Chapter 518 (2/2)

“Should I ask the other team?” asked the team leader.

“No need for now.”

Shao Xuan pulled the door open and entered. The guards didn’t enter as they weren’t allowed to unless they got permission.

The house was like what Shao Xuan remembered it to be. The wooden table that was destroyed in Gui He’s fit of rage was long cleared away. The twenty square foot house could be seen at a glance and was empty. The spot where Shao Xuan dug up the longevity leaf had signs that the dirt was touched recently. The person that did it was very careful but the colour of the dirt gave it away, maybe after some time the colour difference wouldn’t be that obvious. For now, it looked fresh, as if it was done within the past three days.

“Someone has been here,” said Shao Xuan as he quickly stepped out of the house.

Looking at Shao Xuan’s expression, the guards knew something happened and were prepared to follow him but he suddenly stopped.

“What a quick response!” Shao Xuan starred in a direction. He felt an aura that didn’t belong to anyone from the Flaming Horn tribe. After the battle of Wanshi, his fire seed detecting senses had become sharper. The person was standing close to them just now but they were very careful and ran away as they felt Shao Xuan’s gaze on them.

The guard asked, “Grand Elder, do you mean there’s an outsider?!”

The outsider he meant wasn’t the travellers, he meant an intruder.

“Yes. Be careful these few days, try using your fire seed to detect them,” said Shao Xuan. With the fire seed in everyone’s body, even if they cannot detect the intruder immediately, at least they could detect them when they walked past the guards.

Merging the fire seed brought a new advantage to the tribespeople that the other tribe hadn’t found out yet. Now the people of Flaming Horn could clearly detect their own people instead of just having some sense of familiarity like before.

“Yes!” The guards quickly guaranteed. They didn’t doubt Shao Xuan’s word, anything the Grand Elder said was true to them. An intruder in the tribe was a threat to everyone, they can’t relax now. They were annoyed that they didn’t notice an intruder earlier on! This wouldn’t make them lose their jobs but the threat that this careless mistake may have brought was very real.

Shao Xuan instructed them to inform the other guards and tighten the security. If they noticed anything, they were to head to the fields.

Duo Kang and the other two chiefs were called over. All of the patrolling teams and guards were informed about the intruder.

“Who do you think it is? Could it be those other large tribes?” asked Duo Kang.

“No,” said Gui He with a solemn expression. He continued, “It could be that ‘robber’!” He heard from others that the intruder entered the house Shao Xuan went in long ago. He immediately thought of the intruder that appeared the last time Shao Xuan entered the house.

“It isn’t sure that this intruder is connected to the ‘robber’ long ago. The two last time had no intention of harming anyone but we aren’t sure about the intentions of this new one,” Shao Xuan was alerted now. He continued, “And, this intruder was very cautious and very fast. It would be hard to catch them. No matter what we need to tighten security. No only we need to know their faces, we need to know them from their roots.”

“Increase security in the travellers’ district. They won’t be able to hide in the warrior’s houses or else they could be easily detected!” Shao Xuan predicted out loud.

The three chiefs nodded, fire seed detection would be the most accurate.

This intruder pulled the warriors of Flaming Horn that were in cloud nine after the battle of Wanshi back to reality. They only defeated one tribe, there were many more stronger opponents in the world and the intruder could be one of them.

The ‘robber’ was very secretive which made it hard for anyone to catch them. The ‘robber’ even paid a visit to the other tribes before.