The secret of the Nuoi dance, Su Qi only learned later, and what he knew earlier was actually two other things.

It was also these two things that made Su Qi really realize that he was dealing with a completely different race from the human race, they had their own system and their own laws, you can't measure them by the standards of the human race or the demon race, and you shouldn't judge them by the morality of the human race, the Noi people are struggling to survive on the barren border, for them, as long as they can survive, everything is worth it.

The first thing Su Qi knew was why there were no children in the Noi tribe.

At the end of the feast, the trumpeter blew the horn for rest, and of course the feast may not be a good word, but for the ordinary Noi people, the end of the dinner and dance did mean the end of the day, and the lights of the houses and streets of the settlement were extinguished one after another, and the whole settlement was immediately darkened, as if it were a real night.

The city walls are still bright, and the warriors are all year round.

"You can't expect your enemies to keep the same routine as you, and when you're asleep, maybe your enemies are quietly rushing towards you with a sharp blade in their hands, so it's important to keep in mind that the walls of the settlement must be guarded at all times, and there is no day or night on the boundary road, and if you want to walk alone on the boundary road, this should be the first rule you remember. ”

In the dim square, Anya was still gnawing on a huge flesh bone, the faint light was falling from afar, she seemed to be a shadow that melted into the darkness, her chewing sound was very slow, Su Qi knew that she had already eaten enough, and at this time she seemed to be forcing herself to eat the remaining meat.

As if noticing Su Qi's gaze, Anya knocked on the stone basin at hand, "There are still some left, do you want to eat?"

Su Qi shook his head, hesitated for a moment and asked, "You should ...... You're not hungry anymore, are you?"

"Well, but you still have to eat," Anya's hair shone in the dark, she glanced at Su Qi, and said slowly, "I'm different from An Qing who dances with you, although we look about the same age, but in fact she is much younger than me, they have never experienced the famine years on the road to the realm, and they have never really experienced hunger, pain and despair, in those years when there was not enough anything, food was a luxury that could only be had once in ten days, and at that time every Noi was languishing, even Amma," She straightened up slightly, "Maybe it is difficult for you Terran monks to understand this, you can survive just by relying on aura, but the Noi people can't, without food, we will weaken, our skin will gradually turn gray, even our hair will gradually fade, until we finally lose its light, I have seen many Noi people die like this, like a dilapidated and dusty statue, gray, really ugly." ”

"So every Noi people who have experienced a famine will be very precious food, and we have a special ability," Anya pointed to the scattered band of light on her head, "The excess food you eat will be converted into nutrients and stored in your hair, so it is not a waste to eat it forcibly, in fact, every Noi warrior will do this, and when there is enough food, force yourself to eat more, so that you are not only prepared, but also save the trouble of preserving food, and you don't have to worry about food spoilage." ”

"Wasted year?" Su Qi heard another new word.

"Well," Anya tapped the bone on her hand, "do you know where these prey came from?"

Su Qi shook his head.

"The boundary road is very large, very large, in addition to the settlements of other races, there are many secret places on the boundary road, no one knows how they appeared, but the secret land is an important factor for our race to survive on the boundary road, some secret places are next to the boundary road, some secret places are drifting in the dark, and they will only appear at the edge of the boundary road every once in a while, these secret places are like a real small world, there are vegetation, rivers and beasts in it, of course, there are also secret places with nothing, just a desert," Anya raised her head and looked at the darkness above her head, "The so-called famine year refers to the year when these secret lands produce very little, about every thirty years, there will be a famine year on the boundary road, which lasts from one year to ten years, during the famine year, not only are there very few secret places drifting from the darkness, but even those secret places that are next to the boundary road will become very depressed, and at that time, most of the races on the boundary road will usher in a disaster." ”

"But there are good and bad, just like the prosperity is the decline, the decline to a certain extent will also usher in the prosperity, when the famine year passes, it often ushers in more than ten years of secret production of extremely high years, we call it a good year. ”

"Now it'......"

"At the end of the harvest year," Anya threw the clean bones into the wooden basket behind her, she clapped her hands, stood up, pointed in the direction of the city gate, and motioned for Su Qi to follow, "The last famine year ended exactly twenty years ago, and it lasted for eight years, and this harvest year began fifteen years ago, according to past records, the harvest year is almost over." ”

"So there are still ten years until the next famine year?" Su Qi silently noted this, he still didn't know how long he was going to wander on this boundary road.

"Well," Anya nodded, "Sometimes the famine year will come earlier, sometimes later, but usually the error will not exceed a year, so now the clan must also start preparing for the famine, from food and spirit stones, to weapons and spirit treasures, and even these stones," Anya kicked the stone path under her feet, "It has to be stored in large quantities, and these ordinary clansmen in the clan have also begun to prepare for childbirth." ”

Su Qi was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Fertility? The famine year is coming, and the population will be increased?"

"Well," Anya nodded, a hint of unspeakable on her face, "They...... It is not counted as a clan, it is used to sell. ”。

Su Qi froze suddenly, he stopped on the road, and looked at the short Anya in front of him in a daze, "Sell?"

"I know what you're thinking," Anya turned around and looked at him quietly, her face was full of sadness, completely devoid of the flamboyance she had when she first met, and the joy of robbing him, not to mention the wealth of the ancient world map when she slipped away, just pure sadness," But we don't have a choice, in the famine year, every race has to work hard, a little careless, a race may be beaten into a catastrophe, there is no chance to start again, even if you are well prepared in the harvest year, there may be changes, at that time selling the clan is your only option. ”