Chronicles of Primordial Wars
Chapter 98: The Turtle
“You are…”
The witch looked at Shao Xuan and stopped wanting to say things. She really didn't know what to say. He hasn't received a living thing in years.
“For you! ”
Shao Xuan placed the turtle on the empty space next to him. He thought about it and put it upside down. Whenever the turtle was about to turn over, he dialed it with his hand and pulled it back.
“Send it over, and by the way, when can I start learning herbs with you?” Shao Xuan said.
The witch's gaze moved back from the tortoise that was busy rolling over, thinking, "You go up the mountain in ten days.” In the meantime, he has some things to take care of, and several volumes of paintings to draw, which he cannot afford.
“Well, I'll be back in ten days.” There is still a lot of empty animal skin to be painted. Shao Xuan knew there was a lot more to be said about the witch, so he quit after a week. As for the tortoise, there were people there watching and couldn't hurt anyone.
After Shao Xuan left, the witch quietly looked at the tortoise that had turned over on the empty space beside him.
Originally a murderous tortoise, it is not as aggressive as it was in Shao Xuan's house. It only slightly opened the eagle's hook mouth, looked at the witch, and did not bite forward.
Staring at the turtle for a while, the witch called in the guard outside and asked him to change the turtle on the ground.
When Shao Xuan came home, Old Ke was waiting at the door and looked nervous. Tribes are particularly concerned about witches, and Old Ke is curious to know if they will be satisfied when they receive their offerings.
“What do you say? Do you like witches?” Before Shao Xuan entered the door, Old Ke asked hastily. Grabbing the crutch's hand, because of too much force, the blue meridian clearly raised the crutch and was almost scratched.
Shao Xuan recalled the expression of the witch at the time: “It should be satisfactory, the witch let me climb the mountain in ten days. ”
When he heard Shao Xuan's words, Lao Kechang took a sigh of relief. Since the witch had spoken to Shao Xuan to go to the mountains, that is, there was nothing unsatisfactory about it.
In fact, Shao Xuan felt that Old Ke's worries were unnecessary. After contact with the witch more often, even if there was not much conversation, Shao Xuan could detect that the witch was not an unchanging antique and would not change his attitude towards people because he did not like the gifts given.
“Since you'll be going up the mountain in ten days, you can go to the hunting team first to find out about the planting, which will satisfy the witches.” Old Kevin wanted to find some former comrades, but many of the people he knew who knew more about medicine plants were on another hunting team, and had already gone out. By the time the hunting team returned, Shao Xuan had already gone up the mountain.
In general, during the year, the wildlife beasts in the mountain forest have a wave shape, reaching their peak during the bi-monthly full period. After the full moon period, the wildlife activity in the mountain forest will gradually begin to show a decreasing trend. By the end of the year, a portion of the prey has been hidden to prepare for hibernation, and in order to ensure sufficient food in winter, the hunting team will be out hunting longer than before and after the full moon.
Therefore, even in 20 days, the hunting team will not necessarily return immediately. After Shao Xuan climbs the mountain, he will have to wait for another three or four days before returning. If there is any other trouble, it may be longer.
“I can't help you with the herbs.” Old Ke can't remember some of the herbal knowledge that he possessed back then. I'm afraid that teaching Shao Xuan wrong will embarrass him in front of the witch. It's a witch!
However, Shao Xuan did not have the tension and anxiety of old Ke at all, what to do or what to do, sharpen stone tools, take Caesar and chirp to the training ground to train, practice newly learned trap leads, etc.
This season, a lot of trees on the hills of the training site have been fruit, many people used to pick it, and a lot of fruit matured for a short time. The previous day it still looked like a green fruit of peanut size. The next day when I went to see it, it had become as big as an apple, and the color would change. If it didn't come off at this time, the fruit would rot in another day.
So, there are a lot of people who go to training sites every day to pick fruit, but more people are near the foot of the mountain. After all, they have relatively little food reserves, and it is always good to save some more food.
At last, the day Shao Xuan went up the mountain again, before leaving Shao Xuan, Old Ke once told him to learn, don't make the witch angry, follow the witch to learn, how honorable it is, never be so-so!
No matter what you think, Shao Xuan nodded seriously, "Don't worry! ”
Old G: “…”
I was relieved, now that I heard this sentence, my heart hung high again. How can I worry? I looked at Shao Xuanshan's back, and Old Ke stood there worried.
Shao Xuan did not take Caesar up the mountain, but followed him all the way to the top of the mountain.
Shao Xuan saw the two warriors in charge of guarding the sky in front of the stone house where the witch was looking for someone to talk to.
The two warriors naturally knew the eagle that was circling in the sky at the moment. After all, it had been brought to the witch when it was very young, and it had been blessed by the witch, and no one dared to throw a shot at it.
Shao Xuan made a gesture to the sky, chirped, and flew back down the hill.
These two warriors were not the first to see Shao Xuan do this, but each time they saw it, they couldn't help but be surprised and envied. They had never thought that a bird that was extremely aggressive in the mountain forest could do the same. And that's why they treat Shao Xuan much better than people who usually live in the mountains. Every time they see Shao Xuan come here, they can show a smile on his face.
Except for the first few times, now Shao Xuan doesn't have to show a tattoo to come here. He walks straight into the house and nobody stops him.
The witch is still finishing the beast roll. Shao Xuan only glanced at it in a hurry, couldn't read it, it seemed to be a painting, but the painting was too abstract. It was much shorter than the painting on the beast roll in other people's hands and the mural painting in the cave before. It seemed like it was just a symbol, one or two of each, but each one, the witch painted very slowly, and it seemed to take a lot of effort to complete a single piece of content.
Shao Xuan didn't bother either, so he sat next to her when he arrived.
After about five minutes, the witch put down her pen, took a long breath, and looked at Shao Xuan with a slight smile: “I've already told Kuzawa, you go directly to the pharmacy, she will tell you what to do. ”
Who is Gozawa? Shao Xuan doesn't know him. He is probably a disciple of the witch or something. He can't walk away from the way the witch is now. He only drew one-third of the beast skin. It's not good to stop halfway. Shao Xuan understands that the witch can't walk away right now.
“Well, I'll be there first.” Shao Xuan said.
The pharmacy is the place where witches use herbs, and of the many houses close to the top of the mountain, four are the most restful: the stone house of witch summoners, the stone house of chief summoners, the stone house that serves as the upper court of the tribe, and the pharmacy.
If these four houses are connected in four directions, opposite the two stone houses, a staggered "ten” will form.
The four houses are said to be connected to a fire pond and can be as warm as a house in winter. As for how to connect, that's the power of witches and sparks.
During the week, no one except the seriously ill and the wounded sent by the hunting team was allowed to go near the pharmacy. Shao Xuan also knew only the specific location of the pharmacy but never went in.
There was also a guard in front of the pharmacy. After Shao Xuan handed out the tattoo, the man let him in. Apparently, the witch had already greeted him.
You can smell the medicine from a distance, and when you get close, the smell gets stronger.
Open the beast skin curtain of the pharmacy and Shao Xuan walks in.
What was in sight was a large stone table in a square placed there, at a time when a little girl, not so big, was busy at the square table.
Her sleeves in a fur coat had just passed her elbow and her fur pants had not reached her ankle, at a time when she was walking barefoot, on uneven but carefully beaten soil, along the stone table, dealing with herbs placed all over the stone table.
Behind her, a very familiar turtle, Shao Xuan slowly followed, she walked one step and the turtle climbed a little.