“Those guys from the Mishan tribe are not a group that are easy to talk to,” Li Qing said as he tried to pry it out again. “We are on their territory now. If they don’t see it, that’s fine, but if they do, they will definitely kill us or capture us as slaves.”
“Damn it, this thing seems to be embedded inside, and I can’t dig it out no matter what I do,” Li Qing gave up after a few attempts. “But this thing looks much harder than ordinary stones. No wonder the Mishan tribe captured people from other tribes to dig it out. If it is made into weapons, the group that uses this kind of stone to make weapons will definitely have a huge advantage when war breaks out.”
Xiong Ga was also seeing this strange stone for the first time. He tested its hardness and then exclaimed in surprise, "I have never seen this kind of stone in all my years in our tribe."
Li Qing shrugged and said, "These kinds of rocks are probably only found near the Mishan tribe."
Looking behind him, Li Qing gave a wry smile and said, "Let's keep going forward and see."
The road was pitch black, with no light source whatsoever. The two of them didn't want to go any further. Even though there seemed to be traces of the Mishan tribe's life here, they still had to keep going and see what was going on. On the bright side, they hadn't seen a single person so far. Perhaps this was a road they had abandoned.
The road, dug out by the Mishan tribe, was very long. In the secluded road, the only companions for the two were the torches on both sides, their own footsteps, and the breathing of the mane in front of them.
Apart from the occasional small piece of Kino Rock, they encountered nothing that should give them pause for thought.
This state made them feel both slightly relaxed and somewhat nervous. They could only comfort themselves by thinking that there were people from the Mishan tribe ahead, and if there were any Mishan tribesmen on the road ahead, the people from the Mishan tribe would definitely smell them first and warn them.
This silence lasted for a long time.
After an unknown amount of time, the two finally saw a light ahead.
Go outside quickly!
“Li Qing, don’t you find it strange? We’re almost at the cave entrance, but there’s still no movement from the mane,” Xiong Gaqi said.
Animals' sense of smell is always more sensitive than humans'. Even though Mane's sense of smell is not as good as Big Black's, it is still much better than humans'. The two of them had been prepared for battle all along the way. After all, this seemed to be the territory of the Mishan tribe. They themselves did not believe that they would not see any Mishan tribe people along the way. But in the end, they really did not see a single person. Mane, who was scouting ahead, had been very relaxed from the beginning until now and had never shown any vigilance. This was very strange.
As they approached the cave entrance, Mane trotted out.
“It seems there really is no one outside,” Li Qing said to Mane with a smile. “We were just being paranoid.”
Xiong Ga, however, was very alert and asked, "Li Qing, did you hear anything?"
"sound?"
Xiong Ga nodded and pointed ahead, saying, "It's coming from the front."
Li Qing calmed himself down, closed his eyes, and quietly pricked up his ears.
After a moment, he did indeed hear some sounds.
The sound was strange, a "ping-pong" sound, like... the sound of a pickaxe hitting a rock!
"Let's go take a look!"
Li Qing took three steps at a time and walked out of the cave. Just then, the mane circled around and returned to the two of them. It ran up to Xiong Ga with a silly look on its face.
"The sound we just heard must have come from that wall in front of us." Xiong Ga walked to the stone wall in front of him, carefully pressed his ear against it, and listened intently to the sounds coming from inside.
Like Xiong Ga, Li Qing pressed his ear against the wall, listening carefully. "Indeed, the people of the Mishan tribe should be behind this wall. And, did you hear that? It sounds like some guys are cursing inside."
Xiong Ga grunted in agreement.
The Mishan tribe likely speaks a language similar to the Qingye tribe. Li Qing didn't quite understand what the people inside were shouting, but he could still tell from the man's tone and the sound of the whip striking flesh that the man was probably acting as a supervisor and was currently venting his anger on his slaves.
There seemed to be more than one supervisor. Li Qing then heard many more fierce shouts from others, as well as more whipping sounds. These sounds were mixed with some low groans and cries.
Separated by a wall, Li Qing couldn't see what was happening inside, but he could still roughly imagine the scene.
"Manghu and the others were originally captured and forced to do hard labor in places like this. These guys from the Mishan tribes were really merciless towards these laborers. You could hear the sound of straw whips hitting their bodies even through a wall. It's hard to imagine what kind of torture Manghu suffered back then."
Li Qing looked at Xiong Ga.
He was curious to see how Xiong Ga would react.
A typical chief, recalling how his people had been whipped by other tribes, would be furious and immediately gather his warriors to prepare for battle.
Xiong Ga is different from other chiefs.
At least in Li Qing's opinion, Xiong Ga's strength is not as good as Dian's, but he is more approachable than Dian, and the two of them definitely have different styles of doing things.
Sure enough, Xiong Ga pursed his lips, his face was a little pale, but he still managed to control his anger well, and said to Li Qing, "Let's go that way."
On either side of this stone wall, there are two more paths, which are similar to the ones they came by. The only difference is that the path with torches is uphill, while the other path, which is pitch black, is downhill.
“It seems we have no choice,” Li Qing said with a smile. “But at least we can be at ease knowing that the people of the Mishan tribe are far away from us and pose no threat to us.”
"This road should be the one leading to the surface. I estimate we'll only encounter a few guards at the intersection, and there shouldn't be many people around. They've probably put most of their manpower into the mine."
Li Qing pointed towards the mine shaft.
Xiong Ga's voice was much lower, his emotions were still somewhat affected: "You're right, let's go."
After saying that, he walked straight ahead, his pace much faster than before.
Li Qing sighed inwardly.
It is not an easy task for the Qingye tribe to fight against the Mishan tribe. Xiong Ga must be under a lot of pressure at this time, but he is under the same pressure.
With the limited manpower remaining in the Red Flower Tribe, fighting against the Black Wind Tribe was nothing short of a pipe dream.
After taking one last look at the other dark road, Li Qing followed it.
...
"Don't you feel that we're going backwards in a counter-clockwise direction?" Li Qing asked.
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