Chapter 12: The Falling Star Mountains
Five days later.
In the early morning, after breakfast, the fiery red sun has already risen from the eastern Cangmang Mountains, and the bright sunlight pours down from the sky, shining on the earth, and the warmth is beaming.
In a spacious stone house, Mo Fan carried a bow and arrows on his body, a quiver full of arrows on his back, and an iron spear in his hand, fully armed and ready to hunt in the mountains and forests.
"Afan, you must be careful in the mountains and forests, pay attention to safety,...... And listen to your Abba, and don't go too far from him. Qu Rou looked at Mo Fan, who was about to enter the mountains and forests to hunt, with a worried look on her face, and tirelessly admonished.
This was the first time Mo Fan had left the tribe to hunt in the mountains and forests. In the vast mountains, poisonous insects are dormant, fierce birds and beasts are rampant, burying the souls of many tribes and hunters, and even many tribesmen died in the mountains and forests during the first hunt, she can't help but worry!
"Brother, you must come back!" Mo Ping also raised his head and stared at his brother Mo Fan, his little face was also full of worry, and there were faint tears flashing in his eyes. Even if he was young, he had already understood the dangers of hunting and the horrors of primeval mountain forests.
"Grandma, I'll be careful, not to mention that Abba is by my side! Mo Fan opened his mouth to comfort, and then, he touched his younger brother Mo Ping's head again.
"Okay, Rou'er, don't worry, everything is with me, and I won't let Ah Fan be in any danger. Mo Long stood on the ground with a solemn expression, he also held a bone spear and a bow and arrow, watching this scene, and said comfortingly.
Hearing Mo Long's words, Qu Rou's worried look eased slightly, but her eyes were still full of nervousness.
The mountains and forests are too terrifying, full of many variables, maybe Mo Long himself will be in danger, let alone take care of Mo Fan.
"Afan, let's go!" Then, Mo Long looked at Mo Fan and said.
"Well, Abba let's go. Mo Fan glanced at his grandmother Qu Rou and his younger brother Mo Ping, and replied.
Then, Mo Fan and Abba Mo Long pushed open the door of the stone house and walked to the open space of the tribe, while Qu Rou and Mo Ping followed them out of the stone house.
In the open space in the middle of the tribe's stone house, the tribesmen who were about to go hunting in the mountains and forests gathered here, all of them holding sharp weapons in their hands, the number of them was six or seven hundred, and dozens of teenagers were mixed in.
"Afan, here, here. When Mo Shan saw Mo Fan coming out of the stone house, he immediately beckoned to him.
When Mo Fan saw the figure of the group of teenagers, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he walked towards them quickly.
"Brother Ashan, did your father also prepare two weapons for you?" Mo Fan saw that Mo Shan was also holding two weapons, a broadsword and a bow and arrow, and immediately asked.
"Well, my Abba said that it is best to choose two weapons now to better protect ourselves, don't you also hold two weapons!" Mo Shan said to Mo Fan with a smile, and he also saw Mo Fan holding an iron spear and a bow and arrow.
At this time, Mo Fan also noticed that the other children around him were also holding two weapons, and he suddenly understood in his heart: it seemed that their father was also thinking the same thing.
In a short time, all the tribesmen who had gone hunting had arrived.
At this time, several clan elders walked towards the hunting team, Mo Yuan was among them, he looked solemn, and instructed Mo Long and Mo Xiong: "You must take care of those children, they are the future of the tribe!"
"Don't worry! Moron said.
"Uncle, even if I get hurt, I won't let these children be hurt by fierce beasts. Mo Xiong's voice sounded like thunder, and he assured loudly.
"With your words, I'm relieved, okay, let's get ready to go!" Mo Yuan looked at the people in the hunting team and said loudly.
"Grandma, goodbye, grandfather!" the children waved goodbye to their clansmen.
"Children must protect themselves, listen to the adults, and don't run around in the old forest. The women's eyes were red, and they exhorted in a loud voice.
After bidding farewell to the tribesmen, the hunting party left the tribal clearing and slowly walked down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain where the tribe is located, there is a small river seven or eight meters wide, which meanders from the depths of the Cangmang Mountains, and the water is gurgling and extremely clear, and there are occasional small fish swimming in it.
The hunting party passed through the creek and headed towards the mountains in the distance. Most of the roads in the mountains are rugged, overgrown with vines and grasses, and there are poisonous insects and poisonous snakes dormant in the dense grass, which is very difficult to walk, but fortunately, the tribesmen live in the deep mountains, and walk on this road many times, be careful and vigilant, and walk very fast.
A round of fiery red sun hung high in the sky, wantonly swaying endless warm and bright sunshine, so that the barren earth was in a transpiration, and the dense weeds and leaves that grew tenaciously in the cracks of the boulders in the mountains were slightly converged, looking a little sluggish.
The hunting party had already left the tribe some distance.
"Do you know where our tribesmen are hunting?" At this time, a middle-aged man in the hunting team looked at Mo Fan and a group of teenagers and asked.
"Uncle, isn't it in the mountains and forests?" replied Mo Shan with a puzzled look on his face.
"That's right, it's in the old forest, but do you know what the name of that area is?" the middle-aged man smiled and continued to ask.
"Ah, Uncle, is there a name for that area?" the eyes of a group of teenagers showed curiosity.
"Of course the area where we hunt has a name, and it's not something we named it before, it's a long time ago. But the man sold it.
"Uncle, what is the name of this area?" the teenagers asked eagerly.
"The Falling Star Mountains, that area is called the Falling Star Mountains, and even this entire barren area is within the scope of the Falling Star Mountains, including where our tribe is located. ”
Seeing the appearance of the children, the clansman stopped selling the guanzi and explained directly.
"It is said that in the very old years, in this area, there was an earth-shattering battle, a battle between gods.
The battle lasted for a long time, and even to the end, the gods exerted supreme magical powers, so that countless stars turned into meteors and smashed the earth from the night sky to attack. On that day, the stars were dazzling, the heavens and the earth were bleak, and the sun and the moon were even more discolored.
At that time, the ancestors of our human tribe saw this wonder of heaven and earth, and because the remnants of the star skeleton fell to the earth, forming countless rolling mountain ranges, so people called the area of the god war the Falling Star Mountain Range, which is the area where we are located, you know it now!"
"Got it. The children gasped, shocked by the story told by the clansman, and couldn't help but secretly say in their hearts: the methods of the gods are so terrifying that they can make the stars of the heavenly dome fall, which is really terrifying.
"Uncle, but why are the gods fighting?" Mo Fan looked puzzled at this time, looked at the middle-aged man, and asked.
"Well, Afan, you always ask some different questions, but I don't really know. The clansman smiled awkwardly, then he thought for a moment before he said, "However, some say that the gods fought for a supreme treasure, and others say that there was an unimaginable blood feud between the two gods, and they happened to meet here, so a great war broke out. ”
"Oh, I see!" exclaimed the teenagers next to him.
"Uncle, who will win and who will lose in the end?" Mo Fan asked curiously.
When the clansman heard Mo Fan's question, his head suddenly became bigger, and he smiled bitterly: "I don't know about this, maybe it's a lose-lose situation!"
"Alright, don't be cranky, focus on all the movements, and watch out for the poisonous snakes and insects hiding in the grass. The clansman looked straight and changed the subject.
"Haha......"
Seeing this scene, the clansmen were amused.
Mo Long and Mo Xiong had also been paying attention to the movement here just now, and when they looked at the clansmen, they just smiled, and did not say anything, but stared vigilantly at the movements around them.
At this time, Mo Fan also spoke again, and he gradually found that the surrounding grass and trees were becoming more and more abundant, the mountains had become majestic and majestic, there were few traces of human activities in the wilderness, and the sky and the earth were a vast color.
Even if he often left the tribe, he had never been to such a far place from the tribe, Mo Fan secretly thought: I am afraid that we have already left the tribe for more than ten miles, and we should be about to reach the place where the tribe often hunts.