Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

In this way, everyone embraced the sacred tree and blessed it. Baba stood under the tree for more than half a quarter of an hour. Finally, his neck hurt so much that he reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

The sacred tree is quite stingy...

But despite this, some people still did not give up and slept under the tree all night with their clothes on. When they woke up the next day, they still had no hair at all. They couldn't help feeling depressed and unhappy.

The night passed peacefully until dawn. It was the most sound sleep everyone had since they fled, and everyone's fatigue was instantly relieved a lot.

Of course, those who did not sleep under the tree last night got up early and ran to the sacred tree and walked around it again and again, hoping that the sacred tree would show up and bestow blessings on them.

As a result, the sacred tree remained calm and not even a leaf fell.

Although everyone was disappointed, it was just as Doctor Qiao said, the sacred tree had spirits, and if it didn't give you anything, you couldn't just go and grab it. No one could afford to anger the sacred tree and get punished. Could they bear it? What if it implicated their family?

Well, if there is no problem, then there is no problem. After experiencing setbacks one after another, everyone’s mentality is now surprisingly good, and their self-healing ability is not given for nothing.

Soon, the group was immersed in another busy day.

However, they originally planned to stay here for three days to prepare everything before continuing their journey.

But because a sacred tree lives here, no one dares to disturb the peace of this pure land.

At this time, people still held an extremely pious and reverent attitude towards the gods. Therefore, when they were having breakfast in the morning, after discussing, everyone unanimously decided to stay for one more night, just one night, and set off tomorrow to continue their journey to the state capital.

As a result, everyone had to speed up a bit.

At the end of the day, plus yesterday's harvest, almost every household had a backpack or bamboo basket, a straw hat, and they found several baskets of wild vegetables, mushrooms, and wild fruits, as well as several pheasants and rabbits, and even pheasant eggs and bird eggs.

As for the shoes on many people's feet, they were almost worn out or about to be completely scrapped, but because they had to take care of the more important backpacks or bamboo baskets first, those who didn't have time to make straw sandals simply broke water grass and bamboo strips and put them in the baskets, and then made them while walking.

Doctor Qiao and his companions, along with the mute medicine boy and Doctor Li's new disciples, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, also skillfully dug up a lot of medicinal herbs from previous years.

Not only were all the corresponding medicines for treating the epidemic gathered, but a lot of medicinal herbs for Old Man Lin to treat his legs were also collected.

Moreover, taking advantage of the fact that Lin Xiaoyue had dug a beehive in the woods, the three doctors worked hard to make the medicine into large honey pills. This not only made it convenient to carry, but also saved the time of decocting the medicine on the way.

One small episode that we have to mention here was a rare moment when everyone saw Lin Xiaoyue being humiliated.

It was chased by a swarm of bees and screamed loudly, but finally it jumped into the waterfall and escaped being chased to the ends of the earth.

Of course, effort and reward are proportional. Looking at the big black Chinese medicine honey pills, Lin Xiaoyue thought that the big lumps caused by bee stings this time were well worth it.

Before leaving on the third day, several women from different families worked together to make more than 200 fish paste and wild vegetable cakes and more than 500 fish balls. The taste was a little strange because there was no salt, but it was enough to feed everyone for four or five days.

This time, having learned from the previous lesson of water shortage, everyone not only filled up their water bags, but also had their last meal before leaving, which was soup made with wild vegetables, mushrooms and wild boar meat. Everyone drank until their stomachs were full.

I couldn't bear to throw away even the pig's bladder, so I picked them all up for Erya. After washing them several times to remove the odor, I used them all to store water.

I thought, every failure is a learning experience. When the water in the water bag is finished, I can drink the water in the spare "water bag" or keep it for the animals. It is better than the previous situation where I couldn't find a water source, and people were thirsty and the animals were angry.

In short, don't be dissatisfied with the smell at this time, pick them all up and keep them for future use, and make sure nothing goes wrong.

When everything was ready, everyone left this paradise reluctantly with their abundant harvest.

It was already after noon, the hottest time of the day.

The group could not tell the direction due to the thick white fog, so they had to go along the downstream of the waterfall.

The forest was silent, with only the water flowing smaller and smaller as they moved further away from the Taoyuan Holy Land. Two days later, everyone was once again blocked, and what blocked their way was a vast and dangerous swamp.

The group stayed here for more than an hour. During this time, they dispersed their forces and carefully explored whether there were other ways out, but the only one was the one coming from the Taoyuan Holy Land.

Of the other three sides, one is a steep, rocky and sandy slope with an angle of 75 degrees. To the naked eye, the ground is covered with fine sand and gravel. It is very easy for people to slip on the steep slope, not to mention two animals, which cannot walk on it at all.

The other side of the gentle slope was a thorn ridge covered with various thorn trees. Even if everyone walked in the mountains and forests for a long time, if they chose this road, they would still step on these thorn trees from time to time.

Niu Tietou tried to walk ten meters without believing in evil, but every step he took, he would be tripped or entangled by thorns. If he tried to bend down to untie it, he would be pricked by the thorns on his back when he bent down or stood up. In just a distance of ten meters, Niu Tietou had more than ten cuts on his back and had to retreat.

The direction towards the state capital pointed to an area directly in front of them, which was covered by a swamp with no visible edge.

The crowd was helpless. There was no way to retreat and the future was a swamp. Even taking a detour to the sides would not work. Everyone had no choice but to move forward.

In this way, everyone could only be extra careful and cautious, with Lin Xiaoyue leading the way, followed by the Lin family, and the rest of the families adjusted their own order and moved forward in a column.

It wasn't that Lin Xiaoyue had to take the lead, but rather than handing her life over to others, she would rather explore the way herself, which was safer. Otherwise, if she wasn't careful, she might get caught up in it and be unable to extricate herself.

Moreover, the swamps here are connected to each other, and some have gradually formed small lakes, the depth of which cannot be determined at all.

Lin Xiaoyue, who was walking in the front and clearing the way, stepped carefully on the solid ground, trying to avoid those seemingly soft places. At the same time, everyone in the group held a walking stick tightly, and used it to test the ground conditions ahead from time to time.

For safety reasons, everyone had to slow down their pace. In the entire afternoon, they only managed to travel three or four miles.

However, even with such caution, danger still sneaks up.

Suddenly, the hunter's young wife's feet went weak, she lost her balance and slid into the mud.