Chapter 341 (1/2)

The Survival of A Tribe

Shao Xuan wanted to ask more questions but Shi Shu was not willing to continue the conversation. “You should leave. We will be staying behind, we have matters to attend to. Plus, our people will be arriving soon. And when they do, you will still lose even if you fight with your insects. Of course, if you want to know more, you can come look for me at Rock Hill City.”

Shao Xuan surveyed the situation and decided the best solution was to leave.

“Let’s go,” he said to the beetle by his foot.

The blue beetle immediately cleared a path for him. Where it walked, the sea of beetles parted.

Upon witnessing such a scene, Shi Shu’s eyes flashed as he thought hard.

It was only when Shao Xuan was far from the underground chamber, when he could not see Shi Shu when Shao Xuan let Sapphire bring its comrades away to look for food. He hurried towards where he was supposed to meet Lei and Tuo.

As for what Shi Shu said, Shao Xuan did not completely believe him but knew that at least three-quarters of it should be true.

When he left, the person in the cloak asked Shi Shu worriedly, “Aren’t you afraid he’ll tell other slave masters about us?”

“He will not,” said Shi Shu. If Shao Xuan was smart, plus he’d decided to ‘not participate’, he definitely would not tell people about this. Even if he did, it would not matter. Most of our work would have been completed by then.”

“What if he gets involved?” the person in the cloak was still concerned.

“If he does, we could work a deal with him. It might not be a bad thing.”

As they spoke, where the underground chamber had collapsed, a lizard covered in thick scales crawled out. It was not huge but it was agile. It came before Shi Shu, opened its mouth and regurgitated something.

A dead person, covered in the lizard’s digestive juices, appeared on the sandy ground. It was a dead Dao Yu.

It did not look like he was recently dead. At this moment, Dao Yu seemed to have completely bled out, he was shrivelled up. Due to the many wounds he had, it was hard to distinguish his face. Although he was swallowed whole, he wasn’t digested- his flesh and bone were still intact, just shrivelled.

The person in the cloak looked at Dao Yu, then in a disgusted tone, asked Shi Shu, “Brother, he’s already like this. Can he still be used?”

“Of course.” Shi Shu looked at Dao Yu, satisfied. “He does not listen when he’s alive. Then we can only use him when he’s dead.”

Dao Yu was already at the brink of death when he broke free. Shao Xuan’s appearance merely sped things up.

The cloaked person had been watching Dao Yu. At the time, she was also in the underground chamber near another exit, staying as far as she could from the core seed. Part of her beast was buried in the sand dune.

“I don’t sense the core seed’s presence.” She frowned.

“Then that guy must’ve taken it with him,” said Shi Shu.

“That’s impossible, I did not sense its presence on him too.” The cloaked person did not believe him but from Shi Shu’s determined expression, perhaps this was a possibility.

“What if we send someone to kill him?” she offered.

“If we cannot guarantee success, in these times, it is best we do not take risks. Those tribespeople do not care about anything when they are determined. Very few of them can be lured and baited,” said Shi Shu.

When he saw a few birds flying in the sky, he said, “I’ll be going back first. I believe Snow Plains has already declared war against Flame Mound City.”

“Do I still need to keep watch in White Stone?”

“No. You tell Su Lun he can go take White Stone City.”

The person who’d arrive on the bird wrapped Dao Yu’s body with cloth, then put him in a long wooden box. He left with Shi Shu.

As for Shao Xuan taking the core seed with him-- they would talk about this after they were done with the matters in the desert. They had no time for this now.

How much could a tribesman who had never seen something like that do with it? Even the tribesmen who often came to the desert to ‘rob’ people only took ore but never the core seed that produced the ore-- because these tribesmen never knew of its existence!