it's better for us to act alone, after all, our identity is very special, if we are discovered, I'm afraid there will be trouble, you see?" Sen Feng looked at Ji Ran and discussed, and Milia on the side was also deeply worried.

Seeing the worries of the two, Ji Ran naturally couldn't insist anymore, so he had to nod obediently, "Okay, then let's go it alone." ”

"Yes." Seeing that Aiyi was so reasonable, Sen Feng nodded with relief.

"Rocky, you tell him, thank him for his hospitality, and we still don't go with them." Mori Feng said to Rocky.

"Oh." Rocky nodded, then turned to look at the bearded merchant, "Thank you for your hospitality, but we don't seem to be on the way, so let's go alone, right?" ”

"So that's it? Oh well, good luck guys. The bearded merchant said with a smile, seemingly unconvinced.

"Yes, goodbye." After saying goodbye to the bearded merchant, Rocky left with Mori Feng and the others.

The group walked towards the east, saw many beautiful scenery along the way, the human world is in order, on the endless plain, all kinds of vegetables and fruits are neatly planted, and the farmland is planted with wheat and corn, layer by layer, piece by piece, like a beautiful picture, beautiful.

Towards evening, Ji Ran came to a small village.

The village is very peculiar, not brick and stone houses or grass houses, but crypt-like houses, or burrows.

Each house is only half a person high, the door is very low, if you want to enter, you have to hunch your waist, but the inside of the house is very spacious, seven or eight feet deep underground, after people go down, it feels like a normal house, but it is much darker than ordinary houses.

To the north of the village is a mountainous forest, with little arable land around, and most of the villagers here make a living by gathering and hunting in the mountains.

The men and women of the village are dressed in animal skins, the men are very strong and skilled in hunting, while the women are responsible for gathering wild fruits and tending the family.

After Ji Ran and his party came to the village, they found a family to live temporarily.

The host was very welcoming and left the room vacant for five people who went to a relative's house.

This is the first time Ji Ran has lived in this kind of semi-crypt house, although the light is relatively dim, but because the ground is covered with animal skins, it is actually quite comfortable to sleep in.

It's just that at night, it's a little cold, so you need to cover something more.

After a night, both Rocky and Rockis were frozen and red-faced, in terms of adaptability to nature, elves seem to be a little better than humans, especially for temperature changes, elves have an innate advantage.

The elves have a far greater sense of the elements than humans, so the change in temperature does not have a great impact on the elves, but humans are different.

Not only do they not have a keen sense of the elements, but they are also very sensitive to changes in temperature, and in this wood, the temperature can differ by more than 20 degrees between day and night, so Rocky and Rockis will know how to blush.

The host, seeing Rocky and Rockis's embarrassed appearance, gave them a piece of butter.

It turns out that butter can be applied to the body to prevent freezing, and butter is not lard or butter, but a kind of oil extracted from milk, which has a milky flavor and will taste like fragrant milk when rubbed on the body.

The host brought some food, some berries picked in the mountains, and some meat.

Mori Feng and Miria don't like meat, they just eat some berries and buns, buns are a kind of cake food made of plant seeds, it tastes a bit hard, you need to soak it in hot water before you can bite it, of course, the better way to eat it is to cook it with broth, but the two don't eat meat, so they have to soak the bun in hot water to eat.

After breakfast, the host struck up a conversation with a few people.

It turned out that these villagers were a minority on the border of Lacassia, they belonged to the ancient Tunggu people, and they were not the same ethnic group as the Lacassian people, and it is said that Lacassia used to be the place where their ancestors lived and were later expelled here.

They have lived in this bitter cold land for generations, and the living conditions are very difficult, but the people are very tenacious and still maintain the survival of the tribe.

Ji Ran admired the tenacity of the Tonggu people, it was really not easy for them to survive in such a difficult environment.

"Are you from Lacazia?" The host asked.

"We are also the border people of Lakasia, our village is not much better than your village, before our village was coerced by a werewolf, the girls in the village were almost eaten, my sister was almost given to the werewolf to make food by the villagers, thanks to these brothers and sisters who saved us, we plan to leave the village and go to the outside world to see." Lodge said to his master.

"Oh, may the gods bless you." The master said with a sigh.

"Uncle, what's your name?" Rocky asked, looking at the Tonggu master.

"My name is Helibo, and I am the patriarch of the Tungu tribe." The owner of the crypt introduced himself.

"Woooo

Helibo immediately got up and left with a bow and arrows.

Rocky also followed out of the crypt, and saw that almost all the prime men in the village had been dispatched, each with a bow and arrow in his hand, and ran towards the meeting place.

"Rocky, what's going on?" Ji Ran also followed out of the crypt and looked at the suddenly empty village and asked.

"I don't know, it looks like something happened." Lodge replied.

"What did you just tell him?" Ji Ran looked at Rocky and asked.

"He asked if we were from Lacazia? I said that we were also border people and that we were going on a trip, and he said that his name was Helibo, and that he was the leader of this tribe. Lodge replied.

"He also said that they had been oppressed for a long time, and that Lakassia was originally the territory of their ancestors, and they were forced to hide here." Rocky continued.

Hearing Rocky's words, Ji Ran had a bad premonition, if a nation is dissatisfied with another nation, it will often hide the risk of war, if a nation does not forget hatred, antagonism and hatred will always exist, perhaps deepen with time, and finally evolve into bloody killings.

Although the population of the Tonggu people is not large, if all of them are mobilized, it is a very formidable armed force.

As a warrior, it is not about the number of people, but whether there is cohesion and tenacious will.

The fact that the Tunggus were able to survive in such a harsh environment meant that their will was definitely not lost to that of the Lakasians, and coupled with their accurate archery skills and strong physical strength, even enemies who were several times their size were not necessarily their opponents.

(End of chapter)