Chapter 148: The Interrupted Banquet

Zhang Yue cured Caini's mother, and the news spread, and his surroundings were suddenly filled with people who came to seek medical treatment.

Evie's tribe was so poor that she lost a large number of young and strong people in the war, and was driven away from the land where she had lived for generations, leaving her to live temporarily in the barren mountains.

There are too many rocks and tree roots in the soil here to cultivate, so in order to make a living, most of the remaining strong laborers go to the city to work, and the money earned is used to subsidize the livelihood of the tribesmen.

Most of the people in the valley are women, old and young, and many are sick due to malnutrition and hard work.

There is no hospital to treat the disease, so you can only rely on Nak's herbs, which can only deal with some minor diseases, and serious illnesses like Caini's mother can only be left to fate.

Zhang Yue relied on the Dan furnace and cured all the serious illnesses in the tribe in a few hours, which made Nak admire like a god.

Wherever Zhang Yue goes now, the gray-haired Nack will follow diligently with the medicine box on his back, busy doing chores.

Every time Zhang Yue "refined" a medicine, Nak would use a charred branch to record in detail on a rag, which herbs were used, the proportion of dosage, and the method of refining.

Zhang Yue Khan, Nak used the method he recorded to refine the elixir, and it would be one hundred percent of the time to fail, should I tell him.

In the evening, a rare banquet is held in the tribe.

It was their first banquet since they left their homeland.

The food is not abundant, except for wild vegetables and mushrooms, even roasted corn has become a rare delicacy.

Zhang Yue was a distinguished guest, and the tribesmen served him the best food, a bunch of barbecue beetles.

Beetles as big as olives were skewered on wooden skewers, their shells were blackened, and Zhang Yue had no appetite no matter how fragrant they were.

handed it to Xiao Caini next to him, and gestured and said, "Give it to you." ”

Cai Ni shook her head, but she couldn't control her saliva.

Evie smiled, reached for the grilled beetle skewers, plucked them one by one, peeled off the shells with her hands, revealed the snow-white, steaming flesh, and stuffed it into Zeni's mouth.

The little girl chewed heavily, her mouth full of oil.

"This roasted beetle looks ugly, but it's actually quite fragrant, I'll bake you another skewer." ”

"No, give it to the children, I'm happier to watch them eat. ”

"Hmm. ”

Evie roasted beetles over the charcoal fire, the flickering light of the fire reflected on the side of her face.

Around the bonfire, the people danced, and some beat drums made of bark to the accompaniment.

Singing and laughter echoed in the valley.

"It's been a long time since you've been so happy, thank you. Evie said suddenly.

"Did you often meet like this before?"

Evie's face showed a look of fascination: "Yes, at that time we lived by the Holy Lake, and this kind of banquet was held several times a month. When the sun sets on the waters of the sacred lake, the hunters return, and those who stay at home prepare a bonfire, around which they sing, dance, and drink their own wine. ”

Evie's voice suddenly choked up, and she couldn't go on.

"I'm sorry I said another upset. She quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Zhang Yue looked at Evie, then at the people who were singing and dancing, and said: "I will go to the Holy Lake early tomorrow morning, for the sake of safety, you don't need to contact Tianqi again, if they find your people, just say that I went to retreat and cultivate, and you don't know the location, everything will be said when I come back." ”

"I see, I wish you all the best, and the Heavenly Feather God will bless you. ”

"Tianyu God, is it the god you believe in?"

"Yes, legend has it that our ancestors were brought to this land by the Heavenly Feather God, who lived in the Holy Lake, and our ancestors lived around the Holy Lake, and then slowly migrated to form the Suya Kingdom. ”

"What about the caretakers?"

"They are the attendants of the Heavenly Feather God, and they have taken care of the temple since the Heavenly Feather God left, looking forward to the day when the Heavenly Feather God returns. The martial arts of our tribe were passed down from the caretakers. ”

"What does the Heavenly Feather God look like, are there any paintings or anything like that?"

"Yes. ”

From her bosom, Evie pulled out a quaint parchment booklet, a martial technique that had been passed down from generation to generation by her clan, and was said to have come from the Caretaker's family.

Flipping the cover, the first page is a painting.

"This is the Heavenly Feather God. ”

Zhang Yue's heart was shocked, the picture depicted by the rough lines seemed to him to be a portrait of a crane walking on a crane, but the proportions of the crane's wings were a little exaggerated.

"Hopefully, one day, the Heavenly Feather God will come back and let us go back to our old lives. When my father died, I was bent on revenge, but now I just want the rest of my people to have a better life. ”

"There will be a day. ”

"Really?"

Zhang Yue nodded: "Really." ”

"I'll wait. ”

The moon was rising higher and higher, but the red bonfire was getting smaller, and the party was coming to an end.

Evie lent her tent to Zhang Yue to rest, and he was about to say goodbye to rest, when suddenly there was a panicked cry among the tribesmen.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yue asked Evie.

Evie pointed to the mountain next to her and said, "Beacon fire!

There was an unusually bright cluster of fire on the peak, which had just been ignited.

"Do you have a place to retreat?"

"Yes. ”

"Let the people withdraw first, and the two of us will go and see the enemy's situation. ”

"Good. ”

Evie gave a few words to the people, who were no strangers to fleeing, and packed up the necessary packages as fast as they could, and supported each other to flee to the end of the valley, where a path led deep into the mountains.

Evie pulled her legs and ran towards the mountain, and before she could take a few steps, Zhang Yue caught up from behind, and a gust of wind blew, and Evie's body lightened, and Zhang Yue grabbed her arm and went up the steep hill like a whirlwind.

It felt like a cloud, and I reached the top of the mountain in less than a minute.

Zhang Yue let go of his hand, and Evie was stunned for a moment before coming back to her senses.

Evie is a junior martial artist, she feels that Zhang Yue's martial arts cultivation is higher than her, but she didn't expect it to be so high, looking at the speed of climbing the mountain just now, he is at least the realm of a martial arts master.

Two young tribesmen were in charge of guarding the beacon, and when they saw Evie, they hurriedly pointed out the enemy's location.

The beacon fire was strategically positioned, on this side of the ridgeline, the light of the fire was blocked by the mountain peak, and it was not visible from the direction of the enemy.

By the bright moonlight, you can see a group of people and horses marching with torches on the mountain road a few kilometers away.

The tribal youth handed Evie a night vision binocular.

"The Nanxing people, and those doglegs of the Kukan tribe. Evie took one look and said through gritted teeth.

Zhang Yue didn't need a telescope to see clearly, those people were loaded with guns and ammunition, riding horses. Most of them were indigenous, two or three hundred, but there were also dozens of whites, who were small in number, but seemed to be the leaders of the procession.