exclusive

The hunting team helped the Dama tribe to rescue people, but the people who stayed behind in the Liya tribe did not know about it. As the sun set and the moon rose, the hunting team still had not returned. Wu Yue couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Logically, nothing should happen. After all, there are nearly eighty people in the hunting team, all of them are men in their prime. They are not easy to mess with in the eyes of both humans and animals.

They were all born and raised in the Sharp Tooth Tribe and were familiar with the surrounding terrain, so they wouldn't get lost.

So what happened that made him not come back for so long?

Wu Yue privately found Xia and asked, "Xia, have hunting teams ever returned very late, or not at all, before? Are they in any danger?"

Xia nodded. "Yes, but that's during harvest season. They have to hunt farther away to store enough food. During the growing season, they usually hunt close by and don't travel far."

Seeing Wu Yue's worried expression, she consoled him, "It's okay. There are many of them, and they're all armed. They probably just ran away after their prey and are staying out for the night. They won't be in any danger."

Wu Yue felt a little relieved, but he still looked towards the south from time to time, hoping that everyone could return safely.

The hunting team hadn't returned, but the people left behind still needed to eat. With only one meal a day, they couldn't afford to go hungry. Luckily, they'd made plenty of sausages and dried meat over the past few days, and when combined with the wild vegetables they'd gathered, they had a full meal.

In the past, everyone would be very happy if they could eat delicious sausages, but today, because the collection team has not returned yet, everyone is a little worried, and the fragrant sausages have no taste.

After eating, Wu Yue was no longer in the mood to attend class. A group of people sat quietly around the campfire, waiting. Even the most mischievous children snuggled obediently in their mother's arms, not daring to make any noise.

It was late at night but the hunting team still didn't come back. Wu Yue had no choice but to comfort everyone and let them go back to rest. Maybe they would come back early tomorrow morning.

I don't know how others slept that night, but Wu Yue didn't sleep well. He tossed and turned and finally fell asleep, but he had nightmares. One moment, the hunting team was chased by crazy beasts, the next moment, a group of people were trapped in a swamp and swallowed up, and there was even a scene where everyone was sucked away by an alien UFO.

I didn't sleep well the night before, and I felt a little tired when I woke up in the morning. I hurried out to see that the hunting team still hadn't returned.

That's normal. After all, you can't let them walk back at night in the wilderness. Maybe they've just spent the night somewhere and won't be back until the morning. While trying to convince himself, Wu Yue washed up and went to work as usual.

Fortunately, everything was normal, the animals and plants were healthy, and did not cause him any trouble at this time.

After finishing his work, he sat by the campfire, studying how to make shoes while occasionally looking up towards the south of the tribe. As expected, one cannot focus on two things at once. After half a day, not only did he not make any shoes, but he also felt extremely annoyed.

The sun had already climbed overhead, but the hunting team still hadn't returned.

Wu Yue couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up. He planned to go to Xia to discuss whether he should take a few people out to look for Xiao and the others.

But just as he stood up, some small black dots appeared in the distance to the south. Squinting for a long time, Wu Yue confirmed that they were a group of people on horseback.

The Malaysians? Why are they back?

Now the main fighting force of the tribe is not here. Although there is a great advantage in numbers, Wu Yue did not dare to be careless. He shouted a few times and asked everyone to pick up weapons and take precautions.

The herd of horses was getting closer and closer, and the leader gradually appeared clearly in Wu Yue's sight. That person did not look like Ma Tian, ​​but why did he look like... Xiao?

That person was indeed Xiao. After rescuing the Dama tribe yesterday, they ate some horse meat left by the hyenas, rested for a night, and returned this morning.

After all, only ten horses were traded, and it was thought that most people would still have to rely on walking, but Ma Tian took the initiative to provide sufficient horses, and used gestures and drawings to express the intentions of the Malaysian tribe.

They still want to go back to the Sharp Fang Tribe.

Xiao was a bit conflicted. He knew Wu Yue wanted more people, and he wanted more too. The tribe needed more houses for the upcoming rainy season, but they, the main labor force, were heavily burdened with hunting, leaving them with little time to build houses. Not to mention he also wanted to build the city wall Wu Yue had mentioned, which would require even more labor.

As Wu Yue mentioned, weaving, planting, and raising animals also require population.

What's more, their tribe also needs to intermarry with outsiders to ensure the health of their offspring. They have more women than men, while the Malaysians have more men than women. In fact, it would be quite suitable for the two tribes to merge.

If the Malaysians were reasonable, he and Wu Yue would be happy to accept them.

But these Malaysians...

They almost only listened to the horse witch, and this horse witch obviously hated Wu Yue. If they were accepted into the tribe, this restless old guy would definitely cause some trouble.

He couldn't come up with an answer for a while, so he didn't make any promises. He just asked the Malaysians to come back and listen to what Wu Yue had to say.

Wu Yue watched the group of people and horses getting closer and closer, and confirmed that the leader was Xiao, and among the people riding horses behind him, there were people from the Sharp Tooth Tribe who went out hunting, as well as people from the Big Horse Tribe.

Wu Yue raised his eyebrows. It seemed that a lot happened yesterday.

When the people of the Sharp Tooth Tribe saw that the person coming was their leader, they immediately relaxed and followed Wu Yue to greet him.

Wu Yue looked at Xiao on horseback with a bit of envy. Although he also had two horses, he didn't dare to ride them right away. He planned to build up a relationship with them first, and then make some equipment like reins and saddles before slowly learning to ride.

He never expected that the primitive man was much more awesome than him. He walked out barefoot yesterday and came back riding a horse today.

Xiao galloped all the way to Wu Yue, jumped off the horse and hugged him in his arms.

Wu Yue's face flushed. He could hear the laughter coming from behind him. Just as he was about to break free, Xiao buried his head in his shoulder and whispered, "I missed you so much."

Wu Yue's heart softened all of a sudden, his hands that wanted to struggle stiffened and slowly turned into a hug back.

"Cough cough..." Only when people who were slightly slower than Xiao came up to him did Wu Yue cough twice and push away Xiao who was rubbing against his shoulder.

Wu Yue calmly straightened his clothes and smiled at Ma Tian, ​​"Chief Ma Tian, ​​I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

Ma Tian was a little embarrassed and bowed to him: "Divine Envoy Wu Yue."

Wu Yue quickly learned from Xiao what had happened yesterday. He was very pleased that Xiao had asked for ten horses. He leaned over to Xiao's ear and whispered in praise, "Well done!"

Xiao, who was praised, smiled proudly, his eyes shining, and he came over to bite Wu Yue's ear: "Well, can you give me a reward? Like the one from the night before last..."

Wu Yue's face turned red again and he glared at him, "You little bastard, you are acting like a hooligan in front of so many people in broad daylight!"

After patting him lightly to stop him from making trouble, Wu Yue said to Ma Tian, ​​"Chief Ma Tian, ​​our leader has already told me what happened. You don't have to be too polite about helping you rescue people. After all, we have already given you ten horses, and both parties are quite satisfied with this deal."

Ma Tian laughed at himself. "Ten horses are nothing to the people who were rescued. Divine Envoy Wu Yue, we, the Great Horse Tribe, are still too naive. This land may not be suitable for us."

Wu Yue nodded and told Ma Tian the information he had received recently. "Indeed, there are multiple tribes in this land, and their hunting areas have been divided. If you occupy their territory, they will be angry. If you go all the way south to the end of this land, there is a big river. On the other side of the river there is a large tribe. The surrounding land is probably already owned by them. You can only find a way to cross the river and continue on your way."

Ma Tian smiled bitterly: "Keep going...where will it end? Divine Envoy Wu Yue, we are actually planning to..."

Wu Yue, knowing what he was about to say, interrupted him with a sincere look on his face: "That's right, continuing south is not a good idea. You are planning to return to the north, right? Support, come on."

Ma Tian's face froze, and the Malaysians behind him also looked unhappy, and couldn't help but look at the backbone Ma Wu.

Wu Yue pretended not to see it and turned to look at the horses that had been driven behind Xiao. It turned out that Xiao was quite picky. They were all strong, young and beautiful horses.

Originally, even if there were two horses, there was no guarantee that they would reproduce, but now the chances are greatly increased.

"Divine Envoy Wu Yue..." Under Ma Wu's glare, Ma Tian finally bit the bullet and called Wu Yue, whispering, "Actually, we... want to join the Sharp Fang Tribe."

"Join the Sharp Fang Tribe?" Wu Yue put on an incredulous expression and sneered, "Ma Tian, ​​are you kidding me? What makes you think the Sharp Fang Tribe will agree to your joining?"

It's true that he wants people and horses, but he is not willing to accept just any Tom, Dick or Harry.

The faces of the Malaysians looked even uglier. When they were in the north before, many tribes, big and small, wanted them to join because they were envious of their horses and horse training skills.

But the great witches didn't agree, so they just kept coming here.

Now they have taken the initiative to ask for a small Sharp Tooth Tribe, but they still look down on them.

"God's Envoy Wu Yue." Seeing that Wu Yue really did not want to accept the Malaysian people, the Ma Wu who had been silent all this time spoke.

The old man, looking much more haggard than before, trembled as he stepped forward with his cane and suddenly knelt down. Frightened, Wu Yue quickly jumped away, avoiding his great courtesy.

"Great Shaman!" Kneeling on both knees is the greatest courtesy among these primitive people, not to mention that he is the most prestigious Great Shaman in the tribe. At that moment, everyone in the Dama tribe exclaimed, and someone immediately stepped forward to support him.

Shaking off the support, Ma Wu looked up at Wu Yue and said sincerely, "The Sharp Tooth Tribe has a small population. If we accept the Great Horse Tribe, we will have more labor. We can also train horses, and the horses will all belong to the Sharp Tooth Tribe along with the tribe. I know that you don't want to accept us because I offended the envoy of God. I apologize to you. As long as you can accept my people, I can die now!"

"Great Witch!"

"Great Witch, don't!"

"No, the Great Witch can't die! At worst, we can just go back to the North!"

These words made the Malaysian people behind him feel warm and sad, and tears came out. Although the great witch usually had a bad temper, he still loved the Malaysian people deeply!

Bullshit.

As the only person in the Liya tribe who understood Ma Wu's words, Wu Yue sneered in his heart.

Tsk tsk tsk, you really can't underestimate these primitive people. Isn't this even resorting to self-torture tactics? Don't say this old man is really bold, actually kneeling in front of so many people.

Wu Yue continued to sneer: "Labor force, with your tribe's combat capability, you can't even feed everyone after going out hunting once, right? And accepting you all means giving us food? As for horse training——"

He pointed at Xiao and said, "Our leader and warriors have just demonstrated the horse riding skills they have learned all day. Is this difficult?"

These horses, which have been raised by the Malaysian tribe since childhood, are very docile and well-behaved, and Wu Yue does not find riding a horse difficult.

Ma Wu's face froze. The Dama people behind him could no longer bear it. Someone immediately came to pull him up, crying, "Great Wu! Don't beg them! Let's go, let's leave here and return to the North!"

Wu Yue nodded: "That's right, we should go back to the Northland to support them. Come on."

Ma Wu stood up, glared at the man fiercely, and whispered to Wu Yue in a weak tone, "God's Envoy Wu Yue, it's a long way from here to the north. We have no food and we have wounded and sick people. We really can't go back."

Hmm... they can't go south or north. Does this mean they are forcing him to accept them?

Wu Yue was helpless. It seemed that he really could only accept the Malaysian people reluctantly?