124 Summoned (2/2)
”Captain, are we going to enter the tribe on our own? This young man said they had a Prairie Monarch – do you reckon that is an existence at the Heavenly Warrior rank?”
”I do not know,” Yuan Chao said seriously. ”But we ought to look for this tribe. We should get as much information about them as we can while we are moving.”
”It was hard to find someone who knew about the Crimson Devil, but I bet that anyone we meet from now on knows about this Chaos Vulture Tribe. Getting information should not be too hard, and then we will act accordingly.”
Yuan Chao sighed, ”We are not strong enough to take on a whole tribe from the Flowing Blood Prairie, but this tribe is bound to have some enemies. If we play around the different forces, we should be able to benefit from the chaos and slay the Crimson Devil and his companion while they are fighting.”
The eyes of the soldiers lit up when they heard this. ”The reason these youngsters had to die is so that they do not tell their tribe about us. Letting the Chaos Vulture Tribe know of our existence is the same as foiling all our plans.”
”If the Chaos Vulture Tribe knows that these two are Primordial Beasts, they will never hand them over to us. Instead, they will keep them captive until they can get their hands on a Diviner to tame them. No one will kill a Primordial Beast that can be tamed unless they have no other choice, like us.”
The soldiers were enlightened. If they had let the youngsters leave, then they would have been in danger, and they would not have been able to kill the Crimson Devil and his companion.
Having reached this decision, the group left the corpses in the prairie and started their journey forward once more. Another set of scouts were sent out to find other experts that they could interrogate.
While Yuan Chao and his company had discovered Xue Wei and Hei Gou's location, the two individuals in question were currently stuck within their tent in the Chaos Vulture Tribe.
Hei Gou had learned how to compress his voice, and the two spent their time discussing how to flee the camp.
”Our biggest issue is that the Elders are here. Especially Elder Zhang will be difficult to escape from,” Xue Wei sighed. ”I apologize for getting us into this chaos, but we will manage one way or another.”
Hei Gou nodded his head; he did not seem too bothered. ”Although we are stuck in this place, it is not too bad. They feed us every day, and they leave us alone, so we have peace to cultivate. You have broken through to the seventh layer of the Earth Warrior rank, and my Qi has also increased drastically.”
”We are their prisoners, but it seems that we are not being mistreated. I do not know what their aim is, but it is clear that they have something planned for us.” Hei Gou shrugged his shoulders.
”We are here now, might as well eat and cultivate as much as we can. It is a peaceful time. Eventually, they will have to migrate from here to another location; I do not believe that we cannot escape by then.”
Xue Wei nodded his head. ”That's true, so let us give cultivation our all for now,” he agreed. The two sat down and started cultivating once more. Right now, they could not escape, but that did not mean that they could not bide their time.
Just as they sat down and got ready to cultivate, they sensed movement from the tent entrance.
The Little Tribe Chief popped up. Her eyes were filled with complex emotions as she looked at Xue Wei and Hei Gou, and a sigh escaped her lips before she started speaking.
”Xue Wei, come with me.” She did not give any information as to why he should follow her, and there was no room for discussion.
Both Xue Wei and Hei Gou frowned. Neither of them wished to be split up right now, as they were captives, but in the end he knew that he had no choice.
As Xue Wei exited the tent, he found that an additional four Sky Warriors were waiting outside. These Sky Warriors were clearly the guards that were meant to escort the Little Tribe Chief and Xue Wei towards their destination.
Walking through the tribe, Xue Wei looked casual and comfortable. He had a slight smile adorning his lips, and his eyes calmly observed the daily life of the tribesmen.
Although he looked very casual, the truth was that his spiritual energy was spread to its very limit, granting him sight of everything that was happening around him. He tried to discern the patterns of their everyday routines.
If he understood their habits and their schedules, it would be much easier to escape.
His spiritual energy continued to observe everything around him as they moved further and further into the middle of the tribe. Many of these tribesmen looked at Xue Wei curiously. They were all curious about these two so-called prisoners, as the Chaos Vulture Tribe never took captives. To have been made captives meant that the Elders had something planned for them, and they were all curious about these plans.
They arrived in front of the biggest tent in the tribe, the tent belonging to the Elders. When they entered, Xue Wei felt a group of gazes lock onto him.
He felt uncomfortable. These eyes were like a wolf looking at a lamb; there were no gentle intentions behind them. All of them made Xue Wei feel like they wanted something from him, but he was clueless as to what that could be.
”Little Tribe Chief, make our guest come forward and face us,” Elder Zhang's voice sounded out. Xue Wei's eyes turned hard. It was clear that they had planned something big this time.