Chapter 115, Don't Cry
A group of people reluctantly followed the group of primitive natives and walked towards their tribe.
Xue Yun carried Xue Jian on his back, and Du Xiaoqing and Xue Hao guarded on the side.
The dead leopard was too big to take away, so the savages had to cut it open on the spot and take the most practical skins, bones, and a lot of meat.
This scene made everyone in the Xue family very puzzled, since this group of wild people spent three days and three nights chasing this leopard, why did they only take away such a small thing.
Do they really just want to catch a live leopard?
Xue Hongzhi couldn't think clearly, and he didn't bother to think about it.
He only hoped that Xue Jian would come to his senses now so that they could escape, otherwise once they reached the Senwu Tribe, they really wouldn't have a chance to escape.
A group of topless savages with various totems tattooed on their skin surrounded them in the center, driving them away like wild beast slaves.
Du Xiaoqing kept calling anxiously in Xue Jian's ear, but Xue Jian never responded.
From noon, they walked towards the depths of the dense forest, and until dusk, they finally arrived at the Senwu tribe.
Completely different from the primitive wilderness in the imagination, the Senwu tribe was built on the shore of a lake more than ten miles wide.
The light blue lake water is crystal clear, the grass on the lakeside is secluded, and the flowers are blooming, like a fairyland on earth, a paradise.
On the other side of the lake, there are a series of wooden houses.
There were tall fences surrounding the houses, and there were children running and playing, women cooking on fires, and men chopping down trees and making them into spears and bows.
The whole tribe is busy, accompanied by the smoke rising, giving people a sense of tranquility and warmth.
Originally, in the eyes of Xue Hongzhi and others, the Senwu tribe should be a group of indigenous barbarians who drank blood and were brutal, but they didn't expect that their home would be so peaceful and serene.
Looking at the innocent smiles on the faces of those children, looking at the satisfied and happy faces of those women and men, no one would want to break this beauty.
A huge raft was docked by the lake, large enough to carry dozens of people, and everyone boarded the raft together and slowly paddled to the opposite shore.
Before they could get closer, they saw many women and children walking out of the tribe and waving to them from the shore of the lake.
The savages on the boat also smiled and waved to the women and children in response.
Even the old wizard who had always kept a straight face smiled for the first time, and it seemed that when he returned home, he was no longer a wizard, but a father and grandfather.
Xue Hongzhi suddenly had a ridiculous idea in his heart, maybe this group of closed and backward-thinking primitive natives was not as vicious and unreasonable as he had in his impression.
The raft docked on the shore of the lake, and the wild men rushed out with strange screams and picked up their respective children.
However, there was still a group of people who were vigilantly holding spears in the back, driving Xue Hongzhi and the others off the raft.
When a group of them were driven into the tribe, whether it was a child who was playing or an adult who was busy, they all put down their work and looked at Xue Hongzhi and the others curiously.
It was the first time they had seen outsiders enter the tribe.
The children were chattering and pointing at them, as if to say that the clothes on these people were beautiful and their skin was whiter than theirs.
Soon, like wild beasts hunted back, they were sent to the clearing in the center of the tribe.
It is a place where the tribe holds major gatherings and worships the witch gods.
Every year, the people of the Sen Wu tribe will catch some large fierce beasts and burn them alive here as a tribute to the witch god.
Originally, the leopard was this year's tribute, and the tribute must be a living creature, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the witch god.
But they tracked it for three days and three nights, and just when they were about to capture the leopard alive, they were actually killed by the Xue family's hunting team.
Now that there is no tribute, it is too late for them to capture another beast alive.
That's why the old wizard caught the culprit and let the tribal leader go.
By the time they entered the tribe, someone had already called for the chief and the elders.
After a while, the ordinary people who were watching dispersed a path.
A young man with black hair and a tiger skin shirt walked out.
This man was born with a great shore, looking like he was in his early thirties, with high bulging arms and muscles, and his head was more than two meters tall, two heads taller than the average adult.
He was followed by a group of old wizards, slightly younger, some in their fifties, old, unable to even open their eyelids, their hair had fallen out, and they could only walk slowly with a hunched back leaning on a cane.
After this group of people appeared, all the people in the tribe showed solemn and respectful expressions, and did not say a word, and the same was true of those naughty children.
The old wizard who captured the Xue family's hunting team walked over and told the group of people in detail about the hunting trip in the indigenous language.
When the matter was completely clear, the young man's eyes fell on Xue Hongzhi and the others.
He spoke loudly, in the standard continental language.
"You have to pay the price for killing the tribute that our tribe is going to give to the witch god, we will not kill you, but you need to ask the witch god here. ”
As soon as he waved his hand, many people walked up with ropes.
Xue Hongzhi and the others immediately put on a desperate look and asked.
"What do you want to do?"
The young man replied loudly.
"Kneel here for three days and three nights, and pray to the witch god for forgiveness, if it does not rain for three days, it means that the witch god has forgiven you. ”
He didn't explain to Xue Hongzhi and the others what would happen if it rained in three days, but everyone could think that the ending would not be too good.
Under the witchcraft of the group of old wizards behind him, Xue Hongzhi and the others couldn't resist at all, they only felt dizzy and weak.
Soon, all of them were tied up with ropes and pressed to the ground.
Du Xiaoqing shouted and pleaded to those people.
"Please, undo my teacher's curse, please......"
The young man shook his head indifferently.
"He has hurt my people, and he should be punished, so please pray for forgiveness from the witch god here. ”
The crowd slowly dispersed, and no one paid any attention to the group of outsiders, allowing them to be tied up here to experience the wind and sun.
Under the influence of witchcraft, Xue Hongzhi and the others were completely unable to use Yuan Force, as if they had become ordinary people.
Du Xiaoqing's eyes were red, he buried his head on Xue Jian's shoulder, and kept calling him.
The tears in her eyes slid down the corners of her eyes, wetting Xue Jian's shoulders.
At this moment, a faint voice slowly came out of Xue Jian's mouth.
"Don't cry...... Is it Xiaoqing? Don't cry......
"Teacher, it's me...... I'm here, I'm there for you. ”
Du Xiaoqing sobbed and hurriedly replied.
Xue Jian turned over vigorously, lying on his back on the ground, and said softly.
"I think I can hear you, don't you...... Delusion?"