Chapter 72 (1/2)
Early the next morning.
Everyone got up early.
The three soldiers who were dragged to the spider's nest yesterday also woke up. Although they were not seriously affected, they were injected with spider venom, and the venom had anesthetic effect, so the next day they were listless and limp.
Pu Tai asked three soldiers who had lost their mobility to rest in the cave and led them to their destination. Because of the special activity, ye Xi didn't take Jiaojiao with him, and let him stay in the cave to protect the three soldiers.
It rained heavily last night and the land in the jungle was soft and slippery.
The hunting party moved slower than usual.
Hulu said excitedly as he walked: ”I heard that we are going to pick gum this time! I must pick more then
Today, the hunting team did not go hunting in the Great Plains, but went to another place. Before departure, Captain Pu Tai also asked them to take a large hyena skin and a leather bag.
”What is loose gum?” the mink asked suspiciously I didn't hear of it in Langya tribe.
”You don't know, pine gum is a good thing. It's good for your health. If you eat more, you can make your body strong, and you won't get sick. Most importantly, it's the favorite food of fierce beast Unicorn horse!”
”One horned scale horse likes to eat this gum. Why haven't I heard of it?”
”Hey hey, this secret was discovered by Tu Shan. You wolf teeth certainly don't know.”
Mink thought, sure enough, every tribe has its own unique survival skills. Wolf teeth used to have them, but it's a pity
”Picking gum, why take so many skins?” And most of them are large hyena skins, which are thick and heavy, and are very inconvenient to carry.
”I've heard from soldiers before, because the big pine tree will...” Hulu eyes a turn, suddenly did not say, bared teeth a smile, ”anyway, then you will know.”
Ye Xi shakes his head and laughs in his heart. Mink is always reticent and uncommunicative. Hulu, an extrovert, always dislikes mink, so he deliberately doesn't tell him.
Half an hour later, through the misty morning mist, a pine forest appeared vaguely in the distance.
All of them slowed down and lowered their steps, as if they were afraid of something to disturb. They walked slowly into this magnificent pine forest.
Ye Xi looked up at the pine forest in amazement.
Here every pine tree is towering into the clouds. It looks like it is more than 1000 years old. The huge crown of the tree is unfolding to block the sunlight.
The thin morning mist in the forest covered the pine forest like a gauze.
It rained yesterday, and the air in the forest was extremely fresh, mixed with the fragrance of pine leaves, which made people's lungs seem to have been washed. I wish I could smell it all the time.
Pine needles are also stained with crystal clear raindrops, the morning sun through the cracks in the tree, reflecting dazzling light.
This pine forest is just as beautiful as a dream.
The branches of every big pine tree secrete something like peach gum, but it is more transparent and crystal clear than peach gum. It looks like exquisite amber.
Pu Tai pressed his voice and said, ”all the people have put on the skins of the animals. They should be light hands and feet, and go up to the tree to pick pine gum.”
The old players began to tell the new players that the pine forest was alive, and that they must be careful not to disturb them, especially when climbing trees.
They rubbed their hands and feet and put on animal skins to cover their heads and bodies, trying not to show a trace of skin.
Ye Xi put the skin of the big hyena on his body, and the thick fur wrapped him tightly. He looked like a fat brown bear in the distance.
Ye Xi looked up and saw that the gum grew on the branches of the pine tree. It took at least 20 meters to climb there.
The trunk of the pine tree is straight and the bark is rough. Ye Xi grabs the tree and climbs up slowly.
Hulu and Yexi climb the same tree.
Hulu's climbing skills are not very good, wrapped in the skin of a large hyena, he seems to be really a clumsy brown bear, and it took quite a while to climb up.
In contrast, ye Xi's action is much faster, the whole person is like a gecko, quietly climbed up.
Ye Xi stood on the branch and waited for a moment. After Hulu came up, he motioned silently to go to pick the branch on the right and go to the branch on the left.
Hulu nodded and moved his foot to the branch on the right.
Ye Xi himself stood on the left side of the branch, the branch trembled, and immediately there were many crystal clear water drops were thrown off.