Chapter 3- Where Are You Going?
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Although the smashed moss couldn’t make Lu Zhan’s wound heal immediately, it was quite effective in stopping the blood from oozing from the wound. Perhaps because of Luo Zhen’s help to heal himself, Lu Zhan is also willing to answer all kinds of strange questions raised by Luo Zhen, even if these questions are the most basic common sense for him, he is not impatient.
After hearing the answers, Luo Zhen felt that either Lu Zhan was crazy or he was crazy. Why did he understand every word the other party said, but when combined, he didn’t seem to understand the meaning?
Luo Zhen wants to know the current year, month, and day, but Lu Zhan doesn’t understand what Luo Zhen said about the year. Although there are divisions, they are the same as Luo Zhen knows. Seven days is one week, four weeks is one month, and three seasons is one year but there is no such thing as a Gregorian or Lunar calendar. There is only a saying about how many years have passed. This number is still less than a hundred and Luo Zhen found that Lu Zhan’s pronunciation of these words was a little different from his native language, but it did not affect Luo Zhen’s understanding.
Then came the tribes’ Lu Zhan was talking about. Lu Zhan’s tribe was called the Black Panther Tribe. It was a full five days away from this deserted island and Lu Zhan had not taken the initiative to come into contact with the tribe living by the big lake, so he didn’t know the name of the tribe where Luo Zhen was located. However, as far as he knew, that tribe would send sacrifices to the water god every year.
It was the first time he saw a sacrifice falling into the water and being able to float around without dying. He was saved because of Lu Zhang’s momentary curiosity, this person was Luo Zhen.
Lu Zhan also looked at Luo Zhen when he said this. No one knows better than him how many dangerous and powerful creatures live in the big lake. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have to stay here when he was finally able to go out, healing himself on a desert island.
Luo Zhen spent a lot of effort to understand the information Lu Zhan said. Compared to his body inexplicably drifting on this deserted island that seems to have a volcano erupting at any time, it is obvious that what Lu Zhan said made him even more unacceptable.
Did he really travel through time to a remote primitive and savage era?
Isn’t this a prank that someone deliberately created for himself?
However, Lu Zhan didn’t let him digest it for too long as he patted the wound that had been re-tied with animal skins. The moss mud was refreshing and cool, and it alleviated a lot of pain.
He looked up at the sky. As time went by, the mist on the water slowly dissipated, “The sun has come out, and we will go back on the shore in a while.”
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“Go back to the shore? Didn’t you say that this place is far from the shore? How will we go back?” He doesn’t have the ability to swim long distances. “And you are still injured. What should we do if the water worsens the wound at this time?”
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Although the water waves here are not as strong as in other places, it is not easy to get into the water and Luo Zhen didn’t know how the other party dragged such a big catfish back to the shore before.
Lu Zhan stood on the boulder closest to the water, turned his head, and reached out to Luo Zhen. Probably because he had never taken care of it before, Lu Zhan’s black hair was a bit long, tangled in strands, and the wind blowing on the water could only stir up the ends of the hair.
There was no food on this isolated island, and there was no way to ask for help. Even if he did not fully believe what Lu Zhan said, Luo Zhen did not want to be left alone on the isolated island by the other party.
Although he didn’t know how Lu Zhan would take himself across this water surface where the opposite land was completely invisible, Luo Zhen gritted his teeth and walked over.
When Luo Zhen walked to his side, Lu Zhan hugged the other’s waist, put a hand under his feet, and jumped into the water lightly.
Luo Zhen was taken aback and choked when he entered the water. He didn’t have the energy to see the surroundings. Naturally, he didn’t know that the man who jumped into the water with his arms around him had a pair of slender feet that got slowly covered with white scales, his head was gently lifted out of the water, and the other party only maintained it to the extent that he could breathe. Then he kicked his foot forward and rushed straight forward like an arrow that had just shot off the bow.
The moss mud blocked the smell of blood so Lu Zhan was not worried about attracting the attention of the aquatic life.
The distance Lu Zhan said was very far and it was indeed far beyond Luo Zhen’s expectations. His limbs had begun to turn white and wrinkled because of being soaked in the water for a long time, but he still remembered to firmly hold onto Lu Zhan’s shoulders. Lest the other party accidentally let go and let himself sink into the water.
It wasn’t until the sun started to be westward that Luo Zhen’s feet finally stepped on the land again, but he was completely relieved and he didn’t have the energy to think about how Lu Zhan would have such a strong physical strength to take an adult man to swim in the water for a whole day.
They landed on a gravelly beach. Lu Zhan shook off the water on his head and perhaps it was because the moss mud was wrapped up with a layer of animal skin, so this time it was not completely washed away by the water. He had already seen how Luo Zhen made the moss mud, he planned to find some moss to replace it after entering the forest. He just sorted it out at random, and re-wrapped the animal skin to the waist, carefully avoiding the wound.
“I’ve brought you back to the shore, then I’m leaving.” Lu Zhan said as he lifted his feet and walked to the forest outside the gravel beach.
When Luo Zhen heard this, he got up from the ground, grabbed the other’s wrist, and asked anxiously, “Where are you going?”
“Going back to my tribe.”
“Then what should I do?” Luo Zhen only knew Lu Zhan here. If he really crossed into a barbaric era, would he still survive? No matter what his thoughts were, the most important thing for him now was to hug the thighs of the person in front of him and wait for him to figure out the situation in the future before making plans.
Lu Zhan looked back at him strangely, “How would I know what you are going to do?”
Luo Zhen was anxious, fearing that Lu Zhan would leave like this, “Then can you take me to your tribe?”
“Are you going to our tribe?” Lu Zhan looked at the opponent’s thin arms and legs, and said with a bit of disgust, “Our tribe does not accept warriors from other races.” But looking at Luo Zhen’s white and pure appearance, he doesn’t look like he is a person who can transform into a beast and fight.
“Didn’t you say that my tribe wants to sacrifice me to the water god? Now I can’t return to my tribe. If you don’t care about me, maybe I won’t be able to live long.” Luo Zhen shook Lu Zhan’s hand. He turned his head and looked at each other imploringly with big eyes, “As the saying goes, if you save people, save them to the end, even if your tribe does not accept warriors from other tribes, can you take me to another tribe?”
“There are no other tribes around here.” There are not many places suitable for tribes to live in on the mainland, and the tribes have their own exclusive territories. The area around the big lake has been occupied by Luo Zhen’s tribe, and after crossing the forest, there is only wild animal territory.
The Black Panther Tribe is in the dangerous Southern Foot Plains. The Southern Foot Plains is located under Changfeng Mountain where the human-faced bird lives, even the most powerful Black Panther tribe warriors dare not break into the Southern Foot Plains, only a few tribes come here to settle down.
Lu Zhan had never left this place. The furthest away he had been was on the deserted island where they had been staying just now. Naturally, it was impossible for him to know other tribes. However, every three years the tribe will select a group of warriors to go to a tribe called Liger tribe to exchange some stone salt, but that tribe is far away from them, and it takes months for the warriors to come back every time they go out. And every time, someone dies on the road, one can imagine how dangerous the trip is.
Seeing Lu Zhan’s refusal, Luo Zhen’s mind quickly turned, thinking about a reason to follow the other party temporarily, “What if I don’t join your tribe, but go to your tribe as a guest?”
“A guest?” The word was a bit strange, but Lu Zhan still understood what Luo Zhen meant.
Luo Zhen nodded quickly, “Yes, yes, I just want to live in your tribe for a few days, and I will leave after I find a place to settle. Don’t worry, I will not cause you trouble.” Luo Zhen was afraid that Lu Zhan would not believe him and almost raised his hand to swear.
Lu Zhan lowered his head and thought for a while. Although the tribe was unwilling to accept warriors from other races, they didn’t mind the people from other races who could not transform into beasts who could be the companions of their own warriors. Thinking of this, Lu Zhan raised his head and looked at Luo Zhen again. From his physical appearance, the other party might be very pleasing to the soldiers. If Luo Zhen is willing to eat the fruit of the fertility tree, maybe the leader will ask the other party to stay.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhan nodded and looked at Luo Zhen with a smile, showing a row of big white teeth, “Okay, then you can go back to the tribe with me.”
Luo Zhen finally felt relieved when he heard these words. He let out a long sigh of relief. He was about to thank the other party. Who knew that a wave of water would splash all over him, as Luo Zhen slowly turned around with a splash of water droplets, he then saw an unforgettable scene.
A giant beast more than a dozen stories high jumped out of the water, with its giant mouth open, and the sharp teeth could be seen. When Luo Zhen looked over, the giant beast’s eyes moved, as if facing him. Regardless, the opponent’s aura of despising sentient beings made Luo Zhen feel as if he had become the food in the mouth of a giant beast and would be swallowed by the opponent at any time.
The sun shining on the black scales on the back of the giant beast is a bit dazzling. If it weren’t for the more than ten-meter-high wave of water from the body or underneath, just looking at the beast’s appearance in the air would make people think that the creature was flying.
The time passed was not too long until the giant beast rushed back into the water, Luo Zhen had not yet recovered from this shocking scene.
“Qinglong?“
Lu Zhan sighed lightly, “This is really troublesome, I didn’t expect the big fish to catch up so quickly.” As he said this, he carried Luo Zhen on his shoulders as the giant beast in the water jumped out of the water again and they headed into the next forest. They were running away.
The water is the home of those big fish. Even if they just stay on the shore, it is a very dangerous thing. Some big fishes have limbs and can climb onto the land for a short time. Lu Zhan, who is busy rushing back to the tribe, doesn’t want to confront those big fishes.
Fish with limbs? Excuse me? Why are these beasts so scary?? 😭
Thank you for the chapter!!
Well, last chapter, the catfish also has limbs, maybe the author is using the evolutionary fishies as inspiration, right after some of em ventured to land.
So large ah? Really the environment is just so hostile! Our poor MC, he certainly won’t have an easy life even when hugging the thighs of his great God.
Fish with legs? Amphibians?
Thank you very much for the translation 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Everyone is talking about the big fish but I am more interested in the child-bearing tree lol.