The Crow God and the Jackal God fought for a long time. The Crow God's feathers became sparser and he looked a little miserable.
The Jackal God was not much better. The wolf hair on his body was burned a lot by the divine fire breathed out by the Crow God, leaving patches of baldness in the east and west.
The battle on the ground was also very intense. The Jackal Cavalry did not gain much advantage under the attack of the Crow, and both sides suffered casualties.
"dumb……"
Finally, the Crow God did not want to continue this lose-lose strategy, so he spat out a breath of divine fire to ward off the Jackal God, and then flew away with his sparsely feathered wings.
"withdraw!"
The leader of the Crow Tribe shouted and ran away with the Crow God.
The warriors of the Crow Tribe and the big crows retreated while fighting, and soon they were all gone, leaving only hundreds of corpses on the ground.
On the Jackal tribe's side, a warrior gasped and asked: "Leader, are you chasing...chasing?"
"Fuck you, go back!"
The leader of the Jackal tribe also had many wounds on his body, not to mention that the Jackal God didn't chase him. Wouldn't they be looking for death if they chased him?
This battle ended so unclearly, but the hatred between the two sides has been forged, and if they meet again in the future, they will definitely fight again.
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Southern Wasteland, Vine Tribe, early morning.
Maidong hesitated for a few days and finally decided to go to Jiang Xuan.
Ophiopogon japonicus is one of the four two-color warriors from the Blue Sheep Tribe who joined the Vine Tribe. He is not tall or very strong, but he has a specialty, which is raising waxworms.
Waxworms are the most important thing in the blue sheep tribe besides the blue sheep, because they can produce a large amount of wax every year.
Because waxworms grow well, Ophiopogon japonicus is very popular among the blue sheep tribe.
But now, the Blue Sheep Tribe is gone. After joining the Vine Tribe, he won't have a chance to show off his abilities and can only hunt with everyone.
He remembered those waxworms every day, and he could dream about those waxworms in his dreams at night.
So, after struggling for a few days, Maidong decided to go find Jiang Xuan and see if he could take him back to the Blue Sheep tribe.
In the yard among the bamboo groves, Jiang Xuan is planting some mosquito-repellent plants in front of and behind the house, such as stink grass, fan grass, etc.
As the weather warms up, annoying mosquitoes are back again.
Whether you live in a forest or a bamboo forest, mosquitoes are plentiful and very large.
If you don't try to drive away or kill these mosquitoes, you will be bitten all over your body every day if you sleep in the house.
"Dong dong dong..."
At the door of the yard, Ophiopogon japonicus followed the habit of the Vine tribe and knocked on the door first.
Jiang Xuan said without looking back: "Tangyuan, go and open the door."
Tangyuan, who was pacing in the yard, lazily walked over and opened the door skillfully.
Although Mai Dong knew that this purple fierce bird was raised by Jiang Xuan, when he saw a purple bird head as soon as he opened the door, he was still frightened and took two steps back.
Tang Yuan felt bored, so he went back to his bamboo shed to sleep.
Only then did Maidong dare to walk into the yard, cautiously came to Jiang Xuan's side, and said: "Chief."
Jiang Xuan turned around and saw Ophiopogon japonicus, so he put down the bone hoe in his hand and asked: "It turns out to be Ophiopogon japonicus, what do you want from me?"
Seeing that Jiang Xuan could remember his name, Maidong felt a little closer to him.
"Chief, I want to go back to the Blue Sheep tribe."
"What are you going back for?" Jiang Xuan asked in confusion.
"Chief, the waxworms should have started laying eggs. I want to go back and make some insect bags for those eggs. In this way, they can grow up smoothly and spit out wax in the fall."
A bug bag is a nest made of hay or other materials, with insect eggs placed in it, and then hung on a tree. This can prevent the larvae from being exposed to wind, sun, and rain, and improve the survival rate of the larvae.
If there are no artificial worm bags, they can hatch smoothly and the number of grown-up wax worms will be greatly reduced.
Maidong continued: "Although the blue sheep tribe is gone, those wax trees are still there. As long as they are not destroyed by others, we can still harvest insect wax in autumn."
Jiang Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing Maidong's explanation.
He has already experienced the benefits of insect wax.
Whether you are making candles for night lighting, or grinding them into powder to heal wounds, they are all very good.
If the mountain forest of the Blue Sheep tribe can continue to produce insect wax, it would naturally be the best. The Vine tribe can continue to use insect wax in the future.
If you can't use it up, you can also treat insect wax as a precious commodity like the blue sheep tribe, and trade it with other tribes to obtain other things.
"Okay, after I finish planting these plants, I will go to the old witch to borrow the giant eagle and accompany you for a walk."
"Chief, let me plant it for you."
Jiang Xuan and Ophiopogon japonicus quickly planted the remaining stink grass and fan grass.
Afterwards, the two went to the bamboo house where the old witch lived and asked him to borrow the giant eagle.
Although Tangyuan has grown up a lot, it will still take some time before he reaches adulthood. Short-distance flights are no problem, but long-distance flights are very difficult.
When the glutinous rice balls really grow up, you won’t have to borrow the giant eagle all the time.
When Jiang Xuan told the old witch about the waxworm, the old witch was very interested in it and wanted to see it for himself.
So, Jiang Xuan said hello to Chi Shao and others, and then rode the giant eagle to the Blue Sheep tribe again with the old witch and Mai Dong.
A few hours later, they landed at the former residence of the Blue Sheep tribe. Looking at the burned ruins of the residence and the bones scattered on the ground, Maidong couldn't help but feel sad and knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
Jiang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Ophiopogon japonicus, be strong. Although the blue sheep tribe is gone, there is still a vine tribe."
The old witch also comforted him for a long time, and then Maidong finally came out of that sad mood.
Maidong held a broken bone and said: "Chief, I want to dig a hole and bury them in the soil."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "I'll dig with you."
This time when they came out, they brought bone hoe and bone hoe, which Jiang Xuan originally planned to use to dig up wax tree seedlings. He wanted to see if wax trees could be planted on the mountains near the Teng tribe.
Now, they are just used to dig holes.
Jiang Xuan and Maidong chose a good location and began to dig a hole, while the old witch helped collect the remaining bones.
Although there are many rocks in the place where the Blue Sheep tribe lives, the soil is relatively loose, so digging is not particularly difficult.
With the vigorous digging of the two people, a large and deep pit was soon dug.
The old witch collected the human bones into a pile and the blue sheep bones into a pile, and then put them into the big pit by Ophiopogon japonicus himself.
Ophiopogon japonicus leaned over and cried loudly, then filled the soil bit by bit.
Soon after, a lonely large tomb appeared on the ruins of the Blue Sheep tribe, in which were buried the former members of Ophiopogon japonicus and the Blue Sheep.
After doing this, it was already afternoon, but there was still some time before the sun went down.
Maidong took Jiang Xuan and the old witch to a large wax forest next to the residence of the Blue Sheep tribe.
The wax trees in this world are trees that grow on high mountains. Most of them are seven or eight meters high, with very thick trunks and many branches.
The leaves of the wax tree are rich in oil, which can be converted into wax when eaten by wax insects.
"The waxworms have indeed laid eggs."
Ophiopogon japonicus was standing under a wax tree and found many dead female wax worms on the ground. There were also many living female wax worms among the leaves on the tree, but they were not moving much.
The male waxworm died after mating last fall.
Female waxworms live longer. They drill holes in the trunks or thick branches of wax trees and hide in the holes for the winter.
After spring arrives, these female waxworms will crawl out of their holes, eat the young leaves on the wax trees, lay eggs after eating for a period of time, and then die.
Ophiopogon japonicus quickly climbed over, searched for a while, and then picked two broad leaves from the wax tree.
"Chief, old witch, look, these are the eggs of the waxworm."
Ophiopogon japonicus turned over the broad wax tree leaves and saw a large number of insect eggs stuck to the leaves on the back.
Ophiopogon japonicus continued: "I will pick off all the leaves that have laid insect eggs, then make many insect bags, and put these leaves into the insect bags."
"In the past, when the tribe was still alive, these bug packs would be placed in the house, and after the larvae hatched, they would be hung on the trees to let them eat the wax tree leaves."
To be continued...