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Chapter 60 Step through the iron shoes and find nowhere

"what is this?"

Grandma looked at the sand-like particles in the bag with a puzzled expression, thinking that no matter how difficult life is, she shouldn't eat dirt.

Picking out some of the pine cones with his fingers, he put them to his mouth and licked them, then motioned for Grandma to taste them too.

Grandma refused in her heart, and called Lan Hua to do it for her.

Lan Hua reluctantly picked out a few drops and put them into her mouth, immediately frowning.

The taste is extremely bad, she suspects that it is sand at all, and it is very bitter sand, but...the bitterness seems to have a little salty taste?

After careful identification, she asked in surprise, "Is there any salt in this?"

Not far away, Zhang Tian and Lin Yu moved their ears at the same time, and quietly moved behind Grandma and Lanhua.

Salt is not only the top of all flavors, but also the main source of sodium ions necessary for the human body. Of course, compared with water, salt is not so indispensable, but if there is a long-term lack of salt intake, it will cause weakness of limbs, neurasthenia, and Muscle cramps, palpitations and fainting.

Primitive people have been engaged in hunting and gathering for a long time, and the consumption of sodium ions is much higher than that of modern people, so the demand for salt is more urgent.

However, salt has been a scarce resource since ancient times. It is rumored that the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought for the ownership of the salt mine.

Most of the time, the people of the tribe can only obtain salt directly from the blood of animals and the roots of plants. In difficult times, they even need to obtain salt supplements from sweat and urine.

Could it be that there is no place to find when you break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it?The salt that the two of them have been thinking about is delivered to their door by themselves?
Zhang Tian stretched his neck and looked into the bag a few times, feeling disappointed.

Others are salt mixed with impurities, but he is salt mixed with impurities!
Obviously, the Big Tree Tribe doesn't know how to make salt. It seems that they scraped off the salt crystals on the rock wall or the surface, and bagged them directly without treatment.

This can be eaten... Zhang Tianjing is a man.

Song Guo said seriously: "We have found a land that can turn snow into salt. I know that it is not pure enough to eat. This is because we have not offered sacrifices to snow spirits. When the snow falls in the mountains, after offering sacrifices in the snow-salt land , the snow will turn into pure salt."

The priests of the Salt Tribe claimed so, and Song Guo had no doubts about it.

Zhang Tian suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and couldn't help showing joy on his face.He knows how to turn snow into salt!

Everyone in the Great River Tribe envied it, it was salt, and a small bag of pure salt was enough to exchange for several days of food at the tribal meeting.

Grandma said: "Are you planning to invite Shanxi to sacrifice to Xue Ling? As far as I know, the price of inviting him to sacrifice is not small."

"I know that he will take most of the salt and leave only a little bit for us."

Pinecone sighed helplessly.

The mountain stream they mentioned was the name of the priest of the Yan tribe.

Before this, the Juyan tribe had also discovered the snow salt land, and they tried to hold the sacrificial ceremony by themselves, but obviously, not all of them had the power of the mountain stream, and they spent a lot of materials to sacrifice to the snow spirit, but in the end they failed to make the snow spirit into pure salt.

"I don't want to ask him to help with the sacrifice, but... Mom, you know the story of the giant rock tribe better than me. Besides mountain streams, who else can turn snow into pure salt? I have no choice."

"No, you have!"

This sudden sound caused everyone to look up.

Song Guo also followed the sound, and saw that behind Grandma, the strange man with the pot head was smiling confidently at him... He asked in surprise, "You are?"

"He is called Tian, ​​and he is a child guided by our ancestors." Grandma said, "Our ancestors taught him a lot of knowledge. The meat you see is all hunted with his help."

The people of the Big Tree Tribe immediately exploded. Others may not believe this statement, but what is the status of Grandma?Her old man speaks well, how could there be any falsehood in what she said?

When they saw Zhang Tian for the first time, they all quietly commented on his unique hairstyle and took it as a joke, so they couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Song Guo didn't care about asking the ins and outs, he was more concerned about his snow and salt land.

"You said I have a choice, do you know someone who knows how to sacrifice Xue Ling?"

Zhang Tianzheng said: "Sacrificing to Xueling is the knowledge passed down from the ancestors. Just now, the ancestors taught me this knowledge."

"Ancestor?" Song Guo looked around, "Where is it?"

"In the sky." Zhang Tian pointed to the bright starry sky outside the cave, "Those clansmen who left us have all turned into stars, watching us from the sky and guarding us. As long as we look up at the sky, we will receive their guidance."

Song Guo and his clan were taken aback when they heard this.

Suddenly someone exclaimed: "I remember! You are that weird kid who always stares at the sky in a daze!"

After he said this, other people in the Big Tree Tribe also recalled, thinking of what the strange child had done before, they suddenly felt that things made a lot of sense.

Song Guo still couldn't believe it, and asked: "You mean, you will sacrifice Xue Ling?"

"Yes." Zhang Tian replied in the affirmative, "I can offer sacrifices for you, and the two tribes will each get half of the salt."

Pine Cone's eyes lit up, this condition is much more favorable than that of the mountain stream!He was very excited.

But... does this underage child really know how to worship Xueling?
Food is scarce, if the sacrifice is unsuccessful, this cold weather will become even more difficult.

No matter how you think about it, the risk is too great...

Zhang Tian saw that Song Guo had doubts, and immediately added: "My ancestors told me that as long as I pray to the sky, I don't need food to worship Xueling."

As soon as these words came out, not only the Dashu tribe, but also the people in his own tribe looked at each other, not knowing why.

Sacrifice to Xue Ling has always required food, so how come Zhang Tian doesn't need it?

Doubts are doubts, and the clansmen have no doubts about the authenticity of what Zhang Tian said. Since the ancestors said so, there must be reasons for the ancestors.

The people of the Big Tree Tribe didn't take it seriously, thinking that a sacrifice without food is still a sacrifice?If he did what he said, he would definitely fail, just like the giant rock tribe back then.

Song Guo didn't quite believe it either, but he thought that since he didn't need food, it didn't matter if he failed. At worst, he would invite the mountain stream to sacrifice in the next cold weather.

He thought for a while and asked, "What is prayer?"

Xiaoqian replied: "Prayer means looking up at the sky and making a wish."

Song Guo frowned: "I don't understand... what is the relationship between praying to the sky and offering sacrifices to Snow Spirit?"

Zhang Tian asked without answering, "Where does the snow come from?"

"Of course it fell from the sky..."

Pine Cone blurted out, and he understood immediately as soon as the words came out.

Everyone present also suddenly realized.

Snow falls from the sky, there must be some connection between snow and the sky!

Zhang Tian looked solemn, and then said something that shocked everyone:
"Snow is a part of the sky, and offering sacrifices to Xueling is essentially offering sacrifices to the sky. If we directly sacrifice to the sky, not only will we not need food, but the effect will be much better than offering sacrifices to Xueling, and the salt we get will be purer!"

(End of this chapter)