Li Qing's heart was racing, and his mind was in chaos. He didn't know what was going on at the place Da Hei had sent him to, but he had a very ominous premonition. Ignoring the sidelong glances and scrutiny from the people in the Qingye tribe, he strode towards a corner of the tribe. When he saw a person lying in the corner, Li Qing's heart tightened instinctively.

"Chu!"

Chu was badly injured, covered in blood. He was leaning against a tree, peeling a banana in his hand, when he heard someone call him. He looked up in surprise, "Maizi, what are you doing here?"

Li Qing quickly approached Chu's side. Seeing Chu up close, Li Qing realized that Chu's injuries were more severe than he had imagined. One of Chu's right legs was a bloody mess, and it would probably take a long time to recover. Chu might even be crippled for the rest of his life. Chu's left eyeball was empty, and there was a lot of dried blood running down the corner of his right eye.

"how so……"

Seeing Li Qing's expression, Chu smiled, patted the ground, and gestured for Li Qing to put Dahei down first. After Li Qing put Dahei down, Chu pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile, "It's okay, I won't die. It's just that my left eye will be unusable in the future, and my right eye may not be able to see as far as before."

Li Qing was in a state of confusion; his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Chu forced a smile again: "Really, I'm not lying to you. It was Ye Wu here who said it. But it doesn't matter much, haha. When I was fighting in the tribe, I was always the first to charge. How far I can see doesn't affect me much, as long as I can see the enemy in front of me."

"...Where are they?

Li Qing asked.

He already had the answer in his heart.

However, this was before Chu told him.

Li Qing still harbored a sliver of hope.

The smile that Chu had been deliberately showing faded after Li Qing finished speaking. He pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "They all fell off the cliff."

Even though he was somewhat prepared, Li Qing still found it hard to accept the answer. His eyes widened, a lump formed in his throat, and he instinctively braced himself on the ground, unable to look Chu in the eye. His voice was hoarse as he said, "I'm sorry, Chu, it's all my fault...it's all my fault. If only I could..."

Chu was taken aback for a moment, then said somewhat strangely, "What's there to blame you for? You were captured by the Heavenly Eagle back then, this has nothing to do with you."

Chu chuckled self-deprecatingly: "You should blame me. My own strength is too weak. I train so hard every day, but I'm still only a level two warrior. If I could reach level three or higher, I could definitely protect the hunting team and prevent you from being captured by the Heavenly Eagle!"

"By the way, how did you survive after being captured by the Heavenly Eagle?" Chu asked curiously. "We happened to find the Heavenly Eagle's house, but we didn't see you there."

"Those few Heavenly Eagles don't seem like easy targets. You're incredibly lucky to have escaped their clutches," Chu concluded.

Li Qing had no interest in talking about this. He opened his mouth, about to tell Chu about the "traitor," but at that moment, he heard a series of noisy footsteps behind him.

Looking back, it was the same two soldiers from before, except that there was now a very thin-looking man between them.

After the two warriors turned to the man in the middle and spoke at length, the man turned to Li Qing and translated, "They asked who you are, why you know where our tribe is, what your relationship is with Manghu and Yi, and whether you were the one who kidnapped them a few days ago?"

Li Qing gritted his teeth, but he knew that when you're on someone else's turf, you have to abide by their rules, so he had no choice but to force himself to give them a brief summary of the situation.

The other party clearly didn't believe it, but still relayed Li Qing's words to the two soldiers.

The two soldiers looked at Li Qing at the same time, as if trying to judge whether what Li Qing had just said was true or false based on his tone and behavior.

A few seconds later, after a brief exchange, the man pointed to Chu behind Li Qing and asked, "What is your relationship with him?"

"We are both from the Red Flower Tribe."

Li Qing paused, his tone softening slightly, and pleaded, "Could your tribe give us some simple herbs to treat his current injuries? He's too badly injured, and if he gets infected, it will be difficult to treat him later!"

"And this black dog, it's also badly injured and is unconscious. If we don't save it, it will die!"

This time, the man didn't relay Li Qing's words to the two soldiers. Instead, he made the decision himself on their behalf: "No!"

He answered very decisively, and after he finished speaking, he even spoke a long string of gibberish to the two soldiers, who nodded in agreement, showing their strong support for his decision.

Unexpectedly, the other party rejected his request so decisively. Li Qing gritted his teeth, but his tone softened: "May I ask why? There are only two of them. They won't take up much of your tribe's resources. Or is it that your tribe is currently dealing with internal troubles and doesn't have time to deal with us outsiders? If it's the latter reason, we can wait."

A cold glint flashed in the man's eyes. He shook his head and turned to leave with the two warriors. "Enough of this. Your name is Mai Zi, right? I'll call Mang Hu over right away and have him take the three of you away from our tribe. Your Red Flower Tribe and our Green Leaf Tribe have never had any contact before. Why should we help you?"

Blood rushed to Li Qing's head: "Is this how your tribe does things?"

Li Qing's tone did not soften because of the man's forcefulness; instead, it became even harsher. He knew that even if he pleaded with the man in a polite manner, or even knelt down to beg for help, the man probably wouldn't help him and might even laugh it off and turn away.

He looked directly into the other person's eyes.

Sensing the hostility in Li Qing's eyes, the two soldiers each took a step forward.

"wheat."

Behind him, Chu suddenly called out.

Li Qing turned around.

Chu forced a smile: "The people of the Qingye tribe are very kind. If they hadn't discovered me and Dahei, we might not be in any better shape than the other brothers. We might have been eaten by wild beasts at any time."

Upon hearing this, the man snorted and looked at the two of them with disdain.

Chu continued, "They also helped Dahei and me treat our wounds, pulled out some of the arrows stuck in our bodies, and did some simple treatment. Don't worry... we're not far from our tribe now. I'm a level two warrior, so if I hold on a little longer, I should be able to make it back to the tribe."