They knew that this pterosaur was fierce. Although they didn't know how strong it was, they had already classified it as a species that needed to be closely watched.
For the next few days, Shao Xuan would let it roam around the area and let it search for food by itself. It ate flying beetles, flying stone squirrels, and even stone worms that dug up from the ground. When it couldn't finish eating, it would grab some and hide them. This also explained why there were all kinds of insects and small animals in the ice floes. It was probably the pterosaur that had hidden them. But at that time, due to some accident, it was frozen along with its food.
Of course, these few days weren't completely smooth. Sometimes, it would reveal its wild and untamed side, and even wanted to secretly fly away. This fellow was amenable to force, but not persuasion. Gentle methods couldn't teach it a lesson, so every time Shao Xuan directly used force to suppress it.
After a few times, it became much more obedient.
However, another reason why it didn't run around was that it knew that it was very dangerous outside. This was no longer the world it was familiar with.
The sky was no longer the pterosaur's world.
It was weak alone in an unfamiliar environment. Rather than flying around randomly, it was better to stay in a place where there were "same kind". At least every time it encountered danger and was attacked by other birds, it would fly back, and the patrolling Yanjiao would definitely help it deal with it. It wasn't afraid of one or two birds, but it was much more troublesome to deal with a flock of birds. It could only rely on the Yanjiao.
What made Shao Xuan curious was that this pterosaur would fight with Guigou's snow falcon every time it saw it. In terms of flying speed, it couldn't compare to the snow falcon, but its mouth was fast. When its wings couldn't keep up, it would use its mouth to peck and pull out a few feathers from the snow falcon. Of course, it was also injured. Its feathers weren't as dense as those of other birds, so the injuries were obvious, but it recovered quickly.
Later, when Guigou saw that they often fought, he let the snow falcon stay on the mountain where they lived. As for this pterosaur, Shao Xuan didn't bring it up the mountain. After all, with its wild nature, who knew when it would bite the children on the mountain?
However, this pterosaur actually got along well with Chacha.
It would never provoke Chacha. It had shown that right from the start. Perhaps it knew that it was no match for Chacha, or for some other reason, but it had never offended her. Most of the time, it would even take the initiative to approach Chacha, especially when it was in danger. However, at the beginning, it would often be kicked aside by Chacha. If it wasn't for Shao Xuan's warning, Chacha would have stomped it to death. It was so annoying.
But just when Shao Xuan thought that the pterosaur and Chacha didn't get along, the two of them started to coexist peacefully. Later, Shao Xuan found out the reason — the pterosaur was helping Chacha clean the parasites on her body.
It wasn't just the long-haired beasts that lived in the forest. Many birds had parasites on their bodies. Some birds would deal with them themselves. For example, they would use ants to remove the parasites on their bodies, or they would rub on the juice of plants that repelled the parasites.
Sometimes, Chacha would rub on trees or other plants. Shao Xuan couldn't help it with this. Shao Xuan didn't know how to concoct a repellent. If the parasites weren't removed, Chacha's feathers would all fall off. Moreover, birds in their natural state always had their own ways of dealing with the parasites, so Shao Xuan didn't intervene.
But now, with the pterosaur helping Chacha solve this problem, it seemed to be very familiar with this kind of thing.
Could it be that they also did this a long time ago?
Shao Xuan didn't know the answer to this question, but it was a good thing that the two of them could get along peacefully.
Later on, Chacha would also share some of the prey it brought back with the pterosaur. It was like a big brother taking care of his little brother. Both of them were willing to do this.
The man-made river channel was still being excavated. Shao Xuan would also help out when he was free. In the plan, this river channel had to go around the area where the king stoneworm lived, so it was a huge project.
Everyone was also paying attention to the desert, but they weren't that worried in the short term. Another reason why the people from Rock Hill City didn't come out was that the monsters they created had an effective range of control. Unless the people controlling the monsters voluntarily walked out of the desert, as long as they stayed in the desert, the puppet-like monsters wouldn't come out.
In other words, as long as Rock Hill City set their sights on the sea, they wouldn't have to worry about the monsters coming out to attack people in other places.
On this day, Shao Xuan and Zheng Luo were discussing the underground passage left behind by the king stoneworm when someone came to tell them that the Feather tribe had come. The chief wanted Shao Xuan to go over to discuss something.
"How rare, they actually came at this time." Shao Xuan rolled up the design in his hand.
They had always sealed off the underground passage left behind by the king stoneworm, including this stone forest. They wouldn't let anyone get close so many people didn't know there was an underground passage that led to the other side of the Flaming River.
"You go over, I'll keep an eye here." Zheng Luo took the beast skin scroll from Shao Xuan and said. He wasn't familiar with the Feather tribe and wasn't interested, so there was no need for him to go over.
"Alright, let me know if you have any questions." Shao Xuan followed the warrior who came looking for him to the headquarters. At the same time, he asked about the Feather tribe's leader and their purpose.
Shao Xuan thought the leader of the Feather tribe would be Gu Zhi, who he knew. However, he didn't expect the warrior who came to him to say that the chief of the Feather tribe would be leading the team himself. Otherwise, the chief wouldn't have asked Shao Xuan to come.
"Is there something urgent?" Shao Xuan asked.
"It doesn't look like it, they didn't look like they were in a hurry, but …" The warrior paused, then said, "I think I heard them say they wanted to go into the forest to catch birds, to replenish their bird supply."
"Replenish their bird supply?"
"Yes, I think the chief has the same idea. Grand Elder, you know we don't have many birds in our tribe. " Especially after what happened to Wu He and the others, some people in Yanjiao had been thinking about whether they could strengthen their aerial defenses. Even if it was just an early warning system, there were only a limited number of watchtowers.
Back then, some people suggested going to the Hui tribe to get some giant mountain eagle eggs to hatch, but more people objected. Not everyone could control a giant mountain eagle. The Hui tribe had accumulated experience over generations, and they could get along well with the giant mountain eagles. Other people might not be able to do it. Just look at Chacha. It grew up in Yanjiao, but other than Shao Xuan, it didn't listen to anyone else, including Old Ke.
It was better to forget about such a difficult bird. Let's switch to an easier one.
Now that the Feather tribe was here, some people in Yanjiao began to think of a solution. The Feather tribe was an expert in bird taming. They knew what birds were suitable for different purposes.
The few large tribes in the central region were busy recently. The Mang tribe and the Eight Limbs tribe had always been in an alliance. They seemed to be planning something, and the Feather tribe couldn't get involved. The Hui and Tianshan tribes were in the grasslands, too far away from them. The Thousand Masks tribe was busy recruiting followers. Ever since they merged their fire seed, the Thousand Masks tribe began to protect the small and medium tribes that depended on them. With the example of failed merging, the Thousand Masks tribe's actions made the small and medium tribes feel more at ease.
After the Feather tribe merged their fire seed, they began to plan some things that they had always wanted to do but never realized.
Their tribe hadn't replenished their bird supply for a long, long time.
While Shao Xuan was heading towards the headquarters, at the foot of the mountain where the Yanjiao tribe lived, a few young people of the Feather tribe gathered together to discuss what kind of birds to catch after entering the forest.
As they were talking, one of them stopped and elbowed the person next to him. "Look, what kind of bird is that?"
They looked over and saw a strange-looking bird resting on a tree not far away, staring at them.
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