114 Little Lao (2/2)

”That's so fast!” Xue Wei had already guessed that he was doing well, but hearing it from Hei Gou's own mouth still shocked him.

”Something is approaching us!” Xue Wei suddenly said in alarm, and Hei Gou caught on a split second after. Although Hei Gou was a beast with a strength equivalent to a Sky Warrior, Hei Gou and Xue Wei had equal spiritual energy.

They noticed the approaching group of experts at the same time, and their hearts started beating rapidly.

”They are five experts, and they are heading straight for us,” Hei Gou said. Although he had wished to encounter the people from the Flowing Blood Prairie, he was suddenly aware that this encounter could result in their death.

The group of five experts that was rushing towards them traveled at a rapid speed. They were mounted on Fiery Horses, mortal beasts that lived exclusively on the Flowing Blood Prairie, which were incredibly fast.

”Halt!” someone called out, and Xue Wei and Hei Gou stood back to back and looked at the five experts that all surrounded them.

The speaker was a young woman; her face was covered behind a veil, but the veil could not hide her beauty. Her body was curvy and full, her eyes bright like the stars, and her black hair cascaded down her back and framed her face.

”You are in our Chaos Vultures' territory – state your reason to be here,” she said, her voice cold and rife with killing intent. She was glaring at Xue Wei at first, but her eyes shook the moment she turned to look at Hei Gou.

The other four experts were all men. All of them had very muscular bodies. Their upper bodies were bare, and they wore baggy black pants.

Belts with weapons, canteens, and other items were strapped around their waists, and they looked at Xue Wei and Hei Gou with hostility.

The woman dismounted her Fiery Horse and started walking towards them. She raised her arm and reached out towards Hei Gou. The coldness she had displayed before was gone and her eyes were filled with disbelief.

The four men brandished their weapons and looked at Hei Gou and Xue Wei for some time with bewilderment, but after a bit of time they did not take action.

”Should I deal with her?” Hei Gou whispered lowly with confusion in his voice. Xue Wei contemplated for some time before he shook his head. ”Let us see what she wants first,” he said after making a decision.

”Little Lao, is that you?” The woman asked, shocked as her hand reached Hei Gou and stroked his handsome face, but Hei Gou was not pleased with the fact that she touched him and his hand shot out, slapping her hand away, while a low growl escaped his lips.

The gesture was fast, and it caused the four experts on their Fiery Horses to advance with shouts of anger, but the woman just lifted her hand and stopped them.

The woman was stunned. Her eyes displayed disbelief and her hand that retracted the moment she felt a steady body instead of a phantom withdrew rapidly while shaking.

”You… You are real?” the woman's voice trembled, and she shook her head as if she could not believe it. The four experts accompanying her also revealed looks of disbelief, but their faces also contained traces of distrust, incredulity, and hesitation.

The woman's face displayed multiple emotions. First it was joy, then it was sadness followed by her lips tightening, and finally she seemed to awaken from a stupor.

”You are real, so of course you cannot be Little Lao,” the woman said with a sigh. It seemed as if she had come back to her senses, but a tinge of pain was evident within her eyes.

”You look exactly like my childhood sweetheart,” she explained after having paused for some time. ”His name was He Lao. He died when he protected our tribe against the Crimson Salamanders.”

”Please return to our tribe with us,” she suddenly said and mounted her Fiery Horse once more. ”We will treat you well, so don't worry.”

Xue Wei and Hei Gou looked at one another. They saw indecisiveness in one another's eyes, unsure of what to do. They knew it would be difficult to escape if they entered their tribe, but considering their current strength, they were pushing it if they wished to fight their way out.

Not only this, having a place to relax for a bit with no need to constantly fret about their pursuerswould let their exhausted minds get some much needed rest, and it would also allow them to focus on their cultivation.

”Don't decline,” the woman noticed their hesitation. ”If you decline, I will be forced to kill you. The rules of the Chaos Vulture Tribe is to kill anyone who is seen on our territory with no exception. However, because of your appearance, I am genuinely inviting you to come stay at our tribe.”

There was a crafty smile on her face.

”Little Lao's parents have been filled with loneliness after his death, and they have so many things they wished they could have told him. Although you are not him, you look like him, and it will soothe their aching hearts. Think of it as doing a good deed in life.”

Hei Gou was about to refuse, but Xue Wei nudged him with an elbow. ”It's good to do good in life,” he grinned, ”so why don't we take this miss up on the offer? Let us go to their tribe and see what it is like.”

Hei Gou looked completely lost when he heard that. He looked at Xue Wei when a chill suddenly ran down his spine. This companion of his had an innocent smile on his face and his eyes were filled with wonder and gratitude. This was the exact expression that Xue Wei had displayed while tricking the many pursuers when Hei Gou had first met him, and he knew that this young man was about to pull another trick.