Chapter 8: The Bonfire Dinner

"That demon beast Yinpeng bird is covered in silver light, rampant in the sky, its body covers the sky, its size is amazing, when a pair of giant wings are flapping, the wind is howling, the branches and leaves of the old trees below are broken, and even the hunting clansmen can feel the gusts of wind from a few miles away......" On the way back to the tribe, Mo Xiong, the hunting leader, held his two-year-old son Mo Feng in his arms, and talked to the tribe elders about the dangers encountered in hunting, and his face was still palpitating.

"It's horrible!"

The children next to them who heard the conversation of the uncle who had returned from the hunt exclaimed, and their eyes widened with shock.

"Heaven forbid, fortunately, the hunters have returned safely. The clan elders also gasped, and their hearts were shocked, this is really dangerous!

Mo Feng was eating the red wild fruit, his little eyes were squinting, his long eyelashes were blinking, and a sweet smile appeared on his immature little face. He also felt a somewhat strange atmosphere around him, his small black eyes looked at Abba Moxiong with a frightened face suspiciously, he looked innocent and cute, he was just sensible, even if he heard the conversation of the adults, he didn't understand the horror of the demon beast, stretched out his white and tender little hand to caress Mo Xiong's face, and comforted him with a milky voice.

"Abba, don't be afraid, the fruit is delicious, Ah Feng gives Aba fruit to eat. After speaking, Mo Feng also handed the round and crystalline fruit he was holding in his hand to Mo Xiong's mouth.

Seeing Xiao Mo Feng's cute appearance, the clansmen next to him all burst into laughter, and the solemn and depressing atmosphere suddenly became relaxed and pleasant.

In a moment, the tribesmen returned to the tribe, laid all their prey on a large stone slab in the clearing, and began to collect the carcass of the beast...... Bloodletting, skinning, cutting into pieces.

Those huge stone slabs were reddish-brown in color because they had been infected with animal blood for a long time, and there were still some animal hairs, broken bones and scales on them, and a terrible aura greeted them.

The tribesmen looked at the corpses of the beasts piled up like a small mountain, and their faces were full of joyful smiles. Even a child of one or two years old held the legs of the adults, watching the adults cut the carcasses of the beasts, and was not afraid, from time to time gently caressing the fur of the beasts with their immature little hands, and then, as if afraid of the beasts coming to life, they suddenly retracted their little hands, and ran away screaming in fright.

After a while, I saw that the beast was still lying motionless on the boulder, and continued to repeat the previous thing, playing like this, and enjoying it, looking funny and cute. The clansmen in the clearing saw the innocent and lively appearance of the children, and their faces bloomed with bright smiles, and they did not stop it, let it be natural, after all, this is the nature of children.

The prime-aged people rolled up their skins and sharpened their knives on the boulders, preparing to cut the carcasses of the beasts. More than a dozen clan elders also took matters into their own hands to deal with those fierce beasts.

Mo Yuan held a bone knife that was as white as jade but as hard as gold and iron, as if a carver was carving, his movements were like flowing water, which was pleasing to the eye, and he was dissecting the corpse of the blue-scaled leopard.

In a few moments, a stream of crystal spiritual light, red blood flowed out from the corpse of the blue-scaled leopard. The blood condensed but did not disperse, as if it was spiritual, and instantly condensed into a ball, and even the surrounding clansmen smelled a faint fragrance in the thick blood.

This is the most precious true blood of the green scale leopard, which condenses the essence of the whole body of the fierce beast, with a huge amount of blood and qi, it is an excellent medicine, and with some old medicines, it can help the clansmen to enhance their physique, and the effect is great. Several old men with white beards stood beside them, and when they saw the spiritual blood flowing out, their expressions were overjoyed, and they immediately used the clay pots that had been prepared to take the blood essence flowing out of the bodies of several fierce beasts, and then quickly sealed them.

Mo Yuan peeled off the scale armor of the green scale leopard without a trace of flesh and blood, and put it aside casually, which could be made into leather armor, and then he began to cut the flesh of the green scale leopard again. The tribesmen who cut the beast were extremely fast, and they were skillful in their hands, and they were obviously doing these things regularly, and the survival of the tribe could not be separated from the dismemberment of the beast.

At this time, Mo Fan and a group of children who had already participated in the morning exercise were watching the clan elder Mo Yuan dance the bone knife, dismembering the flesh and bones of the green scaled leopard cleanly and neatly, and even other clansmen saw the movements of the clan elder Mo Yuan, and they also gathered over, staring intently at Mo Yuan's every movement.

His every movement is extremely fast, walking like flowing water, as if he is not dismembering the fierce beast green scale leopard but cutting a piece of tofu, without a trace of stagnation, extremely smooth, the bone knife is indomitable, this is not only because the bone knife is sharp, but also because the clan elder Mo Yuan has mastered the body structure of the green scale leopard, so he is at ease, the blade can always cut into the joint gaps of those hard bones, and cut the flesh and bones of the fierce beast just right. While dissecting and dismembering, he also taught the children who were onlookers, and taught the experience of hunting the fierce beast green scale leopard on the spot.

Although the children are not yet involved in the hunting of the tribe, the experience of hunting fierce beasts accumulated by the tribe over the years has been imprinted and remembered by them, which is very beneficial to the children.

"The limbs of the green scale leopard are strong, the bounce is amazing, the running speed is extremely fast, the blue-gray scale armor is hard and difficult to break, its weakness is in the abdomen and head, the abdominal scale armor is soft, easy to pierce with weapons, the main weakness of the head is the eyes and mouth and nose, with spears and bows and arrows, you can achieve miraculous results......"

The children stared intently at the movements of the clan elder Mo Yuan, and also listened carefully, nodding in agreement from time to time.

Not long after, the corpse of the blue-scaled leopard was cut into pieces of meat and snow-white bones stained with thin blood by the clan elder Mo Yuan, and placed neatly on the stone slab. The onlookers praised Motai's superb sword skills.

"This horned snake has been around for some years, and it's a good thing. A veteran of the clan who dismembered the fierce beast horned snake removed the single horn from the horned snake's head and said with a laugh.

"Uncle, we wasted the boss's strength to clean it up, and the clansmen were almost injured. Mo Xiong was dismembering the fierce beast mangniu, and when he heard the old man's words, he immediately responded with a smile.

"This old tendon is also good, it is very resilient and elastic, and this time it can make a good bow. The clan elder pulled out a snake tendon several meters long from the horned snake's body and sighed again.

It was getting late, the sun was about to set, and when all the prey had been dismembered into pieces, the women of the tribe began to divide the meat with big smiles on their faces. And Mo Yuan and other clan elders were dealing with the "medicinal materials" that were extremely valuable from the fierce beasts, such as the true blood of the fierce beasts, the horned snake's single horn, poisonous sacs, snake gall bladders, etc.

After a while, the remnant sun of the west set weakly over the tall mountains on the horizon, and night gradually fell, and a bright moon slowly rose from the earth, and the stars blinked their eyes, and the bright starlight shone on the earth.

In the open space of the tribe, fireworks rose in a curling manner, hundreds of huge bonfires were burning, many animal meat were racked on the fire, the golden butter roasted by the scorching flames was shiny, the grease was overflowing, the yellow and clear oil and water continued to fall into the bonfire, making a 'poof' sound, the dripping animal oil made the flames more vigorous, and the rich meat fragrance wafted in the air. In the open space there is also a simple stove made of square stones, on which is a black clay pot simmered, and a large pot full of delicious soup has turned milky white and is steaming.

The old men next to the bonfire held small black clay pots in their hands, which were full of some plant powder with a special taste, the old man estimated the fire, and sprinkled the powder evenly on the fat beast meat, and suddenly a rich and tender meat fragrance filled the air, smelling this delicious meat fragrance made people appetite, provoked the children sitting around the bonfire to drool.

The branches and leaves of those plants naturally have a special taste, and the tribesmen go out to find that they are picked and brought back to the tribe to dry and grind into powder and put in clay pots, which can be used to prepare food and make the animal meat soup more delicious.

Soon, the golden meat and milky soup were ready, and the tribesmen started to take down the roasted meat on the bonfire and the black clay pot with the delicious soup, and tore the meat and drank the broth, and ate it with a fragrant mouth, and the meat juice overflowed. The faces of all the clansmen were filled with smiles of happiness and contentment, and the sound of laughter was constantly heard around the campfire in the clearing, and the atmosphere was warm and cheerful.

Mo Fan sat next to his grandmother Qu Rou by the bonfire, holding the little black bird with injured wings in one hand, holding the golden beast meat and bones in the other, biting two mouthfuls of animal meat from time to time, his immature face was full of pure smiles, and then he lowered his head and whispered to the little black bird in his arms: "Little Hei, you need to eat more meat, so that the injuries in your body can heal quickly." As he spoke, he tore off a piece of the beast's flesh and handed it to the little blackbird's mouth.

Beside the bonfire in the middle of the clearing, the clan elder Mo Yuan suddenly stood up, threw the bones that had eaten up the beast meat on the ground, wiped the greasy on his mouth, his face was filled with a smile of joy, and shouted loudly: "Children, eat more fierce beast meat, sleep well at night, temper your body with your heart tomorrow, and make your body strong and solid, so that you can become a warrior in the tribe's hunting team in the future, and hunt powerful fierce beasts in the mountains and forests in the distance, understand?"

"Understood!"

When the children heard the words of the clan elder, they immediately shouted excitedly, all with innocent and bright smiles. The clansmen also laughed heartily, their faces bloomed, and the atmosphere of the campfire dinner in the open space reached its extreme for a while.

On the hill of the tribe, the bright light of the fire danced like a red elf in the dark night, illuminating the surroundings, and the huge bonfire swayed with a fiery red halo, supporting a peaceful world in the dark night sky.