Published at 27th of December 2020 02:15:04 AM
Chapter 260: 260
Cha and the other five people tended to rush forward but were stopped by Leng Changxi . They only had a few companies, so he didn’t want any of them to be killed in fight . Qin Yunuan guarded Elder Princess, and they stood behind Leng Changxi . Seeing his wide shoulder, she had a great sense of security . No matter how serious the problem was, she wouldn’t be afraid .
Seeing Leng Changxi calmed down, the leading man made a gesture . Then dozens of people behind him also stopped .
“I’ll go with you, but I have one requirement . ” Leng Changxi took a look at Qin Yunuan and Elder Princess and continued, “No matter what happens, let them two go . They are just powerless women capable of nothing . Besides, there are many traps in the Yeren Valley . They may even not be able to walk out . ” However, Leng Changxi knew clearly that Qin Yunuan was very smart, and she would go out sooner or later .
The leading young man laughed and said, “Cool . No problem . Tie them up and take them back . ”
The man holding the thick hemp rope was about to walk to them, but Cha pulled his shiny machete out . Also, Leng Changxi took down the spear tied to his back and said leisurely, “I think there’s no need to, tie us up . ”
Leng Changxi mobilized his genuine energy in secret . That leading man sensed that Leng Changxi was a highly skilled martial artist, so he wore a light smile and said, “Alright, as long as you go with us . ”
Qin Yunuan took a look at Leng Changxi, and the latter looked back to reassure her . Elder Princess, who was in Qin Yunuan’s arms, asked timidly, “Where are we going? Who are they?”
“Your Grace, we’re playing a game now . I’ll take you to play a game . Is that fine?” Qin Yunuan treated and comforted Elder Princess as a child .
Elder Princess looked up at Leng Changxi and felt reassured . “Alright . I’ll be fine as long as I’m together with Hua . ”
Then they were tightly guarded by tribesmen, with seven or eight walking in front and behind . In addition, there were four or five strong young men walking beside them each side . The bush ahead rustled again . Maybe it was a message the leading man sent out .
Leng Changxi didn’t know why they insisted on bringing him back to the tribe . If these tribesmen deemed them as invaders who brought chaos to the tribe, they could directly kill them . Why did they bother to catch them alive? But, this might be an opportunity .
They walked into a thicker wood . Qin Yunuan paid close attention to the direction they walked to . She had calculated the direction that riddle signified in her head . “When the sun went three poles high” referred to the midday . Now, the sun was in the southeast, so trees’ shadow was in the northwest . Judging from where the sun rose, Qin Yunuan could calculate that they were going northwest . So she was right .
The leading tribesman seemed prestigious . The lackey near him called him Mengman, so that might be his name . It could be inferred that their tribe was strictly stratified and classified . Everyone obediently did what Mengman ordered .
The clothes Mengman wore were much more delicate than what those guards near Qin Yunuan wore . Moreover, he could speak Qidan language, West Xia language and so many other languages . But these guards looked dull and reacted slowly as if they were just like animals . She didn’t hear any of them speak . From their looks, Qin Yunuan could conclude that this group of ordinary guards couldn’t speak .
Only the ruling class could learn how to communicate and become civilized . No wonder this tribe was so united . But meanwhile, it was vulnerable .
The view changed as they kept going . Walking out of the thick wood, they entered a tropical jungle . The humid air made Qin Yunuan’s dress hemline wet . Leng Changxi was in front of her . Not looking back though, he kept holding her hand tightly .
Around them were wet vines and old trees, tall and large enough to block the sunshine . They pulled the green vines away to move along but suddenly, Elder Princess screamed out .
“A snake . ”
Originally, she thought the long soft green thing above her head was also a vine . However, it moved . It was a tongue-flicking green snake .
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A tribesman standing next to Qin Yunuan quickly grabbed that snake . He was way more nimble than Qin Yunuan expected, not the slowly walking man anymore . Then, that man did what Qin Yunuan couldn’t accept . He bit off the snake’s head and chewed its flesh in delight . Qin Yunuan could even see the dead snake was still wriggling in his mouth .
Later, people around became restless . Those who were as strong as that man gathered immediately, tending to grab his food while others just stood watching covetously . It looked as if the man had something extremely delicious .
Mengman was rather dissatisfied with the chaos, and he hinted his lackey who later took out a vine-made whip and threw it out . Precisely passing through the space between Qin Yunuan and Elder Princess, the whip hit the eating man on his mouth .
Mengman cursed with dissatisfaction . That man lay down immediately to let the lackey whip him . The lackey didn’t stop until that man’s back was badly mutilated .
“It seems that they are not as scary as we imagine . ” Leng Changxi whispered to Qin Yunuan while looking on indifferently . “They merely have a slave-master relationship . This is a slavery tribe and a very primitive slavery tribe . It means only a few people in it are civilized and only people at the top level hold the power . As long as one or two of their leaders are under control, this tribe will be overturned . ”
Qin Yunuan nodded, “I think so . ” While speaking, Qin Yunuan carefully listened to Mengman’s intonation and wording . In the past, she learned some North Di language in this way . By listening to people’s words, guessing their thoughts and observing their facial expressions, she could largely know what they were talking about .
“Here we are . ”
They had walked for about four hours . The sun already went up, but in the wood, it was still dark . They could vaguely see the rising white smoke and people in the distance .
Walking past the last shield, a huge tribe appeared, surrounded by one-meter-wide stones that were as high as a man . These stones were used to protect the tribe from wood monsters and snakes . In the middle was a castle-like building made of stones . Though not as grand as Qi Palace, it was also a mammoth project, given that it was not easy to find such solid stones in the wood and polish them into a uniform shape .
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Qin Yunuan and other people were all stunned by such a grand scene .
“Alright, take them to see my father . ” Mengman said in fluent Chinese . Obviously, he deliberately said this to Leng Changxi because he knew Leng Changxi was the leader .
The tribesman behind Qin Yunuan wanted to urge her to hurry up, so pushed her, maybe on purpose . Qin Yunuan staggered and ran into Leng Changxi on his back . Leng Changxi turned around to put Qin Yunuan, who was small and thin, into his arms . He looked at that slave with abhorrence . The longer he looked, the more he wanted to kill him .
It seemed that Leng Changxi was going to kill that slave . The lackey near Mengman wanted to ask whether to stop Leng Changxi, but Mengman stopped him in advance . He’d like to see how far Leng Changxi dared to go .
“You have to pay for what you did to my wife . ” Leng Changxi turned around slightly and pulled out his shiny spear, wielding it in the air . Not long, that slave’s ears, eyes and nose were all gone .
It happened so fast . The slave covered his face with hands and howled in pain . His lugubrious cries drew people’s attention, and everyone looked at Leng Changxi .
Slaves around were ready to fight with him . Because Leng Changxi was a dangerous invader for them .
Mengman made a hand gesture to quiet down the crowd and asked people to drag the injured slave down . He looked at Leng Changxi coldly and said, “You hurt my man in my place . How dare you?”
“That’s it,” Leng Changxi calmly put the spear back to the sheath and glanced at Mengman . “So what?”
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Mengman paused and then put on a bitter smile . Meanwhile, behind the top window on the castle-like building in the middle stood a man, who watched everything with his sophisticated and shrewd eyes . Compared with those unkempt and dirty slaves, he was as delicate as a king . The clothes he wore were embroidered with golden threads on the edge . But it could be told that his clothes were a bit old from some loose threads .
Next to him was an old man who looked as if he was dying . People might just deem him as a dumb statue . Same as that “King”, he also ran his eyes over the people down . After a long time, he spoke slowly, “Do you think . he is the person you are waiting for?”
The “King” wore a bitter smile and asked, “You are the most experienced augur in our tribe . Shouldn’t I ask you this question?”
The “King” addressed him respectfully . Obviously, the old man enjoyed a high status in the tribe .
“I don’t know . ” The old man shook his head and said, “I haven’t divined for long . Don’t you remember that an augur only has 13 chances to divine? Since I finished my twelfth augury seven years ago, I haven’t divined . ”
“Well, use your last chance . ” The “King” sounded as if he was placing an order . “It’s been so long, and I can’t wait anymore . If he is who I’m waiting for, that’s fine . If not, kill him for heaven worship . ”
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