Li stamped his foot and asked, "Is the tribe in danger now?"
Li Qing nodded and said, "Yes, we must leave here now. What did you mean just now, Li?"
Li Qing didn't specify what happened to the tribe, fearing that Li would worry, and thought it wouldn't be too late to tell them when they were about to leave the place.
Li said, "If we want to leave, we need that strange bird, but that strange bird is injured."
"Are you injured?"
“Yes, it’s injured,” Li said with a wry smile. “I don’t know how.”
Li Qing pondered for a moment and then asked, "Do you know where that strange bird is now?"
Li said, “If you want to find it, I can take you there, but… it is badly injured and seems reluctant to see people. We tried to take care of it before, but we were driven away several times. We couldn’t communicate with it at all.”
Li Qing clapped his hands and said, "It's okay, Li, I'm here!"
"You?" Li thought for a moment, "Right, you can communicate with Dahei now, and Dahei is also a ferocious beast, so if that's the case..."
“Yes.” Li Qing nodded. “We can’t communicate with it, but Dahei can. First, we need to find out what’s wrong with that strange bird before we can think of other solutions.”
After learning that Daohua was not dead, Li Qing really wanted to meet them. However, Li Qing also knew that many people in their tribe were still suffering. He had to get Li away from here as soon as possible, and the key to leaving here was that strange bird!
Li Qing had a vague feeling that the strange bird's injury was not simple, especially since the strange bird had been very "kind" before, taking the initiative to save Li and the others. Why did it change its temperament so much after being injured? There must be a reason for this.
Li said excitedly, "That's great! Come on, I'll take you there now. That place is quite a distance from here, so we need to hurry."
“Let’s ride Big Black, that will be faster,” Li Qing said.
Li nodded, jumped lightly, and sat on Big Black's back. "I never thought that Big Black would grow so big. It's really comfortable to ride on it."
Li Qing laughed and said, "Absolutely! It's not only comfortable, but you can also run really fast. Come on, Dahei, from now on, just listen to Li. Go wherever he tells you to go."
Li pointed to where he came from and said, "Big Black, just keep running forward. We'll turn when you tell us to."
Big Black responded and, with all four limbs exerting force, carried the four of them as they sped off into the distance.
It was Li's first time riding on Dahei's back and experiencing the feeling of running. He kept praising Dahei for its speed and stability. He also soon noticed Atuna and Lieyan riding on Dahei's back and asked curiously, "By the way, Maizi, who are they? I don't remember having two people like them in our tribe."
Just as Li Qing was about to explain, he heard a woman's groan behind him. He turned around in surprise. Lie Yan had been unconscious ever since he saw her. Logically speaking, she had not received any treatment and had gone through so many changes, so her injuries should have worsened. Yet she was awake now.
Lieyan seemed very weak. She supported herself with both hands, sat up, blinked hard, wiped the dust from her eyes, and looked around at her surroundings.
After the dirty mud was removed, Li Zong finally got a better look at Lie Yan's appearance. He felt that this person seemed somewhat familiar and clicked his tongue, saying, "Strange, I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before."
Just as Li Qing was about to answer, he saw Lie Yan rushing towards him. He was instantly enraged, thinking that he had gone to great lengths to save Atuna and this woman, only to have her try to hit him right away. He grabbed Lie Yan's wrists with both hands, stared into her eyes, and angrily cursed, "You bitch, do you want to die?"
She waved her hand forcefully, but how could she possibly contend with Li Qing's strength at this moment? After struggling several times, she achieved nothing and instead caused Li Qing to move forward a few places, his body pressed tightly against hers.
"Hey, Wheat, why did you suddenly start fighting?"
Li Gang was about to intervene when he heard Lie Yan utter a few words: "You're something else, you brat from the Red Flower Tribe. Tell me quickly, where is my father? Where is this place?"
"Hiss... Father, such a beautiful woman..." Li thought for a long time before finally remembering Lieyan's identity. "She is from the Black Wind Tribe, Tu's daughter, Maizi. How could she be in this place? How could she be with you?"
Li Qing stared coldly at Lie Yan, gradually increasing the pressure in his hand. He knew that Lie Yan was very weak at the moment, and that Lie Yan would not be able to withstand even a little bit of his strength. He had to teach Lie Yan a lesson no matter what.
Who knew that Lieyan's personality was truly something else? He asked Li behind him, "That's strange, Li. Weren't you supposed to be killed by our tribe a long time ago? How come you're still alive and well?"
Li Qing was furious. He didn't care about anything else. He loosened his grip on his right hand and slapped Lie Yan hard across the right cheek.
Soon, a large red handprint of Li Qing appeared on the right cheek of the flames.
This blow filled Flame with immense humiliation. She screamed incoherently, yelling, "You dare hit me?"
"If you dare to shout again, I'll slap you across the face, you believe me!"
Li Qing lowered his voice and said fiercely.
Upon hearing this, Lieyan glared angrily at Li Qing, panting heavily. But when she saw Li Qing's calm expression and the beast-like look in his eyes, she couldn't help but shrink back.
This man... he's the kind of person who keeps his word, isn't he?
Lieyan had never been so afraid. She had already surveyed her surroundings. She wasn't sure about other places, but she was certain that there were no warriors from her tribe around her, only two warriors from the Red Flower Tribe whose attitude towards her was unclear! This made Lieyan more cautious. Even though her tone was still somewhat harsh, her voice had become much softer. She covered her right cheek, the red mark Li Qing had struck, and asked tremblingly, "What do you want to do?"
“You have too many questions,” Li Qing said. “Whether I answer them or not depends on my mood.”
After saying that, he turned to Li apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Li, I've kept a lot of things from you."
Li was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's alright, Mai Zi, I believe you are a warrior of the Red Flower Tribe and will not betray our tribe."
Li Qing nodded gratefully, then turned to Lie Yan and said, "Apologize."
"?"
“Apologize,” Li Qing said. “Apologize to Li for what you just said, or you will bear the consequences.”
When had Flame ever been ordered around like that? But she also knew that if a conflict broke out now, she would be no match for the other party. So she said stiffly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that just now."
Li Qing nodded slowly, then asked Li, "By the way, Li, can our injuries heal themselves here? The injuries those two sustained were quite severe, definitely not the kind that can heal on their own, but Lie Yan seems much better now."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
