The expedition departed from another river of the Pu tribe, also by waterway.

There are not so many lotus leaves in this river, and on each raft, there are people standing on them.

Shao Xuan and Zhen were on the same raft, listening to the other people around them tell them about their long journey.

In the sky above the raft procession, chirps followed. This Shao Xuan had already told the big boss of Fanning.

At that time, Fanning also hoped that Shao Xuan would pay an additional piece of water moon stone, but Shao Xuan refused, chirping can warn in the sky, which can reduce the probability of the Pu tribe encountering danger, there is such a benefit, do you still charge? Now the business here is not developed, but these people already have the potential of profiteers.

In the end, although Fanning's face was not very good, he did not insist.

Since it is a long trip, it will naturally not be a matter of one or two days, sometimes it will be dozens or hundreds of days when you go out.

Probably because there are more human tribes in this area, there is no dangerous situation like the hunting area on the other side of the river, and sometimes there are some troubles from underwater, or harassment from other tribes, but in general, it is calm and safe.

Due to frequent travel, the people of the Pu tribe are very clear about which waterway and which direction is safer and easier, and Shao Xuan also silently memorized these routes in his heart, and when he was free, he drew these on the animal skin to complete the map. If the Flamehorn tribe on the other side of the river came back one day, they would always need these maps.

In the past 1,000 years, it has changed a lot, and this place is not at all what our ancestors recorded.

As you move forward, the river widens and widens. In the vicinity of the river, there will always be some traces of human activity. Listening to the people next to him, there is a small tribe not far ahead, but that small tribe does not like to come into contact with people from outside, and is withdrawn, so it avoids people from outside when it sees them. Or throwing stones, wooden arrows, etc., the Pu tribe is very disliked by this, but it will not delay the speed of the long journey.

"Be careful. The man next to him, who has several years of experience in traveling far away, reminded.

The shore ahead. There were a few women in animal skins washing things, after seeing the raft procession. Hurry up and drag your things and run. And when the raft procession passed, some arrows were shot from the woods on the slightly higher hills on the shore.

This kind of strength is nothing to Shao Xuan, and even to the warriors of the Yanjiao Tribe, who can catch and break lightly. But a lot of these arrows are annoying.

The people of the Pu tribe held wooden shields to block the arrows that came at them. Shao Xuan took a knife and cut down those wooden arrows.

If it is a big tribe, maybe the Pu tribe will take a step back and communicate in the past, but in such a small tribe, the people of the Pu tribe will not bother to pay attention to those people with strange tempers.

The speed of the raft increased, and the arrows stopped when the raft team left the area.

In fact, those who are hiding in the bushes may not really want to shoot the people who pass by, they are just to scare, if there is really murderous intent. It should be possible to use a tougher approach, rather than these wooden arrows that haven't even sharpened their heads.

There are many tribes around, and the sense of survival of small tribes is very low. Most tribes have only a few hundred people, and their abilities are not strong, and their generation and death are also fast, so the Pu tribe will not spend too much energy paying attention.

The people of the Pu tribe around Shao Xuan didn't want to say much at all, they only cared about what was closely related to their own interests.

Two days later.

"There's a fork in the road ahead and we'll stay there for two days. A person next to him looked at the dark sky and said.

Ahead, the river splits into two branches in a "Y" shape. There, too, there are many people from other tribes who travel far to the central part of the country. The Pu tribe knew many of them, and sometimes they would travel together. Let the team of people traveling far away be stronger, so that there is more security.

There are too many strong people in the middle, and they can only compete with numbers.

Shao Xuan looked over.

On both sides of the river, there are no mountains, no dense forests, and they become flat, and here many houses are built, both wooden and stone, and the architectural styles are also diverse, oval, triangular, flat-roofed wooden shed-type, spired-thatched type...... Just by looking at this, you can see that this is not a tribe.

Looking at the people again, although the characteristics are not as obvious as the houses, everyone who sees them will have an idea: these people are too mixed, like a plate of loose sand. Each grain of sand comes from a different watershed and then gathers here.

Although there are many people, many people look very poor in physical condition, some are skinny, some are blind, regardless of adults and children, they are all the same, children are slightly better, in addition to physical condition, some will smile, and adults, but more are dazed and depressed.

What exactly did you encounter that made these people like this?

"Who are these people?" Shao Xuan asked the few people next to him who were very experienced in traveling far away.

"You said they. Several people from the Pu tribe glanced over there, some sighed, and some didn't care, "They are 'tourists'." ”

The "tourists" they refer to are not tourists, but those who are displaced and have nowhere to live, who are like rootless duckweed, often moving around and doing all kinds of things in order to survive.

"They are the ones who have lost their tinder. A person from the Pu tribe next to him said.

A person who has lost the fire, no matter where he goes, his life will be in darkness, without the fire, where will there be power?

"Lost the fire?" Shao Xuan was curious about such a statement.

"Yes, their tribe is no longer alive, the fire has been extinguished, and they have lost the source of their strength. "That's human.

In the year when Shao Xuan awakened, Wu told them that the source of their power was in their bodies, and under the call of fire, it would begin to gradually wake up, that is, the totem in their minds.

If the fire is extinguished, it means that the tribe will no longer exist, and the totem will naturally dissipate, and the source of power in the body will naturally fall into a deep sleep or even disappear.

No wonder those people are in that state. The tribe is gone, the totem power is gone, and they have become "tourists", wandering in the world, at a loss, all they can do is survive, and it is completely dominated by the instinct of survival.

However, the fire was extinguished, this statement surprised Shao Xuan very much, originally he thought that that special flame would last for a long time, but now it seems that it can still be extinguished. It's just that when it is destroyed, the tribe is gone.

Listen to the people of the Pu tribe. These tribes, after the fire was extinguished. When the tribe disappears, some people use their special survival skills in exchange for food. For example, coolies.

Perhaps, for the rest of their lives, they will all be in such a state of wandering, some will abandon their beliefs and join other tribes, and their descendants will naturally awaken the totems of other tribes under the call of the fire of other tribes. But if the power of the totem in the blood veins in the body is too mixed. It's okay that the awakening is successful, even if there may be some discrimination, but at least there is a safe place to settle and a place to belong. However, if the awakening fails, they will be driven out of the tribe and continue to live as tourists of their parents and ancestors.

"Why don't they go hunting?" asked Shao Xuan. However, after asking, Shao Xuan realized that there may be various situations in this, the power of the totem is gone, and the risk of hunting is too great.

"Hunting?" he smiled, "unless he has to." They don't go hunting on their own. ”

Even if it is not like the mountains and forests on the other side of the river, there are many places that one or two people cannot resist at all. At least one team can barely survive, especially these people who have been abandoned by the fire, those who have lost their faith and strength, and who will die nine times out of ten.

"If both parents are not wanderers, what will happen to the offspring?" asked Shao Xuan.

"Generally speaking, many tribes do not require that they must be united with people within the tribe, such as our Pu tribe. As long as the offspring is guided by the fire, there is only one choice. Either accept the fire of this tribe or accept the other. He can only awaken a source of power, otherwise. If both powers are awakened, it will cause conflict. People from small tribes are more inclined to marry people within the tribe, but this also has a disadvantage, if there are too few people, it is easy to be confused. ”

The man of the Pu tribe, who was experienced in traveling far away, also said that many unbelievable phenomena had occurred in some small tribes in order to increase their population, which made the whole tribe miserable. The people of the Pu tribe are quite contemptuous of this.

Shao Xuan thought about it, when the Yanjiao tribe was displaced to that place, there were not many people, but there were records of people in the hands of the witches back then, and according to the records that Shao Xuan had seen, the population growth of the tribe was very slow, but it was very stable, and there was no chaos like what Yu said.

When he was in the tribe at that time, Shao Xuan felt that it was not easy for the witches of the Yanjiao tribe, and now that he heard about the situation of other tribes, if it were not for the leadership and control of the Yanjiao tribe from generation to generation, maybe it would have become like that.

In such a situation, it is not easy to face all kinds of fierce beasts in the surrounding mountains and forests, and it is really not easy to develop to the scale of nearly 2,000 people today.

A good witch, a good leader, is indeed very important.

The far-away teams of the Pu tribe came ashore one after another, and Shao Xuan saw a team of ten people coming over quickly, helping the raft team of the Pu tribe to carry things and take care of the raft on the water, and there was a person next to him who was holding a whip and staring at it viciously.

"Who are they?" Shao Xuan asked the person next to him.

"You said they. The same words as before, but at this moment, the eyes of the people of the Pu tribe were no longer indifferent or sighing, but with extreme contempt, they said heavily: "Those are, slaves!"

Shao Xuan's eyelids jumped.

At this moment, Shao Xuan only heard a presumptuous laugh in front of him, and the laughter was a little harsh.

Looking up, Shao Xuan saw a person casually dressed in a leopard skin, smiling and walking slowly, tall and thin, with a white face, not as dark as those around him who were busy working. A pair of eyes squinted slightly, looking like he was smiling happily, but the sharp light that flashed through his eyes told Shao Xuan that this person was not easy to get along with.

"Hahahaha! meet again!" When the man came over, Pan Ning, the big leader of the expedition team, quickly greeted him, and Pan Ning, who had never had a good face for Shao Xuan, smiled like a flower at the moment, and went over to talk to the other party.

"Who is that person?" Shao Xuan asked the person next to him.

This time, the voice of the Pu tribe was not so loud, and he suppressed his voice slightly: "He is the master of those slaves. ”

In other words, the one who wore the leopard skin was a slave owner. (To be continued) R466