115 Chaos Vulture Tribe (1/2)
Xue Wei was hesitant. He considered explaining his plan to Hei Gou through voice compression, but he was worried that the tribesmen were capable of capturing their conversation in one way or another.
Although he had learned the voice compression trick to stealthily communicate with others, Lan had never told him how secure it was.
Since he was unsure of whether or not these other experts could hear what he said, he decided to stay quiet.
The group moved slowly past the prairie. The Fiery Horses trotted along slowly so Hei Gou and Xue Wei could follow them.
Hei Gou and Xue Wei observed everything around them. A few mortal beasts were in their sights, but they encountered no Fierce Beasts at all on their trip, something that did not puzzle either of them, but the other experts, the tribesmen, were all shocked and confused as to why there were no dangers lurking at every corner trying to kill them.
They ceased moving at a leisurely pace, going as fast as they could, and the four men that escorted the woman were constantly on the lookout for Fierce Beasts.
The prairie consisted of different grasses, herbs, and shrubs. A few trees stood proudly here and there. The sight was completely different from what Xue Wei and Hei Gou had seen growing up.
The duo was filled with curiosity towards this new world, and they observed everything with big wide open eyes and their faces displayed excitement.
Xue Wei was not too worried about entering the tribe. Had these people wanted to harm the two of them, then the fight would have happened already, but them being unscathed was a clear sign that they had something else planned for them.
Xue Wei could not help but wonder exactly what this something was. He also wanted to know about the different rumors, information, and other pieces of news that he could get from entering this tribe.
Back in the Heping Kingdom, he had to avoid the human settlements as much as possible due to the bounty on his head, but things were different here.
In this place, his bounty held no allure as no one knew about it. And at the same time, these tribesmen might have gotten wind of curious rumors, information, or something useful from the center of the continent.
They were moving swiftly through the prairie, but it took them four hours to reach the tribe despite their haste.
When they got close, people belonging to the tribe started appearing in their surroundings. Some adults were harvesting plants and herbs while the children were fighting and playing together, and there were youths sparring against one another.
Every single person who appeared stopped what they were doing and greeted the group. Many of them ended up staring with surprise at Hei Gou, and soon the group had a whole tail of experts following them.
”This tribe is bigger than I expected,” Xue Wei muttered to himself as they saw the tents that rose in the distance.
These tents were all made from Fierce and Primordial Beast hide, leather, skin, and fur. The same materials they used for their clothes.
The tents were round, and it was clear that they were used to a nomadic lifestyle, traveling around the prairie to hunt down their targets time and time again.
Xue Wei had previously assessed the woman and the four men who had shown them the way. The woman was a Sky Warrior, of what rank he did not know, and the four men were all Earth Warriors.
When they walked further into the tribe, Xue Wei saw that although some of the smallest kids were all Ordinary Warriors, the tribe had a large quantity of Earth Warriors and Sky Warriors.
Contemplating for some time, Xue Wei felt better. Although the tribe was bigger than he expected, and likely had a couple Heavenly Warriors, maybe even an Ordinary Knight, he also understood that both he and Hei Gou were relatively safe.
This was the Flowing Blood Prairie. As long as they did not run into a Diviner, they should be able to keep up the illusion of Hei Gou being a human.
Diviners were incredibly rare within the entire continent, so to find one in the first tribe they went to in the Flowing Blood Prairie was very unlikely to happen.
Xue Wei had mainly accepted the invitation to visit the tribe to get his hands on information, but he had also done it for another reason.
Hei Gou and he had been on the run for a long time without any moment to actually wind off and just relax.
Now that they entered the tribe, they would be able to take it easy for a while, and during this time, Hei Gou should be able to adjust to the changes that had happened to his body and finish convalescing his blood essence.
Xue Wei was not dumb; he knew that if the tribesmen had found only him, he would have likely not made it out in one piece. It was because of Hei Gou's resemble to the Little Lao these tribal people had mentioned that they were willing to invite them in.
If someone came after having tracked them down in the future and they were not too large of a threat, then the tribesmen would kill them. If they could not kill them, then they would ignore them. Outsiders would definitely not be invited into the tribe without a very good reason.
As Xue Wei was deep in thought, their group arrived at the first tent. From here, they saw a full city of tents, and although it was much smaller than the makeshift city that Xue Wei had seen back in the capital's recruitment camp, it was still a magnificent sight with around ten thousand tents.
Each tent was much larger than the tents at the recruitment camp. Back there, only one person lived in each tent. Here, however, every tent housed an entire family.