Chapter 14: The Plain of Clear Water
The night was silent, and everyone except the two old hunters who were keeping vigil had fallen asleep.
In the morning, the sky was faintly bright, and the old hunter who was on duty in the second half of the night woke everyone up one by one. When everyone wakes up, put away their thick clothes and put out the campfire.
Zhang Zhang blocked the cave again, and made a small trap on the way of the cave to prevent it from being attacked by monsters next time.
It was still in the same formation as yesterday, with two seasoned veteran hunters clearing the way ahead. Although the chance of encountering a second-order demon beast here is not large, it is still possible to encounter a second-order demon beast, and only by being cautious and careful in the wild can you live for a long time.
The two old hunters swam a kilometer in front of the group, always maintaining a distance of one kilometer, which would ensure that the people behind could support them at any time.
Three kilometers ahead, there is a lake, which is the source of water for the nearby beasts and monsters.
An old hunter who had just arrived noticed a peculiar smell and searched carefully, and found a damp piece of earth under a tree that was different from the other dirt. The old hunter stretched out a finger or two to pick up a piece of damp dirt, leaned in and sniffed it.
The old hunter was immediately startled, and hurriedly waved his hand to compare two crooked fingers.
Zhang Zhang immediately raised his hand to stop everyone moving forward. The old hunter bent his upper body and came back with a spear in his hand.
"Head, the smell of the purple demon fox was found in front of me. The old hunter said with a solemn expression.
The expressions of the tension and some of the old hunters who had participated in more than ten hunts immediately became solemn.
Some of the young people who had participated in the hunt relatively few times looked at each other, and they didn't know where this purple demon fox was?
The young hunter didn't know, but the old hunter knew very well how powerful this purple demon fox was, it was a powerful demon beast in the late first order. In this area, it is always alone, there is no ethnic group, there is no specific place to live, and wherever it goes, it is its territory.
I don't know how many experienced old hunters have died in its hands, and these old hunters have died just to attract its attention. Yes, not to kill it, but just to hold it up and let the others escape.
Zhang Zhang hurriedly snatched Zhang Muzhi's burden, took out six bottles of bone meal and distributed them to everyone, and shouted: "Quickly apply the whole body." ”
Although the young hunter didn't know how powerful the purple demon fox was, he knew how strong the tension was, and even the creatures who had to be a little scared and even a little scared, how dare they slacken.
After everyone was coated with bone meal, Zhang Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.
The old hunter said with a little hesitation, "Do you want to give up this hunt?"
Zhang Zhang only hesitated for a moment and then said: "Detour, the hemostatic medicine is no longer enough to support the next hunt, this time the herbs must be replenished." ”
The two old hunters quickly turned around and continued to the left along the Monkey Mountains.
The young hunter did not explain to them the curiosity of the purple demon fox, but walked at the back of the line, looking back from time to time.
It wasn't until he walked thirty kilometers away that Zhang Li's solemn expression eased.
After a thirty-kilometer journey, everyone did not stop, and when they arrived here, Zhang Li made a gesture to let everyone rest for a while.
"Libo, what kind of demon beast is the purple demon fox?
A look of memory appeared in Zhang Li's eyes: "Very strong? It's just a purple fox, there's nothing special about it, just a claw has 60,000 catties of divine power." Do you say it's strong? Some demon beasts who have just entered the second order are unwilling to provoke him. ”
"Is it also a second-order demon beast?" Goudan looked shocked, there was a huge force of 60,000 catties under one claw! You must know that the person who has completed the training is only 33,000 catties at most, but it is 60,000 catties with one claw at will, how can this make Goudan not shocked!
"No, in fact it's only the late first order. If you run into it in the future, don't hesitate to run, and if you really can't run away, lie down. Zhang Zhang replied.
Goudan looked puzzled: "Could it be that he is a picky eater, doesn't he eat the dead?"
"No, it's just a decent death for you. Every time we encounter it, we have to sacrifice at least five people to allow the others to escape. Zhang Zhang said flatly.
Dog: "=.=!"
"Alright, the rest is over!"
After a 30-kilometer detour, it is not too far from the Qingshui Plain, and it can be reached after about 10 kilometers.
Zhang Li was still at the back of the group, and the two most experienced hunters were at the front. When the half-human-tall weeds appeared in front of everyone's eyes, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this time the destination had arrived.
"A group of five people is separated by three miles from each other, and they always start to search for Baiji, Xueyu Tan, Crane Grass, Sanqi, and Earth Elm. Dog, you're with Makiyuki's group. ”
"Yes!"
Twenty-one people were divided into four groups, one group in front and the other two groups searched on the left and right sides. Another group is at the back and is responsible for checking for omissions.
"Dogdan, look at this kind of radish with roots and whiskers, it is Baiji. ”
"Oh, I see. ”
The search began at noon, and everyone was looking for medicinal herbs all afternoon, and occasionally a few blind beasts would bump into them, and they were naturally slaughtered by those old hunters.
Zhang Zhang looked up at the sky and shouted, "The third child!"
"Brother Li, I'm here. ”
"Rest around here tonight, and get a few people to dig out a low-lying area. ”
"Yes. ”
The old hunter named Lao San was not best at hunting demon beasts, but at finding a place to rest.
The third child took three young hunters in the early stage of physical training and found a place with flat terrain and a wide view. With a clear view of everything within five miles of the surrounding area, it was clearly the safest place to stay without a cave.
Once you've chosen a location, the rest is much simpler. Three of the four were young hunters who had already entered the early stage of physical training, and they were in the prime of life and had the strength, so they took off the bone spear on their backs, lifted a rod and began to dig the soil.
The four of them first selected a point and worked together to dig it down to a one-person-high inclined pit, and then widened it backwards to dig out a pit field. When fully formed, it resembles a small trench, not too large but large enough to accommodate twenty-one people.
After dealing with the overnight location, the sun had completely set, and night had fallen. Zhang Zhang and the remaining seventeen people collected enough dry firewood, and began to build a fire in the pit.
At night, when everyone was replenishing their strength, Zhang Li asked, "How was the harvest today?"
A group led by the third child said: "There are sixty-seven plants in total. ”
The group on the right side of the sixth child: "Forty-six plants." ”
The group on the left of the second child: "Fifty-three plants." ”
Makiyuki: "We have thirty-three plants. ”
"Yes, tomorrow if we can have today's harvest, we can go back. Zhang Zhang said with a smile, obviously he was still very satisfied with today's harvest.
The vigil consists of six people, two in each group, alternating in turn.
After replenishing their strength, everyone began to rest, except for the night watch.
The dog was not sleepy at this time, he was still thinking about the purple demon fox. Why is it so powerful? It was obviously beyond its limit, but no one could answer his doubts, at least not the tension.
With this doubt, the dog slowly fell asleep.
The morning in the wild is slightly wet, especially in the Qingshui Plain, where morning dew is everywhere. The people in Zhangjia Village who woke up all took cortical water bladders and the dew on the leaves of the plants to supplement some bottoming water sources.
The same goes for Makiyuki and Dogdan.
"Dogs, in the wild, water sources are equally important. If you run out of water, you can get the morning dew like this, and the dew can be drunk as is. However, dew is not present in all places, and if there are no places where it is not, it is possible to replenish proper hydration with edible plant fruits, or plant rhizomes. You can also use a stone bowl, spread three layers of cloth on the mouth of the bowl, and put some sand and stones, which can also filter some unclean water sources. Makiyuki said slowly.
"I see. Dog Dan silently wrote down in his heart that these are precious experiences to save his life at critical moments.
It took half an hour to collect the dew, after which the group continued to search for herbs.
When collecting herbs, everyone tries to only take the herbs and not move the roots, so that the herbs can grow again in two years.
The medicinal herbs in the village have never been in short supply because of this habit, and the herbs will not be extinct.
At the end of the day, twice as many herbs were obtained today as there were on the day of the day.
"There are more than 600 plants in total, which is enough to consume until next year. Tomorrow, you can fight another six-headed advanced demon beast and return to the village. Zhang Zhang said.
This is the fourth day of Goudan's hunting out of the village, and at this time, everyone walks towards Hulu Mountain on the right side of the Qingshui Plain. In the gourd mountain, there are many first-order demon beasts, and most of them live alone, so the danger of hunting there will be very small.
The group accelerated their pace, and in just half a day, everyone had already entered Hulu Mountain.
Hulu Mountain is not so much a mountain as a small basin. Because it is a small hill connecting a basin in the middle, but if you look at it from a high place, the whole basin looks like a gourd, so it is called gourd mountain.
Hulu Mountain Zhang Li had been here many times, so he was very familiar with this place, and directly led everyone to a lake with a diameter of half a kilometer.
It is inhabited by a creature that resembles a frog, but it is larger than a frog, reaching more than half a meter tall in its entire body.
As for why Zhang Zhang brought everyone here, it is because the frog has no other advantages except for its size. Although frogs are also first-order demon beasts, they have no talent inheritance, and the most important thing is that they have no brains like retarded.
The curiosity of the frog is very heavy, how heavy is it?