After the transaction was completed, Shan Crab even took off his animal skin bag on the spot, put on his animal skin backpack, and walked around the tribe, attracting curious and envious eyes, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
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After the transaction was completed, Jiang Xuan took advantage of Shan Xie's happiness and asked him about the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
"Chief Mountain Crab, how far is this place from the big tribes in the central part of the Southern Wilderness?"
"Which big tribe does Leader Xuan want to go to?"
"I heard that the red ant tribe is very big and has a lot of good things. I want to go and have a look."
"I've only heard of the Red Ant Tribe, but I've never been there. I don't know how far it is... I don't know."
Except for tribes with flying mounts, most tribes have a very small range of activities, and they basically dare not go anywhere beyond a ten-day journey.
Mountain Crab thought about it carefully and said: "Although I have never been there, our ancestors said that if you go all the way down the river, you can reach the place where the big tribe is. The red ant tribe you want to find should be
There too."
"Okay, I'll leave now."
"So soon? Let's stay a few more days."
"No, I want to find the big tribe as soon as possible. If I find it, I will definitely bring some good things back to trade with you."
When Shan Xie heard this, his face suddenly burst into laughter: "Okay, then I'll wait for Leader Xuan to come back."
Jiang Xuan picked up the animal skin bag and walked outside the Crab Tribe, where the dumplings had been waiting for a long time.
When he got to the glutinous rice balls, the mountain crab didn't dare to get any closer, because the huge and vicious bird was so terrifying and put a lot of pressure on him.
Just as Jiang Xuang was about to climb onto Tangyuan's back, he suddenly thought of something. He put down his animal skin bag, returned to Mountain Crab, and took out a smaller animal skin from the big pocket of his animal skin coat.
Jiang Xuan handed the animal skin to Mountain Crab and said: "Chief Mountain Crab, this is the totem pattern of our Vine Tribe. If any Vine Tribe warriors pass by here in the future and encounter difficulties, I hope Chief Mountain Crab can give them some help."
"We, the Vine Tribe, must repay our kindness. As long as the Mountain Crab leader helps them, the Vine Tribe will definitely repay the Crab Tribe in the future!"
Jiang Xuan went to the central part of the Southern Wilderness this time. In addition to wanting to understand the situation in the central part, the most important purpose was to explore the path for the Vine Tribe's fleet.
Drawing a river map and making good friends with the tribes along the river will be of great benefit to the fleet's navigation.
After all, water navigation is risky, and no one knows when we may encounter trouble.
Mountain Crab unfolded the animal skin and looked at it, then put it away solemnly: "Don't worry, Chief Xuan, as long as the Teng Tribe warriors arrive in the territory of our Crab Tribe, I will definitely help if you need help."
"Thank you, Chief Mountain Crab. I'll see you next time."
Jiang Xuan climbed on Tangyuan's back, and then waved to Mountain Crab.
"Huhuhu..."
Tang Yuan kicked his legs suddenly, then quickly flapped his wings and flew into the sky.
Shan Xuan looked at Jiang Xuan's back with envy. It would be great to have a ferocious bird that can fly!
Of course, he was just envious. If he were to fly into the sky, he would not dare to do so. The ground would still be solid.
Next to the mountain crab, a soldier couldn't help but ask: "Chief, why don't we just snatch his goods? Anyway, he only has one person. If we kill him, no one will know."
"Crack!"
The mountain crab was furious, turned around and slapped the soldier, which stunned the soldier. He covered his face that was swelling rapidly and looked at the leader in bewilderment.
"Idiot, can't you see the warrior pattern on his face? Which color warrior are they? Those are five-color warriors!"
"Look at that fierce bird and what he took out. Have you ever seen such good salt before? Have you ever seen such exquisite pottery? Have you ever seen such a beautiful animal skin bag?"
"Let me tell you, the Vine Tribe is definitely a big tribe, and a very powerful one!"
"Killing the leader of a big tribe, you can't think of it!"
"If you encounter trouble in the future, use your fish brain!"
The soldier was so scolded by the mountain crab that he was dumbfounded and did not dare to say another word.
Mountain Crab, carrying his animal skin backpack, turned around and returned to the tribe, looking as if he hated iron.
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After leaving the Crab Tribe, Jiang Xuan took out the river map at the next resting place, marked the location of the Crab Tribe on the river map, and drew the Crab Tribe's totem pattern.
The picture of the winding river course has become longer and longer. Because the animal skin is not big enough, he has already drawn two animal skins.
After the drawing is finished, find a large animal skin and draw the entire river map, as well as the tribes and iconic landforms along the river, on it.
When the Vine Tribe fleet sets sail again, it will not be blinded. At least it will know where the next stop is and what tribe is probably ahead.
As the glutinous rice balls continue to fly, the flat terrain becomes more and more flat and the mountains become less and less.
Another obvious change is the temperature.
The further south you fly, the higher the temperature becomes, and the vegetation on the ground is mostly green, and it doesn’t even look like winter.
Jiang Xuan sighed with emotion: "No wonder they are all crowded into the central part of the Southern Wilderness. Such a place is very suitable for large tribes to survive."
Except for the variable vine tribe, most tribes mainly focus on hunting and gathering, supplemented by planting and breeding.
In order to obtain enough food, they must migrate every time they live for a period of time. This can ensure sufficient food supply and give the animals and plants in the forest time to thrive.
Snowy winter is undoubtedly a nightmare for tribal people, because they cannot get enough food and will starve to death.
Places where it doesn't snow all year round are undoubtedly the best habitat for tribal people, because they no longer have to worry about finding food in winter, and they don't have to worry about finding ways to keep warm.
Therefore, throughout the Southern Wilderness, the large tribes are almost concentrated in the resource-rich central region and further south.
In the next period of time, Jiang Xuan met a medium-sized tribe and two small tribes on the river bank.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The further south you fly, the wider the river channel becomes and the number of tribes increases.
On the second day of November, Jiang Xuan finally met his first big tribe!
This is an alluvial plain formed by the sedimentation of river channels. It covers a large area and is covered with various aquatic plants.
After the river reaches here, it splits into two and flows in two directions.
After the glutinous rice balls flew near this alluvial plain, Jiang Xuan looked down from a high altitude and saw patches of houses on the plains, located everywhere, which was very spectacular.
The building scale of the large tribe is far greater than that of the medium-sized tribe. Anyone who has seen it can clearly see the difference.
"Tangyuan, don't fly any further, land on the sandbank next to it first."
Jiang Xuan heard the old witch say that wherever large tribes live, they don't like flying mounts from other tribes flying overhead.
If you fly rashly over the head of a large tribe, you may very well arouse the dissatisfaction of the totem god of the large tribe. If you encounter a totem god of a large tribe with a bad temper, he may shoot down both the man and the bird.
Jiang Xuan didn't want to take this risk.
Therefore, he directly let the glutinous rice balls land on the sandbank next to the impact plain to understand the situation first.
"Boom!"
The glutinous rice balls landed on a sandbar, and the water plants on it fell down under its weight, and its claws sank deeply into the sand.
Sandbars are small islands in rivers made of sediment, stones and other materials. Most of them will be submerged during high water periods, and they will be completely exposed during dry periods.
It is winter now, the dry season, so the area of this sandbar looks relatively large.
As soon as the glutinous rice balls landed on the ground, Jiang Xuan heard a "rustling" sound coming from the water plants on the edge of the sandbank, and then heard the sound of water entering the water again.
Apparently, some amphibians were frightened by the glutinous rice balls and fled into the water.
Jiang Xuan got off Tangyuan's back and found a big stone not far away with some pictures of people on it.
Jiang Xuan walked over and finally saw clearly what was painted on the stone.
There is a totem pattern painted on the stone in dark green.
The shape of the totem pattern is obviously that of a crocodile. The huge mouth full of fangs, strong claws and tail are all clearly drawn.
Therefore, this should be the territory of the crocodile tribe!
"Crash..."
Not long after Jiang Xuan landed, he heard a strange sound of water on the river.
He looked towards the river and saw twelve warriors holding weapons, advancing quickly on the waves.
"Qinggong water floating?"
Jiang Xuan found it incredible that the warriors of the crocodile tribe had such magical abilities?
However, when these warriors got closer, Jiang Xuan found that he was overthinking.
At the feet of every warrior, there is a very large crocodile, which is carrying them forward under the water.
"That makes more sense."
Being carried across the water by a crocodile is obviously more acceptable than riding on the waves.
Soon, twelve large crocodiles swam to the shore. The twelve warriors easily jumped to the shore and walked towards Jiang Xuan.
They first looked at the huge and oppressive glutinous rice balls, and then looked at Jiang Xuan.
Those warriors saw the five warrior lines on Jiang Xuan's face at a glance, and coupled with the terrible pressure brought by the glutinous rice balls, these crocodile tribe warriors began to take Jiang Xuan seriously.
The leading warrior asked: "Which tribe are you from?"
Jiang Xuan replied: "I am from the Vine tribe."
"Vine tribe?"
The leading soldier thought about it carefully and found that he had never heard of the name of this tribe at all.
However, he did not look down upon it. After all, a tribe that could give birth to five-color warriors and breed a ferocious bird would definitely not be too weak. The reason why he had never heard of it must be because it was relatively far away.
"Friends of the Vine Tribe, welcome to the territory of the Crocodile Tribe. You can move freely outside the territory, but be careful not to violate the rules of our Crocodile Tribe, otherwise you will bring disaster to yourself."
The leading soldier pointed to the glutinous rice dumpling and said: "In addition, our crocodile doesn't like it, so it can only stay here or go elsewhere, and cannot enter the territory of the crocodile tribe."
Crocodiles are the overlords of the water and are very powerful in combat. They have a natural advantage over fish, aquatic animals, water birds, including humans.
However, when faced with glutinous rice balls, these crocodiles have no advantage and may even become food.
Jiang Xuandao: "Tangyuan cannot enter your tribe's territory, so how can I get there?"
The place where they landed was a sandbank, about five hundred meters away from the crocodile tribe's territory. They couldn't let Jiang Xuan swim across it, right? How dangerous it was.
The leading soldier thought for a while and felt that what Jiang Xuan said made sense, so he reluctantly said: "I can send you there."
"Thank you so much."
Jiang Xuan took off an animal skin bag containing goods from Tangyuan's back, and then gave Tangyuan a few instructions, telling him to stay on the sandbank to rest, or to look for food nearby, but not to go far.
Tang Yuan nodded, then walked a few steps outside, suddenly fluttered his wings and flew up, causing a strong wind and causing the vegetation on the sandbank to fall down one after another.
The crocodile tribe warriors watched the glutinous rice balls fly away and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure brought by the glutinous rice balls on them was really too great.
"Let's go back."
The leading soldier waved his hand and walked towards the water first.
Jiang Xuan hurriedly followed. He didn't want to swim in a river full of crocodiles.
After arriving at the water's edge, a group of large crocodiles had been waiting on the shore for a long time.
"Crash..."
After the crocodile tribe warriors came over, the big crocodiles entered the water one after another and waited in the shallow water.
The leading soldier waded into the water to the side of the largest crocodile, and then stood on the back of the big crocodile.
"Friends of the Vine Tribe, sit down and I will take you there."
Since the other party has already spoken, you cannot be timid at this time, otherwise you will be looked down upon.
Jiang Xuan is a five-color warrior and can swim. He doesn't take a crocodile seriously.
He calmly carried the animal skin bag and sat astride the back of the big crocodile.
"Let's go!"
The soldier shouted, and the big crocodile's tail swung rapidly, leading them to swim into the river.
Crossing the river on a crocodile was a brand new experience for Jiang Xuan, which made him quite excited.
"Crash..."
Because Jiang Xuan was sitting on the back of a big crocodile, his legs and waist were completely immersed in the water, and the waves from the river splashed onto his face from time to time.
At this moment, Jiang Xuan finally understood why the warriors of the crocodile tribe stood on the back of the crocodile to cross the water, because it was not that uncomfortable!
Fortunately, the sandbank was not far from the alluvial plain where the crocodile tribe was located, and soon the big crocodile swam to the other side.
After the big crocodile swam to the shallow water, Jiang Xuan immediately got off the crocodile's back. At this time, his whole body was already wet and he looked a little embarrassed.
"Friends of the Vine Tribe, you can move freely now."
After the twelve crocodile tribe warriors sent Jiang Xuan over, they left immediately.
For a large tribe like the Crocodile Tribe, outsiders often come over to make deals or seek some benefits. The warriors of the Crocodile Tribe have long been accustomed to this.
"This is the territory of the Crocodile Tribe."
Jiang Xuan looked around curiously. When setting off from the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan asked the old witch in detail about the situation in the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
The Crocodile Tribe is a large tribe in the central part of the Southern Wilderness, closer to the north.
In other words, after a long flight, he did arrive in the middle of the Southern Wilderness. This discovery made Jiang Xuan quite excited.
On the way here, he had imagined countless times what the central part of the Southern Wilderness was like, and to what extent had those large tribes developed?