Chapter Ninety-Four: Discovering the Savage Village
In the past year, Yuan Yijia led seventeen people to explore most of the places in the Heavenly Desolation, but there were some places where they could not enter.
Yuan Yijia divided the Heavenly Desolation into ten regions, which were named from south to north: swamp, lotus river, bush, south forest and south lake, desert, deep pit, north deep lake and north forest, long river, barren mountain, and volcano. The river starts at the foot of the volcano and is connected by barren mountains, northern forests and northern deep lakes.
The reason why Yuan Yijia distinguished the Heavenly Desolation so much was because he had a dream in which a man who claimed to be a genius instructed him to go on an expedition to the Heavenly Desolation, and told him the distribution division and name of the Heavenly Desolation.
He didn't tell anyone about this dream. When they detected the vicinity of the deep pit, the cranes did not dare to fly in, and Yuan Yijia guessed that it might be a place where there were monsters in the legend.
Except for the deep pit, they can't enter the North Forest and the North Deep Lake, so they can only ride the crane high and pass without seeing what is going on inside.
Even deserts, barren mountains, and long rivers are very little understood. Because these places are extremely vast, if you rely on human walking, I am afraid that you will not be able to walk it in 20 years.
So except for a few places where they took a good look, most of the places they just rode on the crane and flew low once, and what they could see was really limited.
On this morning, Yuan Yijia called everyone for a meeting.
Yuan Yijia's thirty-seven retinues include carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths and other craftsmen, as well as people from martial arts families, as well as masters who know some Taoist skills, and two Langzhong.
Most of them are young people, but there are also old people in their sixties and seventies, all of whom are men.
Yuan Yijia said: "Let's start with the desert barren mountains and volcanoes, and then explore the deep pits, northern forests, and northern deep lakes. Tomorrow morning, our eighteen-member exploration team will go to Changhe to investigate. ”
After breakfast the next day, everyone brought some dry food and rode eighteen cranes to the long river.
Because the North Deep Lake and the North Forest Immortal Crane are inaccessible, the section of the Changhe River in these two vast areas, Yuan Yijia and his party of 18 people cannot enter. The crane led them over these two areas at high altitude, and at four o'clock in the afternoon they flew over the North Forest to the banks of the Long River.
On both sides of this section of the river, the grass is green, the flowers are in full bloom, and the climate is warm, just like spring.
Everyone thinks it's strange, it's October now, and it's autumn, why is it still spring here?
Yuan Yijia poked the bottom of the long river with the jet-black magic stick, and he recited the secret to urge the magic stick to stretch, but it still didn't reach the end.
And the maximum length of his magic stick is 10,000 meters. It can be seen that the depth of the river here is more than 10,000 meters.
"It's too deep! Maybe there is a water demon, everyone take precautions!" The team members reminded everyone loudly.
Yuan Yijia said: "Everyone, pay attention, if there is a water demon jumping out of the water, people without artifacts will sit on the crane and rise into the air to avoid harm. ”
He stared at the river. More than ten minutes passed, and there was no movement in the river.
Yuan Yijia felt strange, such a deep river has no monsters, at least there are huge fish and snakes, but why is there no movement? Team member Wen Gang said: "Captain, I don't see anything in the river, the long river is a very deep river. ”
Yuan Yijia said: "Let's walk along the river first and see what you find." ”
Everyone walked along the river bank and looked, the scenery on both sides of the bank is very good, full of green weeds, mixed with unknown wildflowers, and very flat, with a wide field of vision, as far as the eye can see. It is a perfect place to cultivate a field garden.
Suddenly, team member Rong Xiaoli shouted: "Look, everyone, there are a lot of bison there!"
Looking in the direction of his right finger, he saw a herd of bison grazing with their heads down about a thousand meters ahead. The crowd was excited and curious, and they all ran to the bison. When they were about to reach the bison herd, Yuan Yijia told everyone to stop.
It was discovered that this was a large herd of bison, at least in the thousands. Bison come in a variety of colors, including black, yellow, red, and white. There are big and small, old and young, indicating that this is a large bison family.
In order not to alarm the herd, Yuan Yijia led everyone to bypass the bison herd and continue to walk along the riverbank. Along the way, they saw a herd of wild sheep and a herd of wild boars, but they did not see a single carnivore such as a tiger, lion, or wolfdog.
Immeasurable: "It's kind of weird. How can there be so many herbivores, how can there be no carnivores? Could it be that there are people living here?"
Team member Chen Guangdao: "I think so too. Could it be the natives, or are there other people like us who discovered this place before us and settled here?" Yuan Yijia said: "It is impossible for others, either immortals or natives. No matter how much, keep going!"
Everyone continued to walk along the riverbank, and suddenly they heard a few dog barks, and everyone couldn't help but get excited and walked forward quickly. After walking for about half an hour, they found a village of about a few hundred families.
It may be that the dog has spotted them and barked. A group of people who were not at all like them stood five hundred meters in front of them with sticks in hand. To say that they are not at all the same as Yuan Yijia is because these people are wearing clothes of cowhide, pigskin, sheepskin, and deerskin, and their skin is rough and their hair is scattered, and they are a group of wild people who have not evolved, and it is not too much to say that they are hundreds of thousands of years behind.
Yuan Yijia told everyone: "We must not hurt them." If they attack, we flee quickly. However, these savages are too far behind us, how can we communicate with them?"
Team member Liu Ru said: "Maybe I, the doctor, will work, maybe some of them are sick, and I will treat their patients in exchange for their trust." ”
Wen Gang said: "It must be up to you, the doctor, to contact them." Captain, why don't we bring them some bread and apples?"
Yuan Yijia said: "Okay." Wen Gang took out a few pieces of moon cakes, and in front of those wild people, he took out one of them and deliberately ate it slowly.
Wen had just eaten a third of a piece of mooncake when suddenly some savages rushed at them with sticks in hand, and some savages threw stones at them. Yuan Yijia ordered everyone to flee quickly, and he broke off himself.
Everyone ran for a while and found that the savages did not chase them, but the mooncakes and apples were taken by the savages.
Immeasurable Daodao: "Could it be that the savages are chasing us for moon cakes and apples?" Wen Gang said: "Of course it is." Let's send some people back to the bush village to carry food, and tell them to bring more cooking guys and grain and vegetables, and cook for these wild people, so that we can live in peace with them. ”