Chapter 6 Caravans
Entering the stone house, the high priest first looked at Hong Jun, and was a little surprised, because Hong Jun's body looked much healthier than a month ago, and he no longer looked sick. If he were only six or seven years old, no one would doubt it.
"Have you cultivated the Great Desolation Burning Body Sutra?" the high priest asked.
"Yes, High Priest. Hong Jun replied, and said, "But the cultivation effect is very poor, and there is not much progress in a month, but the amount of food is a little larger." ”
"You can see it. The high priest laughed, he was unconsciously influenced by Hong Jun, treated Hong Jun as an adult, and said in a very different tone, saying: "It's also a good thing to have a large amount of food, and you will grow if you can eat." This is actually the benefit of cultivating the Great Wilderness Burning Body Sutra. ”
Hong Jun looked at the old man in front of him with a solemn expression and said, "High Priest, I want to learn from you." ”
"Oh?" the high priest was not surprised, and asked rhetorically, "what do you want to learn?"
"The written calendar, the healing medicine, the identification of herbs, and the exotic beasts in the mountains and forests, as long as the high priest knows you, I will learn it. Hong Jun replied seriously. He was anxious to know everything about this world, and the most knowledgeable of the entire tribe was the High Priest, just by looking at the rows of bookshelves in the room.
Hong Jun didn't really want to be a priest, what he needed was priestly knowledge. The ultimate goal is to cultivate the Great Wilderness Burning Body Sutra and solve the energy problem of the light brain. Of course, it would be better if the high priest was willing to teach himself the recipe of the fire god anointing. You may not need the recipe now, but in the future, you may be able to find another way to get the raw materials for the Vulcan ointment.
The high priest didn't know what Hong Jun was thinking, since Hong Jun learned to write one day, he was waiting for this day to come. Hong Jun came here to find him today, this move is by no means something that ordinary children can do, which makes him strengthen his idea of accepting Hong Jun as a disciple.
"I will teach you all this, but you forgot the most important thing you said before, and that is the ritual of presiding over the sacrifice, which is the first thing that priests must learn. The high priest said with a smile, but he didn't think that in fact, this was because Hong Jun deliberately ignored the sacrificial code.
Hong Jun lowered his head and said, "Yes, High Priest." ”
Every afternoon after that, Hong Jun would go to the high priest to study for an hour.
The high priest really deserves to be the most knowledgeable person in the Shaoyan Department, and he is also the person who knows the surrounding mountains and forests the most, he has spent his whole life in the great wilderness, I don't know how many battles he has experienced, coupled with the written inheritance of generations of priests, he knows the great wilderness well, from a huge mountain bear as big as a mountain, to a weed that is only the size of a finger, and the high priest can recognize it.
In the afternoon of this day, Hong Jun was cultivating the Great Wilderness Burning Body Sutra at home, and after experiencing the two heavens of ice and fire again, Hong Jun felt that his strength had improved a little again.
Wiping away his sweat and putting on his clothes, Hong Jun looked at the black clay pot in his hand, the Vulcan ointment in it had been almost used by him, and the remaining amount was only enough for him to use it again.
"Alas......" Hong Jun sighed helplessly, recently he has been used to relying on the Vulcan ointment to exercise, forming a dependence, and he feels a little inseparable from it.
"After tomorrow, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. ”
"Woo......"
Suddenly, the tribe sounded a low horn, Hong Jun ran out of the door, only to see a soldier standing guard on the three-zhang high watchtower at the entrance of the village shouting loudly: "There is a large group of men and horses coming, there are a lot of people!"
The whole tribe was churning like a boiling pot, the men grabbed their weapons and went straight to the entrance of the village, and the women picked up their children and hid in the house. Burning Ember rode a black beast that looked like a tiger and leopard and rushed out of the house like a gust of wind, and there was a roar from all around the tribe, and hundreds of warriors rode various mounts, lions, tigers, cows and wolves, following the fierce mountain ember to gather into a long dragon and rush out of the tribe.
Outside the village, I saw a group of people and horses walking out of the path in the mountains and forests from a distance, their speed was very slow, the number was about five hundred, and there were dozens of huge rhinoceros-like beasts in the team, carrying heavy goods on their backs, and under the drive of the people, they slowly approached the Shaoyan Department.
Hong Jun recognized this beast as a thick-haired ancient rhino, commonly known as a pack beast. The pack beast is a very tame beast, although the speed is slow, but the strength is incomparable, the endurance is excellent, the thick long hair on the body makes them not afraid of wind and rain, the most suitable for walking and transporting goods in the complex terrain of the great wilderness.
Pack beasts are the most important means of transportation for the Great Wilderness caravan, without them, there would be no caravan.
"It's a caravan. Someone shouted.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw these dozens of pack beasts, and then became excited, the arrival of the caravan meant that they could exchange for many good things and improve their lives.
The caravan was getting closer and closer, and the pack beast led by it had no goods on its back, but a carriage, protected by four knights beside it, and a sturdy middle-aged man who looked like a human race got out of the carriage and shouted loudly from afar: "Ember of the Burning Mountain, it's me!
Lieshan Ember was overjoyed, jumped off his mount and walked out of the village, Lao Yuan opened his arms, and smiled happily: "Jiang Hao, it turned out to be you kid, you haven't come here for so many years, I thought it was a guy who didn't want to die." The middle-aged man also jumped off the roof of the car and stepped forward to give a bear hug to the Burning Mountain Ember.
Hong Jun in the tribe heard the word "Jiang Hao", and immediately guessed the identity of the other party, and sure enough, his mother Jiang Ji rushed out of the house at once, the speed was very fast, and the clansmen felt that a gust of wind was blowing by, and after a few ups and downs, Jiang Xi had already fallen in front of the middle-aged man, and shouted excitedly: "Big brother." ”
"Little sister. Jiang Hao looked at his sister, saw that she had not changed, nodded with satisfaction, stepped forward and hugged her, and then let go.
The arrival of the caravan caused a sensation throughout the tribe, dozens of pack beasts entered the village, and every household took out the fur and bones that had been treasured for a long time in exchange for what they needed, weapons, cloth, and salt, and both sides took what they needed, and everyone was happy.
Jiang Hao's status was very high, and this caravan belonged to his family, but he did not personally manage the trade, but handed it over to a caravan leader. He came to the Shaoyan Department just to meet his sister. Jiang Xi also entered the Great Wilderness with this caravan back then, and originally just wanted to experience it, but he has always stayed in the Shaoyan Department and has not left yet.
The husband and wife led Jiang Hao home, and when they saw Hong Jun standing at the door, Jiang Hao couldn't help but be stunned, and asked in surprise: "Little sister, this won't be my nephew lying on the bed, right?"
"Big brother, it's him, his name is Hong Jun, and it's been more than half a year since he woke up. Jiang Ji smiled and introduced: "Hong Jun, don't come over to see your uncle soon." ”
Hong Jun stepped forward and shouted, "Uncle." ”
Looking closely, Hong Jun found that Jiang Hao's appearance was five points similar to his mother, handsome and extraordinary, outsiders knew at a glance that they were brother and sister, and even he and he were a little similar.
Jiang Hao was pleasantly surprised, it was not the first time he came to Shaoyan Department, he had seen Hong Jun when he came a few times before, but Hong Jun was lying on the bed at that time and didn't know what was going on, he thought that Hong Jun might be no longer there when he came again this time, but he didn't expect to be standing alive in front of him now.
"Okay, good!" Jiang Hao applauded, obviously happy for his sister, he touched his body for a while, turned around and jumped into the pack beast carriage behind him, and when he came out, he had an extra long knife in his hand, and said with a smile: "You call me uncle, then you can't call it in vain, this is a good hundred refining iron knife, even in Dachu, it is a rare good weapon, give it to you as a meeting gift." ”
Hong Jun didn't take over immediately, but looked at his mother.
Jiang Xi smiled: "You are your uncle's kindness, accept it." The Burning Mountain Ember on the side looked a little hot, and hurriedly shouted: "Hong Jun, don't take it quickly." ”
"Thank you, uncle. Hong Jun took the long knife, his hand sank and almost fell to the ground, only then did he know that the weight of this long knife was not light.
This long knife is obviously specially made for the people of the Lieshan clan, choking, Hong Jun pulled out the knife with some difficulty, and found that the blade was more than four feet long, almost the same as his own height, the blade was four fingers wide, one finger thick, the cold light was pressing, the arc of the blade was extremely small, if it was not for only one side of the blade, the tip of the knife was obliquely opened, it looked more like a sword.
Hong Jun secretly weighed it, the whole knife weighed about thirty pounds, and he couldn't help but shake his head, this knife was too heavy, and it was a little difficult for him to even hold it, let alone swing it. It seems that in a short period of time, I will not need this long knife.
"Good sword!" Blazing Mountain Ember exclaimed, and with his eyes, he could naturally see how good a weapon was or what it was.
At this time, Jiang Hao also saw that Hong Jun's body was not as strong as the average Lieshan clan, and it might not be suitable for this knife, but he had already sent it out, so naturally there was no reason to recycle it.
When the family entered the house, Jiang Hao's four guards were arranged to rest, and Jiang Hao asked about the situation of her mother's family, and Jiang Hao patiently replied, making her sometimes sad and crying, and sometimes laughing happily. Soon after, Lieshan Feng also returned home from the priest, and Jiang Hao had also seen him the last time he came, and he had also given a well-made leather armor as a gift.