The further north you go, the more rugged the mountains become, and the more difficult the road becomes. The distance from Hetuara to Ekhkulun is 200 kilometers in a straight line, and the actual distance is doubled.

Chu Ying escorted Zhou Qingfeng and Abahai to hurry day and night, either through dense forests and canyons with dense vegetation, or wading through the turbulent and dangerous deep streams. The birds and beasts on the road roar, if you look at it from the perspective of modern tourism, this is an extremely beautiful and strange scenery. But if there is a lack of food and clothing along the way, it is difficult to rest, and this day will be sad.

Abahai was delicate and frail, and fell ill within two days.

Chu Ying doesn't know how to take care of people, and she only caught Abahai to relieve her anger, but now seeing that she is sick and wilting, she almost threw the Jianzhou concubine into the river and drowned. Abahai, who is radiant and beautiful on weekdays, has suffered a lot, but she has a very strong sense of survival. Although he was unkempt and his clothes were tattered, he still tried his best to please Chu Ying, and he no longer had half a concubine's shelf.

Zhou Qingfeng looked at this coldly, and did not mean to reach out to help. He was much stronger than Abahai along the way, not only gritted his teeth and persevered, but became stronger and stronger in the face of adversity. A long-distance march without logistics is the most tempering and growth-inducing. In just two days, his performance impressed Chu Yingdu.

"Boy, you're a quick learner."

Resting in the evening, Chu Ying camped on the edge of a river beach. Zhou Qingfeng was responsible for arranging the campsite, digging earthen stoves, lighting bonfires, cleaning water sources, and even trying to hunt. Chu Ying only demonstrated these things once, and he silently wrote them down and practiced them. Chu Ying saved trouble, and subconsciously regarded Zhou Qingfeng as a servant who served him.

Abahai cowered by the campfire, and did his best to get some dry wood to make the fire prosperous. It is humid in the mountains, and dry firewood and hay are not readily available, and collecting them is quite laborious. It was up to Zhou Qingfeng to get all this, and he worked very it and was extremely patient. Whatever Chu Ying asked him to do, he did it, as if he was really a slave.

"Boy, that's not how the bow arm is roasted." Chu Ying felt that Zhou Qingfeng was quite obedient, and seeing that he was busy, he couldn't help but give guidance as a teacher, "The wood you use is not right, if you want to find birch, it is the best quality." This one you cut is pine. The wood is cut down and dried in the shade, and if you roast it directly over the fire, it will be charred. ”

Chu Ying was imprisoned for two years, and after being released, she was very interested in talking to people. Zhou Qingfeng saw that he went out hunting with a bow and arrows on his back, and he also learned to get a bow. It's just that Chu Ying's bow and arrow were snatched from Hetuala, and he chopped a small tree with a saber and made it himself.

In the face of Chu Ying's joke, Zhou Qingfeng asked shamelessly: "Chu Ying Belle, what is birch?" ”

"Hahaha...... you don't even know what birch is, and you still want to make a bow?" Chu Ying was so happy that she was about to burst into her stomach with laughter, and her head was tilted. But he didn't continue to teach, but got up and grabbed his bow and arrows and said, "You kid stay honestly, I'll go get some prey." ”

In just two days, Chu Ying's body recovered extremely quickly. He went hunting at night when the beasts were infested, and never came back empty-handed. He had a great appetite, he ate a lot, his digestive ability was very strong, his originally skeletal body became strong like a balloon, and in the past two days he had eaten two deer and a wild boar, and his weight had increased by at least thirty kilograms.

Zhou Qingfeng secretly opened his heavenly eyes to observe Chu Ying, and his original intention of escaping was completely extinguished - this humanoid monster had become stronger than Yuan Qingying, and this was not the peak of his strength. It was not wise to gamble on his life while he was away.

As soon as Chu Ying left, Abahai hurriedly leaned towards Zhou Qingfeng's side and said in a deep voice: "I'll teach you how to make bows and arrows?" ”

Zhou Qingfeng rolled his eyes and didn't pay attention to it at all.

Abahai continued, "I can teach you many things, archery, fighting, horseback riding, from life in the mountains to marching and fighting, and even the way of cultivation. ”

Hearing Abahai's eagerness, Zhou Qingfeng said disdainfully: "You are a powerless woman, what do you know?" Don't mess with me. ”

"It's not that I don't understand, I just don't." Abahai moved closer to Zhou Qingfeng, grabbed his arm and said, "The man next to me is not strong in martial arts?" Is Nurhachi strong? Are the five ministers strong? Is the elite soldiers of the Jianzhou Department strong? I have them to protect me, so naturally I don't need to be stronger. But what do I listen to, watch, and experience every day? ”

Well, ......, that seems to make sense.

Zhou Qingfeng turned his head to look at Abahai, who stretched out his hand and pointed to a forest not far from the river beach and said, "You are smart and smart, but you don't have any common sense, and you don't even know what birch is." Well, it's birch, which is the best material for making bows. ”

The previous Zhou Qingfeng was not diligent in his four bodies and did not distinguish between grains, how could he know what birch was? If Abahai didn't tell him, he would just be foolish. Now he followed Abahai's fingers, looked back and asked, "Do you really know how to shoot arrows and fight, and fight on horseback?" ”

Abahai pursed his lips and said affirmatively: "My man is Nurhachi who has fought for thirty years, my son has been practicing how to kill people with his adult brothers since he was a child, my father is Mantai, the lord of the Ula tribe, I have listened to men talk about how to strengthen the body and how to kill people and exterminate the clan since I was a child, and I must know more than you." Again, I don't, it's not that I don't understand. ”

Abahai was full of momentum, with a loud voice and a serious face, once again revealing her identity as the concubine of Jianzhou. She wanted to win over Zhou Qingfeng last time, although Zhou Qingfeng has been ignoring her, but she has not given up - she has to express herself if she seizes a little opportunity.

"I said we had to join forces this time, or we'd all die in Ekhkulen. By the time you get there, it's too late to join forces with me. Abahai's persuasion finally paid off. Zhou Qingfeng was silent for a while and then asked, "What do you want from me?" ”

"Give me some salt." Abahai held out his hand eagerly, "I know you kid has salt hidden in you. I haven't eaten salt for two days, and I don't have the strength to do it in my hands and feet. Chu Ying, this bastard, he just wants to catch me and get angry, and he doesn't care if I live or die. ”

The long journey not only consumes a lot of physical strength, but also causes the human body to lose a lot of salt. Chu Ying relied on drinking animal blood to replenish salt, and didn't care if Zhou Qingfeng and Abahai had salt to eat. Without eating salt, one will quickly become weak.

Zhou Qingfeng can still secretly return to the space-time island to get some salt to eat, and Abahai will be miserable. She was almost swept away when she crossed a rushing stream. She also hoped to please Chu Ying in the hope of drinking some beast blood, but Chu Ying herself was not enough, so she refused without hesitation.

Salt has always been very valuable in ancient times, and the Han people had all kinds of troubles in order to eat salt, and the Jianzhou Jurchens had no way to eat it openly, at most to meet the needs of the aristocracy. And even if Abahai survived the hard work of reaching Ekhkulun, the wild maiden's territory was really worse than the life of the Jianzhou department, and even the chief could not get enough salt.

Abahai didn't know the salt that Zhou Qingfeng got there, but she understood that if she wanted to survive, she couldn't rely on Chu Ying, she had to rely on Zhou Qingfeng. Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng was already moved, she said again: "Boy, I know you don't really want to be a slave to Chu Ying. But you can tolerate him calling and drinking, why can't you cooperate with me? At least we're familiar with it. ”

"Okay." Zhou Qingfeng was silent for a while and then nodded in agreement. His current idea is 'since there is no way to escape, then find a way to protect yourself', and the first object of study is Chu Ying. But Chu Ying treated Zhou Qingfeng as a slave, and only said a few words casually when he was happy, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it if he was unhappy, which made Zhou Qingfeng unable to gain too much knowledge. And Abahai ......, the two of them take what they need.

Zhou Qingfeng took out a small packet of salt from his pocket and handed it to Abahai. Abahai's eyes lit up when he opened it, "Refined salt? ”

Rao is the concubine of the Jianzhou Department, but the salt that Abahai eats on weekdays is not of good quality, although it is not bitter and astringent black salt, but it is also yellowed coarse salt. What Zhou Qingfeng took out was snow-white refined salt, which was the best in the Central Plains and was only produced in Sichuan, which was quite hard to trade and extremely expensive.

"How many do you have?" Abahai looked into Zhou Qingfeng's pocket, "Do you have any other good things?" ”

"How many do you care I have? As much useful knowledge you teach me, I will give you as many daily necessities as possible. Zhou Qingfeng covered his pocket and didn't let Abahai see it. His clothes were in tatters, but there were some good things in his pockets. In addition to salt, he also has some sugar.

An adult only needs 10 grams of sugar a day to meet the needs of daily activities. Although Chu Ying can bring back a lot of prey every day, sugar as emergency food is still very valuable.

The salt wrapped in straw paper is only about 10 grams, which is about the daily intake of an adult. Abahai carefully poured a third into her mouth, relieved by the salty taste.

"You Han monks are just a lot of ghosts, and the elixir and jade liquid you made before were quite delicious, and now you can carry salt with you. You can really have whatever you want. I've heard that you have a treasure called Sumeru mustard seeds, which can hold a lot of things in it. Do you have one? Abahai asked.

"You can guess." Zhou Qingfeng didn't answer, but grabbed the invalid bow arm in his hand and said, "Now tell me, how to make a bow?" I want to learn archery. ”

"Go and cut a birch tree, and pay attention to the trunk of the tree with good toughness. Then we have to make a fire and dry the trunks. When the trunk is not deformed, you can cut it into a bow arm. After Abahai finished speaking, he saw Zhou Qingfeng show his light saber and use his sharp blade to chop a birch that had grown for about ten years.

When Chu Ying came back with a roe deer, Zhou Qingfeng was roasting a wooden strip about one meter long on the fire. He said strangely, "Boy, do you recognize the birch?" ”

Zhou Qingfeng didn't look up, his eyes stared intently at the wooden strip in his hand and said: "I tried all the trees around, and this kind of wooden strip has the best elasticity." ”

"Hahaha...... you're not stupid." Chu Yingle laughed and threw down the roe deer and said, "Come, cut this roe deer and cook it." Serve me well, and I will have your wealth in the future. ”

Zhou Qingfeng did not refute, put down the wooden strip in his hand, picked up the roe deer and began to peel the skin and cut the flesh. Abahai on the other side saw that his gesture was clumsy but he didn't complain, and he was not angry when he was scolded by Chu Ying a few times, and then he thought that not long ago, this kid was so bent to please himself, and he was a little afraid of him for a while.