Kurgan Village is located in a flat valley, with a small river passing through the village, and the hillsides on both sides of the village are covered with seabuckthorn trees.
The entire village is surrounded by a wooden fence and a mound as high as one person. Beside the fence and the mound, there are several wooden archery towers that look very simple, but are very effective.
The arrow tower is also the observation tower in the village.
It was sunset, and a few wisps of smoke were already rising in the village.
As soon as Zhang Tie followed Ivan and the others near the edge of the village, he was immediately seen by the people on the archery tower.
"Ivan and Boorman are back, all of them are back, many of them! They also harvested eight iron-toothed hyenas..." The man on the arrow tower had sharp eyes. He only glanced at it and then shouted, with a strong voice.
With a heartfelt feeling of joy.
Following this sound, there was some noise in the village. Many younger children ran out of the village, shouting "brother" and "brother" and rushed over to pull the clothes of the teenagers and young people in the village.
Others were circling around the iron-toothed hyena carried by Ivan and others, some were drooling, and some were clamoring to use the iron-toothed hyena's skin to make clothes. It was extremely lively.
The skin of the people in the whole village is a little rough, but they are very strong. This is also the characteristic of the aboriginal tribes living in the ice and snow wasteland. The village is not rich, and everything in the village looks a bit crude.
The houses are all one-story wooden houses, and the two or three-room wooden houses are enclosed by wooden fences to form a family yard, but the place is still full of laughter and laughter, especially after people who go hunting return.
After learning that Zhang Tie had just rescued eight teenagers in Kurgan Village, Zhang Tie undoubtedly received the warmest welcome.
Uncle Siege, the head of Kurgan Village, personally brought Zhang Tie to his home, and then the eight boys’ families brought various kinds of dried meat, preserved fruits, and wine brewed by sea buckthorn, and they all told Zhang Tie
Tiedu is extremely grateful.
Zhang Tie was also touched by the simplicity of the villagers here. After walking around the village, Zhang Tie knew that this place was not rich, but the things the villagers here gave him were basically the best that the village could offer.
thing.
For example, dried meat. On the way to the village, Zhang Tie knew that after Ivan and the others brought the iron-toothed hyenas back, in addition to their usefulness, their meat would also be pickled and eaten. Although that
Zhang Tie knew that the taste was not very good, but for the tribesmen living in the ice and snow wasteland, it was not something that could be wasted. Those people kept the unpalatable meat at home, and brought it to Zhang Tie.
They are all top-quality venison, pheasant and the like that smell very good.
The head of Kurgan Village, Siege, is a big man in his 50s and 60s. The wind and frost in the ice and snow wilderness makes his face look older than his actual age. This also makes Zhang Tie a little unsure of his specific age.
.
Sieg's forehead is full of deep wrinkles. But his body is very upright, not only upright, but also tall. He is almost two meters tall, with thick and broad shoulders. He can give people a sense of responsibility at a glance.
feeling.
After giving those things to the women at home and taking them to the kitchen for processing, Qiege and Zhang Tie sat at the stone table in the yard of their house and chatted.
The woman in Zieg's family made two cups of hot water for the two of them. Looking at the few yellow-green leaves and the golden soup floating in his pottery cup, Zhang Tie blinked in disbelief.
Blinking his eyes, could it be tea? No, when did these tribes in the ice and snow wasteland live such a luxurious life? If a bag of tea can be shipped here, it will definitely be much more expensive than shipping it to Black Flame City.
Zhang Tie picked up the water cup and smelled it. The taste in the water seemed a little different from the taste of tea, but it also had a faint fragrance of plants. He blew it. After taking a sip, the taste of the soup was there.
It's light and slightly sour.
"Isn't this tea?" Zhang Tie asked.
"This is indeed not tea from the East, this is the sea buckthorn tea we make here!" Village Chief Qiege squinted his eyes and took a sip, looking very much enjoying it, "The leaves of the sea buckthorn tree are good for both humans and animals.
Eat. The animals are still very fat after eating. They rely on the sea buckthorn trees on the hillside outside the village. Since we settled here in Kurgan Village, no one has starved to death in more than two hundred years. As long as the sea buckthorn trees can
Wherever there is life, people can live!"
The head of Kurgan Village said with some pride.
"This stuff tastes good!" Zhang Tie smiled. After taking two sips, he imitated Ziege and drank the leaves in the water into his mouth, then chewed and swallowed it. For Zhang Tie, anyway,
It is true that he cannot drink expensive tea drinks. When he drinks this kind of thing, there is really not much difference between the "Wild Spring" made by the elders of Huaiyuantang. Although the price of a cup of Wild Spring may be higher than the price of all the tea drinks on a hillside here.
Seabuckthorns are worth more when combined, but for Zhang Tie, it is never money that measures the value of something. This kind of value has been deeply implanted in Zhang Tie's mind since Brape.
Seeing that Zhang Tie didn't dislike this kind of thing at all, he naturally ate the sea buckthorn leaves that could also be used to feed livestock. A bright smile finally appeared on Qie Ge's face and he gave Zhang Tie a thumbs up, "
You are our true friend in Kurgan Village!"
Zhang Tie has now roughly figured out the character of these tribesmen in the ice and snow wasteland. Whether it is young Ivan or Sieg in front of him, they are both straightforward and straightforward, with a clear distinction between love and hate. If you treat them well, you can respect them.
These people will treat you twice as well, respect you twice as much, and show their simple side, but if you dare to mess with them, these people will definitely fight you to the end.
Zhang Tie likes these people.
After going around in his mind, Zhang Tie decided not to go around in circles and directly told the one thing he wanted to know most when he came to Kurgan Village.
"When I came here, I heard Ivan say that a person from the Guardian God Sect came to Kurgan Village a few days ago. Can you tell me about that person? I am also a devout believer in the Guardian God Sect.
I was a little surprised to meet people from the sect in the ice and snow wasteland!"
"Oh, are you a believer of the Guardian God Sect?" Village Chief Qige glanced at Zhang Tie in surprise.
"Yes, I used to be a devout devotee of the Guardian God Sect when I was in the Norman Empire. When I rescued Ivan and the others, I mentioned that I was a believer of the Guardian God Sect. Ivan and the others
Just told me that someone from the Guardian God Sect came here a few days ago!"
After listening to Zhang Tie's words, Village Chief Qie Ge no longer had any doubts, "The man who came to Kurgan Village is a powerful wilderness guardian of the Guardian God Sect. He came here to investigate the Gray Mountain Beast."
A trendy thing!"
Zhang Tie was shocked. This was the second time he heard the name "Guardian of the Wilderness" from the Guardian God Sect. The first time he heard this name was during the trial in the Wild Wolf Valley. Jerome
He once told him that the Wilderness Guardian of the Guardian God Sect has a powerful ability to control animals. This is a very powerful and mysterious profession. He did not expect to actually meet such a person here.
"Is there anything strange about this beast wave?"
Needless to say, there must be something unusual about an incident that can attract the Wilderness Guardians to investigate. Otherwise, why would those people come here?
"The last time an animal tide occurred in the Gray Hills was seven years ago, and now it's happened again. This is indeed a bit strange!" Village Chief Qiege said with a frown.
"Why?"
"Because according to the history of the Ice and Snow Wasteland and the laws of past beast tide outbreaks, the time between each beast tide is around twelve to fifteen years. The Ice and Snow Wasteland is too big, and there are many powerful wild beasts without natural enemies.
After the creatures recuperate for a period of time, the reproduction number of their populations will increase sharply, resulting in a beast tide. This is not surprising at first, but this time, it was only seven years since the last beast tide began.
The tide of sub-beasts is here, it’s very unusual here. It’s almost something that has never happened before in the ice and snow wasteland!”
"Is that the only reason?"
"Of course there are some even stranger things!" The wrinkles on Village Chief Zig's forehead deepened when he said this. "The beast tides in the past would not break out at the same time. When the beast tide of iron-toothed hyenas comes, other creatures will come."
, for example, the beast tides of giant wasteland wolves and hell demon rats will not break out. If they do, they usually take turns. But this time, I heard that in different places in the ice and snow wasteland, many beast tides of different creatures have come.
.And what’s even weirder is that this tide of beasts has invalidated the spells of many tribes around the gray hills and the bloody territories outside the village..."
"Bloody Territory?"
Seeing that Zhang Tie didn't seem to know what the Bloody Territory was, Village Chief Qige patiently explained to Zhang Tie that the so-called Bloody Territory was a place where shamans in the ice and snow wasteland used the blood of certain beasts and dangerous creatures to fight with
A spell cast by life. The only function of this spell is to prevent dangerous creatures from easily approaching the tribes and villages protected by this spell within a certain range, thereby providing an invisible force for the people living here.
Protect.
A bloody territory spell only targets one kind of beast. Around some large tribes, there are often many multiple bloody territory spells to protect them. They do not dare to easily drive out some dangerous creatures that threaten ordinary people in the tribe.
to get closer.
For example, in Kurgan Village, more than 40 years ago, a shaman used a bloody territory for this place. The bloody territory was targeted at the iron-toothed hyenas that most often appeared near the village.
After that bloody territory, Kurgan Village has experienced several beast tides in the past forty years, but not a single iron-toothed hyena has ever come within ten kilometers of the village.
But this time, whether it was because the spells in the Bloody Territory lost their effectiveness or the iron-toothed hyenas became crazy, the distance of ten kilometers was no longer a safe line for Kurgan Village to keep out the iron-toothed hyenas.
In addition to Kurgan Village, many other places have encountered this problem.