MTL - This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 23 Barren Mountain Salt Mine

In the vast virgin forest, a group of wild buffalo slowly walked forward while grazing. From time to time, they looked up and looked around, very vigilant.

Behind the bison, Jiang Xuan, Chishao and Shiloach have been following for a long time, and they are hungry.

"Ahhhhhhh..."

The red peony digs out several bulbous plant tubers from under a tree with a bone stalk, and hands the largest one to Jiang Xuan.

"Eat it, it's a round potato, it's very sweet."

This fruit looks similar to a sweet potato on the outside, but it is spherical and has a red skin.

Jiang Xuan wiped the dirt on the outer skin and took a bite.

He was surprised to find that this round potato actually tasted like a fruit, very crisp, very sweet, and had a very good taste.

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up and said, "This thing is good, is there a smaller one? Dig it back and plant it!"

"I am searching."

Chishao rummaged through the place where the round potatoes were growing, and found that there were five or six smaller round potatoes on the root system. The big ones were as big as eggs, and the small ones were only as big as pigeon eggs.

In the past, the tribesmen would not have dug back this kind of small fruit, but waited for it to grow up in the ground so that it would be convenient for them to continue digging next time.

But it's different now. After the Vine tribe has opened up wasteland, they can all be dug back, the big ones can be eaten, and the small ones can be planted.

Jiang Xuan put these small round potatoes into the animal skin bag that he carried with him. For him, these are all treasures.

"Boss, the bison is going to the next place to graze."

Shi Loach has been staring at the herd of bison. Even when eating the round potatoes, he never leaves the herd of bison. He is a very responsible and patient person.

"Follow."

Jiang Xuan fastened the mouth of the animal skin bag and quickly followed.

The grass in the original jungle is relatively scattered, so after the bison herds eat in one place, they will continue to eat in the next place.

In addition, sometimes the herds are attacked by large beasts and flee in panic. If they don't follow closely, they are likely to be lost.

In this way, while collecting edible plants along the way, they tracked the herd of bison, and before they knew it, it became dark.

After the bison herd came to a meadow, they stopped moving forward.

Bison also need to sleep.

When the weather is cold, they forage during the day and sleep at night.

When the weather is hot, they usually forage in the morning and afternoon, and sleep at noon and night.

Of course, there are always exceptions, and some bison also go out at night to forage.

Fortunately, this herd of bison is not an exception, they are going to spend the night here.

During the night, there is a bison who will be specially responsible for vigil, so that other bison don't have to worry about being suddenly attacked by wild beasts while sleeping.

Jiang Xuan observed the bison herd and said, "It looks like they won't leave tonight. Let's prepare to spend the night on the tree."

There are many poisonous insects on the ground, and it is also easy to be attacked by wild beasts. It is a little safer to spend the night in a tree at night.

The three of them quickly built a temporary shelter on the tree and built a fire on the ground.

Fire is very important, not only can it drive away beasts, but smoke can also smudge away some pesky bugs.

The three of them ate a bit of food, then took turns to be sentry, and slept in the tree all night.

In the early morning of the next day, it was just dawn, and the herd of wild bulls set off again. Jiang Xuan and the others also carefully extinguished the fire and immediately followed.

Tracking the bison herd is a very boring and time-consuming task. Fortunately, Jiang Xuan and the others have three people who can rotate.

On the second day of following the bison herd, Jiang Xuan finally found out that the bison herd had gone to a rather special place.

It was a few barren mountains with sparse vegetation, which seemed out of place in the virgin forest with towering ancient trees.

These barren mountains are relatively steep, and there are only some very low grass and shrubs, but the bison herds run up the barren mountains without hesitation.

When they ran to the middle of the mountain, they stopped in front of a rock wall and kept licking the stones on it.

Under the barren mountain, Jiang Xuan was very excited when he saw the behavior of the wild bulls, but he was not sure that the wild bulls were licking salt.

"Go up and have a look!"

Jiang Xuan took the red peony and the loach along the path of the wild cattle up the mountain, and climbed up the mountain.

The herd of bison licked the rocks for a while, because the vegetation was sparse, and they were condescending, and it was easy to spot the people who were climbing.

"Moo!"

One of the bison let out a cry, and then the other bison stopped licking the rocks and ran away, descending from another hillside.

Jiang Xuan didn't care either. He followed the bison herd not for hunting bison, but for salt. Since he found a place where bison supplemented salt, he didn't need to follow these bison anymore.

Not long after, Jiang Xuan finally climbed to the mountainside and came to the front of the stone wall.

This rock wall is composed of countless stones, which should have been exposed after experiencing a landslide.

These stones are generally yellow, some are reddish, and the lower stones have obvious licking marks, and their appearance is relatively smooth.

There are some buffalo dung, wild sheep dung, and the dung of some other animals on the ground. Obviously, not only buffaloes will come to this place, but other animals will also come.

Jiang Xuan pulled out a stone knife sharpened by himself from his waist, and pryed off a small piece of the semi-crystalline, reddish stone that had not been licked by animals on the higher part of the rock wall.

Then, he stuck out his tongue and licked the stone lightly.

A salty and bitter taste stimulated Jiang Xuan's taste buds on the tip of his tongue.

"Salty!"

Jiang Xuan shuddered all over. He looked at this small semi-crystalline stone, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words.

This is salt, really salt!

Jiang Xuan was so excited that he couldn't wait to jump up, God is pitiful, he has never tasted real salt since he crossed over, and he almost forgot what salty tastes like.

"Let me try."

Chishao also used her own stone knife to pry off a small piece of rock, licked it, and found that the taste was not good. In addition to the salty taste, there were many miscellaneous odors, which were not delicious.

"I'll try too."

Shi Loh couldn't wait to get a small piece of stone and licked it. His feeling was similar to that of Chishao, this thing was not delicious.

"Boss, is this really salt?" Chi Shao was a little suspicious.

Because in her impression, salt is extremely precious, and the deer tribe can only obtain a small amount of salt by trading with other tribes.

Those salts are generally controlled by tribe leaders or witches. Only those who are injured or sick can get a little salt water. Others rely on animal blood to supplement their salt.

Most of the clansmen have never seen what a complete salt looks like, and Chishao has not seen it either.

It was a little hard for her to accept that the large stones on this rock wall would be extremely precious salt.

Shi Loh was also looking at Jiang Xuan, because he knew that the leader would definitely give an answer.

Jiang Xuan put the semi-crystalline pale red stone in the palm of his hand, and said to the red peony and the loach: "To be precise, this is a salt ore. In addition to salt, it also contains a lot of toxic substances."

"If the poisonous substances in the salt ore can't be removed, then after people eat it, they will slowly be poisoned, and even die in severe cases."

As soon as they heard that it was poisonous, Chishao and Shiloh immediately became nervous, because they both licked this salt ore just now.

Jiang Xuan continued: "You don't have to worry, just lick it, it will be fine, it will be poisoned if you eat it for a long time."

Chishao asked suspiciously, "Then why are those wild buffaloes okay to eat?"

Shi Loh nodded, he also had the same question.

"Bison's physique is much stronger than ours, and its ability to detoxify is stronger than ours, so they can lick it directly, but we can't directly eat this salt ore."

Chi Shao said helplessly: "I finally found it, and I can't eat it, so we've been busy for two days in vain?"

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "It's not in vain to be busy."

"I have a way to remove the toxic substances in these salt ore and make it into salt that we can eat."

"Really?" Chi Shao's eyes sparked hope again, salt is too important and precious to the tribe.

"of course it's true."

"Great!"

Jiang Xuandao: "First dig some salt ore, smash it, and then use the animal skin bag to get it back to the tribe."

"it is good!"

The three immediately used stone knives to dig up the salt ore. They only chose the reddish semi-crystalline salt ore, because this salt ore has a higher salt content.

Semi-crystalline salt ore is easier to smash, and after smashing, it is easier to put into animal skin bags, and it is also easier to carry.

Each of them brought an animal skin bag over, and when the three animal skin bags were filled, they embarked on the return journey with excitement.

If these salt ores can really be refined into edible salt, then the crisis of the lack of salt in the Vine tribe will be truly resolved!