Qingyunxian

Chapter 133 Setting up camp
After the ear mice inhaled the poison, they let the elephant prey go. They seemed to understand that they should not drain the pond to catch fish.

The elephant hunter was frightened and retreated into the abyss, leaving only the foolish snakes on the dangerous peak, which continued to rush into the direction of the forest.

Without the danger of the ferocious beasts, this snake tide posed no threat to the wild people of Liu Xun.

His entire body was armed with animal bone armor, so poisonous snakes could not break through his defense at all. Even if they bit into his body through the gap, their venom would be blocked by the tough animal skin.

After clearing out the snakes, Li instructed some women to cook snake soup, and also used the snake meat to make some delicious dishes, which were then distributed to all the wild people.

The rest of the snake's parts were thrown to the wild boars. These guys accepted everything and could withstand the remaining venom from the poisonous snake. At most, they would lie on the ground dizzy and rest for a while.

With fruits and plant roots in the mountains and forests, the white apes had food.

Liu Xun was eating fried snake meat and was a little surprised by the taste of the dish.

Li’s cooking skills are pretty good.

When asked about him, Li coughed and wheezed, "In the tribe, I was weaker and didn't need to hunt. I stayed in the tribe a lot. After a long time, I became more skilled in this aspect."

Liu Xun saw a hint of loneliness in Li's eyes.

This quick-witted and calm man is probably tired of his illness. If he were not burdened by his illness, his prospects would be more than this.

Liu Xun looked at Li's melancholy expression and an idea came to his mind.

The disease that Li was suffering from was most likely a congenital plague. If he combined it with martial arts techniques related to plague and absorbed the essence and blood of a plague-causing beast into his body, his martial arts achievements would probably not be inferior to others.

The word "xiantian" in Xiantian plague is not just a word.

Before it is conquered, the innate plague is a death warrant, but once it is conquered, it will become nourishment for the improvement of Li martial arts.

The problem goes back to the beginning. Liu Xun needs to find a martial arts technique that focuses on the plague. At the very least, the part that condenses the evil spirit must be related to the plague. Only in this way can he control the innate plague path in the Li body from a subjective position.

The plague beast is easy to find, so Liu Xun is not worried about that.

In addition, Li also needs to eliminate his essence and blood and return to the body tempering stage like the wild people of the Yang tribe.

Li is suffering from a serious illness and his strength is very dangerous. The danger he faces may be similar to those old people like Pu.

In view of this, Liu Xun needs a gentle method to protect Li's life so that he will not be unable to bear it.

Liu Xun sighed in his heart: "I have to refine another furnace of pills."

Liu Xun had great attainments in alchemy. In his previous life, he collected many recipes for elixirs, and combined them with the blood of disasters and auspicious essences from the Wilderness Sutra to refine many elixirs with miraculous effects.

But at that time he was already the old demon Huangquan, and others had no idea about Liu Xun's level of alchemy.

Some people even tried to find the source of Huang Quan's elixir, suspecting that Liu Xun had colluded with some alchemy family or sect, which gave Liu Xun some breathing space to a certain extent.

Liu Xun shook his head and started eating the food in front of him.

After the meal, the folks put away the spear throwers they brought with them. Since this was a mountainous environment, the spear throwers were basically useless.

After the environment was moved, all the previously stored supplies were brought over.

The collected white ape stone sticks were nailed into the ground, forming a circle of dense stone pillar fence.

These stone sticks provide better protection than wooden fences.

Subsequent beast waves will appear here, so the wild people need a pass that is easy to defend.

Among the wild people present, Ben was the only one who knew something about defensive facilities. Without any instructions from Liu Xun, he chose a peculiar building.

Liu Xun looked at the pattern on the animal skin paper and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

This kind of protective building, which he had never seen before, had very complete functions.

An inverted pyramid stands on the ground, and each triangle is supported by hard logs, making the inverted pyramid stable.

This is the most difficult part, but there are many tree resources nearby, so there is no need to worry about support issues.

On top of the inverted pyramid is a wide platform filled with city defense equipment, and there is a watchtower in the center.

If the beast tide comes from the ground, it will be difficult to climb up the inverted pyramid, and there are many pillars, so it will not be easily knocked down by the beast tide. Liu Xun smiled and said, "It's a good advantage, but have you considered the beast tide coming from the sky?"

Ben was speechless and fell into silence.

Although the veteran's wisdom allowed him to quickly adapt to the identity of a general, Ben had little experience in warfare, so it was inevitable that he was not well considered in some aspects.

When Liu Xun raised his objection, Ben fell silent.

After a long while, Ben said in a hoarse voice: "We still have spear throwers. Maybe we should ask the craftsman to make another weapon with a higher firing frequency!"

If the beast tide really comes from the sky, anti-aircraft weapons are the key to defending against the enemy.

If we fail to effectively kill the beast tide in the air, they will be left behind in the next wave of beast tide and attack together with the new wave. The snowball will keep getting bigger and bigger, and there is only one possibility: defeat in the end.

As one of the wise barbarians, Jiang was also present. Upon hearing Ben's request, he said hurriedly, "The production requirements of bows and crossbows are very high. Throwing spears is not powerful enough. I really can't think of any weapon that can fight against the beast tide in the sky."

Ben's proposal seems simple, but it is very difficult to implement in practice.

Ben Jianjiang denied his idea, frowned, and said seriously: "Is there no simple long-range weapon?"

"Ranged weapons are more difficult to make than melee weapons. Spear throwers are already the simplest craft. How much simpler do you want to make it?"

"Do you think this is a toy for children to throw stones at?" The carpenter's mouth foamed and he began to babble incessantly, as if to say, "If you can do it, come on."

As soon as Jiang finished speaking, Liu Xun and Ben both turned their eyes to him.

Jiang was embarrassed by being stared at: "Why are you looking at me?"

During this time, Jiang learned the language and became familiar with the wording.

Ben patted the tree trunk beside him, his eyes flashing: "Just throw stones!"

"Sling!" Liu Xun knew what Ben wanted to say.

Among long-range weapons with short-range bursts, the slingshot is simple to make and has no restrictions on materials. A familiar vine and a stone will do.

Although the sling is mainly used to deal with enemies on the ground, it can also be used against the air.

Its characteristic is close-range burst, and its short-range lethality is much higher than that of a spear thrower, but it does not have the piercing effect of a spear thrower.

Assuming there is a tide of beasts in the air, the slingshot is a good anti-air weapon.

When using a slingshot on flat ground, ordinary people can use it freely after a little training, but if the enemy comes from the air and they want to throw stones into the sky, the people's arm strength cannot make full use of the slingshot.

Jiang was a weapon craftsman, and Ben was a general on the battlefield, and both were well aware of the weakness of the slingshot.

But isn't there a way to make up for the shortfall?

Nor is it!
Liu Xun pointed at the white ape climbing around on the tree with a meaningful look on his face.

What he meant was self-evident.

If you don't have enough strength, just let these strong white apes do the work.

A white ape that can be trained as a cavalryman should have a strong ability to learn and imitate. As long as it is taught a few times, it should have no problem using a slingshot.

When there is no tide of beasts in the air, the white ape can continue to form cavalry with the wild boar to charge for Liu Xun.

It seems that it was a wise decision to tame some white apes before.

The craftsman gladly accepted the order and started making a batch of slings.

Before the sling was made, the white ape was diverted to other places.

For example, logging, moving wood, and building inverted pyramids.

Once the slingshot is completed, Ben will train the white apes to use this simple long-range weapon.

"Brother Cao, I finally got to you!" The voice of Dou Fang, the uninvited guest, came from the forest.

(End of this chapter)