Jiang Xuan rode a purple glutinous rice ball along the Feiyu River. After passing the Otter tribe, the Crab tribe, and a large section of uninhabited areas, he finally entered the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
"Crash..."
Below, the Feiyu River divides into two streams. The main stream continues to run towards the central part of the Southern Wilderness, while the tributary flows southwest towards the vast Blackwater Swamp.
Between the two rivers, there is a wide alluvial plain with very luxuriant vegetation. Looking down from the sky, you can see many houses and ant-like people.
If you look carefully, you can see countless large crocodiles moving around in various waters and in the grass along the river. Their cold, pale yellow crocodiles and sharp fangs are intimidating.
"We've arrived at the crocodile tribe."
When Jiang Zefei arrived near the Crocodile Tribe, he hesitated for a while, and finally decided to stop here. Firstly, he wanted to meet his old friends, and secondly, the Vine Tribe’s fleet would come here more and more frequently in the future, so he had to fight well with the Crocodile Tribe.
Relationship.
Jiang Xuan patted the feathers on Tangyuan's neck: "Land by the river."
He did not let the glutinous rice balls fly directly into the crocodile tribe, because no tribe would welcome such a huge and vicious bird to fly directly in.
"Yier..."
The dumpling flew to the river bank outside the Crocodile Tribe and landed in a reed field. Its huge body crushed a dense reed.
"Crash..."
Several large crocodiles resting by the river were frightened and hurriedly swam from the river bank to the deep water.
Jiang Ze and two soldiers got off Tangyuan's back, took some luggage, and then said to Tangyuan: "Go forage nearby by yourself, don't run too far, and don't prey on crocodiles or hurt people."
Tangyuan nodded, then waddled to the open river beach, and soon flew up again to look for food on its own.
Jiang Xuan and the two soldiers also walked to the river beach, chose a conspicuous big stone, sat on it, and waited patiently.
Soon after, more than a dozen crocodile tribe warriors armed with bone spears came riding on crocodiles. They were the guards of the crocodile tribe.
When they walked to the river beach, one of the boys, about sixteen years old, shouted in surprise: "Chief Xuan, it's really you. I thought I saw it wrong."
Jiang Xuan looked at the young man. His memory was very good, and he immediately remembered who this person was.
This young man is Shi Ya. When he first came to the Crocodile Tribe, he happened to encounter Shi Ya accidentally getting stuck in the trachea by a foreign object. He rescued him using the Heimlich maneuver, and thus gained the favor of the Crocodile Tribe.
Also met Shiya’s sister Qingye.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Shi Ya, I haven't seen you for two years, you have grown a lot taller."
Shiya puffed up his chest proudly: "That's right, I have now become a soldier of the guard team. When my strength increases, I can even join the hunting team!"
"Not bad, keep up the good work..."
While Jiang Xuan and Shi Ya were communicating, other warriors were also sizing up Jiang Xuan.
When they saw the seven warrior lines on Jiang Xuan's face, everyone was secretly surprised, because in the entire crocodile tribe, only the leader Cimu was a seven-color warrior, and Jiang Xuan looked too young.
Tribal people admire the strong. When they discovered that Jiang Xuan was a seven-color warrior, they were in awe.
One of the three-color warriors said: "If Chief Xuan wants to enter the crocodile tribe, he can ride in with us on a crocodile."
Shi Ya also said: "Yes, yes, leader Xuan, come with us in. My sister will be very happy if she knows you are coming."
Jiang Xuan did not refuse: "Okay, then I'll trouble you."
"Please!"
Jiang Xuan followed the three-color warrior and stood on the back of the largest crocodile. The two warriors he brought with him were with Shi Ya and others.
"Crash..."
After the big crocodile entered the water, it put its limbs together on its body, and then twisted its body like a snake, its broad tail kept swinging, and it swam very fast.
Soon after, they crossed the river, climbed onto the alluvial plain, and came to the territory of the Crocodile Tribe.
When Jiang Xuan saw the trading area outside the Crocodile Tribe again, he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity and joy.
The two Vine Tribe warriors he brought also looked around curiously, because it was their first time to come to the central part, and it was also their first time to enter the territory of a large tribe, so everything seemed new to them.
However, after seeing more, these two warriors felt that the trading area of the central tribe was just like that, far worse than the trading area of the Vine tribe, and the goods were far less complete than the trading area of the Vine tribe.
Since Jiang Xuan had dealt with the Crocodile Tribe for a long time and had left a pretty good impression on the Crocodile Tribe, after Shi Ya gave a brief report, Jiang Xuan was taken directly into the Crocodile Tribe’s residential area to meet with the leader, the two Vine Tribes.
The soldiers are also entertained.
When the leader of the crocodile tribe saw Jiang Xuan, he was also shocked by the strength of his seven-color warrior.
You know, Jiang Xuan is only about twenty years old!
Twenty-year-old seven-color warriors, let alone the crocodile tribe, are extremely rare even in the entire central part of the Southern Wilderness, let alone other remote places.
Just when Cimu was lost in thought, Jiang Xuan opened the animal skin bag he was carrying and took out a pair of beautiful painted pottery vases.
"Chief Cimu, I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare much. This pair of painted pottery vases were made by our Teng tribe ourselves. They should be given as gifts to Chief Cimu and the shaman."
When Cimu took one of the painted pottery bottles, his eyes almost went straight when he looked at it, because this kind of pottery is so beautiful!
After continuous iteration, the pottery of the Vine Tribe is not only more exquisite in shape, but also painted with various vegetation, insects, fish, ferocious birds and beasts, as well as some beautiful patterns, and the iconic Vine Tribe totem pattern on the bottom. p>
After seeing the painted pottery of the Teng tribe, when I look at the rough pottery made by other tribes, it just looks like garbage.
"This...is this made by your Vine Tribe yourself?"
Cimu held the painted pottery vase and looked at it again and again. He really couldn't put it down and felt unbelievable at the same time.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "It is true that we made it ourselves. Has Chief Cimu seen this kind of painted pottery vase elsewhere?"
Cimu shook his head and said: "I have seen some pottery with patterns, but none with such bright colors and beautiful patterns like your Vine Tribe."
Jiang Xuan's heart moved and he added: "If the crocodile tribe needs it, we can make pottery with large crocodile patterns, such as pottery basins, pottery bottles, and pottery tripods."
"What? You can make pottery with crocodile patterns?"
"Of course, as long as you need it, we can completely draw the pottery patterns according to your requirements."
After hearing these words, Cimu's breathing became heavier, because his heart was really moved.
The crocodile is not only the patron saint of the crocodile tribe, but also their fighting partner, helper in life, and even the person to talk to when they are troubled.
The people of the Crocodile Tribe all have a heartfelt love for crocodiles.
If they could get some pottery with crocodile pictures on them, they would be willing to pay a lot for it.
At present, Cimu discussed with Jiang Xuan the style of the crocodile pattern and the style of the pottery with great interest.
Jiang Xuan emphasized the large pottery tripod used for sacrifices and the three-legged round tripod, which is very practical and can be used for cooking.
The two parties agreed that before winter, the Vine Tribe would bring these custom-made pottery from the Crocodile Tribe and other goods to the Crocodile Tribe for trading.
After the conversation, Cimu became even more enthusiastic towards Jiang Xuan and brought out a lot of delicious food to entertain Jiang Xuan, including the specialty of the crocodile tribe - fish scale fruit.
Fish scale fruit is an aquatic plant that looks similar to water hyacinth, but is much larger than water hyacinth. When they mature, a fruit with a fish scale shape will grow in the middle. This fruit is rich in starch and can satisfy hunger. The last time he came to the Crocodile Tribe, Jiang Xuan brought some fish-scale fruits back to plant, but he didn’t know whether it was due to the acclimatization or some differences in climate. The fish-scale fruits grown in the Vine Tribe were smaller in size and the taste was not very good.<
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Jiang Xuan took a fish-scale fruit and took a bite. Feeling the sweet taste and crisp texture on his tongue, he couldn't help but sigh: "The fish-scale fruit grown by your crocodile tribe is still delicious."
"Haha, if it's delicious, eat more of it. Our crocodile tribe has plenty of fish-scale fruits!"
When Cimu heard Jiang Xuan's praise, his face burst into smiles, and his reception became even more enthusiastic.
"The hunting team is back!"
At this moment, a shout came from outside, followed by the footsteps and cheers of the Crocodile Tribe.
Jiang Xuan's heart moved and he said: "Chief Cimu, since the hunting team is back, let's go out and see how the harvest is."
"Okay, let's go take a look."
Ci Mu stood up and walked outside with Jiang Xuan.
When they followed the crowd to the place where the hunting team's crocodiles came ashore, Jiang Xuan saw a familiar figure carrying the prey from a distance. That person was Qingye.
The tribe's six senses are very sharp, and Qingye, who was carrying the prey forward, soon felt that someone was watching her.
Qingye followed her feeling and looked over there. When she saw Jiang Xuan, she froze in place.
"Xuan...leader Xuan..."
Qingye trembled all over and couldn't believe his eyes.