This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 56 - 52 The Best Sacrifice

The huge pottery cauldron takes about ten days to dry in the shade, and it also requires some time to air dry in the earth kiln.

Therefore, after Jiang Xuan finished it, he began to prepare for the most important part of the ritual.

That is the preparation of offerings!

To make the ritual more grand and to satisfy the Divine Vine, the preparation of offerings is crucial.

First, there are various grains, including stone eggs, round potatoes, thorny fruits, red-haired fruits, and Polygonatum.

If they had five grains, it would be the best, but unfortunately, the Vine Tribe doesn’t have them yet; they can only be planted once found later.

Next is the Divine Vine’s favorite blood offerings.

Regarding blood offerings, Jiang Xuan plans to offer the Divine Vine large fish, seven-colored pheasants, five-colored ducks, big horned sheep, and black muntjacs.

The offerings this time are quite abundant, and Jiang Xuan believes the Divine Vine will definitely like them.

Jiang Xuan plans to hunt big horned sheep and black muntjacs first because the big fish are in the river and can be caught at any time.

That night, Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao, Gou Teng, Shi Qiu, and Nan Xing discussed hunting matters.

"We are going hunting. This time the hunt is quite challenging because we need to catch them alive for offering. I plan to take three people and leave one to guard the tribe."

Chi Shao said nothing, as she was definitely going.

Gou Teng rushed to say, "To catch live prey, we must rely on traps. I’m good at making traps. Leader, take me with you."

Jiang Xuan nodded, "Gou Teng is good at making traps, let’s have him."

"Me, me, me, leader, last time you promised to take me hunting!"

Nan Xing looked eagerly at Jiang Xuan. He was the youngest and the least capable in combat, always left out of hunts, and he had long been yearning for it.

Last time, Jiang Xuan left him home, promising to take him hunting next time. He couldn’t break his promise, could he?

Jiang Xuan looked at Shi Qiu with some difficulty.

Shi Qiu, being more composed, volunteered, "I’ll stay in the tribe."

"Alright, let’s take Nan Xing then."

"Yay!"

Nan Xing jumped up with joy, shouting, "I’ll go prepare the hunting tools right away."

Everyone in the room laughed, then each went to prepare their hunting gear.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao, Gou Teng, and Nan Xing, fully equipped, set off to hunt in the southern forest.

It was now late autumn, the morning autumn breeze carried a mournful chill, and the green leaves in the forest gradually turned yellow or red.

Jiang Xuan’s face was painted with a totem pattern, and he wore simple beast hide clothing, pants, and boots. He held a bone spear in one hand, a stone knife was tucked into his waist, and a beast hide bag slung over his back along with a bow and arrows.

It’s said that clothes make the man; this outfit made him look wild and more intimidating.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

On Stone Mountain, a giant dragonfly kept circling, grabbing large bugs and small birds and beasts to eat.

However, its movements were not as swift as in the summer.

"I wonder if this giant dragonfly can survive the winter."

Jiang Xuan looked up, his voice a bit low.

This giant dragonfly had accompanied the Vine Tribe for more than half a year, even helping them fight during the Mosquito Tribe’s Hunting Team attack, eating many bird-beaked mosquitoes.

But dragonflies seemed to have very short lifespans, and even its large size might not help it last through winter.

Chi Shao said, "Some insects live only a few days; living over half a year is already good for it, that’s its fate."

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment, "Yes, compared to the trees, our lives are also very brief."

Jiang Xuan didn’t dwell on the matter. Chi Shao was right; it was its fate.

"Let’s go, into the mountains to hunt!"

Jiang Xuan glanced at the giant dragonfly once more, then refocused, steadfastly heading into the forest, the three following behind closely.

Nan Xing was particularly excited, as his beast hide bag hid a bone whistle.

After long practice, he could now mimic bird and deer calls with the bone whistle. He planned to try attracting prey with the whistle sound once in the mountains.

Soon, they entered the vast, primitive jungle.

No matter their previous state, once in the jungle, everyone became highly focused, their steps light, actions becoming almost instinctual.

The jungle is dangerous, and so is hunting. Careless people can easily lose their lives in the jungle.

"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."

As they walked, Jiang Xuan suddenly stopped, crouching down, and the others followed suit.

Ahead was a flock of seven-colored pheasants, about seven or eight of them.

The Seven-Colored Pheasant is very beautiful. The rooster has a bright red comb on its head, a neck shimmering in purple-blue, and long and gorgeous seven-colored feathers on its tail, making it look extremely striking.

In autumn, the forest is abundant with food, and these Seven-Colored Pheasants grow quite fat. The rooster weighs roughly over twenty pounds, while the hen is smaller, estimated to be about ten pounds.

At this moment, these Seven-Colored Pheasants are searching for food in the forest, looking for plant seeds, fruits, and various insects to eat.

Jiang Xuan whispered to Chi Shao, asking, "Can we use snares to catch these Seven-Colored Pheasants? They’re very good offerings."

Chi Shao observed the surroundings and said, "The Seven-Colored Pheasants don’t fly far. We can loop around to the front, use insects as bait, set up snare traps, and then drive them over there."

"Alright, let’s do it this way."

Jiang Xuan waved his hand, and the four of them circled around the Seven-Colored Pheasants from a distance, moving to an open space ahead, quickly grabbing some insects, and setting up many snare traps.

Gou Teng indeed has a talent for setting traps. After some time of learning, the speed at which he sets traps is now comparable to Chi Shao.

Gou Teng bent down a small shrub, tied a rope to it, and connected it to a ground-triggered trap.

Finally, he tied an insect in the center of the snare.

This insect was connected to the trap’s trigger, so as long as the Seven-Colored Pheasants tried to eat the insect, they would pull the trap’s safety device, and the small branch would instantly spring up, pulling the rope tight and snaring the pheasant’s neck.

If lucky, it might even catch its claws.

"Alright."

Gou Teng then lightly cleaned the traces on the ground and continued setting up the next trap.

With the four’s efforts, all traps were soon set up. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"Nan Xing, follow me. Sister, you go to the left, Gou Teng goes to the right. Later, we will surround them from three sides and drive those Seven-Colored Pheasants to fly toward the traps."

"Alright!"

Jiang Xuan finished assigning tasks and immediately took Nan Xing to loop back to their previous position.

Chi Shao and Gou Teng then looped to either side of the Seven-Colored Pheasants.

"Woo woo woo..."

Once ready, everyone immediately stood up, waving the weapons in their hands and making sounds to drive the prey.

"Cluck cluck cluck..."

"Flap flap flap..."

The Seven-Colored Pheasants were startled and then flew up, instinctively fleeing in the direction where there were no people.

Since the Seven-Colored Pheasants are quite fat and not adept at flying, they only flew for dozens of meters before landing, hiding in the shrubs.

Jiang Xuan and the group gathered again.

Seeing the Seven-Colored Pheasants fly toward the trap area, Jiang Xuan was quite satisfied.

"Alright, now we find a tree from where we can see all the traps, and then hide on the tree and patiently wait."

The four searched around for a while and then found a tree with a good view, climbed up quickly, and hid among the thick branches, observing the activity through gaps in the leaves.

After about ten minutes, those Seven-Colored Pheasants thought the humans had left and cautiously poked their heads out from the shrubs.

Initially, they were quite cautious, carefully surveying their surroundings.

Half an hour later, they gradually grew bolder and began using their claws to scrape the ground as usual, looking for insects to eat.

An hour later, one Seven-Colored Pheasant was the first to discover an insect in a snare trap.

It stared at the insect for a while, ultimately unable to resist the temptation, and pecked at it.

"Whew!"

The Seven-Colored Pheasant triggered the trap, and the shrub instantly sprang up, along with the snare, which tightened and caught this Seven-Colored Pheasant’s neck, lifting it up.

This Seven-Colored Pheasant flapped its wings desperately but could no longer escape.

"Cluck cluck cluck..."

The other Seven-Colored Pheasants fled again.

"Caught it, let’s get down!"

The four quickly climbed down the tree, Jiang Xuan was the fastest to rush to the trap, grabbing the wings of the Seven-Colored Pheasant.

"Quick, tie its claws."

Gou Teng excitedly took out a rope, quickly grabbed the Seven-Colored Pheasant’s two claws, and tied them up.

Chi Shao then untied the rope from the pheasant’s neck to prevent it from suffocating.

"This is one plump Seven-Colored Pheasant, a top-notch offering, haha!"

Jiang Xuan held the Seven-Colored Pheasant, smiling with delight.

This hunting trip started well, surely they’ll capture even more prey next.