Chapter 120： Wax Trees and Wax Worms

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The Crow God and the Jackal God fought for a long time, and the Crow God's feathers became thinner and looked a bit miserable.

The Jackal God was not much better. The wolf hair on his body was burned a lot by the divine fire spit out by the Crow God, and the east was bald and the west was bald.

The battle on the ground was also very intense. The jackal cavalry did not take advantage of the big crow's attack, and both sides suffered casualties.

"dumb……"

In the end, the Crow God didn't want to continue this mutually-defeating style of play, so he evaded the Jackal God with a breath of divine fire, and then flew away with sparsely feathered wings.

"withdraw!"

The leader of the crow tribe shouted and ran with the crow god.

The warriors of the crow tribe, as well as those big crows, retreated while fighting, and they ran clean after a while, leaving only hundreds of corpses on the ground.

On the Jackal Tribe's side, a warrior gasped and asked, "Leader, chase... chase?"

"Fuck you, go back!"

There are also many wounds on the head of the Jackal Tribe, not to mention that the Jackal God didn't chase after him. Didn't they seek death if they chased after him?

This battle has ended so inexplicably, but the hatred between the two sides has been forged, and if they meet again in the future, they will definitely fight.

...

Southern Wilderness, Vine Tribe, early morning.

Ophiopogon hesitated for a few days, and finally decided to find Jiang Xuan.

Ophiopogon japonicus is one of the four two-color warriors that the Blue Sheep Tribe joined the Vine Tribe. He is not tall, and his strength is not very strong, but he has one specialty, that is, raising wax worms.

The wax worm is the most important thing in the blue sheep tribe besides the blue sheep, because they can produce a large amount of insect wax every year.

Because wax worms are well-raised, Ophiopogon japonicus is very popular in the blue sheep tribe.

But now, the Blue Sheep Tribe is gone, and after joining the Vine Tribe, he won't have the opportunity to show his abilities, so he can only hunt with everyone.

He was thinking about those wax worms every day, and he could dream of those wax worms in his dreams at night.

So, after struggling for a few days, Ophiopogon decided to go to Jiang Xuan to see if he could take him back to the Yanyang tribe.

In the yard among the bamboo forests, Jiang Xuan is planting some mosquito-repelling plants, such as stinky grass and fan grass, in front of and behind the house.

As the weather warms up, the annoying mosquitoes are making a comeback.

Whether living in the forest or in the bamboo forest, the mosquitoes are horribly numerous and very large.

If you don't want to drive or kill these mosquitoes, you will be bitten every day if you lie in the house and sleep.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

At the entrance of the courtyard, Ophiopogon japonicus knocked on the door first, according to the habit of the rattan tribe.

Jiang Xuan said without turning his head: "Tangyuan, go open the door."

Tangyuan, who was pacing in the yard, walked over lazily and skillfully opened the courtyard door.

Although Ophiopogon knew that this purple ominous bird was raised by Jiang Xuan, but when he opened the door and saw a purple bird's head, he was so frightened that he took two steps back.

Tang Yuan felt bored, so he went back to his bamboo hut to sleep.

Only then did Mai Dong dare to walk into the yard, and cautiously came to Jiang Xuan's side, and said, "Leader."

Jiang Xuan turned around and saw Ophiopogon japonicus, so he put down the bone **** in his hand and asked, "So it's Ophiopogon japonicus, do you have anything to do with me?"

Seeing that Jiang Xuan could remember his name, Ophiopogon felt a little closer in his heart.

"Boss, I want to go back to the Blue Sheep Tribe."

"Why are you going back?" Jiang Xuan asked in confusion.

"Boss, the wax worms should have started laying eggs. I want to go back and make some worm bags for those worm eggs, so that they can grow up smoothly and spit wax insects in autumn."

A worm bag is a nest made of hay and other things, in which worm eggs are placed, and then hung on a tree, which can prevent the larvae from being exposed to wind, sun and rain, and improve the survival rate of the larvae.

If there is no artificial worm bag, it can hatch smoothly, and the number of wax worms that grow up will be greatly reduced.

Ophiopogon continued: "Although the blue sheep tribe is no longer there, the wax trees are still there. As long as they are not damaged, we can still harvest insect wax in autumn."

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up after listening to Ophiopogon's explanation.

He had already realized the benefits of insect wax.

Whether it's making candles for nighttime lighting, or grinding them into powder to heal wounds, it's great.

If the mountain forest of the blue sheep tribe can continue to produce insect wax, it is naturally the best, and the rattan tribe can continue to use the insect wax in the future.

If you can't use it up, you can also use insect wax as a precious commodity like the blue sheep tribe, and trade with other tribes to get some other things.

"Okay, when I finish planting these plants, I will go to the old witch to borrow a giant eagle to accompany you."

"Leader, let me help you plant it."

Jiang Xuan and Ophiopogon quickly finished planting the remaining stinky grass and fan grass.

Afterwards, the two went to the bamboo house where the old witch lived and borrowed a giant eagle from him.

Although the glutinous rice **** have grown a lot, it will take some time before they reach adulthood. There is no problem in short-distance flying, but long-distance flying is very difficult.

When the dumplings really grow up, you don't have to borrow the giant eagle all the time.

When Jiang Xuan told the old witch about the wax worm, the old witch was very interested in it and wanted to see it in person.

So Jiang Xuan said hello to Chi Shao and others, and then went to the Yanyang tribe again with the old witch and Ophiopogon on a giant eagle.

A few hours later, they landed at the former residence of the Blue Sheep Tribe. Looking at the burned-down residence and the white bones scattered on the ground, Ophiopogon couldn't help but feel sad, kneeling on the ground and crying.

Jiang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ophiopogon, be strong. Although the Yanyang tribe is gone, there is still the rattan tribe."

The old witch also comforted him for a long time before Ophiopogon finally came out of that sad mood.

Ophiopogon held a remnant bone and said, "Boss, I want to dig a hole and bury them in the soil."

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "I'll dig with you."

This time they came out with a bone scorpion and a bone hoe. Jiang Xuan was going to use it to dig up the wax tree seedlings. He wanted to see if the wax tree could grow on the mountains near the Veng tribe.

Now, they are just used for digging holes.

Jiang Xuan and Mai Dong chose a good location, and then began to dig a pit, while the old witch helped collect the remnants of bones.

Where the Yanyang tribe lives, although there are many stones, the soil is relatively loose, so digging is not particularly difficult.

Under the vigorous digging of the two, soon, a very large and deep pit was dug.

The old witch collected human bones and blue sheep bones into a pile, and then Ophiopogon put it into the big pit with his own hands.

Ophiopogon bent over and cried again, and then filled the soil little by little.

Soon after, a large solitary tomb appeared on the ruins of the Yanyang tribe, where the former clansmen of Ophiopogon and those blue sheep were buried.

After doing this, the time has come to the afternoon, but there is still some time before the sun goes down.

Ophiopogon took Jiang Xuan and Lao Wu to a large wax forest next to the residence of the Yanyang tribe.

The wax tree in this world is a tree that grows on high mountains. Most of them are seven or eight meters high, with a very thick trunk and many branches.

The leaves of the wax tree are rich in oil, which can be converted into insect wax after being eaten by wax worms.

"The wax worms are indeed laying eggs."

Ophiopogon japonicus stood under a wax tree and found that there were many dead female wax worms on the ground, and among the leaves on the tree, there were still many living female wax worms, but they did not move much.

Male waxworms died last fall after mating.

Female waxworms live longer, burrowing in the trunk or thick branches of wax trees and hiding there for the winter.

After spring, these female waxworms crawl out of their holes, eat the young leaves of wax trees, lay eggs after eating for a period of time, and then die.

Ophiopogon swiftly climbed up, searched for a while, and then picked two broad leaves from the wax tree and came down.

"Leader, old witch, look, this is the egg of the wax worm."

Ophiopogon japonicus turned over the wide wax tree leaves, and saw a large number of eggs on the back, sticking to the leaves.

Ophiopogon japonicus continued: "I'm going to pluck off all the leaves that have worm eggs, and then make a lot of worm bags, and put these leaves into the worm bags."

"When the tribe was still around, these worm bags would be placed in the house, and after the larvae hatched, they would be hung on trees and let them eat wax tree leaves."

"But now, we don't have time to wait for them to hatch, so we can only make worm bags and hang them directly on the tree."

When he said this, Mai Dong's eyes dimmed again, but he quickly adjusted his mood.

"After the larvae hatch, they will shed their skin once, and then grow larger. In autumn, they will start to spit wax. At that time, many branches will be covered with a thick layer of white wax, like snow."

Thinking of that scene, Ophiopogon's eyes lit up.

After Jiang Xuan and Lao Wu heard the introduction of Ophiopogon, they had a certain understanding of this strange-looking wax worm Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart: The world is full of wonders.

"Okay, it's getting late, I have to pluck off the leaves with worm eggs quickly."

Ophiopogon japonicus tied an animal skin bag around his waist. He climbed up the tree again, and among the many leaves, accurately picked the leaves that had laid eggs, and put them into the animal skin bag.

In this wax forest, there are hundreds of wax trees, big and small. It is not an easy job to pick all the leaves with insect eggs.

"I'll go help too."

Jiang Xuan also hung an animal skin bag, and then climbed to a wax tree. With his extraordinary eyesight, he carefully searched for leaves with insect eggs and picked them.

According to this workload, it is definitely impossible to go back today.

The old witch asked the giant eagle to hunt two prey, and he himself built a fire beside the wax forest to build a temporary shelter for the night.

When the old witch built the temporary shelter and lit the fire, the giant eagle also returned with a large prey.

At this time, the sun was sinking, and night was gradually coming.

Jiang Xuan and Ophiopogon, but only collected the eggs of half the forest, and it seems that they will continue to work tomorrow.

When night really fell, Jiang Xuan and Ophiopogon got down from the tree, and the two walked into the temporary shelter. The old witch had already roasted a lot of meat.

The two ate some meat, Ophiopogon japonicus pulled a lot of hay, and started weaving bug buns while they had nothing to do at night.

In Jiang Xuan's opinion, the insect bag woven by Ophiopogon japonicus is actually more like a bird's nest, or a hornet's nest woven from hay.

The worm bag is oval in shape, the upper part is finely woven, airtight, the middle is empty, but a few holes are left at the bottom for the hatched larvae to enter and exit.