"Bitter Sand Root, Living Blood Leaf, Seven-forked Palm, Blood Thread Flower …"
Ta and Tuo were counting the results of the hunting over the past few days, while Shao Xuan was counting the days. The hunting time was up, and it was time for them to go back.
In the past few days after they got the Green Thief, the hunting group would set a few traps every night, but the results were minimal, and they didn't find anything useful. They were just lucky that night.
In the past few days, Shao Xuan had been following them everywhere. Although he couldn't help much with his fighting ability, he didn't need to worry about the others. Shao Xuan could take care of himself, which was the biggest help for the others.
Shao Xuan had learned a lot of wonderful things in the past few days. Once, in order to find the Seven-forked Palm, he almost fought against the Rippers.
When the Seven-forked Palm sensed danger, it would close its thick bark-like leaves, wrapping the core of its body into a solid object like a pine tower, and at the same time, secreting a kind of liquid that could attract the Rippers. If the hunting group hadn't acted fast enough, they would have been surrounded by a large group of Rippers, who had followed the smell.
On the other side, Tuo had finished counting.
"Compared to the last hunting, we have two less. But this time, we found the Wind Ball and the Green Thief, so our achievements are much better than before." Tuo said with a smile.
Ta also showed a relaxed look, because this time they did get more than before. "We'll count again when we meet up with Wei and the others. Maybe they have found the other two."
Wei was a senior totem warrior, about the same age as Ta. He led the other twenty warriors to separate from Ta and the others.
Ta said to the others, "Let's take a rest today, and get ready to go back tomorrow."
"Yes, boss!" The others answered. They couldn't wait to go back, and they were looking forward to sharing their experience with their peers or seniors in the other advance group.
Shao Xuan was also looking forward to going back, but not for the Green Thief, but for the bird eggs in his animal skin bag.
The other members of the advance group were not interested in the bird eggs either. Keke had used the remaining bird eggs as bait when they encountered the ripper. The ripper also ate bird eggs. Shao Xuan threw them away too. However, there were still some eggs left in the tree hole and he didn't bring them with him.
Now, they were no longer in the tree hole, but in another place. In order to find their target, their resting place had been constantly changing. One night, they even slept in the leaves, using the leaves to roll themselves into a cylinder, and slept for the whole night. That night, around the plant that looked like a ham, the layers of leaves wrapped around it should have been upright, but there were twenty-one leaves that were rolled up into cylinders and hung there. There was a person sleeping in each cylinder.
Tuo said that the plant had the function of repelling insects. It was also one of the objects they wanted to collect. When they had no place to sleep, they would use the big leaves of the plant to wrap themselves up so that they would not be attacked by the insects that came out at night. However, he couldn't do it during the day. During the day, the leaves of the plant became very hard and couldn't be rolled up at all.
For Shao Xuan, this was a very novel experience. As for the bird eggs in the animal skin bag, he wanted to take them out to try.
Most of the plants would wither away after leaving this place, but what about the bird eggs?
The plants here were very unusual, and so were the insects that ate the plants here. Furthermore, could it be speculated that the birds that ate the fruits and insects here had more nutritional value or medicinal effect than the birds from other places? So did the bird eggs.
The shelf life of a raw egg was longer than that of a boiled egg. Shao Xuan didn't know if this was the case for these strange-looking bird eggs, so he didn't cook them.
The next day, Ta led the group back, and met up with the other twenty people at the agreed place. Some of them were injured, but fortunately, they weren't seriously injured.
After hearing about the Green Thief, the other twenty people stared at the stone box wrapped in leaves. They couldn't wait to open it and take a look, but they also knew that it was not the right time.
When they came here, they used the big dragonflies to glide down from the mountain, and when they returned, they also needed to borrow the dragonflies.
When the sun was about to set, the people in the advance group waited in one place. Some of them climbed up the tall plants to check the location of the army of dragonflies. After all, they didn't always take the same route on their return journey.
"Over there! Let's go! "
"Hurry up! If we're too slow, we won't be able to catch up. We have to wait until tomorrow! "
Shao Xuan didn't need to carry the boxes with the plants. He only carried the animal skin bag, which was much lighter than the others.
At this time, in order to catch up with the army of dragonflies, everyone was running in that direction in a hurry. Shao Xuan suddenly felt like he was rushing to catch a bus in his previous life. Tut!
He quickly climbed up the tall plants, and tied a rope in his hand. When the army of dragonflies flew by, he threw the rope out and tied it around their feet. After he was pulled up, if there were still dragonflies flying in the air, he would jump onto the backs of the dragonflies below. The rope was too long, and if he hung in the air, he would be easily swept by the wings of the dragonflies.
When they were about to reach the mountain, the dragonflies began to flap their wings and fly higher. The ground was getting farther and farther away, and the objects below were getting smaller and smaller.
Behind them, on the green land, the tall plants closed their leaves, and the blooming flowers closed their petals. All kinds of sounds announced that the evening was coming.
"Be careful when you jump. Don't get hit!" Ta shouted to Shao Xuan.
"Got it!"
The moment the dragonflies flew up the cliff, Shao Xuan quickly ran towards the tail of the dragonflies. He found a gap and jumped down. He inserted his stone knife into the mountain wall, and slowly slid down the mountain wall until he stood firmly on a flat ground.
"Move! Move! "
Bang!
The dragonfly that Keke was sitting on flew a little too high. When he jumped over, he hit the mountain wall and rolled a few times before he landed. Although he hit the wall, Keke still protected the box with the herbs in his arms. When he stood up, he rubbed his back and grimaced in pain.
After everyone jumped down, the army of dragonflies also climbed over the mountain, and went to the pond where they rested.
"Let's go. Have a good rest. We'll be busy in the next few days." Ta said.
However, they were too excited to talk about the Green Thief that night, so they didn't sleep for long.
After leaving the mountain the next day, Shao Xuan realized what Tuo and the others meant when they said, "There are many things here that we can't take away."
The green land could no longer be seen, and the fragrant big leaves that wrapped the Green Thief's stone box were withering, turning yellow, and falling to the ground.
The mud wrapped around the stone box couldn't completely cover the smell of the Green Thief. What made everyone depressed was that many ferocious beasts seemed to be very interested in the Green Thief.
Originally, everyone in the advance group wanted to give Shao Xuan some advice and help him hunt some food on the way back. However, they were so busy that they couldn't even talk to each other.
In order to protect the Green Thief, everyone in the advance group fought all the way. In order to get back as soon as possible, they didn't bring any prey. The longer they stayed, the more difficult it would be for them.
At first, they killed all the ferocious beasts that came to them one by one, two by two, and one by one.
Robbing the Green Thief? No way! Die, die, die!
But gradually, everyone's strategy changed.
What? More ferocious beasts coming for the Green Thief?! How many? Run! Run!
Everyone in the advance group had never been so embarrassed. In the past, they could bring back some prey or some souvenirs from the ferocious beasts on their way back. But this time, they didn't have the time, and they didn't have the mood.
Everyone had a strong smell of blood on them, and it was the blood of high-level ferocious beasts. They didn't have time to wipe the blood off their faces. Their hair was messy, and they looked even worse than the kids in the cave. Blood clots had already formed on their animal skins, and when they dried them, they could easily rub them off.
Even at night, they were attacked from time to time. It was unbearable.
They didn't get enough sleep, and they were tired all the way back. They had to fight and kill along the way. Luckily, the average strength of the advance group was strong. If it were any other hunting group, they would have lost some members here.
Therefore, Shao Xuan, who could still be energetic after a nap, became an outlier among them.
The others looked at Shao Xuan with a gloomy look.
Shao Xuan looked at the animal skin bag. The bird eggs were still in good condition. He had put some dry leaves and hay in the bag. Since he left, only one of the eggs had been broken.
According to the rules of the hunting group, except for the target, everything they got belonged to them. Therefore, no one would say anything about the bird eggs that Shao Xuan had. They weren't interested in the eggs anyway. When they were looking for the target, they had eaten a lot of bird eggs and all kinds of fruits. They hadn't eaten roasted meat for many days, so naturally, they wouldn't eat bird eggs anymore. But when they bit into the meat, they chewed it like it was their enemy. They chewed loudly, probably cursing those ferocious beasts in their dreams.
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