Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Chapter 130 Poisoning

With a sigh, Ji Lang decided to tell everyone.

"I've been having the same nightmare these past few days. It's very strange. It's about Dayu pinching me all the time. I don't know what's going on. I don't know if I'm overthinking it, or if I'm sick, or if the cannibals have abilities that we don't know about. But I dream about that scene every day, and I wake up in fright every time." Ji Lang was a little embarrassed when he first said this, as if he was very timid, but as he spoke he became a little angry. Damn it, why is he so unlucky every time he mentions cannibals.

I don't think this is some kind of psychological trauma. That would be too embarrassing.

But after hearing this, the others were not so optimistic. This cannibal tribe was very evil, and they had many secrets that no one else knew.

"When did it start?" Xi Shi asked with a frown.

Ji Lang, "It started the day Qing Jiu left."

That was the second day after Ah Hua and the others came, and nothing strange happened. So why did Ji Lang keep having dreams?

After talking for a while, they couldn't find any reason. Ji Lang knew that these people would be worried, so he said, "Don't think too much. If it doesn't work, I'll go find Grandma Xue to take a look at me later."

After dinner, Ji Lang wanted to go see Ah Hua and the others, but Xiao Man grabbed him and looked anxious, "Father, let's go find Grandma Xue quickly." He just heard that his father hadn't slept well for several nights. He must be feeling unwell, otherwise why couldn't he sleep? Sleeping is obviously the easiest thing in the world.

"Did you call her Grandma Xue? You should call her Grandma Xue." Ji Lang tapped his little head and let him pull him out by holding his hand.

As the big and the small just walked out of the cave, Ji Lang suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake. He turned around to look, but only saw a back. It seemed to be one of the old men who escaped from the Baiyun tribe. He usually had no sense of presence. When he was young, he must have been a hunter. He had a tall figure and didn't talk much.

Ji Lang shook his head, feeling that he had been driven a little insane recently.

But he was also cautious. After all, in special times, even the smallest abnormality cannot be ignored.

Ah Zhou and Xiao Ying were outside cleaning the sheep pen. When they saw the two of them come out, they smiled and said a few words to each other. Then Ah Zhou asked Xiao Ying to wash her hands and follow Ji Lang to find Grandma Xue and get some medicine for Uncle Lin. Ji Lang naturally knew that he wanted Xiao Ying to follow them to protect them, and she also appreciated his kindness.

When the three of them arrived, Grandma Xue was grinding medicinal powder outside her cave. When she looked up and saw the three of them, she was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

"Xue...Grandma, my father seems to be sick. Please take a look at him. He won't sleep. No, he can't sleep. He also has strange dreams and still can't sleep." Xiaoman was very anxious. Before Ji Lang spoke, he spoke hurriedly, but he couldn't explain clearly what was going on. A few words confused Grandma Xue.

Ji Lang touched his little head and told her the situation. Grandma Xue frowned slightly and asked Ji Lang to sit down and checked his eye sockets and tongue.

"You seem to be poisoned." Grandma Xue said, "The whites of your eyes are a little yellow, and the color of your tongue is also dark, very similar to the person I saw before who was poisoned by eating mushrooms."

Ji Lang was slightly stunned. "But I haven't eaten mushrooms recently, and I eat the same food as everyone else. It doesn't make sense that I'm poisoned while others aren't."

Grandma Xue shook her head. "This is a sign of poisoning, not necessarily from eating mushrooms. And why did she only dream about that one thing? Is there a connection here?"

Ji Lang didn't know either. Could it be that the scariest thing he had experienced since coming here was that? But that didn't make sense. Being chased by apes was also scary. At that time, he really didn't think being chased by ghosts was that scary.

"Take this medicine back and soak it in water to drink. Just soak one tablet a day." Grandma Xue handed over a bag of herbal tablets wrapped in leaves. It smelled cool and fragrant.

Ji Lang picked it up curiously and smelled it several times. It smelled very good.

My originally restless heart has calmed down a little.

"This smells quite good. It doesn't have that nasty smell of herbs."

"Father, Xiaoman wants to smell it too." The little guy hugged Ji Lang's legs and looked up eagerly.

"Okay, okay, I'll let you smell it." Ji Lang picked out a larger piece and let him play with it.

Grandma Xue looked at it with heartache, "Oh, this is not a toy, this is the dried grass of the magic medicine, it is very precious, don't lose it while playing."

What? Miracle medicine?

Ji Lang hurried to take it back, wrapped it in leaves and put it in his pocket. This thing was so precious that he felt it was a bit of a waste to let him drink it like this.

As if seeing through his thoughts, Grandma Xue said, "Drinking this soaked water can bring out the poison in your body. You may have a stomachache for two days, but if there is no reaction after two days, then you should stop drinking it. It should not be poisoning."

In the outer courtyard, Dashu and his friends were digging a hole with great effort. They were all covered in dust and dirt, and they grinned when they saw Ji Lang.

"Priest, are you here to watch us work? Don't worry, we are not lazy. We are working very diligently." said the big tree.

Ji Lang shook his head. "No, I came to see Grandma Xue for something. You just watch over it. Be careful not to dig it down. If there's any danger, get out immediately."

The tree said, "How could it possibly collapse? We are very skilled now, so don't worry, Priest."

He is very confident.

He also dug caves when he was in the Big Tree Tribe, but they were not as big and beautiful as these back then.

After returning to the yard, Ji Lang asked Xiaoman to go play with Wu and the others, while he went to find Xishi who was playing with the two kids in the house.

Xishi saw him come in and asked, "What did Grandma Xue say?"

"He said I seemed to be poisoned, and gave me some medicine to take first." Ji Lang said, and pointed to the tent in the yard, "Have you paid attention to those people? There is one person in there who is a little strange. I think he is always staring at me, and his eyes are not very friendly."

Xi Shi frowned, "Which one?"

Ji Lang, "The tallest old man, he was right behind me when I just went out. I felt very uncomfortable at the time, and turned around to see him walking away." Logically speaking, if that person had gone out normally, he would have gone through the doorway, and he would not have walked away directly when Ji Lang turned around. Besides, there was a water jug ​​next to their tent, and they cooked their own meals next to the tent, so it was impossible for them to go to the kitchen.

"Okay... I'll observe today." Xi Shi said, but he had been keeping an eye on the yard when he slept these past few days. That person had no chance to poison at all, and why did he poison only Ji Lang? This was too difficult to do.

The two of them whispered for a long time without any clue, and Ji Lang felt his head hurt even more.

After returning home, he soaked the pills in water and drank a cup of it. He felt much better. His eyes felt heavy, so Ji Lang climbed onto the kang and fell into a deep sleep.

I don’t know if it was the magic herb that worked, but Ji Lang slept soundly and comfortably. When he woke up, it was already evening.

In the yard, Lan took Ah Hua and two other women to do needlework, teaching them how to remove wool from old sweaters.

"This thing is soft and not as windproof as leather. Is it really warm?" said the boy's mother, a woman named A Rui.

She didn't know the benefits of this thing, but Ah Hua knew it. Ah Bai also wore it when he came here during the winter season, and even brought one back with him. Unfortunately, he was in a hurry when he left and didn't take it with him.

"Don't underestimate this, it's much more comfortable to wear than fur, and it's softer," said Ah Hua.

Another woman, Xiao Ting, was touching the wool and the unopened sweater in her hand. She did not doubt that the sweater was not warm, but was rather amazed at the craftsmanship that could turn a piece of thread into something that could be worn.

Glan glanced at the smiling Lan and asked in a low voice, "Can we make this thread out of wool or rabbit hair?"

Ji Lang, who had just come out of the cave, was relatively close to them. When he heard this, he was slightly stunned and then immediately reacted. Yes, this thing can be made by yourself with animal hair. Although it cannot be made very finely, it should not be a problem to make it.

"Of course you can." Before Lan could speak, Ji Lang spoke directly.

There happened to be some wool that had been sheared off previously in the house, so Ji Lang ran in and took some out. Several women gathered together and began to study it. If the wool could be put to good use, then everyone in the tribe could learn to knit sweaters in the future.

There was a burst of fragrance coming from the kitchen. The smoke came out of the chimney and slowly dissipated upwards, and was stained with a faint yellow under the setting sun.

The women gathered in the yard, talking and laughing. Uncle Lin was instructing the children in how to play. Wu was supporting Abai, who had not recovered yet, and walking in the yard. It was boring to just lie there all the time.

Such a peaceful scene made Ji Lang feel a little dazed.

I don’t know how Qingjiu and the others are doing, and whether everything is going well.

Qing Jiu, the person he was thinking about, was now hiding in a cave with Dayan and the others, eating dried meat. They planned to take action tonight. Cannibals were also strange, hiding during the day and not coming out at night. They basically stayed in caves during the day, and would occasionally come out to eat dead human flesh. At night, they would light a fire and gather together, not knowing what they were studying, and sometimes they would even fight each other.

It seemed that they did not rely on emotions to maintain relationships before. They only acted together because they were a tribe. But in fact, they were more like social animals. They would compete with each other for prey, and would not care about feelings when there was a conflict of interest.

Ah Zhou came back from outside with a few people, holding some wild fruits in his arms. He sat down and put the wild fruits down for everyone to eat. "They have already lit a fire."

These people are really weird. They don't go anywhere, always seem confused, and don't stockpile food. It seems that they are not worried about the cold season that will come soon. This is very strange. After all, Dayu and the others were not like this at that time. They were even thinking about killing Ji Lang and the others and taking away the food and caves of the Taotie tribe.

Of course, based on the situation around here, their tribe would probably be the next unlucky one to be targeted. After all, this place was close and they had plenty of food. But how did they know these things? They couldn't possibly know unless someone told them. But who told them?

Qing Jiu nodded, "We'll get closer after it gets dark, and then take action when it's completely dark. Is anyone watching?"

"Yes, we left five people to watch over them. But these cannibals are really disgusting. They don't stay in the same place at night and are always moving around. Moreover, there are only one or two caves in a mountain. Are they afraid that they will be killed and eaten by others while they are sleeping?" Ah Zhou said these things while chewing the dried meat with great effort.

Dayan came over, picked up a wild fruit from the ground, rubbed it on his clothes, peeled it with his mouth, and swallowed it in two bites. "Do you have this fruit over there? Pick some for the cubs when you go back." He had cubs of his own, so when he went out he paid more attention to what the cubs liked to eat. He always picked this fruit for Abai to eat, but he had never seen it around the Taotie tribe, so he didn't know if it was available there.

Qing Jiu also picked one up and smelled it. It had a peculiar smell, not pleasant but not bad either. He peeled the fruit like the wild goose and ate one. It was very sweet, with a large core and some stringy substances inside, which got stuck in his teeth.

I think Jilang will like it.

He nodded and asked, "Are there many around here?"

"There are quite a few of these fruit trees. Now most of them have fallen to the ground and rotted. There are not many left on the trees." Dayan said as he stood up. Something on the ground tripped him and he fell to one side, which happened to be the side where he was missing an arm. He had no hand to support himself and was about to fall when Zhou beside him quickly stood up and grabbed him.

"What's wrong? Are you tired? Why don't you get some hay and lie down? You've been busy for several days." Zhou said.

Dayan steadied himself and shook his head, "It's okay, I'll just sit for a while." He was indeed tired recently. From going out to make salt to returning to the tribe to save Ah Hua and the others, to now, he has been running around and his spirit is extremely tense. After finishing this, he must hug his partner and cub to have a good sleep.

However, he still looked at the bottom of his feet to see what had tripped him. The sky was already getting dark, and the cave was even darker, but the appearance of this thing was impossible to ignore. It was a human head hidden under the dry grass.

"What are you looking at?" Ah Zhou looked at him for a long time without moving. He followed his gaze and found the head. He squatted down and used a knife to push away the dry grass on the ground. "Why are there so many of these things?"

Under the dead grass was a dug pit, in which were buried the skulls of more than a dozen people, big and small.

After cleaning up the surroundings, everyone discovered that there were dark red bloodstains on the edges of the skulls, with strange symbols drawn on them, which looked very mysterious.

This cave is very close to the Baiyun tribe. It is not the previous tiger cave. It seems that these people held some ceremony here.

However, there is no smell in here at all. It seems that those people concealed their aura when they came.