Chapter 12 – Da Wu
“You said this weed can stop the bleeding?” As soon as Da Wu returned to the tribe, he was invited to the tribe leader’s tent.
Hei Shan handed a newly dug thistle to Da Wu, and along the way, told him how Lu Zhan was injured.
“According to the foreigner, this weed is called a large thistle. When I went back to check Lu Zhan’s injury in the morning, it was not bleeding anymore and had begun to get better. This weed can be seen everywhere- if it can really treat injuries then in the future when our soldiers go out hunting, we will have a lot more hope of surviving injuries.”
Da Wu twisted the large thistle but did not rush to agree with Hei Shan’s words. After a while, Da Wu asked, “You said that the human-faced bird came after the beastman of the Tiger-Lion tribe?”
“Well, the injury is not serious. I have arranged for him to live in Hei Huo’s tent temporarily.”
“The Tiger-Lion tribe lives on Changfeng Plain…” Da Wu paused when he said that.
Hei Shan understood what the other party meant. “I have already asked that person. His name is Luka. Although he was born in the Lion tribe, he left the tribe alone when he became an adult. He is currently a lone beast. And according to him, he only accidentally broke into the territory of the human-faced bird while climbing over Changfeng Mountain, and this awakened the human-faced bird.”
Da Wu was relieved when he heard this. Before winter arrived, they had to arrange for the soldiers to go out hunting again. They don’t want to have to leave most of the warriors to guard the tribe because of the human-faced birds. If there is not enough food hunted and stored for this winter, he was afraid that their tribe will have a hard time.
“Lu Zhan hasn’t woken up yet, can Da Wu go see him?”
“Since his wound has stopped bleeding, it shouldn’t be serious. Let’s go and see our guest first. Since he came from a long distance from Changfeng Plain, we should exchange some things for him to help us to go to the Tiger-Lion Tribe next spring.”
Hei Shan only brought Da Wu to the tent where Lu Zhan lived when it was about to be nightfall. Because Lu Zhan had been in a coma, Luo Zhen could only boil a little vegetable broth to feed him, he had just finished feeding him just now and was preparing to smash the newly picked thistles for Lu Zhan to change his wound dressing.
Hei Shan introduced the two of them to one another. Luo Zhen curiously greeted Da Wu. As far as he knew, Da Wu was not a warrior capable of transforming, but his gaze was very aggressive, not any less powerful than those fighters.
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“Da Wu, can I trouble you to see A-Zhan? He has been in a coma for a day and a night.” Luo Zhen respectfully stepped aside.
Da Wu didn’t say whether he’ll check him or not, he only stepped forward and took a little of the thistles that had just been smashed away from the stone slab in front of Luo Zhen, he put it under his nose, smelled it, put it in his mouth again to have a taste.
After squinting his eyes and feeling for a while, Da Wu approached the slate bed. Lu Zhan’s expression was much better than yesterday. His spilled blood has been cleaned up by Luo Zhen.
Da Wu raised his hand and nodded, signaling Luo Zhen to take apart all the leaves used as bandages on Lu Zhan’s body. He needed to see the condition of the other party’s wound.
Luo Zhen had originally planned to change Lu Zhan’s dressing and Hei Shan had no experience with this at all, so he took the initiative to help.
He had to say that the people here have really strong healing abilities. For such a serious injury, he only used the medicine mud made by smashing such a primitive thistle. Now after removing the medicine from it, there was no longer any blood seeping out.
The people here have no sense of hygiene. Da Wu’s long nails are full of mud and dirt. Luo Zhen saw that the other party directly reached out and pinched Lu Zhan’s wound. The long black nails picked up the large thistle mud that was blocking the wound to open it.
His movements cannot be said to be gentle, and his strength does not seem to be small. The wound that had only been hemostatic after a long time once again oozed a bit of bright red blood because of Da Wu’s movements. Luo Zhen frowned when he saw this. He didn’t know if all the people here were treated in this way, although he wanted to stop it because of his own cognition, but after thinking about it, he still held himself back.
Da Wu checked it again, and even carefully touched the not-so-serious burn mark.
“The weeds used in the wound here are not the same?” Da Wu said affirmatively after putting it in his mouth and tasting the taste of the smashed dandelions which had been used for a whole day.
“Yes, it’s another weed called dandelion.” Luo Zhen replied. This kind of plant is too common. When he was young, a large amount of these flowers grew outside his house in the country, occupying a large space. It was a memorable plant like the thistle, but when he was young, he didn’t know what effect these things had. After he grew up, he developed an interest in reading books, and only then did he realize that the small flowers and grasses that he usually don’t care about have effects that are not simple. For example, in this primitive world lacking medical care and medicine, it has become a life-saving herb.
“Why use different weeds?”
“They have different effects.” Luo Zhen recalled the various materials he had read and spoke about the difference between the two plants in words that they could understand.
After listening carefully, Da Wu turned around, not to face Luo Zhen, but to Hei Shan, and said, “The stock of medicinal mud in the tribe is not large anymore. Since the method he said is useful, then continue to use this weed. Lu Zhan’s recovery ability is good, even if he doesn’t use medicinal mud, he can recover.”
Luo Zhen was stunned, had Da Wu finished the diagnosis for Lu Zhan? “Da Wu, do you know when Lu Zhan will wake up?” Luo Zhen wanted to follow after them when he saw Da Wu turn around and he hurriedly stopped.
“The Beast God hasn’t accepted him and he has not returned to the embrace of the Beast God. I heard that he is your chosen partner, as a foreigner, don’t worry, he is just too tired so he fell asleep. You take good care of him until he can wake up. He will naturally wake up when he has enough energy. Then you can come to me again, and I will help you hold the bond ceremony and tell the beast god that you will eventually become the most loyal person to one another.”
After Da Wu finished speaking, he didn’t stay anymore this time and took a step to leave.
“Don’t worry, since Da Wu said that A-Zhan is okay, he will definitely get better. Do you need me to apply the medicine?” Hei Shan patted Luo Zhen on the shoulder and comforted him.
Lu Zhan had too many wounds on his body and before coming, he had already guessed that Da Wu might not use the precious medicinal mud on Lu Zhan. That medicinal mud would only be reserved for the soldiers who will go out hunting next time and also be reserved for when they cross Changfeng Mountain to the Tiger-Lion Tribe in the spring.
As the leader, Hei Shan naturally understands the meaning of Da Wu, but now Luo Zhen is just half a member of the Black Panther tribe, he naturally has to explain. If Lu Zhan really heals his injuries with the weeds provided by Luo Zhen, then at least in the future when the medicine mud is lacking, their wounded fighters have another way to heal their wounds and survive.
Even for those warriors who might be injured in the future, Hei Shan wanted to use Luo Zhen’s method to treat them first.
Luo Zhen didn’t say anything, shook his head gently, and declined Hei Shan’s help. Just now, Da Wu’s hand touched Lu Zhan’s wound. He needed hot water to clean him up again. He didn’t know if this behavior would be disrespectful and make Hei Shan think that he dislikes Da Wu so can only deal with it carefully.
Since he didn’t need help, Hei Shan didn’t stay too long after that and also left.
Fortunately, when Luo Zhen was preparing to change Lu Zhan’s dressing, he prepared hot water, put the animal skin in it, and boiled it for a while before taking it out to help Lu Zhan clean his wounds.
Animal skins are not the best substitute for cloth, and the tanning technique is not good so it is a bit hard. Some skins will naturally smell rotten after a long time so the skins used by Luo Zhen for cleaning were kindly provided by Jiao Zhu.
Speaking of Jiao Zhu, just as Hei Shan just walked forward to leave, Jiao Zhu came to help behind his heels. Their two tents were not far apart, and Jiao Zhu was there to help him most of the time today.
Jiao Zhu is a very silent person. Two days of contact is enough for Luo Zhen to understand that although the other party is also a foreigner like him, he is not the same as his own ordinary self. Jiao Zhu is a beastman and he came from the Horned Lion tribe. After the tribe was destroyed, several tribesmen fled to the southern foot plains. They happened to be found and brought back by the people of the Black Panther Tribe. Since then, they have joined the Black Panther Tribe.
Jiao Zhu became partners with the warrior who first discovered him, that is, Hei Ya, and in the first year, he personally won the child-bearing fruit and gave birth to A-Shui.
Yes, he was not mistaken, that man who is taller than Luo Zhen and has tougher features gave birth to a small life himself.
Luo Zhen was in a mess when he heard this, but thinking that this is a completely unfamiliar world, a man giving birth to a child, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept such things.
Well, as long as this thing didn’t happen to him, Luo Zhen would send blessings to all the men who took the fruit and gave birth to little lives.
Remembering that Lu Zhan had repeatedly told him that a foreigner who would join the Black Panther tribe would have to take the fruit within three years, he couldn’t help but shudder and touch his flat belly. The idea of staying in the Black Panther tribe has changed decisively, it seems that he must find a place where he can live within three years. He doesn’t want to have the function of giving birth to a small life.
“The herb you found is better than the mud.”
Luo Zhen, who was thinking about such things, raised his head suspiciously when he heard the words of the person next to him.
Jiao Zhu’s hands kept moving. Yesterday he had seen how Luo Zhen treated Lu Zhan’s wounds, and he saw for the first time how he used leaves as a bandage, he knew things better than Luo Zhen. Jiao Zhu seemed to be worried about being heard by others so his voice was lowered, “Your herb won’t let the wound rot.”
Jiao Zhu paused, “You are right not to use medicinal mud.”
Luo Zhen: “…”
Da Wu’s dirty nails touching Lu Zhan’s wound made me physically cringe.. Please teach them about hygiene Luo Zhen 😭
… I think the problem is how they handle the wound with dirty hands and not the medicinal mud…
Is that the reason why Hei Ya’s leg(?) become like that…