[Prehistoric] Travel to the beast world to be a priest

Everyone spent another day threshing the remaining rice and harvested a bag of white rice.Yanliang was quite satisfied with this, and in a good mood, he made another hot pot meal one night before leaving.

Their tent has only one roof, and the wind leaks from all sides, so it is still very cold at night.He was not willing to throw away the spicy soup after eating, and a dozen small pots were placed on the fire, which kept warm all night.When the night watchmen were cold and hungry, they would eat a few slices of meat and take a few mouthfuls to warm up and refresh themselves.

After another day of walking, towards evening, they saw a tribal gate, and on the stone wall that served as the gate was carved the image of a rhinoceros with horns on its head.

Along the way, they passed through many tribes, large and small, but when they offered to exchange salt, they were rejected without hesitation.

After all, it's only April now, and there are still more than three months before the salt market. Unless there are tribes with a lot of salt, there is no one who can be replaced.

But they still had expectations and called the door outside.

Rhinos are out-and-out herbivores, so the rhinoceros are more vegetarian and rarely go out to hunt.

But don't think that rhinos are not aggressive just because they don't hunt. Just because of their huge size and extremely sharp horns, they can directly trample and pierce people to death.

After waiting for a while, the heavy stone door was opened a crack.Seeing them, the boy who opened the door was obviously relieved, walked out and asked, "What do you guys do?"

Seeing the boy's appearance clearly, Yan Liang's heart turned cold.

The boy was about twelve or thirteen years old, with only a piece of half-worn animal skin around his waist. His bare upper body had distinct ribs, and he was so thin that it was suspected that a gust of wind could blow it down.

The tribes on the plains have no natural barriers like those in the valleys, and they all need to carry stones and logs by themselves to enclose the tribes.

Before walking over, seeing that the tribe was relatively solidly built, he expected that the life of the people inside should be not bad, but he did not expect the young man who opened the door to be so thin.

Yan Liang's heart turned a thousand times, but he didn't show it on his face, he still smiled gently: "We are here to exchange salt, I wonder if you have any extra salt."

The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked behind Yan Liang. He was startled by a dozen tall lions, and then he saw the bulging bags on their backs, and couldn't help swallowing again.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Yan Liang, who was obviously the leader: "Our tribe has salt, but we don't want meat."

Yan Liang was overjoyed when he heard the words: "That's really great, the things we brought are not all meat."

The young man's hand was still tightly grasping the stone gate, and he seemed to be hesitating whether to let them in or not.

Yanliang winked at Shiyue.

Shiyue understood, changed back to human form, unfastened the bag full of sweet potatoes, and showed it to the boy.

The boy was obviously stunned: "What is this? I've never seen it before."

Knowing that their animal-shaped raw vegetables were edible, Yan Liang took one from the bag and handed it to the boy.

The boy swallowed his saliva again, he didn't know if it was because he was too hungry, or because Yan Liang didn't look like a bad guy, so he gritted his teeth and took a bite.

The sweet potatoes brought by Yanliang are all good varieties. The raw ones taste crunchy and sweet, and have a lot of juice.

The boy's eyes lit up after taking a bite, and he asked excitedly, "Are these all used for salt?"

Yan Liang nodded.

The boy's attitude changed immediately, and he enthusiastically invited them into the tribe.

As soon as he entered, Yan Liang felt a strong sense of disobedience.

This tribe is so quiet. You can see that there are caves on both sides of the road, but no one comes in and out. Some doorways are even covered with weeds, as if no one has lived in them for a long time.

"My name is Xixi, you are from afar, right?" The young man greeted Yan Liang while gnawing sweet potatoes.

Yan Liang nodded, and also said his name.

"I've never been to the northern forest," Xixi said.

The two chatted one after another, and Shi Yun walked beside Yanliang without saying a word, but he kept holding Yanliang's hand, full of presence.

Xixi led them through a row of caves and came to an empty field, somewhat similar to the large field of the giant lion tribe.

"You guys wait here for a while." After finishing speaking, he ran away quickly.

Yan Liang saw him go in through an unobvious hole, and not long after, several old people and children came out together with him.

"This is my grandfather, the priest of the giant rhinoceros tribe." Xixi pointed to an old man who was supporting him.

When the orcs of the giant lion tribe heard that they were priests, they all became respectful.

Yanliang felt even more weird, as a priest, he should have the best living conditions in the tribe, but he looked thinner than Xixi, with drooping eyelids and a very bad spirit.

"Hi Priest."

The priest waved his hand: "Xixi said that you are here to exchange salt? All our salt can be exchanged for you."

After a few words, the priest began to cough violently, Xixi's eyes were red, and she bit her lower lip to let him breathe.

"it is good."

The giant rhinoceros tribe actually had a lot of salt. According to the market price, they took away a bag of sweet potatoes and a bag of potatoes from Yanliang.

The moment they got the food, the priest and the old man behind him all looked happy.

"It's getting late, I wonder if I can rest here for one night and leave tomorrow?" Yan Liang asked politely.

When Xixi heard this, her body trembled, and she looked nervously at her grandfather.

Yan Liang pretended that he didn't see anything, and his expression was normal.

The priest looked very troubled, and took out a vine that he carried with him to look at it, and replied after a while: "It's fine to stay for one night, but let's leave early tomorrow morning."

Yan Liang and Shi Yun looked at each other, then smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

They set up tents in the big field, and simply didn't plan to live in other people's caves.

While cooking, Yan Liang shared his doubts with Shi Yun, and Shi Yun also said: "I always feel that the priest doesn't want us to stay longer, it doesn't seem like we are not welcome."

Recalling the situation at that time, Yan Liang also nodded: "Their salt doesn't look like last year's new salt. It looks like it has been stored for several years. This tribe really has something hidden."

As for what it is, Yan Liang and Shi Yun didn't bother to delve into it. After all, it's someone else's business. As long as it doesn't affect them, it's no good to know too much.

In the evening, I made a simple stew. Sliced ​​meat, potatoes, eggplants, green peppers, and a few vegetables were stewed together. There was a layer of oil on the surface of the soup, which was delicious and not greasy.

After eating a bowl of rice with stewed vegetables, Yan Liang heard Xixi's voice outside, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and walked out.

Xixi was holding a sweet potato wrapped in a large leaf, which was already roasted, and could smell the aroma just holding it like this.

"Grandpa asked me to get it for you."

Yan Liang was a little surprised. The people in this tribe looked sallow and thin, and the food they got in exchange was actually given to them.

"Do you eat meat?"

Xixi froze for a moment, then nodded: "Beast forms don't eat them, but human forms will still eat them."

Yan Liang was startled: "You have already transformed?"

No wonder he was surprised, Xixi was thin and small, and looked as big as an eleven or twelve-year-old cub from the giant lion tribe.

Xixi nodded a little embarrassedly: "I transformed last year."

In other words, he is at least 16 years old this year.

Yan Liang's brows were furrowed and then loosened, and he let the way to the door: "I have stewed broth, do you want to come in and have a bowl?"

Xixi waved his hand: "No need, I'm not used to drinking, grandpa is still waiting for me to go back and have dinner together."

Yanliang didn't force him to stay, he took the roasted sweet potatoes and watched Xixi leave.

Living in the tribe tonight, Yan Liang did not spare the night watchman.

They carry a lot of goods with them, and this giant rhinoceros tribe is full of weirdness, so they dare not be careless.

On the top of the forest on the moon, there was a sudden rustling of footsteps outside, Yan Liang suddenly opened his eyes, and the inside of the tent was completely dark.He reached out and touched the place next to him. It was cold, and the lion cloud had already woken up.

Yan Liang was puzzled and was about to get up when he saw Shi Yun walking in holding a torch.

"What happened outside?" Yan Liang asked while putting on his shoes.

Shi Yun put the torch in the small stove, and soon the tent became warm.

"It's a member of the giant rhinoceros tribe. I don't know what to do. The whole tribe ran to the gate of the tribe. Before Xixi left, he specifically told us not to go out."

Yan Liang's expression became serious: "You still don't see the young man?"

Shiyun nodded.

This is what Yanliang thinks is the strangest thing. The caves and outer walls of the giant rhinoceros tribe are built extremely solidly. Anyone who looks at it will think it is a big tribe.

However, they have not seen a single young and middle-aged man since they came yesterday, all the old and weak women and children in the tribe, and they all look like they haven't had enough food for a long time.

It's so abnormal.

Shi Yun knew what he was thinking, and squeezed his fingers: "Don't worry, Shiyue and the others have followed out quietly, and they will be back soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Shiyue calling them in a low voice at the door of the tent: "Yanliang, Shiyue, are you awake?"

Yan Liang cheered up and responded.

Shiyue and Shihe came in together, and they were still awkward.

However, the expressions of both of them were a little dignified, and they put personal matters behind.

"A lot of people came to the door, all holding torches, it was as bright as day, Shihe and I didn't dare to get too close, from their conversations, we vaguely heard that they were here to pick people." Shiyue said with a frown.

Yan Liang was taken aback: "Choose someone?"

Shihe nodded: "I don't know what to do, but it seems that the people of the Giant Rhinoceros Tribe are not willing. The faces of those who were selected away are all pale, and the rest of the relatives are also crying in the dark."

Yan Liang glanced at Shi Yun, both of them were somewhat confused about the situation in front of them.

"When they come back, let's visit the priest." Yan Liang said.

Shi Yun didn't speak, but Shi He asked, "Yan Liang, do you want to take care of this?"

Yan Liang knew that the purpose of their coming out was to exchange salt, and there were still many people in the tribe waiting for them to go back.

After thinking about it, Yan Liang said solemnly: "Ask the priest."