These pancakes were different from those that Shao Xuan and the others usually ate. They were sturdier, so sturdier that they could be used as discus to kill people.
Shao Xuan broke off a piece from a pancake and felt the strength. Without the strength of a totem warrior, it would be very difficult to break off a piece from a thick pancake.
Shao Xuan put a small piece into his mouth and chewed it. He felt that this kind of pancake should be labeled "Do not eat those with bad teeth".
"It's hard! But it's filling. "Shao Xuan commented.
"It's a must-have for us travelers in the remote areas. Different from trading with others, these pancakes are made by our tribe for our own people. Generally, we won't trade them. There is little food in the wasteland. With these, you can at least survive temporarily. "
Yang Sui handed a black stone wrapped in tree bark to Shao Xuan, "You can use this too."
"What is this?" Shao Xuan felt the coolness on the black stone and guessed, "Rain stone?"
"This is indeed a rain stone, but it's not an ordinary one. You can only find a small one like this in a thousand rain stones. We call it the 'Spiritual Rain Stone'. It's a gift from the gods. It can help people in the tribe survive the driest season. "
Shao Xuan touched the surface of this small black stone. Just for a while, the part that touched the leaves had a layer of moist mist. But the part that didn't touch the leaves evaporated even if it formed a layer of mist.
It was indeed a magical tool for water production in arid areas.
"Thank you." Shao Xuan didn't refuse Yang Sui's kindness. He wrapped the small stone with leaves again and put it in a clean animal skin bag.
"Don't thank me. If it weren't for you, I would have been burned to death." Yang Sui paused and said, "If you meet a slave owner in the wasteland, don't fight with them. Try to avoid them."
"How much do you know about slave owners?" Shao Xuan asked. The people of the Rain tribe who lived here should know more about slaves and slave owners.
"Slave owners?" Yang Sui's eyes flashed with a hint of fear. "Slave owners are a group of people without any fire."
In the eyes of the tribesmen, without a fire seed, it meant that they could not form a tribe. Without a tribe, they were naturally wanderers with weak combat power. However, the slave owners were different. They didn't have a fire seed, but they had great power. They could even create more powerful slaves.
"Where does their power come from?" Shao Xuan was puzzled.
"I don't know." Yang Sui shook his head. "Maybe that's the reason why people from the central region go there again and again. In the records of the ancestors of the Rain tribe, it was mentioned that the slave owners had the ability to make the people in the central region fear them. A thousand years ago, they appeared and stirred up a storm. Many tribes were wiped out because of this. After that, they all entered the Land of Death. Because of this, many people were extremely puzzled. There were also people who entered the Land of Death in order to find the answer. However, it was always the case that more people went in than came out. Some became slaves, and some died. Only you people from the central region often go there … If you see something shocking, come back and tell me. "Yang Sui said with a smile.
"OK."
After talking with Shao Xuan for a while, Yang Sui and Mi Xu left.
Some people of the Rain tribe were looking for Yang Sui. The Shaman had many things to deal with, but Yang Sui asked them to wait first, so they gathered not far away and waited obediently. Looking at the respectful appearance of those people waiting in the Rain tribe in front of Yang Sui, at least in recent years, Yang Sui's status was stable.
Shao Xuan carried the disc-like flatbread and the Rain Stone. He looked at the camel with a face like a mythical beast. Mi Xu said it was called "Mud".
In the Rain tribe, "Mud" was not a bad word, just like "mud", which was a lucky word. What was mud? Soil and water. For the Rain tribe, which lacked water, it would be good if the soil was like mud instead of dry and cracked hard blocks.
"Let's go, Mud," Shao Xuan led the camel to the wooden house where they rested and tied it at the door of the house.
Lei and Tuo thought that Shao Xuan brought the camel as a spare food in the future, so they looked at the camel with shining eyes.
"Hey, with that kind of thing, we will be slowed down. It's better to eat it now." A man of the Tianshan tribe said.
What he got in response was a long "puff" from the camel's trembling lips.
Huang Ye and others were no strangers to camels. They did not express any other opinions about Shao Xuan taking the camel. They only asked Shao Xuan to pay attention and not fall behind.
The next day, the traveling team left the Rain tribe and headed for the desert.
As Shao Xuan expected, the further they went, the more serious the desertification was. At first, there were some trees and grass, but slowly, there was only sand left.
The sun was high in the sky, and the sand on the ground was hot.
The group hurried on. Huang Ye said that before tonight, they had to get to a place to rest, where it would be safer.
Until now, no one had fallen behind. Those who could follow were selected, and those who could not meet the requirements would not drag the team down. Even if some of these people could not keep up, the elders would let them go back by themselves. The team would not delay the progress because of a small number of people.
Shao Xuan looked at the camel called "Mud" that had been following him. On its body, it carried several animal skin bags with food and stone tools, as well as several pieces of animal skin. However, it still followed the team closely and did not fall behind.
Shao Xuan and the other two were much more relaxed. Although they could carry it themselves, and the weight was nothing, it could reduce some of the load and they could better maintain their physical strength. Coming to such a dry land for the first time, Lei and Tuo were somewhat unaccustomed to it, so it was easier to reduce the load.
Other people who came here for the first time were also unaccustomed to it, but they did not have a camel to help them carry it. At first, they were cynical, but now after running for a while, they glanced over there with envy and jealousy.
In order to resist the strong Yang Guang, the camel's brow bone was very high. In order to resist the wind and sand, the camel's eyelashes were also long. When this fellow raised its neck and looked down at people, tut, that noble and indifferent look was funny.
In the sky, the five eagles had been following. Sometimes they saw some movement in the desert and rushed to fight for food.
When it was close to dark, the team finally arrived at the resting place that Huang Ye said.
It looked like an abandoned village. The walls were surrounded by sand and stone, and there were dried wooden stakes. Broken pottery shards and stone tools that were half-buried could be seen everywhere.
Shao Xuan and the others were not the only people who arrived there. Before them, there was a team that looked like slaves, but it was very different from the slave team they met when they came.
These people were not bound.
"It's the sand slaves." Someone next to him said.
Sand slaves were the tribal people's name for slaves born in the desert. These people, their ancestors were already slaves, and they did not know which generation of slaves they were.
These people were different from the new slaves. They did not need to be bound and would not run away.
Shao Xuan looked at them. These people were not much different from the tribal people in terms of appearance, but they were thin and had dark skin, which was one of the physical characteristics common to most desert residents.
Perhaps it was because of the strong sunlight, excessive exposure to the sun, and the harsh desert climate with frequent sandstorms, as well as the fact that they often sat by the fire to warm themselves, their skin lost its elasticity and became wrinkled, stiff, rough, and cracked.
Their teeth were yellow, their feet were bare, they did not wear any protective footwear, and their feet were larger than the average person.
When they looked at Shao Xuan and others, their eyes were curious and guarded, and when they saw what the people in the team were carrying, the look in these people's eyes was greedy and murderous.
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