Chapter 536: Traces of the Slaves
The team rested in the originally planned cave at night, and found this cave when hunting before, but the cave was too small to store larger prey, and after comparing a few, the hunting team of Yanjiao chose another place as a resting base for the hunting team, and here, as a backup place.
Shao Xuan They will not take these people to the place where their hunting team rests, they can only come here, or they will sleep in the open and lead outsiders to their secret base, Shao Xuan does not trust these people.
Set up a firewood fire, boil some water in a makeshift stone pot, then cook a pot of soup and grill some meat.
In the mountains and forests outside the cave, there are some squeaky sounds that echo in the band, I don't know what is calling, it sounds like a creepy feeling.
The mud on the body has been clumped, just because I don't know if there will be a swarm of mosquitoes in the future, and everyone doesn't dare to remove the mud, but fortunately, the black mud after the clump has a lighter smell. Even if it doesn't fade, everyone feels that they can bear it now.
The so-called long-term smell does not know its smell, numbness.
At first, some people were worried that Shao Xuan was going to pin down on them and get some mud with for them to wipe, but later I learned that this black mud was actually in some pits near the stream, because there was a kind of mosquito-loving beast living in it, so the mosquitoes were very disgusted by the smell of this black mud, and they would automatically avoid it after smelling it.
After learning the truth, everyone's hearts were much calmer.
But what they don't know is that in the pits that produce black mud, there are also many animals that go to drink water to pull them in. Don't look at Yanjiao's serious faces, in fact, they are holding back joy in their hearts.
"What's that?" Qu Ce said, pointing to the bottom of the mountain.
Shao Xuan looked down the mountain, and in the dark night, there were some bright curves in the mountain forest, winding into the distance.
There's a small river there, and those shiny things. Actually, it's some tiny creatures along the river. They float up from the bottom of the river at night and gather close to the riverbank, and their bright light attracts some phototaxis animals to go that way, and when they touch the water, they will find that they are stuck with super glue. It was difficult to break free, and was eventually dragged into the water and eaten.
"Don't go to that place, you'll eat people. Shao Xuan said.
Not every place that shines is a water and moon channel for the production of gemstones, and some places are absolutely dangerous, especially in such mountains and forests.
On the fifteenth day after entering the mountain forest, the team had already left the hunting range of Yanjiao and entered the hinterland of the fierce beast mountain forest, and further on. You have to be more and more cautious, because the five people in Yanjiao don't have much to guide. No one knows what lies ahead.
The pace of progress slows down.
Shao Xuan, Duokang, Mai and other five people got together, seemingly discussing, but in fact, the other four people helped Shao Xuan cover up.
The situation of the five people in Yanjiao, everyone has seen too much these days, and they have long been used to it. So the people of the other six tribes didn't care, and they got together to discuss.
Where others can't see. A straw rope in Shao Xuan's hand was quickly knotted.
When Shao Xuan opened his eyes, looked at the straw rope that was finally knotted, and interpreted the tips given by the knots, Shao Xuan pointed in one direction, "Over there." ”
As soon as the people in Yanjiao discussed the direction, they heard a slightly arrogant voice say, "The old man is watching the heavens. It is speculated that there will be rain tomorrow, but not the day after tomorrow at the latest, and it will not be small, and it may even last for two or three days, how are you going to deal with it?"
Shao Xuan looked at the person who spoke. It was an elder of the Longboat tribe named Mu You. Along the way, I also heard him say several times to observe the sky, and the day before yesterday, I heard him say that there was no rain in three days.
In fact, since entering the mountains and forests, it has not really rained, and there is only a small drift, most of the time it is sunny, and the temperature is getting higher and higher.
Looking at the other tribesmen, they seemed to believe Mu You's words very much.
The four people in Yanjiao glanced at the old man who was sitting there pretending to look at the sky deeply, and then looked at Shao Xuan, none of them believed it, only Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan shook his head.
The arrogance on Mu You's face was even worse. He felt that when it came to observing the heavens, there was no one here who could compare to him, maybe the witch of the Flame Horn had similar abilities, but that was different, the witch used magic power, and he relied on his rich personal experience. Besides, there is no witch here.
The longboat tribe spends most of the year on boats, running around along the river, and has indeed seen a lot of knowledge. Observing celestial phenomena is also a skill that many crew members need to learn, so they can judge the weather as early as possible, and they can also prepare in advance to reduce losses.
Finally had the opportunity to show their strengths, and the people of the Longboat tribe also felt a sense of sulking. No matter how powerful the survival skills of the Yanjiao people are in the fierce beast mountains and forests, they can't judge the weather a few days in advance, right? I haven't heard of them these days, at most they can guess the next day's celestial phenomena from the evening or night sky.
They also regarded Shao Xuan's shaking of his head as his inability to know the meaning of the celestial phenomena.
Several tribes over there were discussing finding a place to shelter from the rain in advance, and they were ready to take shelter for two or three days, and they didn't want to brave the rain to walk in such a mountain forest.
And the four people in Yanjiao, they knew that Shao Xuan shook his head, but he was actually saying: Don't listen to his nonsense, there is no rain, and continue to rush in the direction where Bu came out.
As a result, from the beginning of entering the mountains and forests to the present, there has been a major divergence for the first time.
Flamehorn had to continue in the direction he had decided, while the other six tribes were more inclined to the decision of the Longboat tribe to find a place to shelter from the rain first.
"In this way," Shao Xuan was not angry, and said in a calm tone, "This is beyond the scope of what we are familiar with, and the responsibility of leading the way has been fulfilled, if you have another decision, we will not object, but we will still follow our own plan." ”
"Wait, we're with you. Gula hurried. Since they returned to the tribe to cooperate with Yanjiao and chose Yanjiao's side, they should not defect at such a time. Moreover, Gula himself thinks that it is better to follow the corners of his eyes, and it is a big deal to get drenched in the rain. It's the eagles in the sky who suffer from it, and they don't like to get drenched in the rain.
The people of the Mang tribe glanced at each other, and Qu Ce said: "Then let's go together, our Mang tribe still doesn't know much about the mountains and forests, and I hope that the brothers of Yanjiao will help more." ”
The reed leaves led by the Mang tribe were silent, which was the decision of the acquiescing Qu Ce. Although he felt that Mu You's words were correct, at the same time, through the observation of the past ten days, he felt that the people of Yanjiao, the kind of beast-like intuition, were also very rare and worthy of reference. As Qu Ce said, in this forest, it is better to see how the Yanjiao people behave.
Everyone in the Weiba tribe looked at each other, but the people of the Jiyou Mang tribe stood up, and it was not good for them to continue to stay on the side of the Changzhou tribe, and it was better to talk about cooperation with the Mang tribe.
The people of the Thousand-Faced Tribe were silent, and strode towards the Yanjiao, seeing the corners of the wood's eyebrows trembling again and again.
When the Yu tribe saw this situation, their hearts were shaken when they stood firmly on the side of the long boat. This can't work, it's all over, and we here will definitely suffer. So, Gu Zhi, who led the team of the Yu tribe, sighed, smiled apologetically at Mu You, and led people to stand on the side of Yanjiao.
Everyone in the Long Boat Tribe: "......" are like this, how can we choose?! Anyway, they will definitely not choose to be alone.
So, Mu Youqing made a face, and together with the others, continued to follow behind Yanjiao.
"Why did you choose this direction?" asked Shao Xuan.
"Because I think I can find the slaves of Yanling here. Shao Xuan said.
Mu You in the back "snorted". The sound is not light, but it can be heard.
Shao Xuan's face didn't move at all, as if he hadn't heard this mocking "snort", and continued to walk with people.
The next day, blue sky, white clouds, scorching sun. It doesn't look like it's going to rain at all.
Mu You's face became uncomfortable.
Day 3.
The sun is shining in the sky, and the scorching sun is still scorching the earth.
Mu You was quite uncomfortable, and kept lowering his eyelids, just not looking at people. The people of the Longboat tribe were silent and pretended to be dumb.
By the fourth day, it still hadn't rained at all. However, everyone didn't have the intention of making fun of Mu You, after entering the hinterland of the fierce beast mountain forest, the sense of crisis became stronger, and they didn't want to be distracted.
What Shao Xuan didn't explain was that the weather in the fierce beast mountain forest changed too quickly, and the closer it was to the hinterland of the mountain forest, the more it could not be reasoned with. Forget it, their experience is accumulated under normal circumstances, and it may not be applicable here.
Moreover, Shao Xuan feels that the weather, which is getting hotter and hotter now, is already out of the ordinary trajectory and is elusive. Even if Shao Xuan also learned to observe the heavens with others, unless he used knotted ropes for divination, he would not be able to accurately predict the weather.
Shao Xuan won't say these explanations, he won't give Mu You the steps, who made him snort before?
In the woods, insects hiding among the leaves are noisy.
"Ah Xuan!" Mai, who came down from the tree, pointed in one direction with a solemn expression.
Shao Xuan jumped up the tree and looked in the direction Mai was pointing.
Not far ahead, among the verdant green, there were some gray figures flying.
"What's wrong?" Gula asked.
"Let's go ahead and have a look. ”
Those gray figures are a kind of scavenging birds.
When Shao Xuan arrived, the ground was almost covered with a layer of gray.
Sensing the people coming, the gray figure shouted, and flew up into the sky in groups. The layer of gray that had covered the ground was also revealed.
There was the bones of a fierce beast on the ground, and several people.
Whether it was a human or a ferocious beast, they could no longer see what they were, and less than a fifth of them were eaten down.
On one of the beast's bones was a spear with a broken handle, the head of which was a gold tool rather than a stone tool
"It's those slaves ?!!"
Seeing this, the people of several tribes showed joy.
It was really said by the Yanjiao people, and when they walked this way, they really found the group of slaves sent by Yanling City. (To be continued.) )