Early in the morning, Shao Xuan woke up on the high stone pillar. He yawned and stretched his arms and legs, then looked around.
At first glance, there was no difference from yesterday, but with a little closer look, he could see the "lines" extending in six directions among the flowers and plants.
Coming down from the stone pillar, Shao Xuan ate the bird eggs given by the Lu tribe. Chacha, who had hunted for food early in the morning, was flying in the sky and didn't find any danger around for the time being.
The fire pit in the old haunt had changed and was covered by layers of mud and stones. Shao Xuan wanted to dig, but on second thought, there was no fire seed, so it didn't matter whether the fire pit was buried or not.
Let's leave it like this for now.
With the fire pit as the center, Shao Xuan recalled the illusions he saw last night and walked around.
The changes were too big. If he hadn't seen the illusions last night, Shao Xuan really couldn't imagine what kind of buildings there used to be.
Originally, he wanted to dig up some special objects, but after walking around, he didn't find anything. Maybe something was buried deep in the ground, or maybe it was destroyed long ago. It was also possible that it was taken away by the Yanjiao tribesmen when they left.
Shao Xuan planned to search carefully, but suddenly there was an eagle's cry in the sky.
His hands paused, and he put aside a damaged pot he just dug out. Shao Xuan sneaked into the woods in the direction of Chacha's warning.
Early in the morning, the Wan Shi tribe sent more than a hundred people into the woods in five teams to search for people. The Shaman and the chief told them that if they saw people who were not from the tribe, no matter who they were, no matter what they looked like, no matter what they offered, kill them!
Those who could bring back their heads would be rewarded by the Shaman and the chief.
Even though the Shaman and the chief didn't say who were in the woods, or how many people there were, everyone was excited when they heard that there would be a reward. They all wanted to get the credit.
Those who had just returned from the tribal war were not sent out. In order to find out what was going on, the Shaman and the Chief decided to temporarily send out more than a hundred people to investigate the situation.
The others who were left in the tribe looked at those who were walking towards the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest with envy. There were so many people and the Wan Shi beasts, so there shouldn't be too much danger. It would be great if they could make contributions.
The people who were about to enter the forest were envied by their clansmen. They led the Wan Shi beasts and went on their way proudly.
The Wan Shi tribe didn't raise cattle, sheep, and horses on a large scale. First, they weren't interested in raising them. Second, which was the most important point, they put more energy into raising the Wan Shi beasts.
The so-called Wan Shi beasts didn't exist naturally. They were bred by the Wan Shi tribe using a variety of wild beasts and even some ferocious beasts. They were much stronger than wild beasts. Because the inheritance of the Wan Shi beasts was not stable, each generation of the Wan Shi beasts was different from the previous generation. For the sake of convenience and fame, the Wan Shi tribe named them "Wan Shi beasts".
The Wan Shi beasts were bred by directional selection. For hundreds of years, some of them could be inherited stably. However, the Wan Shi tribe needed ferocious beasts, which was their first choice. Therefore, even if there were many deformed species and even many defects, they were still kept by the Wan Shi tribe. Those beasts with stable inheritance but weak attack power were more often used as food.
These Wan Shi beasts were larger than the hounds trained by ordinary tribes, and they all looked different. Some looked like dogs, some looked like cats, and some looked like cats. Their sizes were also different, and the patterns on their bodies were even more complicated. The only thing they had in common was that their eyes were very fierce, and they were extremely cruel. When they looked at people, it seemed that they would rush up and bite them.
When waging war against other tribes, the Wan Shi beasts would also be used by the Wan Shi beasts to track those threats that must be killed.
The Wan Shi beasts were tied by some thick and strong straw ropes that had been soaked in special treatment. If the totem warriors of the Wan Shi tribe were not strong enough, they couldn't pull these ferocious beasts and had to prevent them from biting off the ropes.
One hundred people were divided into five teams and entered the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest. Each team took three or four Wan Shi beasts. They were not close to each other, but not too far away. If a team had an abnormal situation, they would whistle loudly and the nearby teams would rush over after hearing it.
Although they were very excited by the words of the Shaman and the chief when they left the tribe, they couldn't help but feel nervous after entering the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest.
No one spoke, only the Wan Shi beasts growled from time to time. They didn't find any abnormalities or any trace of "people". They thought that with the Wan Shi beasts, they could track the target after entering the forest. Unexpectedly, after entering the forest for a while, they met several beasts, but still found nothing.
When hunting in the forest, Shao Xuan had already learned how to hide his traces and breath better. There were so many ferocious beasts in the forest that were good at tracking. At that time, they hadn't been discovered when they were hunting, so now they wouldn't be easily tracked by the Wan Shi beasts.
They entered the forest early in the morning. At noon, all the teams were a little tired. They didn't find the target, but they met several threats from other animals and plants. They couldn't hide their figures. Every team had more than twenty people, plus the Wan Shi beasts. How could they hide? Besides, they were not good at this.
"Why can't we find the target?" A warrior of the Wan Shi tribe said during the break.
"I really hope we can find the target soon and take his head back to get the reward." Another warrior said with a longing look.
"You? Let's see who can act faster. I won't give the prey to you. "
"Maybe there is more than one person. Maybe there are several people? Even if there is only one person, we can split him. "Someone interrupted.
"That's right … Anyway, it's up to our abilities. Whoever grabs it will get it!"
While they were talking, a man on the side suddenly said, "Hey, what's that?"
The leader stood up and walked over to a big stone. Usually, they wouldn't care if they saw such a stone. But now, this stone didn't seem to be an ordinary stone.
From where they were before, they could only see one side of the boulder. When he walked to the other side, he saw the indentations on the boulder that had been scraped away.
"Who scratched it?" The leader asked.
The others shook their heads.
The scratches on the moss were relatively new. If they weren't scratched by their own people, it meant that someone had been here just now.
The leader was not the only one who thought of this. The others also reacted.
"Someone really came here?"
"Great!"
"What? Yanjiao? What's Yanjiao? "The man who saw the words on the stone asked.
"I heard that there used to be a big tribe here, but it died out later. Could it be this tribe? "
"It's very likely!"
Speaking of this, a strong excitement rose in everyone's heart.
What a big tribe! Although he didn't know what a big tribe was like a thousand years ago, he could tell from the big tribes in the central region that each tribe had some very precious things. Maybe there were even precious things like jades and fire crystals that people coveted.
At the thought of this, everyone in the team was itching. They also knew that the forest was very dangerous and there were many ferocious beasts. But now they had more people, and they should be fine if they were careful, right?
"The people who sneaked into the forest didn't come for this big tribe, did they?" Someone said.
"No, we can't let others take it away! We have to hurry! "
Without the leader saying more, the others hurried to stand up. They had gained a lot of benefits from the tribal war, and when they encountered the remains of such a big tribe, the first thing they thought of was naturally whether they could get something good.
Yan Jiu said that the people of the Wan Shi tribe were very greedy. Many times, such greed would suppress other emotions in their hearts, so that they would do something crazy in many people's eyes.
In recent years, the slave owners became more and more fond of coming to the central region, especially to the places where the Wan Shi tribe had been, where there were many tourists.
Before leaving, a warrior of the Wan Shi tribe pulled down his leather pants and planned to pee on the big stone engraved with "Yanjiao" before leaving. For the tribe, this kind of stone engraved with the tribe's name or totem was not just a boundary marker. It was very important to the people of the tribe, just like the rock paintings of the Mang tribe. If someone peed on the rock paintings, he would be fiercely attacked by the people of the Mang tribe. According to the tribal rules, this was a kind of provocation.
However, a tribe that had been extinct for nearly a thousand years, what was there to be afraid of? The people of the Wan Shi tribe didn't take this seriously at all. Even if someone came to find them, they would just kill him. Just now, someone directly cut it with a knife, but unfortunately, the stone was good, so he didn't directly cut a big hole. It was better to go back and directly move it away, and then make some other tools.
The team planned to continue their search. After a few steps, the leader felt something was wrong and looked back. Beside the big stone, the man still maintained his original posture.
Could it be that he couldn't pee or what?
"Hey, are you done?" The leader asked.
No one answered.
The other warriors also complained. If you want to pee, then just pee. If it wasn't for the fact that we had to hurry over to find the target, we would also pee. But why are you just standing there? Stalling for time? What if the credit was taken away by others?
When someone was about to speak again, he was stopped by the leader.
As the leader of this team, he was not stupid. He had found something wrong. He carefully walked over, took out his stone knife and poked the man standing there.
The man who had been standing there fell down without any sound.
Everyone was nervous. When did he get hurt?! Why didn't the Wan Shi beasts notice it?
Rustle, rustle, rustle —
Somewhere in the bushes there was a slight sound, which was hard to notice if one didn't pay attention.
The three Wan Shi beasts had good hearing, so they suddenly became manic. They roared and rushed over there. The people who led the Wan Shi beasts also loosened their hands and let them chase after the man.
The leader winked at the others and asked them to be careful. Then he led the others to chase after the man.
The sound in the bushes was louder. It seemed that someone had just left here quickly. Within two breaths, he had run far away.
"Go after him!"
"Ah!"
A warrior was hung up by one leg. He struggled softly for a few times and then stopped making any sound. There was a thorn in his body.
Then, three more warriors of the Wan Shi tribe were tied up and hung up one after another. After being hung up, their cries were stopped by a thorn.
At this time, the others were also frightened. They looked at the dense forest around them timidly. The bushes and weeds around them were getting thicker and thicker, which seriously blocked their sight. They could only judge by their hearing. They also wondered how many people were hiding around them.
One of the warriors just cursed, and suddenly a sharp pain came from his ankle. He thought he would be hung up like the previous warriors, but he didn't expect that the strength of his foot directly dragged him to the side at a very fast speed.
After another man was dragged away, he stopped making any sound.
The people who stayed there didn't chase after him. They held weapons and looked around vigilantly. They slowed down their pace of chasing after the Wan Shi beast.
The leader waved his knife to cut a pile of weeds next to him. He didn't see anything suspicious, so he spat and cursed in his heart.
Until now, they hadn't even seen the enemy's shadow, but they had been tricked by the enemy's traps again and again. However, they couldn't find where the traps were set!
In just a few breaths, four people had been killed!
This feeling of grievance made them very unhappy. They were irritable, and now they couldn't keep calm.
In the past, they had never encountered such a situation when they waged war against other tribes. At that time, they would shake their bodies and increase their strength to the extreme. They would rush over with their knives and cut anyone they saw.
But it was not the case here!
This made them very uncomfortable.
Moreover, this was the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest. They had to worry about ferocious beasts or other threats that might appear at any time. Now they had to pay attention to their feet.
The Wan Shi beast ran far away, and they couldn't call it back.
It seemed that someone led the Wan Shi beast away first, and then the people hiding in the forest came to deal with them. The leader thought in his heart.
"Do you want to blow the whistle?" Someone asked the leader.
"No!" How long had it been? How could he blow the whistle? If others saw it, he would lose face, and his prestige would be damaged. The leader's eyes were full of haze.
Whoosh!
Another person was pulled up by the neck. He opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound. He wanted to shout, but he was tied up so tightly that he couldn't make a sound. His face was distorted.
Puff!
A wooden splinter pierced his neck. The poison made him lose consciousness quickly, and he stopped struggling.
The leaders looked at the sky.
Silk thread?
Such silk thread … Was it the Eight Limbs tribe?
That shouldn't be the case. The Eight Limbs tribe was a little far from here, and the Eight Limbs tribe couldn't interfere here. It didn't matter if the Wan Shi tribe destroyed several small tribes, but if a big tribe interfered, it would affect more than just the surrounding forces.
Besides, what was so important about the Ferocious Beasts Mountain Forest?
The more they thought about it, the more confused they were. The leader stopped thinking about it. What he needed to do now was to find out the suspicious people here and kill them.
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