As winter officially ended, some rafts and boats gradually began to move on the river surface, but most of them were tourists and slaves living here, and the long journey had not yet come out.

Shao Xuan did not see the slave owner this time. Yan Shuo said that the slave owner named Shi Shu had left before the winter was still there. He didn't know where to go or when he would come again. However, several higher-level slaves under the slave owner had left behind were responsible here, so the slaves did not dare to be lazy at all. The slaves could be seen everywhere in the past few days.

Shao Xuan, Yan Zhi and others repaired the boat docked on the shore.

The boat stayed here, without slaves guarding it, but it was not stolen. No one was willing to go out when it snowed, and after the snow stopped, the person who had thought about it was gone when he saw Shao Xuan.

"Let's go tomorrow." Shao Xuan said.

"Okay, I'm ready." Yan Shuo said excitedly.

Yan Shuo's family will leave with Shao Xuan, and their house will be left for their friends here. Since Shao Xuan came here last year, shocking a group of people, and with the power of improvement, Yan Shuo has gathered a group of tourists to form a small group. Several of these people are better than Yan Shuo, but these people cannot leave with them.

So, Yan Shuo left his house to the brother who shared hardships, and then told them at Shao Xuan's instruction that the Yanjiao tribe would move to the central part, and that they could go there together and live around the Yanjiao tribe.

Everyone who was originally depressed by Yan Shuo's departure was very happy after hearing Yan Shuo's words. This was very good news for them. With hope, they would have more motivation to live.

Isn’t it just a few more years, maybe you will receive the news in a year or two?

Take care of everything. Shao Xuan handed the prey thrown by Zhazha to Yan Shuo, "Everyone have a good rest tonight and leave tomorrow."

Night comes. Some night animals that come out active because of the end of winter make tourists dare not go out and stay at home.

"Shao Xuan, what are you looking at?" Jiaowu asked while eating with a piece of barbecue.

Shao Xuan took his eyes away from the window, closed the window, and said, "If I was not wrong, tonight should be the annual sacrificial time for the tribe."

When he heard Shao Xuan's words, the person who was barbecue or drinking soup stopped his movements and looked at Shao Xuan.

"Sacrifice...What does it look like?" Yan Zhi suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked.

"Sacrifice, on this day, everyone in the tribe will go to the fire pit to participate in the sacrificial ritual. The totem warriors will wear clothes and accessories made of the most proud prey they have hunted. They will draw the totem patterns of the tribe on their faces..."

Shao Xuan told several people about the performance of sacrifices every year.

Everyone next to the fire listened carefully, and the fire reflected in their eyes, which was shiny. Even the little kid who was held by Yan Shuo listened carefully, and didn't know how much he understood.

As he was talking, Shao Xuan had already felt the changes in the totem in his mind.

"Three Flames of Fire Pond, the first Flame has begun." Shao Xuan pointed to his face, then rolled up the sleeve of the animal leather jacket, revealing the totem patterns that appeared.

Not only Shao Xuan, but the other five people here, except Yan Shuo's wife and children, all had totem patterns on their faces. They were not as clear as Shao Xuan. But they did appear.

"Every year today is the day when the children in the tribe who meet the conditions awaken. When they go back, Xiao Yannian will also experience it." Shao Xuan said.

Yan Nian is Yan Shuo's daughter, but she doesn't have the children of the tribe who are good-looking, but it doesn't matter. When she goes back, she will gradually be raised.

What I mean is to have a good rest tonight, but no one can go to bed early. Yan Shuo and Yan Zhi and others even recalled all night because of Shao Xuan’s words. I wonder if it was because they were too excited and too excited. They closed their eyes for a long time and couldn’t sleep. They were still very energetic when they woke up the next day.

Friends Yan Shuo met in the tourist area to see him off.

Carrying the child onto the boat, Yan Shuo turned around and looked at the people standing on the shore, "Go back, everyone wait for good news."

After taking the wooden oars handed over by Yan Zhi, Yan Shuo paddled and looked at the place where he had lived for many years. On the territory of the slave owner, there were more and more houses and bigger. This year, many tourists flocked in, fantasizing about one day when they could get an important position with title level from the lowest level of slaves. The tourist area was still the same, some left, some added, some houses collapsed, and some newly built houses. In the river next to the tourist area and slave territory, there were countless corpses of tourists and slaves buried.

Yan Zhi suddenly remembered what the tourist who lived next door who often sat outside the door in a daze when he first came to this place.

Back then, the tourist held a bone knife that he had polished himself and pointed at the river surface, saying, "Every day, people die, and then they are thrown into the river, eaten by fish, and then tourists catch the fish and eat the fish. Some people are even more unfortunate, they want to be thrown into the river, but unfortunately, they are eaten by people, and their bones are made into bone knifes, taken to various places to hunt prey..."

Yan Shuo no longer remembers the appearance of the tourist. He only remembers that the man was seriously injured while going into the mountains to hunt. After he came back, he tied himself up a stone and jumped into the river.

The hardships of survival are only hard, and only those who stand in it understand it.

Yan Shuo turned around and looked at the people who were still standing on the shore. They were still looking at the boat. They were envious of Yan Shuo, and at the same time, they were also looking forward to the day when they heard the news about Yanjiao tribe. Perhaps when that day came, they would be their new life.

After vigorously rowing the wooden oar, Yan Shuo looked at the people standing on the shore and shouted loudly: "Alive!"

"Living!" Their voices came from the shore.

Jiao Wu was quite moved and planned to roar, but was stared at by Yan Zhi and forced the roar that was about to blurt out.

On the green river, a small boat carrying nine people drove forward with the sound of paddlings.

There are also some shields made of wood on the ship. If someone attacks on both sides of the straits, they can still resist it.

Yan Shuo's wife and children were protected in the middle.

In the sky, Zhazi stared at the movement below. If an abnormality is found, she will inform Shao Xuan.

Shao Xuan still remembers this waterway, and he also remembers the last time he came from this waterway. Those experienced travelers said more and told them about the experience. For example, which river section is more urgent and dangerous, and where there are small tribes living in the river section, etc. Shao Xuan also told Yan Zhi and the others that they were prepared to keep them in mind and don’t be too panic at that time.

The first time I left the tourist area where I lived since childhood, both children looked at the scenery on both sides curiously, but the adults were not so relaxed. Because of Shao Xuan's reminder, they had to stay alert.

On the third day after leaving the Hechakou, Shao Xuan saw the logo of the Pu tribe.

"The Pu tribe is ahead." Shao Xuan said, pointing to the totem carved on a raised rock on the mountain by the river.

There are also totem warrior patrols on the edge of the Pu tribe. They don’t remember Shao Xuan, but when Shao Xuan mentioned some things last year, the patrolers recalled it and seemed to have some impression.

Seeing that the few people on Shao Xuan didn't seem to be threatening, a soldier on patrol said, "Come with me, I'll take you to see Fanning."

The winter is over. The temperature rises, and the long-distance team has also begun to prepare for the first long trip this year. Among several long-distance teams, Fanning is asking people to inform the people in his team about their long trip plans this year. Hearing someone calling him behind him, he will see Shao Xuan when he looks back.

Fanning remembers Shao Xuan, but he doesn’t have a good face and doesn’t care about him.

Shao Xuan didn't care about Fanning's attitude, as Fanning has always been like this anyway.

After chatting casually with a few familiar people around me, I went to find Shin under the guidance of several people from the Pu tribe.

This is the first time Yan Zhi and his wife have entered the tribe, and they are not their own tribe. There are mostly totem warriors around them, which makes them very nervous.

After seeing Yan Zhi and the others, some of them looked contemptuous in their eyes, while others ignored them. They could tell at a glance that Yan Zhi and the others would not have many good things and could not make transactions, so they naturally had no good attitude.

While there were fewer people around him, Jiaowu couldn't help but lean into his brother's ear and whispered: "They have such big eyes."

He was still planning to say something, but Yan Zhi shut up.

As soon as the warm-up was recovering, the Pu tribe began to have some frog activities, because before coming, Shao Xuan reminded Yan Zhi and others to be careful not to touch the frogs, although many of them looked very fat and delicious.

However, those who knew Shao Xuan knew in their hearts that this kid had a lot of good goods on hand, and he came back from the middle.

"The transaction will start in the past two days?" Shao Xuan looked at the surrounding room and asked the person next to him.

Many people around have already started to put on things, which is the situation where the people of the Pu tribe are going to start trading.

"Yes, by the way, Shao Xuan, the people from the Luo tribe will come to trade today. You can see what you can exchange for." The man said.

When he saw his hut, Shao Xuan thanked the man and stuffed a piece of jerky to him, "Thank you."

When he smelled the meat, the man was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to take a way, but he could still receive things. He grinned and looked around. No one noticed. He quickly stuffed the things in his hand into the animal skin bag. He didn't want people to know that he could change things if he led a way. What if someone robbed them next time?

This time, Wei didn't plan to leave with the long journey team. When Shao Xuan passed by, Wei was still sleeping in the small house.

Shao Xuan's arrival made Yan very happy. He knew that Shao Xuan wanted to change the frog poison. Under the curious eyes of Yan Zhi and others, Yan made several kinds of frog poison and poisonous stings on the spot, and also dug out all his grandfather's private hiding from the ground.

"The old man hides everything from last year. It takes too long to reduce the efficacy of the medicine. It is a waste to keep it. I will give it to you." Wei said without any guilt, and he was not worried that the old man would be furious when he knew it.

"Thank you."

At this time, commotion began not far away.

"It should be that the people from the Luo tribe are here. You can change some fishing nets from them. Their fishing nets are very good. I still haven't seen what they use to make the nets."

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look first."

When Shao Xuan and the others left, Yu yawned and planned to continue sleeping.

"Who has been here just now? Hey? Where is my frog poison? I'm going to exchange something with the people from the Luo tribe." The old man came back.

"Grandpa, do you know the Yanjiao Tribe?" asked.

"I don't know, it sounds a bit familiar. Where is my frog poison?"

"Shao Xuan is from the Yanjiao tribe."

"Well, where is my frog poison?"

"Last year when I followed the long-distance team, Shao Xuan fought with a person from a Thousand Face Tribe and was not at a disadvantage."

"Oh, I think I've heard you say, where is my frog poison?"

The grandfather and grandson started another "chicken talk to duck"-style dialogue once a day.

Shao Xuan still had some impression of the Luo tribe. The net of the Luo tribe is indeed very special. The weaving material they used is very fine and should have been made after processing some kind of plant.

Shao Xuan changed a fishing net and changed a few fish-skin coats.

Fish-skin jackets are very common to the Luo tribe. Unlike other tribes, their tribe faces rivers on three sides, and two rivers can catch fish. They use the most primitive tools and the most common materials to make clothes, shelter from wind and rain, and warm the body and protect themselves.

Whether it is the Luo tribe, the Pu tribe, or others, after countless storms, each tribe is looking for more skills in survival and practice in their unique development history. Even if they do not come into contact with the higher civilized culture in the middle, they can still enter the threshold of the civilized era, which only takes longer.

Civilization and skills are all forced by life.

Compared with the "prices" in the middle, the transactions here are really affordable. No wonder people from the Pu tribe always like to travel far.

Yan Zhi and his friends followed Shao Xuan and gained a lot of knowledge.

After spending a night in the Pu tribe, early the next morning, Shao Xuan took Yan Zhi and others to the side of the Gui tribe by boat.

The closer they got to the Teng tribe, the more nervous Yan Zhi and the others became. Although Shao Xuan told them that the crocodile in the Teng tribe was special, they still couldn't help but feel nervous. The bloody scene in their memory was always played back and forth.

"The area of ​​the Chrono tribe is ahead." Shao Xuan looked at the river section ahead and said.

Yan Zhi and the others became even more nervous, and their eyes glanced at the water from time to time.
To be continued...