Chapter 218 Exploration

The forest continues, as the continuous mountains rise and fall, extending endlessly into the distance, with vastness and emerald greenness.

The gurgling water follows the mountains, sometimes goes out of the forest, sometimes hides into the ground, like naughty children, playing hippies in the forest, tirelessly.

"It's so good!" Zhou Wutian stood on the top of the mountain, accompanied by floating white clouds, and looked at the mountains that stretched to the distance, and expressed endless emotion.

Zhou Wutian encountered a space storm, and the fall was located in a relatively large open space on the hillside of the high mountain where Zhou Wutian is now. Although this open space is not worth mentioning compared to the entire mountain, in fact, the area of ​​this open space is enough to accommodate a small village.

However, the place where Zhou Wutian fell is not considered a village, and it is at most called a tribe. As for the criteria for judgment, it is judged according to the standards of Zhuanguo. After all, Zhou Wutian did not know the criteria for Hongmeng to judge tribes and villages.

Although Zhou Wutian once lived in the country of Zhuan, although it has developed to the middle and late stages of the world of cultivation, there are still tribal life forms in many remote places. On the one hand, the protection of these tribes by various countries has allowed these tribes to survive. On the other hand, it is because the land area of ​​various countries is relatively large, so even if these areas are not developed, it still does not affect the development of the country.

Since there are tribes, there are naturally many people who study tribes, and the criteria for judging tribes are quite complex, because each tribe is different. Some tribes are completely closed and never communicate with outsiders, while others often communicate with outsiders, slowly changing from tribes like villages or even towns, but they still carry some characteristics of tribes. Later, in order to facilitate distinction, the wise men of various countries unified a standard to distinguish between tribes and villages.

The division of tribes in Zhuanguo is generally divided into two aspects. One is the lifestyle. Generally, tribes make a living by hunting, so they live in some sheds wrapped in animal skins. The purpose is to facilitate movement with prey. The tribe leaders are mainly tribe leaders, responsible for controlling the will of the entire tribe. Tribe leaders are often the strongest men in the tribe, or the people who hunt the most prey. The tribes are mainly collectively distributed, men are responsible for going out to hunt, and women are responsible for taking care of the elderly and children. Tribes often have very few people gathering, and tribes with hundreds of people are already considered large tribes.

Villages generally make a living by farming, so their living areas are all wood or stone, for permanent residence and to better defend against enemies. The village chief is mainly village chief, but it is only the leader of the village, responsible for calling on villagers. Those who are far less powerful than tribal leaders, and those who serve as village chiefs are often respected elderly people in the village, judged by experience and wisdom.

The division of labor in the village is mainly private, with more work and more income, less work and less income. Each household, either farms or does some craftsmanship according to its own situation and income, and trades exchanges through village transactions to allocate resources. This way of life makes the village population generally have a large population, and as the population gradually increases, the village level will gradually increase, and from villages to towns, cities, etc. At the same time, the relevant occupational allocation will also develop slowly with the development of the village.

However, there are exceptions for some tribes. Because they are closer to more developed villages or towns, these tribes will also develop through transactions and obtain food, cloth and crafts through transactions, which can make the tribe develop faster, but it is still unable to overcome the tribe's chief centralization and lifestyle.

This is the case with the tribe where Zhou Wutian lives. Although like other tribes, they are all in the mountains and forests and rely on hunting to make a living, the area where this tribe is located is located near the edge of the entire mountain range. That is to say, after leaving the mountain range, there will be a large area of ​​plains, and these plain areas are easy to gather towns or even build cities.

There is a small hill outside the mountain range where the tribe is located. If you climb over this hill and walk about ten miles, you can reach the nearest town. The old man said that when he was young, he had several times with the leader at that time and took his prey to the town for some supplies to enhance the strength of the tribe.

Everyone in the town is dressed in warm and clean clothes, and the streets of the town are coming and going, and any street is more people than their towns.

There are many things on the stalls on both sides of the street, and they can’t count them with both hands. Moreover, the street is very spacious and you can’t see the end at a glance.

Zhou Wutian listened to the introduction and description of the old man for a long time. Although he generally knew that there was such a town, he did not get any useful information, because the old man's description was mixed with many old man's exaggerated imaginations. In addition, after a long time, the old man could not remember many things, which were difficult to describe. Moreover, the old man's vocabulary was very scarce, and some things that could not be called names were stuttering when describing them, and he could not guess what he was saying.

Although there was no useful information, Zhou Wutian had some guesses about the location of this place. Although Zhou Wutian's injuries have not yet healed, his perception of the power of heaven and earth in the outside world still exists. At this time, Zhou Wutian could clearly feel the lack of power of heaven and earth around him, and the lack was incredible, which was completely beyond Zhou Wutian's previous guess.

At the same time, according to the old man's description, we know that the old man's tribe is located at the edge of the mountain forest, and there are quite a few tribes among the mountains. Those tribes have lived in the forest for generations and rarely come into contact with the outside world. Based on this, Zhou Wutian inferred that because the power of heaven and earth in this area is too much and thin, no powerful strange beasts have been produced here. Therefore, even these ordinary people can survive in this forest with undeveloped weapons.

Based on these inferences, Zhou Wutian guessed that he had reached the southern part of the Northern Territory, but Zhou Wutian had no idea about the specific location. I am afraid that only when he arrived in the town can he have more information and information.

Because it is close to the town, the development of this tribe is better than that of the tribe in the mountains and forests. Therefore, this area is in a warm area all year round, so the warmth properties of the animal skin worn in the tribe are useless, but instead become a burden. In addition, the backward sewing process leads to a considerable burden on the body. The tribe acquires cotton and linen clothing in the town through prey and animal skin. Although it is not as durable as animal skin, it is light enough to greatly improve the mobility of people in the tribe and provide more help for hunting.

At the same time, the weapons and some crafts traded in the towns have also increased the tribe's hunting and development speed to a certain extent. After solving the problem of food and clothing, the tribe has more power to carry out other developments, which also makes this tribe have a larger territory and a larger population than other tribes in the mountains.

However, getting close to towns not only brings more development opportunities, but also brings indelible pain to the tribe. Because of getting close to towns and trade with them, some bandits have set their sights on this tribe. Although the tribe has lagged behind in development, the tribe is backed by mountains and forests, and the word-of-mouth hunting experience passed down from generation to generation allows the tribe to capture some rare prey. These preys are captured because the people in the town do not understand the relevant methods, so the number of these rare prey is very small, which leads to the high price of these rare prey.

After the tribe captured these rare preys and sold them in the town, they could get a considerable reward to purchase goods to enhance the tribe's strength. It is precisely because of these unique hunting methods that the tribe was targeted by some illegal merchants and bandits.

In fact, before Zhou Wutian arrived, the tribe had encountered several attacks, and the targets of these attacks were some forces in the town. These forces hired or trained mercenaries and instructed them to attack the tribe in order to obtain the secret method of hunting in the tribe. The old man's son and daughter-in-law sacrificed to defend the tribe during an attack by the mercenary group, which is something that the old man could never forget.

These hired or trained tribes are often well equipped, and weapons such as armor, blades, bows and arrows are much better than those of the tribe. However, even though they have weapons and combat power that are stronger than the tribe, they have never defeated the tribe and are repelled by the tribe leader and everyone.

There are three main reasons for this situation. One is that the people in the tribe are brave and good at fighting. Once attacked, both men, women, young and old will take up weapons to fight. Even if their weapons and equipment are inferior to their opponents, their belief in defending the territory is not shaken at all.

On the other hand, in the old man's description, Zhou Wutian also knew that the mercenary groups that attacked the tribe were all strong men. Compared with their tribe, their combat effectiveness was only reflected in the differences in weapons. Therefore, Zhou Wutian inferred that these mercenary groups were actually just composed of ordinary people and there were no cultivators. Otherwise, with the power of this tribe, there would be no way to repel them.

Another important aspect is that although the merchants in the town are jealous of the secret hunting techniques in the tribe, they do not dare to get angry. Once a large-scale attack is launched, it may cause resistance from many tribes. The damage caused by such arises is not something that merchants are happy to see, because such losses are obviously not worth it compared to the secret techniques.

Moreover, in the old man's mouth, Zhou Wutian learned that there seemed to be something in the mountains and forests that these towns feared. This kind of existence was called the guardian of the gods by the old man. Zhou Wutian naturally did not believe that there were any gods, but Zhou Wutian himself did not discover any special power, which made Zhou Wutian very curious.

For this reason, after Zhou Wutian's injuries improved, he entered the mountain where the tribe was located to explore, hoping to get in touch with the existence of this mysterious force. Whether it is an enemy or a friend, Zhou Wutian believed that he could at least reach some cooperation to help him recover from his injuries faster. This is also the reason why Zhou Wutian appeared on the top of the mountain to find the existence of a mysterious god in the old man's mouth.

Although Zhou Wutian was determined to investigate the existence of this mysterious god, he did not find any trace of this god at all. This made Zhou Wutian feel that this god seemed to exist only in the faith of the tribe. Although no mysterious god was found, Zhou Wutian initially investigated the terrain of the entire mountain range.

Zhou Wutian discovered that the tribe was located in an open space on the hillside of this high mountain. Although this open space was insignificant than the high mountain, it firmly stuck the outside world's road to the mountains.

Although this mountain is towering and vast, the mountain is not flat, or there are cliffs everywhere. There is only one road connecting the two sides of the mountain. One side is the road leading to the outer towns on one side, and the inside of the mountain forest and the road leading to the vast forest. This road starts from the foot of the mountain, and then ends at the foot of the mountain on the other side after passing through the mountainside. The old man's tribe is exactly stuck at the foot of the mountain on the foot of this road. Relying on the steep terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, the location selection of the tribe is just a simple use of the mountain. It seems to occupy the main traffic road, but for ordinary people, once a cultivator launches an attack, there is no need to go up the mountain from this road, and can directly attack the tribe, or even go around the back of the tribe to launch unexpected attacks.

If you want to fully utilize the mountain's mountain, you need to build continuous fortifications on this mountain that stretches for dozens of miles, facing the mountains and forests, and relying on natural dangers, you can't get out of the mountain. The practitioners under heaven, let alone attack the city, can't climb the mountain.

Zhou Wutian was away from the top of the mountain. Looking at the undulating mountain, a grand blueprint was unfolding in his mind. Once Zhou Wutian determined that the location of this area was indeed in the southern part of the Northern Region, then the city would be built here as the starting point for the cause in the southern part of the Northern Region.

Just as Zhou Wutian was imagining his future plans, he suddenly discovered that on the road leading to the side of the mountain on the hillside, a group of people were walking towards the tribe against their prey.

Before, Zhou Wutian heard from the old man that when the tribe leader returned from hunting, he would help him ask for food to Zhou Wutian to help Zhou Wutian recover from his injuries. However, the hunting team needs to go deep into the mountains and forests, and the journey is relatively long. Unless there is something important in the tribe, they will come back once a few days apart, and then clean up. After a day or two, they will start to hunt in the mountains and forests again.
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