125 New Blood (1/2)

Xue Wei's face turned ugly. He was not willing to be displayed as a creature in a cage, but he knew that not only did his life depend on his performance, Hei Gou's did too.

Stepping into the tent, Xue Wei decided not to display any form of weakness. He strode forward with steady steps, and his eyes were bright and tranquil.

Although he was very angered at the moment, he kept his emotions in check, revealing none of them on the surface.

His eyes quickly got used to the dim light within the tent. He spotted a full thirteen experts seated around a table in the middle of the tent, all of which were looking at Xue Wei, clearly evaluating him from top to bottom.

Xue Wei said nothing. He just stopped and stared back at these Elders, observing every one of them, immediately memorizing their appearances and taking note of their strength.

Elder Zhang was the first one he observed. The man playfully stroked his long white beard with his hand, and a self-satisfied smile was on his lips as he occasionally stole glances at Xue Wei.

When looking at the Elders, Elder Zhang was without a doubt the oldest of them all. The rest seemed to be between middle-aged to elderly, but none of them had completely white hair and beards like Elder Zhang. The majority of them had grey hair or black hair with grey stripes.

These Elders all looked at Xue Wei as if he was a treasure to claim.

Xue Wei shuddered when he saw these gazes. He felt like a beautiful virgin being tossed to a brothel, with all the patrons being eager to undress him with their eyes.

He could not help but wonder what exactly he had done to cause these old men to look at him with such greed.

”Xue Wei, we have summoned you here today because we have some things we need to talk to you about,” Elder Zhang said with his old voice.

”Do not mind us keeping you captive for now... if you work with us, we will gladly have you freed soon,” he continued. However, his words did not cause Xue Wei to be relieved. As a matter of fact, it made him more worried than before.

”This freedom, at what cost does it come?” Xue Wei asked with narrowed eyes. He understood that these men wanted something from him, but he was uncertain as to what exactly they could want from him.

He was an Earth Warrior. Although he had broken through to the seventh layer of the Earth Warrior rank, he could still not be considered an outstanding genius.

In fact, Hei Gou looked to be as old as Xue Wei, and he was already a Sky Warrior; in appearance alone, the former even seemed to be mighty among Sky Warriors.

So if these tribesmen were looking for someone reliable, they should have been calling for Hei Gou, but it was Xue Wei they had summoned, which completely confused him.

”Let us get straight to the point,” Elder Zhang said after a bit of time. The aged man sighed.

”When I created the Chaos Vulture Tribe, I brought with me five friends. These five friends brought their families, and our six families together created the Chaos Vulture Tribe.”

”In the Flowing Blood Prairie, it is tough for the tribes to have contact with one another as there is always blood feuds between us, and we try to kill each other as soon as we get a chance.”

”This results in our tribes having an issue with not getting enough fresh blood into the tribe.”

”Now you and your friend has arrived. We should have killed you both by now, but we are impressed by your abilities. We want both of you to become members of our tribe.”

”For now, we obviously cannot trust you completely, but as time goes by you will be given complete freedom when you have proven your allegiance to our tribe.”

”Although your friend is arrogant, he has the power to back up such arrogance. We want the both of you to assimilate into our Chaos Vulture Tribe. In fact, it is the best option for you. If you do not join our tribe, then you will stay captives until we convince you to join us.”

Elder Zhang was not asking for Xue Wei's permission or opinion. He had already decided that Xue Wei and Hei Gou were to join their tribe, and they had no say in the matter.

Xue Wei's eyes glistened dangerously as he thought about it. He was not willing to be forcibly absorbed into their tribe, but he knew better than to state his honest opinion right now.

Xue Wei still had much to do.

But Xue Wei was not going to argue with these Elders from the Chaos Vulture Tribe, as he knew that arguing would change nothing. They were the tribe's captives, and now they had no other option than to pretend to cooperate.

”Tell me, young man, what do you think about our Little Tribe Chief?” Elder Zhang asked as silence descended in the tent.

The question seemed to catch everyone's attention, and all of them looked at Xue Wei; even the Little Tribe Chief looked at him with a blushing face.

Xue Wei looked at her for some time and sighed. ”She is a nice girl,” he said casually, not being too friendly or hostile.