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Wu Yue himself was actually not sure whether he could rescue Tao Hua. This woman was thin and weak, and her physical fitness was obviously not as good as Xiao's. It seemed that she would not be as easy to save as him.
But now it seems that she has recovered quite well.
Wu Yue checked and found that Tao Hua's fever had indeed subsided, but to be on the safe side Wu Yue still gave her a small dose of medicine.
Just as I was about to take out water and a basin to clean the wound and change the dressing, someone lifted the curtain and came in. It was Ma Wu.
He followed me so quickly, maybe someone's been watching me? Wu Yue didn't bother to pay attention to this old psychopath and took out water and a basin from his space.
Ma Wu widened his eyes.
He originally thought that Wu Yue was hiding some small things on his body and taking them out when no one was paying attention. This trick would make people think that he had supernatural powers.
But unexpectedly, Wu Yue could easily take out such a big basin, and it was full of water!
How can I hide this?
Looking at Tao Hua again, this woman was now awake and able to eat. She looked nothing like the dying person before!
Could it be that this kid really is... Ma Wu was shocked, but quickly shook his head in his heart to deny it. It's impossible, absolutely impossible.
He had served the Horse God so devoutly for many years, yet the Horse God had never granted him any divine power. It made no sense that such a young-looking man could possess any divine power!
Wu Yue simply cleaned the wound. After yesterday's cleaning and suturing, the wound was now in much better condition. There was not much bleeding, and the liquid oozing from the surface had begun to dry and coagulate, and it looked like it was about to form a scab.
Wu Yue took out the white medicine and was about to sprinkle it on the wound, but was suddenly pushed away by a strong force. The old man Ma Wu rushed over and took a closer look at the sutured wound.
Wu Yue almost fell down and suddenly became furious. He was about to curse when he saw that the old man was not only staring at her, but even stretched out his dirty hands with long nails to touch Tao Hua's wound.
"Great Witch--" Ma Tian wanted to speak out to stop it, but it was too late. The sharp claws had already hooked the suture thread, and the wound burst open. Blood flowed out along with Tao Hua's screams of pain.
Damn it! Fuck you, you old man!
Wu Yue got furious and stood up and kicked.
Ma Wu, who was used to bullying others, obviously did not expect that someone would dare to attack him. He was kicked to the ground without any preparation.
He was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening. He immediately jumped up and shouted, "Someone, someone! This alien wants to kill me!!"
Seeing Ma Tian standing there in a daze, he cursed again: "Ma Tian! Are you dead? Can't you see this damn alien attacking me? Why don't you kill him!"
Ma Tian was in a complicated mood at the moment. On the one hand, as the clan leader, he knew that he should protect the Great Witch at this time. Even if the other party was a messenger of God, he was a messenger of a foreign race.
But on the other hand, he was also very angry. The divine messenger had repeatedly warned the flower yesterday not to open its wound, but the great witch had treated the flower so carelessly...
Not to mention... after Wu Yue kicked the man down, he did not continue to attack. Instead, he hurriedly stopped the bleeding with a nervous look on his face.
The shouting of the witch attracted the attention of the Dama people. Immediately, several people rushed into the tent. When they saw the witch fall to the ground, they rushed to help him.
"It's that alien! He broke into the tribe and wanted to kill me. Kill him, kill him!"
Although Ma Wu had a bad temper, he had been a great wizard for decades and had a very high prestige among the Dama tribe. When he heard what he said, some people immediately clenched their weapons and wanted to attack Wu Yue.
A stone spear broke into two pieces before it even touched the corner of Wu Yue's clothes. Xiao, who had not said a word since entering the tent, took action. With a cold face, he cut off the stone spear and then stood in front of Wu Yue with a Tang sword in his hand, taking a defensive posture.
Even though they couldn't speak the same language, he understood what had just happened just by looking at it.
He hated this Malaysian tribe, especially——
He glared coldly at Ma Tian, especially at this useless clan leader.
After being glared at by Xiao, Ma Tian finally woke up from his dream. He quickly laid Tao Hua flat on the fur mat and stood up, saying, "Don't do it, don't do it, it's all a misunderstanding!"
Wu Yue was busy treating Tao Hua's wound and ignored him, and Ma Wu also calmed down temporarily because of Xiao's attack.
What a sharp weapon! He looked at the coldly shining Tang sword in Xiao's hand, his eyes full of greed.
Turning his eyes to Wu Yue, he looked him up and down with disdain, and at the same time felt extremely jealous.
Why? Whether it was divine power or some other reason, why did all those good things belong to this stinky brat who hadn't even grown all his hair yet?!
They should be his. Those life-saving medicines, methods to sew people up, the power to take things out at will and communicate with everyone, sharp weapons... these should all be his!
If he had these, he would not stay in this crappy little tribe. He would take away all the horses, choose the most powerful tribe, show these powers, and then he would become a messenger of God worshipped by everyone!
In his fantasy, all the powerful tribal leaders knelt before him, countless delicacies were served to him, and there were also women, all beautiful women were at his disposal...
Oh yes, if God really exists, he will also look for other divine powers to keep him forever young and strong and live forever!
He will unify all tribes, make everyone kneel at his feet, and become the true god of this world!
Just as Ma Wu was fantasizing, Wu Yue finally stopped the bleeding from Tao Hua's wound. Unfortunately, a day's healing was wasted as the wound opened again. He also didn't know if there were any bacteria on the old man's nails. Without any disinfectant, could he clean it just by washing with water?
Ma Tian finally explained to the people who rushed in the identities of Wu Yue and Xiao, and that they were here to treat Tao Hua's injuries.
The Malaysians, who had originally been skeptical, began to believe it after seeing that Tao Hua, who was half-dead before, had indeed recovered, and after witnessing with their own eyes that Wu Yue put the things into the space out of thin air.
Ma Wu finally came to his senses. After looking at the awe in his tribesmen's eyes, he snorted coldly, "Ma Tian, are you the leader of the Dama tribe, or are you a member of the Sharp Tooth tribe? You let an outsider treat my injuries. What? Do you think I'm dead?!"
Ma Tian was stunned and said with grievance: "But Great Witch, I asked before..."
"Shut up!" the horse witch shouted coldly, "Don't you know how much these foreigners covet our horses? I cured Tao Hua just to gain your trust. What will you do if he uses his evil magic to steal all the horses?!"
After packing up his things, Wu Yue stood up, rolled his eyes, pointed at Ma Wu and cursed rudely: "...You old fool, you're not done yet, are you?"
The Malaysians present were all shocked by the unfamiliar language, but they fully understood its meaning.
It really is, the messenger of God?
Wu Yue continued to curse, "You lunatic! My Sharp Tooth Tribe is full of goodies, so who cares about your broken horses? If your clan leader hadn't come to me and begged me, I wouldn't have bothered to help you save people. You bastard, you can't heal people yourself, but you're still complaining about others having cured them. What? Jealousy? Jealousy is useless. Who made you live to such an old age and still be a waste? I think you should dig a hole and bury yourself as soon as possible!"
Because of the communication pills, everyone present understood what was said. At that moment, the primitive man with a limited vocabulary began to turn green.
Xiao, on the other hand, was very happy to hear this, and the corners of his mouth curled up wildly.
Wu Yue now had a bad impression of the entire Dama tribe, and looked at Ma Tian again: "Hey, Ma Tian, I rescued the people. Although I don't really care about your broken horses, I have to do it since I promised."
Ma Wu on the other side also pointed his spearhead at Ma Tian: "Ma Tian! How dare you... just to save this useless woman? You are actually willing to exchange horses for her!?"
Tao Hua felt a pain in her heart when she heard this.
The Great Shaman had always disliked her. On the one hand, she was in poor health and had never gotten pregnant. On the other hand, she came from a pottery tribe but didn't know how to make pottery.
Ma Tian, who had been in a dilemma, saw some hurt on Tao Hua's face and felt very distressed. He immediately became a little tougher and said, "Great Witch, as the tribe leader, I naturally have the right to trade horses. Besides, the tribe has enough horses now, so even if I give away two, it won't be a big loss."
“Two horses!?” the horse witch yelled again, “No!”
He secretly hated Ma Tian in his heart. This useless guy had once wanted to exchange horses for him. If he hadn't done something, taming horses would no longer be an ability unique to their Dama tribe.
Without this unique ability, what is the point of him staying in this small tribe?
Ma Tian rarely argued with Ma Wu: "Great Wu, this matter has been decided. I promised to give two horses to Wu Yue, the divine envoy, and I will definitely give them!"
Ma Wu was shocked. He never expected that the young chief would dare to speak to him in such a tone.
I became more and more determined to kill this guy, but not now.
"Hmph, since the clan leader has already made the decision, what else can I say? He is right anyway. I am old and useless. Even if the clan leader wants to give the entire clan away, what can I do?" Ma Wu sighed helplessly, humming and walking out tremblingly.
When passing by Wu Yue, he paused and looked at him with a strange look.
Wu Yue was even more rude and glared back.
Ma Wu snorted coldly and went out first, and Ma Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked Wu Yue and Xiao to go and pick a horse.
"God, God's messenger..." Just as he was about to leave, a woman's weak voice rang out from behind him. Wu Yue turned around and saw Tao Hua seemed to have made a major decision. Her voice was trembling but firm as she asked, "Can I join the Sharp Fang Tribe?"
When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.
"Ah?" Wu Yue was also shocked. Tao Hua had only met him twice, and as the clan leader's woman, she should be living a good life. Why would she say such things out of the blue?
Ma Tian was even more surprised and hurt. He and Tao Hua had always had a good relationship, so how could...
Tao Hua smiled bitterly, her face pale. "The Great Witch had already determined that I would die, but now I've been saved by an outsider. He didn't like me in the first place. How can I have a good life from now on?"
All the Malaysians present were silent. They had lived with Ma Wu for so long and naturally knew what kind of person he was.
This great witch would absolutely, absolutely not allow anyone to live happily after offending his authority. Not even if they were from the Malaysian tribe, let alone Tao Hua, who was actually from another tribe.
"Tian, I'm very happy with you, but I'm not having a good time in the Dama Tribe." She looked at Ma Tian tenderly and said in a low voice, "To be honest, after dying this time, I regret it now. I really shouldn't have left the tribe to follow you. I know you can't go over the mountain and send me back to the Pottery Tribe, so let me join the Sharp Tooth Tribe."
She looked at Wu Yue again: "I'm sorry, God's Messenger, you won't get the horse now, but I will work hard to repay you for saving my life..."
"Shut up." Ma Tian interrupted her before she could finish her words. His face turned cold, "I won't allow you to leave! Divine Envoy, let's go pick some horses now."
Wu Yue raised his eyebrows and watched the show.
In his opinion, that Ma Wu was a complete psychopath, and a psychopath with great power in his hands. Tao Hua was right.
Although he felt a little sorry for the horses, he wouldn't mind replacing them with humans, especially a young, clear-headed girl like Tao Hua, who would be a good labor force. But what about Ma Tian's attitude? Was he so foolish as to not think Ma Wu would harm Tao Hua, or was he so selfish as to force Tao Hua to stay even though he knew this would happen?
"Messenger of God, please." Seeing Wu Yue standing still, Ma Tian walked up and gently pulled Wu Yue's arm.
There was a deliberate pinch on his arm, and at the same time, Ma Tian's almost inaudible voice drilled into his ears: "...Please believe me."
Well, let's see what tricks you can play.
After giving Tao Hua a soothing smile, Wu Yue and Xiao followed Ma Tian out of the tent. The people who had just rushed in also followed them out. Only the crying Tao Hua was left in the small tent.
Hearing that the chief wanted to trade horses with outsiders, more and more people followed him. By the time they reached the herd of horses at the edge of the tribe, there were already more than 20 people following behind to watch the fun.
The great witch said that horse training was an ability bestowed upon the great horse people by the horse god, and outsiders like them could not do it.
If a foreigner approaches, the horses will panic and become agitated. If you're unlucky, they might even get their necks broken. Aren't there people who say foreigners are messengers of God? I need to see what a messenger of God looks like when his neck is broken!
Wu Yue's eyes lit up as he looked at the hundreds of horses in front of him.
Horses are good things. They can be ridden and carried, and when agriculture develops in the future, they can also pull plows, carts, and mills... Moreover, horses are vegetarians, so they only need to be fed grass on a regular basis, and at most some grain occasionally. There will be no shortage of that once agriculture develops.
Ma Wu, who had left earlier, was also standing far away, looking like he was waiting to see the show.
Wu Yue didn't bother to care about them. He put on his most friendly smile and wanted to get closer to the herd of horses.
But he had just taken two steps forward when the horse closer to him began to show signs of anxiety, paddling the ground impatiently with its hooves.
Wu Yue was stunned. Unconvinced, he took another step forward and tried to communicate in a slower voice: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
As he went further forward, the horses became more and more agitated. One of the horses finally couldn't bear it anymore and raised its head and neighed.
Wu Yue was stunned, thinking that the communication pill had lost its effect. Otherwise, why was the horse saying "stinky?"
Although he didn't bathe in the river every day, he would simply wash himself before bed and change and wash his underwear frequently, so how could he smell...
He bent down and smelled himself, but didn't smell any strange smell on his body!
"What's wrong?" Xiao asked, noticing that he was behaving strangely.
Wu Yue made a bitter face: "The horse said I stink!"
Xiao strode forward, pulled the person into his arms, sniffed closely, and concluded, "It doesn't stink at all."
That's right! Even if animals have a more sensitive sense of smell, it shouldn't be this bad. Last night when he was holding the baby to sleep, the little fox didn't say anything at all. He's still a canine, so it doesn't make sense that his sense of smell is worse than a horse's, right?
Besides, he is obviously much cleaner than these primitive people, especially the horse witch with mud stuck in his fingernails. It doesn't make sense that the primitive Malaysians are accepted but he is considered smelly!
Wait, thinking of Ma Wu, Wu Yue suddenly recalled the few times that the old man looked at him.
Is it possible that the smell that the horse dislikes is not his own smell?
The onlookers from the Malaysian tribe were so proud when they saw the foreigner being rejected and anxious by the horse. Humph, so what if he was a messenger from a foreign tribe? So what if he had divine power?
Those who are not favored by the Horse God are not worthy of owning a horse.
Only the Dama tribe, the one and only Dama tribe, can tame horses!
They continued to watch, waiting for the messenger to bow his head and admit defeat, but they saw him suddenly take off the things on his body that did not seem to be made of fur.
Wu Yue was taking off his clothes. He first took off his coat, then after thinking about it, he took off his shirt underneath. Anyway, most men in these primitive societies were shirtless.
He was embarrassed to take off his pants, but luckily there was still some water left in the space, so he got some out and rinsed it briefly.
When Xiao saw Wu Yue suddenly taking off his clothes, revealing his skin as white as moonlight due to the lack of sunlight, he was amused at first, but then he quickly realized that something was wrong and turned around to glare at the Malaysians present.
Unfortunately, due to communication problems, no one understood why he suddenly glared.
Wu Yue didn't have time to care about him. When he felt that he had almost finished washing, he slowly approached the horse again: "Now? It doesn't stink anymore, right?"
The horse looked at him quietly, with long eyelashes, big eyes, and a gentle look.
As expected! Wu Yue was secretly delighted. Sure enough, that old man had done something to him. He might have sprinkled some lightly smelling powder on him that horses disliked.
Those foreigners who wanted horses before probably used the same method. Ha, he said, it doesn't make sense that horses in this world only recognize the Dama people.
When Ma Wu saw Wu Yue taking off his clothes and washing from afar, he guessed that his method might be discovered. Now, seeing him slowly walking into the herd of horses, he gritted his teeth in hatred.
Amid the angry gazes of the horse witch and the surprised gazes of the great horses, Wu Yue walked into the herd of horses.
Reluctantly, he took out a handful of beans from the half of the seeds that were left in the space. He picked out a few batches of those with shiny fur and strong bodies, and fed a few beans to each horse.
The food rich in protein and starch, which the horses had never eaten before, easily captured their hearts, and they came to Wu Yue one by one to beg for food.
Wu Yue stopped giving them more and asked, "The chief of the Dama tribe promised me that I could choose two horses, one male and one female, from among you. Who among you is willing?"
Ma Qun was stunned and didn't say anything.
Wu Yue raised the beans in his hand and continued, "Follow me and you can eat delicious food."
A younger red pony neighed, "Eat, every day?"
Damn, that's pretty smart. Wu Yue touched his nose and said, "I can't guarantee that there will be grass every day, but there will be grass occasionally. But every day we will give you a lot of grass, so you won't starve, and you won't have to climb mountains or walk long distances."
The little red horse hesitated, but was finally tempted by the food. It walked up to Wu Yue and rubbed against him, indicating that it was willing to go with him.
As soon as the little red horse came out, another young black horse followed, and even some other greedy ones wanted to come out.
Wu Yue thought the little red horse and the black horse were pretty good, as they were both young, a male and a female. He rejected the latecomers and fed the beans in his hand to them.
Just as the Malaysians were shocked, Wu Yue returned to the crowd with two quiet and obedient horses.
"You... are truly worthy of being a divine messenger!" Ma Tian exclaimed. He wasn't surprised that Wu Yue could do this; after all, this divine messenger could converse with foxes.
Having Xiao take his clothes and walk away to avoid stinking the horses, Wu Yue stroked Xiaohong's mane. "It's not entirely because we can communicate. Your great witch added something to me that humans can't smell, but horses can. That's why the horses are irritated. I think this is why the foreigners didn't make the deal before."
He understood that the small tribe wanted to ensure their unique ability by doing this, but it seemed that Ma Tian was not aware of the situation, so he would be a good person and tell him.
After all, he didn't think that the old man was hiding this matter out of concern for the tribe.
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