The things were almost packed up, and Song Xuan also knew that time could not be delayed, these dozen or so people were now outlaws, and if there was really no way out, they would definitely fight to the death, and no matter which tribe it happened in at that time, it would be everyone's loss.

Walking to the shore, Song Xuan looked at the water that seemed to be a little hesitant and asked:

"Leader of the water, let's go and have a look?"

"Alright, oracle, let's go!"

Although this group of people is very threatening, after all, there is still some distance from the Zhen tribe, and the target this time obviously has nothing to do with them, but the divine envoy has taken the initiative to invite, and it is not easy for him to refuse.

The relationship between the Teng tribe and the Teng Snake is already good, and the Teng Snake also has a person who was "married" by the Zhen tribe, and he was also very brave in this battle, even more brave than these children who grew up with the Teng Snake, and obviously experienced something similar in the Zhen tribe.

Shi Duo and Zhen Shi's relationship is not bad, when he came out this time, Song Xuan heard that Shi Duo was pregnant, and sure enough, he was still a young man in good health, he usually went out to hunt and work, and he didn't delay giving birth to a child when he came back, which still made everyone in the tribe very envious.

Leaving a few people here to guard the things in the cave, the group immediately got on the boat to untie the cable and rowed to the Niu tribe, this time several tribes came with two boats, plus the five boats of Teng Snake, the team is still quite large, even before, there are rarely so many boats acting together.

The grass and wood tribes are even more in the lead, obviously very worried about the situation in the tribe, although there are not many eleven people, but it is also in the case of preparation, if they are attacked, there is not much chance of victory.

The only good thing is that in this season, there are relatively many people in the tribe, and with the notice of Teng Snake before, although it is said that the Black Wolf Alliance has been defeated, but fortunately, they were still worried about Teng Snake before, and women are generally active around the tribe, and now at this time, it is more cost-effective to collect more seeds than to go to the wild trees to pick up the few wild fruits left.

The two can only hope that the situation of their tribe is similar to that of the Niu tribe.

The three tribes of cattle, wood, and grass are above a tributary downstream, and although they are swimming upstream, they are not much slower than when they came.

After all, everyone realized the seriousness of the major events related to life and death, and the previous few people even felt a little alarmist about what Song Xuan said, but when it really happened to them, they were more afraid than anyone else.

In addition to being a little concerned about the situation of several tribes, Song Xuan was most concerned about the movements of the dark clouds, after all, he finally had a chance to catch them, and he gave up the pursuit before, mainly because he was worried about the situation in the tribe, but now that the tribe has basically settled down, he can finally play a good game with them.

Don't worry about food, there are a lot of them that have just been exchanged from several tribes, as long as you can know their movements, Teng Snake's side can afford it, Song Xuan also knows that they definitely don't have too many things on them, as long as they are dragged and they can't get supplies, the cold winter will naturally make them look good.

But if they get food in the back two tribes, it will be a bit of a headache.

If you take food and drill into the mountain, it is more difficult to find them than to climb to the sky, there are not many caves that can live in the long mountain, and there are only eleven people in total, it is easy to find a suitable cave, unlike the big cave that Teng Snake needs to live in more than 60 people when he moved, and it is still so difficult to find.

On the night of leaving the exchange valley, the group arrived at the confluence of the river, to the south was the cattle tribe, and further upstream, there were the two tribes of wood and grass.

The next morning, the team was about to part:

"Divine messenger, then let's go back!"

Niu Yang also said before that before he left, he had asked the people of the tribe to pay attention to the traces of this group of people, although he didn't dare to get too close, but it was still something staring, so Song Xuan still decided to follow Niu He back first to see what was going on, and the Niu tribe could reach the wood and grass tribes by going east, and the time would not be much slower than rowing.

And Cao Miao and Mu Quan didn't go around in circles, and went directly back to the tribe.

And the Zhen tribe was originally here to join in the fun, so they chose to follow Song Xuan, at least it was much safer.

Although the dark clouds left the Niu tribe under Niu Yang's nose, Niu He was still a little worried, afraid that they would kill them again.

Therefore, everyone's speed is still not slow, and the water flow in this section of the river is quite slow, even if it is pulled on the shore, it will not affect the speed of walking too much.

Although it is convenient to take a boat, it is also going down, and going up the current is either hard to paddle, or you can only pull away, although it is not easy, but in general it can still save a lot of time, and the cargo capacity is also a lot larger.

If you don't have a lot of cargo, you can take turns pulling it, and no matter what, it won't be much more tiring than walking on your back on the shore.

However, in winter, it gets dark relatively early, and after it gets dark, I walk for a while, and then I reach the Niu tribe, and the situation of the Niu tribe at this time is similar to that of the Teng snake at that time, and several huge bonfires have risen in the tribe, which can be seen from afar.

There are also people behind the fence to keep guard, but the fence is not as tall and tight as the snake, and some places can still show fire.

The people of the Ox tribe had apparently spotted the group of people advancing with torches.

When Song Xuan and the others followed Niu He to the gate of the Niu tribe, they could see that there were already people standing behind the fence.

The sudden arrival of so many people really frightened the people of the Niu tribe, but fortunately, after seeing the Niu River at the front, the tense atmosphere was naturally broken.

Seeing that the leader finally rushed back, the people of the Niu tribe also immediately opened the gate and welcomed everyone in, and Niu He also arranged for people to take Teng Snake and the Zhen tribe to settle the boat, it was already so late, so there was no need to move the things on the boat again, just cover it with animal skins, and everyone was very familiar with it, so there was no need to be too careful.

"Let's go rest everyone!"

"Niuguo, where are they?"

Niu Guo can be regarded as the second leader of the Niu tribe, and when Niu He is away, he is in charge of everything in the tribe.

He also knew who Niu He was talking about, the leader came back in such a hurry, obviously he already knew the news, and Niu Yang, who went to deliver the news, was by Niu He's side.

"Chief, it should be going to the Grass Tribe!"

“？”

Niu He was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and after hearing it, he also frowned, seeing that the leader seemed to be a little dissatisfied, if he quickly explained.

Niu Yang led people to find the leader and sent people to follow Wuyun and others almost at the same time, but it was two women who were sent out, and the other one was the only adult male left in the tribe, so naturally he didn't dare to act rashly, although the women's combat effectiveness was not much worse, but it was much worse to talk about the tracking of the Eight Classics, and they were discovered by Wuyun and others not far away, if it wasn't for their cleverness, they noticed it early, and they almost couldn't escape back.

However, it was still followed for a long time, and the direction of the dark clouds and his party was also the grass tribe, although the grass and wood were both in the east of the Niu tribe, but the grass tribe was southern, and the wood tribe was further north, if they didn't change the road later, they basically went towards the grass tribe.

Moreover, the grass tribe was originally a little closer to the cattle tribe, and if you walked, you could reach it in three days.

It was getting late, and everyone decided to have a good night's rest and set off tomorrow, Niu He also asked the clan to pack up three rooms, although there were not many, but they could barely live in the crowd.

They have been living in tents for a while, and it is quite good to be able to sleep in a warm room, what reassures Song Xuan is that this time there are finally no women coming, it is estimated that there are too many people, and there are nearly twenty people from the Teng Snake and Zhen tribes combined, and there are not many more women in the Niu tribe than this.

And tomorrow will continue to hurry, naturally to maintain the state, these days in a hurry, everyone is a little tired, just lay down not long ago, there is a snoring sound one after another.

Song Xuan also rarely had a good night's sleep, although he was also a single person in a tent outside, but the wild was still too cramped, not to mention that he wanted to find a camp that was flat enough, basically he could only make do with it.

Although there were eight people living in the house, it was not too crowded, and there was a fire pit in the middle, which was much warmer and safer than a campfire on the outskirts of the field.

Next, go to the grass tribe, everyone discussed, or decided to walk directly, after all, the distance is not too far, if you catch up, it will take less than three days, and if you take a boat, it will take about the same time, and it may even be longer.

The most important thing is that you can follow the trails along the way when you walk, and if you really change lanes, you can also detect it in time, otherwise you will stupidly pull the boat to reach the grass tribe, and if the dark clouds they change the way, wouldn't it be a trip empty.

After a simple meal, the group took the things they packed up and walked towards the grass tribe, the situation of the cattle tribe has improved a lot in the past two years, so it is also quite generous, although they know that Teng Snake has brought a lot of food, but they still take the initiative to prepare breakfast for everyone.

Shi Yu's bow had been placed on the boat before, and no one found it, but at this time, when he had to go to the grass tribe on foot, he naturally had no way to hide it, so he could only simply wrap it in animal skin and carry it behind him, which immediately attracted the attention of Niu He and them.

However, they also knew that since they were wrapped, they definitely didn't want to let them see it, and several people were very familiar and didn't ask too much.

However, the shield is not easy to hide, and several people know the use of the shield at a glance.

"Oracle, what is this?"

"Shield!"

Song Xuan didn't want to hide his secrets, and remembered to pick it up and make a blocking gesture as he spoke.

Seeing that Niu He and Zhen Shui were very curious, they directly handed the shield in their hands to them, after all, the Zhen tribe often has small-scale battles, and they also have similar things, which are generally similar to the simple shields used by the Wuyu tribe before.

The effect is also there, but whether it is the defensive ability or the degree of handiness, it is much worse, looking at the way the two of them are thinking, it is obvious that they also have the idea of doing a few in their own tribe.

But if you want to make it so easy to use as a snake, you still have to experiment, just the weaving of a branch, you need to think about it carefully, but a simple horizontal and vertical difference can also be made of a shield that will not be too much worse.

Song Xuan also felt that they didn't need to do it too well, although the Teng Snake was easy to use, it was quite time-consuming to do, for the two tribes who didn't fight much and didn't have that much fierceness, the simplified one was enough to use.

Compared with the Ox Tribe, the Ox Tribe may have more application scenarios, after all, it is necessary to capture wild beasts, and with a shield, the possibility of injury will be greatly reduced.

It would be quite good to let the two of them study it carefully, and Song Xuan would not be generous enough to give it to them directly, after all, this was also made by Shi Ban for more than a day, not including the time taken to cut the animal skin and adjust it later, each shield of Teng Snake would be adjusted after it was divided.

The shield that comes out of this way will be very easy to hold, and when you want to use it, you can hold it firmly in your hand for the first time, and it will not shake around, and it will not be able to wear it tightly.

Several surrounding tribes have always been greedy for the weapons used by Teng Snake, and there have been a few tribes that have changed a few before, and the response is quite good, but compared with the commonly used things, the cost performance of the weapon is too low, and it is not that their own tribe can't do it, but the quality is not so good.

The slings exchanged before had already dazzled their eyes, and the shield at this time made them even more envious, no wonder Teng Snake was able to defeat the people sent by Wu Yu one after another.

This is obviously inseparable from the strength of the weapon, but fortunately, most of the weapons shown by the snake in these two times can be known by themselves, except for the pottery pills, but the price of the pottery pills is not high, at least compared with the pots and bowls with similar names, it is still a lot more cost-effective.

The shield is not complicated, the kung fu is in the details, and the two of them returned the shield to Song Xuan.

The two of them also decided, and they also pondered a batch after winter, so that they could be used after the spring next year.

Following the trail of the dark clouds, Niu He found something wrong, this route, he will take at least one or two trips a year, and he is still relatively familiar:

"Divine Messenger, they seem to be heading towards the Wood Tribe!?"

It's been a long time, and I've really changed direction. In this case, everyone can only continue to walk after finding traces.

But when the sun set, Niu He said again:

"The oracle, it seems...... Back again! ”

“？”

Song Xuan was also a little speechless, Wu Yu's route went back and forth like this, which really wasted a lot of everyone's time.

"Let's talk about it!"

Unexpectedly, the trail of the black feather behind them showed that they went around in circles directly.

"It can't be lost, right?!"

This kind of ability is still very great, after all, there are no people from these tribes among them, even if there are a few wolf tribes, it is already quite good to be able to find the right direction, and it is obviously difficult to find the most suitable route directly, although this road will be taken several times a year, of course, it is also for the people of the two tribes.

Even they sometimes have to rely on the marks left on purpose to judge whether the route is correct, let alone the dark clouds, and at this time the ground is full of leaves, and there is no way to see the traces of the previous passing.

If you only know the direction, don't you have to go around in the mountains?

A few people discussed it, according to the route they have taken all the way today, the direction of the dark clouds should still be towards the grass tribe, although there are changes from time to time, but the direction of deviation is both north and south, and it is basically unlikely that it was intentional.

"Go directly to the Grass Tribe tomorrow!"

In the end, it was Song Xuan who decided to go directly to the Grass Tribe tomorrow, not to follow them around, instead of wasting time in the mountains, it was better to go and see the situation.

Just like this, I don't know when I will get to the grass tribe.

According to what Niu He said, today everyone followed around for a day, in fact, the really effective route is only two-thirds, and even in the afternoon, it is basically a waste of time, and the distance traveled in the afternoon, if you walk directly towards the grass tribe, you can walk in one or two hours.

Anyway, the only places they can go are grass and wood, and there are no other tribes around.

Now that they have all come here, Song Xuan can roughly guess their thoughts, they definitely don't expect to go back this year, but they definitely want to get some supplies to spend the winter.

They will definitely not be able to get around these tribes, the Niu tribe has always been prepared, relatively speaking, the grass and wood tribes are easier to get by.

It was dark early in the mountains, and as soon as the sun set, it was dark in the forest.

Anyway, they didn't decide to follow the dark clouds and go around, so they simply rested on the spot and returned directly to the optimal route tomorrow.

However, after thinking about it all night, the next day Song Xuan still asked Niu He to leave one person behind, and continued to follow the route of the dark clouds with one person on Teng Snake's side, so as to prevent that after reaching the grass tribe, there was still no trace of the dark clouds, which was double insurance.

Anyway, in the end, the grass tribe was used as a rallying point, so I didn't have to worry that they would miss it with everyone, so if I missed it, I would let the two go back to the cow tribe directly.

Returning to the route taken by Niu Cao, it was suddenly relaxed, and there was no need to detour in the mountains, but it was also easy to walk a lot, at least most of the places were still relatively spacious.

……

It's not that the dark clouds like to go around in the mountains, it's really that the people of the wolf tribe are not very familiar with this road, especially there is no reference around, and they can only rely on the sun to determine the direction.

Fortunately, in the general direction, there was no mistake, and the route was wrong, and several people from the wolf tribe did not dare to speak out, and even thought of a way to fool when the dark clouds asked.

I've been with Wuyun for so long, and a few people in the wolf tribe are still very clear about his temper, although it's much better now than at the beginning, but it's like this, if you know that you've been walking around in the mountains for most of the day, it's inevitable to be scolded.

Anyway, the dark clouds have never come, so it's up to them to say how to go, as long as they can finally bring him to the grass tribe.

However, in the middle of the way, the dark clouds still found clues, but because only a few of them can lead the way now, they endured it, after all, a few people don't look like they deliberately detoured, compared with the beginning, the dark clouds are indeed a lot more rational.

At this time, there are only these people left, and if there is a conflict, it is not a good thing for them, whether it is the next journey or the return to the tribe next year, but they need the people of the wolf tribe to take them away, even if there are more people in the black feather, at least during this time, they have to have a good relationship with a few people.

However, the dark clouds are still urging a few people to speed up their pace, first, winter is not far away, if you can't occupy the magpie's nest, you have to find a place to hide at that time, and secondly, judging from the performance of the Niu tribe, they obviously already know the general situation.

Combined with the news given by the wolf tribe, Wuyun probably guessed that these tribes should be participating in the exchange conference now, although I don't know where it was held, but the last time it was at the kite tribe, this time the farthest is the Teng snake.

When their leader returns, it will obviously be more difficult to deal with, not only are the dragons leaderless now, but the grass tribe that goes next is likely to not know their whereabouts, and it should just be a regular guard.

Now is the weakest moment for several tribes, and the further back they go, the more disadvantageous it will be for them, and the closer to winter, the more complete the tribe will be.

At one time, the dignified leader of the dark clouds also considered these problems.

After returning to the right route, the speed was really much faster, and after two days, he had already walked more than halfway, if it wasn't for the delay on the first day, he would basically be able to reach the grass tribe tomorrow.

Now Song Xuan only hopes that the dark clouds will continue to circulate, after all, the reaction speed of the Niu tribe is still very fast, and it only took two days in the middle, if the dark clouds are slower, maybe they can reach the grass tribe before them.

Teng Snake Tribe.

"Hey, why hasn't the oracle come back yet?"

“……”

Counting the days, some of Song Xuan's people have been away from Teng Snake for more than ten days, and according to the normal progress, they should have returned to the tribal vegetable market at this time, and they have not come back for such a long time, which really makes Shi Meng and them a little worried.

Shi Yong also brought the people of the wolf tribe back a few days ago, and there were no accidents in the middle, and it was very smooth from beginning to end, with basically no twists and turns.

After returning, they were involved in the construction of the snake, and the children were arranged to live in the courtyard.

Although not all the people of the wolf tribe support following the black feather to attack other tribes, after all, the matter has already happened, since there was no opposition at the time, it is obviously useless to talk about it now, but a large part of these women are from other tribes, among which there are many people from the kite and bear tribes.

At this time, when I saw my own people, I was naturally full of guilt, and the most uncomfortable thing was that the people who belonged to the wolf tribe before in the two tribes were sandwiched in the middle, but at this time, there were only three such people.

After all, the women of the wolf tribe are not the ones who directly violate Teng Snake, so even if they are captives, Teng Snake takes them into consideration first, and the few houses that have just been built are also told to live in them first.

As for how to deal with these people in the future, it is up to the divine envoy to come back and make a decision.