Chapter 63 – Sword Cleansing Ritual (2/2)

The main leader was contemplating, but he felt something and looked up, only to find his father looking at him. Immediately he smiled subserviently at the Chief, unlike his usual behaviour as the main leader of a hunting team.

The Chief frowned, thinking about what his son was up to… He glanced at Mao standing aside. Perhaps it concerned Mao? He knew a little bit about Mao having some problems with Shao Xuan, but he also considered it as a harmless competition within the tribe. According to the tradition, no elders in the tribe should interfere with harmless competitions, let alone that this time Shao Xuan had repeatedly distinguished himself in the tribe, he couldn’t be bullied.

As he was about to approach his son about it, the Shaman summoned him. It was something about the ancestors.

Now that it was about the ancestors, naturally the Chief couldn’t afford any delay. But before he left with the Shaman, he glared at his son, warning him not to do anything stupid.

The main leader of the hunting team didn’t pay any attention to his old man’s glare, but continued his contemplation.

Meanwhile, Shao Xuan went down the mountain empty-handed. He didn’t take the Path of Glory, or any other crowded places. Instead, he specifically picked those secluded routes to go down the mountain.

At that time, almost all the families were busy greeting the hunting warriors who returned home, or dealing with the food they brought back. On Shao Xuan’s way, there were only a few people wandering around.

Shao Xuan was still trying to figure out what he should tell old Ke about the tooth sword, but he suddenly felt something behind so he stopped. Cold glint flashed in his eyes, and without looking at the approaching fist, Shao Xuan crooked his neck and moved his legs. He dodged easily and avoided the sneak attack from behind.

Despite his first attack missing, the man didn’t stop and continued attacking Shao Xuan. It was no slower than the first strike, and almost at the same time Shao Xuan avoided the first one, the others followed.

There was no room for Shao Xuan to dodge, so he put up his arms so as to block the fists. His tiny body was forced to step back because of the fierce strength of his opponent. For every step he withdrew, the stones under his feet cracked. The sound it created was like the rumbling of thunder before a storm.

However, the other side still pressed on against him step by step. When Shao Xuan took a step back, his opponent would take a step forward, and for every step he took, he would punch Shao Xuan’s arms for one more time. So many strikes allowed Shao Xuan no time to dodge the hits. A moment earlier, the dust was floating up in the air, yet a moment later, it was scattered due to the punches.

The other side was much stronger than Shao Xuan, and his skill was of course higher. Also, with his dense strikes, he basically suppressed Shao Xuan with his strength.

Shao Xuan felt a surge of blood in his throat, and finally, there was a cracking sound coming from his arm. With that sound, Shao Xuan flew back and stumbled backwards after he landed. It took him some effort to remain standing there, and swallow down the blood he had in his mouth.

This time, the other side didn’t continue to attack.

When both sides calmed down, the totemic patterns on their bodies faded away.

When he managed to stand still, Shao Xuan breathed heavily. He paid no attention to his broken arm, anyways it was not a severe wound. He fixed his eyes on his opponent – Keke.

Although Keke had no killing intent, and earlier he just went through the Sword Cleansing ritual. But due to his long hunting career, his every act and every move was filled with a ferocious air.

“Good!” Seeing that Shao Xuan could still keep standing there after he suffered so many strikes yet showed no painful expression, Keke was pretty satisfied. Shao Xuan didn’t even seem to care about his broken arm.

However, at the voice of “good”, Keke was kicked down.

It was Tuo that kicked down Keke, he was checking on the situation under the main leader’s command. However, the first scene he saw was Keke breaking that kid’s arm.

What the hell, Keke!

The main leader asked you to test him, and that was how you test him?

You are at least an adult warrior, with much higher strength than him, why did you bully such a kid by attacking him that way?! To prove that you were good? Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?! The Shaman and the Chief would punish us hard if they knew!

Tuo was furious and he stepped on Keke again, seeing that he was about to get up.

“You are such a tactless moron!”

Tuo retrieved his foot from Keke’s back and looked at Shao Xuan with a smile, “He did not mean harm.” Tuo was trying to seem nice.

Shao Xuan looked at his arm which had just cracked and looked up at Tuo again, poker-faced, as if saying: What, he did not mean harm, but he broke my arm?

Tuo had cursed Keke in his heart for a thousand times, but on his face, it was still a smile full of apologies. He searched his animal skin bag, and pulled out a bag of herbs wrapped in tree leaves, “These are fine herbs. Your arm will be okay in a few days if you drink it.”

Shao Xuan still stared at Tuo, poker-faced. When Tuo was feeling creepy from the stare, Shao Xuan looked down at his own animal skin bag.

Tuo immediately knew what Shao Xuan was suggesting. He silently blamed himself for being so careless. Keke had just broken his arm, so how could he receive the herbs from Tuo?

Placing the herbs inside Shao Xuan’s animal skin bag, Tuo smiled at Shao Xuan regretfully again, “He’s a moron who knows nothing. Please, kindly forgive him, okay? Given that we are in the same hunting team, haha.”

Fuck your sister! Shao Xuan thought as he continued staring.

Tuo was too embarrassed to face Shao Xuan’s stare, so he went towards Keke, and dragged him away.