Chapter 231

The conditions of the Dorbian tribe were very average, but this dinner was very rich, and it was also the best meal Gao De had eaten in this period of time.

After all, he had been sleeping in the open during this period, and being able to eat a hot meal and be full was already rare; now, fresh, hot food with seasoning was naturally something Gao De enjoyed immensely.

Especially the freshly roasted musk ox meat, the taste was even more fresh and tender, with abundant juice.

Those wild vegetables and wild fruits found and picked from under the snow layer, although slightly astringent in taste, were unexpectedly a perfect match when used to accompany the roast meat, just right for relieving greasiness.

Collecting wild plants, hunting, fishing, and animal husbandry, this is the unique primitive way of survival for humans living in the northern realm.

However, those ice lakes with rich fishery resources generally belong to large tribes.

For small tribes like the Dorbian tribe with a population of less than a thousand, the main food acquisition source is still hunting.

Gao De and Chief Ximo enjoyed the food while asking each other about the basic situation of the northern realm.

The structure of the northern realm, the level of mages, the distribution of earth veins, the strength of earth-vein creatures, the distribution and characteristics of tribes, what precautions to take, geographical structure, etc.

These were all things Gao De urgently needed to understand.

Because the northern realm is isolated from the world, these things are very difficult to inquire about in the outside world; what Gao De knew before this was only the general situation of the northern realm.

More detailed things, only by truly entering the northern realm and gaining the trust of people in the northern realm, can one have a way to learn from their mouths.

And now, Gao De just happened to possess these conditions.

Although the Dorbian tribe is just a small tribe, and Chief Ximo is also just an Ice-Born equivalent to a 1st-circle early-stage mage, but no matter what, he is a "native," and most of Gao De's questions, he could still answer.

The overall area of the northern realm is extremely vast, occupying more than one-third of the Nolan Continent; this was something Gao De had already understood in the "Geography and War Geography of Nolan Continent" class.

But from the mouth of Chief Ximo, Gao De only learned that the vast northern realm is actually divided into three regions: west, central, and east.

The western region is close to the Jin Quehua Dynasty, separated from this powerful ancient dynasty only by the Eryinlaya Range.

And the population distribution of the northern realm is extremely unbalanced.

According to Chief Ximo, more than 90% of the people in the northern realm are distributed in the western region, while the rest of the regions have sparse populations.

The eastern region still has the ancient Frost Guard tribe, which is the oldest Ice-Born tribe in the northern realm, while there are almost no people in the central region.

The reason is also very simple; from the western region to the eastern region, the whole is an upward diagonal line, that is, the overall trend is from southwest to northeast.

And in the northern realm, the further north you go, the lower the temperature.

By the central region, the temperature is already so low that people in the northern realm cannot bear it.

And it is said that in the eastern region, the general temperature has already reached an extremely fatal minus one hundred degrees, and in individual regions, it is even lower.

Under such temperatures, except for the Ice-Born, ordinary humans cannot survive—once the temperature is lower than minus one hundred degrees, ordinary people only need to stay for a few seconds, and the water in their bodies, including blood, will quickly freeze.

But if one can withstand this low temperature, the eastern region of the northern realm will become a treasure land.

Because in such an extreme environment, the probability of "Enduring Zhenbing" forming and appearing will greatly increase.

Enduring Zhenbing is the most special and rare treasure in the northern realm.

This is a unique treasure formed naturally, possessing the characteristic of never melting, and can enhance the power of the Ice-Born.

There are various theories about the origin of Enduring Zhenbing, but two points can be confirmed.

One is that Enduring Zhenbing can only possibly form in an environment of extreme low temperature, that is, minus one hundred degrees.

Two is that Enduring Zhenbing only exists in the northern realm; other regions, even if they have regions of minus one hundred degrees, will never have Enduring Zhenbing.

At least until now, Enduring Zhenbing has never appeared in regions outside the northern realm, and the specific reason is unknown.

Currently, the most widely accepted theory is that the land of the northern realm possesses some kind of magical power, and this power is one of the necessary conditions for the formation of Enduring Zhenbing.

And Enduring Zhenbing can be used to forge powerful weapons and equipment.

Weapons and equipment made of Enduring Zhenbing not only have great power but also contain powerful ice-element magic.

However, although Enduring Zhenbing weapons are powerful, in reality, only the Ice-Born can use them.

Because Enduring Zhenbing will constantly emit biting cold, only the Ice-Born can withstand this cold.

This should be called "Ice-Born exclusive weapon," right? After listening to Chief Ximo introduce Enduring Zhenbing weapons, Gao De couldn't help but think.

And in the western region where the population of the northern realm is most concentrated, there are unknown numbers of tribes, large and small.

Every day, tribes perish, and new tribes are born.

Among so many tribes, only three can be called large tribes: Enduring Zhenbing tribe, Frost Wolf Clan, and Winter Hammer.

The Enduring Zhenbing tribe is the purest Ice-Born tribe, the tribe to which the northern realm queen Boreas once belonged.

In the ancient era, Boreas, relying on the powerful cold ice bloodline power in her body, unified the northern realm for the first time and was called the northern realm queen.

The Enduring Zhenbing tribe logically became the most powerful tribe in the northern realm.

It was just that later, with the death of Boreas and the inexplicable decline of Ice-Born blood, the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, which relied on Boreas's powerful individual strength to unify the northern realm, could no longer maintain the situation of northern realm unification.

The northern realm fell apart again and has never been unified since.

But no matter how the Ice-Born blood declines, the foundation of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe is ultimately still there, always the most powerful tribe in the northern realm, mastering the most Ice-Born secret transmissions and knowledge.

"It is said that the new Warmother of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, Su Naifa, found the weapon of the northern realm queen Boreas, 【Blizzard】, and awakened Enduring Zhenbing magic."

"Many people in the northern realm think she might be the reincarnation of Boreas, destined to unify the northern realm once again." Chief Ximo said.

"If that is really the case, perhaps it is a good thing for small tribes like our Dorbian tribe," he sighed: "At least in a unified situation, there is no need to worry about snow wolf pack attacks."

The risk-resistance ability of small tribes is very low, and Ximo hasn't thought about finding a powerful tribe to join.

But the problem is that the Dorbian tribe is really too weak, and powerful tribes don't look at them at all.

Food is always limited, and accepting such a small tribe, the input and output are completely disproportionate.

"Winter Hammer, also an Ice-Born tribe, just that at the beginning it was called Winter Claw."

"In the ancient era, there were three major Ice-Born tribes in the northern realm; later, I don't know what happened, the Ice-Born blood began to decline inexplicably..."

"The Frost Guard tribe among the three major Ice-Born tribes, under the leadership of the Warmother in the tribe, went far away to the eastern region of the northern realm and never asked about the world again, so the three major Ice-Born tribes were left with only the Enduring Zhenbing tribe and Winter Claw..."

Winter Claw, as a traditional Ice-Born tribe, after the decline of Ice-Born blood, actually lost its former glory very quickly.

When it was weakest, it was almost exterminated.

At that time, the Winter Claw Warmother, in order to restore her former glory, left the tribe alone to go east, wanting to pursue the Frost Guard tribe that had gone far to the eastern region to seek shelter and support.

Finally, she didn't bring back reinforcements from the Frost Guard tribe, but brought back a hammer.

No one knows where this hammer came from.

But under the power of this hammer, the Winter Claw Warmother, while possessing Ice-Born blood, miraculously mastered the power of fire.

Relying on this hammer, Winter Claw, although it didn't restore its former glory, finally continued its inheritance.

That hammer was called Winter Hammer by the people of the Winter Claw tribe. Later, the Winter Claw tribe simply changed its tribe name to Winter Hammer.

As for the Frost Wolf Clan, compared to the foundation of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe and Winter Hammer, it is considered an emerging force in the northern realm.

They don't have any glorious past or long inheritance.

At first, they were just an ordinary medium-sized tribe, originally called the Frost Snow Clan.

The nomadic region of the Frost Snow Clan happened to be close to the Snow Wolf Ridge, where snow wolves were most dense.

Therefore, they had to face very frequent harassment from snow wolves.

But in the long-term confrontation with snow wolves, some genius Frost Snow Clan people gradually figured out and mastered a set of methods for taming snow wolves.

The Frost Snow Clan worked hard to manage this, constantly improving the taming method, eventually forming a systematic secret transmission, and rose strongly because of this, growing from a medium-sized tribe to one of the three major tribes alongside the Enduring Zhenbing tribe and Winter Hammer today.

For other tribes, snow wolves are one of the most hateful enemies, the most evil robbers.

But for the people of the Frost Snow Clan, snow wolves are the totem of their tribe and their best partners.

Even the Frost Snow Clan, to show their love for snow wolves, later renamed their tribe name to Frost Wolf Clan.

Overall, the combat level of the northern realm is not at the same level as the world outside the northern realm.

After the decline of Ice-Born blood, the strength of people in the northern realm has been weakening; by now, it seems the most powerful is the 5th-circle mage level? Probably so.

Therefore, Gao De, this 1st-circle mage, still possesses a certain gold content in the northern realm.

At least, the strongest combat power of the Dorbian tribe, Chief Ximo, is also at this level, and even if they really fight, he is not necessarily the opponent of Gao De, who has just advanced to a 1st-circle mage not long ago.

Undoubtedly, the place Gao De thought of for planting trees can only be chosen in the western region of the northern realm.

Because except for the western region, the other two regions are not just uninhabited, but should be called human forbidden zones.

Humans are gregarious animals; Gao De cannot, for the sake of planting trees, isolate himself from the world.

He began to ponder the best location for planting trees.

"In the initial stage, I must find a place without human presence... Only then can I ensure that after Yujia Te Xila is planted, in the most fragile seedling stage, it will be coveted and interfered with by people with ulterior motives, but I also cannot find a so-called dead land; this place without human presence should be convenient in geographical location, and the terrain should also be livable..."

From planting Yujia Te Xila to growing seedlings, it takes a full year.

And in this year, Yujia Te Xila is extremely fragile and needs Gao De's dedicated protection.

One person's strength and energy are always limited; if the tree planting point is chosen in a place where people gather, the probability of accidents will increase greatly, and Gao De will probably not be able to take care of it.

Therefore, the initial tree planting point must be chosen in an uninhabited place.

But according to what Fu Luo La said, after Yujia Te Xila grows seedlings, it will gradually show divinity.

This includes the ability to identify hostile creatures and protect itself, absorb the power of surrounding tree species to accelerate its own growth speed, and the special ability to change the surrounding land into spiritual land.

That is to say, after passing the initial stage, Yujia Te Xila no longer needs to worry about its safety as it did at the beginning; what needs to be worried about is planting as many trees as possible.

Planting trees is a physical job and a time-consuming job... One person's strength seems a bit thin in front of this major project.

If you don't plant trees, Yujia Te Xila's growth speed won't speed up... Although Yujia Te Xila might not care about this, Gao De cares.

In his vision, the work of planting trees later must need manpower to help... And with Yujia Te Xila's ability to transform land into spiritual land, it can completely defy the heavens and change fate, creating a livable place on the permafrost tundra of the northern realm.

According to Gao De's preliminary vision, based on this livable place, he has the capital to cooperate with those tribes in the northern realm.

Even, if many tribes need to rely on the livable place transformed by Yujia Te Xila to live, will he also possess powerful influence in the northern realm, and even form a fourth large tribe?

And considering this level, the "potential" of the tree planting point is also very important, which is a bit like choosing a capital in ancient times, needing to consider factors from all aspects.

After all, once a tree is planted, it's not easy to move.

If it were before, Gao De wouldn't have given birth to this "ambitious" idea.

But after the "imprisonment" incident, his mentality had already changed quietly.

And even without saying these things, for a mage, how important a force of his own is, is also self-evident.

This idea popped up, and it spread like wild grass in Gao De's heart.

After the bonfire festival ended, Ximo, as the chief, tidied up his tent and gave it up for Gao De to rest.

Undoubtedly, this was the most "luxurious" and "warm" resting place in the entire Dorbian tribe.

As soon as he entered the tent, a warm current rushed toward his face.

That was the heat emitted by the fire pit in the very center of the tent, which is an important facility used by the people of the Dorbian tribe to keep warm.

And beside the fire pit, there was a bed carefully laid out with animal skin.

Surviving in the northern realm is not an easy thing; there is knowledge everywhere.

Just sleeping at night is not just setting up a tent and laying a blanket.

The biting wind of the snowfield, the cold that penetrates the bones, will surge up from the ground.

A stable resting point requires a series of complex projects such as digging pits, padding soil, laying grass, etc., and must be close to heating facilities, otherwise, wait for old cold legs or even hemiplegia.

Although Gao De doesn't need to worry about these problems, having evolved the "Primary Ice-Blessed Body," he is already completely immune to these cold feelings.

However, being able to have a comfortable resting environment, he always has no opinion.

"What is Lady Fu Luo La thinking about?"

Gao De noticed that Fu Luo La had a small thinking expression all night, seemingly trapped by some difficult problem.

"Master Mage, that tea is hard to drink."

"Hmm, indeed."

Ginger Velvet Tea is spicy and stimulating, and the taste is somewhat like the ginger tea of his previous life.

Ginger tea, how many children can like it? "Then why do you still drink it?"

"No poison."

"Hard to drink!"

"But this is the best thing they can take out; even if you aren't used to drinking it, it's not good to dislike it, otherwise others will be sad." Gao De explained patiently.

"Oh~~ Oh! Then did Lady Fu Luo La just make him sad?"

"Not really."

"Why?"

"Because children's words are innocent."

(End of chapter)