Chapter 218 (1/2)

New Home, Treehouse and Cave

After eating the barbecue, they laid on the newly peeled tiger skin.

They snuggled up together to plan for their future, but Nan Xun was so tired that she fell asleep.

When Nan Xun woke up the next day, A’Mang was wiping her face and body with a piece of damp animal skin. Beside her were two roasted sweet potatoes and some fruit, which he apparently picked in the jungle earlier in the morning.

At this time of year, the fruit was basically ripe, and fell on the soil and rotted. She didn’t know how long it took for him to find these few fruits.

Nan Xun felt sweet in her heart. She bit into one, and stuffed two pieces of fruit and one sweet potato to A’Mang.

A’Mang didn’t want to eat it, but Nan Xun hand fed him. He was stunned as the peeled roasted sweet potato was fed to him by Nan Xun.

A’Mang ate a sweet potato, and also licked A’Xi’s finger while doing so.

After a simple breakfast, the two embarked on a journey again.

To the north was A’Xi’s tribe, while the south had the huge Alashan tribe. Apparently, A’Mang didn’t intend to join any tribe, and took Nan Xun to the southwest.

The two rested when they were tired. Then after resting, they resumed their journey. A’Mang carried such a large sabretooth tiger, so he didn’t have to rush to hunt for food for the time being. After five or six days of efficiently traveling, they finally found a new water source.

It was a small flowing river. Although it wasn’t as big as the river outside the cannibal tribe, it was five or six meters wide, which was enough to fit two people.

A’Mang pulled Nan Xun down towards the river, and finally stopped when the river widened another meter or two.

The two began to investigate the nearby terrain, trying to find an ideal place to inhabit.

Suddenly, Nan Xun saw something. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly pointed to a small rock mountain. She was pleasantly surprised and said, “A’Mang, look, there’s a cave in there!”

The rock mountain wasn’t large. It was just a slope, about seven or eight stories high. The surface of the rock slope was covered with green and yellow vegetation, and also an abundance of tender purple bell flowers. This kind of bell flower would bloom only in the autumn and once it bloomed, there would be a bunch. The bell flower heavily hung down from the rock slope, and gently waved in the wind. The faint and pleasant fragrance of flowers drifted in the wind and was very refreshing.

Nan Xun was a little excited. The cave on the slope was about seven or eight meters above the ground. There was a huge bolder outside the cave, like a balcony.

If they lived in that cave, it was equivalent to living in a small two-story building, it was perfect!

However, getting to the cave was a problem because the side of it was very steep, almost perpendicular to the opposite side.

Nan Xun’s eyes turned and landed on a towering tree not far from the cave.

The main branch of the tree was as thick as five or six people. The branches were simple and orderly. Only a few branches would need to be cut from the middle to build a luxurious treehouse and corridor on it. The branches on the outside were natural supports for the treehouse. The branches near the middle let it run through the middle of the treehouse as its pillars.

Then, they could build a suspension bridge between the treehouse and the cave, connecting them on the rock slope.

The treehouse could be built with wood or bamboo. Bamboo was relatively cool. A bamboo treehouse would be cool in the summer, and also was fast to build.

As for how to get on the tree, there were many thick and long vines hanging down from it, which they could swing up with just by pulling on.

Nan Xun quickly shared her thoughts with A’Mang, who stared at her with wide eyes and seemed surprised by her clever ideas.