Original War

Chapter 558

The road back went smoothly. There were no more thieves and people from Yanling, fierce beasts and dangerous animals and plants in the forest. Everyone was prepared for it, but the weather became hotter, and the mountain forest that had been wet. Here, even the originally slippery moss on the ground has begun to dry out, and daily fights are carried out near the water source. Shao Xuan and the others have taken bloody water several times.

This kind of weather made everyone feel heavy, and even the Yanjiao people who were originally happy because they caught their prey were in a bad mood. Especially for Duokang. The winter he experienced last year is simply the other extreme compared to the present. I heard that today is more serious than last year. Perhaps, on the other side of the sea, it has been submerged by heavy snow?

When they returned to the tribe, Shao Xuan and the others realized that the situation in the forest was still good. During the time they entered the forest to look for the green-faced fangs, the stream that the tribe often fetched dried up, and there were three similar streams nearby. When a drop of water flows, the tribe will take it from farther places. But this is considered good. At least Yanjiao has a lot of manpower. It is not difficult for a team of soldiers to go out and carry a few large tanks of water every day. The expanded animal enclosures and fields can be used temporarily, and there is no crisis.

However, many tribes outside are not so comfortable.

The sky cannot be changed, and people are panicked. Many small tribes hold a ceremony every few days, hoping to change the current situation through prayers and sacrifices. However, the sky has not changed much, and even more feverish.

The rain did not fall, not only the beasts in the mountains and forests fighting for the water source, but also the people.

I heard that in this unusually hot and dry winter, more tribes are fighting than before, and the cause is mostly due to water sources. The location of most tribes is related to water sources. It was good when there was no shortage of water in the past, but now it’s a chance. In such a situation, the contradiction escalates. After all, not every tribe is as close to the forest as Yanjiao. In order to survive, fighting is inevitable.

After leaving the mountains and forests, people from several other tribes did not stay much in Yanjiao. Not only was it a matter of blue-faced and fangs, but also the severe living conditions brought about by the current climate made them very worried, and they had to rush back to the tribe as soon as possible.

Fortunately, only some people entered the mountains and forests before, and some people from every tribe stayed in Yanjiao and waited. There were also people who sent the “sincerity” to help protect the blue face and fangs, so as not to be robbed halfway. When survival becomes difficult, more people are robbed, and they have to make more preparations.

When the people of those tribes left, Yanjiao entered into the intense preparation work.

The blue-faced fangs beast that I had been waiting for all day was caught back, and it was time for the next step.

Since the blood of the blue-faced fangs is special, if the blood is let out with a single stroke like this, it will evaporate before it is used. The time is too fast, and the casting is easy to make mistakes in a hurry. It is best to take out a part of the blood safely first.

For this reason, Shao Xuan made a simple syringe with a bamboo tube. A child’s arm was thick and nearly half a meter long. The inside was polished and cleaned many times to avoid bringing in too much Impurities and affecting the casting results. The piston is made of resin, directly taken from the plants in the forest, and connected to the piston rod.

The needle is a kind of bird bone. Their bones are hollow. Pick a bone that is thin and hard enough, and connect one end to the syringe and the other end to be sharpened for easy puncture. It’s too thin, it’s not hard enough, and it breaks easily.

After doing it well, Shao Xuan tried several times to get water, and it was okay, and it didn’t leak.

Seeing that Shao Xuan made something like this, everyone felt very strange. When Shao Xuan used the syringe to take water, they knew what it was for, and naturally looked forward to it very much.

Two of the nine green-faced fangs were given to the tribe, leaving seven. Now, the seven animals are still in a coma. They showed signs of waking up midway when Shao Xuan and his entourage came back. After a few stitches, they settled down again. It is strange that the blue-faced fangs rarely open their mouths except when they are eating. Even when they are asleep, they mostly close their mouths, with only two large nostrils spraying air. Shao Xuan couldn’t give them some medicine, so he could only use sticks.

“This is all you need?” Ao He Zhengluo stood behind Shao Xuan, watching him suck out the water in the clay pot with a syringe, and then inject it into another clay pot.

“Try it.” Shao Xuan hasn’t tried it, and I’m not sure, who knows if the blood of the blue-faced tusk will react with bamboo and gum?

“Drag one here.” Shao Xuan motioned to Duokang to pick up the prey.

Duokang glanced at the seven blue-faced fangs on the ground, and then picked the fattest one out. It happened to be the first one that Shao Xuan caught, the one with a broken fang.

Although that one is no longer a round belly and is “slim” a lot, it is still a lap fatter compared to the other ones. It is no wonder that Duokang will be picked and carried over.

Looking at the blue-faced fangs in front of him, Shao Xuan thought, if you can get the blood successfully like this, you don’t need to slaughter them all at once. After all, the amount of casting is still unclear. You have to try again and again, and if you fail, you have to try again. Seven seem to be too many, but if it fails again, would it be possible to go into the forest to catch it again? This has just been back less than a day.

Shao Xuan crouched, avoiding its long fangs, looked at the distribution of its bones, judged the possible location of the internal organs, and then took out a dagger and slashed at the entrance of its chest cavity.

The knife was not deep, it just broke the skin, and not much blood came out. The skin of the blue-faced tusks was too thick, and the bird bones that Shao Xuan picked were thin. In order to prevent the “needles” from breaking when the skin was broken, he first used a dagger to break through the toughest thick skin on the outside.

The green blood flowed out, and quickly made a chick sound, like boiling water, quickly evaporating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ao and Zhengluo had only heard about it before, and now they saw it with their own eyes, they knew the special blood of this beast.

The blue-faced fangs healed very quickly, and Shao Xuan pierced it before the wound healed.

Without piercing deeply, the needle was pierced at an oblique angle. While advancing the needle, Shao Xuan pulled the piston rod of the syringe. Although I can’t see what’s going on in the bamboo barrel of the syringe, Shao Xuan can feel the blood return when he pulls the piston rod. When he detects blood in the bamboo barrel, the force required to pull the piston rod will be much less. It’s better and easier to stick to the blood vessels.

Shao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he felt blood in the bamboo tube. This method is still feasible.

This time it was only an experiment. Shao Xuan maintained the position where the needle was inserted during the blood return.

The wound on the blue-faced fangs that was cut by the dagger has healed. When Shao Xuan took out the needle, he almost broke the “needle”.

After pulling out the “needle”, the wounds on the blue-faced fangs healed quickly, and it didn’t take long to see any traces in the pierced area.

Shao Xuan pushed the plunger of the “syringe” and squeezed out half a drop of green blood. There was a light “chicking” noise in the air. Soon this half of the blood evaporated and sealed the needle, so she didn’t hear the chick again. This proved that the blood in the bamboo tube was still there for the time being.

All the people present let out a long sigh of relief. This method is effective, which means that this method can be used to collect blood, and then sent to the casting room, waiting to be used when smelting and casting.