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Chapter 158 Black Wood

Bai Ling got up just as dawn was breaking. He quickly washed his face, ate something simple with his father and five others, and set off before the sun had even risen.

Wu's beast form is a fox, but he did not transform into his beast form; instead, he sat on Bai Ling's back.

Feng was originally going to carry Wu on his back, but Bai Ling beat him to it. Bai Ling's reason was simple: his body was already very strong, so carrying a clansman on his back was nothing.

Since his son was going to carry the tribe on his back, Feng didn't argue with him. The huge white lion and white wolf walked through the wild grass and headed towards the Yuanhu tribe.

It was summer, and the vegetation was lush. They darted through the grass, startling small animals every now and then. They also encountered red-horned beasts. The red-horned beasts were drinking water by a stream when they saw Bai Ling and Feng running towards them, and they immediately ran away.

The sun was already high in the sky. After running for so long, both the man and the beast were thirsty. They stopped by the stream. Wu slid off Bai Ling's back, walked a few steps to the stream, and bent down to drink some water.

Bai Ling quickly let out two "howls," and Wu turned around curiously, wanting to know why Bai Ling was making those noises.

Bai Ling swayed slightly, signaling Wu to untie the basket from her father's back. While Wu was untying the basket, Bai Ling ran to the nearby bushes and transformed into human form.

Wu had already taken the baskets off his back. Bai Ling opened one of the baskets, which was filled with bamboo tubes.

This was made by Bai Ling from bamboo; it can be used to hold water when you're outside.

"Fifth Uncle, there are a lot of unseen dirt in the water outside. Drinking it will easily upset your stomach. This is boiled water that I brought from the tribe. Let's drink this."

Bai Ling asked the beastmen of the Longhorn tribe to bring a lot of bamboo. He made many bamboo tubes, and now the tribesmen who go out hunting carry bamboo tubes so they can drink boiled water.

However, some tribesmen still haven't changed their habit of drinking raw water. Wu is one such example. When he's out gathering, if he gets thirsty, he either finds wild fruits to quench his thirst or goes to the river or stream to drink water.

However, Bai Ling had brought water from the tribe, so Wu stopped drinking the stream water and instead filled most of the bamboo tube with cooled boiled water.

The three drank some water, rested for a while under a big tree, and then continued on their way.

Around noon, the three stopped traveling and ate some dried meat in a small grove of trees.

It was too hot at midday in the summer, and they had set off too early in the morning. After running all morning, they were quite tired, so the three of them decided to rest in the grove and wait for the hottest part of the day to pass before continuing their journey.

Bai Ling found a big tree, cleared away the grass around it, and then transformed into his beast form to rest.

In the wild, unless there is a cave, the beastmen will rest in their animal forms. Firstly, it is more comfortable to rest in their animal forms in the wild, and secondly, they can scare away wild beasts, making them safer.

The woods were quite cool, and the sun couldn't shine in. Bai Ling was exhausted, and soon after getting off the stove, she fell asleep.

*

Bai Ling and his two companions arrived at Yuanhu Tribe in the morning. At this time, there were not many tribespeople in the tribe, only three tribespeople who stayed behind were processing animal meat.

The tribesmen who were curing the beast meat were surprised to see Bai Ling and his two companions arrive. When they learned the purpose of their visit, the three beastmen who stayed behind immediately understood that Ling must be planning something again, which was why he came to Yuanhu Tribe to find wood.

Bai Ling and Feng spoke to the clansmen who stayed behind, but Wu didn't say a word. He raised his head and looked around, his expression somewhat sad.

He was born and raised in the Yuanhu tribe. The place where he grew up was destroyed by a rainstorm, and he and his people had no choice but to abandon the tribe and move to other places.

Although he is living a good life now, Wu is still in a bad mood when he sees that the place where he used to live is covered by weeds and there is almost no trace of his former life.

Bai Ling spoke with the beastmen who stayed behind for a few minutes and then noticed Wu's expression. Bai Ling could understand Wu's feelings. Seeing the place where he grew up become like this would make anyone feel bad.

“Fifth, let’s go find some blackwood,” Bai Ling said as she walked over. “If the blackwood is really suitable, we should cut some down and bring it back to the tribe.”

There were still things to do after returning, so Wu buried his sadness in his heart for the time being and pointed in a direction, saying, "Ling, there are the most black trees over there. I'll take you to see them."

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This is a dense forest. Because of its proximity to water, the trees here grow taller and more lush, with layers upon layers of branches, allowing dappled sunlight to filter through.

As soon as they entered the forest, Wu pointed to a tree in front of them and said, "Ling, this is the Blackwood."

The blackwood was very tall, with dark green bark. Its branches all grew upwards at an angle, and its leaves were oval-shaped, larger than Bai Ling's outstretched hand. Bai Ling picked up a leaf from the ground and found that the blackwood's leaves were quite thick, with serrated edges.

Wu had already started peeling the bark off the blackwood tree. The branches of the blackwood tree were very tall. Bai Ling tied his machete to his waist and planned to climb up and cut a few branches to see what he could do.

Feng saw this and quickly pulled Bai Ling back: "Ling, come down, I'll climb the tree."

Feng's beast form is a white wolf, and he is much better at climbing trees than Bai Ling.

Upon hearing this, Wu stopped what he was doing, tucked his machete into his waistband, and laughed, "Don't argue, I'll climb the tree. Climbing trees is very easy for us fox-beastmen. You can just wait down here."

Before Wu could finish speaking, he had already climbed the tree. In a few quick movements, he reached a thick branch, took the machete from his waist, and shouted down, "Feng, Ling, you two stay away, I'm going to cut some branches."

Bai Ling and Feng quickly retreated. Once they were in a safe area, Wu Yi grabbed a tree branch with one hand and swung his machete with the other, quickly cutting off a tree branch.

*

Just as Huo said, black wood is very flexible. Bai Ling is very strong now. He can easily break other branches, but the branches of black wood are bent into semicircles, yet they don't even show any signs of breaking.

He let go of one hand, and the branch immediately returned to its original shape.

Bai Ling felt a surge of joy. He said to Wu in the tree, "Wu, you can come down now. Let's go look for some dead blackwood."

Making bows and arrows requires dry wood. I wonder how tough and elastic this kind of wood is after it dries.

If it's also very good, then he can start making bows and arrows.

Wu, along with Bai Ling and Feng, found a dead black tree. Bai Ling tested it and found that the black tree was more elastic and resilient than he had imagined.

Moreover, blackwood is very hard, making it a perfect material for making bows and arrows.