After crying, you have to deal with the aftermath.
According to the custom of the red ant tribe, when a tribe member dies, the body must be taken to the ant nest to be eaten by the young ants.
It is said that this allows the souls of the tribe to enter the ant nest, stay beside the red ant god forever, and be protected by the red ant god.
But now, after knowing the tribe's biggest secret, Gu Li no longer wants to send the elder's body to the ant nest.
When people are alive, they are exploited by those red ants as slaves. After they die, even their bodies have to be fed to the young red ants. How sad is this?
Therefore, Gu Li gritted his teeth and said to the surrounding tribesmen: "The elder had last words before he died. He wanted to be buried in this forest. I decided to respect the elder's choice."
The surrounding tribesmen looked at each other because this was against the rules of the red ant tribe.
But now that the witch is not here, the leader has the highest status, and since this is the last wish of the deceased, no one dares to object.
Qieye understood what his father was thinking. With red eyes, he took a piece of grass usually used for digging traps from a soldier next to him and started digging holes directly.
Some warriors who had been favored by the elders also stepped forward to help.
In this way, no one would dare to mention the tribe's rules.
Finally, the elder's body was wrapped in a large animal skin and placed in a deep pit. Gu Li and Qie Ye personally covered the elder's body with soil and buried him in this pine forest...
When the elder of the ant tribe died, the body was not sent to the ant nest. The news was spread back to the tribe, and the witch was quite dissatisfied with this.
But since the person has been buried, it is impossible for the witch to dig him up again, so the matter can only be left alone.
However, what the witch didn't know was that from this day on, the leader no longer believed in the red ant god, and no longer had unreserved trust in the witch, and even secretly began to plan to change the totem god.
The entire ant tribe, on the surface, is still as calm as before, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging.
Outside the ant tribe, Jiang Xuan wandered in the forest for a day, but was unable to find out anything about what happened inside the ant tribe.
Just when he was disappointed and about to leave, Qieye found him and handed him two oval fruits as big as footballs.
The outer skin of these two fruits is yellow-brown and relatively hard. If you shake them, there will be a sound inside.
Qie Ye said: "This is the fruit of the kettle tree. There are seeds inside. You can take it back and try to plant it. Whether it can be planted depends on the luck of your vine tribe."
"The shaman of your tribe agrees to give me this fruit?"
Jiang Xuan was surprised, because most tribes would regard these things as treasures and would not give them to outsiders easily.
"I am the leader's son, so I don't need to ask the shaman's opinion to get two fruits."
Jiang Xuan was keenly aware of the changes in the cut leaves. This was not what he said when he took Jiang Xuan to visit the red ant tribe.
However, Jiang Xuan did not ask what happened to Qie Ye, because he was just an outsider, and even if he asked, Qie Ye might not be able to tell.
"Thank you very much. I'll give you something as well."
Jiang Xuan didn't want to take advantage of Qie Ye in vain, so he took out a gem knife coin and handed it to Qie Ye.
The gem knife coin is the most valuable knife coin in the rattan tribe's knife coin system. It is polished with high-quality stone and is highly ornamental and practical.
Qie Ye took the gem knife coin. He was also a good person and knew that this thing was worth a lot of money.
But since it was given by Jiang Xuan, he accepted it directly without refusing.
"You'd better not come to the red ant tribe recently and leave as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll leave right away."
Jiang Xuan didn't ask why, because looking at the attitude of the red ant tribe, something big must have happened.
"There are still things to do in the tribe, so I'll go back first."
After Qie Ye finished speaking, he turned around and left. His steps were heavier and he was not as lively as before.
Jiang Xuan stood there and watched Qie Ye go away, then looked at the two kettle tree fruits in his hand and put them into the animal skin bag.
Then, he climbed to the tallest tree nearby and blew the bone whistle.
"Hey..."
After a while, the glutinous rice balls flew over from the distant hills and landed in the open space.
Jiang Xuan got down from the tree, ran to the open space, and then climbed on Tangyuan's back.
"Let's go, keep going."
Jiang Xuan patted the glutinous rice balls' strong feathers, and the glutinous rice balls immediately flew up, circled twice in the sky, and then continued to fly southeast along the river.
Jiang Xuan looked back at the red ant tribe in the forest. He didn't know what the red ant tribe would look like the next time he came over.
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Two days later, Jiang Xuan had moved away from the Red Ant Tribe and used transactions to find out the location of the Black Tooth Tribe from the tribes on the river bank.
On the third day after leaving the Red Ant Tribe, he found the Black Tooth Tribe.
The Black Teeth Tribe lives on a relatively rare mountain range in the central part of the Southern Wilderness. It is said that the reason why they lived here was not voluntarily, but because they were relatively weak at the time and were forced to go up the mountain.
If you can live in the plains that are suitable for living and planting, who would want to go to the mountains with harsh conditions?
But no one expected that after the Black-toothed tribe went up the mountain, they desperately thought of changes and began to take advantage of the Black-toothed bird's ability to fly long distances and engage in primitive trade.
The Black Teeth Tribe relied on primitive trade, a hugely profitable industry, to rapidly grow in strength. Even the tribes that had forced them up the mountain had to make deals with them and accept their exploitation.
In just a few decades, the Black Teeth Tribe established a powerful primitive business empire, and the Black Teeth Tribe's traveling trading teams spread their footprints throughout the Southern Wilderness.
Although their totem god has not yet become a great god, the overall strength of the Black Tooth Tribe is no longer weaker than any other large tribe.
The people of the Black Tooth Tribe live a more prosperous life than any other large tribe.
The mountain range where the Black Tooth Tribe is located was named by them as the Black Tooth Mountains. Now, the territory of the Black Tooth Tribe is not limited to the Black Tooth Mountains. They also occupy a large area of the plains surrounding the mountains.
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The glutinous rice balls landed beside a small lake outside the Black Tooth Tribe. As soon as Jiang Xuan got off the Tang Yuan's back, a group of Black Tooth Tribe warriors came over.
The warriors of the Black Teeth tribe are not as fierce as other tribes, and everyone has a kinder expression.
One of the leading warriors said: "This is the Black Tooth Tribe. Which tribe are you from? Are you here to do business?"
"I'm from the Vine Tribe. Not long ago, Karasuba, the leader of your expedition team from the Black Tooth Tribe, invited me over."
"Invited by Chief Karasuba? Just wait a moment. Chief Karasuba hasn't been out for the past two days. I'll go find him right away."
The warriors of the Black Teeth Tribe were not stupid. Instead of just letting people in, they went to Karasuba first to confirm the situation.
While waiting, Jiang Xuan casually looked at this group of Black Tooth Tribe warriors.
Whether a tribe is strong or not can be clearly seen from its people.
First of all, the warriors of the Black Teeth tribe are very strong and not as skinny as the warriors of other tribes. They don't look like they often go hungry.
Secondly, although the animal skin clothing worn by each of them is not brand new, it is complete and not as tattered as other tribes.
Their weapons are also very well made and are very different from those crudely made weapons.
Finally, there are the accessories that these warriors wear around their necks or hang on their waists.
These jewelry are polished very beautifully, and if they are traded, they can be exchanged for a lot of things.
It can be seen from these details that the Black Tooth Tribe is really rich, so rich that it makes people envious, even jealous.
"Chief Xuan, hahaha, as soon as I heard that it was from the Teng tribe, I knew it was you!"
Karasuba walked out of the tribe with a very happy smile on his face.
In this primitive continent, which is full of dangers and has extremely limited traffic, the reunion of old friends is a very worthy celebration, because too many people, after meeting once, will never see each other again.
Karasuba greeted enthusiastically: "Let's go to the tribe. I have a lot of good things there. You must like them."
Jiang Xuan pointed at the glutinous rice balls and said, "Can it go in?"
"Of course. Our Black Tooth Tribe has a special place for the mount to stay temporarily. Let it go in with us."
"That's great."
Because glutinous rice balls are too big and fierce, no matter which tribe they went to before, they were not very popular and had to wait outside the tribe.
This time, it can finally go in with Jiang Xuan.
"Tangyuan, follow me."
Jiang Xuan waved, and the glutinous rice balls waddled behind him like a duck walking, which looked quite funny.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Wu Yu took Jiang Xuan and Tangyuan to a very wide wooden shed area.
There are various large and small wooden sheds in this area, as well as wide open spaces. People from various tribes who come to trade can temporarily leave their mounts here, and the people from the Black Tooth tribe will take care of them.
Wu Yu looked at the huge size of Tangyuan, then pointed to the open space and said: "Let it rest here for a while. If it needs to eat, we can ask the warriors of our tribe to send a few wild beasts over. Of course, the wild beasts need to be fed."
A little bit of goods in exchange.”
After Jiang Xuan heard this sentence, he only had two words in his mind: profiteer.
The reason why the Black Teeth Tribe established this wooden shack area was not to provide convenience to each tribe, but to take advantage of the mounts' need to eat and earn benefits.
"No need, the glutinous rice balls were already full when they arrived, just let them rest here for a while."
Jiang Xuan decisively rejected the Black Tooth Tribe's desire to serve Tangyuan.
Wu Yu felt that it was a pity. If he wanted to feed such a big raptor, he would have to eat a lot of meat. Maybe the meat could be exchanged for some good things from Jiang Xuan.
"Then let's go."
Wu Yu and Jiang Xuan continued to walk forward. Jiang Xuan looked back at the wooden shack area and decided to build one outside the vine wall of the Vine Tribe when he went back, copying the Black Tooth Tribe's money-making idea.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Jiang Xuan's lips. The next time the Black Tooth Tribe's expedition team goes to the Vine Tribe, they will also be able to experience how their mounts have to pay for food and water.
Jiang Xuan believes that it can even go a step further and provide services such as bathing, hair trimming, and medical treatment for those mounts.