Chapter 656 Shelf life
The Jing tribe is not large, the number of people is not more than a thousand, not even half of the Gu tribe, and it is not a combat-type tribe. However, the tribe that can survive, no matter how small, cannot be taken lightly.
After Shao Xuan entered the Jing tribe, the food he saw, in addition to wild fruits and vegetables, was fish and some small beasts, non-combat tribes, limited attack power, and limited prey that could be hunted. The prey behind should have been caught by them in the nets of the Poppy tribe.
However, this tribe, with a total number of less than a thousand, has a larger territory than the Gu tribe!
It is true that in this remote place where there are few people and there is no land, the scope is all drawn by itself, and theoretically, as much land as you want, you can have as much territory as you want. But there are many factors involved, if the enclosure is too large, the guard force can't keep up, there are too many gaps, and if you don't enclose the land, it will be a pit yourself.
Therefore, the territory of each tribe is delineated according to the ability of its own tribe.
The crystal tribe obviously won't be an idiot, and the tribe that can survive until now can be stupid?
But they still enclosed such a large land!
This question, after continuing to go deep into the Jing tribe, Shao Xuan found the answer.
More than half of the territory of the crystal tribe is a quagmire!
If you look down from the sky, all the quagmire of the Crystal Tribe is like an eye, corresponding to the eye lines on the totem of the Crystal Tribe. The quagmire in the outer ring forms a barrier to prevent dangerous creatures from outside the tribe from approaching, and inside the Crystal Tribe, there is also a large circular quagmire, located in the center of the tribe.
The houses of the Jing tribe are also of the dry bar type, but they are not as tall and complex as the Gu tribesmen, most of their houses are built on the ground, and only the house of the witch is built in the quagmire in the center. Located above a quagmire.
From the shape of the quagmire, it is speculated that those quagmires may have been made by the Jing tribe themselves, otherwise how could it be the shape of the eyes?
Scarlet brought them into the tribe, as there was not a big enough room to house all the Flamehorns, so Scarlet received them directly outside the house. However, after discussing the matter, Jingwu still took Shao Xuan to the house in the central quagmire.
Before this, Jingwu asked Shao Xuan whether he would negotiate in the other rooms of the tribe, or go to the central quagmire?
Shao Xuan chose the latter.
This choice also relieved the people of the Jing tribe. Although because of the relationship between the Gu tribesmen, their rejection of the Yanjiao people is not so strong, but there are still precautions. The central quagmire is close to the fire pit of the tribe, according to the traditional tribal thinking. The closer you are to the location of the fire pit, the safer it is.
Shao Xuan's choice surprised Jingwu, but he was only surprised for a while, and did not ask why.
Let the others wait outside the quagmire first, while Shao Xuan followed Jing Wu along a wooden bridge built on the central quagmire, and followed Jing Wu to the largest and most special house of the Jing tribe built on the central quagmire.
The Crystal Tribe is the same as the Gu Tribe, and the Wu has a transcendent status, even within the Crystal Tribe. The leader is dispensable, in the history of the crystal tribe. There are many times when there is no such thing as a chief. Wu wears many hats and has the absolute right to speak, basically what they say, no one in the tribe dares to refute, it is completely Wu Yitang.
Jingwu opened the door of the wooden house and took Shao Xuan in. He quickly glanced at Shao Xuan's face and found that Shao Xuan did not show a different color because he was close to the fire pit. This made Jingwu even more surprised.
Shao Xuan observed this wooden house located on top of the quagmire, in the Jing tribe, this is a mansion, not to mention the large area. I was also more careful when I built it, and a lot of thought was put into the materials and shapes, and although it was almost entirely made of wood, it looked very sturdy and didn't look shabby.
After entering the house, Shao Xuan saw some decorations made of ground eye stones placed in conspicuous places, one of which was piled up from high-quality ground eye stones into a tower-shaped bottom support, and a green "universal pupil" was placed on the top.
The universal pupil was twice as large as the nine that Gu Wu gave to Shao Xuan, and the colorless areas were almost transparent, and the green areas were crystal clear. It's very similar to the eyes of real beasts, but it makes people who see it not feel cold, but have a desire to continue staring.
It is worthy of being a place where witches live, and the stones are bigger than others, and they are more beautiful than others.
Seeing Shao Xuan staring at the universal pupil, there was only surprise and curiosity in his eyes, and there was no greed, Jingwu's face was softened, and he rarely showed a trace of a close smile, with a pride and show off that he didn't even notice, and explained to Shao Xuan: "It was handed down by my ancestors, and it is more than eight hundred years old, old." ”
"Old?" Shao Xuan didn't understand why Jingwu would use this word. Isn't this a stone?
Knowing what Shao Xuan was thinking, Jingwu continued: "Of course you will grow old and die. The Eyestone has a lifespan. ”
"Universal pupils can last for hundreds or even more than a thousand years, but ordinary earth eye stones can't, only about a hundred years, and many or even only a few decades will close their eyes forever. ”
This statement makes people feel creepy, but the meaning Shao Xuan understands.
"Where did they come from?" asked Shao Xuan again. The Ground Eye Stone is naturally formed, not artificially polished, how did it come about?
"Where are they from?" Crystal Witch stroked his beard slowly, "from the Earth Eye, they were taken from Earth Eye's body. ”
"What is the Eye of the Earth?"
"It's a beast that lives underground. ”
This kind of stone was actually taken from the body of an animal!
As soon as Jingwu explained, Shao Xuan thought of the reason.
Just as pearls have a shelf life, the "eye stone" that is also produced in the animal body also has a shelf life, and the higher the quality of the eye stone, the longer the shelf life. In other words, those eye stones, after the expiration date, will "die" and no longer open their eyes.
explained the origin of the Earth Eye Stone, but the universal pupil and the "eye", Jingwu was silent and unwilling to mention more.
"You said you had something to discuss here, why did you come here?" asked Jingwu. Although there were some mentions on the cloth scroll of the Witch, it only said that Yanjiao was interested in the Eye Stone, and persuaded them to exchange more things with the Eye Stone with Yanjiao, but other than that, there was nothing else.
"You must have learned that we are very interested in the Earth Eye Stone, including the ordinary Earth Eye Stone, the universal pupil that is one out of ten thousand, and the 'eye'. At the end of the words, Shao Xuan raised his finger and pointed to his eyebrows, but his eyes looked at Jingwu, and the meaning couldn't be clearer.
Hearing this, Jingwu's face that was still close just now immediately sank, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes, "Your purpose is it?!"
Shao Xuan was still calm, and said unhurriedly: "What we have with beautiful stones, and we also have other tools and ways to indicate the direction, I came here this time, it is indeed for it, I don't know what you call it, I just want to change it from you." ”
"Impossible!" Jing Wu stood up and stared straight at Shao Xuan, "I know you are strong in Yanjiao, but it's useless for you to ask for it, without the bloodline of our Jing tribe, it can't be fused with it, it doesn't matter whether it's strong or weak!"
The Eye Stone may be related to the fire of the Crystal Tribe, and people with different bloodlines and different fire abilities may have a strong rejection of this and cannot succeed.
"I know that. Shao Xuan said, "What I want to know is, can this thing be used on fierce beasts?"
Jingwu wanted to refuse before Shao Xuan finished speaking, but after listening to Shao Xuan's words, he was immediately stunned, looking at Shao Xuan's eyes as if he was looking at a madman.
Jing Wu's eyes were too straightforward, but Shao Xuan had no other thoughts, still staring at Jing Wu, waiting for his answer.
"You want to use it for the beast?!"
"Yes. The beast that lost an eye. ”
Jing Wu took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, squeezing her two eyebrows into the middle, and many folds appeared on both sides of the "line" in the center of her eyebrows.
After a while, Jingwu finally spoke.
"Haven't tried. ”
Perhaps the ancestors of the Crystal tribe tried, but there is no relevant record left, and the Crystal tribe migrated thousands of years ago, and their tribe migrated with the river, and the place they chose to live must be close to the river, and they also chose the river that does not dry up in the dry season. Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Jing tribe chose the river formed after the catastrophe of heaven and earth, which is now the Yan River after the second catastrophe.
Compared with other tribes, the migration frequency of the Jing tribe is still relatively high in history, and because of this, many older handwritings have been lost in the migration.
Most of what the Jing tribe keeps in their hands now is left behind after they migrated, but after coming here, except for the first two years when they will see those fierce beasts that used to live on the edge of the mountains and forests, they have never been in contact with fierce beasts, until now.
Therefore, Jingwu couldn't give an answer to the question asked by Shao Xuan.
"Then do you still have any extra 'eyes'?" Shao Xuan asked.
Jingwu was just about to refuse sternly, but suddenly thought of something, and the words that were about to be spoken stopped, and he was silent.
Shao Xuan raised his eyebrows when he saw Jingwu's reaction.
Thinking that he would be strongly rejected by Jingwu, Shao Xuan also prepared a countermeasure, Yanjiao can provide a lot of things, maybe he can smash more to open Jingwu's mouth. But now it seems that this person's attitude is wrong......
There's a play!
Shao Xuan didn't rush either, waiting for this person to think about it.
After about two minutes, Jingwu's tone was tentative, "I heard that your Yanjiao tribe is very powerful and has many things that others don't have?"
"What do you mean?" asked Shao Xuan. Weapons, food, or something else?
"You Yanjiao, can you cure your injuries?" Jingwu looked at Shao Xuan's eyes with no fierce color, but with strong anticipation.
Shao Xuan's heart moved, his face was not obvious, and he continued to ask: "It depends on what kind of injury it is." ”
"Serious injury, unable to walk. Crystal Witch's face was covered with gloom, as if he had thought of something not very good.
"You need to look at it to know, I can't give you an answer without looking at the other party's injuries. Shao Xuan said.
"Yes, if I can cure him, I'll give you an eye!" )