Traveling back to the present, although Xu Chen has been developing like a fish, he has still taken one step at a time without any mistakes.
The external war is in a state of crushing. Large tribal alliances with a population of thousands, such as the Gonghuo Clan and the Yu Gong Clan, have no trouble keeping them in check. Why is it that this ghostly and evil tribe is unable to perform well when it is its turn?
Already.
If the Five Ghost Tribes are so difficult to deal with, won't they be blocked step by step if they continue to develop to the southeast?
But fighting a war alone is indeed a bad idea, especially for such barbaric tribes who are not easy to communicate with. Today's big fanfare has made them wary. Even if they launch a war tomorrow, it may not go particularly smoothly.
What's more, he also wants the Five Ghosts to help him smelt lead. If there are heavy casualties after a battle, the follow-up processing will be a big trouble.
The most important thing is that the Five Ghosts have witches and are a powerful tribe with spiritual beliefs. If they want to win, they must make their witches surrender. If their witches are killed, the hatred will not be resolved at all. Both sides are almost
It's a never-ending situation.
So Xu Chen thought about it and decided to take a risk.
As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't be able to find tiger cubs.
What's more, although the Five Ghosts are difficult to deal with, they are still considered a civilized tribe, and both sides have been in a relatively restrained state despite the tense situation.
The Five Ghosts actually know how powerful the Gonghuo Clan is. If they really fight, the final outcome will be that the Five Ghosts Alliance is completely wiped out.
Therefore, with Xu Chen's comfort, the emotions of a group of leaders and hunters slowly calmed down. Xu Chen selected the ten strongest and most courageous hunters from the accompanying team to serve as guards, and appointed Lei as the team leader. Mo stayed to lead the large army.
alert.
Once something goes wrong during this visit, they will simply launch a hard attack. Xu Chen and others will try their best to capture the opponent's big witch first, and then cooperate internally and externally to completely defeat the Five Ghosts.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of a group of Ba hunters and a group of Gonghuo captives who have gone through several battles is already very strong, and their cooperation is in place. With the addition of advanced equipment such as leather armor, vine armor, vine shields, bows and arrows, this battle will not be too big.
The suspense is that at most there may be some accidental casualties.
After Xu Chen told Mo He to stay with a group of hunters for a long time, he took two Jia tribe guides as translators, and then followed a group of colorful Five Ghost tribe hunters to the hillside northwest of the lake.
Although the trees nearby are also very tall, they are very sparse and the forest is very open. The ground is full of exposed stones and yellow soil, which looks a little barren.
The cave is just tens of meters away from the foot of the mountain.
An extremely huge tree grows above the entrance of the cave. The exposed tree roots are like a python and wrap the cave tightly, leaving only a hole formed by the tree roots. It looks like a huge tree cave with a strange structure.
Breathtaking.
There are traces of excavation around the cave, and a large amount of gravel and soil were piled near the entrance of the cave to form an earth wall more than a foot high. It looks like some artificial construction.
Sure enough, the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds.
The world is so big, there are all kinds of bird tribes.
A few days ago, Xu Chen saw those cave-dwelling indigenous savage tribes near the Mongols. Xu Chen thought they were the oldest and strangest living environment.
But after arriving at the Jia Clan yesterday, he realized that each mountain is higher than the other. The bird's nest building full of dark and twisted style built by the Jia Clan once again refreshed his three views.
But today, when he saw the huge tree hole nest of the Five Ghost Clan, he realized that he was really ignorant. This huge tree hole was truly primitive and natural, full of prehistoric style.
The entire cave is exactly like the goblin's residence in Western Fantasy, full of fantasy colors.
Especially the huge tree above the tree hole. The crown of the tree is half the size of a football field, and the huge trunk is at least twenty meters thick. If placed in a fantasy land, this tree would have become a spirit.
“#￥@……”
Seeing Xu Chen and a group of others standing in front of the tree cave with their mouths open in a daze, the Five Ghosts pointed loudly at the cave, reminding Xu Chen and others to follow them in.
"Let's go in and take a look. Be careful, everyone, and try not to show any hostility!"
After Xu Chen warned him, he took a deep breath and led the people into the tree hole where the roots were entangled.
The inside of the tree hole is relatively dark, not very humid, and even relatively dry.
The rocks, soil and tree roots on the cave wall are intertwined. Some tree roots are exposed out of thin air, twisting, twisting and knotting. There are even branches hanging from the roots with green leaves on them.
Around the cave walls, you can see nests made of stones and hay and animal skins everywhere. Some even grass nests are built with branches directly on the exposed and entangled tree roots in the air. They are like hammocks, full of fantasy style, and many are wrapped in old clothes.
The women and children wearing animal skins hid in dark places, secretly observing the group of uninvited guests.
In the most open space in the middle of the tree hole, there is a big hole on the top. It looks like the hollow of a big tree. There is a fire pit several meters square below. There is a fire burning inside. The burning smoke comes directly from the tree on the top.
The holes were drawn away, forming an extremely strange picture.
A short and thin figure covered in animal skins sat cross-legged in the deepest part of the tree hole, holding a salt shaker in his arms. With the faint flickering light of the fire, he could only see a general appearance, but could not clearly see his appearance at all.
.
“￥%#……”
A group of Five Ghosts blocked Xu Chen and others near the fire pond, preventing them from getting close.
The short and thin figure sitting cross-legged also said a few words in a low and hoarse voice. The two Jia tribe guides quickly gestured to translate, meaning that this was their great shaman. He was not in good health. If you have anything to say, please tell him.
Xu Chen didn't mince words, and directly asked the Jia tribe to help translate, saying that he came with peace and friendship, and wanted to exchange pottery and linen for lead with the Five Ghost tribe.
No one could understand what lead was, and Xu Chen couldn't explain it, so he had to ask the Jia people to translate it as the kind of stone that turns black or white when applied to the body.
"Cough cough cough cough...￥%#..."
The short and thin figure coughed for a while and then said something hoarsely. He wheezed heavily, and it looked like he was indeed seriously ill.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, the great witch said that these stones can be replaced, but not too many."
"What do you mean not too much?" Xu Chen frowned.
The Jia tribe guide quickly exchanged a few words with gestures and then explained to Xu Chen: "The great witch said that you can only change a few baskets at a time..."
Seeing the slap extended by the Jia tribe guide, Xu Chen couldn't laugh or cry at the same time. He was extremely angry. His face twitched a few times and he had the urge to turn around and leave. But in the end, he suppressed his anger and thought about it. He wore it from his waist.
He pulled out the only copper-lead alloy dagger he had on him.
“@#……”
Seeing Xu Chen's actions, a group of Five Ghosts people suddenly became nervous, and some even raised their spears and clubs and shouted loudly.
Although they didn't know what Xu Chen took out, they usually carried some sharpened animal bone stone knives with them for self-defense, so they knew that the thing in Xu Chen's hand must be a weapon.
"Tell them I don't have any ill intentions, I just want the wizard to see the power of this thing!"
Xu Chen did not act rashly, but calmly asked the Jia people to help translate.
After some exchanges, the great witch said a few words in a hoarse voice, and the hunter leaders of the Five Ghost Tribe put down their weapons, but still looked at Xu Chen with vigilance.
Xu Chen raised the dagger in his hand, turned around and looked around, and saw an exposed tree root as thick as an egg a few steps away, so he pointed at the root and said, "Look out, I can easily cut it with this weapon."
This root!”
After waiting for the Jia people to finish the translation, Xu Chen strode up to the root of the tree, swung his dagger, and struck the root with a click.
As the gravel and soil fell down, the roots of the tree shook violently but were not cut off.
How many dogs are there? What kind of tree roots are these? They are so strong.
Xu Chen looked at the root of the tree and his face twitched fiercely. He used all his arm strength with this cut. He wanted to cut off the barbarians in two, but unexpectedly he failed to pretend. Only half of the root was cut in. Moreover, he found that the root of the tree was cut in half.
It's not that it's hard, but it's very tough, just like cutting a cow's tendons.
However, his face remained calm and he quickly swung his sword again.
"Crack!"
This time the copper-lead dagger did not disappoint him. The tree root was finally broken, and white sap quickly flowed down.
“￥%#……”
Shouts of exclamation echoed throughout the cave. A group of hunters from the Five Ghost Tribe looked at the dagger in Xu Chen's hand with horrified faces. Some even took a few steps back subconsciously.
However, several children who had been hiding in the darkness around the tree hole rushed up to grab the roots of the tree and began to suck the juice dripping from it, as if drinking milk, which looked chaotic and weird.
Xu Chen, who was squeezed to the side, finally saw the faces of these children clearly with the help of the firelight. He was so frightened that his hand shook and the dagger almost fell to the ground.
None of these children have normal looks. They have crooked mouths, bulging eyes, buck teeth, and cracked lips. They are like a group of biochemically genetically modified failures, which is so terrifying that it makes people feel chilled in their hearts.
“￥%#……”
The big witch spoke in a hoarse voice. A group of hunters from the Five Ghost Tribe stepped forward and drove away a group of children who were fighting for the tree root sap. Xu Chen handed the dagger in his hand to a tall guy who was covered in white and had two skulls on his head.
He motioned to him to take the dagger to the wizard for inspection.
The guy's hand trembled slightly, and he took the exquisitely crafted alloy dagger in horror. He held it in both hands and walked over carefully to hand it to the great witch.
The great witch took this dagger that he had never seen before and looked at it carefully again and again, and even scratched his hand. A stream of blood flowed out instantly, and he trembled in pain, and the dagger fell to the ground with a clang.
Xu Chen:……
I have seen stupid people, but I have never seen such stupid people.
This primitive man's mind really wasn't very bright.
“#￥%……”
A group of hunter leaders from the Five Ghost Tribe gathered around him in horror. After a period of confusion, the great witch licked the wound fiercely for a while, then picked up the dagger again and licked the blade a few more times.
Xu Chen's face was so twitching that he couldn't stop it.
This knife has been contaminated and must not be used again.