Pristine jungle, never short of food.

Banbu and Hei Sang were full, and brought back a large number of bamboo-leaf green snakes and moles to Li Zhu.

The prey is small, it is difficult to take, and it is only brought back a barely satisfying amount.

Brave the wind and rain for a long flight, physically and mentally exhausted.

After resting from mid-afternoon until late at night, we continued our journey to the nearest steep mountain.

The mountain is also covered with bamboos such as spotted bamboo and golden bamboo.

First of all, the rocks and soil of the mountain are investigated in sections, starting from the middle, Li Zhu is alone, and the spotted cloth and black mulberry are together, divided into two groups, and acts separately.

It was not until the morning of the next day that the investigation of half of the mountain range was completed.

Banbu was disappointed.

Li Zhu had been waiting for a long time.

"Zebrabu, is there a catch?"

"Nope." Kuro-san hurriedly answered.

The whole mountain mass is mainly composed of gray-white sandstone, limestone and sandy shale in some places, and the soil is mainly soft gray-black sand. This kind of soil environment is not unsuitable for the growth of purple bamboo in the first place, and it is naturally impossible to find purple bamboo.

Banbu asked, "Li Zhu, looking at your appearance, you didn't gain anything?" ”

"Nope." Li Zhu was not discouraged, and asked Kurosang, "Are you hungry?" ”

Kuro-san replied decisively: "I'm so hungry, let's find a cave to rest first." ”

Li Zhu said: "I didn't eat enough last night, and I'm a little hungry. I see that there are a lot of bamboo rats on the mountain, so get more and eat first. ”

Kuro-san immediately changed his tone and shouted, "I'm not hungry. ”

This time, Banbu couldn't help it, and without waiting for Li Zhu to act, he swung his tentacles, slapped it on Hei Sang's head, and reprimanded: "Hei Sang, you just came to make trouble." ”

"Zebrabu, you bad! You're as bad as Li Zhu and Yabai! ”

"Don't make a noise!" Li Zhu had a warm temper and was not angry, and after stopping the quarrel, he continued:

"It's too inconvenient to carry a snakeskin bag, when we get to the next mountain, let's find a cave first, Kuro-san can rest in the cave and avoid the rain, and help guard the Force food. Banbu, you work hard, let's investigate the rock quality of the mountain separately. ”

Banbu twitched his tentacles and said, "Okay." ”

Tossed by the cold wind and cold rain, Hei Sang, who was depressed and depressed, suddenly became angry, overjoyed, and praised: "Li Zhu, you are so smart!" ”

……

Bamboo rats are large and numerous, so they quickly fill their stomachs, take a short rest, and continue on the road.

The second ridge is slightly longer, and it took half an afternoon and a whole night to complete the investigation, and the rocky soil is still not suitable for the growth conditions of purple bamboo.

Continuing forward, there are two large mountains arranged in the shape of "people", tall and majestic, with peaks and peaks, and clouds and clouds. According to the definition of a mountain range by the insect race, it can almost be called a mountain range.

Land on a flat mountain peak and start looking for a cave to hide from the wind and rain.

"Banbu, Kuro-san, have you heard of this place?"

"Li Zhu, do you want to show off your knowledge?" Hei Sang always likes to work against Li Zhu, and he doesn't show face at all, and says: "Li Zhu, the knowledge you know either comes from the inheritance memory, or the Lord of the Iron Knife Mountain tells you." ”

"Kuro-san, I really want to kill you." Li Zhu was so angry that his tentacles swayed, and then he calmed down again, and said: "Hei Sang, you are wrong, this time I heard from the warriors of the Yotei Mountains, a legend that is a long time ago. ”

Hei Sang hid beside Banbu and shouted, "Li Zhu, I'm hungry!" You talk so much nonsense, do you want to starve me? ”

"......" Li Zhu was deflated, put away his intention to show off, and said simply: "These two mountains are called 'Jasper Ridge', and they are rich in a kind of turquoise rough stone. ”

"Once upon a time, the Yotei Mountains were governed by the Fire Cockroach tribe, and thanks to the rough ore veins, they were extremely prosperous, and had more than one cockroach king. Unfortunately, the rough mining of Jasper Ridge was exhausted, and the Yotei Mountains quickly declined. ”

Hei Sang became interested and asked, "Li Zhu, are there any rough stones?" ”

"Nope." Li Zhu said: "However, there are many abandoned mine caves left on the mountain, which are ready-made places to hide from the wind and rain. ”

Banbu said: "The large mountains that produce rough rocks must not have red shale, and they are not satisfied with the survival of purple bamboo, so there is no need to look for them, right?" ”

Li Zhu shook his tentacles, pointed to the bamboo forest below the mountain range, and said, "I asked the soldiers of the Yotei Mountains last time, and they said that there are mandarin duck bamboos and red bamboos near Bicui Ridge. ”

"Red Bamboo?!" Banbu touched his tentacles and said, "If you can find red bamboo, it's worth the trip!" Mandarin duck bamboo should not be so rare, we must get some back this time. ”

Red bamboo is a rare bamboo species like purple bamboo, and it also needs special soil quality to grow well, and Jasper Ridge just meets the conditions.

PS: There are indeed too many trivial details in this chapter, so let's simplify it and make up for what is missing.