"Is anyone injured?" Although Si Cheng had been keeping watch on the sidelines, the scene was also chaotic, so it was normal that he hadn't been able to attend to everyone at the moment.
"Xiao Wu's arm is injured."
"Sun Shaofeng twisted his ankle." Several more people's names were mentioned one after another, but they all had minor scrapes.
"Yun Heng's butt got bumped." Wu Tiancheng shouted with a hint of schadenfreude. Yun Heng, who was next to him, tried to cover his mouth but failed.
"Heng, quickly take off your pants so your brothers can see how serious the injury is. We don't want you to hurt the wrong place." If Yun Jianying hadn't been laughing so much when he said this, no one would have thought anything of it, and laughter immediately erupted on the mountain.
Si Cheng almost laughed out loud, but there was something more important to do now. "Whoever is not strong enough, take them to the back to get some basic treatment for their wounds. The rest of you, come with me to the front and check if the other three can be saved."
"What about these wild boars? The smell of blood all over the place won't do."
"Amon, go and call your men, take the horses and haul these things up. It's not far from where you're going to stay. We'll be waiting for you up ahead." Si Cheng looked around and still felt it was better to leave these things to Chief Wu and the others.
“Okay, I’ll go and call them over right now.” Although Amon wanted to go with them, he knew that they couldn’t leave his people in this area deep in the mountains.
Despite their haste, no one could save the three of them. On the way, they encountered a young man named Xiao Qin, who had been mauled beyond recognition by wild boars.
The two villagers who were near the wild boar's den suffered an even more gruesome fate, with reptiles constantly crawling in and out of their bodies.
The gruesome scene before them made Yun Jianying and the others squatting to the side, vomiting into nothingness. Although Si Cheng tried his best to hold it in, he also felt somewhat nauseous.
Captain Xiao and his men, aside from showing some reluctance, did not have any adverse reactions.
This doesn't mean they're cold-blooded. Rather, it's because they've migrated here, and during this time, the refugees in the city have had their share of disputes and murders. They've seen so much that they're more accepting of it.
"It's too cruel. How can their families accept this?" Wu Yong said, then felt nauseous again and went to the side to dry heave.
"The problem is how to get them back then; there's simply no way to do it."
"You forgot about the people from Xin San Village. They have to swallow the bitter fruit they brewed themselves." Yun Jianying wasn't that saintly, taking care of their funeral arrangements as well.
"I reckon these people won't be able to explain themselves when they get back." Captain Xiao could tell that these three men were all in their prime, meaning they were the main breadwinners of their families. Now that they've perished here, their families will definitely make a huge scene.
"Let's go, let's leave here first, and bring them back here later to tidy up." Si Cheng was referring to the people from Xin San Village. He thought that only he knew the entrance to that new village, so he decided to go back and pick up Chief Wu and the others.
The others had no objections to what he said; they were all eager to get far away from here, as what they had experienced might haunt them for a while.
"Brother, it's fortunate that our village has you, otherwise our village wouldn't be intact." Yun Jianying leaned close to Si Cheng and spoke his heartfelt words.
“Even without me, our village can live a good life. Don’t forget that we still have Second Grandfather and the others in the village. With them in charge of the overall direction, things will definitely not go wrong.” Si Cheng dared not take credit for this. The cohesion of the entire village was also brought up by Second Grandfather and the other elders.
"Anyway, I'll follow you from now on. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west," Yun Jianying said, seizing the opportunity to express his loyalty.
"I knew you had something up your sleeve coming here, you're trying to steal our talent. Brother Cheng isn't just yours, we're all loyal to him, right, brothers?" Wu Yong, who had just overheard the last sentence, shoved him aside from Brother Cheng.
"Yeah, you're getting more and more cunning."
Unable to rescue anyone, they returned quickly. When they arrived at the spot where they had just fought the wild boars, Amon and his men were already thinking about how to lift those hundreds of pounds of wild boars onto their horses.
"Village Chief Si, how are A Qin and the others?" Wang Zili rushed over to ask when he saw them return.
Si Cheng shook his head at him, "When we got there, all three of them were completely dead. And the scene was rather gruesome. Wu Yong will take you there in a bit, and you'll have to handle the rest yourselves."
"This is terrible. How are we going to explain this to their families?" Several villagers in Tianshan Village were also anxious at this moment. They had only cared about escaping before, but now they had to think about what they would have to face next.
Si Cheng and the others ignored them. It was getting late, and they couldn't afford to waste any more time.
Put whatever could be put on the horse's back on, and don't worry about the rest. Just drag them along the road. Seeing how hard everyone was struggling to drag them, Si Cheng took a step forward and dragged the two strongest wild boars to lead the way.
"Seeing is believing, today has been the most exciting day of my life." Captain Xiao looked at Village Chief Si, who was walking ahead, with some envy. Such natural strength was a great advantage at this time, and he wondered why such luck hadn't come his way.
“Actually, Pinghe Village is more suitable for living on this mountain than we are. It’s like a fish in water for them,” Amon whispered to his grandfather.
“You young people are too one-sided in your views. As the old saying goes, it’s hard to leave one’s homeland. Besides, Pinghe Village is not bad now. Even if they want to hunt in the future, the large area of the back mountain is enough for them to do so. There is no need for them to move to this deep mountain instead of going to the trouble of going far away.”
Chief Wu sighed as he thought of his distant hometown, wondering if he would ever be able to return to that grassland in his lifetime.
Amon realized he had just touched a sore spot for his grandfather, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Grandpa, you didn't see it at the time. Those wild boars were incredibly ferocious. They charged around with their tusks raised. Several times I was almost scratched by their tusks. Luckily, Village Chief Si was standing nearby and kept throwing stones. And basically, the stones hit the wild boars' vital points, which saved me from several dangers."
Seeing his grandfather listening attentively, Amon spoke even more enthusiastically, "If there's no danger, he lets us fight the wild boars, so even if someone gets injured, it's only a minor injury. Just now, he was carrying a wild boar in one hand and walking ahead easily, without feeling any strain at all."
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