After eating, Jiang Xuan and Qingye chatted for a while about some situations and legends about Blackwater Lake.
Blackwater is a huge body of water. No one knows how big it is, because no one has ever been able to visit the entire Blackwater.
The situation in Blackwater is also quite complex, with lakes, swamps, grasslands, wetland forests, etc.
In this complex landscape, there are countless terrifying existences. Once inside, if you are not careful, you will die.
However, as the saying goes, crises and opportunities coexist.
In the dangerous waters of Blackwater Lake, there are still a large number of birds, animals, insects, fish and plants.
Every time they enter Blackwater, the crocodile tribe can always harvest a lot of prey. If they are lucky, they can also pick the fruits of magical plants that are of great use to warriors.
For example, the fruit that Qingye gave to Jiang Xuan was picked in Blackwater Lake.
Jiang Xuandao: "It sounds like Heishuize is very interesting. I really want to go there and have a look."
Qingye said: "If everything goes well, we will arrive at Blackwater Lake at noon tomorrow."
"Okay, then go to bed early, we have to continue our journey tomorrow."
Jiang Xuan covered himself with a soft animal skin that he carried with him, then used some reed poles picked by the water as a pillow, closed his eyes and began to sleep.
With glutinous rice balls guarding the nearby hills and divine vines wrapped around his arms, he could sleep peacefully.
Qingye was not sleepy. She sat next to Jiang Xuan and looked at the sparkling river under the moonlight. She didn't know what she was thinking...
The next morning, at dawn, Jiang Xuan woke up from his sleep on time.
At this time, the morning wind was cold, which made Jiang Xuan feel that it was actually winter.
The climate in the central part of the Southern Wilderness is really too warm.
The soldiers of the Crocodile Tribe also woke up one after another. They went to the river to wash their faces with cold water to wake up, then ate something and continued on their way.
"Crash..."
Hundreds of crocodiles carried people into the water and continued swimming forward.
Jiang Xuan was still sitting on the same crocodile as Qingye. He took out the smoked meat that was placed next to the fire last night and chewed it slowly.
"Hey..."
The dumpling is still flying in the sky. After a night's rest, it is full of energy and flies in circles excitedly.
At noon, they finally arrived at Blackwater Lake.
When Jiang Xuan saw Heishuize, he finally understood the origin of the name.
He stood on the back of the crocodile and looked around, only to see a vast expanse of water in front of him.
This water area is different from other places. The water looks black, which makes people instinctively feel uneasy after seeing it.
Even after flying to this water area, the glutinous rice balls dropped to a flying height and no longer dared to fly around.
Obviously, Tangyuan also noticed something unusual about this water area.
On the back of the crocodile, Qingye said with a serious face: "This is Blackwater Lake. Leader Xuan, you must be careful. It's best to follow me closely and don't wander around."
Jiang Xuan nodded. The Crocodile Tribe was much more familiar with this place than he was. Even if he was stronger, he could easily be in danger if he ran around.
It was obviously not the first time for hundreds of crocodiles to come to this water area. They swam in groups.
"Gugu...gu..."
After entering Blackwater Lake, Jiang Xuan often heard unknown birds chirping, as well as some small insects making strange sounds.
"Shashasha..."
When the crocodiles swam across a piece of grass floating on the water, Jiang Xuan heard the sound of running animals coming from the grass. Apparently some prey had escaped.
Jiang Xuan's spirit became highly concentrated. In such a strange and dangerous place, one cannot be too careful.
He stood on the back of the crocodile, holding a bronze war spear, and listened vigilantly to the movements around him.
Aoba is the same. At times like this, you have to be careful about what you say.
"boom!"
Not long after, the water surface in front suddenly broke open, and a huge water beast suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water. It opened its bloody mouth and bit into the crocodile of the crocodile tribe.
The crocodile was on guard for a long time. It suddenly flicked its tail and ran out quickly like an arrow from the string, narrowly escaping from the water beast's mouth.
"roar!"
The giant crocodiles in the crocodile tribe were not vegetarians either, and the largest crocodiles in front immediately began to fight back.
However, the water beast did not fight with those big crocodiles. After the sneak attack failed, it immediately got into the water and swam to nowhere in the blink of an eye.
Cimu's face became extremely serious, and the terrifying aura of the Seven-Color Warrior burst out, shouting: "Everyone, be careful, don't fall behind!"
For some reason, Cimu felt that today's trip to Blackwater Lake was particularly dangerous, but now that he was in, he had no choice but to be cautious.
Even Tang Yuan seemed to smell something unusual. It only flew above Jiang Xuan's head, flying very low.
But there are also benefits.
There were glutinous rice balls on guard in the sky, and with the few large crocodiles clearing the way, there were fewer birds and water animals that liked to make sneak attacks.
"Hiss..."
A big snake as thick as a water tank is wrapped around the tree. The color is almost the same as the tree trunk. If you don't move, it is difficult to find that there is a snake coiled on the big tree. You will only feel that the branches are a bit twisted.
When a group of crocodiles began to pass below, the snake's body began to tighten like a spring. Its cold and ruthless eyes stared at the person on the crocodile, ready to pounce at any time.
"Hey..."
However, just when the big snake was about to eject to eat people, a bird's song that sounded like cracking gold and cracking stone suddenly sounded in the sky.
"Huhuhu..."
Then, glutinous rice balls fell from the sky, setting off a strong wind that made the branches rustle.
Tangyuan's claws accurately grasped the snake's body, and then brought it up into the sky.
"Hiss...hiss..."
The big snake, which was dozens of meters long, was twisting crazily in the air, opening its huge mouth to bite the glutinous rice balls.
However, Tang Yuan has been eating snakes since he was a child and is very familiar with the various tricks of snakes.
It looked for an opportunity, lowered its head and pecked hard, piercing the back of the snake's head and neck.
The big snake struggled a few times, but it couldn't even lift its head, let alone bite the glutinous rice balls.
Tangyuan took it and flew to a huge old tree, and then quickly pecked at the snake meat.
"What a powerful and vicious bird!"
Below, the soldiers of the Crocodile Tribe were all shocked. They all knew this kind of big snake. Because it was good at camouflage, it was very difficult to deal with. Usually, many warriors of the Crocodile Tribe were killed in the snake's belly.
But today, Tangyuan easily caught and subdued this big snake as thick as a water tank.
The scary big snake became the food of glutinous rice balls.
Tangyuan carried the big snake, flew for a while, and found a place to stop and eat. It flew for a while, and found a place to stop and eat.
After it was full, he lifted the remaining big snake into the sky above Jiang Xuan and let its tail hang down.
Jiang Xuan took a rope, tied the big snake's tail, and then asked Tangyuan to put the big snake down.
"Boom!"
The big snake fell on the water and caused a large splash.
Even the speed of the big crocodile was slowed down because it had to drag a big snake.
Jiang Xuan pulled the big snake over, found the location of the snake gall, and then carefully removed the snake gall that was as big as a sea bowl.
There is a layer of gallbladder on the outside of the snake gallbladder, and inside is dark green liquid bile. You must be very careful. If it is broken, all the bile will flow away, and the snake gallbladder will be useless.
Such a large snake gallbladder is an excellent medicinal material for making witchcraft medicine, and is a real treasure for tribal people.
Jiang Xuan carefully tied the bile duct of the gallbladder with a string, then put the snake gallbladder in a small animal skin bag and hung it around his waist.
After returning home, he would find a ventilated place to hang the snake gallbladder. After it was dried, it could be used to make witchcraft medicine.
After getting the snake gallbladder, he peeled off the huge snake skin.
Tang Yuan has lived with Jiang Xuan for a long time and has a very good habit of eating snakes. He will not touch the snake gallbladder and will peck open the snake skin from the middle of the snake's belly, thus ensuring the integrity of the snake skin to the greatest extent.
Snake skin is also one of the most commonly used animal skins by tribal people, because it is soft and smooth, and is very convenient no matter what it is used for.
After peeling off the snake skin, Jiang Xuan handed it to Qingye and said, "This snake skin is for you."
"No, no, no... I can't have it, it's too precious..."
Jiang Xuan stuffed a thick pile of snake skin into Qingye's hand and said: "If you hadn't taken me into the Black Water Lake, Tang Yuan wouldn't have been able to catch this snake. So, I should have half of it from you. Don't refuse."
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"This... okay..."
Qingye was also a straightforward person, so he didn't refuse immediately and accepted it directly, planning to give it to Jiang Xuan after finding something suitable in Heishui Ze.
As for the snake meat, there was not much left after eating the glutinous rice balls. Jiang Xuan only took out a few of the largest snake bones.
Snake bones are also one of the raw materials for witch medicine, but their value is not as high as snake gallbladder and snake skin.
After finishing handling a snake, the crocodile tribe's team had gone deep into the Blackwater Marsh and arrived at a huge wetland forest.
This is also one of the hunting places that the crocodile tribe is relatively familiar with in Blackwater.
There are a large number of moisture-loving trees growing in the wetland forest. These trees have grown for who knows how many years, and their trunks are very huge.
The floor of the wetland forest is full of puddles and silt. Fortunately, it is winter now. If it were summer, the entire ground would be flooded.
It is very difficult for people to walk in such a place. They can only use the fallen dead trees. Otherwise, if they step into the mud, it will be fatal.
Fortunately, there are many crocodiles in the crocodile tribe. Crocodiles are not afraid of water or swamps, and they are almost unaffected when walking in this terrain.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
After the first big crocodile landed in the wetland forest, the beasts and birds were running away quickly, whether on the ground or in the trees.
Cimu stood on the back of the big crocodile, carefully observed the surroundings, and found no problems, so he waved to the back.
"Crash..."
Crocodiles came ashore one after another. They crawled to the floor of the wetland forest in twos and threes, scanning the surroundings with cold eyes.
After arriving here, we can no longer stay together, otherwise there will be too much movement and we won't be able to catch a single prey.
After everyone arrived, Cimu stood on top of the huge crocodile and shouted: "Everyone is divided into ten hunting teams and hunts according to the routes they have taken before. Everyone, be careful and don't provoke those troublesome people."
What a shame, big guy."
"yes!"
The crocodile tribe obviously did this not once or twice. They quickly found the leaders of their respective hunting teams, and then under the leadership of the leaders, they rode crocodiles to various parts of the forest.
Jiang Xuan and Qingye also followed a hunting team. The leader of the hunting team was a five-color warrior named Lin Jia, whose strength was also top-notch among the ten hunting team leaders.
Lin Jia said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please follow closely and don't fall behind, otherwise no one can save you if you are in danger!"
Lin Jia also gave Jiang Xuan a special look.
Jiang Xuan's strength is not weaker than him, and he is the leader of a tribe. Lin Jia cannot command him at all.
If Jiang Xuan goes in and runs around, it will drag down the entire hunt when he encounters danger.
This is what Squam is most worried about.
Fortunately, Jiang Xuan looks more mature and stable, not the kind of person who likes to cause trouble.
"Set off!"
Lin Jia chose the direction, then waved his hand and took the lead in riding a crocodile forward.
A hunting team of more than a hundred people riding crocodiles followed closely behind.
Because the terrain is complicated, crocodiles sometimes have to climb over dead wood. Therefore, everyone no longer dares to stand on the back of the crocodile. Instead, they choose to sit on the back of the crocodile so that they are less likely to fall.
Jiang Xuan and Qing Ye were still sitting on the back of the big crocodile named Xiao Qing. He smelled the air in the wetland forest that was mixed with the smell of decay and vegetation. He looked at the unique scenery around him and couldn't help but get excited.
He was looking forward to encountering something different in this wetland forest in the black water swamp.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the big crocodile entered the wetland forest, it entered a hunting state.
They became more alert, and their pace slowed down and became more relaxed.
After walking not far, Jiang Xuan saw a strange big insect more than half a meter long, squirming slowly on the trunk of a big tree.
It looks quite strange. The head is pink, and it is very similar to a baby's face. It even has pink lips that curve upward, as if it is smiling at people.
Its body is green with a brown stripe in the middle, like a small quilt covering its body.
Its tail has two antenna-like tails that can be curled or straightened, which is very strange.
Qingye saw Jiang Xuan staring at the bug, so he said: "That's called a baby bug. It's a bug unique to the black water swamp, but it's not delicious, so we don't usually catch it."
"I see."
Jiang Xuan was speechless for a while, but he still had to keep a smile on his face.
Tribal people judge the value of a species firstly by whether it can be eaten and whether it tastes good, and secondly by whether it can be used as medicinal materials.
If it neither tastes good nor can be used as medicine, even if it grows into a flower, the tribesmen will have little interest in it.
As the group continued to move forward, there were more and more strange animals and plants.
"Puff puff..."
On the big tree, a bird with green wings and a pig's head was alarmed by the crocodile and the crowd, and flew away quickly.
Qingye introduced to Jiang Xuan in a low voice: "This is called a pig-headed bird. It likes to eat wild fruits on trees. Its bones can be used to make witchcraft medicine. We have caught it before."
Continuing to walk forward for a while, Jiang Xuan saw another strange creature about the size of a washbasin with thick hair all over its body, lying on a rotten tree. The crocodile did not move even when it came.
Jiang Xuan asked Qingye curiously: "What kind of beast is this? Why doesn't it move?"
Qingye smiled, then stood up from the crocodile's back, quickly jumped onto the dead tree, and grabbed the strange, hairy creature.