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Lamen silently waited for the Chief’s words under the steps.
Earlier, he had bumped into Davin outside. Davin said he had given the bag of light red granules to the Chief, but he didn’t say anything to Davin.
Lamen came in and told the Chief all about the young boy and the tribe of humans. He focused on stone wall that looked very strong. the very hard stone wall. The Chief didn’t speak right away, but he didn’t send him away either.
Heissen dipped his finger into the red salt and put it in his mouth. After tasting it for a while, he finally said, “It’s the taste of the sea.”
“Sea? Chief, you mean, those humans come from the sea?”
Heissen, who was in his prime of life and has a body like sculpted statue, shook his head. “The sea is very far from here. Even I can’t reach it in a short time, let alone human beings.”
Hearing that not even the chief, who had he strongest body and is the most powerful mer in the clan, can swim to the sea in a short time, Lamen becomes more curious about this mysterious sea in the stories. The stories said tht their family also came that place called sea, and that the sea is an incomparably vast area, almost as wide as the sky. But the Clan Witch said that the sea is too far away from them, Even if they can reach the sea by swimming, they will get fatigued and shed scales, and there will be many dangers along the way too.
For mermaids, shedding scales means illness, if it’s serious it can even mean death. But even then, Lamen still wanted to swim to the sea and see.
“There is a lake in the south of this land, there the water is light red, and a crystal stone with this taste will form by the lake. I wanted to claim it before, but…” Heissen seems unable to figure it out. “It’s the territory of human faced Kun Peng. Since ancient times, part of their inheritance lies there. Adult birds will lay eggs and feed their chicks there and leave when the chicks can hunt on their own. When the young birds grow up, they will also return to the territory of Kunpeng in the sea. When they have a partner and are ready to lay eggs, they will come back again. This move, repeated again and again.”
When Lamen heard ‘human-faced bird’, his lips immediately pursed. He hated that big bird. not only would it often came to catch fish, when it saw them, it’d also want to prey on them.
“I remember seeing that young bird flying in the sky not long ago. It didn’t seem to eb an adult judging by its body size. If the human faced-bird didn’t leave, where did those humans get this crystal granules from? “Heissen tapped his knee with one hand, stood up from the stone bed and slid down the steps.
Lamen guessed, “Could it be, those humans killed…”
“Impossible! Although that human faced bird is still a young bird, it’s not something ordinary humans can kill. Maybe… “Heissen thought of a possibility.
Lamen looked up at him.
“Maybe the human faced-bird had entered the sleep period for growth, and those humans don’t know that that is the territory of the human faced-bird. So they stole the human faced-bird’s salty crystals . If it’s like that, then it’s possible.”
“What should we do? Expel them? Or leave them be? ”
Heissen, who was more than half a head taller than the already tall Lamen, turned and asked, “Did you see warriors in that human tribe? ”
“That young boy is a level 2 warrior.” Lamen thought carefully and replied, “I didn’t see the others, but only a few of them were in the tribe. Maybe there were warriors among the people who went out hunting.”
“So young, and a level 2 warrior already. Either this boy has a high status among that group of People, or everyone in this tribe are strong. “There seemed to be some interest in Heissen’s face.
“But the boy looks very friendly. “Lamen added in a good words for the boy who gave them roasted fish and gifts.
Heissen glanced at him with a smile that’s unlike a smile. Lamen quickly tidied up his expressions.
Heissen gave a soft sneer, “Observe them first. The Red Lake is very far from us. It will be hard for us to get these granules. And these ones have been refined, we don’t know how to refine them, might as well exchange these with humans for now. In addition, tell the soldiers on patrol to pay attention to the sky, see if the human faced bird had really entered the sleep period.”
“Yes.”
Just when Lamen was leaving with the order, Heissen suddenly said, “Tell every warriors in the clan to be ready. If those humans get up to something, immediately kill them! Leave no one alive! ”
Lamen’s face tensed up, “yes! ”
In the Jiuyuan tribe encampment.
Wu Chen, who had been allowed to enter the priest’s tent, sneaked a glanced at the priest once, then sneaked another glance.
Yan Mo felt the big swollen bump on his forehead and hurled abuse at the guide inwardly. Usually his injuries will heal really fast, but this time, the bump didn’t get any less swollen even after all this time. Not even medicine did anything to it.
“Daren, did you… bump into something? “Wu Chen raised a finger and pointed to his forehead.
“Ah, I was thinking of something and wasn’t careful.”
“It looks like it hurts a lot.” Wu Chen voiced his sympathy.
Yan Mo resisted the urge to cut open something, waved to the little guy and gently smiled, “come here.”
Wu Chen’s fine hair suddenly stood. He didn’t understand what happened, but he intuitively felt a trace of danger.
But this is the priest’s tent. Where would the danger come from? Wu Chen couldn’t figure it out.
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“Come a little closer.”
“Yes.”
Yan Mo put his hand on the child’s forehead. His face was serious, and he said solemnly, “I have a very important knowledge to impart to you today.”
The priest’s serious expression and tone immediately affected the young Wu Chen. Wu Chen involuntarily straightened his back, the fine hair behind his neck was still standing.
“It has something to do with the inheritance of the blood of gods.”
Wu Chen opened her mouth and her eyes were wide.
“You can’t tell anyone about the matters I will tell you today, if I don’t permit it. Do you understand? ”
Wu Chen strongly nodded.
“You are a good child. After many days of observation, I intend to take you as my disciple.”
Seeing that Wu Chen’s puzzled eyes, Yan Mo smiled and said, “You, Big-eyes and others were justmy students before. In the future, those I don’t explicitly take in as my disciples are only students. Students can learn knowledges fro me, but they won’t be taught my priest’s inheritance. Only disciples can be taught deeper knowledge and my inheritance. Now, I’m asking you, do you want to continue to be my student or become my disciple? ”
Yan Mo's question is too cunning. As long as Wu Chen’s brain is not bad, will he not choose disciples?
I want to! I want to! Wu Chen was so excited that he couldn’t even start saying the first ‘I’. And the more time passes, the more tense he gets and the more his throat tied up.
“Don’t be so hurried. I understand your feelings, but you should think carefully. To be my disciple, you have to follow strict rules. First listen to these rules and think if you can follow them through. You can always agree to me after that.”
“Yes. “Wu Chen finally managed to produce a sound. Then, afraid that Yan Mo would misunderstand, he nodded again and again, to show Yan Mo how much he wants to be his real disciple
~~*~~
As Yan Mo was telling the first disciple about the rules that his disciples must abide to, Meng stood in front of that woman’s tent with a serious face. This tent acted as the woman’s prison, just like what he heard, sobbing sounds came from inside.
The guarding warriors saluted him and Meng did the same.
He lifted the tent’s curtain and went in, a bit impatient in his tone, “Why do you keep crying and crying? ”
The woman wiped her tears and looked up.
Meng’s anger dispersed by a lot when he saw the woman’s face.
Back then, Yuan Zhan took this woman to the forest, looked for a slope and made a simple hole in it, threw her in and locked her inside. He wouldn’t give her food, he just threw a ragged pelt at her and told her to exchange the knowledge from her clan’d god for food.
It was Meng who gave her some tinders when he saw how pitiful she looked, freezing in the hole in the slope, he also helped her make a fire pile.
The woman’s invisible wall isn’t active all the time, just like how Zhan can’t use his ability nonstop. When that woman’s wall can’t stay up anymore, he gave her a lot of food, and naturally pressed her down.
At that time, she didn’t seem to be entirely willing, but which slave is completely happy to follow a master?
At first, Meng thought that this woman was picked up by Zhan. She looked good, so Zhan will definitely take her as his second slave. Unexpectedly, Zhan didn’t intend to take her, even saying that he’ll kill her once she finished saying all the knowledge of her clan.
He didn’t really want her to die. Meng thought the woman wasn’t just good looking, but also very gentle, she’s so much like Cao Ting.
He had been supressing himself for so long. Zhan had Priest-daren to sleep with, while he could only watch on from the side until his eyes dried… now, he can’t even watch!
So he clearly said to Yuan Zhan that he wanted this woman. Zhan thought over it before agreeing. But he told Meng to watch over what she does and stay vigilant.
With that said, he then treated the woman as his own slave. From then on, he’d never let her starve or freeze, and slowly the woman became willing and would even take the initiative to serve him.
Later, Zhan and Mo left. Before they left, they told him to move all the A’wu people out of the surroundings of Jiufeng’s nest. He made the decision to take the woman out from that manmade cave and move her to the A’wu clan’s residence with everyone.
But because Zhan told him to be careful of this woman, he didn’t let her roam free, and still had People watch over her.
“Here you are. “Dofilde eagerly stared at Meng.
The way she looked at him made Meng feel really good.
With tear stains on her face and a gentle face, Dofie said, “It’s because I’m sad about the passing of life. Whenever a living creature die, I feel the sadness of their souls and how they are not ready yet to go. Do you understand? ”
Meng stared blankly, shook his head, then asked her, “Are you hungry? I brought you meat, but it has been left out for a while.”
Dofie’s words were cut off like that. She took the roasted meat and said gratefully the next moment, “thank you. You’re a good person.”
“Can you stop crying? “Meng’s brows knitted. He’s not very sed to this sort of weak woman who liked to cry. Yes, weak.This woman had clearly awakened her blood ability, but she gave him the impression that she’s weak, unlike the woman in Yuanji tribe, who are far from the word weak even for the most cowardly and frail of them. A’wu clan’s woman was also the same.
If I call you, you'll come. Do I still need to cry to attract attention? Dofie is also very helpless.
“I heard you cured Black-skin’s broken leg? “He thrust the sharp wood’s head into the ground. The ground was hard and frozen, but he still broke through it and made a small hole.
Dofie nodded, she uneasily looked at the wooden stick. “did I do something wrong? I just thought he looked very hurt. He seems to be very sad that he can no longer use his left leg, so I helped him.”
“Your ability is healing?” This word, healing, was one of the words he learnt from Mo Mo.
“You know about abilities? “Dofie looked surprised, then like she just remembered, she said: ” That’s right, the man who saved me had also awakened a blood ability.”
“Ou? Why do you know? ” Meng thought it was weird, since Zhan and this woman had not seen each other that many times, and he had never used his ability in front of her. How…. can this woman know?
Dofie clenched her right hand and returned in similarly puzzled manner, “You can tell a lot by looking at the warrior’s tattoos. You guys don’t know?”
“All I know is that one more mark means that that warrior’s level had risen up one level. Can it also tell if they had awakened their blood ability?”
“Of course. ” It wasn’t too much of an important secret, and Dofie wanted to win over Meng’s trust, so she truthfully explained, “Have you noticed that the tattoo’s colour can also change?”
He touched his face Meng. He really didn’t notice this. Even if he did, he just thought it was normal.
Dofie explained to him: “We’d normally divide warriors into three types; One is pure physical strength like you, second is the ability users, then the third one is warriors with both, like the person who took me back.”
“How to tell them apart? ”
“Purely strength-based warriors’ tattoos are black, ability warriors have blue tattoos, and warriors with both forces will have dark blue tattoos close to black. Like that warrior who saved me, he—”
“His name is Zhan. You can call him Lord Chief. ” The scarificial ceremony for the establishment of the tribe was not held yet, Yuan Zhan hadn’t mentioned that he’d be the Chieftain of their tribe, but A’wu people and Meng already thought of him as their chief.
Dofie sweetly followed his words, “Yes. For example, Chief-daren, he had three triangle-shaped tattoos on his left cheekbone. From left to right, two of those three are blue-ish black, so thet would mean both his ability and physical quality had reached level 2. His third tattoo was still black, showing that his physical quality had reached level 3 while his godblood ability haven’t reached that level yet. If his third mark was blue instead, that means that his blood ability reached level 3 first and his physical quality was still level 2.”
“Physical quality? “Meng didn’t understand.
“That refers to how healthy the body is and represents the pure physical force it had. The body’s strength, suppleness, mobility, agility and reaction speed, that accounts for their destructive power. Usually, when warriors with good physiques awaken their ability, that ability will be very strong too, and they will level up quickly.”
Meng understood now, “So it’s like that. Then aside from the colour, what else can you tell by looking at the tattoo?”
“The scope of the ability, but it’s not always right. For example, I don’t know what abilities the triangles on the Chief’s face represents. “Dofie carefully probed.
Meng replied without much thought, “Zhan’s ability is controlling soil and rocks, he’s very powerful!” Meng didn’t think it was some unspeakable secret. This woman will be with him from now own, so she’ll eventually find out.
“Oh? Control soil and rocks? How big is the range? How does the chief control it, to what extent? ”
“I’m not sure either. Why are you asking these? Do you really like Zhan? ” Meng thought, then next time he and Zhan can share her, like how he and his brother slept with Xia Fei. But, he still felt a bit unhappy inside. He wanted to have a slave of his own.
Dofie’s head hurriedly shook. “No. I was just grateful that he saved me, I want to repay him, that’s why I’m curious about him. I… I really don’t. You also know that I’m already yours. I…”
Dofie bashfully tucked her head.
Meng’s face became puzzled, “You’re grateful to Zhan?” After he went out of his way to make sure you can’t eat anything and will freeze?
“Of course. “Dofie nodded without hesitation. “although Chief-daren locked me up at first and wasn’t friendly to me, I know that I was just a stranger in his eyes. I can understand him being like that before he can be sure that I wasn’t a threat.”
“You’re both picked up by Zhan, but you are really different from little Mo Mo.” Meng murmured.
“Little Mo Mo? ”
Meng casually explained, “Our Lord Priest. Don’t be fooled by his age, he’s very strong! He knows more than the old priest.”
“Is that true? I really want to meet him.” Dofie’s eyes started to glimmer. Someone who was also picked up like her, knows a lot of things, but is not very old. Can this person be like her, who got stranded in the barbarian’s land by mistake? Maybe she can…
As if reacting to something, Meng stared at Dofie’s face for a long time.
Dofie didn’t know if she had said something wrong, but her face stayed composed. She naturally returned Meng’s gaze. This man may look rash, her first impression was that he’d be easy to control, but now it doesn’t seem to be that way. But does she have any other choice now?
No matter how she acted in front of that Zhan, whether she was being boneless or being fierce, or when she tried to tempt him, he’d just continue on like he was blind. She even felt like his eyes seem to look down on her.
He puzzled and frustrated her. Fortunately she could still affirm her charm when Meng approached her.
~~*~~
Lord harazhan, who disliked the princess’s feet, returned to his residence with a large number of prey on the fourth day of his departure.
The left behind personnel caused a sensation and the whole residence became lively.
Everyone’s faces showed a bright smile. Not just because this much prey might be able to last them until spring breaks, but more importantly, that no one returned dead on this hunt, everyone had came back safely.
As their priest, Yan Mo naturally had to go out and receive them.
Catching Yuan Zhan and the warriors looking at him with high-spirited eyes and waiting for something, Yan Mo pressed his hands together. His middle finger, ring finger and pinky closed together, so that his index finger and thumb formed a pistol shape to the sky. Standing far away from everyone, he chanted with half-closed eyes, “Thank god Pangu for his blessings, returning everyone safely, expelling evil and resentments from us! I pray our days be bountiful and our people be far from hunger and illnesses.”
No one can understand what he was muttering about, but looking at his serious looks and strange movements, they thought that Priest-daren was blessing the returning warriors and guiding their souls.
Wu Chen and other two kids looked at his movement and secretly imitated what his movements. Especially Wu Chen, who now looked at Yan Mo with eyes as if looking at God itself. Before, he also deeply respected Yan Mo, but now this respect had become into blind faith.
Yan Mo kept the same position with his hands held high, his head also raised to the sky, as if he was conversing wth god. A long while after, he let down his hands and exhaled the turbid Qi within him.
The next second, the crowd roared.
Yan Mo got startled, but he didn’t make it obvious. He just looked at the guy who gave out the loudest, happiest, shout. Yuan Zhan beat his chest hard, while his legs strode over to him.
Stay over there. Who said you can come closer! Yan Mo kept saying in his mind, and used his eyes to tell him to stop.
Yuan Zhan kept walking over to Yan Mo like he didn’t see it. His hands suddenly stretched out and tightly hugged him.
Yan Mo wants to push him away and give him another shot, but in full view of the public, he must protect the face of the Chief of Yuan Zhan. He can only bite his teeth and let him hold it again and again, holding it tighter and tighter.
“How long are you going to be like this?.” Yan Mo chided him quietly by his ear.
Yuan Zhan wanted to pinch Priest-daren’s ass, but everyone was looking at them. He couldn’t just do things right here, he could only release him. “I hunted a lot of prey.”
En. I knew before you even head back. Yan Mo was still fine few moment ago, but now that he got reminded, what he thought was that persistent bump on his head that finally went down after a long time, and his poor nose. Even little Wu Chen pitied him, alright?
“A lot!” Yuan Zhan stressed.
Yan Mo showed a big fat fake grin. “My Chief-daren, how powerful you are! I really thank you! I’m more thankful to you than there are stars in the sky!”
“Then… Let me do it tonight?”
“Sure.” Yan Mo smilingly agreed.
Yuan Zhan was stunned and then proud. Sure enough, it still needs more prey. Women like strong and powerful soldiers, not to mention priests. If he wants to sleep with the priest, he will naturally be more powerful and stronger than other soldiers!
“I’ll catch even more preys in the future!” Yuan Zhan solemnly promised. He’d never let his Priest-daren feel hungry.
Yan Mo really wanted to get a brick and smash it to this guy’s face until he can see . But he just smiled and said, “We can slowly discuss this in the tent later.”
Author’s note (translated):
Dofie: sob sob sob…
Lord Yan Mo, actually, I’ve admired you for such a long time. I’m actually not a bad person. I’m telling the truth…
Yan Mo: Cut off one foot for me, then I’ll take you as my assistant!
Dofie: ……
Yuan Zhan: Come here, wipe your drool. What’s so good about that foot? It’s just hard skin all over. It’s not going to taste good even if you boil it, just going to waste away the wood!
Dofie: …… You think I’m so easy to bully, huh! Just you wait!
thank you so much for the chapter!
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