Chapter 266: The four tribes on the way.
Meng was walking off towards evening, and the night was not suitable for him to walk. A group of people stayed by a small lake for a night, and did not enter the dense forest until dawn to search for the Red Leaf Valley.
Yan Mo had something on his mind and was not sleeping soundly. He thought Yuan Zhan would come back when he went, but he waited until midnight. As soon as Yuan Zhan appeared beside him, he opened his eyes sensitively.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Yuan Zhan rubbed his face, took off his coat, slipped away, lifted the quilt and drilled into Yan Mo's bed.
Dda, sleeping in the corner, opened his eyes and saw Yuan Zhan, he muttered, turning over and sleeping again.
DHe and Ding Fei, who were in charge of keep watch, sat at the entrance of the tent and looked inside without saying anything.
Yan Mo got used to this man drilling the bed. He was too lazy to drive him out again. He didn't get up. He lay half-closed-eyed and asked him in a low voice, "What do you see? Who's staring at us?"
Yuan Zhan arched in his quilt and forced Yan Mo to give him a large piece of quilt. He sided, hugged the teenager with one hand, and whispered, "Don't worry, it's a group of big monkeys."
"Big monkey? How big is it?
"Almost as big as people, and some are taller than me."
"Do they have tails?"
Yuan Zhan thought about it, but he really didn't pay much attention to it. "It seems that they didn't. They are used to living in trees, and I saw their nests in trees."
"What are their b.u.t.ts like?"
"How do I know what their b.u.t.ts look like? Who's going to stare at the b.u.t.tocks of a bunch of monkeys? You and I would like to see it carefully... Oh! Easy."
Yan Mo retracted his bent knee. "Big, no tail, 90% chance they are not monkeys, apes, apes."
Yuan Zhan rubbed his lower body and said in surprise, "Apes? Are they human, too? But they really look a little like people, just a little more hairy."
Yan Mo chuckles. “They're not human. They're just called apes, but genetically they're closer to humans than monkeys. You can call them gorillas. What color are the apes' hair?
"Maybe it's black or red? The moonlight is not very good tonight, and the woods are too dense to see clearly."
Yan Mo asked about the traits of the seen apes, probably with points in his mind, "Did you see them using tools?"
"No, just a group of big tailless monkeys." Yuan Zhan did not take this group of apes seriously. His eyes were half closed. He followed the big monkeys for half a night and kept on walking during the day. He was very tired.
Yan Mo is not so sure. There are intelligent creatures like Jiu Feng and Tian-Wu. It's really hard for him to believe that a group of apes with a higher IQ than monkeys who can still tail after them are just ordinary apes. If it was an ordinary ape, how could it be possible to follow so many people for two consecutive days? And they haven't gone deep into the dense forest yet, and the apes' vigilance is too high.
"Better double the watch." Yan Mo wants to sit up.
Yuan Zhan held him down and refused to let him get up. As soon as he lifted his thighs, he grabbed him at the same time. "I said, you don't have to worry about that. When I came back, I told Shen-Gu that he would send extra people to watch the night in the second half of the night."
"That's good." Yan Mo, who couldn't sleep, suspected Yuan Zhan of having a high body temperature and wanted to kick him off, but the b.a.s.t.a.r.d hugged him so tightly that he struggled several times without breaking free. Later, he scolded him and went straight to sleep.
Yuan Zhan also picked Yan Mo up and pulled him in his arms in his sleep. He held him half-hugged and half-pressed in a despotic way. He doesn't snore very much. He just has a long breath when he falls asleep.
Yan Mo had an odd dream in the middle of the night, in which he was an egg. A huge brutal-looking beast always pulled him under his belly and pressed him down. Like an incubating bird, he struggled several times to roll out and was pulled back by the palm of the beast.
Yan Mo shouted in the eggsh.e.l.l and tried to break the sh.e.l.l and leave the incubator and woke up when he dreamed that he was struggling to break the sh.e.l.l.
At this time, the sky also dawned.
Yan Mo wakes up and Yuan Zhan opens his eyes and complains, "What are you doing in my arms at night? You're hardened."
Yan Mo graciously reached out and pinched it. "Go pee! Dare to harden to me and I will chop your thing!"
Yuan Zhan gave a very lewd moan. He wanted to do something, but there was a voice outside. Everyone was up. Someone had already started to make breakfast. He was waiting for his breakfast to start. As Chief, of course, he could not stay in the tent anymore. He pinched the evil-hearted Priest of his family. After that, I couldn't hold my breath. I jumped up and ran out of the tent in a hurry. After a while, there was a rushing sound of releasing water.
Yan Mo turned his head and saw a pair of underwear. When he remembered that the animal ran out like this without wearing anything, he could not help scolding, "Savage!"
Except for Yan Mo, who thought Yuan Zhan was acting like a savage, none of the others felt so wrong when they saw their Chief coming out in such a blatant light.
The weather has gradually warmed up. A skirt is enough for strong people. And because the fur is not rich enough, not all of the 1,500 people can wrap up fur coats. Most of the warriors are wrapped around a piece of fur around their waist.
Some people see Chief DRen urinating three miles in the wind. They are envious and jealous. Some bold women have already pushed each other in a sort of you push me and I pushed you, and they laugh at each other with Chief's greatness.
Women and children are much livelier than when they first set out. Although they are tired, they are the most cared for group. No one, Yuan Zhan or the kind-hearted young priest, sees them as slaves or burdens, nor does anyone force them to sleep with them or kill them as food or other atrocities.
Ding Fei DRen said that the Jiu Yuan had no slaves. Maybe what he said was true? Ding Fei DRen also said that as long as they worked hard and did some long-term work for a period of time, they would be able to pay off the red salt owed to the tribe, and then after the tribe's test, they could become real tribal people. And Ding Ning DRen also says that even if they work long hours, they don't have to worry about hunger, and there will be ready-made stone houses.
DHe DRen, however, said in a break that as long as they were loyal to Priest DRen and Chief and pa.s.sed the tribal test, they would not have to work long hours to become the real people of the tribe.
Because of these news, the 1,500 people are full of hope for the future and don't feel bitter in their journey. On the way, they cooperate with each other and hardly see any spikes. When women and children began to relax, there was gradually laughter in the team, not to mention running away.
Before departure in the morning, Yan Mo called DHe, Ding Ning, and Ding Fei and whispered something to them. "From now on, you can slowly reveal the rules of the tribe to them on the way. If they don't understand, they can patiently explain them."
"Yes." All three of them are consciously responsible and serious.
Dda stood guard beside him, his eyes had been squinting at the three including DHe. He was learning secretly and quickly, but he did not tell anyone, he waited for the future in order to amaze the teenager, as long as he thought that the teenager was amazed and full of praise, he was proud to flick his tail.
"Ding Ning, you take those old and weak women and children with you. In addition to paying attention to their food, shelter, transportation and physical health, you should also pay attention to not letting those warriors contact them too much. Before that, we had to go all the way. Some people had no energy and time even if they had ideas, but when we entered the dense forest, we had more rest time, and compared them in the forest. Depression, people's emotions will change, some of the cruel nature of the people will not be able to control themselves, then, if there is a forced rape or injurious situation, you cannot deal with, must tell me, this kind of thing can never be concealed, understand?”
Ding Ning put the emphasis on "Mo DRen, you can rest a.s.sured that I will look after them."
Yan Mo told Yuan Zhan the same thing, asking him to command and warn the warrior leaders to restrain their men.
Even if he's prepared for the rain.
No rules, no square circle, 1500 people here is no longer a small team, the original Yuan Ji Tribe is only so many people, but so many people are not of the same race, the same tribe, even speak the same language and they are not all connected, on the way to nothing, once an accident may become a major event, They will not have to be attacked by The Moer-Gan and the savage tribes along the way, and they will be able to collapse from within themselves.
For this reason, Yan Mo was cautious and wary. Within a few days, he had already conveyed several rules to everyone.
Yan Mo shouted at Yuan Zhan, took out a piece of animal hide and unfolded, "This is the picture Meng drew before he left. Salt Mountain is here. The red leaf valley they went to is still on the edge of the dense forest, but the forest between the salt mountain and the mangrove valley is very dense. If we are not afraid to meet the Moer-Gan team, we can enter the dense forest according to the marks left by the Salt Mountain Tribesmen. Since they left the marks behind, the road should be safer than other places.
"What do you think?" Yuan Zhan asked as he looked at the picture.
"My idea is to risk walking through the dense forest to the Red Leaf Valley. We might as well go along the edge of the dense forest like this until we find the mark left by The Salt Mountain Tribesmen. Then we look for the Red Leaf Valley, according to the mark, so that our loss of time may be smaller."
"If we come across the Moer-Gan People who came to attack the Salt Mountain Tribesmen?"
"This is where I have a headache. What do you think?"
Yuan Zhan directly summoned Shen-Gu and other leaders, and put the two choices in front of the leaders, so that they could express their own ideas.
The other leaders have not yet understood the nature of Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo meaning by inviting them to partic.i.p.ate or say their ideas, and are not too daring to speak, but Shen-Gu first opened his mouth, he said: "I have an idea, so Red Leaf Valley is very safe? The Salt Mountain Tribesmen hide there. Can the Moer-Gan People not find them?”
Yan Mo responded cautiously, "It's possible if they don't have the Moer-Gan spy among them anymore."
Everyone knows what a spy means. Shen-Gu frowned. "It's more troublesome to have a spy. There's no best way to defend against those kinds of people. If the Salt Mountain Tribesmen can stay in the Red Leaf Valley for a while, we can go through the dense woods first, and wait until we settle down and send someone back to pick them up. After all, our main purpose is to cross the dense forest and climb the mountain to the other side of the open land.”
Yuan Zhan looked at other people. Some of the other leaders echoed the ideas as Shen-Gu. Others looked at the faces of the two men and said they would pick up the Salt Mountain Tribesmen first.
Yan Mo knows that Shen-Gu and others probably don't want to spend time and risk looking for the Salt Mountain Tribesmen first.
"Shen-Gu, you've seen the map. If you think about it carefully, you'll find that we're not far from the Red Leaf Valley if we just go through the dense forest." Yan Mo squatted on the ground and put out a map of the area again.
"There is a transverse mountain range between the dense forest and the broad land. You can think of it as two mountains. There is a gap between the two mountains. We are going to reach the broad land through this gap, and it is almost a straight line from the Red Leaf Valley to the gap. From where we are now, the gap is a long diagonal line. This road may be a little closer than the one we took first to the Red Leaf Valley and then to the dense forest, but it's not too close.”
Shen-Gu did not flinch because of Yan Mo's ident.i.ty as a priest. He calmly stated the fact: "But there is also a danger that the Moer-Gan happens to catch up with us when we take a detour."
Yuan Zhan slapped his thigh and everyone looked at him. "Mo, Shen-Gu, you all missed the most important point. We are not familiar with the dense forest terrain, and we have no idea what dangers there are. Whether we go to pick up the Salt Mountain Tribesmen or later, we have to solve this problem.”
Yan Mo murmured, "Indeed, if the journey path is not familiar, it's too dangerous to take more than 1,000 people directly through the dense forest, not to mention the swamp mist or anything. People are easy to get lost in the dense forest, and they will be spotted by a large group of wild animals."
After some discussion, it was decided by Yuan Zhan that: we should first walk along the edge of the dense forest, and wait until we find the mark left by The Salt Mountain Tribesmen, we will follow the mark to find the Red Leaf Valley. If we can settle down so many of us there, we should settle down first and send someone else to explore the way. If you meet the Moer-Gan team on the way, all the others follow Priest DRen to hide in the dense forest except Shen-Gu's team.
There's no better way to do it. It's the only way to do it for the time being.
Jiu Feng can't help it. It used to be so big that it was difficult to play in the woods. Now it can shrink its size. How can he let go of the chance of exploring the dense woods? Having had enough rest on Yan Mo's head, he said things Yan Mo and flew into the dense forest to bully the birds, animals, insects and trees inside.
Because there is no road to go, in order to speed up, Yuan Zhan always cleared the road ahead, removed trees, fills pits, and has to identify swamps and mud ponds. One day, the most tired of all is Yuan Zhan.
Yan Mo doesn't want to do that. If it was an ordinary period, he would let everyone follow suit to help, cut thorns and open up roads. He would not let anyone sit idle. Yuan Zhan would do more to help. Otherwise, for a long time, everyone will take Yuan Zhan's hard work for granted.
At first, when Yuan Zhan did this, Shen-Gu and others were deeply panicked. They always wanted to do something to help Yuan Zhan. But when they found out that they were just doing the wrong thing, they thought they might as well keep up with the whole team and make sure that no one is left behind. That was their greatest contribution. They didn't have much to do, but then everyone looked at Yuan Zhan with looks of admiration and grat.i.tude.
But as time went by, worship and grat.i.tude continued, but panic and anxiety gradually disappeared.
Yan Mo has been secretly observing this 1,500 people. At first, everyone was so corrupt, need a scold to do things, and no one can see who is good or bad, but over time, coupled with their "goodness", some people's true face gradually exposed.
DHe saw something wrong and wanted to be warned in advance and was stopped by Yan Mo.
He would like to see what Shen-Gu and other warrior leaders have learned, and how the rules have been conveyed and understood by them and how would they enforce the rules to deal with some people, which is perfectly justifiable.
Yuan Zhan didn't say anything about it and didn't know if he could see it, but Yan Mo was doubtful that he had seen it. He was just holding back and waiting for a big move.
Yuan Zhan is a very tolerant person. He is not really suitable for using more abilities now. If Yan Mo hadn't helped him with ma.s.sage and acupuncture every night, his abilities would probably have improved by another 1st Rank.
But his body can't withstand so much overflow of energy. As Mo said, his body capacity is only 6th Rank energy. 7th Rank he is now is already dangerous. Once he leaps to 8th Rank, he may be able to see the energy in his body break his body.
If it had been before, he would have been patient and would not let anyone see his weakness, but now...
Since knowing that Yan Mo had lived a lifetime in his dream and lived to 39 years old, Yuan Zhan felt that it was nothing to show weakness in front of him. When he first volunteered to tell Yan Mo that he was not feeling well and hoped that Yan Mo could help him to recuperate his body, his Priest DRen not only helped him with acupuncture, but also gave him a ma.s.sage.
The ma.s.sage was so comfortable that he felt his soul flying into the sky.
From then on, he knew that it was good for him to show weakness occasionally in front of his priest.
So somebody starts looking for opportunities to act up as "frail" from time to time.
For example, at this time.
Yuan Zhan raised his hand and ordered local rest.
When Shen-Gu and others were alerted to the surroundings, the tall young man Chief looked very energetic. When he came to Yan Mo, his body was shaking slightly and his face was weary.
"If the map scale is correct, we can get to the edge of the dense forest nearest to the salt mountain in two days at most. Calculate the time. The Moer-Gan should be there if he sends someone over." Yuan Zhan said as he sat on the ground.
Yan Mo pinched his shoulder and neck. "Tired?"
"Well, it's okay." He said he was okay but he was already lying on the teenager's thighs. "It's a bit of a headache. I feel like I'm going to upgrade again."
"No upgrade, you have to try to suppress it." Yan Mo did not push him aside, and the young man could see a strong blue color now.
Yuan Zhan muttered, "I know, but I'm afraid I can't control it. If I die...
"Shut up! You can live for at least a thousand years! I'll give you a ma.s.sage for a while. You'll feel better."
"Okay." Yuan Zhan held back the laughter from his mouth and answered lazily.
Yan Mo rubbed the acupoint on his head and saw his expression gradually relaxed. When no one noticed, he released The Fruit of Witchcraft to absorb the G.o.dblood Stone energy in Yuan Zhan as much as possible.
The Fruit of Witchcraft likes this time best. It stretches out its branches and wraps around Yuan Zhan's wrist. A bulging small bag clings to his vein. When it sucks energy, the small bag is slightly reddish and the green vines are red. It looks like a jade instead of a plant.
Yuan Zhan put out his other hand to cover the bag so that no one else could see it.
"Daddy," the vine branches out another smaller bag and rubbed gently against Yan Mo's face.
Yan Mo's old hard heart immediately became soft, and he did not give Yuan Zhan a ma.s.sage. He reached out his finger and touched the small bag gently, with a gentle smile in his eyes. "Did the bad Guo bully you?"
"No, Guo Guo gave me something to eat." Du-du's soft and tender voice sounded very happy. He had long wanted to come out and talk to his father, but Wu Guo refused to let it go. He said he was too weak now.
"What delicious food did he give you?" Yan Mo did not notice that he had started treating The Fruit of Witchcraft as a human being, and no longer used the word "it".
"Wu-Wu said I'm not allowed to say."
"Shut up!" The fierce child's voice sounded, but the Milky tone only made people want to laugh.
Yan Mo hasn't laughed yet. Du-du first made haha silly laugh.
Yuan Zhan opened his eyes. It was strange that he could also "hear" the children's voices.
When Yuan Zhan woke up, Du-du immediately ignores his father and flatteringly stretches out his branches to rub against his mother, narrowing his eyes.
Yan Mo was a little jealous, but he laughed when he heard the small bag open its mouth and call Yuan Zhan "Mother".
Yuan Zhan does not care whether his son calls himself a mother or a father, as long as his son is close to him and regards him as a parent.
"If Wu Guo bullies you, tell me, I'll scold him." Yuan Zhan used a fatherly and comforted his youngest son.
"Mom ~ ~ Guo Guo is very good ~".
The sound of a fierce baby voice came again: "Softie!"
The soft bag turned around to wrap the big bag. The big bag stretched out numerous small beards, which tightly wrapped around the small bag to prevent him from hugging it.
Du-du laughed again, and he was no longer afraid of evil consequences.
Looking at the two sons having a good time, both fathers showed their dumb fatherly smiles. Yuan Zhan finally touched the fruit and told him in a harmony voice, "You're an older brother. You should protect your younger brother. Don't make trouble with your father, eh?"
The jade like bag patted Yuan Zhan palm, gently whipped his wrist, and left a sentence in a bad voice: "there is a high order crystal in this forest, go grab it!"
"Where is it?" the two fathers asked at the same time.
But evil fruit will not speak, he will benefit.
Yan Mo turned his face. “There's not so much energy to feed you right now! You have to calm your hunger, I will find a similar spirit to give you back, if you do not obey, hum!"
"You let me out when you kill people. I won't absorb flesh and blood. I absorb spiritual energy." Evil Guo Guo means that he is not picky and stuttering.
Yan Mo subconsciously felt that it was not a good thing for the fruit to absorb too much spiritual energy at once. He disagreed.
The evil fruit had to go back to the next request. "Then promise me, if anyone attacks you, let me absorb the spirit of that guy. If you don't promise again, I'll take your son... Oh I will shut him up!"
Speaking of the latter, the evil fruit made an acute attack again, but instead of threatening to eat Du-du, he threatened to confine him.
Yan Mo admitted that he is under great threat. He may not eat his son, but he can definitely not let his son come out to meet him.
Du-du would not like to use a small bag to hit against the big bag, "I want Dad! I want my mother! Bad Guo Guo!"
The evil fruit did not say a word, the branches and vines were harvested, and together with a small bag, they were pulled into Yan Mo's abdomen.
Yan Mo had no choice but to think twice and compromise. "I can agree, but if I ask you to stop, you must stop, understand?"
Evil fruit answered with a fierce echo: "I know!"
Yuan Zhan gave a loud tongue click. This boy, after he is born, we have to beat him hard. He dare threaten us... so young.
Yan Mo looked at him angrily. Should he pay attention to his speech in the future? The good animal didn't learn it. How quickly can he learn dirty words and so on? Now even Laozi can say that.
"Not all of these 1500 people are good." Yan Mo brought up the matter.
Yuan Zhan "Hmm" sounded.
"Don't you worry?"
Yuan Zhan sneer, "What's so good to worry about? If not, kill them all, and save me the trouble of bringing them back."
Yan Mo knows that this fellow is more cunning in managing people than he is. He talks ruthlessly and secretly doesn't know what means he has laid down. He just reminds him, "Everyone else can teach me anything, Shen-Gu, you can stay with me."
"Rest a.s.sured, it's not foolish for the boy to build up his prestige among the warlords of all nationalities. We want to see which of these 1,500 people can be used. He also wants to see that these people will be the basis of his future foothold in The Jiu Yuan. He's more nervous than we are about whether these people can be used obediently. Wait, that kid will catch one or two killings and show them to others soon.
Yan Mo nodded and patted him. "Get up, it's time to get on the road, and wait until you settle down and have a good rest."
Unfortunately, Yuan Zhan has no chance to wait for stability.
The world is full of opportunities as well as crises.
Shortly after more than 1,500 people set out, the scolding team sent back the message that the Moer-Gan team was seen ahead!