"Just kill me."

Atuna lowered his head and said.

Hearing him bring up "death" again, Li Qing was somewhat displeased. He remembered the last time he talked about "death" was when he had just come into this world and had just met Li and Chu. He thought that the Black Wind Tribe wouldn't be like them, always talking about death. He didn't expect Atuna to be like that too. He could only suppress his anger and ask, "Why do you want to die?"

“Because the flames are beyond saving,” Atuna said, biting his lip, “and I’m a coward too.”

"Aduna!"

"Calm down!"

Several soldiers surrounded Li Qing.

However, recalling how easily Li Qing had just defeated Yu, none of them dared to act too impulsively.

Li Qing ignored them completely and said quietly, "But I said that Lieyan can be saved."

“No, she’s beyond saving,” Atuna said, clutching his head in anguish. “Blackfoot said that Blaze is beyond saving, she can’t be saved!”

Li Qing grew increasingly furious. He grabbed Atuna's chin with one hand, forcing him to face him, and then slapped him across the face.

Li Qing used so much force in this strike that a red mark was instantly left on Atuna's cheek.

"You dare hit Atuna!"

"You bastard, you want to fight, huh?!"

This attack made the Black Wind Tribe members even more agitated.

The one who was being hit, Atuna, simply said in a daze, "It's alright, you don't need to worry about me."

His expression was still somewhat dazed, but his overall complexion was different from before.

Seeing that his slap had finally had some effect, Li Qing continued with satisfaction, "You forgot? Our tribe's Jiewu and Cang are the best at saving people. Especially Cang, he's very old, and he must have seen many cases like Lieyan's. So, all we need to do is let Lieyan come with us back to the Red Flower Tribe. Of course, if even Cang and Jiewu can't help by then, it's not too late for you to try to kill yourself. But... what I mean is, never despair before all hope is gone, because only with hope will the door of opportunity open for you, and Lady Luck will smile upon you."

Atuna laughed incredulously, "Don't joke around. Why would your tribe be willing to save Blaze? We are enemies."

Li Qing did not deny this: "Indeed, they are the enemy. That's why I set fire to the Black Crow Forest. And after Yu and the others escaped alive, I learned my lesson. Before long, I will have people search the vicinity of the Black Crow Forest again. Once we find any lone warriors from your tribe, we will kill them."

"What else is there to say?"

"But I certainly won't kill you all so easily."

Li Qing sighed inwardly, thinking to himself how many times he had told Chu that this time when he went to the Black Wind Tribe, he must use both kindness and force, and make these people realize that their reliance had been completely cut off, so that they would be willing to submit to his tribe. Unfortunately, Chu and his gang seemed to be born unsuitable for this kind of thing, so in the end he could only leave this kind of thing to him.

"My goal is to recruit you; you are all the best warriors of the Black Wind Tribe..."

Atuna interrupted, "You've all said these things countless times, I don't want to hear them again!"

Li Qing chuckled and said, "Troublesome? Then let me ask you, what are you going to do if Tu and the others don't come back? Are you really going to fight us to the death? Don't forget, once you're all dead, all the women and food in the Black Wind Tribe will be in our hands."

"The chief will return!"

Li Qing sighed, deciding to skip the pointless chatter and get straight to the point: "Didn't you say you wanted to save Lieyan? I can help you, but on the condition that you and everyone behind you join our tribe. Only then will I consider saving Lieyan."

"You despicable bastard!"

"You are threatening us!"

Li Qing didn't provoke them further. He simply looked at Atuna and awaited his decision. If Atuna agreed, he would certainly keep his word. If Atuna refused and still wanted to fight him to the death, he wouldn't recruit them anymore. After all, in this era, if these people couldn't even protect a chieftain's daughter with everything they had, Li Qing would rather consider himself a mistake and let these future "elites" go.

What he needs is absolute loyalty.

Atuna still didn't give Li Qing an answer, but Li Qing knew that this would take time. He didn't urge Atuna or put pressure on him. Instead, he stood up and said, "I'll go talk to my brothers in the tribe for a while. If you've figured things out, you can come find me anytime. I'll immediately ride Big Black and take her back to the tribe."

Without waiting for Atuna's reply, Li Qing turned and left.

He turned to Chu and noticed from the beginning that Chu seemed hesitant to speak several times, which puzzled Li Qing. He asked directly, "What's wrong? You seem to have something to say?"

Seeing that Chu's face was flushed, as if he was embarrassed, Li Qing was even more puzzled—he thought that Chu had objections to his plans again.

After hesitating for a while, Chu finally couldn't help but say, "Um... Mai Zi, could you revive Lie Yan first?"

What?!

Li Qing thought he had misheard.

This doesn't sound like something Chu would say.

"What, you like her?" Li Qingqi asked.

"I have no interest in women!" Chu exclaimed excitedly.

Li Qing said, both amused and exasperated, "Don't say that. We're all men. If you really have feelings for Lieyan..."

"I already said no!"

"Cough cough."

Li Qing had no choice but to cough forcefully a few times.

"Okay, it's my fault. What's the reason?"

Chu took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then said, "I lost my duel with Lieyan. According to the agreement, I was supposed to cut off one of my arms. I was planning to do that, but just as I was about to pick up the stone axe, she fainted. So, I hope you can revive her first. I want to cut off my arm in front of her, so she won't think that everyone in the Red Flower Tribe is like the White Feather Tribe, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back!"

After saying that, Chu puffed out his chest and said, "No objections, right?"

No objections?

No way! You must be kidding me!

Li Qing never expected that Chu would pull this stunt while he was away. What was going on? Putting aside how you lost, why did you do this? Why didn't Dian or Su stop you? Okay... that doesn't matter, but what you just said, were you joking? I didn't tell you not to keep your promise, but the way you did it... you're just like a straight man from the Primitive Era!