The Survival of the Wild Tribe

by Usui Takumii

not mine, mtl novel. Chapters 238 Main and 2 Extras. Also at ao3.

7. 61 to 70

If Lu Zhan hadn't finished speaking, everyone present could guess it.

In this world, tribes and tribes do not live in peace. Perhaps in other seasons when food is plentiful, they will engage in some trading activities with other tribes, but when it comes to winter when there is no food and clothing, when there is really no food to hunt, the hungry tribe will look at other tribes.

This is also the reason why the Black Panther tribe rejected foreigners so much. After all, many of their tribesmen have lost their lives in the hands of foreigners. Or is it because the tribe was severely injured after they came here, so that they had to accept foreigners. To join.

But that's the case, those foreigners who join can only serve as the party who obeys the child and mother, and give birth to new people for the Panthers.

"Are you saying they will hit us with their ideas?" Luo Zhen swallowed.

Lu Zhan nodded.

"But we have walls and wooden houses. For other tribes, it should be a powerful tribe? Will those people rashly attack us?" A Qing is still very confident in his tribe.

"Our tribe is too small." Kadotake pointed out the focus of the problem.

Yes, their current tribe is too small. In the past, for the convenience of care, the wooden house and the wooden house were not far apart. Even if the scope of the ice city wall is added, the area is even a quarter of the original Black Panther tribe. No, this size is just a small tribe that does not pose a threat to anyone.

Even their walls and wooden houses will become the coveted objects of other people. After all, people with a little brain can see how attractive these things are. Even in winter, they can bring enough safety to a tribe. The price is just to kill the people living in it.

Orcs are different from beasts. They will not be blocked by a mere ice city wall. They know how to climb, know how to ambush, have rich combat experience, and know how to deal with orcs.

"Tomorrow I will go outside to check on the situation. If someone chases the antler horse to the neighborhood, there should be traces left."

"I'll go with you, and the two of you can take care of it." Kadotake looked at Lu Zhan and suggested.

Lu Zhan nodded, then pointed with his chin to the staghorn horse that was resting after eating, and asked Luo Zhen, "What about that staghorn horse? Do I need to send it back to their territory?"

Luo Zhen looked at the staghorn horse and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, let it stay here for a few days, and send it back when the injury is better."

Lu Zhan didn't have any comments, he was even wondering if he could use this matter to get some benefits from the huge antler horse. The staghorn horse has not known how many years it has lived, and I believe there should be a lot of things left.

Early the next morning, Luo Zhen prepared a day's food for the two of them and packed them into backpacks for them to take on the road to eat, and told them to pay attention to safety. Even if they accidentally ran into them, they should never go with people from other tribes. Head-to-head.

After changing the new herb for the staghorn horse, Luo Zhen is about to prepare food for the injured guest.

All the wild cabbage grown at home was eaten by the staghorn horse last night. Even though the staghorn horse hadn't been long before it became an adult, its food intake was not small. Now this season, most of the plant's leaves have long since dried up, which can make the antlers. As food for horses, there are only grass roots buried under the snow.

"Great Witch, do you want to find food for the staghorn horse?" Axue brought A Shui and A Hua two little kids over early in the morning, and saw Luo Zhen carrying a backpack and a pair of bone * to go out. He looked like he asked.

"Well, there is nothing suitable for staghorn horses to eat. I plan to dig some grass roots in the tribe and come back." Luo Zhen smiled.

Axue rolled her eyes and said, "I'll help you dig together, too." Then, letting go of the two children, he ran home on the ground and pulled out his tools.

Luo Zhen didn't have any objection. He didn't plan to go outside the city wall. When the city wall was built, in order to reserve a place for activities, they deliberately circled a large open space, except for the open space in front of the main entrance. In addition, the other three areas remained the same, and the dry weeds buried under the snow were Luo Zhen's goal.

"Do you also want to dig food for the staghorn horse together?" Luo Zhen asked gently, looking at the two children.

The two children nodded quickly, Ah Shui took the little girl by the hand and ran home. His father built two small bone hoes for him, and he could use one of them for Ah Hua.

"Remember to wear gloves." Luo Zhen exclaimed loudly behind the two children.

Gloves, hats, shoes and socks were made by the mother-in-law one after another after the winter, or Luo Zhen would not agree to let the children go outside in the winter. However, those who are too young, as the weather is getting colder and colder, Luo Zhen is not allowed to go out even if they are dressed thickly. Only when Luo Zhen specially arranges for them once in three days will they be allowed to come to Luo Zhen. Come home.

"I know, Da Wu." The two children replied crisply.

Luo Zhen smiled and shook his head, and walked to the back of the wooden house.

Before the winter, Luo Zhen had seen how luxuriant weeds grew here, but now most of the branches and leaves of the weeds are dry and fall off, and the stems are crushed by the heavy snow. At a glance, this place is like a flat snow. But as long as the layer of snow is removed, you can see all kinds of weeds buried underneath.

As soon as Luo Zhen chose the location, Axue brought two children over, each of them carrying a small animal skin backpack behind them, because the snow here has not been dealt with since the city wall was built, and it is almost knee-high. , The two children stumbled, and at first glance they looked like most of their bodies were buried in the snow.

Luo Zhen instructed them to choose a small location for themselves. The three of them had previous experience in helping to deal with weeds and feeding those ewes. They knew what the animals would eat, so they did not need to say Luo Zhenduo to start doing things in a decent way. .

Pulling away the snow, Luo Zhen first touched the dry weeds with his hands. Except for those that have completely withered, most of the weeds could be known as long as Luo Zhen touched him. In winter, the soil was frozen very hard. In order not to waste energy, Luo Zhen first confirmed which weed the grass roots are suitable for staghorn horses to eat before starting the excavation.

Luo Zhen had never used this ability to recognize plants for a long time before. Even when he first learned that he had such an ability, he only chose some weeds near his home to recognize it. This time, in order to dig food for the staghorn horses, he did it. I found that my ability to recognize plants is limited. After using it for a long time, my head will become swollen and painful, and even my stomach will become more and more hungry.

Luo Zhen looked at the palm of his hand in amazement. It seems that when using this ability in the future, he should pay attention to it. This time, he is in a safe tribe. It's okay. If he uses this ability for such a long time outside the tribe, Wan As soon as the symptoms of force loss appear, they either become a drag on others or they have to wait for death.

After another hungry protest in his stomach, Luo Zhen planned to end the excavation first. He stomped his squatting legs, lifted the backpack, and walked to the two children's side. "I will dig here first. Right, are you hungry? I'll make some good food for you when I go back."

"Great Witch, we just came out."

"Da Wu, didn't you eat anything in the morning?" A Hua looked at her backpack. There were only a few shriveled grass roots in it. It is estimated that there is not enough gap between the teeth of the antlers and horses. , Didn't want to give up so easily, but was very excited about what Luo Zhen said about going back to make good food, a small face was deeply entangled and wrinkled together.

Axue next to him heard that Luo Zhen was going back, although it was a bit strange, but she also knew that Luo Zhen was busy, so she said, "Or we can continue digging here, Da Wu, if you have anything to do, go back first."

"Da Wu, if you make some good food, can you keep a little bit for us? When we dig enough, we will go back to eat." A Shui and Luo Zhen are more familiar, and directly asked each other to act like a baby. A Hua on one side nodded repeatedly and looked at him with big wet eyes.

Luo Zhen had no choice but to click on the noses of two children, leaving a little mud mark on the tips of their noses, "Okay, then. Axue, you can take them back after digging for a while, but don't stay outside too much. Long."

"Okay." Axue answered, stood up and handed her backpack to Luo Zhen, "Da Wu, you take these things back to the staghorn horse to eat first, and it will have the strength to recover quickly when you are full."

Axue's backpack looked heavier than Luo Zhen's, "You dug so much."

Axue grinned happily, "I have great strength."

Regarding this, Luo Zhen had to admit that even if the opponent was just a half-orc, it was very different from ordinary people. Luo Zhen wanted to pour the grass roots from Axue's backpack into his backpack. Who knew that as soon as he opened the backpack, Luo Zhen was stunned. After a while, he excitedly reached out and punched a fist of almost an adult man inside. Take out the thick white roots, "Axue, where did you dig this out?"

Isn't this the radish? Regardless of the shape and color, they looked so similar to white radish, but because this piece had left the soil, Luo Zhen had no way of knowing whether it was a radish he knew.

Axue was a little puzzled when she saw Luo Zhen's excited expression, she pointed to the place she had just dug, "There, I saw that these grass roots are big and dug up, is there any problem?"

"No problem, this is a good thing." Luo Zhen never felt that a small radish could bring him so much joy. He carried two animal skin backpacks and walked quickly to the place Axue had cleaned up long ago. , He now desperately wants to know the name of this plant.

Obviously, this suspected radish is not the only one. Now in the hole Axue dug out, there is still a corner of the suspected radish root.

Luo Zhen stretched out his hand to hold the white root, and before he knew whether it was the name of the radish, he felt black in front of him, and his body fell uncontrollably in the snow.

"Great Witch."

"Great Witch."

"Great Witch."

Three horrified voices sounded in unison after Luo Zhen's voice, but the people who fell in the snow could no longer hear them.

Luo Zhen didn't know how long he had slept. He only felt dizzy and swollen, and his stomach was still twitching and painful. That was a protest from his stomach after he was starved.

Luo Zhen didn't want to be starved to death alive, he opened his heavy eyelids with difficulty, his eyes were a little fuzzy at first, and it took a long time to get used to seeing the surrounding objects clearly.

It should be night now, the windows and doors were closed tightly, and the cold wind that might leak in was blocked with thick animal skins. A fire was lit in the firepit, and the fire was very warm on the body. Lu Zhan didn't know when he would be back. At the moment, he was sitting in front of Luo Zhen's bed, holding his arms and closing his eyes. His breathing was light and shallow, as if he was asleep. He had deep dark circles under his eyes, even in a dimly lit room. It can't be blocked either.

"A...Zhan." Luo Zhen's voice was hoarse and dry, as if someone was rubbing sandpaper in his throat. Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but cough out.

Luo Zhen's voice was not loud, but the sleeping Lu Zhan was still awakened. Seeing the sober Luo Zhen, Lu Zhan's eyes brightened with naked eyes, "You are awake."

"Yeah." Luo Zhen hadn't remembered the scene before he fell asleep, and suddenly there was a loud noise in his stomach, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Lu Zhan walked neatly to the fire pond, where he had warmed the broth with charcoal fire. He scooped up a large bowl of stewed meat and came over. Seeing that Luo Zhen seemed to have no energy to sit up, he walked over and took him. Lift up carefully.

"You have something to eat first." Lu Zhan first tried the temperature of the broth, and it was not too hot before handing it to Luo Zhen.

Luo Zhen's eyes were shining when he saw the wooden bowl full of meat soup. He kept staring at Lu Zhan's movements and swallowed silently, but he didn't have much strength in his hands, even if he wanted to bring that bowl of meat over to eat. Can't do it.

Seeing that Luo Zhen hadn't picked up, Lu Zhan's hands were still trembling slightly as if he couldn't lift up. He simply sat behind Luo Zhen and asked him to lean on himself. He was not very familiar with the use of chopsticks and was worried about splashing. With Luo Zhen alone, he only took a wooden spoon and took a bite of the rich broth to Luo Zhen's mouth.

Luo Zhen couldn't wait to open his mouth and swallow. The warm soup flowed through the esophagus, moisturizing his dry and uncomfortable throat, but his stomach became more hungry.

Lu Zhan scooped a spoonful of soup and then another spoonful of meat. Luo Zhen ate eagerly, and was choked on the way. Lu Zhan quickly reached out and gave him a smooth back, "Slow down." , No one will rob you."

"I was so old and never tried to be so hungry. I thought I was going to be starved to death." Luo Zhen coughed so that the corners of his eyes were flushed, with physiological tears hanging on his eyelashes, and she trembled as the opponent blinked. Lu Zhan was stunned.

Since he picked Luo Zhen back, the other party has always been buoyant in front of him. Even if he is afraid of things, his eyes always reveal the tenacity of not admitting defeat. This is the first time Luo Zhen has revealed. The fragile posture, the teardrops hanging on the eyelashes, seemed to slide in Lu Zhan's heart, and his hard heart couldn't help but twist with the blink of the opponent's eyes.

"With me, you won't starve to death." Lu Zhan filled the wooden bowl again and continued to feed Luo Zhen carefully.

Luo Zhen never felt that his appetite could be so big. The meat and broth in a large stone pot all entered his stomach before he finally felt a little full and his limbs began to slowly regain strength. The feeling of powerlessness just now disappeared.

"How long have I slept?" Luo Zhen rejected Lu Zhan's move to let him continue to lie down and rest. He just woke up and ate so much food. Sleeping again at this moment will only make his stomach feel uncomfortable.

Lu Zhan pulled his animal skin quilt over, rolled it, rolled it into a ball, and placed it behind Luo Zhen for him to lean against, and then went outside to bring a large piece of meat in, packed it in a wooden basin, and planned to defrost it. Boil another pot of broth.

"It's almost three days." Just took the piece of meat, his hands were all greasy, Lu Zhan took the grease ball next to him and applied it to his hands. This is a simple clean made of tallow and mutton oil mixed with plant ash. The degreasing effect is not bad. Luo Zhen intends to wait for the saponins to be found in the future, and then try to make some soap to use it.

Previously, they used pig pancreas, mixed with plant ash, mashed and dried in the shade to make a simple pig pancreas soap, but they had not hunted many wild boars. The pig pancreas soap made was divided into more than 20 people. There is only a small piece per person, which can prevent the skin from chapped and dry, and it has become a precious skin care product in this season. So everyone saves it, and usually cleans this kind of grease * that can be easily obtained.

"Three days?" Luo Zhen was taken aback. After eating and drinking, he already remembered what happened before he passed out, but he never thought that he would be in a coma for three days.

"By the way, did Axue dug the radish back later?" Luo Zhen asked, if it wasn't for touching the radish, why would he suddenly faint to the ground? It's a pity that in the end he didn't confirm whether the thing was a carrot or not.

"Carrot? What kind of carrot?"

Luo Zhen described it to Lu Zhan, and Lu Zhan shook his head, "The people in the tribe were almost scared to death after you fell that day. Anyone who has the mind to dig some carrots, I haven't seen anything like this at home."

Luo Zhen was a little disappointed, but the radish grew in the open space behind their house. Even if Axue did not dig it back later, the radish would not run away with long legs, so Luo Zhen did not rush to see it. It was to change the subject and ask about Lu Zhan, "You went out with horn bamboo for a day, have you found anyone from other tribes nearby?"

Speaking of this Lu Zhan's expression is a bit solemn, "No, Heifu and Horn Bamboo have been patrolling nearby in the past two days, but no trace of other orcs has been found, but there is a trace on the outskirts of the mountain, like some kind of large The fierce beast stayed after the fight, but it's not clear whether the fierce beast was orc."

"Will it be someone from the tribe outside the mountain range that injured the staghorn horse?"

"I don't know, there are many tribes outside the mountains. We didn't want to meet those tribes, so we didn't let Heifu and Horn bamboo go out." Lu Zhan's speed was much faster than those two. Originally, he wanted to look outside. Yes, who knows that Luo Zhen is unconscious when he comes back, and he still has the mind to care about foreigners.

"Where is the staghorn horse? You sent it away?" Luo Zhen hadn't seen the staghorn horse that was supposed to be lying in the corner since he woke up.

Speaking of the staghorn horse, Lu Zhan's face darkened a lot, and he replied angrily: "I didn't send it away. It's with Axue."

When he had just returned, the injured antler horse, ignoring the wound on his body, was trying to climb to Luo Zhen's side. While calling out, he also used the huge pair of antlers to feed Luo Zhen's body, and several orc warriors. The previous stop was useless. Even the wound that was finally stitched up was torn apart because of the excessive movement. Lu Zhan directly tied the antler horse with four hooves and threw it to Axue's house. He has been guarding Luo Zhen for the past two days, and he doesn't know what happened to the staghorn horse.

The two chatted for a while. After Luo Zhen was almost digested, they could only get into the bed to rest under the strong request of Lu Zhan. I thought that after being lethargic for so long, I should not be able to sleep, but I didn't expect to just get into the bed. A drowsiness hit, and it didn't take long for Luo Zhen to fall asleep again.

Lu Zhan cut the thawed piece of meat into pieces, added water to the stone pot, pulled some charcoal from the fire, first put the broth on the red charcoal, and simmered slowly, and by the way it was burned. New firewood was added to the nearly fire, and then the bedding was laid beside Luo Zhen. He hadn't closed his eyes for three consecutive days. Now that Luo Zhen was finally okay, the stone he was holding was finally put down. .

He raised his head and looked at Luo Zhen's sleeping face. The orange fire light reflected the other party's face a little red. Luo Zhen's skin was very white. Even if he was basking outside every day before winter, he wouldn't be black. No one is alike. In short, anyone can tell at a glance that the other person is a foreigner.

Lu Zhan stretched out his hand to raise the quilt on the opponent's body a little more, and was satisfied with almost covering his chin. He quickly got back into his bed and fell asleep.

The next day Lu Zhan was awakened by a good smell of food. He opened his eyes and saw Luo Zhen busy in front of the fire in the next room, obviously worried about cooking in front of the firepit where they slept. Will wake up Lu Zhan.

"Are you awake?" Luo Zhen brought out a big wooden basin, which was full of stew, with a bit of jam-sweetness, and went straight into Lu Zhan's nose.

"There is still a little hot water there. You should wash yourself before coming over to eat." Luo Zhen naturally pointed to the hot water in the corner and said.

Lu Zhan got up and wiped his face as fast as he could. Although Luo Zhen made only a plate of stewed meat, a plate of fried meat, and the broth that Lu Zhan had boiled before going to bed last night, the portion was very large, not what the other party usually prepared.

"Are you hungry?" Lu Zhan asked his doubts.

Luo Zhen gave a light cough and nodded in embarrassment.

He really woke up from hunger this morning. He didn't know why his appetite suddenly increased, but if he didn't fill his stomach, his stomach would be painful. He hadn't tried this kind of starvation for a long time. Even if they know that they still need to save a little food in winter, they still can't help but do a lot.

"I will go to the river and catch some fish after I finish eating." He had cooked their food for several days, and naturally he had to add something.

Lu Zhan took the broth handed over by the other party and shook his head when he heard the words, "No, you can eat whatever you want when you are hungry, don't save it, just leave it to me." Lu Zhan paused and looked up. Xiang Luo Zhen seriously warned: "Don't starve yourself out again."

Luo Zhen's ears are a bit red. He wants to deny that he was not hungry, but he has no clue as to why he suddenly fainted this time. He was so hungry and weak before, it still has something to do with it. Luo Zhen was also embarrassed to refute.

But if he was going to catch the fish, there were no soldiers following. It was still too dangerous for him to go to a place as far as the river by himself, and he could only nod his head in response.

Lu Zhan didn't plan to go out. Although Luo Zhen seemed to be back to normal now, he still couldn't rest assured.

This breakfast was the first time Luo Zhen had eaten more than Lu Zhan. After eating, he planned to go to Axue's house to see the injured staghorn horse. Last night, Lu Zhan said that the other party's wound had cracked again. Luo Zhen was still a little worried.

It seems that there has been a little snow in the past two days. Lu Zhan took a new animal skin cloak from the mother-in-law and put it on Luo Zhen. As long as the cape of the cloak is worn, there is no need to worry about snowflakes getting into the clothes when it snows. went.

"Now that there are not many animal skins? Why did you make a cloak for me again?"

"You are afraid of the cold."

Luo Zhen looked at each other amusedly, and said in disapproval: "Although you can occasionally run out to hunt, winter is still very long, and there are still many places to use animal skins in the future. I have two sets of clothes that I can change and wash. No need to waste animal skins to make new ones for me."

"I hunted these animal skins back."

Luo Zhen pushed open the wooden door, and a cold wind came in, but he was dressed thickly, and there was a cloak that could cover his whole person, but he didn't feel cold, "Did you forget that you are now the leader of the tribe? Yes? If you give me all the things you hunted back, it would be bad for those who can't go out hunting. You are a leader and a warrior, and you should take more care of your people."

Lu Zhan pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Great Witch, you're awake." A Qing holding a big wooden bow was about to find a place to practice. As soon as he went out, he saw Luo Zhen and the two people, and they rushed over in surprise. His voice was already loud, and the rest was waiting. When the people in the room heard Ah Qing's words, they also pushed the door out.

"Great Witch." A Shui rushed over and hugged Luo Zhen's thigh tightly. He watched Luo Zhen fall in front of him with his own eyes, and always blamed himself deeply for not taking good care of the Great Witch.

"Great Witch, are you okay?" The crowd surrounded Luo Zhen, and Luo Zhen's heart was warmed by the unconcealed worry on his face.

"I'm fine, sorry, I worried you." Luo Zhen glanced around the crowd apologetically.

"Da Wu, I am very worried about you." Ahua raised her head and looked at Luo Zhen, her big round eyes still carrying obvious water vapor.

Luo Zhen bent over and picked him up, "Sorry, Da Wu scared you."

A Hua shook her head gently, "As long as the big witch is fine."

Luo Zhen smiled, and exchanged a few words with everyone. After everyone confirmed that Luo Zhen was really okay, they dispersed to do their own things.

"I have dealt with the injury of the staghorn horse. I change the dressing for it every day. Apart from lack of energy, there is nothing wrong with it." Axue said to the other side while taking Luo Zhen to her home.

"Why not energetic? Are you hungry?"

Axue shook her head. She carefully looked at Lu Zhan who was behind her, "I dig grass roots for it every day. Heifu also brings some evergreen leaves back when he goes out on patrol. It may be antlers. The horse's four hooves are all * and can't move, so it's not very energetic." Axue guessed.

"Tied up?" Luo Zhen looked at her suspiciously.

Axue coughed slightly. She didn't have the idea of tying the staghorn horse. Later, when the staghorn horse was sent to her, she wanted to untie the rope. Who knew that the staghorn horse wanted to go out the door. , No way, she can only continue to tie it.

Axue's wooden house and Luo Zhen's house were separated by a house, a few steps away.

Before Luo Zhen entered the room, he heard a mournful "yell" sound. He paused before moving forward.

The staghorn horse lies not far from the door. Luo Zhen can see it as soon as he enters. It is still covered with smashed herbs. Its four hooves are tied tightly as Axue said. The staghorn horse only Can maintain a side-lying posture.

Probably after hearing the opening of the door, the staghorn horse raised its head with difficulty. Before the word "吆" was spoken, his eyes were full-rounded, regardless of the restrained hooves, he crawled towards Luo Zhen's direction.

Luo Zhen wondered about the antler horse's over-enthusiastic attitude towards him, but for the sake of the other's wounds, he took a few steps to stop the antler horse's movements.

"Your injury isn't healed yet, don't move around casually."

The staghorn horse didn't know if he understood Luo Zhen's words, and as expected, he didn't move anymore, only stuck out his tongue and licked Luo Zhen's hand that had fallen on him.

Luo Zhen first checked the wound on the other party's body. After a few days of recuperation, the wound has healed a lot. It will be sent back to the antlers' territory in a few days, hoping that the other party will not go with the giant antlers. Complain that you were * when you were here.

"I'll untie the rope for you, you can't move around by the way, okay?" Luo Zhen tried to communicate with the staghorn horse.

The staghorn horse raised his head and yelled "yes", like a response to Luo Zhen's words.

The rope was tied up, and Luo Zhen didn't untie it for a long time. In the end, he couldn't help but cut it directly with a bone knife.

"Do you want to take it back?" Lu Zhan was obviously dissatisfied that such a huge creature was kept in the house. He reached out in disgust and clicked on the huge antlers of the staghorn horse, and was turned away by the staghorn horse.

Luo Zhen was only planning to visit the staghorn horse. If the staghorn horse and Axue get along well, maybe the other party can become Axue's mount in advance, but now looking at the stickiness of the staghorn horse towards him, It seems that it won't work if you don't take it back.

"Take it back first. You can send it back when its wounds are almost healed." Their agreement with the giant staghorn horse only started in spring, and they didn't have any preparations for this winter. With the food intake of the staghorn horse, To feed them is a bit too reluctant for the people in the tribe.

"Axue, are the grass roots you dug out that day still?" Luo Zhen came over this time to ask Axue about carrots. At that time, he wanted to see the suspected carrots dug by Axue. To confirm it, who knew that he fainted when he touched the white thing, and it was too late to confirm whether it was a radish or not.

Axue shook her head. She pointed to the staghorn horse and said, "I'm not here anymore. I'll feed it all to the staghorn horse."

The antler horse had a good impression of Axue who had been feeding him for a few days. Seeing Axue stretched her finger to point at herself, and gently nudged each other with her antlers, Axue also smiled and touched it back gently.

"Then you dug up that kind of white roots?" The appearance of the radish was very different from other grass roots. Luo Zhen only briefly described it, and Axue remembered what the other party was referring to.

"No, I only dug that one."

Luo Zhen asked suspiciously, "Isn't there still one in the hole you dug before?" He thought that Axue had eaten it all by the antlers, but didn't he even dig it? If they didn't dig, at least they would have one left. Luo Zhen had a bit of joy on her face, and she regretted that she forgot to explain that Axue wanted to save the carrot before she fell into a coma.

"There is one." Axue's tone was a little strange, "but when I went back later, the white root was gone."

"Gone?"

"Yeah." Axue nodded, "I had already dug halfway at the time, so I can't remember it wrong, but it did disappear afterwards."

Could it be that the radish will run away with long legs? Now I can't tell if the radish that has not been dug up was eaten by something, or it is missing as Axue said. Luo Zhen intends to go and take a look in person.

First carried the staghorn horse back to Luo Zhen's house, and then the group walked behind the house where the grassroots were dug before. A Shui and A Hua remembered that the place where Luo Zhen fainted, and they followed each other step by step. Beside him, for fear that Luo Zhen suddenly fell to the ground again.

Lu Zhan originally didn't agree with Luo Zhen to dig grass roots. He just woke up. Lu Zhan was anxious to let him stay at home and don't go anywhere. At most, just make some food. Do not touch any other tasks, but Luo Zhen insisted. He would not forcefully stop the digging of those carrots. He would only take the bone * over by himself, and he could do it when he was about to dig something. Luo Zhen could hold his hands and watch.

It turned out that the place where the grass roots were dug was a lot bigger by Axue in the past two days. Now the land has been upturned and mixed with snow. After being trampled on, it looks a bit dirty. If the weather doesn't allow it, Luo Zhen really wants to organize the loosened soil into vegetable plots and plant crops.

Lu Zhan and Axue worked together to clear out a large area of the surrounding snow. Luo Zhen looked at the dry grass roots under the snow, and could not tell whether there was a radish crop nearby. Those radish leaves said Uncertainty has long since fallen off and rotted away because of being buried by snow for too long.

"Start digging from here?" Lu Zhan pointed to the land under his feet.

Luo Zhen didn't know if there was any in this place, "Then start digging here first."

It is not easy to dig out grass roots from the frozen soil in winter. Luo Zhen does not want to embarrass Lu Zhan. If there are no radishes in this newly cleaned place, then he will give up and wait for spring. It will be much easier to recognize when the radish leaves grow back.

However, their luck was too bad. They dug a lot of foundations when they built the house, and they had never dug up a plant like radish, or even other plants suitable for edible roots.

Others did not allow Luo Zhen to do anything. Luo Zhen was stopped several times, and could only helplessly stand aside, staring at the movements of a few people with a pair of eyes.

Lu Zhan's strength is great. This kind of hardness of frozen soil is not a difficult task for him. Basically, a bone * can bring up a piece of soil. Luo Zhen is worried about how many bone * will be scrapped after the other party digs this place.

Because Luo Zhen had explained not to dig out the radish all at once, and several people were very careful in their actions. They had to stop and check after digging a few hoes, so the speed was not fast.

The animal skin backpack he brought was already filled with various plant roots. Luo Zhen looked at the sky. It was past noon, and was about to greet others to stop, but saw Lu Zhan beckon to himself. Luo Zhen, come and see if this is a carrot."

Axue stopped when he heard the words and walked over.

Luo Zhen watched Lu Zhan carefully peeling away the soil in front of him, and in the brown soil package, he saw a white root exposed.

There are no branches or leaves on the white root block, and there is no way to identify what plant it is by only relying on the exposed part of the soil. Its root block is much deeper than the other grass roots buried in the soil. Lu Zhan let go. Luo Zhen stepped forward and squatted to the other side.

"Do you want to dig more?"

Luo Zhen shook his head and motioned to Lu Zhan to stop. If all the roots were dug out, he wouldn't be able to use that ability to confirm what kind of plant it was.

Today Luo Zhen has not used the ability to recognize plants. When he went out in the morning, he was full and he did not feel hungry, although he touched this thing before (Luo Zhen is not sure if it is the same radish) He fainted, but he didn't want to give up this useful ability.

He took a deep breath, settled, and then stretched out his hand and gently dropped his palm on the white roots.

The surface of the root block is very smooth, and the touch feels a bit cool. As soon as Luo Zhen touched the root block, his strength was as if he was instantly drained by a bottomless hole. He shook his body, and Lu Zhan next to him quickly caught the opponent with his eyes and hands. This prevented Luo Zhen from falling into the snow again.

However, Luo Zhen did not faint this time, nor did his stomach twitch from the sudden hunger, but he stared at the palm of his hand, and then at the white roots buried in the soil, his face full of dismay. The look of confidence.

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhan asked worriedly.

When other people saw Luo Zhen's appearance all around him, they wanted to talk but worried about disturbing each other. A Hua even pulled her animal skins, her big eyes were filled with moisture, the little girl again Remembering the appearance of Luo Zhen fainting in the snow before, worried that the other party will come again.

"Too...years old?" Luo Zhen murmured as if he hadn't heard Lu Zhan's question.

"What is Tai Sui?" Lu Zhan didn't care what the white roots were. He lifted Luo Zhen up, "Are you feeling well? Do you want to go back first?"

Luo Zhen shook his head quickly. He pointed to the white roots still buried in the soil and said, "A Zhan, you help me dig it out."

Tai Sui, commonly known as Ganoderma lucidum, was considered to be an elixir of life in ancient times.

Luo Zhen didn't know much about Tai Sui before, and had never even seen it. He just heard the name of this thing in some film and television dramas, but never thought that there would be a Tai Sui tree behind their house.

Lu Zhan originally wanted to carry Luo Zhen home first. This talent had just woke up after being in a coma for three days, but it turned out that he was about to faint after half a day, and Lu Zhan was worried.

But Luo Zhen insisted on digging out the Tai Sui tree first. Although Tai Sui looks like a plant rhizome, it can move in the soil. It is no wonder that when Axue comes back, the other party has disappeared, and the relationship is really long. The legs ran away.

Fortunately, this thing didn't move fast, and it was still within the city wall after a few days.

Luo Zhen worried that Lu Zhan's actions would hurt Tai Sui, and kept watching carefully. If Lu Zhan was not worried that he would faint if he touched this thing again, Luo Zhen would not let Luo Zhen do it. Luo Zhen might have picked it up long ago. The sleeves are up personally.

The age of this Tai Sui tree is probably not too long. It is only the size of an arm, round and fat, and looks like a radish. It has two thick roots under its feet, and it really looks like it has grown two. Thick round short legs.

Luo Zhen stretched out his hand to take it, but was slapped by Lu Zhan, "You are not allowed to touch it."

Luo Zhen promised: "It has left the soil, even if I touch it, it will be fine." Now Luo Zhen still doesn't know how to control that ability. As long as he touches the plants growing in the ground, he will actively use it, but that It requires skin contact. If you wear animal skin gloves, you won't be able to use it.

Lu Zhan glared at him, obviously not backing down.

Luo Zhen had no choice but to let Lu Zhan return to the house with that Tai Sui.

Two big bags of grass roots have been dug, enough for the antlers to eat for these two days. Luo Zhen's goal has been achieved, and he does not want to stay in the cold outdoors for a long time. He greeted Axue and the two children, and the group returned to Luo with a huff. Zhenjia.

"What's the use of this thing? Can it be eaten?" Axue poked the chubby Tai Sui with her hand and asked curiously.

"It can be eaten, but I don't know what it does."

After Lu Zhan got home, he washed the mud on Tai Sui's body with water, and then wiped the water stains on it with animal skins. He found that Luo Zhen had secretly touched him without any uncomfortable symptoms, so he allowed the other person to touch it.

Even the staghorn horses lying on their side and resting saw a group of people looking around Tai Sui looking left and right, and they came over curiously. Luo Zhen worried that the other party would eat Tai Sui in one bite, and deliberately blocked the front of the staghorn horse, only from animal skins. He grabbed a handful of grassroots in his backpack and came out to draw the attention of the opponent.

"Then this is not the radish you mentioned?" Lu Zhan sniffed, but did not smell anything, and put Tai Sui back.

Luo Zhen shook his head. Tai Sui is much better than turnips, and people like Lu Zhan who don't know Tai Sui or turnips will show disappointment only because Luo Zhen talks about turnips a lot.

For a while, he didn't understand the usage of Tai Sui. In order to thank Axue and the two children for digging the grass roots with them for most of the day, Luo Zhen made a sumptuous lunch for several people.

However, Lu Zhan drove Axue home as soon as he finished eating, because Luo Zhen just woke up and needed a rest.

"Aren't you hungry? You eat so little for this meal?" Lu Zhan brought two fish in when he closed the door and used a tub to fill the snow. Now the creek near the tribe is frozen and he wants to It is impossible to fetch water from the creek. People in the tribe need water and can only use it after it has melted the snow.

"It's okay." Luo Zhen touched his nose and replied vaguely. In front of outsiders, Lu Zhan would not expose his appetite too much. People in the tribe now only know that he is a half-orc as powerful as an orc warrior, but they don't know that the opponent has two half-beast forms.

Luo Zhen has guessed that the reason for the abnormal food intake of the other person than the average person may be because of these two semi-animal forms. I wonder if the increase in food intake is also due to the ability to recognize plants?

"Bake these two fish, and I'll catch a new one tomorrow."

I've just eaten something. If Lu Zhan's usual appetite is used, he only needs to eat one more fish, and the other one, you don't need to guess that you know that the other party prepared it for yourself.

Luo Zhen smiled and did not refuse. He slid the two fish with wooden sticks skillfully, prepared salted fruit and jam, "After the snow melts, let's dig a fish pond next to it. I won't be able to eat it next time. Raise the finished fish in the fish pond and just catch it when you want to eat it."

"Fish pond?"

"Ok."

Luo Zhen explained to the other party what a fishpond is. After the fishpond is dug up, some fruit trees and vegetables can be planted on the edge of the pond. If you can catch some birds, you can also build a place for raising birds and birds directly on the edge of the pond, like It is the two cuckoo birds in the house that can be moved outside, so there is no need to clean up their feces every day.

Lu Zhan became more interested as he listened, "This is a good idea." He was worried that the fish in the river at the foot of the mountain would be eaten by them. If there is a fish pond, he can go to Heihe or even the big lake to catch some big fish. When I came back, I could only catch some fish that didn't eat meat. Otherwise, those fierce fish would also be put in the fishpond, and if I could eat up all the other fish that I managed to raise in it, the gain would not be worth the loss.

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhan looked at Luo Zhen as he was grilling the grilled fish, and suddenly started to be dazed, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and shook it before his eyes.

Luo Zhen retracted his gaze and pointed to the staghorn horse in the corner. The staghorn horse didn't know if he knew that Tai Sui was a good thing. He kept staring at Tai Sui, but Luo Zhen didn't take the initiative to feed it, and he could endure it. Without stepping forward, "Would you like to give some Tai Sui staghorn horse a try?"

It is a bit of experimentation to say that the antlers should be tried. Luo Zhen is not willing to let the two cuckoos go to waste, but if you give the antlers that can be used as mounts, you don't mind letting them taste a little.

"Give it if you want." Lu Zhan said indifferently, even if Luo Zhen said this thing well, he couldn't understand it.

Luo Zhen stood up and really took out a bone knife and cut a Tai Sui root down. When the Antler Ma saw Luo Zhen put the root to its mouth, his eyes lit up, and he yelled a few excitedly. sound.

"Want to eat?"

"Yeah." The staghorn horse fawned against Luo Zhen with its huge antlers, obviously looking a little impatient.

"Let's eat." Luo Zhen spread his hands, and when the antler horse heard the tongue, he rolled the roots into his mouth, and swallowed it without even chewing. The antler horse squinted his eyes happily. He stretched out his tongue and licked Luo Zhen's palm.

Luo Zhen watched it for a while and didn't see any changes in the staghorn horse, but this Tai Sui can be said to have the effect of immortality, and it is impossible to see what effect it has at once.

"How is it?" Lu Zhan turned the grilled fish over, saw Luo Zhen sitting back with frowning, and asked.

Luo Zhen shook his head, "I don't see any effect."

Lu Zhan used a bone knife to cut a bit of fish whose skin was almost grilled, put it on a wooden dish and pushed it in front of Luo Zhen, comforting him: "If you like this too old, I will dig it back for you next time."

"Do you think this is a radish? You can dig if you dig."

"Well, dig the radish for you, too."

Luo Zhen smiled, and put a piece of fish in the entrance, "The taste is too weak, you can put some salted fruit on it."

Lu Zhan obediently took a bit of salted fruit and sprinkled it on the grilled fish.

Heifu and Jiaozhu left for two days this time because they wanted to find traces of foreigners nearby. They didn't come back in dust until today when it got dark.

When the two entered the tribe, they didn't go home, they came to Luo Zhen first.

"Great Witch, you're awake." The two saw Luo Zhen sitting by the fire, in good spirits, with surprises that could not be concealed on their faces. They were also startled by Luo Zhen's sudden fainting before. Lu Although Zhan stayed to take care of Luo Zhen, he still had to arrange someone to do things about foreigners, and Heifu and Horn Bamboo could only take over this task.

"Well, I'm sorry, I worried you." Luo Zhen quickly let the two sit by the firepit and filled them with a bowl of broth to warm themselves.

"How is it? Have you found the place where the foreigner lives now?" Lu Zhan asked.

Heifu took a sip of the broth, then wiped his mouth and replied, "Found it."

"Found it?" Luo Zhen and Lu Zhan looked at each other.

Horn bamboo took off the outer coat of animal skin covered with snowflakes, put his frozen hands together near the fire, and said, "In a mountain about a day away from here, there is a cave. Those people I live in a cave now."

"Isn't there their original tribal residence?" Lu Zhan said with certainty despite doubts.

Hei Fu nodded, and he scooped a big bowl of meat in the stone pot. They ran in the ice and snow for more than two days, and they could only eat some cold food. Now they came back and found these cooked meat with salted fruit. How delicious it is.

"They should have moved here only after the winter. They don't even have animal skins. Many soldiers have to maintain animal shapes to withstand the cold after they leave the fire."

"A lot of fighters? How many of them are there?"

"I don't know, except for the soldiers, no one has ever stepped out of the cave, but there are about twenty soldiers guarding the cave in turns."

Twenty people, the warrior alone is almost equal to the number of their entire tribe. Even if they have walls and weapons such as bows and arrows, if they are really matched, they may not be able to get any benefits. If the other party really takes a fancy to it. If their tribe wants to * it, they may not be able to hold it.

Lu Zhan's face sank, and other people's expressions were not very good, obviously they all thought of this level.

"Did they find you?" Luo Zhen changed a stone pot, put a few meaty bones in, and then filled a large stone pot with water to continue cooking, and threw a few pieces of wood into the fire. The charcoal fire made a few crackling noises, and then it burned more vigorously.

"No, we are very careful." They didn't get close to the cave. They were even found out by those people because they were worried that they would leave traces. They didn't dare to make a fire in the wild, because they were wearing thick animal skins, or otherwise. According to the temperature at night, soldiers who are not animalized can be frozen and sick.

"Then do you think they followed the staghorn horse to this neighborhood, and even found signs of our tribe?" Luo Zhen continued to ask.

Heifu and Kadotake glanced at each other, "We didn't notice any movement of them when we were there, and even the soldiers did not go out hunting."

"But I found the bones of some beasts that had been bitten not far from the cave. They are still very fresh. They should have just hunted them not long ago, so there is no need to go out hunting." Kakutake guessed.

The fierce beasts in this season are much more brutal than usual. If the tribe has hunted fierce beasts not long ago, I am afraid that some soldiers will be injured more or less. It is normal not to go out at this time and to hide in the cave. However, if this is the case, the number of their fighters would be far more than twenty.

Luo Zhen bowed his head and thought for a while. After Heifu and the others had said something about the tribe, Luo Zhen looked at Lu Zhan, "Should we make some traps nearby?"

"Trap?" The three people who were talking all stopped.

"Yeah." Luo Zhen nodded and briefly explained the effect of the trap to the three of them. Luo Zhen is not very good at traps that are too difficult. The ones he knows are also used to catch some small animals, but they don't know if they are useful against powerful orc warriors.

But having a trap is better than doing nothing.

Several people discussed it and thought this method was feasible, but in order not to accidentally hurt the tribe members of his tribe, Luo Zhen suggested going to the river at the foot of the mountain tomorrow to catch fish that are enough for the whole tribe in winter, except for the warriors who go out on patrol. Apart from us, before the arrival of spring, no one else should step outside the ice city wall.

In addition to the previous human face bird, there is now another threatening tribe, and their small sun tribe can be said to be enemies everywhere.

After sending away Heifu and Horn Bamboo, it was almost late at night, and the two cuckoo birds and staghorn horses in the family had closed their eyes and fell asleep.

After Luo Zhen packed his things, he dragged the animal skin quilt he was sleeping a little closer to Lu Zhan, and after running hot water to warm his cold feet, he retracted into the quilt. The quilt had been placed on the fire. While baking, it was warm at the moment, Luo Zhen sighed comfortably before poking out his head.

"A Zhan, do you want to expand our tribe?" Luo Zhen thought for a long time, but still asked his own thoughts.

"How to enlarge?" In order to let the fire in the fire illuminate, the two people's beds should have been on the left and right of the firepit. Now Luo Zhen pulls the bed over and it becomes head-to-head next to each other. , The distance is so close that you can hear the other person's light breathing even if you are lying on the bed.

"Assimilate the tribe living in the cave into our tribe."

Lu Zhan, who was about to lie back under the covers, heard the words and acted. He raised his head to look at Luo Zhen, and the other party didn't mean to be joking at all. "why?"

"Now there is still a long time before the end of winter. They should be short of food. In addition, they have lost their original tribal settlement. We have a whole river of fish. As long as we provide them with food, there will be this place. A safe place to live, they should be willing to join our tribe."

Lu Zhan shook his head after hearing this, "If their leader and great witch are still there, they can't join us as a whole tribe. If they don't handle it well, they can directly occupy our tribe." Lu Zhan sighed. He pursed his lips and asked: "Why do you think we can absorb that tribe?"

Luo Zhen smiled, "Naturally, you are strong enough. As long as the leader is strong enough, you don't have to worry about your soldiers being disobedient."

There are too few people in the Riyao tribe, and more fresh blood must be added to the development. Although there is a certain risk to absorb the cave tribe, why is it not an opportunity? Reaching out a helping hand in times of adversity is always easier to reap the hearts of people.

Luo Zhen understands Lu Zhan, the opponent's strength cannot only be shown on the surface for them to see. A person who even dared to trade with each other even a huge antler horse cannot be afraid that there are only dozens of people in a small area with enough food and clothing. If it were not for Lu Zhan, he would not have made such a suggestion at this time for the cave tribes who are all difficult.

And there is another reason, if a new tribe joins, then they don't have to worry about the human face bird who might come back for revenge.

Lu Zhan's eyes flashed, "You don't see the significance of a leader and a big witch to a tribe too much."

Luo Zhen was stunned, Lu Zhan stretched out his hand and rubbed the opponent's head, "If you want to grow the tribe, you are not in a hurry. Those people are not forced to give up their tribe."

Luo Zhen thought for a while, and felt that what Lu Zhan said also made sense, "Sorry, it may be that the stable life has been too long recently, I took it for granted."

"No, your opinion is very good. When we have the opportunity in the future, we can try to absorb some small tribes in." As long as there are no troublesome leaders and big witches in those small tribes.

"Ok."

This topic ends here, but what Luo Zhen doesn't know is that Lu Zhan is already concerned about this matter. He grew up when the Black Panther tribe was still weak, and naturally knows the strength of a tribe and the number of people in the tribe. There is more or less a direct relationship, and I understand that only powerful tribes are qualified to survive here.

It is not a simple matter to just want to absorb foreigners into their own tribe. The Black Panther tribe has spent decades, but less than a quarter of the foreigners actually joined.

Now the number of their Sun Yao tribe is less than 30, and the warriors that can be transformed into beasts are only seven people. Such a tribe, no matter how powerful the leader is, it absolutely cannot try to absorb the whole tribe in the form of tribe-to-tribe. Come in.

Lu Zhan looked at Luo Zhen, who had closed his eyes and fell asleep. When it comes to building a tribe, Luo Zhen is obviously more attentive than himself. Perhaps many of the other's ideas are too beautiful, but as long as the process is handled properly, it may not be impossible to achieve.

Maybe even Luo Zhen hadn't noticed that the reason Hei Fu insisted on pushing himself to the position of leader was because the other party was worried that he would abandon this small tribe and leave alone.

However, I don't know when, like Luo Zhen, he will slowly start to think about things for this tribe.

Early the next morning, Lu Zhan organized the soldiers, half-orcs, and some ordinary people with strong bodies to go fishing in the river.

Last night, Heifu prepared the bait and the spicy polygonum powder used to medicinal fish in advance. Because Lu Zhan was worried about Luo Zhen's body and refused to allow him to travel with him, Luo Zhen could only stay in the tribe today and wait for others. After bringing the fish back, I helped to deal with it, and by the way, I would study with Black Cliff how to arrange traps around the tribe.

There are many simple wooden boxes placed in front of each house, and the processed fish can be put in, and the fish can be frozen as hard as a rock in one night. In order to prevent the fish from sticking together, Luo Zhen People will put some snow and dry weeds inside to block it.

This fishing activity finally ended after the sky fell dark. The large wooden boxes in front of each house were almost piled up on the roof. It was very spectacular. Because there was no need to go out, Luo Zhen simply asked people to put the piece on the ice city wall. Leave a wooden door that is convenient for entry and exit to be sealed with ice. If the soldiers go out, they can directly use the rope ladder on the city wall to enter and exit.

The rope ladder can be put away when not in use, which is very convenient.

After working all day, Luo Zhen had time to go home to change the dressing of the staghorn horse after all the caught fish were processed and packed.

Since the staghorn horse returned to Luo Zhen's house, he has become a lot more well-behaved. Even without tying its four hooves, it will obediently lie on the hides prepared for it, neither screaming nor casually staying. Walking around the room, only when Luo Zhen came back would he stand up happily to greet each other.

The only medicinal herb that can be changed is thistle. There are still a few plantains before the winter, but Luo Zhen has already eaten them as wild vegetables. There are still many reserves of thistle, so there is no need to worry about not being enough. Luo Zhen even planted a few in flower pots, and they are growing well now.

After smashing the big thistle, Luo Zhen cleaned the medicinal herb on the deerhorn horse's wound, and then was surprised to find that the wound with only a little scab last night turned out to be intact.

Luo Zhen reached out and touched the place where the deerhorn horse was supposed to have a wound. Except for the outermost piece of fur that had not had time to grow hair because it was scratched, even the gut used for stitching had fallen off.

The staghorn horse thought that Luo Zhen was playing with it, and licked the back of Luo Zhen's hand happily. It only felt that today's body was a lot easier, even if it immediately ran into the mountains for a lap, there was no problem at all.

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhan opened the door and brought in a gust of snow. It seemed that during the time Luo Zhen returned to the house, it started to snow again.

"The antler horse's injury is healed."

Lu Zhan took off his cloak and hung it by the door, shaking the snow on his legs, and then walked over. Sure enough, he saw that the wound on the staghorn horse had completely recovered. If it weren't for the bald fur so obvious, it's not. Can't see that the other party has been injured.

"Is this herbal medicine so effective?" Lu Zhan stretched out his hand and touched the back of the staghorn horse. He was arched away by the staghorn horse. This person always prevented him from getting close to the smelly human, plus this person before. When they broke into their territory, they had a fight with their leader. The Antlers didn't like him at all.

"How could it be the problem with thistle?" Luo Zhen rolled his eyes. Lu Zhan knows better than anyone else about the effect of thistle. After all, this person uses the most, and the other party's recovery ability is good. It seems that thistle has almost become a magic medicine for healing.

"Then what else did you use for it?" Lu Zhan asked in a puzzled way. This antler horse is just an ordinary beast, but it has not inherited the ability of a huge antler horse. Apart from its fast running speed, Lu Zhan doesn't think that The opponent's healing ability can be compared to his own. He also saw it when Luo Zhen changed the dressing of the staghorn horse yesterday. It is impossible for the healing speed to be restored to this level in one night.

Luo Zhen looked at Tai Sui, who was placed on a high shelf and densely wrapped in animal skins. Apart from eating a little Tai Sui roots for the staghorn horse last night, he did not eat anything strange to it. Up.

"Tai Sui?" Lu Zhan followed Luo Zhen's gaze. Is the effect of that thing so good?

Luo Zhen took the Tai Sui down. The Antler Horse still remembered this thing, and yelled at Luo Zhen's sleeve, obviously wanting to ask for a little Tai Sui to eat.

"No, I can't give you any more food." Luo Zhen held Tai Sui over his head to prevent the staghorn horse from touching.

Lu Zhan stepped between the man and the horse, pushing the disappointed staghorn horse aside, "Can this thing heal?"

What is the effect of Tai Sui, or even how to use Luo Zhen, but the wound on the staghorn horse can heal so quickly, at least it has something to do with this Tai Sui, but my ability is really too elementary and can only be simple. It would be nice to know the names of these plants if they could even know the usage. Luo Zhen thought greedily.

"I don't know, if you want to see if Tai Sui has healing effects, you can only try to use it when someone in the tribe is injured next time." But now they plan to live behind this ice city wall this winter. Except for the soldiers who need to go out on patrol, as long as there is no enemy attack, there will be no chance of injury. I think there is no way to verify the effect of Tai Sui within a short time.

"Why don't we go ask the antler horse." The antler horse that Lu Zhan said was the huge antler horse that could speak people's words. The other party no longer knows how many years it has grown and what it knows. But it is much more than the average person.

"By the way, we can send this antler horse back." Lu Zhan disgustedly patted the huge antlers that the antler horse secretly tried to get together. With this guy staying in the house, even the space felt a lot narrower. It wasn't that the other party was injured before, Lu Zhan wanted to drive it out a long time ago.

In order to feed the staghorn horses, they dug a large piece of grass roots in the frozen ground of the winter. This is because some evergreen leaves brought back from the outside by the black carp. Otherwise, the grass roots alone are not enough for the antlers. The horse eats it.

Luo Zhen originally planned to send the other party away when the antler horse's wound is almost healed. Now that the other party's wound has completely healed, he has no objection, but the antler horse seems to understand that they want to send it away. When Luo Zhen said something wrong, he approached Luo Zhen aggrievedly, and even at night Luo Zhen had to rely on Luo Zhen's bedside when he slept, as if begging the other party to change his mind and let him stay.

Of course, even if Luo Zhen could understand the requirements of the staghorn horse, whether for himself or for the staghorn horse, he would not be able to let the other party stay this winter.

In the end, he said that he would wait until spring to come and let the antler horse come to the tribe. The antler horse then stopped.

Early the next morning, Luo Zhen gave Heiya the design drawings of several traps, and asked the other party to see if they could make them. Unfortunately, Heiya didn't know the words, so Luo Zhen had to explain them several times. , Black Cliff can understand the things said on the map.

After explaining the trap, Lu Zhan and Luo Zhen took the antler horse back to the territory of the antler horse.

In fact, the basin they now live in is within the territory of the antlers. The river at the foot of the mountain is where the antlers drink and play. It is only now that the winter is entering the winter. For safety, the antlers return to the center of the territory. There is a huge antler horse guarding it, and ordinary beasts will not easily break into it.

However, the plants in the center of the Antler Horse Territory are not enough for the entire race to eat in the winter. Many Antler Horses can't stand hunger and will sneak out of the Territory. Some are lucky to be able to return safely again, but most of them will be like this one. Like the staghorn horses picked up by the tribe, they were either attacked by orc warriors or became food in the mouths of other ferocious predators.

Along the way, Luo Zhen finally saw the running and jumping ability of the staghorn horse. The opponent seemed to be unaffected by the surrounding snow, and was faster than the human form Lu Zhan. After a while, he ran in front of the two of them. Going behind the two of them, as if showing off purposefully, if Lu Zhan didn't agree, and he was a little worried about the wound on the back of the antler horse, Luo Zhen still wanted to try it on the antler horse.

I have to say that the staghorn horse is really a creature that is very suitable for being a mount. Luo Zhenke understands the importance of mounts for the development of a tribe better than these primitive people who don't understand. If a cavalry can be trained, I believe that even It's ordinary people, and it's not much weaker than those warriors who can transform into beasts.

The huge staghorn horse seemed to know that the two were coming, and they waited early on the edge of the pool. There was not much snow nearby, and many vegetation were still in a green state. If the temperature was not different from outside, it would not be noticeable at all. Here has entered a cold winter.

The antler horse ran to the giant antler horse first, touched the antlers of the giant antler horse with its own antlers, and yelled, as if to tell the giant antler horse what happened outside. general.

The giant staghorn horse raised its head, "Thank you for sending my child back."

"Since we have an agreement, we will become mutual companions in the future. It is natural to help the antler horse." The two performed a standard warrior etiquette to the giant antler horse.

"Do you have anything you want to ask me?" The giant antler horse asked straightforwardly. If it weren't for something, the half-orc could not have brought his ordinary companion with him, and he knew it from his own children. I got a little bit of an idea, but the child was just an ordinary staghorn horse after all, and couldn't clearly express what he saw, so the huge staghorn horse didn't know what the two wanted to ask.

Luo Zhen took out a thing wrapped in animal skins from his arms. He did not bring the whole Tai Sui with him, but only a root as thick as a small thumb. If a giant staghorn horse knew this thing, Only this root is enough for identification.

Seeing the Tai Sui roots in Luo Zhen's hands, the eyes of the giant staghorn horse changed. Perhaps its big horse face could not make the human expressions, and Luo Zhen did not notice the change in the other side's expression.

"Do you know what this is?" Luo Zhen asked, passing the Tai Sui roots to the giant staghorn horse.

The giant staghorn horse stared at the two of them, and suddenly laughed, "I was wondering how the child smelled of life energy, it turned out that you gave him this thing to eat."

Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows, and he didn't even smell Tai Sui. This huge staghorn horse could smell who had eaten it?

"This is Tai Sui, it can live to death, flesh and bones." The expression in the eyes of the giant antler horse slowed down a lot. When it said Tai Sui's name, it didn't see a stunned expression on the faces of the two of them. Obviously These two people have long known what it is, and knowing the importance of Tai Sui can still be used by its clan horses. The giant antler horse this time really believes that the two people want to make antler horse their companions sincerity. .

"Living dead, flesh and bones?" Is the effect of this Tai Sui so magical? Luo Zhen was still a little surprised.

Probably because Luo Zhen fed a little Tai Sui to the antler horse, which made the giant antler horse a lot of affection for both of them, so he did not intend to hide anything from the two of them, and explained all the effects of Tai Sui he knew. , "This thing can live and grow no matter where it is, as long as there is a root."

There was a bit of nostalgia in the tone of the giant staghorn horse, as if thinking of a very long time ago, and the voice also became a little ethereal, "Before the ancient races had discovered the Jingguo, they relied on eating this Taisui to strengthen their own. Power, probably because it has been excavated too much, and gradually this thing is getting harder and harder to find. I haven't seen Tai Sui for a long time, and I thought it would have been extinct just like other ethnic groups."

This is the second time Luo Zhen has heard about the ancient race from the giant antler horse. Obviously, the giant antler horse and the race with the other half of Lu Zhan's blood have always been from the time when the other side had said that there were ancient races. Live to the present.

"Do you have a crystal fruit?" Lu Zhan licked his lips that were a little bit dry and cracked, grabbed the thing mentioned in the other party's words and asked.

Luo Zhen looked at the two crystal fruits that he got from the hands of the huge antler horse. The thing was oval, emerald green, and translucent. It looked like a beautiful spar from the outside, but it was not hard to pinch.

Huge staghorn horse, now Luo Zhen already knows that the other party's name is Lu Ming.

At the beginning, Lu Ming only wanted to send a crystal fruit to Luo Zhen as a gift to thank the other party for sending the injured staghorn horse back, and hoped to exchange Luo Zhen for the Tai Sui root. After all, as long as there is a piece of Tai Sui, it can continue to grow. Even if the speed is slow, it will take a lot of years, but as long as it grows, it can become a complete Tai Sui tree.

But of course it is impossible for Lu Zhan to exchange Tai Sui's roots with just one crystal fruit, and the staghorn horse also ate one of their roots. In the end, Lu Zhan just got two crystals from Lu Ming's hands. Guo, of course, the result is that when Jing Guo got his hands, the two of them were swept out by the giant antlers.

Even if the roots of Tai Sui are rare, can the energy in it be comparable to Jingguo? In the end, Lu Ming agreed to exchange, because his race still needs the care of these two people in the future.

Saying goodbye to the staghorn horse herd that has always sent them out of the forest, Luo Zhen knows you and climbs onto Lu Zhan's back. After walking out of the center of the staghorn horse territory, Luo Zhen finally couldn't help the curiosity in his heart.

"A Zhan, what is Jingguo?"

"The fruit produced by absorbing the extra life energy of plants. This is a good thing. It is rare in this place." Lu Zhan licked the corner of his lips. He had eaten Jingguo once before, although he was old at that time. He was still very young, but he still remembered the taste of Jingguo until now. At the beginning, he ate the Jingguo that his dad who couldn't remember for a long time gave him a half-beast from an ordinary person. The ability to transform, but the crystal fruit he had eaten was a beautiful azure blue, not this emerald green.

Lu Zhan told Luo Zhen about eating Jingguo before, as if in front of this person, he didn't want to hide any secrets, even those insignificant things that were almost forgotten in the corner, as long as Luo Zhen wanted to know, he I am also willing to tell the other party.

"He asked me not to use the second beastification form in front of outsiders after he let me eat Jingguo, or I might be killed." Lu Zhan's tone was relaxed, not at all like it. I was talking about myself, "As a result, he disappeared the next day."

Lu Zhan didn't want to call that person as a daddy, he didn't even remember the person's appearance.

"Are you trying to find him?" Luo Zhen still remembered that the other party had said that he wanted to cross the Black Forest. His father seemed to come from across the Black Forest.

Lu Zhan shook his head, neither said he wanted to find it nor said he would not.

"Then who has more energy and Tai Sui in this crystal fruit?" Luo Zhen stretched out his hand to warm the other party's red ears, lowered the hat on his head a bit, and blocked the cold wind that came up when he was running. The topic said.

Lu Zhan shook his head. He hadn't eaten Tai Sui, so he couldn't compare.

However, he didn't plan to eat these two crystal fruits now. Luo Zhen fainted before and looked like a symptom of exhaustion. The other party told him about the ability to recognize plants. If this happens again next time, It can be supplemented with Jingguo directly, without fainting in bed for several days, and I can't wake up.

What's more, things that run out of energy are said to be big or small, if it is too serious, it may be lifeless every minute. Although Lu Zhan had already told Luo Zhen not to use his power casually, with Jingguo, he could at least feel relieved.

"Lu Ming said that Tai Sui can live to death. Would you say it would be useful for Hei Ya's foot injuries?"

Lu Zhan, who was still running fast, suddenly stopped when he heard the words, and Luo Zhen bumped his head against the opponent's back with the tremendous momentum.

Don't look at Lu Zhan's appearance as strong as other fighters. He even used to pretend to be sick in front of others, but after taking off his clothes, the opponent's muscles were stronger than anyone else, almost like steel plates, Luo Zhen even doubted himself. 'S nose was almost collapsing.

"Are you serious? That Tai Sui can heal Hei Ya's leg injury?" If there is anyone in the Black Panther Tribe who Lu Zhan cares about, it must be Hei Ya, or Hei Ya has been taking care of it. At the same time, it is definitely much harder for Lu Zhan, without his father and father, to grow up safely than it is now.

He still remembers that the great witch secretly used medicine to make him unconscious, and then put a bowl of blood on him. If it weren't for Black Cliff to find himself everywhere and make the movement louder, the great witch would continue to lock him up, and It's not that he was let go. After all, an orphan without a father or father, even if he disappears, who will find out in the tribe of Nuo Da?

Da Wu thought he was really in a coma, but in fact Lu Zhan was always awake at that time. Since then, Lu Zhan will try to avoid being alone with Da Wu, and slowly conceal his own strength, occasionally he deliberately made himself ill, and then it turned out that Da Wu will look away from him, and even his attitude towards himself Turned into disgust and disgust.

"I don't know, but you can try it." Since Lu Ming said that the Tai Sui effect is so magical, there must be a little effect. Recently, the weather is getting colder and colder, and Hei Ya almost has to stay in the house. The way to go out and walk around again, but this is the case, the injured leg still hurts uncomfortably, every time Luo Zhen goes to look for the other party, he can see that the other party endures the severe pain and brings his leg close to the fire. The temperature of the fire can be Alleviate his pain a little bit.

"Then let's go back and try it." Lu Zhan couldn't wait to say, the speed under Lu Zhan's feet was faster than before.

After returning to the tribe, Luo Zhen prevented Lu Zhan from trying to rush to Heiya's house to tell each other the good news. The two went back to the house first. Luo Zhen collected the two crystal fruits and took out the Tai Sui first. He didn't plan to give the whole Tai Sui to Black Cliff. Instead, he cut off a small piece, went to the back of the wooden house and filled a large pot of soil in the ground they had dug loose, and then cut it off. The Tai Sui piece was planted, and only after finishing all of it did Lu Zhan go to Heiya's house and call Shang Heiya and Horn Bamboo over.

The Heiya family is not the only family of three who live there. There are also veterans who also helped make various furniture before, and his son A Qing.

Luo Zhen didn't want too many people to know about Tai Sui. If Hei Ya's leg injury was really cured in the future, he would only say that it was Luo Zhen's ability.

The tribe's wizards have the ability to heal various pain and illnesses. If Luo Zhen can't do it, even if he can identify more edible plants, after a long time, his status in the hearts of the tribe will still be lowered. What's more, the tribe will continue to expand in the future, and there may even be wizards from other tribes joining in. Luo Zhen needs to consolidate his position in the minds of the tribe.

In addition, the effect of Tai Sui is really too special. Even though most primitive people have simple minds and don't have so many twists and turns, Luo Zhen still has to guard against some people's dissent. After all, without Lu Zhan, he was just an ordinary person, he couldn't even beat the half-orc Axue.

There is no law here to protect him, and Luo Zhen has to pay more attention to his usual actions.

Horn Bamboo soon came over with Heiya on his back. Heiya thought that Luo Zhen wanted to continue to study with him about setting up traps around the tribe. Who knows after hearing what Luo Zhen said, Heiya thought he had a fantasy. listen.

"Great Witch, how can I not understand what you are saying?" Hei Ya hit twice, but his voice was trembling. His right hand fell on the injured foot one by one, his eyes fixed on Luo Zhen, looking forward to it. Luo Zhen could give him an affirmative answer, instead of shook his head suddenly and said that he was joking just now.

Kakutuki knelt and walked beside Luo Zhen excitedly. As soon as he grasped Luo Zhen's hand, his voice was also trembling, "Luo Zhen, is what you said is true? Can you really heal Aya's leg? Let him become a fighter again?" He even forgot the name of the great witch, but directly called Luo Zhen's name.

Luo Zhen was taken aback by the two excited attitudes, but he had already prepared in his heart, so he could still maintain his composure on the face.

He corrected: "It is possible to treat his leg injury, but I can't guarantee whether Hei Ya's leg can be restored to the original state."

"As long as it can be cured, if you can heal Black Cliff's legs, I am willing to be your guardian warrior."

Guardian warriors are warriors who have sworn an oath to protect the wizards forever. They are the most loyal and will not betray. According to legend, guardian warriors violated their vows and betrayed the people they wanted to protect, but they were punished by the beast gods. , Was burned alive into coke.

Therefore, it is not that simple to make a warrior make such an oath to become a guardian warrior.

Luo Zhen pursed his lips, and did not immediately agree to Kakutuki saying that he would become his guardian warrior. Instead, the black cliff on one side was moved by Kakutuki's actions. He reached out and pulled Kakutuki toward him. What the great witch wants to heal is my leg. Even if it is to be the guardian warrior of the great witch, I should do it."

"Let's take a look at the effect of the treatment first. If it is unsuccessful, you don't have to fight." Luo Zhen calmed down the two excited people.

Kadotake sat back next to Heiya, and said in a pious tone: "Then please help Aya to see his leg injury."

Luo Zhen nodded. In fact, he didn't need to look at Hei Ya's injured leg anymore. He just had to take Tai Sui directly to the other party, but he still asked Hei Ya to pull up his trousers and check it carefully.

Hei Ya's leg injury is much more serious than that of the staghorn horse. Most of the skin on his injured leg is almost missing. Luo Zhen can't figure out how much he needs too much weight, so this time only cut and Before feeding a piece of Tai Sui that was about the size of a staghorn horse, Heiya ate it on the spot.

He also exhorted: "Come here again tomorrow night." The staghorn horse showed a significant effect after a day's time. If this Tai Sui is useful for Heiya, he should be able to see something in one day.

"After you go back, don't tell others that the witch can heal leg injuries." Lu Zhan, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, suddenly spoke when the two of them were about to leave, and confessed.

One night, Horned Bamboo and Hei Ya were so excited that they couldn't fall asleep. Fortunately, there is no need to go out hunting now. Horn Bamboo's task tomorrow is to continue to seal the wooden door on the ice city wall. Hei Ya doesn't need to go out. He simply does not need to go out. Continue to take out the trap left by Luo Zhen to study.

There are only two types of traps. One is to dig potholes and bury sharp wooden thorns and bone spurs. But the only downside is that the snow here is too large. If the potholes are not handled well, they will easily be covered with snow. To crush.

The other is the trigger type, which is currently the main research type of Black Cliff, such as some slings, falling wood traps and bow and arrow traps. These are good for catching some small animals, but they have to deal with some large ones. Beasts, or even flexible orcs, are not that simple. Where they are set up and how far they are triggered are things that need to be considered.

It snowed last night, and Lu Zhan went out on patrol early in the morning. Luo Zhen cleaned the snow on the roof. Their wooden houses were not very strong. If they were cleaned irregularly, Luo Zhen worried that the roof would be covered by snow. Crushed.

After cleaning up, Luo Zhen will go to the mother-in-law's house. The children in the tribe will be sent to mother-in-law during the day to let her take care of her. Luo Zhen will tell the children some stories and then teach them to read. Sometimes there is some free time. The adults who come down will also come over to listen. Although the recognition of words is too difficult for them, both adults and children like to listen to Luo Zhen's magical stories.

"Great Witch, will there really be mermaids in the sea?"

Lu Zhan, who had completed a day of patrol, was about to push open the wooden door of the mother-in-law's house, when he heard a child questioning him vigorously. His movements paused, and the steps he had originally wanted to enter also stopped.

"You want to know if there are mermaids in the sea. When you grow up later, you can go and see for yourself." Luo Zhen's voice was a little bit of a smile, and he didn't want to keep these people in this little one. In the basin, even himself, when he had enough ability to ensure his safety in the future, he also wanted to take a look at other places in this strange world.

Soon another child asked other questions, "Great Witch, what is the voice of a mermaid? Is it different from ours?"

In this world, except for some wizards who would sing some ancient ballads when praying for sacrifices, others don't know what singing is. Although Luo Zhen's musical talent is not very good, some nursery rhymes and pop songs are still good. After humming a few sentences, he gently sang two nursery rhymes, and the children listened quietly, even a little bit intoxicated.

Luo Zhen stopped and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

When the child hears that you look at me, I look at you, and then looked a little bewildered at the adults who are sitting on the side and listening with their ears up, but doing all kinds of work on their hands. No one dares to answer easily, even if they are old. No matter how young, I know that only wizards can learn some things.

"Great Witch, are you planning to accept disciples?" Acao stopped the straw rope in his hand and asked tentatively.

There are a lot of materials for this kind of straw rope by the river, and some tough fibers are left after the weeds are withered in winter. They are very useful for making ropes. The rope ladders they use on city walls are made of rope woven with this fiber. of.

Luo Zhen shook his head and explained: "Singing is not a wizard's skill, as long as you want to learn it, you can also learn it."

"Great Witch, what's the use of learning to sing?" Ah Shui asked curiously.

Luo Zhen thought about it seriously, "Maybe it can make people happy."

Ah Shui followed with a smile.

Lu Zhan turned around and left when he heard this. He stayed on the ice city wall for most of the day. In fact, he didn't do anything. He just squatted in a daze. If it hadn't been snowing today, I'm afraid he would be drowned into a snowman. .

Lu Zhan didn't return to the house until it got dark.

Luo Zhen didn't know when he had come back. In the end, the children still didn't learn to sing with him. In the eyes of these people, singing is still too sacred. As ordinary people, they still dare not learn it casually. In their eyes, it was a skill that could communicate with beast gods, and Luo Zhen did not force them to learn.

Luo Zhen had already cooked dinner, probably because he had never used the ability to recognize plants again, and his appetite seemed to be back to normal again.

"Why didn't you come back so late today?" Luo Zhen added a little hot water to wash his hands, Lu Zhan walked over naturally, but his eyes fell on Luo Zhen from time to time, full of inquiry.

"What story did you tell them today?" Lu Zhan comfortably soaked his frozen hands in the hot water and asked casually.

"The story of the mermaid princess."

"A mermaid? Have you ever seen a mermaid?" Lu Zhan slowed down. It was not until Luo Zhen urged him to wipe off the water drops on his hands and sit on the edge of the fire.

"What? You are also interested in mermaid?" Luo Zhen handed the prepackaged meat to the other party amused. "Do you know what a mermaid is? Maybe it's a monster with a fish head."

Lu Zhan, who had just received the wooden bowl, almost missed the wooden bowl and fell to the ground because of Luo Zhen's words. He raised his head and looked at Luo Zhen in surprise.

Luo Zhen, who was only ridiculing a few sentences, was stunned when he saw the expression on Lu Zhan's face. Although Lu Zhan knew how to pretend in front of outsiders, after getting along for so long, his little tricks could not be hidden from Luo Zhen at first. Zhen didn't notice Lu Zhan's abnormality, but now he had to reduce the look on his face, even because of his own guesses, he couldn't believe it.

"A Zhan, there are people here?"

Lu Zhan pursed his lips, looked straight at Luo Zhen, and did not answer.

Luo Zhen patted his forehead vigorously. When he first came to this world, he had seen giants like Mossaurus, and later he also saw the extinct bighorn deer and the talking staghorn horse, etc., getting closer. In other words, even humans can transform into black panthers, so what is so strange about this world?

"Have you seen it?" Luo Zhen curiously leaned to Lu Zhan's side, "Do they live in water? What do they look like? Can they become humans and live on land like you? Or they only have mermaids. A form? Is it a human head with a fish body or a fish head with a human body? Or is it just a part of the fish's characteristics?

Listening to Luo Zhen's crackling and vomiting questions, several lines of black lines appeared on Lu Zhan's expressionless face. He shook his head, "No, I haven't seen it."

"Have you not seen it?" Luo Zhen was a little disappointed.

Lu Zhan continued to press his lips. He looked at Luo Zhen's expression. In addition to being a little disappointed, the other party quickly returned to normal. He didn't seem to be obsessed with the mermaid, and continued to sit back to his original position to eat. . "Are you disappointed?"

"It's just a little curious." Luo Zhen said truthfully.

"You want to see?"

"What do you want to see? Mermaid?"

Lu Zhan nodded.

Luo Zhen smiled, "I really want to see it, but the legendary mermaid is not a docile creature. If it is too dangerous, forget it." In front of life, Luo Zhen's curiosity would still be restrained.

Lu Zhan thought for a while, put down the half-eaten food, and stood up suddenly. He first found a wooden stick to put the door on top to prevent anyone from entering suddenly, and then returned to the fire, in front of Luo Zhen. Mian began to untie the belt used to fix the clothes.

Luo Zhen was taken aback by the opponent's actions. Half of the food he had just chewed spurted out. He backed a few steps back on the ground with both hands, choking a few times with the saliva that hadn't had time to swallow, "You ...You...what are you doing?" Luo Zhen's voice became a little weaker when he said that.

Lu Zhan didn't answer, he threw the animal skin coat aside, and then took off the animal skin pants. Only the fat inside Luo Zhen made of soft animal skin, a pair of smooth muscles, long and straight legs In this way, he appeared in front of Luo Zhen shiningly, making Luo Zhen wish to cover his eyes.

He still remembers the identity of a partner in the two of them. What does Lu Zhan mean? Luo Zhen's heart beat very fast, and he didn't dare to float forward when he looked at the sky and the earth.

"Look here." Lu Zhan finally made up his mind, but the man turned his head and hurriedly stepped forward to break the opponent's head.

"You... don't mess around." Luo Zhen stammered: "Such...this kind of thing can't be forced, understand...you?"

Lu Zhan glanced at him inexplicably, and didn't seem to understand what Luo Zhen was talking about.

Lu Zhan took a deep breath. Starting from the back of his instep, white scales slowly began to appear. At first, it looked like a light pattern painted on the skin, and gradually became clearer and clearer.

Luo Zhen's eyes widened, staring at Lu Zhan's scaly legs. Although Lu Zhan had told him that there were two forms of beastification, he had never seen the other side's second form, and didn't even know the other side. What exactly is the second form of his, even his semi-beastized black panther ability, because his coat color is different from that of other people in the tribe, he has rarely used it in front of people.

"you..."

Lu Zhan's beastization speed is actually very fast. He shook his legs, which became extremely hard, as if wearing a pair of silver armor pants, "What do you think this is?"

Fish scales, no matter how you look at them, the ones covering Lu Zhan's legs are like fish scales. He remembered that Lu Ming once said that the other half of Lu Zhan's blood was from an ancient ethnic group. Could it be that that ethnic group was a mermaid. ?

Luo Zhen opened his mouth and was covered by the other party's hand when he wanted to ask.

"Don't ask, I don't know what I am." Lu Zhan smiled, "But in the future you don't want to tell them any more mermaid stories."

Luo Zhen nodded.

Lu Zhan quickly retracted the scales on his body, and as soon as he had worn his pants halfway, the door was knocked.

Luo Zhen walked to the door awkwardly and urged the other party to put on the clothes quickly. Really, is it necessary to show him a semi-beastized form to take him off so naked? If he hadn't had to make the other party wear fat times before, maybe he really wanted to see something that shouldn't be seen this time.

Luo Zhen's face was so hot, he was about to open the door, but suddenly stopped.

Why should I not look at it because Lu Zhan took off his clothes? Isn't everyone all men?

The people who came at this time were naturally Horned Bamboo and Heiya, their faces were full of joy, and they did not notice the slightly embarrassing atmosphere in the room.

Horn bamboo carefully placed the black cliff on the animal skin cushion, "Da Wu, come and take a look at Ah Ya's legs. They are much better than before, and they seem to have a little new flesh."

Luo Zhen: "...".

Just finished reading a man's leg and now have to look at another man's leg?

Horn bamboo has lifted the animal skins on Hei Ya's legs, probably because of the healing wounds of the other party. Horn bamboo did not let Hei Ya wear animal skin pants. Instead, he wore an animal skin skirt for a long time. The leather skirt can be opened to see the situation on the opponent's legs.

As horned bamboo said, the old wound on the black cliff leg should have been missing a large piece of skin and flesh, and even the dense white bones can be seen inside, but now the surface of the white bones has been covered with a thin layer of pink. Tender meat.

Luo Zhen carefully checked the condition of the other party's wound, and asked how Hei Ya's body felt. There was no discomfort. Obviously, the other party was recovering pretty well.

"Except for a bit of itching today, this wound is not as painful as before." Hei Ya was so excited that he stayed up all night last night, but he was still in good spirits.

Last night Luo Zhen only ate a small piece of Tai Sui for Heiya. He didn't know the effect of Tai Sui. Not only to save a little Tai Sui, but also worried that Heiya's body absorbed too much Tai Sui and would not be able to stand it, so Luo Zhen planned. Give it to your partner little by little every day until your partner's legs are fully restored.

He brought another Tai Sui piece that he had prepared a long time ago. Today's Tai Sui is about the same size as yesterday. Hei Ya knew that it was this small piece of white that healed his legs. He carefully took Tai Sui out of Luo Zhen's hands. After that, he almost piously put Tai Sui into his mouth. Without even chewing, he swallowed it eagerly.

"Great Witch, how long will Aya's legs take after taking this medicine?" Seeing Heiya finish Tai Sui's eating, Horn Bamboo asked a little nervously.

Luo Zhen estimated the healing condition of the opponent's leg, and based on the recovery speed of such a Tai Sui amount, it is estimated that his Tai Sui tree would have to be consumed more than half to restore Hei Ya's leg.

"Fast is a day, and slow is no more than a month." Luo Zhen exhorted: "Tomorrow you see how it works, and then come back in the evening."

The two hurriedly responded, and now they are very obedient to what Luo Zhen said, whether it is Horn Bamboo or Black Cliff, and they can't wait to be regarded as the oracle of the beast god, for fear that they have missed a word.

Seeing that Luo Zhen had only halfway through their dinner, he was interrupted by himself. Hei Ya felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose. Not long after he had eaten Tai Sui, he said goodbye to the corner bamboo and left.

Luo Zhen and Lu Zhan were left in the room.

Before sitting back on the fire, Luo Zhen picked up the half-eaten wooden bowl. The meat slices in it were already cold. He scooped a little broth from the stone pot and mixed it with heat. He didn't dislike it, so he continued to eat. stand up.

Probably the atmosphere was too calm, and he remembered the oolong he had misunderstood when Lu Zhan was taking off his clothes just now. The more he ate, the hotter his face was. Thinking about it, he wished that there was a crack in front of him and he could get in directly.

"Hei Ya's injury seems to have recovered well." Luo Zhen said without words.

"Well, he will become a powerful warrior again."

The two quietly finished their dinner. Lu Zhan took the initiative to pick up the stone pot and wooden bowl, and took them to the next room to wash them. There was a simple washing table, and the cleaned sewage would follow the dug channel. It flows into a small puddle behind the house. This is a pit prepared before the house is built. There is one behind each wooden house. It is not big, but it is enough to treat the sewage produced every day. In this way, at least there is no need to make all the dirt in the tribe like in the Black Panther tribe.

Before going to bed, Luo Zhen would chat with Lu Zhan casually about the things that happened during the day. The state of not talking at all made Luo Zhen really uncomfortable. He lay down at the door of the room and watched Lu. Zhan squatted in front of the sink to clean the dishes. The water from the grease ball was a bit grayish-black, and it was necessary to wash it again with hot water to remove the oil stains on the wooden bowl.

Luo Zhen's gaze fell on the opponent's long, slender, powerful legs. If Lu Zhan were really a mermaid, if Lu Zhan could be completely animalized, would these legs become beautiful fish tails?

Lu Zhan's facial features will appear a bit feminine when the opponent is deliberately weakened, but when he does not need to suppress his temperament, it will make people feel very imposing, as if the opponent is born a high-ranking person. Luo Zhen has seen the appearance of the other party with bare upper body, eight-pack abdominal muscles, and beautiful mermaid line. If you add a huge silver-white fish tail, you can truly be the mermaid that can charm all living creatures in the legend.

Luo Zhen just imagined it for a moment, and felt a little hot on his face. He quickly ran back to the fire, scooped up a large bowl of the melted snow in the wooden barrel next to him, and took a few sips.

Before going to bed, Lu Zhan dragged his bedding next to Luo Zhen. The other party was the same as usual, but Luo Zhen always felt uncomfortable.

"A Zhan, why do you want to show me the second form?" Luo Zhen struggled all night, still planning to ask, the other party's state of trusting him completely made him a little frightened, how could he have gone through to After a strange and dangerous world, one can still meet someone who trusts him completely, and this person is still the thigh that he decides to hold tightly.

"You are my witch, I don't want to hide it from you."

Luo Zhen raised his head and looked at each other's eyes, his eyes were so serious, "Is it just because I am the great witch of the tribe now?"

Lu Zhan smiled, stretched out his hand and twisted the scraps of grass on Luo Zhen's hair that he didn't know when, and threw it into the fire. "Probably I am used to it, because I can trust you, and you won't be harmed." Me, so I don't mind telling you all about me."

This was the first time Lu Zhan expressed his views on Luo Zhen. In fact, one thing he didn't say was that maybe the two had been bound as partners before, and Lu Zhan had already classified each other as his own.

The orc warrior is very loyal to his partner, but after all, he and Luo Zhen have not successfully made a bond in front of the beast god, otherwise, I am afraid that Lu Zhan will be the first person to become Luo Zhen's guardian warrior. Lu Zhan's brows frowned when he thought of this, and he was a little depressed without even noticing it.

Luo Zhen pursed his lips. Actually, he doesn't need Lu Zhan to say, he also knows how much the other party trusts him.

From the first day when he met each other, Lu Zhan treated himself very well. Apart from telling Luo Zhen his own secret without reservation, he found the larva of the flame ant for Luo Zhen to take it, and promised Lu Ming's deal. In order for Luo Zhen to absorb those little elves with life energy, the other party did a lot of things for Luo Zhen's sake, but Luo Zhen could do very little for the other party.

Luo Zhen sometimes wondered, if it wasn't for his appearance, when the Black Panther Tribe left this place, would Lu Zhan become a beast and embark on the road to the Black Forest? After all, he is no longer the age when he was young and could not survive alone in the wild. If he wants to go, he should be able to live well no matter where he goes.

"A Zhan, I am actually not from the tribe on the edge of the big lake." Luo Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after speaking. Although there is no need to tell Lu Zhan about such a bizarre thing about his journey, but to meet him in the future. When I was exposed to the people in the original tribe, it might as well take the initiative to tell Lu Zhan to know.

Who knew that Lu Zhan laughed twice, "I know."

Luo Zhen, who finally mustered up his confession and courage, was stunned, "You know?"

"Well, although I don't have much contact with the people of that tribe, it is impossible for the people of that tribe, even their great witch, to know as much as you."

When Luo Zhen took out the knowledge, he didn't cover himself at all. Although Lu Zhan didn't understand what it was, he was not a fool. He could naturally guess Luo Zhen's identity, but he never cared very much. , Just didn't ask. Now that Luo Zhen can take the initiative to talk to him, Lu Zhan is still very happy.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhan couldn't help rubbing Luo Zhen's hair. Luo Zhen's hair was well taken care of by the other party. He would wash it every few days. It was dark and shiny. He would comb the knotted hair roots with a wooden comb every day. Luo Zhen took the lead. Now in the tribe. People's hair is no longer as dirty and messy as before, or even with lice.

"But, will you go back to your own tribe in the future?"

Own tribe? Speaking of this Luo Zhen is a bit sad, "I can't go back, there is no my tribe in this world."

Lu Zhan was startled. He thought that Luo Zhen, who knew so much, should come from a very powerful tribe. Maybe he was just like his dad who couldn't remember his appearance. He just ran out secretly. When he stayed outside enough, he would Go back to your own tribe.

What does it mean that this world is gone? Is the tribe extinct? Only Luo Zhen survived? Lu Zhan looked at Luo Zhen's depressed appearance, and his heart suddenly throbbed. He suddenly stretched out his hand and gently hugged Luo Zhen into his arms.

Luo Zhen, who was still mourning the world he had gone away, was startled by Lu Zhan's actions. He struggled a bit. Who knew that Lu Zhan seemed to be using no strength, but he was actually holding his arms very tightly.

Luo Zhen moved unnaturally. He grew up so big, and it was the first time that he was hugged in his arms in such a posture.

"The Sun Yao tribe will be our tribe in the future." Lu Zhan touched the back of Mo Luozhen's head seemingly soothing.

Luo Zhen's body stiffened, and soon relaxed, "Of course, I have spent a lot of hard work trying to build our tribe. In the future, we will become a powerful tribe that will not lose to the Black Panther tribe." No, even more powerful than the Black Panther Tribe. Luo Zhen added another sentence in his heart.

Lu Zhan chuckled a few times, his chest trembling from the other's laughter, conveyed to Luo Zhen's body through the thick animal skin. "Well, I believe you."

Luo Zhen's mouth hooked, and then he heard Lu Zhan whisper in his ear: "Luo Zhen, be my partner."

The only peach blossom in Luo Zhen's memory seemed to be when he was in elementary school. At that time, because of family reasons, he was a transfer student for a year. The little girl was in the next class. Luo Zhen didn't know this at first. It was not until one day that a group of young girls in the next class were joking around on the road and making fun of him for a while, that Luo Zhen knew that a young girl was actually attracted to him.

However, there was no follow-up to this incident at the end. The little girl was probably shy, and she didn't have the courage to come forward and say a word with Luo Zhen until she graduated, and Luo Zhen never knew the little girl's name, and even later. Until I crossed, I never saw each other again.

Feeling that the person in his arms seemed to be distracted, Lu Zhan squeezed Luo Zhen's ears a little dissatisfied, Luo Zhen's earlobes were fleshy, and the hand felt very good.

Luo Zhen gave a light cough. I don't know why he would think of things so long ago, but this time he didn't struggle any more. Instead, he adjusted his movements to prevent Lu Zhan from seeing the expression on his face at the moment and muttered. : "In my tribe, marrying without falling in love is a hooliganism."

"What?" Lu Zhan didn't understand what the other party meant, until Luo Zhen explained it to him awkwardly before he suddenly came over.

But he was still a little puzzled, "According to your tribe, aren't we even living together now?" Lu Zhan counted the days. The two have been inseparable for more than three months. They have been together for so long. Are you a partner?

Luo Zhen was full of black lines. This person knew how to use the word cohabitation after hearing it once. He sat up from the other's arms, and this time Lu Zhan didn't force him to confine him.

"No, we are not called cohabitation. At most, it can only be considered as shared rent." Maybe shared rent is not accurate, after all, they built the house themselves.

"Co-renting? Is it also the language of your tribe?" After saying that Luo Zhen is not a member of the tribe on the other side of the Great Lake, most of the words that this person popped out could not be understood by Lu Zhan, and he looked dissatisfiedly. Luo Zhen, the tone is a bit wronged, isn't it good to be your own partner? He has done his best to take care of each other. "Then what are you going to do now? Can you find a better partner besides me?"

Luo Zhen really thought about it seriously. In this world, no one treats himself better than Lu Zhan, but the problem is that Luo Zhen has lived for more than 20 years and has never thought about his significant other. He might be a man, and now let him say that it is a bend, Luo Zhen really can't accept it all at once, this is also irresponsible to Lu Zhan.

I have been with these primitive people for a long time, even though Luo Zhen doesn't know what the people in other tribes are like, but for the Black Panther tribe, they are very loyal to their partners, and they believe it is a lifetime matter. , There is no idea of finding another one if it is inappropriate.

Like the old warrior in their tribe. When he was young, his partner fell ill and died in a certain winter. After so many years, he never found a new partner, even because his partner died in this place. Yes, the old warrior insisted on staying instead of going back to the other side of Changfeng Mountain with the tribe.

Lu Zhan's father also left the tribe after his partner suddenly disappeared. Luo Zhen once heard other people say that it was the other person who went to find his partner. If he could not find his partner, he would never return to the tribe in this life. Come in.

Although this was very cruel to Lu Zhan, the other fighters understood Lu's father very well, and even the children had to stand aside in front of their partners.

In the face of what he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears, Luo Zhen didn't want to be too sloppy in dealing with Lu Zhan's confession. He knew very well that at the beginning he could only live by holding his thigh to Lu Zhan. The worry-free mood, even after getting along during this period, the mood has gradually changed, but it is still not enough to be the partner of the other party directly.

"I..." Luo Zhen opened his mouth, as if thinking about how to answer Lu Zhan's question.

"Actually, I can also be your guardian soldier." Lu Zhan interrupted the opponent, as if he was worried that the opponent was rejecting and desperately promoting himself.

Lu Zhan smashed his fingers and counted his strengths, "Hei Ya hasn't fought for a long time, and his fighting ability must be inferior to me. You see, even if it is winter, I can hunt you back a lot of food, even yours. No matter how big the appetite is, I don't have to worry about getting hungry. I can swim. No one of the Black Panther orc warriors can swim, and I'm faster in the water than on the land..."

Luo Zhen was full of black lines, and felt a little funny. When Lu Zhan looked down and seriously thought about what else he had missed, he finally couldn't help interrupting the other party, "I know you are very good, if I want to find My partner, there is really no one more suitable than you."

Hearing Luo Zhen confessing to himself, Lu Zhan's eyes lit up. If he turned his tail into a beast now, I'm afraid he would be shaking like a big dog that has been praised. He fills the scene for a while, Luo Zhen said that he actually wanted to see it.

"Then..." Lu Zhan straightened up.

Luo Zhen interrupted him, "I don't want to lie to you, at least for the time being I can't accept myself as your partner."

When Lu Zhan heard this, the breath on his body was instantly depressed.

"But I won't accept other people as partners." Luo Zhen continued: "Perhaps I can't give you an accurate answer right now, but it's still the same sentence. Just getting married without falling in love is a hooliganism. I I don't want to be a hooligan, so, should we try to talk about a little love first?"

Lu Zhan's ears moved, and he tilted his head slightly, obviously still unable to understand what it means to fall in love. "Can I be a partner after dating?"

Luo Zhen gave a light cough, "You can understand it this way, but do you want to let it go and know about it?"

Lu Zhan looked at him tangledly, his mouth opened and closed a few times, and he still gritted his teeth and said, "You are really troublesome."

Luo Zhen smiled, that is, he understands that Lu Zhan can make a request to him like this. If it is replaced by the previous, in front of the leader and the big witch of the Black Panther tribe, even if he is unwilling, he can only agree to it abruptly. At one point, Luo Zhen's affection for Lu Zhan greatly increased.

"No way, who told you to find someone so troublesome to be your partner?"

Lu Zhan snorted softly, got into the bed, and only exposed his furry head to Luo Zhen. In terms of speaking, he could never speak of this person, so he decided not to talk to the other person. Time was up, Lu Zhan thought about it tangledly. Thinking, one night is good, and tomorrow morning he will ask Luo Zhen to cook for him. If he doesn't mention it, the other party will be lazy and just cook barbecue.

Hei Ya's leg injury has recovered very well, and Luo Zhen will prepare a small piece of Tai Sui for the other party every night.

Tai Sui's growth rate is very slow. Luo Zhen originally planted it in a wooden pot filled with soil, but because it was too troublesome to dig out and cut a small piece every day, Luo Zhen simply changed to water.

Luo Zhen found a piece of animal skin to carefully record the recovery of Black Cliff. Although Tai Sui's recovery ability is very strong, it is relatively fragile. On the third day, Black Cliff died of necrosis on the wounds. The skin and flesh fell off, and I walked around the house a few times with excitement, and pulled out the newly grown muscles, blood stained the legs all over, so scared that the horn bamboo picked up the opponent and hurriedly rushed into Luo. Zhen home.

Later, the horned bamboo didn't even let Hei Ya stand up. He hugged him wherever he went. He was a lot thinner when he was injured before, but since he came to the Riyao tribe, he has plenty of food and his mood has improved. The originally reduced body has gradually strengthened. Although in the eyes of Kadotake, I feel that there is nothing to do with running around the tribe holding his partner, but what Luo Zhen really thinks when he sees such a tall and strong man being held by a princess. How to violate.

Since chatting with Lu Zhan that day, the two get along basically the same as usual, but because Luo Zhen agreed to have a small love relationship with Lu Zhan, she would look at each other from time to time at first, but it only stopped. That's it.

The world inside the city wall is calm and serene. In addition to teaching the children some new knowledge, even Lu Zhan pestered Luo Zhen to learn Chinese characters, but he bit his head and practiced the square characters for several days before wishing to run there. Hunting a few wild beasts in the wilderness to vent, he lived so big, he knew for the first time that there are such tormenting things in this world, obviously just a few words that are not threatening, but they can make people want to catch it. mad.

Of course, Lu Zhan is not a person who is easy to give up halfway. He can disguise under the black panther clan witch's eyelids for so long, and he still has a certain degree of resilience, but he does not intend to be tortured by himself, anyway, the tribe is now No need to go out hunting, and no enemy came to attack them, Lu Zhan simply captured the other fighters and studied together.

Therefore, the Riyao tribe will stage a scene every morning in which whoever wins can go out to patrol.

"It's just a few words, do you want to beat people to death?" Luo Zhen reluctantly handed the smashed big thistle to A Xue, and asked her to help the young soldier A Qing to apply the wound.

It didn't take long for Ah Qing to become an adult, and his skills were not as good as those experienced orc warriors. Since Lu Zhan captured them to study, Ah Qing has never left the tribe again.

"Don't worry, we have a sense of measure." Heifu, who won today, smiled and put his wooden bow on his body, and said to Luo Zhen: "We are also a kind of training. If you don't believe me, ask Aqing. He is now His strength is much stronger than before."

Luo Zhen looked at Ah Qing suspiciously, and Ah Qing grinned and curled his mouth, turning his head away, not wanting to talk to Heifu at all.

"Don't move." Axue applied the herbs to the opponent's wound with dissatisfaction, causing Aqing to take a breath of pain.

"Take it lightly." A Qing begged for mercy.

Axue rolled her eyes, "Didn't you say that this wound can be cured by licking it? Now it's just applying a medicine, what is the ghost's name."

Ah Qing was too choked to speak, so she could only look at Luo Zhen for help.

Luo Zhen shrugged his shoulders, expressing that he was helpless, and Hei Fu had already climbed onto the city wall with his wooden bow on his back, turned over and started a day of patrol activities.