Chapter 5 Traveling Merchants

Time is like the fallen leaves in the forest outside the village, dissipating with the wind one by one.

Xiahou is already five years old, and the Xuanwu True Solution has already cultivated to the second turn, and has initially reached the realm where qi is like a condensation bead and his body is like iron. At this time, he was five feet tall, but he was a little thicker than children of the same age. The earthy yellow skin looked a little weird, and the sequelae of cultivating the Xuanwu True Solution gradually manifested itself: his shoulders were half wider than ordinary people, and his two hands had a tendency to develop towards long-armed gorillas. An extremely well-developed muscle mass, once exercised, the lumpy muscles move up and down, strong, toned, and extremely amazing.

Seeing that his family's Ah Yi was so strong, Chihu Xiu was even more happy, and muttered all day long to find a good wife for Xiahou to come back, so he took a group of clansmen to haunt the mountains all day long, and he didn't know how many beasts died in their hands. The gorgeous and heavy animal skins, like a pair of colorful paintings, have been hung all over the walls of Xiahou's house.

Xia Hou didn't care about this, he just wanted to enhance his strength, and constantly strengthen his strength, so as to facilitate his survival in this strange and wild world. Only by staying alive can he find that possible way home. Although he never understood how there could be a planet, his star map was exactly the same as the Earth.

"God, if only there were some astronomical instruments. It's a pity that I studied archaeology and ancient literature in college, and I couldn't even make a piece of glass. It's useless to be a scholar. ”

Holding two unusually human arms a little shrunken, Xiahou stood in the dense forest on the side of the village, looking up to the sky and sighing. "I knew that today, I should have studied industrial manufacturing, firearms design, biological science, high-energy physics, and even if I learned to make steel and iron, it would be more useful than playing with the history of Na Lao. ”

In the forest, a group of toothed wolves with teeth sticking out of their lips like knives and their eyes flashing with a faint blue light roared in a low voice, slowly surrounding this 'muscular, white and tender' little doll. Xiahou sighed to the sky by himself, and almost burst into tears, where to pay attention to this group of fierce toothed wolves?

Suddenly, there was a loud scream of beasts in the sky, and a white shadow slashed through the air with a whooshing sound. The white shadow dragged up a few remnants, and gently borrowed on the trunk of a tree more than ten meters high, and a few ups and downs had already reached the sky above the group of toothed wolves. 'Wow~~~', the white shadow actually suspended in the sky for a blink of an eye, slapped his chest, and let out a roar that shook hundreds of miles.

The fanged wolves, who had been plotting against each other just now, trembled and softened to the ground, and they could tell that it was the howl of a Pixiu. Compared to this kind of overlord in the mountains and forests, the toothed wolf is just a piece of cake. They could only lie on the ground to show their submission, hoping that the Pixiu would follow the rules of the mountains and forests, and when they had eaten and drunk enough, they would let the rest of the group leave.

A punch higher than Xia Hou's, the white face fell from the air with a fierce face, and sat on the back of an old toothed wolf, and with a click, it had smashed its spine into more than a dozen pieces. Dragging two long arms, Bai walked around among the nearly 100 toothed wolves, grabbed a young and strong one casually, tore open the Tianling cover with one paw, and put his big mouth up, just sucking hard. The toothed wolf screamed twice, but the marrow was eaten clean. The white hand rose and fell, tore the belly of the toothed wolf, took out the heart and lungs and chewed it indiscriminately, and then walked to Xiahou's side with satisfaction and sat down obediently.

Xia Hou looked at the bloodstained white face, shook his head, wiped off a few pieces of heart and lung residues hanging on the corners of his mouth for him, and reprimanded: "Next time you finish eating, go to the stream to wash yourself." Last time, you scared a couple of Eminem. ”

Bai bared his teeth and roared a few times, his head fell on Xia Hou's body and rubbed it indiscriminately, smearing all the blood on his face on Xia Hou's animal skin coat, and then he opened his mouth happily and laughed.

Xiahou gave him a roll of the eyes, slapped him on the head, and with a strange smile, a man and a beast pressed towards the group of toothed wolves.

Feeling the cold breath on Xiahou's body, the group of toothed wolves who wanted to use Xiahou to add food just now trembled all over. According to the unspoken rules in the mountains and forests, Bai should let them go, but how could this two-legged man go all the way with this fierce Pixiu?

It's like picking watermelons in a melon field, Xia Hou picks fat and thin at a group of toothed wolves, and touches them for a while. "This head is too fat and greasy to eat, this head is too thin and eats with stuffed teeth, this head is too old and has hard bones and bones, and can only be used to make soup; this head is not old and tender, fat and thin is suitable, and it is just right to eat it when you bake it for lunch." ”

Grabbed the prime-aged tooth wolf, slapped it and fainted, Bai saw that Xiahou had already chosen the object of lunch, and suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a loud roar. The group of toothed wolves jumped up and ran with their tails between their legs. These toothed wolves, which are about two meters long, ran extremely fast and disappeared in an instant.

Carrying the top melon skin of the toothed wolf in one hand, dragging it towards the entrance of the village, Xia Hou looked at Bai who was following him step by step, and asked a little hesitantly: "Bai, do you think the tooth wolf can be domesticated like a giant pig?" The nose of the tooth wolf is easy to use, if you can domesticate a group of toothed wolves, Abba and they go hunting, but it is much easier." ”

The white monster rolled his eyes, the blood in his eyes surged, and the two long arms slapped his chest a few times, and hissed a few times. Xia Hou nodded understandingly, with a treacherous smile on his face: "Oh? You mean you can tame them? That's great, tomorrow you come here and catch a group of prime-aged tooth wolves and go back." Every day you take them around the woods, and kill all the beasts that might pose a threat to the village, can you do it?"

Bai Yi's hands danced for a while, his mouth roared loudly, and saliva splashed in the gap between Bai Shengsheng's fine teeth. Obviously, Bai was very unhappy with Xiahou's suspicions, and felt that his self-esteem had been hit. Isn't it just domesticating a bunch of toothed wolves? It's just too simple. If it is a group of saber-toothed tigers, the current Bai Ke does not dare to pack a ticket to be able to defeat them, but a group of toothed wolves, is this also a challenge?

His eyes rolled wildly, and his scarlet tongue kept licking the blood from the corners of his mouth, as if he was thinking that if he domesticated a group of toothed wolves, he would have fresh blood to eat every day. Thinking about it, strings of saliva flowed down from the white mouth, and a pair of bloody eyes stared at the few pigs walking lazily around the village wall, with the same treacherous smile on their faces as Xiahou.

Growing up with Bai, Xiahou, who knew his temperament well, rolled his eyes and muttered: "Eat, eat, eat the pigs raised by others, just wait for Abba to pick your skin and return it." ”

Bai's body shook violently, and immediately put on a serious appearance, his long arm wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, he grabbed the toothed wolf dragged by Xiahou and carried it on his shoulder, one arm drooped on Xiahou's shoulder, and walked into the village with one hand on his shoulder.

On the way, those Eminem, who were accustomed to the almost identical appearance of Xiahou and Bai, walked so strangely and intimately, and greeted them warmly one by one: "Ah Yi of the Shu family, come to Eminem's house for lunch, the newly made corn cakes." Or maybe they said they had freshly picked fruits, freshly picked wild vegetables, and so on. Those children who were two years older than Xiahou or older still looked stupid, beating around with heavy wooden sticks in their hands, but none of them dared to approach Xiahou and Bai.

Xiahou smiled at those Eminem and shook his hand: "Next time." I've made soup, I'll just go back and clean up this toothed wolf. ”

So, a group of Eminem chirped and admired, it was nothing more than the Xiu family's Ah Yiduo was capable, and he was only five years old and could hunt. Of course, there are also those who disagree, in the eyes of some Eminem, Xiahou's spoils are nothing more than white credit. Anyone who can have a five-year-old Pixiu who is about to become an adult in the mountains and forests can walk sideways.

There were two eleven or twelve-year-old boys on the side of the road muttering angrily: "Uncle Xiu's Ah Yi, isn't it because of that Pixiu that he can catch prey every day?"

"That is, a Pixiu who grew up with him. Who doesn't know that after Pixiu was born, he regarded whoever he saw at first sight as his parents. Uncle Xiu's Ah Yi took advantage of this. ”

"If we're lucky, we'll be able to find a newborn Pixiu. Hmph!"

"When our Pixiu reaches adulthood, even the most ferocious beasts will not be afraid. Ah Yi of the Xiu family took advantage of this. ”

Xia Hou just smiled at the two teenagers, ignoring their deliberate provocation of amplifying their voices. Bai glared at them unkindly, and a pair of bloody eyes looked at the two teenagers again and again, remembering their appearances clearly. Bai pondered whether he was going to visit the two teenagers' homes tonight and eat all the pigs he raised raw. If you can't finish eating, catch it in a cave in the mountains and forests outside the village, and eat it slowly as a snack.

'Wow', Bai sucked again, cracked his big mouth and laughed.

Suddenly, on the three-zhang high watchtower at the entrance of the village, a clansman who had stayed in the village shouted: "A large group of men and horses have come, women and children have come into the house, and men have come out with weapons and ready to fight." At the sound of three crisp bowstrings, the people on the watchtower had already shot three long arrows, and shouted at the same time: "Is the person who comes from an enemy or a friend? ”

Eminem didn't make any noise, picked up his children and rushed back to the house. When the group went out hunting, the eighty men who stayed in the village rushed to the entrance of the village with their weapons and lay down on the wall, and at the same time let out a loud roar. "Friend or foe? ”

The yellow light flashed in Xia Hou's eyes, and he grabbed the steel axe for chopping firewood from the wooden stake outside a wooden house, and rushed to the entrance of the village. Bai was stunned for a moment, looked at the toothed wolf on his shoulder who had opened his eyes, bit on the neck of the toothed wolf, and with a few swings of his head, the neck of the toothed wolf was almost torn, and his eyebrows turned into a white light with a smile, and he rushed over with Xiahou.

At the entrance of the village, a team of people can be seen coming very slowly from a distance. There were about three to five hundred people, driving dozens of two-wheeled vehicles towed by wildebeest. A white-bearded old man shouted from afar: "Friend of the Chihu Clan, it's me, the golden eagle on the grassland, have you forgotten your old friend? I haven't seen you for several years, and you have added a lot of cubs, right?"

The Chihu people burst into laughter, threw down their weapons one after another, and walked out of the village. The tiger and the fox opened his arms from a distance and laughed heartily: "It's you, an old bird, you haven't been to our tribe for six years, right? You damn old bird!" He was already in a tight hug with the old man.

Wu Ye slowly walked out of his stone house, and said weakly: "Is it the windproof golden eagle on the grassland? I haven't seen you for a long time, please come in, please come in." His voice was weak, but it drifted far away, and the whole village heard it clearly. The sound was also equivalent to a signal to disarm the alarm, and Eminem from all the families came out with their children and laughed in unison.

Xiahou's Eminem held a fist-thick wooden stick in his hand, and ran out angrily, facing Xiahou with several sticks that covered his head and face. "Ah Yi, why don't you come into the house? Do you think you are already a tiger in the mountains and forests, and you have grown up? What are you carrying in your hand? Axe? What do you want to do?"

Bai let out a sharp and ugly laugh, where he laughed at Xiahou being scolded by Eminem. When Eminem heard Shiro's laughter, he turned around sharply and smashed several sticks on Shiro's head. Bai bared his teeth and hugged his head and obediently lay on the ground. His eyes rolled, and there was only one doubt in his heart, it was clear that Xiahou took the lead to watch the excitement, why did he have to be beaten, and it was clear that the stick fell on himself much more than Xiahou.

The golden eagle had already led the team into the village, and suddenly saw Bai lying on the ground, and Xiahou who had not the slightest sincerity to persuade Eminem not to beat Bai anymore, the golden eagle's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Pixiu? And it's a tame Pixiu? Wu, are you Pixiu selling?"

Xia Hou caught the stick in Eminem's hand with one hand, crushed it casually, the yellow light flashed in his eyes, and pulled Bai up from the ground. Glaring at the old man of the golden eagle fiercely, Xia Hou said coldly: "Sell, why don't you sell it?" As long as you can stand him, of course I will sell it." ”

The golden eagle was stunned, and suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "What a powerful doll." Hehe, this thing is really a scourge, I only eat blood and food, not to mention, such a big Pixiu, I can't tame it, don't buy it, don't buy it. Shaking his head, he took out a palm-wide steel sword from the car and threw it to Xia Hou: "Good doll, give you a sword." Those who can be with Pixiu must also be heroes. ”

Xia Hou was silent, grabbed the steel sword that was about sixty catties wide and about sixty pounds long, and danced a sword flower in the wind. With the sword move he learned in his previous life, he slashed Huashan with a sword, and a three-foot-high boulder beside him was split by his sword, and the sparks flashed. The men of the Chihu clan and the people brought by the golden eagle applauded loudly at the same time, and were amazed.

Wu showed a smug smile on his face, and said slowly: "Ah Yi of the Shu family is a good doll. When he was born, he sucked the soul power of a saber-toothed tiger clean, and other dolls were not as good as him. Amu of the Shu family, don't be angry, your family's Ayi is not weaker than an adult clansman now, plus with Bai as a companion, what danger can he have?"

Xiahou's Eminem showed a happy smile, threw away the half-cut wooden stick that was crushed by Xiahou in his hand, and said very simply: "Wu is right, but what Xiu said, Ah Yi is still a doll after all." ”

The bone staff in Wu's hand waved, and he made a conclusion on this: "When the other dolls are not adults, they can only be in the village, and your family Ah Yi is different from them, so you go with him." Golden eagle, go to my house, you brought such a big caravan this time, there must be something good, right?"

The old man with the golden eagle stared at Xia Hou a few more times, and even more reluctantly stared at Bai for a while, and then nodded in response: "It's nothing good, a few carts of old wine, a cart of muslin, and the rest are weapons and clay furniture." We're old friends, and I'm going to exchange it for half the price. This time, I collected herbs, all kinds of herbs. ”

Reaching out and touching Xiahou's head, the old man of the golden eagle followed Wu towards his stone house, and faintly, he heard the golden eagle say: "On the grassland, the two tribes of Nine Snakes and Liuhu fought to the death, and the casualties were very large, and it seems that they will continue to fight." I took the opportunity to collect some herbs and trade with them, their wounded warriors needed herbs to save their lives. Especially the blood vine, you can pick some more for me. ”

Caravans! Caravans that traveled from south to north! Caravans from the grasslands outside the mountains and forests! In other words, their understanding of the world must be far greater than that of Xiahou or even the witches who have never left the mountains and forests in their lives.

Xiahou handed the steel sword to Eminem, and asked Eminem to carry the toothed wolf with a broken neck back to clean up, and he entered the witch's stone house with Bai.

The witch, the golden eagle and several old men under the golden eagle sat around the fire pit, holding the horn cup in their hands and drinking. Seeing Xiahou and Bai walking in, these old men didn't care, and moved their buttocks casually, making a small space for Xiahou and Bai, Wu pointed to a wine jar and said, "Ah Yi of the Shu family, pour us wine." In one sentence, he recognized that Xiahou had the legal right to stay in this stone house and listen to their idle talk, and at the same time very unceremoniously recruited Xiahou as a temporary servant.

Naturally, Xiahou would not do these chores, he sat cross-legged by the fire pit, and also picked up a beast horn cup like an adult. Only Bai rolled his strange eyes, grinned and didn't know what he was muttering, carrying the wine jar around the fire pit slowly, and when he saw that his horn cup was empty, he would fill it with someone.

The golden eagle laughed: "Interesting, interesting." It is said that Pixiu has great spirituality, and it is true. ”

Wu Jian laughed a few times: "Xiu's luck is very good, and he happened to meet the newly-born Bai." Hey, are the Nine Snakes and the Willow Tiger really at war with the whole clan? They are the two largest tribes on the grassland. ”

The golden eagle took a sip of wine, wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, spread his hands and said, "The whole clan will go to war, and it will not stop." Both tribes have thousands of strong warriors, and this fight is full of blood. Hou's territory is far away, and no one stops them, and it seems that they will continue to fight. I, the old golden eagle, am just a wandering trader, and when they go to war, I sell them herbs, and that's a good thing. ”

Wu shook his head and sighed: "Two big tribes, if this continues, I'm afraid that both tribes will decline." Their witches, don't you stop them?"

An old man beside the golden eagle shook his head: "Oh, the cause of the war is that the witch of the Nine Snake Clan killed the child of the witch of the Liuhu Clan. Although it was said to be a mistake, it just gave their patriarch an excuse to go to war. The patriarchs and elders are going to war, and the two witches have a grudge, so naturally they will not reconcile. ”

Wu's face became very gloomy, and he gently rubbed the bone staff in his hand, and he said gloomily: "Then, the two of them are afraid that they will also be punished." However, before the Great Witch's order was issued, I was afraid that there would be no one left in the two tribes. Wu's tone was a little low: "Rival tribes fight each other and take slaves captive, which is recognized by everyone. But if it leads to the decline of two tribes, it is a violation of the rules. ”

A few old men chattered, and Xiahou listened very uninterestingly. They are just talking about how much benefit the Golden Eagle can get in exchange for selling herbs to the two tribes, and what kind of punishment will the two witches who sit back and watch the conquest but ignore it.

The only useful piece of information is that Xiahou found that it seems that all the tribal witches come from the same organization or religious system, and there is a clear hierarchical relationship between them. But these relationships are only clear to Wu himself, and even the well-informed merchants like the golden eagle can't say why.

After a long time, the noise outside had stopped, and the people of those caravans had been settled, Xia Hou looked at a few old men who had fallen into silence, and asked: "Master Golden Eagle, you have traveled a lot of places and seen a lot of worlds, so how big is the outside world?"

Wu and Jin Diao looked at Xia Hou in surprise at the same time, Wu waved his bone staff and laughed: "Hehehehe, Ah Yi of the Xiu family is not yet an adult, do you want to go outside the mountain?" He smiled very happily: "Yes, for this mountain forest, Ah Yi of the Xiu family, this mountain forest is too small to accommodate you." You have the potential to become a high-level warrior, and this mountain forest can't accommodate you. ”

The golden eagle twisted its beard with a smile and casually placed the horn cup on the ground. "The outside world is very big, Ah Yi of the Xiu family. ”

He looked fascinated: "You Chihu clan are big in this mountain forest." Added up, your Chihu clan also has thousands of elite warriors. But far, far away, there are more powerful tribes. I once went to a tribe called Shen Gong, and they had tens of thousands of warriors. ”

Xiahou was fascinated by the tribe of tens of thousands of warriors, maybe there, he could get rid of the fate of the barbarians who hunted and took skins in the mountains and forests to find a mother-in-law and desperately gave birth to a doll, and then went hunting and skinning after giving birth to a doll, and let the doll go to find the barbarian fate of the mother-in-law to give birth to a doll, right?

"We must speed up the cultivation of the Xuanwu True Solution and go to the world outside the mountains and forests. Although the words of the old golden eagle were not clear, a deep imprint had been carved in Xiahou's mind. Strengthen yourself and go to the world beyond the mountains. He thought of those beautifully forged weapons, the world beyond the mountain, it should be incomparably exciting, right?

It's just that now he has to stay in the village. In the face of this wild unknown world, there are too many dangers and too many variables, and before he has enough strength, Xiahou will definitely not act rashly.