Xuan comforted the other people in the tribe, and when he came back, he saw Meng Yuqing and Qiu Ye hugging each other.
He was completely confused. Why was his father crying? Why did Yuqing look so sad? Did something happen that he didn't know about?
He walked over with a confused look on his face and opened his mouth, but his intuition told him that it would be better not to speak now.
Standing aside and looking at the two people on the stone bed, he was neither standing nor sitting.
Finally, Qiu Ye came to her senses and found him. Qiu Ye wiped away her tears and returned to her previous state.
"Xuan, are you all comforted?"
"Well, everyone's been calmed down and sent home."
"That's good. Have you notified Xia?" Qiu Ye nodded and asked in a low voice.
"Fei has already set out to find his father and the others."
"Remember to send the herbs to Ruya's family. His father is in the hunting team, and these herbs are very important to him. How is Lie?"
"Dan and Dong have already delivered the herbs, and Lie is asleep, so don't worry."
Xuan sat down on the bed and spoke softly.
Hearing that Xuan had arranged everything, Qiu Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Meng Yuqing helped him lie down and took out the herbs at home to treat his wounds.
After Qiu Ye fell asleep, Xuancai pulled Meng Yuqing out.
In the open space at the door, Xuan looked at Meng Yuqing seriously and said.
"I'm really grateful to you today, otherwise... we wouldn't be able to save them, let alone save Yafu."
"Don't say that, we are a family, aren't we? I am also a member of the tribe. Li and the others are trying their best to protect us, and Mu has always been standing in front of me." Meng Yuqing shook his head and continued to speak while looking at Xuan.
"Besides, if Qiu Ye hadn't pushed me away, I would have been the one who was captured. I'm not as capable as him. I couldn't find a chance to save myself after being captured. To be honest, I should be grateful to him." At this point, he paused and spoke softly.
"If... I could have found them earlier maybe..."
"No, that's not the case. Don't think that way. If you hadn't discovered the use of the black thorn grass, Mu would have been dragged away before we arrived, and all the sub-beasts would have been captured. By then, our arrival would have been useless. We wouldn't have been able to save everyone. If you hadn't told me to use the black thorn grass as a weapon, then the sub-father would have been killed by that orc."
Xuan interrupted him, his tone becoming excited and even a little incoherent.
"Of the sub-beasts they captured, very few can return alive. Even if they do, their personalities will become very strange. They only captured Sub-father this time. If I hadn't snatched him back, Sub-father would never have returned alive."
It was the first time Meng Yuqing saw Xuan like this. He immediately went forward and hugged Xuan, gently stroking his back with one hand.
"Xuan, calm down. It's okay. Everyone is back safely. Qiu Ye is fine. He is resting in his room now."
After all, Xuan is only 18 years old and has just become an adult.
With Meng Yuqing's comfort, Xuan buried his head in Meng Yuqing's neck and gradually calmed down.
Only after discovering that Xuan's emotions had stabilized did Meng Yuqing let him go, frowning and hesitant.
He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, but he didn't know whether he should ask them.
Fortunately, after Xuan calmed down, he noticed his dilemma, pulled him to sit on a rock beside him, and spoke softly.
"Just ask me whatever you want to ask."
Hearing Xuan's words, Meng Yuqing relaxed his brows.
"Who are those roving orcs? Why are they attacking us?"
Xuan's expression was somewhat serious, and he was silent for a while before speaking.
"They came here three years ago, in the autumn. They stole 20 sub-beasts from the Shuilin Tribe and killed more than a dozen of their orcs. Because of this incident, the Shuilin Tribe's autumn hunt couldn't proceed normally."
“The Shuilin tribe sent people to ask for help, and only then did we know that there was such a group of people coming here.”
Meng Yuqing was a little surprised. The combat effectiveness of the wandering orcs was much lower than that of the orcs of the Qingshan tribe.
If it is a one-on-one fight, Lie and Mu can definitely beat each other. You have to know that Lie and Mu are not yet adults, while the opponents are all adult orcs.
"Where did they come from? How dare they come here and rob the tribe? Aren't they afraid that the tribe will organize orcs to hunt them down?"
Hearing Meng Yuqing's doubts, Xuan explained.
"There are not just these people, there are nearly 200 of them, all of them are adult orcs, there are no cubs or sub-beasts, so they can move around all the time. It's difficult to track them down and it will take a lot of time."
"There are only a little over 300 orcs in the Shuilin tribe. It's impossible for them to ignore the tribe and hunt them down."
"Moreover, the orcs of the Shuilin tribe are not as strong as those in our tribe." Having said this, Xuan also showed a puzzled expression.
Apart from the fact that he himself possesses a strange power, there is not much difference between the other orcs.
The combat effectiveness of the orcs from the Shuilin Tribe and the Shijiao Tribe is similar.
But the orcs of his own tribe are obviously stronger than those of other tribes, even if they are in the same beast form.
But he didn't hesitate for too long and continued to tell Meng Yuqing the story.
"About five or six days later, the orcs from the Shuilin Tribe discovered the stolen sub-beasts in their patrol area."
"The orcs of the Shuilin Tribe thought these sub-beasts had escaped on their own, but the sub-beasts that were still conscious said they were thrown into the patrol area by roving orcs. Those who weren't thrown back died."
"They all have forced wounds on their bodies. They only have 20 sub-beasts, but there are nearly 200 wandering orcs!"
Xuan's expression was very angry, his fists were clenched and veins were bulging.
"Could it be that they..." Hearing this, Meng Yuqing's eyes widened with disbelief.
Xuan spoke cryptically, but Meng Yuqing was not a child who knew nothing, he understood what Xuan meant.
"Later, they attacked the Shuilin tribe more than once, and also attacked the Shijiao tribe, but they never came to our tribe."
"Because they've been robbed before, their tribe has taken precautions. They don't always succeed. From last summer until now, we haven't heard of them robbing a tribe in a long time."
"We all thought they had left."
“I didn’t expect that this time, they would target our tribe.”
"Their target this time is the sub-beasts we collected. If Lie and Mu hadn't gone with us temporarily today, they might have succeeded."
"If we don't get Yafu back, he will never come back."
After hearing Xuan's story, Meng Yuqing was incredibly angry. This was simply the beastly version of a robber! A bandit! He reached out and gently patted Xuan's shoulder, saying solemnly.
"I will definitely make the tribe stronger, I will!"
Xuan turned his head and looked at him steadily, then spoke slowly after a long time.
"I will protect you. If there is anything you don't understand, you must tell me first, understand?"
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