Published at 13th of November 2020 11:40:05 PM
Chapter 259: 259
Chapter 259 Tribe Crisis
Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan had the same view again . Leng Changxi slightly frowned and then said to Elder Princess with a smile, “Qinghe, it’s always me taking you to the lake . Why not you lead me this time?”
Elder Princess joyfully agreed and led them to a pathway to go up the hill . While climbing the hill, she told them about things that happened before . Cha and other people were astonished, but they still didn’t know who this woman was .
“Look, that’s the luminous lake . ”
Climbing over a hill, Qin Yunuan parted branches that blocked her view and took a look . Gosh, another Yingguang Lake?
Same as the lake at the foot of the hill, this vast lake emitted blue light . But it looked way more beautiful .
“Look, there’s a stele . ” Cha turned over the wrecked stele covered with layers of dust and checked it . On it were ancient and complicated characters . Qin Yunuan could roughly recognize that they were ancient Qidan Nationality characters, but she didn’t know them . If only Lu Wuyi was here . At last, he chose Wanyan Su . It wasn’t because he didn’t want to follow Qin Yunuan to take risks . In fact, it was Qin Yunuan asking him to do so . She left Lu Wuyi to spy on Wanyan Su . If the latter intended to kill Leng Changxi and deliberately left them behind, Lu Wuyi could leave a message for them in secret .
“But it’s a pity,” Qin Yunuan shook her head and said, “We don’t know these characters . ” In this mysterious wood, anything that showed the trace of human beings was precious for them .
“I know them . ” Elder Princess said in an innocent and lively tone, “Hua, didn’t you teach me this language before? These characters mean ‘Yingguang Lake’ . ”
“Yingguang Lake?” Leng Changxi was a bit surprised .
“Right . It was given this name a long time ago . ” Elder Princess looked so innocent with her eyes wide open .
“So… so… so, the lake at the hill foot is not real?” Cha opened his mouth . If that was not the real Yingguang Lake, Wanyan Su and his followers were all heading to a wrong direction . True, people should watch out all the time when exploring the Yeren Valley, even if they had a map . If taking a wrong way, they were doomed to die .
“Yes . ” Qin Yunuan answered calmly . She had already checked the surrounding terrain and mountains . Although she gave the map to Wanyan Su, she in fact had kept in mind every detail on it because she could remember everything she saw . This lake was the real Yingguang Lake . There were truly full of traps in the Yeren Valley . When seeing the lake at the hill foot, people would get ecstatic and stop exploring . But beyond their expectation, that lake was just a derived lake of the real one .
“Ho, that’s a blessing in disguise . ” Cha said in delight and then frowned . “But we have no map . Even though we find the lake, we don’t know where to go next . ”
“Don’t worry . ” Qin Yunuan gave a light smile and pointed at her head with her long finger . “I have a map here . ”
“Right . ” Leng Changxi smiled and said, “Nuan is a walking map . Cha, do you really think we really gave way to Wanyan Su that easily? How would we directly give him the map and throw ourselves into an impasse?”
Cha was embarrassed . He already recalled how smart they were .
“Where should we go next?” A soldier asked .
Yes, this was a tough question . Qin Yunuan frowned and recalled every detail on the map . If the lake down was not the real one, the opposite direction of the wind that dead tribesman brought would lead them to a wrong place . But now, there was no wind .
“When the sun rises high . ” Qin Yunuan suddenly said .
” When the sun rises high?” Cha shouted it out . “But there is no sun . ”
“I don’t mean that . ” Qin Yunuan explained, “On the map, this sentence is labeled near the Yingguang Lake . I thought it was a special terrain name at first . But what if it isn’t? What if it’s a riddle that signifies directions?”
Cha is little educated, and he didn’t get the point . Scratching his head, he asked, “Isn’t this just a phrase? What can it signify?”
“The full sentence is when the sun rises high, follow the shadow . ” Qin Yunuan suddenly smiled and said, “I figure it out . We need to wait until tomorrow midday and go where the tree shadow points at . ”
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Leng Changxi nodded, “Right . This makes sense . ”
Elder Princess seemed excited and asked, “Wow, Hua, where are you going? Are you going to take me back to West Xia?”
“It’s early to go back now . ” Leng Changxi patted her head in a coddling way and said, “We’ll travel to an interesting place before we go back . ”
Leng Changxi would definitely go to West Xia . Sima Ray had colluded with the Grand Prince of North Di, so North Di was his helper . Other countries were too small, and all relied on Qi and North Di to survive . Only West Xia, a southwestern country, was strong enough to contend against Qi .
“But I don’t want . ” Elder Princess behaved like a spoiled girl . “You promised you would take me to West Xia once you came back . You break your promise . ”
Then, she turned around and sat in the shade with her mouth pouting . At that time, Cha and two of his men who picked up many soft pine needles and branches as firewood came back . Leng Changxi took a look at Elder Princess but was stopped by Qin Yunuan before he took any action . She patted on his shoulder and said, “Women know women best . She has been ignored by her beloved man for a long time, so naturally, she tends to throw a tantrum . Let me comfort her first, and she will come round . ”
Leng Changxi agreed and helped Cha to make a fire . Cha took up courage to ask in a low voice, “Mr . Tuoba, who is she? Why are Madam and you so nice to her?”
Leng Changxi didn’t reply . When Cha thought he shouldn’t ask this question, Leng Changxi answered slowly, “She’s a woman whom I have let down for years . ” Although Princess Ning was nice to Leng Changxi, he felt so sorry to leave his birth mother alone in a mountain for long .
“Who’s there?” Suddenly, the soldier standing at the edge shouted loudly .
Everyone paid attention to the dark bush, and they saw a movement . It looked as if something had scooted in it from east to west .
Cha and several other people couldn’t help pulling out their machetes and looked at the bush vigilantly . Leng Changxi reached behind his back, almost to his spear .
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Suddenly, a brown shade rushed out of the bush and stooped . Under the dim moonlight, they couldn’t see that thing clearly . He just arched his back like a reptile and vigilantly looked at them .
Qin Yunuan helped Elder Princess stand up and walked behind men . Cha and four other people naturally sheltered them . But one soldier was scared and asked in a trembling voice, “Cha, it doesn’t look like a human . ”
“Craps . Even if it’s not a human, so what? Even tigers can’t scare you . Why are you afraid of this monster?” Cha said so, but his voice was also trembling . There were so many strange things in the Yeren Valley . Every day in this valley was tough for them .
But unexpectedly, before they spoke more, that human who lay on the ground like a dog suddenly stood up . He even spoke to them in fluent North Di language, “So, you all can speak . ”
Cha was in a trance . Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan only knew a little about North Di language . Then that man spoke in Qi language, “I mean that you are human beings . ”
Leng Changxi slightly frowned but said nothing . That man tended to speak again but was directly stopped by Leng Changxi . “Enough . How many languages can you speak?”
That man kept his chin up proudly and said, “Ancient Qidan language, West Xia language, North Di language and Qi language, I know them all . ”
Ho, what a talent .
“What are you doing here?” The more calmly this man behaved, the more vigilant Leng Changxi was . Because it meant this man was confident .
“Shouldn’t I ask you this question?” That man straightened up and looked totally different from what he was before . “What are you doing this? This, is our place . ”
“Really?” Leng Changxi held his spear .
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That man smiled and looked cunning . “Yes . ”
Suddenly, the bush behind that man rustled contiguously as if the whole wood was speaking . Soon, many people emerged out of the bush . They all dressed like that man with brown gowns roughly covering their bodies and green paint on their faces . In this way, they could better hide themselves in the wood .
Although they were not skilled martial artists, they were in large numbers, and they were familiar with the valley . So, Leng Changxi couldn’t directly fight with them .
He stepped forward and cupped his hand . “What are you coming for?”
The leading young man wore a cold smile and said, “For bringing you back to our place . You’ve killed Ya, so I will get back at you . ”
Qin Yunuan realized Ya that man referred to must be Yaqi, her previous servant girl . It seemed that Yaqi had a high position in this tribe . Otherwise, this man couldn’t lead so many people to take revenge for her .
“Yaqi killed our soldier first . So it’s just an eye for an eye . ” Cha said calmly . Leng Changxi found out that Cha was quite judicious and sensible in face of serious situations .
That man snorted and replied, “It’s because you broke in the Yeren Valley first, so you asked for it . ” Then he ordered his men behind in a language they hadn’t heard of . At once, a flood of tribesmen surrounded them .
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