Chapter 83 When they returned to the human race, it was during…
She returned to the human realm just as the snow was melting; she wasn't too late.
The humans who had been hibernating during the winter are gradually coming out to be active again.
Cang Li landed in front of the cave with Donghuang Taiyi and said to Donghuang Taiyi, "Fellow Daoist, please make yourselves at home."
Donghuang Taiyi did not sit down. Instead, he looked around the human settlement from the cave entrance before turning back and smiling, saying:
"As the leader of the human race, you have brought the human race to its current state, which is truly admirable."
Cang Li shook his head: "It's not all my achievement. My people are clever, hardworking, and eager to learn. They don't blindly obey me, which is why they have been able to live the way they are today."
Donghuang Taiyi turned his head in surprise to look at Cang Li. He saw that Cang Li's expression was serious and there was no hint of politeness. It was clear that he genuinely thought so.
However, the demon race is different. Whether they are powerful demons or ordinary demons, they all believe in the law of the jungle. No one cares if a weak demon dies; at most, it gives a powerful demon an excuse to plunder and send troops.
Donghuang Taiyi observed the distribution of the human race and found that the weak humans and their young lived together in the central area, while the strong humans lived in the outer area. There were also well-trained soldiers patrolling the outer area, and they would blow whistles to warn of danger.
Among the demon race, old and weak demons are only fit to live on the outskirts.
Donghuang Taiyi was puzzled: "Why not let those weaker clansmen stay outside? They can't bring any benefits to the human race, and they're even consuming human resources."
Cang Li: ? The demon race is being a bit too brutal.
Cang Li frowned: "Your idea is very inhumane. There are only so many of us humans. If you keep causing trouble, will you just wipe out the entire race? Besides, all lives are equal. A strong person has one life, and a weak person has one life. Those weak people are not completely useless. If they cannot resist outsiders, they will try their best to do what they can."
"Helping to look after the cubs, cooking, washing clothes, watering the fields, and teaching the cubs survival skills—everyone's existence is necessary."
Donghuang Taiyi's expression went blank for a moment. He had never thought about these things, because he was born from the Sun Star, was born powerful, and had a superior status with his brother in the demon race. Who would care about those weak demons? Even the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans back then would not care about the weak members of their clans.
This new human race is completely different from other races in the primordial world.
The human race's ideas are terrifyingly naive.
Cang Li seemed to have sensed Donghuang Taiyi's thoughts and said with a smile:
"In short, this is how we humans are. Fellow Daoist Taiyi, just take it with a grain of salt."
Humans love life, but there's no conflict with other races who love to fight. Everyone keeps to themselves and doesn't interfere with each other's customs.
When Donghuang Taiyi came to his senses, he saw that Cang Li had a very open-minded expression on his face. He didn't know what to say for a moment, but subconsciously he understood that Cang Li was right and that such a human race would survive in the prehistoric world for a long time.
Cang Li saw Hua Xu and A Qi leading the children in two groups by the river, seemingly playing some kind of competitive game. It was quite lively. Cang Li nodded in satisfaction. It was good that these second-generation humans got along well, so that they could support each other and strengthen the human race in the future.
Donghuang Taiyi did not stay; he bid farewell to Cangli and returned to the Demon Court before sunset.
After resting for two days, Cang Li began to think about visiting the Wu tribe.
Before that, she had to interrogate the witches imprisoned among the human race and find out where Houtu Ancestral Witch was. Since Houtu Ancestral Witch was the most easy to talk to among the witches, she would definitely choose to talk to Houtu Ancestral Witch rather than confront the ill-tempered ancestral witch head-on.
"Great Chief!"
Cang Li slowly walked from the cave to the other side of the river. The witches were imprisoned in empty houses on the outskirts of the human race. To interrogate them, he had to pass through the human race. Now the human race lived together in groups, unlike before when they were scattered. So Cang Li could meet someone every three steps.
Everyone greeted Cang Li warmly.
Cang Li nodded casually, then exchanged a few random greetings. By the time he reached the outer perimeter, there were fewer people, only those on patrol.
"Great Chief!"
Today, it was Yotsuba who led the patrol. When she saw Cangli coming over, Yotsuba greeted him loudly.
Cang Li waved and walked towards Si Ye. As he got closer, he asked:
"Four-Leaf, where are those witches imprisoned?"
Four Leaf's face showed a look of disgust: "Great Chief, why don't we just kill those witches?"
Cang Li: "Huh?"
Siye complained bitterly: "Great Chief, you don't know how much those witch tribesmen eat these days you've been away. There's no work to do in winter, they just eat and don't work. We still have to give them firewood to keep them from freezing to death, and we still have to send people to guard them. It's a complete waste of food. It would be better to kill them to save trouble!"
Cang Li: "...After I finish questioning them, I'll take them to the Witch Clan. They won't eat our food anymore."
Yotsuba nodded fiercely: "Fine, if they continue to eat and stay for free, I'm really going to bury them all alive!"
Cang Li scratched her face, feeling that what she and Donghuang Taiyi said was somewhat different from what the human race actually was. They were still glorifying their own people. They, the human race, well, were full of martial virtue and loved to bury people.
Siye instructed the others to continue patrolling, while she took Cangli to the place where the witch clan was imprisoned. For ease of management, the two hundred or so witch clan members were imprisoned in one area, occupying about twenty of their rooms, which was extremely annoying.
As Cang Li approached the houses, he heard sounds coming from inside.
"Great Shaman, what do you think they'll bring us to eat today?"
"Great Shaman, the humans are so stupid. They captured us and are still feeding and caring for us."
"Great Shaman, do you think we'll just stay here forever?"
"That's great! I don't want to go back. Here, we don't get cold in winter, we can eat our fill, and we have beautiful houses to live in."
"Shut up, have you forgotten our Father God Pangu? Have you forgotten how the Ancestral Witch nurtured us?"
There was a moment of silence in the room, then—
"But Father God Pangu didn't feed us enough, and the Ancestral Witches didn't care whether we froze to death."
"Exactly, Great Shaman, could you please put down the food in your hand before you say that?"
"..."
Cang Li walked over, and Si Ye kicked the door open. A dozen or so members of the Wu Clan inside immediately looked over, grinning as they asked:
"Lord Yotsuba, what food did you bring us today?"
Yotsuba: ...
Four-Leaf kicked three of them away, yelling, "Eat, eat, eat! Eat shit! Give us a proper answer to our leader's question!"
The three witches who were kicked away weren't angry. They were thick-skinned and tough, so the kick only hurt a little. After listening to Siye's words, the three of them unleashed their great witch power:
"Great Shaman, Great Shaman, the Chieftain is asking you a question, go and speak!"
He glared at his people.
Cang Li: ...Aren't these witches adapting too well?
Siye had already moved a bamboo chair over for Cangli to sit on: "Great Chief, you sit down and ask the questions, and make them kneel to listen!"
Seeing Siye's angry expression, Cang Li swallowed back the words "No need to kneel".
"I ask you, which ancestral witch do you belong to?"
He remained silent, for he had been cultivated by the Ancestral Witch and would never betray her!
"Reporting to the Great Chief! Our Ancestral Wizard, Tianwu Ancestral Wizard!"
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Cang Li was satisfied and continued to ask:
"Alright, are you familiar with Houtu, the Ancestral Witch? Do you know where Houtu lives?"
Li: "Don't even think about me betraying our ancestors..."
"I know, I know! Great Chief, our Ancestral Witch Houtu is kind and often protects her subordinates. The witches under her command live the best lives. She lives next to Ancestral Witch Dijiang!"
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"Don't you guys have any backbone?!"
Wu: "No, we just want to be well-fed and clothed, and not have to worry about dying at any time."
Cang Li tapped the armrest of the chair: "Alright, stop arguing and don't worry. I'll send you back to the Witch Clan in the next couple of days and pay a visit to your Ancestral Witch Houtu."
Li was overjoyed: "You really want to let us go?"
The other witches were utterly devastated, as if struck by lightning: "What?! Send us back?!"
Cang Li nodded as a matter of course: "Of course, I will tell your Ancestral Witch everything about your unprovoked attempt to plunder our human race and demand an explanation."
Siye added with a cold laugh, "And you'll have to pay back for all the free food and drink you've been taking from the humans all these days!"
After saying that, Siye coldly kicked the door shut, locking Wu inside, and said to Cang Li with a strong voice:
"Great! Chief, you're finally going to get rid of these freeloaders!"
Cang Li thought for a moment and said to Si Ye, "Are you really going to let them eat and drink for free? Although there's not much work in winter, you could tie them up and take them up the mountain to collect firewood, right?"
Four Leaf's expression went blank, and she suddenly looked at Cang Li: "Great Chief! Why didn't you say so sooner!"
Two hundred people—collecting firewood on the mountain would be enough to offset their consumption.
Yotsuba was filled with regret. She shouldn't have let these people eat and drink for free. At the very least, they could have shoveled snow or repaired the roof!
Cang Li spread his hands, hooked his arm around Si Ye's shoulder and said, "Alright, alright, don't worry. Once I reach an agreement with Hou Tu, the problem of the Wu Clan trying to steal our things will be mostly solved."
The other half consists of other ancestral witches who neither care about the human race nor govern their subordinates. However, as long as a deal can be reached with Houtu, it will ultimately benefit the human race.
Two days later, Cang Li sent Nini with two hundred people to the Wu tribe for negotiations. The group couldn't be too large, otherwise it would be seen as a provocation.
The only incident was that the captured members of the Wu tribe were not very willing to go back, and Cang Li tied them up and forcibly escorted them on the road.
"Great Chief, please let us stay!"
Cang Li remained unmoved. If she really left these witch tribesmen behind, how could she negotiate? It was definitely impossible. Besides, the witch tribesmen were not her own kind.
Seeing that Cang Li remained unmoved, the witch tribe members sighed and followed him on his way, feeling that their good days were gone forever.
It took Cang Li and her group a month to reach the Buzhou Mountain area. Cang Li stopped and chose a place that was neither too far nor too close to set up camp. She instructed the others to wait there while she took Nini to the Wu tribe.
Upon returning to the territory of the Wu tribe, Li instantly straightened up, raised his chin, and said:
"Now that you're on our turf, you'd better behave yourselves and let us go!"
Nini glanced at Li and said to Cang Li:
"Great Chief, this great shaman is useless, let's just kill him."
Cang Li: "It's not a good time to kill them now. Don't forget we're here to negotiate. Nini, loosen their ropes."
Nini reluctantly loosened the hemp rope binding the Wu tribe's feet together.
Cang Li said to Li:
"Now take me to where your Houtu Ancestral Witch resides. Don't try anything funny in front of me; you've seen my abilities."
Li swallowed his words, his face dark as he walked silently toward Buzhou Mountain. The other members of the Wu tribe exchanged glances and followed. They were already back, and although the human race was good, they still had family members.
Cang Li instructed the rest of the human race to stay put, and then followed with Nini.
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