Chapter 483 (1/2)
Night Ambush
“What’s going on? At this point, Qingfeng should have already caught up to Flaming Horn. Don’t they usually brag about being the fastest trackers ever?” said the girl, displeased.
“The people of Qingfeng decide to temporarily halt all movement,” said Yi Zong. That was what the letter said.
Were they ‘halting’ or is it because they couldn’t catch up?
Was the quality of Qingfeng falling?
The Qingfeng Group was special in a way that if one of their feelers was chopped off, they would retract all their antennae, then watch quietly from afar.
“So this means Qingfeng encountered something unexpected?” said the young man.
What would something unexpected be?
The people in the carriage could not imagine. Yi Zong could not get an explanation from his divination either.
“Then we can only ask Qingfeng later.”
…
Within the forest.
As they travelled forward, the tribesmen had long left familiar regions. At least Shao Xuan had an impression of it, and his map drawn from memory was used as a reference.
Tribesmen rarely came here unless there were special circumstances. When he first arrived, Shao Xuan met the Taihe tribesmen only because they were chasing after the long-clawed monkey.
Shao Xuan used two days to complete this journey but the entire tribe took seven. At least they’d sped up a lot as they got used to the rhythm of travel.
“We’ll be arriving at the mountain soon. Everyone, remember to prepare enough water. It will get drier later,” reminded Shao Xuan.
When he finished, he took out some rope. These days, he conducted readings daily. There were so many people and this involved their entire tribe. He must take it seriously, even if his readings did not yield any results.
In the past, so many consecutive readings would leave him exhausted and in a daze. Perhaps after controlling the bone ornaments, or some other reason, readings became much more effortless. However, there were still many matters he could not conduct readings for.
The tribesmen were used to Shao Xuan’s readings. Every time he took out his rope, Zheng Luo and Duo Kang would come over and wait aside.
When he completed his knots, Zheng Luo asked, “What does it say?”
“We have to be careful tonight,” said Shao Xuan.
Zheng Luo’s expression changed. “Will someone come tonight?”
These few days, they had met other people along the way. If it weren’t for Shao Xuan’s many traps, they would have met even more. It was very rare for them to come at night though.
Zheng Luo got up and paced around. “We have to find a place to let the tribe settle down. We don’t want to be unprepared.”
The dark night was a difficult environment to battle in. It might result in many injuries.
There were not many mountains here, nor places to hide.
“Alright, we’ll do that.”
The entire tribe left again. Shao Xuan and Zheng Luo discussed their plan.
During the evening, the entire tribe arrived at the tall mountain. It felt like crossing a border. On one side of the mountain, it was moist with many rivers. The other side was arid.
There were no caves in the mountain but there were gaps enough for weaker members like the elderly, children and non-totemic-awakened girls to hide. This would prevent them from being ambushed.
The sun slowly disappeared. The sky darkened.
Zheng Luo and his men stood on the mountain, watching the forest below. “They should be here soon.”
“Mm. Have you all distributed the things? You all know what to do?” Shao Xuan asked everyone behind.
“Yes!” replied the warriors. Although they didn’t know why Shao Xuan wanted them to do these things, at this point, they only had to follow instructions.
Zheng Luo rolled his shoulders, waving his arms as he stretched. He looked coldly at the forest. Flaming Horn rarely bullied anyone, even during battle, they respected the rules of the forest. Around the cities, unless they were provoked, they did not cause trouble. Yet there were always so many people who tested their patience. These people chasing after them, weren’t they blatantly going to rob the tribe?
Ptui!
You think we can be bullied so easily?