The heavy snowfall in winter may be a bad weather for some tourists, but those who come from the river do not think so. This place is much gentler than the river.

Snowflakes are flying, and what you can see when standing at a high place is the silver white all over the mountains.

Although it snows here, it will not accumulate higher than people. Heavy snow will not fall every day, and sometimes you can see sunny days. Of course, there are still worse weather in the deep forests.

Shao Xuan and the hunting soldiers carried their prey and stepped on the snow under their feet, walking towards the tribe step by step.

When passing by, you can see some cultivated fields. It is said that some of the seeds brought back can be sown in autumn and winter. The plants are cold-resistant. The fields are not large, and now they are just the experimental stage. You can still see people taking care of this farmland walking back and forth around, busying themselves.

In addition to these farmlands, there are newly built animal circles for livestock. The temporary construction area was too small, but now after the expansion, another piece of land has been opened.

When tourists first came, they all knew people they knew lived together, similar to collective dormitories. Because there was not enough place at that time, nearly two-thirds of the territory had been cleared out. Compared to when they first came, it had to be expanded a lot. Now some tourists have moved out of the "collective dormitories" and built their own houses in the areas marked by the tribe.

Although the tribe accepts tourists, it will not give them food for free. If you need food, you have to trade labor for it. Not only tourists who fall outside, but also those tourists from the Yanjiao Tribe. The witches and the leaders do not allow them to get something for nothing. Even if the survivors are not strong in combat, they always have skills to support life. With these, they can exchange a lot of food from the tribe.

The tourists from the Feiyanjiao tribe live in the area where they live is bordered by the outer border of the ferocious beast forest. From there, they can go out directly, but so far, no one has left.

Although it is in the forest of ferocious beasts, it is not much different from ordinary forests after cleaning. Moreover, in the direction close to the forest of ferocious beasts, warriors guard every day, so there are no need to worry about ferocious beasts running in. Even if there are wild beasts, they are all small beasts with weak attack power. Before they can run far, they will be caught and put into the pot.

There are soldiers patrolling the outer border, and the core area of ​​the tribe. There are also soldiers guarding them. The important tribes such as the witches and the leader live there, and the most important ones are also the fire pit.

As for the orphans who are centrally caring for the tribe, they cannot catch fish here and have no stock, but there is still food supply. Now the tribe attaches much importance to them. In addition to someone teaching knowledge, they also focus on training and perform well. They are rewarded. Under the stimulation of the reward, they are all full of energy.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

Shao Xuan returned home with his prey and was about to deal with it. Lao Ke hurried over and said, "I'll come to the prey, you go to the witch. The witch has come to find you and ask you to go after you come back."

What's wrong with the witch? Could it be about the sacrificial ritual after the end of winter?

If you dance a sacrificial dance, just let someone say something, there is no need to call him over here. Shao Xuan was confused and did not delay. After putting down his prey, he went to the witch.

The place where the witch is located is very close to the fire pit, almost imitating the houses built by the ancestors at that time. The witch scrolls left by the ancestors have been drawn.

When Shao Xuan passed by, there was only Wu in the stone house, and he was recording something.

Wu didn't stop writing, and Shao Xuan didn't bother him. He found a stool next to him and sat down. He also took the clay pot and cup on the table, poured a glass of water to drink. The water was still warm.

In Wu, someone came in to change the boiled water every now and then, just like when I was on the other side of the river.

After about a quarter of an hour, Wu stopped writing, packed up the animal skin roll, rolled it up and placed it next to him, and then looked up at Shao Xuan.

"How is the hunting situation in winter?" Wu asked.

"It's okay, maybe because I'm not deep in the forest, some of the ferocious beasts I've encountered are not strong. Even if it snows, I can go out to hunt, but there are fewer prey. But I'll clear it to the border soon." Shao Xuan said.

The boundary he mentioned is also the junction between the Yanjiao tribe and the ferocious beast forest thousands of years ago. It is now turned into a border by witches and leaders. Hunting warriors need to clean up there until they are completed.

At the boundary, you can find large stones left by those who were carved with characters and totem patterns. The damage levels vary, and some of them are buried in the soil.

"Yeah." Wu said lightly. He had known all the things Shao Xuan said. Now he asked just casually. This was not the main purpose of his call to Shao Xuan today.

The witch turned around and went to another room in the stone house to take out a stone box, with a respectful look on her face, and she seemed to be holding a treasure in her hands.

Seeing this, Shao Xuan sat upright. The only things that could be treated by the witches in this way were the things of the ancestors. But what did the witch do with the things of the ancestors?

After carefully placing the stone box on the low table, Wu opened the stone box and took out a bone decoration from it. There was a dull ball in the middle of the bone decoration.

Shao Xuan was familiar with this. When he carried the ancestors from the cave where the Stone Insect King Chongdai, one of the ancestors had such bone decorations. Later, the witch also told him that the ancestor with bone decorations was one of the elders in the tribe back then.

"Remember this?" Wu asked.

"Remember." Shao Xuan said. He still remembered that this bone decoration was a treasure that could withstand the influence of the stone insect king insect and did not allow the cave to swallow several ancestors.

The witch sighed, holding the bone ornament in both hands, and handed it to Shao Xuan, "You can hold this bone ornament first, and you will wear it when the winter is over and the sacrificial ceremony."

Shao Xuan was surprised, "This... is given to me? What should I do if I lose it?"

Wu's originally sad face twitched, and looked at Shao Xuan with expressionless expression.

"I'm talking nonsense," Shao Xuan asked again after taking the bone ornament: "Why did you let me wear it? Didn't you say that only the elders can wear this?"

"Yes." Wu looked at Shao Xuan with a meaningful look, "If you can light it up, you will be the elder."

"The things left by our ancestors are not so easy to light up." Shao Xuan said. He is not a fire seed, so how can he light it up? As for the title of elder, it sounds like it is for the old men.

"That may not be. I always have to give it a try." Wu said. Since he took it out, he didn't plan to change his mind. The reason he took this step was just to see if the bone decoration could light up again.
Chapter completed!