Yu Shui saw the person who had just yelled at him, holding a short, stone-like blade, piercing it into the chest of his man, easily knocking him down.
His heart skipped a beat.
But soon he forced himself to believe that his man wasn’t ready yet, and this kid was just too fast, so he didn’t react in time. Once he reacted, he could deal with him right away…
Before he could calm his suddenly pounding heart, every man on the opposite side looked ferocious and fearless, rushing over, and the person with the stone blade wasn’t stopped at all…
Yu Shui’s pupils dilated little by little, watching helplessly as the people of his tribe fell down one by one like trampled grass. Some didn’t even have time to scream in agony.
Yu Shui had seen killings before; he had lost count of the number of lives under his hands. But he had never seen such extreme violence, completely overwhelming the opponent without any chance to fight back.
He was completely shocked. His brain turned into a mess, and before he could figure out what to do next, a person, carrying a visibly overwhelming momentum, like a stone on fire, smashed towards him…
—
Lu Yu had some minor concerns at first.
He came here and had only seen the indigenous Matai people. Although the panel said these people were ordinary, he thought maybe even ordinary people here were much stronger than modern humans?
But after seeing the performance of the Matai people, these worries quickly disappeared…
It was just a bit uncomfortable, psychologically.
After seeing Tai Lie smash someone into a mess with one punch, he covered his mouth, bent over, and reflexively retched.
Xia Cao, seeing this, quickly supported his arm, worriedly asking, “Witch, are you okay?”
Lu Yu raised his head, forced a smile, and said, “I’m fine.”
Xia Cao wanted to help him rest on the side, but they were still in battle after all, and she hesitated in case something happened. Her expression was somewhat hesitant.
Lu Yu stood up and said, “Really, I’m fine.”
After saying that, he forced himself to look back at the battlefield.
He already had a vague premonition that such things wouldn’t be rare in the future, so it was better to get used to it sooner.
Xia Cao didn’t say anything more and also shifted her gaze back, noticing something and asked in confusion, “Why is King so different today? He seems unusually angry…”
Lu Yu also noticed Tai Lie, who was massacring ruthlessly.
Xia Cao was right; Tai Lie was indeed different from usual.
Take the night of Gourd-shaped Valley when he killed the Wolf King, for example. At that time, he exuded a majestic momentum that no one could stop, radiating absolute confidence in victory.
Today, however, he was like a battle machine with bloodshot eyes…
Lu Yu frowned. When he saw Tai Lie about to kill the person who had said he would capture him first, he couldn’t help but shout, “Wait, King!”
Tai Lie, accurately hearing Lu Yu’s voice from the chaos, paused his fist, lips slightly pursed, withdrew his fist, and kicked the man in the stomach.
Yu Shui was kicked to the ground, clutching his stomach and groaning in pain.
Lu Yu walked over with Xia Cao protecting him.
At this moment, Yu Shui fully realized what had happened. He had crashed into the stone platform this time. Seeing the person he had just coveted walking over, he couldn’t help but drag his body forward and beg for mercy.
“Let me go, let me go, I’ll leave immediately, I won’t come to rob your things again, okay?”
He still had some insight and realized that among this group of savages, this thin and fair person seemed to be more negotiable.
Lu Yu didn’t answer him but instead asked him a question, “Are you the leader?”
Yu Shui wanted to say no, but thinking about how he had just given orders, he reluctantly admitted it.
Lu Yu asked again, “How did you find us?”
Yu Shui hesitated for a moment, his eyes rolling, and suddenly pointed to Mu Hei, who was trembling and trying to escape, “It’s him, he brought me here, saying your tribe was small and could be easily raided.”
Mu Hei was shocked, “Leader, you—”
Lu Yu turned to Mu Hei, “And how did you find us?”
Mu Hei was almost scared silly, trembling as he said, “I accidentally saw your people hunting…”
Accidentally?
Lu Yu pondered for a moment and asked again, “Do you know which other tribes are nearby?”
Mu Hei hadn’t had a chance to speak yet when Yu Shui suddenly remembered his identity.
He flailed about, shouting, “Yes! Do you know who I am? I am the son of the chief of the Blackwater tribe! If the Blackwater tribe knows this, they can easily wipe out your small tribe. If you hurt me, they won’t let you off!”
Lu Yu: …
By saying that, you’ve ensured we won’t let you go.
He couldn’t afford to make the foolish mistake of letting the tiger return to the mountain, endangering the entire Matai tribe.
—
The bodies of the people from the Naocan tribe were dragged into the woods.
After some time passed, suddenly, amidst the silent pile of bodies, a somewhat stooped figure sat up, coughing a few times.
This person was called Qing Mu. He had already sensed something was wrong when he saw someone recklessly rushing up with a stone blade. Sure enough, they couldn’t beat the other party at all.
Qing Mu secretly rejoiced.
Luckily, his mind was quick, and he fell to the ground pretending to be dead following the other’s punch, thus escaping this time.
Rubbing his painfully aching chest, thinking of the ferocity just now, fear filled his heart, but soon, his eyes turned fierce.
This small tribe was doomed.
Qing Mu got up, stumbling away.
The direction he walked in was not towards the Naocan tribe, but towards the big tribe of Yu Shui’s mother – the Blackwater tribe.
—
In the chief’s house of the Blackwater tribe.
A woman wrapped in white fur with shell jewelry sat at the top.
When the woman heard Qing Mu say that Yu Shui was dead, her eyes instantly reddened.
The only person she had ever loved in her life was her previous husband. So their son, Yu Shui, was the most beloved and cherished child to her.
Li Yue couldn’t help her son become the chief of the Blackwater tribe, but when he said he wanted to go out and establish his own tribe, she fully supported him, providing everything she could – people, food, fur – just hoping he could live well outside.
But she never expected that her son would be killed by someone.
Although it was her son who went to rob first, so what? These small tribespeople should have obediently offered tribute.
Poor son of hers, still so young, and killed like this.
Li Yue covered her face, softly sobbing.
Qing Mu saw her immersed in grief and couldn’t help but remind her, “Lady Li Yue, Chief Yu Shui and that small tribe…”
Li Yue suddenly snapped out of it.
Yes, the immediate priority was to find Yu Shui’s body first, then slaughter that small tribe to avenge her son!
But it couldn’t be done now…
Li Yue gritted her teeth, “The chief went to the Guangyi tribe to exchange goods. When he brings people back, I’ll go find him…”
—
The sun rose.
Lu Yu had already checked the upgrade requirements for the Small Healing Pills manufacturing blueprint last night, which was quite simple – just provide a thousand catties of the same wild beast meat at once.
Lu Yu informed the hunting team of the requirements, letting them hunt down larger prey as much as possible, of course, under the premise of safety.
Then, he worked together with the remaining Matai people to collect materials for the village upgrade.
After busy morning, they only managed to collect two baskets of hemp grass in the woods. They also collected some wild mushrooms, preparing to cook wild mushroom stir-fried rabbit meat for lunch.
The tender wild mushrooms combined with rabbit meat without a trace of fat, stir-fried on the stone platform, emitted a fragrance that made the surrounding Matai people’s mouths water.
Lu Yu picked up some large pieces of rabbit meat and put them on leaves, preparing to give them to Tai Lie.
Just as he had taken two steps towards Tai Lie, he suddenly saw Tai Lie stand up abruptly, turning around and walking towards the wooden house without looking back.
Lu Yu: ???
In the evening, after dinner, Lu Yu stopped Tai Lie and tried to invite Tai Lie to take a bath with him again.
Tai Lie stood five meters away from him.
He had no expression, “I’ve already bathed.”
After saying that, he turned and left.
Lu Yu had to face a reality.
Tai Lie was avoiding him.
He thought yesterday’s change in attitude was just temporary, but why was it still like this today?
What’s going on?!
—
The night was quiet.
Tai Lie leaned against the wall, sitting on the wooden bed.
Even though he lived in a wooden house, he was still used to sitting to sleep.
Tai Lie’s thoughts were a bit chaotic today. He sat for a long time before slowly sleep.
He rarely had dreams.
In the dream, the moonlight was bright, and the thin and weak witch he had picked up stood in front of him, with a faint smile on his lips, clear eyes reflecting the shimmering water. He placed his hand on the animal skin skirt, slowly untied it, and walked towards him…
Enough!!
Tai Lie suddenly opened his eyes.
Feeling the explosive pain below, his eyes emitted a fierce light.
He couldn’t go on like this anymore.
He couldn’t continue like this.
Tai Lie closed his eyes, regulated his breathing, tried to forget the content of the dream just now, and also tried to calm his body quickly.
“King, are you asleep?” Lu Yu, who lived next door, suddenly knocked on the wooden wall.
In the dark night, the young voice was soft and careful, afraid of waking others.
Adding fuel to the already unbearable man completely ignited the fire.
Tai Lie gritted his teeth and didn’t speak.
After a while, there was no more sound from the other side.
But Tai Lie couldn’t help it anymore. He clenched his fists, then loosened them after a long time, seeming to compromise, and reluctantly reached down towards his lower body…
—
Lu Yu scratched his head in confusion.
Asleep?
Impossible, when we were in the cave, Tai Lie would sit for a long time before sleeping.
Maybe the soundproofing is too good, and he didn’t hear?
Lu Yu felt a bit annoyed.
Thinking about yesterday’s situation, this goodwill task must be done. Even if he didn’t consider the goodwill points, he had to clarify with Tai Lie whether he had unintentionally offended him.
This was the first time he genuinely admired someone from the bottom of his heart, even wanting to be good buddies with him.
He couldn’t mess it up without any explanation.
After tossing and turning, Lu Yu decided to go and talk to Tai Lie immediately.
He stood up, opened the door, and walked towards the next room…