The squirrel felt his body become stronger and stronger, holding the golden sword coin, and his whole body seemed to be sitting on the clouds, as if he were in heaven.
However, when he thought that there was still a seed in his heart, it seemed as if he had fallen directly from the clouds to the ground, and still landed face first.
"Come on, come on, sit here, we will be our own people from now on."
Jiang Xuan enthusiastically pulled the squirrel to sit down by the campfire, and then stuffed him with a large skewer of meat: "Eat meat, eat meat, you'll be starving after being tied up for so long, right?"
The squirrel originally wanted to refuse, but Jiang Xuan's roasted meat was so fragrant that his stomach made a "gurgling" sound involuntarily.
The squirrel took a tentative bite of the meat, and then the delicious taste bloomed on the tip of his tongue. He simply could not refuse this delicious food.
"Delicious..."
The squirrel quickly finished one skewer of meat, and Jiang Xuan thoughtfully handed him two more skewers.
After eating all the roasted meat, the chinchilla still had a feeling of unfinished eating.
As the saying goes, eating people is soft-mouthed and taking people is short-handed. The squirrel eats and takes, and its hostility towards Jiang Xuan has naturally lessened.
Jiang Xuan patted the squirrel on the shoulder and said: "As long as you work hard in the future, I guarantee that you can become the leader, even the leader of the rat tribe!"
"You don't want to see your rat tribe fall apart like this and slowly disappear, right?"
Jiang Xuan's words touched the squirrel's heart.
Every tribesman has a very deep feeling for the tribe. The Rat tribe has fallen to this point, without even a stable territory, and the Gray Rat is also quite sad.
However, he is too weak and is powerless to deal with the division and weakening of the tribe.
Now, Jiang Xuan has given him a little hope, even if the hope is still slim at present.
"Can I really do it?" Squirrel asked unconfidently.
Jiang Xuan nodded affirmatively and said: "With the Vine God and the Vine Tribe here, what are you afraid of? Even if you can't do it, we will help you!"
The squirrel nodded, although he still didn't want to believe it, but he was still thinking about it just in case.
If it is true as Jiang Xuan said, the Rat Tribe may really have a chance to restore unity and strength, right?
Once this idea was planted, it kept circling in the squirrel's mind and couldn't get rid of it.
After eating and drinking enough, Jiang Xuan continued to brainwash the squirrel.
"The seed in your body is not a threat as long as you don't betray the Vine Tribe. On the contrary, it is the seed of the Vine God. It can help you become stronger quickly, and it can also protect you in an emergency."<
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"Others can't get such a treasure if they want it. Think about it carefully, does what I say make sense?"
The squirrel thought seriously for a moment, and then nodded. That is the seed of the totem god. Once used, it will be a real treasure.
Of course, the premise is that the gray rat does not betray the Vine tribe, otherwise, that seed is a life-threatening weapon that can take his life at any time.
"So, don't think so much, work hard in the future, strive to become the leader as soon as possible, and then look for opportunities to win over other members of your rat tribe and restore the past glory of the rat tribe!"
Jiang Xuan's words were very inspiring. Even if his reason told Squirrel that it was unrealistic, he still had some luck in his mind. What if it really came true?
"Okay, you have been here for too long. In order to avoid your tribe being suspicious, I will tie you to the tree again later, but I will tie you loosely. After I fall asleep, you can cut it off yourself.
Rope and then pretend to escape."
Jiang Xuan did as he was told and tied the squirrel back directly, then spread an animal skin next to the bonfire and lay on it to sleep.
The squirrel waited patiently for a while, then took out a sharp stone chip and kept cutting the rope until it was cut off.
Then, he looked at Jiang Xuan, who was lying on the animal skin and seemed to be asleep, and then looked at the purple ferocious bird sleeping beside him, and left with a complicated expression.
Because the people of the Rat Tribe have been active in dark places for a long time, their vision at night is far superior to that of ordinary people.
The squirrel quickly shuttled through the woods. When it came to a certain boulder, it directly lifted the dense vines above, revealing a dark earth hole below.
The squirrel jumped into the hole without hesitation, then stretched out his hand to restore the vines to their original shape, and then quickly crawled forward along the hole.
The squirrel crawled a long distance in the soil hole, and suddenly the front became open and some firelight appeared.
The squirrel continued to crawl towards the place where the fire was, but within a few steps, a man appeared in front of him, pointing a short spear at him.
"Who?"
"It's me, Squirrel."
When the man heard the voice of the squirrel, he immediately put down his short spear and asked in surprise: "Squirrel, weren't you captured?"
"I was captured, but I escaped again."
"That's great. Come over quickly. Everyone is worried about you."
When the Gray Rat heard these words, his heart did not waver, because the Rat Tribe always gave up on those who were caught by mistake. Except for those close to him, no one would worry about a loser.
The gray rat walked to a place with firelight and saw a large bonfire and a dozen rat tribe members surrounding the bonfire.
The team that Squirrel belongs to actually has more than 200 people. However, because the underground cave is relatively narrow, it is impossible for all these people to gather together. Only a dozen or more people can live in a large cave and are scattered underground.
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After the squirrel walked over, he told the prepared speech to these dozen people again.
These people had no doubts about what Squirrel said. They just lamented that he was so lucky to be able to escape even if he was caught stealing.
The squirrel did not stop here, but continued to crawl into the next big hole, looking for their leader.
He climbed through three large holes in a row and finally found the leader of the rat tribe team.
The Rat Tribe is only a small tribe, and their advantage is not combat effectiveness. Therefore, the strength of the tribe is generally relatively weak.
The leader who manages more than 200 rat tribe members is just a three-color warrior.
The leader was more cautious. After listening to the prepared words of the squirrel, he checked the marks on his wrists where they were tied with ropes, and then he believed what the squirrel said.
"It's good to be back. Be careful next time and don't get caught again. Not every time you will have such good luck."
"Yes!"
The squirrel lowered his head, looking like he was being taught.
In fact, after Jiang Xuan's brainwashing, when he saw the leader, his first thought was how to replace him.
Even he himself was startled by this idea, but the longer the time passed, the stronger the idea became.
Later, he felt that replacing the leader was not an impossible task because the leader was not very strong.
"Okay, go to bed, we have to work tomorrow."
The leader waved his hand nonchalantly and asked the squirrel to leave.
The squirrel seemed to retreat honestly, but his eyes were different from before.
Once something like ambition appears, it will grow rapidly and cannot be stopped.
The squirrel returned to the cave where he usually slept. That night, he couldn't sleep at all. All he could think about was how to become stronger quickly and replace the leader...
On the other side, Jiang Xuan sat up again after the squirrel left.
The gray rat is the first chess piece placed by the Vine Tribe in the central part. If the entire rat tribe can be controlled through the gray rat, then it will be much easier for the Vine Tribe to march into the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
Of course, Jiang Xuan will not put all his hopes on the squirrel.
It would be great if the squirrel succeeded. If he failed, Jiang Xuan would support another person from the rat tribe until he succeeded.
Moreover, Jiang Xuan will not just support a rat tribe. If he encounters a suitable opportunity in the future, Jiang Xuan will also support people from other small or medium-sized tribes and control these tribes by controlling these people.
No matter how weak these tribes are, they are still native tribes in the central part of the Southern Wilderness. They are very familiar with this place and can provide great help to the future development of the Vine Tribe.
"Tangyuan, I feel like I don't recognize myself less and less." Jiang Xuan said with a complicated expression.
If it were before, he would never have thought about these things, but now, sitting as the leader of the Vine Tribe, he must consider things with a leader's mentality. In order to achieve his goal, he will inevitably use some less bright methods. If one day, he completely adapts to this identity, maybe he will become the kind of person he once hated.
This is growth. The more things you gain, the more things you lose.
Tang Yuan tilted his head and looked at Jiang Xuan. Although he had a high IQ, he obviously didn't understand Jiang Xuan's words. He could only move to Jiang Xuan comfortingly, allowing Jiang Xuan to lean on his thick feathers.
Up.
Jiang Xuan leaned on Tang Yuan, looked at the stars in the sky, sighed slightly for a long time, and then closed his eyes.
We have to keep walking, so don’t think about those uncertain things anymore.
The flame was still burning, Tang Yuan put his head under the feathers, Jiang Xuan leaned on Tang Yuan's body, and each bird slowly fell asleep.
I don’t know when, Tang Yuan has grown into a truly vicious bird. Just squatting there can scare most birds and beasts.
With glutinous rice balls around, Jiang Xuan can sleep until dawn without being disturbed.
……
Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan woke up from his sleep. He found a spring nearby and washed his face, waking up completely.
All the emotions from last night were swept away, and I became energetic again.
He ate something, then filled a pot of water with a clay pot, completely extinguished the remnants of the bonfire, and tied the animal skin bags to Tangyuan's back again.
After doing all this, he climbed on Tangyuan's back, pointed to the south and said: "Let's go to the Spider Tribe."
"Yier..."
Tangyuan screamed sharply, and then ran forward in the direction pointed by Jiang Xuan. When he ran to an open space where he could take off, he took advantage of the situation and flew directly into the sky.
There was a whirring wind in his ears. Jiang Xuan looked back at the Black Tooth Tribe and the forest where the Rat Tribe was hiding, and then flew towards the Spider Tribe on his glutinous rice balls.