Qingyun, the leader of the Qinglong tribe, smiled at Ling Xiaoyue as a greeting.

Next, after getting to know the leaders of the Chi tribe and the Goat tribe, the group came to the thatched hut that Taohua specially built for them.

As Taohua had said, the place was filled with rainbow flowers. The researchers and Ling Xiaoyue were both delighted.

Only those who are concerned about mosquitoes in the summer know how important the rainbow flower is. It is a treasure that you can't leave without, just like your mobile phone, whether you are going out, going to the bathroom, or sleeping in the summer.

If this could be sold, I wonder how popular it would be. Purely natural, without any technology, it's most popular with pregnant women and babies, as well as border guards in certain mountainous areas.

Ling Xiaoyue hurriedly wrote this down in her notebook. She wanted to see if she could collect a large amount of rainbow flowers and their seeds this time.

Next, Taohua took Ling Xiaoyue and his group to visit the Xia tribe.

I have seen the small square in the tribe. All the tribal work such as cooking and dividing food is done here.

I saw the cave where the tribe stored food and supplies. The cave entrance was small, and the interior was very spacious, and surprisingly, it was not damp at all.

According to Taohua, this is also a "holy place" for the tribe to reproduce. Women in the tribe live here when they are about to give birth, and they don't move out until their children are two years old. Children, however, stay here until they are five, when they move out to live with their parents. They can occasionally stay with their parents, but to protect the safety of their cubs, they spend most of their time in this cave.

Ling Xiaoyue took a closer look and found the two quilts he had given to Taohua in the cave.

The older children were all wearing linen clothes, while the younger ones were naked, covered with a piece of linen. Seeing so many people coming, babbling and waving their little hands and feet, it was so heartwarming.

Taohua said that the linen clothes and linen cloths on these children were from the tribe. When the children were old enough, these precious linen clothes would be given to other children, and they would wear animal skin clothes. This way, the children would not be easily scratched and their chances of survival would be higher.

They then arrived at the water source next to the tribe. Taohua explained that it was one of the tribe's most important assets, as water was the source of life, and all tribes were built around water. Even if a tribe wasn't near a stream, it was certain to have a small source, and it wasn't too far from a larger source.

Behind Ling Xiaoyue, the planners and engineers frantically took notes, their pens wielding paper and pens. They wrote down what the infrastructure lacked, where things could be built, where improvements could be made within reasonable limits, and what needed attention. Their pens danced across the notebooks.

The botanists and sociologists also wished their eyes could turn into cameras, snapping away at everything they saw. But then, thinking of the recorders carried by those ahead of them, they felt less anxious. They would just wait until they could disperse and then pull out their own cameras and other supplies to record the data.

Finally, Taohua led Ling Xiaoyue and the others to the clouded leopards' home. These leopards had been acquired through a large trade of meat from the Tiger-Lion Tribe. The Tiger-Lion Tribe possessed the secrets of animal taming, but their most tamed species was the clouded leopard. They explained that this was because clouded leopards were easier to tame than other animals and less likely to harm their owners after successful taming.

Well, write this down as well, and see if we can exchange this secret method. This way, our soldiers on the border and in the mountainous areas won’t have to worry about attacks from wild beasts when on duty, and their patrols will be much easier.

After visiting almost all the tribes, Taohua suggested that we could also visit the nearby Qinglong tribe and other tribes. There was a pond in the Qinglong tribe, which was where the Qinglong lived. There were many vines in the tribe, and the scenery was different from that of the Xia tribe.

The Goat Tribe lived in caves, and many goats lived on the mountain. One side of the mountain looked like it had been assembled, and was entirely made of salt rocks. The Goat Tribe was surrounded by the most bizarre hills, with strange rocks of all colors.

The Chi tribe lived in the dense forest. Like the Goat Tribe, they shared a common habitat with wild animals, but theirs were inhabited by ferocious iron-eating beasts, capable of breaking a tree with a single blow. However, these beasts were friendly to the Chi people, so friendly that they even raised their young. After giving birth, when an iron-eating beast no longer cared for its young, it would abandon them to the Chi women and go off to play. When the Chi tribe was busy and the women had no time to care for the children, the iron-eating beasts would carry the children on their backs to play. It's said that during winter snowfall, the iron-eating beasts would gather around the children, using their furry bodies to keep them warm.

The Chi tribe leader said this. Ling Xiaoyue could clearly see Taohua's envy. Taohua explained that every winter, people in the tribe would freeze to death. However, the Chi tribe didn't worry about freezing to death; they only worried about starving to death.

One tribe also tried placing their children with the Chi tribe before winter, allowing the iron-eating beasts to protect them during the winter. Their own tribe would provide a certain amount of animal meat in exchange. However, for unknown reasons, the Chi and other tribes tried various methods, but none worked. The iron-eating beasts were able to identify the Chi children.

While the ferruginous beasts wouldn't harm their young, not all of them were so good-tempered. No one forgot that they were all animals, so everyone gave up the idea.

After hearing the introductions from the tribal leaders, the zoologists' hearts began to fly towards the tribes they wanted to visit and investigate.

Ling Xiaoyue did not stop them. After learning how far these tribes were from the Xia tribe, he agreed to let everyone split into groups and select a leader before letting everyone disperse.

The separated groups all brought communication equipment. Ling Xiaoyue had originally wanted them to bring transportation, but everyone was eager to try out the speed of the Clouded Leopards. So, they didn't force it. However, they learned there weren't enough Clouded Leopards to accommodate all the people Ling Xiaoyue had brought. So, they sent someone back to base and brought back a few off-road vehicles.

Chief Su Hong was eager to try, so he took those who were interested in hunting with him to follow the hunting team, riding clouded leopards and driving off-road vehicles to go hunting.

The technical department was also busy, armed with various measuring instruments, and began planning with Taohua, several other leaders, and the tribal priest. After learning that the high priest had predicted a severe snowstorm, Ling Xiaoyue and her companions began to take it seriously.

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