Chapter 528 (2/2)

As they spoke, someone from the Hui tribe came to meet Shao Xuan.

Not the two chiefs or the shaman but just Shao Xuan.

“Who is calling for me?” Shao Xuan asked the messenger.

“Gu La from the Hui tribe.”

“Just him?”

“Yes.”

The shaman said to Shao Xuan, “Go and check out what he has to say.”

“Sure.” Shao Xuan got someone to bring Gu La to his house.

With the fire seed from Flaming Horn now gone, anyone that passed by the fire pond wouldn’t feel the intense pressure from the fire seed. Hence, when Gu La walked over he didn’t feel any external pressure.

That made him suspicious that something happened to the fire seed in Flaming Horn tribe but he had no idea what the changes might be. He knew it wasn’t his place to ask more about any tribe’s fire seed. He was here to talk about a different matter anyway.

In Shao Xuan’s house, Old Ke was polishing stone tools in another room with Caeser was standing guard outside so no one would be spying on them.

“Why did you want to meet me?” Shao Xuan passed a cup of tea to Gu La.

Gu La absent-mindedly sipped the tea but frowned at its bitterness. After he swallowed he placed the cup down and thought for a while before saying, “Did you notice suspicious people in your tribe?”

“Do you mean the two I chased the other day?” asked Shao Xuan, looking directly into Gu La’s eyes.

Gu La had a calm expression on his face but his eyes gave him away. His fingers were tapping nervously on his knee as if he was thinking about making a hard decision.

In a grave tone, “No, not them. There may be more.”

Shao Xuan’s heart skipped a beat. He has insider information?!

“What do you mean?”

Gu La didn’t answer directly but said, “You know, we few tribes focused on the desert for the past two years. We know everything that happens there.” With an awkward smile, he continued, “But we didn’t notice the Flaming Horn tribe.”

Gu La was referring to the time the Flaming Horn tribe brought so many people out from the desert. They never found an explanation for that.

After looking at Shao Xuan he noticed that the Grand Elder didn’t want to explain anything so he continued after a cough, “Actually after you left the desert, another group of people left soon after. The people from Rock Hill City. We thought the Desert King sent out people to hunt the slave masters that ran away because they were headed in this direction.”

“But, up until now, I haven’t seen anyone from Rock Hill City,” said Shao Xuan.

“Of course you haven’t. They went in from the other side of the Fearsome Beast Forest, not from your tribe.”

The Fearsome Beast Forest covered a large area. Flaming Horn tribe was only a small part of its border. It would be possible for people to enter the forest without the Flaming Horn tribespeople noticing. Ever since they returned to the out haunt, they had only been on one long-distance hunting expedition. They spent most of their time in nearby areas,

If they didn’t go into the forest, they naturally wouldn’t know what happened in the forest.

“You mean the Rock Hill people were aiming for the forest?” asked Shao Xuan. They weren’t after Wanshi or Flaming Horn but the forest?

“It seemed that they were looking for something, We don't know what that thing is. When you brought back a new discovery, some thought that you found one fo their secrets,” said Gu La with a bitter smile. In the end, they were disappointed by the news of the new vegetable.

Shao Xuan thought hard, what would make the Shi family send out people to this far away forest?

Gu La’s words hinted at many things but most importantly, these people’s targets may not be Flaming Horn but something in the forest.

At the same time, Gu La conveyed that Hui tribe was willing to work with Flaming Horn tribe.

Gu La left soon after he said what he needed to.