Chapter 695 - Well Make Sure You Do Fine Here (1/2)

After the Taihe tribe’s expedition departed, the shaman and the chief began to discuss their future plans. Recently they noticed other tribal people entering the forest. If they were all tribes that were migrating, then the Taihe tribe wouldn’t need to be so stressed. The problem was, all these people came from different tribes, not a single tribe, and they seemed to be looking for something.

“The expedition team will probably hear quite some news this time,” the Taihe shaman said.

This was not a good sign. Ever since the disaster, the slave masters had been acting weirdly. It was like they were preparing for a huge movement, but it didn’t matter to the Taihe tribe if it didn’t affect them. However, the changes happening in the forest were obviously related to the slave masters! Tribes like them who were located deep in the forest were always behind on news. They couldn’t tell what was happening, so they could only guess by observing the changes in the forest.

“I wonder what’s going to change next.” The Taihe tribe’s chief was also worried. They weren’t at their best at the moment, and ever since they grew accustomed to working with the Flaming Horns, they felt extremely stressed now that they had left. They could feel many greedy eyes watching them from within the forest. Fortunately they were still strong enough, or else their medicinal herbs would’ve been robbed; not completely, but there was still a possibility that a third of their harvest could be robbed.

This was also why their expedition teams departed immediately after their harvest this year. They would be too worried if all of those herbs were kept here. It was better to trade it for other goods first.

“I wish the Flaming Horns were still here,” the Taihe chief sighed. He had lost count of how many times he wished they were here. His partnership with Zheng Luo lasted for decades, and if they count from their ancestors’ time, it had been a few hundred years since both of their tribes became allies.

The Taihe shaman also sighed helplessly. No matter how stressed they were, they had to fight and live on. They couldn’t look on and hope for others to help them. The Taihe tribe were not weak people.

The Taihe tribe’s shaman and chief had been discussing their plans for a few days now. The more news they received from the people who entered the forest, the more worried they got. It hadn’t even been ten days, the number of people who entered the forest had already doubled. Most of these people were strangers. What shocked the Taihe’s chief the most was that even the Black Bear Trading Party was here. Although they know their leader, the Taihe tribe was not familiar with this group. They had only come into contact with them a few times.

However, the Taihe tribe’s connection with the Black Bear Party could not at all be compared to the Flaming Horn’s connection with them. Caravans like these always put their own benefit first. The Taihe tribe might not necessarily be able to provide them with what the Flaming Horns can.

As the leader of this tribe, the Taihe chief had been rolling in his bed while pondering this problem. He had a feeling something big was about to happen. Sometimes he couldn’t even figure out what was about to happen after thinking about it overnight.

The Taihe chief was growing impatient, but suddenly the soldiers on patrol ran over hurriedly and looked for him, “Chief, someone’s here!”

When he heard this, the Taihe chief’s first reaction was, ‘Finally!”

At first he thought that these were newcomers to the forest, so he asked, “Which tribe are they from?”

The patrolling soldier looked at him with a weird expression.

He said hesitantly, “He said he’s from the Chang Le’s”

“Who?!”  The Taihe chief thought he heard it wrong. He thought of many people, but he never thought about this name.

“Cha-chang Le,” the warrior repeated.

“Bring him in. No, never mind, I’ll go out.” The Taihe chief did not want a Chang Le in the central region of his tribe. The Chang Le’s were notorious for what they did. If they didn’t come looking for them, no one in the Taihe tribe would want to approach any Chang Le’s.

The person who came was a young man. He was the only one there. They didn’t see any other Chang Le’s, but the Taihe chief did not let his guard down. He knew that the Chang Le’s rarely travelled alone. Seeing how this person was alone, he could only wonder how many others were hiding in the dark around them?

After the person arrived at the Taihe tribe, he had been constantly observing their tribe. Even though the Taihe tribe was known for planting medicinal herbs, nothing here really caught his interest. His eyes scanned the entire place, looking for something that might interest him. As he grew impatient, he noticed someone walking towards him.

“You’re the chief of the Taihe tribe?” the young man looked at the person who was leading the team.

“Indeed I am.” The Taihe chief frowned. He was wondering why a Chang Le would appear here and wanted to inquire, but the young man suddenly threw a bamboo tube at him.

The Chang Le’s were a notorious group that many guarded against. Anyone would’ve dodged if they saw a Chang Le throwing something at them.

The Taihe chief was no different. However, he hesitated for an instant and didn’t dodge it. Instead, he stood where he was and grabbed the bamboo tube.

Seeing how cautious they were, the young man pouted and looked like he wasn’t too satisfied with their reaction. After a while he said, “This letter is from your old friend. Reply as soon as you finish reading. I don’t want to wait too long.”

An old friend?

The Taihe chief hesitated. There were only a few who could be considered their old friends, but his eyes jerked when he saw the Flaming totem sign on the seal. He told the patrolling soldier beside him, “Hurry, take this gentleman to rest.”

The patrolling soldier was shocked by sudden command from his chief, but the Taihe chief already left with the bamboo tube in his hand. He looked a little impatient.

After knowing that the Flaming Horns sent them a letter, the Taihe shaman also went to look for the chief.

“Could it be that they decided to return? Also, why would the Flaming Horns let the Chang Le’s deliver their letter?”

“I don’t know. Let’s see what they wrote first.”