At the shore of the lake, the smell of blood assailed his nostrils.
"Even if I want to save it, I don't have any tools."
Sun Mo couldn't cook without rice.
The brown bear's bones weren't broken, but there were many wounds from the bite. The bleeding had to be stopped and stitched up, but Sun Mo didn't even have a needle or thread.
"I know Teacher will definitely be able to do it!"
Lu Zhiruo worshipped Sun Mo blindly.
"Let me try then!"
Sun Mo placed his hands on the brown bear's wounds.
Without spirit qi, the effect of the ancient massage technique would be greatly reduced. Let alone the genie, Sun Mo had to keep pressing on the blood vessels to stop the bleeding.
In any case, it was better than nothing.
"Go to the surroundings and look for dragon blood grass and green thorns. Oh right, if you encounter straw mushrooms, pluck some and bring them over."
Sun Mo instructed, "Don't go too far!"
"Mn!"
Lu Zhiruo immediately did as instructed.
...
Sun Mo stopped the brown bear's bleeding by applying pressure, applying medicinal herbs, and feeding it water. Sun Mo busied himself all the way until dusk before he finally had some free time.
It was too late to find a campsite now. They could only spend the night by the lake.
Although the brown bear was about to die, it was still a ferocious beast after all. Its deterrence was still there. Hence, before the white tiger came to drink water tomorrow, they should be safe.
"Eat some!"
Sun Mo tossed a roasted pheasant to the brown bear.
The brown bear sniffed, but because it was too close, its nose was scalded, causing it to roar immediately.
"I'll help you!"
Lu Zhiruo went over and helped the brown bear tear open its flesh, feeding it to its mouth.
"Zhiruo, you can communicate with it?"
Sun Mo was curious.
He knew the beast taming technique, but without spirit qi, there wouldn't be any miraculous effects.
"Mn, I roughly know what to say!"
The papaya girl nodded, causing Sun Mo to be extremely surprised.
In the wilderness, danger lurked everywhere. Sun Mo didn't have the mood to chat idly. He told Lu Zhiruo to quickly rest. There was still someone else to keep watch later in the night.
When the sky had just brightened, Sun Mo was woken up by a deep rumbling sound.
"What's going on?"
Sun Mo raised his gaze and gazed into the distance. After some birds were alarmed, they fluttered their wings and flew up from the hills, soaring up into the clouds.
The brown bear also raised its head and looked around with a solemn expression.
Sun Mo placed the leftover roasted chicken on the bonfire to heat it up. He then dug out a few bird eggs from the ashes and shared them with Lu Zhiruo.
After that, he helped the brown bear change its dressing and left two pheasants for it.
"Brown Bear, we have done our best. Whether you can survive or not will depend on your physique."
Sun Mo packed his things and prepared to set off. He wouldn't waste time on a brown bear.
"It should be able to survive."
Lu Zhiruo was very happy. The physique of the brown bear was truly good. His wounds had already scabbed over.
Roar!
The brown bear was no longer hostile. Instead, it raised a paw towards the northwest.
"What do you mean?"
Sun Mo smiled. "You want me to go there?"
The brown bear couldn't understand Sun Mo's words, but Lu Zhiruo could translate for him.
"It said that there is a village with people over there."
Lu Zhiruo translated.
"Thanks."
Sun Mo set off, but he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart. In this Stone Age where resources were scarce, the people living here should be savages. To them, he was just food.
Moreover, even if he wasn't eaten, it was still a problem whether they could communicate with each other or not.
After walking for over an hour, the two of them saw a dilapidated village. It was filled with circular stone houses, and many of them had already collapsed.
"There's no one here!"
Lu Zhiruo was very disappointed. It was obvious that this village hadn't been inhabited for many years. However, Sun Mo was still very careful and snuck into the village silently.
The village was very big, spanning over 1,000 meters from the east to the west. There were no corpses or traces of fighting. The stone houses had all collapsed after years of disrepair.
Sun Mo circled around and found a sacrificial altar in the north.
The altar was very simple. It consisted of eight large pillars with a mysterious pattern carved on them. They were buried in the soil in a certain arrangement, and three of them were even broken.
Sun Mo got closer to the totem pole and carefully analyzed the patterns on it, wanting to see if he could decipher some things.
It was a pity that he had no clue at all.
"Let's go!"
An hour later, Sun Mo prepared to leave.
"Teacher, why don't you search more carefully? That mama bear said that there's something good here! "
Lu Zhiruo's eyes were very bright. "There might be treasures buried here!"
"Even if there's really a treasure, would a bear know about it?"
Sun Mo rolled his eyes. If there was something good, it could only be this altar. However, it wouldn't take too much time to search around.
Usually speaking, the houses of the rich and those with high statuses in the village would be bigger. Hence, Sun Mo chose the largest stone house and entered it.
There was nothing in the stone house that was the size of half a basketball court. Sun Mo wasn't anxious and used the spear to poke the ground.
"That's right, what if there's a cellar?"
Lu Zhiruo realized something and started to poke the ground as well.
Five minutes later, the two of them went to the second largest house. Sadly, they still didn't find anything.
"Let's go!"
Sun Mo had no more patience.
"I believe the mama bear wouldn't lie to me."
Lu Zhiruo didn't believe in heresy and entered the stone house at the side.
Sun Mo stared at the sky, feeling so worried that he wanted to pull out all his hair.
What were the conditions to clear the stage?
Sun Mo didn't smoke, but at this moment, he really wanted to smoke to relieve his worries.
"Teacher, come quickly!"
The papaya girl's voice broke Sun Mo's train of thought.
Swoosh!
Sun Mo darted into the stone house and saw a hole in the ground.
"Teacher, there's really a cellar!"
The papaya girl was very excited.
"..."
Sun Mo was convinced. As expected of a lucky mascot. No one could compare to her luck.
He lit up a torch and tossed it into the cellar.
"It's so small!"
Lu Zhiruo borrowed the light and saw that the cellar wasn't very big. She felt a little disappointed. Even if there were treasures here, there wouldn't be much.
"Wait here!"
Sun Mo instructed and jumped down.
On the left side of the cellar, there were over ten beast-skin bags that were half the height of a human. A few of them were already torn and some type of rice that Sun Mo didn't know the name of flowed out.
Sun Mo immediately opened up two bags to take a look.
The rice was old grain and had been here for some years. The taste would surely be bad, but at this moment, it was already not bad to be able to eat one's fill.
"Each bag weighs 25 jin, and there are a total of 16 bags. Excluding the rotten ones, there should be over 500 jin of rice. If there are two people, it would be enough to last them for a year."
Sun Mo heaved a sigh of relief.
In this era, food was life. At the very least, there was no need to worry about not being able to catch prey and starving to death.
Next to the food, there was a stack of beast-skin bags. The hemp rope that was used to tie them had already eroded. One wouldn't need to use any strength to break it easily.
In the bags, there were weapons.
"Teacher, what are they?"
Lu Zhiruo was curious.
"Come down and take a look!"
Sun Mo started to open the bags. He finally found the feeling of opening express deliveries in the past.
"Wow, a stone blade!"
Lu Zhiruo jumped down. When she saw the stone blade that was over three feet long in Sun Mo's hand, she cried out in joy.
The stone blades were made by the best stonemasons in this tribe. Because they were coated with animal fat, they were preserved very well. Therefore, they looked very sharp now.
Of course, even if they were no longer sharp, they could still be polished with a whetstone. After all, the most precious part of a stone blade was the choice of stone.
If it wasn't for this windfall, Sun Mo wouldn't be able to use a weapon for at least three years.
"Awesome!"
Sun Mo took a stone blade and swung it a few times. He discovered that it felt very comfortable.
"A total of 30 swords and over ten small knives."
Lu Zhiruo counted the spoils of war and grinned.
Other than the large and small knives, there were also bows and arrows. However, the ox tendon bowstring was almost rotten. Instead, there was a bag of arrows. There were at least 300 of them, causing Sun Mo to feel extremely happy.
If he applied some poison on these things, the lethality would be very great.
What was left were five hand axes, two stone hammers, and some spear heads. There were also ten stone catapults, but the ropes were all rotten.
"I've struck it big!"
Sun Mo hung the stone blade on his belt happily. Let alone so many weapons, even if there was only one stone blade, he would still be happy.
"I'll eat porridge tonight!"
Sun Mo immediately decided to make this place his stronghold. Just when he was about to wrap up the weapons again, the sound of a dog barking entered his ears.
"Wild dog?"
Sun Mo had a look of joy on his face. Just when he wanted to ask Lu Zhiruo if he could catch it as a hunting dog, a whistle rang out. This caused his expression to change.
Barbarians?
No, they weren't wild dogs. They were tamed.
"Wait here!"
Sun Mo instructed in a low voice and climbed out of the cellar. He hid at the entrance of the stone house and looked outside.
A young man dressed in beast skin was currently walking toward the north of the tribe.
"Is he going to that sacrificial altar?"
Sun Mo observed.
The young man carried a bow on his back and two quivers. There was a stone blade hanging on his waist and a sheath made of beast skin on his calf. There were daggers inside.
He was also carrying a basket with some medicinal herbs and a deer's corpse inside.
Because the young man came here often, he knew that no one had come to this abandoned tribe for a very long time. Hence, he didn't have any wariness and was even humming a little tune.
In the end, he sat at the side of the sacrificial altar. He took a tree branch and copied the diagram on the totem pole on the ground.
Sun Mo didn't dare to get close. Half an hour later, the hunting dog felt bored and ran off to play.
"Chance!"
Sun Mo held his bow and arrows and sneaked over.
The young man was too engrossed in his thoughts and didn't notice that someone was getting close.
Sun Mo had wanted to injure one of the savage's legs first. Now, it was easier. He only reacted when the stone blade was pressed against the young man's neck.
"Don't move or I will kill you!"
Sun Mo roared in a low voice.
It was a pity that there was a language barrier.
The young man rose up and grabbed the stone blade with his left hand to prevent his neck from being sliced off. At the same time, his other hand went for Sun Mo's lower abdomen.
If he did this, his left hand would be crippled. However, the young man had no fear.
"Damn!"
Sun Mo cursed. He twisted his body and dodged the savage's fist. At the same time, he ruthlessly punched toward the savage's head.
Bang!
The savage suffered a blow and felt a little dazed. However, he forcefully endured it and fiercely punched toward Sun Mo.
Bang! Bang!
Sun Mo's lower abdomen suffered two blows and felt that his intestines were about to be broken.
"Earlier, I should have injured one of his legs first."
Sun Mo regretted it. However, now wasn't the time to show mercy. He flipped his wrist and the stone blade dodged the savage's right hand, slicing the savage's shoulder.
Swish!
The beast robe was slashed and his flesh was lacerated. Fresh blood flowed out.
The savage didn't even blink. However, he was injured, causing his movements to change. Sun Mo took the chance and slashed two more times on his body.
Swish! Swish!
Seeing that he wasn't a match for Sun Mo, the savage wanted to run. However, Sun Mo used the back of the blade to slash at his neck and he fainted.
Woof! Woof!
The wild dog heard the commotion and ran back.
Sun Mo drew his bow and nocked an arrow.
Swish!
An arrow shot out and nailed into the chest of the hunting dog, causing it to fall to the ground.
...
When Hui Shi woke up, he felt dizzy. He subconsciously wanted to rub his head, but he discovered that he was tied up.
"You're awake?"
Sun Mo's lips twitched.
Woof! Woof!
The hunting dog barked and bared its teeth at Sun Mo.
Sun Mo picked up a rock and threw it over.
Bang!
"If you bark one more time, I will roast you tonight!"
Sun Mo berated.
If it wasn't for Lu Zhiruo pleading for mercy, Sun Mo would have killed this dog.
"Who are you? This is the hunting area of our Stoneman Race. Trespassers will die. "
Hui Shi roared.
"Teacher, what did he say?"
Lu Zhiruo didn't understand.
Sun Mo pinched his forehead and felt a little rueful. No wonder those people in the past couldn't clear this game. Damn, the NPC was speaking in the ancient language of the nine provinces. There weren't many people who could understand this.
"You are my captive now. If you don't want to be eaten, answer me honestly!"
Sun Mo used the ancient language to threaten him.
The savage clearly didn't understand his situation and was still shouting at Sun Mo. In that case, he had no choice but to use torture.
Sun Mo picked up a wooden cudgel and smashed it fiercely toward the savage's face.
"Now, can you talk to me properly?"
Sun Mo squatted down beside the savage and used the wooden stick to poke his face.
"I won't betray my tribe."
The savage was very unyielding.
"Alright!"
Sun Mo smiled. "Then do you prefer to be roasted or stewed? I'll say this first, I don't like sashimi. Oh, I wonder what sashimi is? It's slicing the meat piece by piece and dipping it in sauce before eating. "
The savage's expression didn't change at all.
Because after being captured by the Redrock Tribe, they would basically be eaten.
"Alright, I'll eat your dog first."
Sun Mo chuckled.
"Don't eat my dog!"
The savage shouted loudly.
"Haha!"
Sun Mo was joyful. Were all savages so simple-minded?
Since his weakness had been found, the following interrogation would be much simpler.
This young man belonged to the Limestone Tribe and was the owner of this lake and the surrounding tens of miles.
This tribe wasn't big and had about 500 to 600 people. They hunted for a living and usually moved in groups of at least ten people.
"Then why did you come here alone?"
Sun Mo asked, "Is there anything strange about that sacrificial altar?"
The young man didn't want to say.
"Then I can only wrong your dog."
Sun Mo coldly snorted.
Under the threat, the young man unwillingly told Sun Mo.
So, this abandoned tribe was the predecessor of the Limestone Tribe. That prophet said that a great calamity was coming and they had to migrate, or there would be the risk of extinction.
Some people believed it and left with the prophet. There were also some who didn't believe it and stayed behind.
"The prophet is very powerful. His witchcraft is very impressive."
Upon mentioning the prophet, the young man had a look of worship on his face. "It's said that the profoundness of witchcraft lies in the tribe's totems. I want to learn it."
This savage wanted to become the prophet of the tribe.
"Witchcraft?"
Sun Mo's eyes brightened. Could he learn it then?
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