Chapter Seventy-Four: The Jumping Fruit Tree
The liquid in the gourd has a cool feeling when drunk, it is very comfortable, it seems to dispel a lot of the fatigue of running one after another, the brain is much clearer, and the feeling of comfort in the whole body makes the bones tremble.
"How's it going?" Ah Suo came over and threw Shao Xuan a fruit, "This is not bad either." ”
Shao Xuan didn't know which plants here could be eaten and which could not be eaten, so he didn't make a move, and when he left the water point just now, he noticed that Aso and the others went around in a circle, it seemed that they were going to pick fruits.
"These are all good things!" said Asso, "not to say big things, after we eat these, we will improve faster, there is a saying in the advance team." ”
Lowering his voice, Aso continued: "Only those who have joined the advance team can become high-level totem warriors, and every high-level warrior in the tribe has been in the advance team at one time. ”
Most of the plants here are no more than 100 years old, and some of the fruits and plant juices also have a certain effect on the human body, and the warriors can perceive the benefits of the things they eat even if they can't tell how they feel.
"Can't you bring some back to the tribe?" asked Shao Xuan.
"It's so easy!" Asso's face was bitter, "I still want to bring some back to my brother and sister, but I can't." ”
The advance team brought by the previous big leaders has not tried, but it is not possible to use ice, or dig out the roots and soil, etc., as long as they leave here, after a day or two, the things they bring out will rot and deteriorate. Not everything can be done this way.
"Up to now, there are very few that can be taken out, there are them in the tasks sent by the witch, but some of them are not easy to find, it depends on the time, flowers, fruits or something, once you miss it, you have to wait for another year, there are some plants even if you keep it for a lifetime, you may not be able to wait any longer, you can only look for another one. ”
Shao Xuan was silent.
It seems that some of the things here bear fruit for hundreds of years or must be hundreds of years old to be effective, and many more plants, leaving the land, die immediately and cannot survive anywhere else. Therefore, the method of planting may have been thought of a long time ago, but it may not be effective, so that until now, the tribe can only take the initiative to come to this place that is both a dangerous land and a treasure land.
The glory of the advance team is to serve the tribe, and the medicine used by the tribesmen when they are sick, the medicine used by witchcraft to heal people's wounds, etc., are all sought and brought back by the people of the advance team here, and no one can deny their contributions.
In addition to this honor, joining the advance team can taste a lot of medicinal plants that cannot be taken away, which is also very beneficial to the development and promotion of the warriors themselves.
Therefore, some people who have joined the advance team and later quit due to injury or old age will tell their children and grandchildren to work hard to improve and strive to join the advance team. They know that these people will be stronger in the future, and they are also a group of elites with the most potential for development in the entire tribe.
It's just that the current rule in the tribe is that the people of the advance team are determined by the big boss, generally speaking, Wu will not ask, and only in special cases like Shao Xuan, Wu will pay attention.
Most of the time, the big boss will choose people who have good relationships and acquaintances, and as long as the strength is reached, they can be pulled in. These people are also strong supporters of the big bosses' struggle for the position of chief.
And after the chosen ones come in, after feeling the benefits, who wants to give way and quit?
No one wants to.
If there is one more person coming in, others may be kicked out, even if the hunting team is the big leader's word, the rules set by the ancestors are restricted, and the people in the advance team must not exceed one-fifth of the number of the hunting team.
Thinking about it like this, Shao Xuan knew why some people in the advance team looked at him so delicately at the beginning, not only looking down on Shao Xuan's strength, but also being defensive.
And Shao Xuan paid attention to it, most of the people here live on the mountain, and there are very few on the mountainside.
People of Mai's strength are not qualified to join the advance team? Naturally, there are, but if the big boss doesn't speak, Mai can't enter.
Absolute fairness cannot be saved, even Shao Xuan just happened to borrow the light of the ancestors, and it happened that the results of the tower team had not been very good, so he was pulled in. If it weren't for the ancestors, as a child who came out of the cave, coupled with Shao Xuan and Lao Ke learning a trap lasso, the tower would be even more disdainful, unless Shao Xuan is really amazing in the future, otherwise he will be excluded from the advance team by the tower.
The better the better, the worse the worse, and the development of the mountains and the mountains has probably already exceeded the original imagination of the ancestors. While the people down the mountain are wondering how to get more food, some people on the mountain may be thinking about how to get more benefits.
In the absence of other tribe threats, infighting is certain and exclusion is inevitable, but it is not obvious on the surface.
After taking a few sips of the water taken from the plant, Shao Xuan looked around. It's relatively high, and you can see strangely shaped plants in the distance.
"What's that?" Shao Xuan asked, pointing over there.
Aso glanced over there and smiled maliciously, "That's the human head tree, and every tree grows after eating a human head!"
Shao Xuan didn't make a sound, nor was he frightened, just looked over there. No wonder it's called a human head tree, it does look like a human head, and there are long "hairs" floating in the wind, as for eating human heads or something, Shao Xuan doesn't believe it.
Seeing that Shao Xuan was not frightened, Ah Suo felt bored, but he continued: "It's a pity that it hasn't bloomed at this time, when the head tree blooms, one by one this ~ big flower grows on it, it's very beautiful!"
Shao Xuan: "......"
According to what Asso said, Shao Xuan imagined it, but he still couldn't imagine how beautiful a human head covered with various giant flowers was.
"We're going to get to the place where the jumping fruit trees are growing, just stand far away later, don't come close. Asso said.
"Yes. This self-knowledge Shao Xuan still has.
After resting for a while, Ta motioned for the team to set off towards the location of the jumping fruit tree.
Further on, the trees are a little thinner and less dense, and you don't have to stand on a high place to see what lies ahead.
The jumping fruit tree that Asso spoke of looked somewhat like an enlarged weeping willow, except that each drooping branch was covered with round fruits, each of which was the size of a fist.
Seeing that everyone was breathing lightly, Shao Xuan also lowered his sense of storage, thinking about it, that kind of tree is very sensitive to sound.
Ta raised his finger and pointed at Shao Xuan, then opened his palm and pressed it, signaling Shao Xuan to stay here for a while, hiding behind the trunk.
Shao Xuan nodded, indicating that he understood. It's just that he felt like something bad was going to happen, and he wanted to talk about it, but the rest of the team waited for Ta's instructions, and Ta didn't pay attention to him at all.
After looking around, Ta waved his hand, and twenty people rushed from the bushes to that side like lightning, their toes swaying across the ground, running quickly but barely making a sound, forming an encirclement of the jumping fruit tree.
However, when he was about to approach the jumping fruit tree, Shao Xuan heard the tower suddenly roar: "Withdraw!"
The others did not hesitate, even if someone was about to touch the tree, but because of the sound of the tower, they also resolutely and quickly withdrew. But the fruit of the tree, which had been bearing fruit on the branches, was frightened by the sound of the tower, and some of the fruit quickly broke away from the branches, and rushed away like arrows, and ran away.
Shao Xuan didn't know what was going on, but he saw that the tower was retreating in a hurry with people, and the next moment, Shao Xuan was carried.
The group ran in a hurry, as if they were avoiding something, Shao Xuan looked behind him when he was lifted, and found that there was something floating in the air with the wind.
The wind became more and more fierce, and the distance between those things and Shao Xuan and the others was shortened a lot.
Shao Xuan was led to climb onto a tall plant, and in a group of five warriors, the thick leaves on both sides were pulled together to form a narrow enclosed space. When they pulled the leaves, Shao Xuan could still hear the click of a thick wooden board when it was broken.
At the last moment when the blades were pulled, Shao Xuan caught a glimpse of those things that were blown by the wind. Like dandelions, they have soft and fluffy "white hairs", but those white hairs are longer, one or two palms long each.
It was dense, flying everywhere in the sky and in the woods, and there was a popping sound in the distance.
After all the gaps were closed, not much light from the outside could penetrate the thick leaves, and the inside was very dark and the vision was not clear.
There was also a sense of tension in the enclosed space, and Shao Xuan could hear the rapid breathing of the person next to him, thinking that the rush like running for his life just now consumed a lot of body.
Not only others, Shao Xuan also sensed danger, his eyelids jumped, and he couldn't help but tilt his head back a little.
Just thinking about it, Shao Xuan suddenly heard a popping sound around him, and with these sounds, white fluff pierced the thick leaves like thorns, and one of them was only half away from Shao Xuan's eyes.
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