Divine Mark

Chapter 9 Grottoes
Shigang tribe is on the mountainside, on the Yangchang trail.

Jin Wenyang carried the medical box on her back, and slowly hung a wooden umbrella behind Qing Yuntai, and the two walked towards the grotto at a leisurely pace.Qingyuntai wanted to hurry up, but it didn't seem too good to leave a beautiful woman on the way.

As for the medical box, it seems that I have never been allowed to touch it. It is this girl's treasure, and it is filled with all kinds of bottles and jars that don't look famous.

Those orphans who used to come with Qingyuntai now live in the grotto, about 15 minutes away from the tribe's residence, and Qingyuntai lives in a small yard tens of meters below the patriarch's yard, and they often hang out together At old man Zhao.

The Grotto is a natural cave in the mountain where the Shigang Tribe is located. The interior space is complex and huge. Except for the orphans who live in it, most of the materials of the Shigang Tribe are also stored there.Qingyuntai also kept a large number of animals there for research.Over the past year, Qingyuntai has been working hard to domesticate some animals, hoping to make them a source of food for the tribe.

The matter of keeping animals in captivity has actually been tried in the tribe a long time ago, and it basically ended in failure.Because many animals that are accustomed to freedom will not accept the human race's food at all, and often die in a peerless world.

Even if it can be fed, it will not solve the problem of large-scale reproduction, because there is no suitable food source for them.

The person from Qingyun Terrace is a time traveler, so his thoughts are naturally completely opposite to those of these clansmen.He firmly believes that there must be hope to rely on captive animals to obtain food. This has been verified by Mr. Zhao. There are indeed some tribes that obtain food and resources through captive animals.However, Qingyun Terrace had never seen those desolate beasts that old man Zhao described, so he could only study the wild desolate beasts near the Shigang tribe.

The traps passed down from Qingyuntai not only brought a lot of meat to the tribe, but also brought a lot of live animals to himself.After a year of hard work, Qingyuntai has developed two species, both of which have the potential to be used for large-scale breeding in captivity.

The first is the tiny long-eared beast. Its characteristic is that it can breed every month, and each litter has seven or eight cubs. The cubs born can grow up in a few months. From the perspective of Qingyuntai, this It's the rabbit from the previous life!

Transferring the knowledge from the previous life, it is easy to research and deduce a mature captive breeding plan, but unfortunately, because the long-eared beast looks too cute, this plan has long been strongly rejected by Jin Wenyang.

Qingyuntai is actually not willing to do this either. It does not rule out the factor of cuteness, but it is not worthy of large-scale reproduction because of its small size. You must know that the human race in this world has an amazing appetite.These ordinary animals that do not contain energy need to eat a lot to be full, and there is not much strengthening effect on the body.

In addition, Qingyuntai also discovered another wild beast called a mysterious beast.Although it is called a desolate beast, in fact the energy contained in this thing is very rare. The adult profound beast weighs about [-] kilograms. It is a low-level role among countless desolate beasts, and it is usually used as a source of food for other desolate beasts.

If it weren't for its amazing reproductive ability, it is estimated that it would have been extinct long ago.Qingyuntai has figured out its breeding method, and the problem of food sources has also been solved.

During the captive breeding process, these captive mysterious beasts are very susceptible to infectious diseases. Fortunately, Jin Wenyang has prepared several healing potions, which perfectly solved the biggest problem at present, so this made Zhao Yong hurried away early in the morning. I just want to visit these little wild beasts.

After walking for about 15 minutes, Qingyuntai and Jin Wenyang finally arrived at their destination.

The location of the grotto is quite hidden. Along the mountain road through a low bush, there is a five-meter-wide and two-meter-high hole at the bottom of the rock, shaped like a jaw.

The inside of the cave looks a bit dark and cool, surrounded by rocks of various shapes.

"tick, tick"

Water drops fell from the top of the head from time to time, and as it went deeper, the space at the entrance of the cave became larger and larger, divided into upper and lower passages, and Qingyun Terrace led Jin Wenyang further down, relying on the faint light, which was familiar to him.

In the other direction, the ground and the rock face look drier, which is where the Shigang tribe stored supplies.

Jin Wenyang didn't know when she came to Qingyuntai, took the boy's arm, and tightened it tightly in his arms, looking a little scared.

Seeing this little woman's posture, Qing Yuntai couldn't help feeling a little funny.Unexpectedly, this girl who is usually unscrupulous is actually afraid of the dark when she comes here. No wonder in the past whenever there was a problem with the mysterious beast, it was so difficult to invite this guy to come.

Just like this, the two snuggled together, and not long after walking along the winding cave, a corner appeared in front of them, and there was a bright light outside the end of the corner, as if it was the entrance to another world.

It turns out that the cave outside leads directly to the cliff of this mountain, and below the cliff is the torrential river outside the Shigang tribe.

The space where Qingyun Terrace is located is roughly like a crescent moon with two pointed outwards sunken deep in the mountain body. There are many stone walls in the space, cutting off several areas.

When entering here for the first time, a half-meter-wide waterfall rushes down from the top of the mountain in front of you, filled with water vapor.

Some of the water droplets seeped into here, forming seven or eight blue stone pools on the ground.The existence of water makes the periphery of this space look green. The winding old trees, intertwined vines, and tender green moss all reveal the magic and beauty of this place.

It turns out that every year, seeds fall from above to this place. After taking root and sprouting, under the evolution of years, this place has already developed its own piece of heaven and earth, which was named "Crescent Cave Sky" by the Shigang tribe.

Although the scenery is unique, you have to go through a dark grotto to get in, and it is far away from the tribal gathering place.Therefore, few adult tribesmen came to this place. Before the patriarch brought back the orphans including Qingyuntai, this place seemed to be a paradise for the young children of the tribe to grow up.

"Stone... stone! Are you there?"

Qingyuntai was putting his hands to his mouth, calling out to the complex Crescent Cave.The "stone" in his mouth is the largest and most sensible child among the group of orphans. He usually acts as the big brother who takes care of everyone among the dozen or so orphans.

On the other hand, Jin Wenyang was already far away from Qingyun Terrace, and the umbrella in her hand had already been inserted into the outside of the medical box behind her.

After a while, accompanied by the sound of footsteps.A simple and honest boy dressed in ragged clothes appeared in front of the two of them.The simple and honest boy was full of joy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, he walked with a limp, only one and a half years older than Qingyuntai, but his appearance seemed extremely mature and worldly.

When he heard Qingyuntai call him, he was overjoyed for a long time, you must know that he was inside the orphan.He and Qingyuntai grew up together.Naturally, there was nothing to say about the feelings, but during the year and a half of coming to Shigang Tribe, this kid was busy taking off. Although he often came to Crescent Cave to take care of those little beasts, he never wanted to talk to him much.

"Stone, is the patriarch still there?"

……

"We came here specifically to find the patriarch."

Although Qing Yuntai often communicates and cooperates with this young man, every time he faces him, Qing Yuntai is cautious.Although I have a special feeling for these children who entered the Shigang Tribe together, I feel a little bit reluctant to communicate with them in depth, because I am afraid that they will show completely opposite behavior from the original body owner, which will cause unnecessary suspicion. .

Naturally, Shitou didn't have any special feelings. In his perception, since Qingyuntai showed extraordinary wisdom, the two were no longer at the same level. Even if he couldn't understand some of Qingyuntai's behaviors, Shitou still thought , which is normal.It's like he couldn't understand since he was a child, why those children from the village when they were young could have no worries about food and clothing, and they could go to play everywhere without any scruples without being driven away by adults.

He naturally didn't know that the Qingyun Terrace in front of him lived in the soul of an outsider, and he was no longer the person he grew up with.In the case of losing a lot of memories of the original host, Qingyuntai can't help alienating the person that this body was familiar with before, with only one exception.

When Shitou heard that this boy came to find the patriarch, he had nothing to do with him, but he was very happy to answer: "The patriarch is in the fifth district, and he is studying those little mysterious beasts of yours. He is very happy today! You go quickly."

"Okay, we got it, you help me go back and tell Xiaomei, I'll go find her later."

Qingyuntai blinked at the girl on the side, and took the lead to walk towards the entrance of the rock wall in the direction of the fifth district.

(End of this chapter)