Chapter 204: The Settlement
Continuing to track, Ling Qingyun gained a deeper understanding of the savages.
At night, the wild people stopped moving forward and found a place to camp, their camp was also quite simple, but there were still basic patrols and sentinels, but they were all served by teenagers, what interested Ling Qingyun was that the wild people sprinkled a circle of green liquid on the edge of the camp, with a faint fragrance.
"Can you expel the beasts?" Ling Qingyun secretly thought, there were indeed very few beasts that invaded this night, and even the stalker with him was stained and had a relatively peaceful night.
The next day, the savage continued on the road, and there were two less walkers and two more corpses in the group—the invading beasts did not correspond to Ling Qingyun's encounter, but they were fatal to the savage boy.
"Did they bring back the corpse to be buried?, but so contemptuous......" Ling Qingyun couldn't help but frown as he watched the corpse of the wild man being dragged to the ground by his kindred, cut through the skin by thorns, and smashed through the head by stones, gradually becoming inhuman.
By a river, the wild man stopped, leaned down like a wild beast and gulped down the water on his body to give him a shout of joy, and the teenagers rarely joined in the cheerful atmosphere, except for the few who tended the prey and the carcass, and also joined in the unknown revelry.
Suddenly, the water splashed, like a crocodile not a crocodile beast out of the river, biting a wild man and dragging it into the water, the carnival stopped suddenly, a group of wild people swarmed up and fought with the beast, the blood stained the red river water, and finally the wild boar rider dragged the corpse of the beast ashore, raised it high and roared, and the surrounding wild people worshiped and cheered, and respected the brave like a god.
This strange beast is not weak, it can be included in the second-order demon beast level, so the wild people regard it as a treasure, and it is specially carried by adult wild people, to Ling Qingyun's consternation, this group of wild people actually eat its flesh raw, drink its blood, the rider who killed the strange beast also took out the bloody demon core from the head of the strange beast and licked it for a while, this scene was disgusting.
You must know that yesterday the wild people were still making a fire and roasting meat, but today they began to drink blood, which is difficult to understand and accept, and then they looked up to the sky and roared, their faces turned red, Ling Qingyun knew that it was caused by the blood and flesh of the alien beast being too replenished.
After a while, the savages began to cross the river, and Ling Qingyun saw monitor lizards, crocodiles, anacondas, and even sharks lurking in the river, but they were a little afraid of this mighty team that had just killed the strange beasts, and in the end, only one young savage was attacked and saved his life.
At this time, Ling Qingyun and Jin Xuanxuan were a little embarrassed, if they wanted to continue to track, they had to go into the water to cross the river, this was not a difficult thing, the underwater hunters were nothing to them, but they couldn't do it as silently as they did when they went into the water, and it was easy to be discovered by the savages, and if they went into the water too late, they might lose the savages.
In the end, the two decided not to startle the snake, thinking that the wild man would not hear the movement in the water before crossing the river, and on the way, a sword slashed and killed the anaconda to deter the beasts, and arrived on the other side without much waves.
After crossing the river, the two were about to investigate footprints or other traces, but they heard a rough singing and immediately smiled at each other.
"I think it's a lot more intimate now. Jin Xuanxuan said.
They caught up with the savages, and at noon, they saw the oldest of the group, praying to the heavens with open arms, cutting off a piece of meat from all their prey and putting it into a hollow in a tree, and then leaving cautiously.
"This tree hole ......" Ling Qingyun spied towards the entrance of the cave, and then his heart was shocked, he felt a dangerous aura that was enough to threaten his life, this small tree hole has powerful creatures lurking, it seems that the wild man has been worshipping this beast to avoid being attacked.
Even if it was the Arbaric Forest, even if the civilization was backward, Ling Qingyun had to admit that the savages knew a lot, they had a set of effective behaviors, and some seemingly strange behaviors were not for no reason.
For example, wiping the body with some kind of bug looks disgusting, but it removes the inexplicable red spots on their body and effectively treats skin diseases.
There was also a hoarse roar when passing through a certain woodland, this behavior calmed the strange bird that looked like a woodpecker, and after noticing the corpse of the monster beast in the strange bird's lair, Ling Qingyun determined that such a pacification was necessary.
Arriving at another great river, the wild man bleed the captured Spotted Ox alive, luring the Giant Tortoise, and striking a deal to make the Giant Tortoise carry them to the other side at the price of the Spotted Ox, a special relationship that is even more stunning.
I have to say that there are many dangers on this road, not to mention the ubiquitous poisonous insects and beasts, swamps, miasma, poisonous flowers, and marching ant colonies, which one is not fatal? But the savages all have the means to deal with it, but it opened the eyes of Ling Qingyun and Jin Xuanxuan, who followed behind, but unfortunately they couldn't copy many methods, so they could only rely on their strength to break through, but nothing happened.
"It's been two days and two nights, and there are so many dangers on the way, and more than a dozen wild people have died......" Jin Xuanxuan frowned: "Why did they go so far to hunt, where is there no prey in the Arbarium Forest?"
"It may be a custom that the so-called rabbit does not eat the grass next to the nest, so that the evil is far away from the tribe, and it is also used to exercise its ability. Ling Qingyun said: "Actually, there is a doorway on this road, and it is not too many for them to take this road and kill a dozen people, if they break into a Jedi like us, there is a possibility of falling into a Jedi and provoking high-level demon beasts, and then the loss will be several times greater than that of a dozen people, and even the entire army will be wiped out." ”
Jin Xuanxuan thought about it and nodded in agreement.
On the third day, another large team of savages came to converge under the leadership of the green wolf riders, what made Ling Qingyun care was that this team dragged more corpses, and forced a dozen savages with extremely harsh attitudes with slightly different skin colors and clothing from them, these dozen or so people had expressions of fear or anger, but their faces all had dark cross scars without exception.
There were also adults in this group of savages, but they were treated worse than the young savages, they were unarmed, they carried the heaviest cargo, the caretakers beat and scolded from time to time, the rattan whipped them so that they were bloody, and even the young savages could scorn them when they walked by, spitting, insulting, beating, venting their dissatisfaction with being oppressed by the adult savages, but this group of people could only endure humiliation, and if they resisted, they would be severely beaten.
"They are...... Slave?" Ling Qingyun's heart shook violently, this was obvious, it was just that in the Qinghe Continent, slaves had been abolished for thousands of years.
"It seems that there is also war among the savages, and the relationship is very bad. Ling Qingyun was worried, originally he just saw the wild man Ru Mao drinking blood, the style was vulgar, and the weak preyed on the strong, but now seeing their attitude towards the alien race, he understood that the possibility of friendly communication was even slimmer, they were like this to other wild people, and when he saw him, an outsider, he was only afraid that he would be regarded as an alien and would be caught as a slave!
"I don't think even if you attack them, it's not evil. Jin Xuanxuan said softly, this group of savages is even worse than robbers.
However, at this time, even if they wanted to make a move, the time was too late, three late stage of the Stone Spirit Realm, more than thirty Stone Spirit Realm, plus more than two hundred thousand forging realm opponents...... Even Ling Qingyun didn't dare to say that he would win, and it was even more impossible to kill them all.
There was almost no danger along the way, Ling Qingyun, who was following the team that afternoon, heard the cheers of the savages, and even saw the silhouette of the building looming in the mist, he took a deep breath, and the savage tribe finally appeared in front of him!
The primitive stone houses, the simple fences, at a glance, knew that the civilization level of the savage tribe was far from that of the villages in Senzhou, Ling Qingyun saw that the savages divided into two groups after cheering, a small part entered the stronghold in front of him, and most of them bypassed the stronghold and continued to advance.
Soon, cheers were heard from the tribe, and the backs of the large army disappeared in the fog.
"It seems that this tribe has more than one settlement, but it is not too far away, and this large area should be safe. Thinking so, Ling Qingyun stopped here and did not continue to track the large army, because the trees here were sparse and very empty, and it was difficult to ensure that he would not be discovered if he continued to track.
Hidden in the woods, he and Jin Xuanxuan observed the settlement in front of them for a while, and found that this settlement is not small, it can accommodate at least five hundred people according to the specifications of Senzhou villages, there are five exits, the fence is arranged randomly and irregularly, there are a few young savages patrolling, and occasionally female savages leave with clay pots to bring back clear water or wild fruits, and they don't seem to have any plans to go out.
As for the more in-house scenes, they are shrouded in fog and difficult to peek into.
"I haven't found much for the time being, but there are no wild beasts here, so I can rest for the time being. Ling Qingyun said to Jin Xuanxuan, so the two of them temporarily settled near this cruel wild tribe, simply took some wild fruits and dried meat that were determined to be non-toxic to satisfy their hunger, and spent the rest of the time keeping an eye on the exit of this settlement to observe the whereabouts of the wild man.
"Maybe you can hide it like this until the fog dissipates......" Jin Xuanxuan muttered.
"There is no prey in the vicinity, and it is difficult to sustain the needs of wild fruits alone, and it is possible to be found after a long time. Ling Qingyun shook his head, he hoped to find out the secrets of the Savage Tribe as soon as possible and leave the land of right and wrong, it was necessary to maintain his physical strength in the event of danger at any time, food was limited, the shorter the time, the better.
Continuing to observe, Ling Qingyun found that the savages here did not carry positioning stones when they went out to fetch water, but they could still find their way in the mist, and if they looked closely, it turned out that there were many marks carved on the ground and trees, which could guide them to the water source and fruit forest in the mist, and what made Ling Qingyun even more pleased was that he successfully found other settlements by analyzing the mark information, so that he could walk through this area without having to keep an eye on the savages and settlements!
"Well, then the range of action will also increase, and the possibility of exposure will be greatly reduced. Ling Qingyun couldn't help but smile, he and Jin Xuanxuan turned around a few times, almost understanding this area: this is an overall elliptical, with large rivers flowing through the area, the trees have become sparse from the periphery, the shrubs are basically cut down to avoid insects and beasts lurking, there are seven savage settlements in the outermost outermost area, the population should be between three hundred and one thousand, and there are more settlements in the inner perimeter, these settlements are relatively small, the estimated population ranges from 100 to 1,000 people according to the scale, and there is a largest settlement in the center, just like a city, with a population of more than 20,000 people!
In this way, the settlements are dotted around, and the whole tribe is formed in the special open space of this barren forest.
"In this way, the number of savages is fifty thousand, if you say the least!" Ling Qingyun was secretly frightened, if you look at the size of the hunting team, fifty thousand savages means five thousand adult savages in the Stone Spirit Realm, and the savage elites in the late stage of the Five Hundred Stone Spirit Realm, no matter how strong the Golden Body Realm thinks, it is even more difficult to imagine how many strong people there are within the tribe.
At present, there are a small number of sentry guards in each settlement, and there are several teams led by riders patrolling the entire savage tribe area, and the more inward the trees are covered, the stronger the vigilance, Ling Qingyun spent five days only to basically explore this area, but he was not able to enter any tribe to explore.
On this day, Ling Qingyun, who was hiding in the tree, saw several adult savages passing under the tree, but was taken aback by their conversation!