CHAPTER XXVIII
In autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and there is a smell of depression in the wind.
The group walked around the mountains and mountains to the west, Qin Yue endured the pain of grinding blisters on her feet, and walked behind, Liang Jian held her inch by inch.
Finally, when night fell, Yanu found a makeshift camp, drilled wood on the spot to make a fire, and soon lit a bonfire.
The green fruit shell came in handy, Qin Yue asked people to use it to fetch water back, boiled the broth to eat, sprinkled salt into it, and a burst of meat fragrance wafted in the air.
A tree rose from the ground between the rocks behind the mountain, and its leaves fell one after another, and were swept into the bonfire by the wind, and the fire was suddenly bright, and the leaves disappeared without a trace in an instant.
After everyone had eaten and drunk, they had nothing to do, and some of them were already snoring.
Qin Yue sat in front of the bonfire, bent his knees, and bored himself with the branches of the tree to stir the fire.
"What are you thinking?" Liang Jian sat next to her and said casually.
is close to the Xiong tribe, but her heart is becoming more and more bottomless.
Originally, her idea was to change the salt and leave, but where could they find anything to change the salt, and how difficult it was to find the salt mine in the vast mountains, otherwise they would not have stayed in the Black Rock Tribe.
She glared at Liang Jian, he said that he had a way, if he couldn't get it by then, she would naturally not give up.
"Does your foot still hurt?"
Forgetting for a moment that the blisters on her feet had worn out the skin, he said that she felt a slight tingling pain in the soles of her feet, which was not too uncomfortable.
There were a lot of sun-dried herbs in her back basket, which she didn't use, so she had to get used to the mountain roads here, and if she wore the skin a few more times and got calloused, it wouldn't hurt.
The quality of the shoes on the feet is durable, but there is always a time when they wear out. The primitive people in the tribe did not wear shoes, and they were barefoot wherever they went, and the soles of their feet were covered with thick black calluses.
Thinking of this, she slowly shook her head, "It doesn't hurt." ”
The night was silent, except for the crackling of the campfires and the burning of firewood, and the dark clouds obscured the moonlight, leaving only the bright light of the campfires in the clearing.
A miserable scream woke up Qin Yue in his sleep, but he saw that there was a group of strangers in the camp at night.
They came in the night, holding stone spears, dressed in animal skins, revealing their skinny upper bodies, and their faces covered by messy hair, but Qin Yue could still recognize at a glance that the person at the head was the cannibal.
They looked fiercely at the group of Yanu and looked at them as if they were a pack of prey.
The screams were made by a young warrior in the camp, who was attacked by cannibals in his sleep, and the hard stone smashed on his forehead, breaking a hole, blood trickling out, and looking at the comer in horror.
Qin Yue was terrified, this group of cannibals were uncivilized, fierce and savage humans, far more terrifying than animals. Last time, she was lucky to hide her body from being noticed, but this time she began to feel cold in her bones, and her body couldn't help but tremble a little.
As if sensing Qin Yue's gaze, the man's fierce eyes fell on Qin Yue, frightening her to take a few steps back.
Liang Jian stopped her body with one hand, and her long dark and narrow eyes stared at the every move of the person opposite, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”
Qin Yue's lips trembled, "They eat people, they are cannibals. ”
"The group of people you saw last time?" Liang Jian frowned, becoming more and more alert, holding Qin Yue tightly in one hand and the bow and arrow in his hand in the other.
Qin Yue nodded, his body shrunk, and he didn't dare to breathe loudly.
Horn Rock was the first to come to his senses, stepping on the gravel with his bare feet, and shouting at the people in a loud voice, "Which tribe are you from? Are the people who injured our Black Rock tribe trying to be the enemy of our entire tribe?"
The rest of the tribe picked up the stone spears around them and aimed them at them, baring their teeth and making threatening sounds.
The man looked at Hornrock defiantly, picked up the sharp stone and smashed it viciously at the young warrior at his feet, and again and again, the blood splattered until he died completely.
They were so shocked that they could not imagine that they were so ruthless, and the anger welled up in their chests, and they rushed forward with blood-red eyes, raised their stone spears, and fought with the group.
The life was gone in front of Qin Yue's eyes, and a huge fear came to her, that group of people seemed to be cold-blooded animals without emotion, and the eyes that looked at them were as cruel as snakes.
The stone spears and stones in the hands of the two groups of people stabbed or smashed at the people in a chaotic manner, and blood overflowed, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.
Liang Jian said in a deep voice: "Follow me." ”
After speaking, he pulled Qin Yue to flash behind the tree, and his eyes were tightly locked on the cannibal opposite.
He drew his bow and arrow, and with a whoosh, an arrow burst through the sky and shot at the person opposite. The arrow was fatal, and the man's stone spear was originally aimed at Yanu, but at this moment, his eyes widened in disbelief, looking at the wooden arrow in his chest, and he fell to the ground.
In the chaos, Yanu smiled gratefully at Liang Jian, and then without hesitation, he swung his stone spear and threw it at the group.
Qin Yue hid behind the tree, and the short-stated cannibal leader in his sight threw a fierce glance at the back of the tree, and then turned around and walked here.
A stone spear appeared in front of him, dragging him back, preventing him from moving forward, and the two men tangled together.
It's hornstone.
The sturdy Hornrocks, and the short, skinny cannibals, seem to be unequal in strength. But the man was quick with his hands and feet, and he dodged as quickly as a monkey in the forest, but he was a hornstone with bulging muscles, and although he had great strength, he could not get close to him, and he was at a disadvantage.
Liang Jian shot another arrow, and the man caught a glimpse of the swift bow and arrow, and dodged sideways, the wooden arrow grazed his cheek, marking a deep blood mark.
His fierce gaze fell on Liang Jian again, like a fierce and vicious beast staring at its prey.
Liang Jian's expression was grim, but his subordinates kept shooting an arrow again, which hit the other person's forehead and nailed it deep into the forehead.
The people over there seemed to be deeply jealous of Liang Jian in the dark, and the hand wielding the stone spear in his hand became hesitant, and Yanu and the others took advantage of the situation to pursue, presenting an overwhelming victory.
The man shouted at the tribe, muttered a few words, and then rolled into the yellow grass, and the rest fled.
Liang Jian shot an arrow from afar, only to hear a muffled snort, the grass shook for a while, and the sound faded away. Yanu hurriedly led people to catch up, and the figures of several people disappeared into the dark night in an instant.
This wave of distress defeated the cannibals. But the group was really cruel, and the tribesmen also suffered heavy losses, so far two people had been killed and several others were seriously injured.
Seeing the cannibals fleeing in embarrassment, Qin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and walked to the clearing.
She counted the number of injured people and asked Liang Jian to help take out the herbs from the back basket and treat their wounds one by one.
The few people who were seriously injured could only temporarily clean their wounds and needed to recuperate on the spot, but this was also arranged by Yanu.
The smell of blood in the clearing was strong, and they were worried about attracting wild beasts, but they didn't know when Yanu would return, so everyone could only dispose of the corpses at will, and stay where they were to wait for Yanu and them.
In the second half of the night, no one could continue to sleep, Qin Yue dealt with everyone's injuries, and inquired with Jiaoyan about the news, "Have you encountered this group of people before?"
Kakuyan looked into the distance, his eyes confused, "I haven't seen it, I grew up in the tribe, and I've never seen someone so ruthless." ”