"This really is the ape king we encountered!"
Xiong Ga couldn't hide his shock and said incredulously.
"Oh, it's that big guy again."
Chu gasped in surprise.
The giant ape was very gentle towards humans. When it saw Li Qing and his companions again, it even greeted them by pounding its chest, just like the people in the tribe.
Blackfoot laughed smugly, "Now you can trust what I say, right?"
Before Li Qing and the other could reply, Black Foot said, "The deal I'm making with you is very simple. You don't need to worry about me lying to you. All I want is for you to have this giant ape take you back to the Red Flower Tribe, and then take me back to the White Feather Tribe. It's that simple."
Blackfoot said casually, "However, there is still a time limit."
Xiong Ga asked, "What gives you the right to make such a demand of us?"
Blackfoot pretended to be stupid and said, "I don't communicate with the Giant Ape as smoothly as you do, Chief. Besides, this Giant Ape is obviously more friendly to you. If you try to persuade it, it will be more effective."
Chu was furious: "Are you playing dumb with me?!"
Blackfoot: "The reason is something I can only tell these two little guys from the Red Flower Tribe. You can't listen to it."
Li Qing: "Don't go too far!"
Blackfoot asked in surprise, "Are you speaking up for a chief from another tribe?"
He continued, "It doesn't matter if he listens here, I don't care. But this matter is very important to your tribe. If you don't care, it doesn't matter if he listens here."
Chu: "Xiong Ga is our friend, and he even saved my and Da Hei's lives. Why can't he listen to us? If you want to say something, just say it right here!"
Blackfoot: "Since you put it that way..."
Xiong Ga: "Never mind, I'm leaving."
“Xiong Ga,” Chu said in surprise, “No, it’s okay, we believe you.”
Xiong Ga smiled and said, "I know, but since Blackfoot says this matter is very important to your tribe, I'd better not listen."
After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling for Mane and himself to walk to a tree first. "Mane and I will rest for a bit first. If you're done chatting, come and call me."
Li Qing felt a little embarrassed. Xiong Ga had helped him and Chu so much, but now he was being asked to leave. He wanted to persuade them to stay, but he didn't know how to start. Just then, the next second, Hei Jiao's words made Li Qing feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave: "You must get back to the Red Flower Tribe before dawn, otherwise after dawn, you may only see the corpses of an entire tribe."
“After the Black Wind Tribe attacked your hunting party, their next target will be your tribe, which is completely unprepared for their attack,” Blackfoot said. “Judging from the number of people left in your tribe, they can’t withstand the Black Wind Tribe’s attack.”
Black Wind Tribe!
Li Qing wanted to go back early because he was worried that the traitor might be communicating with the Black Wind Tribe, putting the Red Flower Tribe in an even more dangerous situation. Now, Black Foot said that the Black Wind Tribe would launch an attack before dawn, which Li Qing found hard to accept. He raised his voice and said, "How do you know all this!"
Blackfoot glanced cautiously at Xiong Ga, who was resting. Seeing that he didn't react, he grinned and said, "It's simple. Your Red Flower Tribe has traitors in the Black Wind Tribe, so why aren't there any people from our tribe in the Black Wind Tribe?"
He even knew about this!
Li Qing was shocked.
He had never told Blackfoot about this, and during their encounter with Liang Menghe, they only had a very brief exchange. How did Blackfoot know all this? Could it be that there really was a pawn planted by their White Feather tribe in the Black Wind tribe? If so, then Blackfoot's knowledge of these things would be perfectly reasonable.
Li Qing was lost in thought, oblivious to Chu's commotion. Chu grabbed Hei Jiao by the neck, slammed him against a tree, and then punched him hard in the face, roaring, "Say that again!"
Blackfoot chuckled strangely, not retaliating, but simply said to Li Qing, "You're asking about wheat?"
"Don't try to pull these tricks on me," Chu roared. "How could there be a traitor in our tribe? Tell me, what are you trying to do? Are you looking for death?"
He pressed his face tightly against Black Feather's face and said, word by word, "Everyone in your White Feather tribe is as cunning as you, hmph... But you've messed with the wrong person. You're still injured, right? But I'm almost fully recovered now, and I can still beat you up."
As he spoke, Chu squatted down, about to punch Black Foot in the stomach.
"Wait a moment!"
"wheat?"
Chu turned around unexpectedly.
"Do you believe what he said?"
Li Qing shook his head bitterly: "Of course I don't want to believe it... but what he said is all true."
"What?"
Chu stood there blankly, his hands hanging down naturally. He turned to look at Li Qing and repeated, "What did you say?"
Li Qing pursed his lips, unsure how to tell Chu about this: "I mean, what Blackfoot said about there being a traitor in our tribe is true."
"No, no!" Chu clutched his scalp, his expression filled with pain. "How could this be? The chief and the shaman treat everyone so well. How could there be a traitor in our tribe!"
“But if we think about it carefully, we can see that what he said is indeed true!” Li Qing said loudly. “Of course, I am also unwilling to admit that there are traitors in our tribe, but it is a fact, and it is the fact that I have been hiding it from you and have been waiting to tell you when we return to the tribe!”
"No……"
Chu crouched down in pain, burying his face in his hands.
"Otherwise, why would Yong and the others have died at Moonstone? Why would Li's hunting party have been attacked by the Black Wind Tribe and died outside?"
These past events were also incredibly painful memories for Li Qing, but he had to face them sooner or later. So Li Qing had no choice but to bring them back to the forefront and explain to Chu: "Yong and the others died at Moonstone, which can be explained as running into the Black Wind Tribe, who were also out hunting. But there's another point! The Black Wind Tribe doesn't usually go to the Liangmeng River, but they did, and they just happened to run into Li's hunting team, who were also going to the Liangmeng River. This is simply illogical! You know, our hunting trip to the other side of the Liangmeng River should only be known to our own tribe. It's impossible for it to be such a coincidence!"
At this moment, Chu's posture had changed to kneeling on both knees. He was in pain, constantly grabbing his hair with both hands. It was unclear whether he had heard what Li Qing had just said.
Seeing Chu like this, Li Qing was also very sad, but he knew that at this moment, the only thing to do was to give Chu some time to slowly get through it on his own. So he turned around and asked Black Foot, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
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