The person who should have been thrown to the ground seemed to have transformed from a hard rock into a soft sponge the moment he landed.
Shao Xuan could even clearly see the person whose wrists were locked by him undergo an unimaginable change in that instant.
The originally tall and strong man collapsed like a pile of soft mud, turning into a flat and round fatty. At this moment, the sound of bones cracking could be heard, accompanied by the sound of air currents.
Shao Xuan used to think that these people had special physiques and special abilities. They could change their appearance and disguise themselves as other people, and could even blur the connection between their bloodline totems. That was why they were not discovered by the people in the tribe. However, he still underestimated the person in front of him.
While Shao Xuan was fighting with that person, the slender woman who had retreated to the side stared at Shao Xuan in surprise.
She knew that Shao Xuan was very sharp, which was why they immediately changed their plan when they found out that Shao Xuan was following them. They did not plan to fool him. Usually, they would avoid the patrol team, especially the ones with Shao Xuan. However, they did not expect to be so unlucky today. They only saw him from afar before he followed them. How did this kid find out? If everyone else was like him, how could they fool the others in the future?
Shao Xuan was also paying attention to the slender woman's movements, in case she made a move. However, she did not seem to be in a hurry. After a moment of surprise, she calmed down and stood aside to watch the battle.
Looking at the person in front of him, Shao Xuan was shocked.
Before Shao Xuan could react, in the next moment, the other party's ferocious and murderous aura disappeared. Shao Xuan felt the wrist in his hand tighten. Before he could grab it again, the person quickly slipped away.
The person who broke free from Shao Xuan's grip smiled. His face was distorted because of his broken bones. Under normal circumstances, there would be a hint of pride and arrogance. However, when he smiled in this state, it was strange and terrifying.
Just as Zhang Xuan was about to say something, the smile on Zhang Xuan's face suddenly froze as he turned his gaze to the sky. He was annoyed in his heart. Oh no, I forgot that there was a bird in the sky!
The communication between the members of the patrol team was not limited to just whistling. Sometimes, the two birds in the sky would also play a role. Right now, Chacha wasn't in the tribe, but Guigou's' Snow 'was. It was precisely this Snow that silently went to call for help.
"Someone's coming! Let's go! " The slender woman next to him stomped her feet on the ground and shot out like an arrow. She didn't look as delicate as she usually did. Although his body looked weak, it was actually hiding a great amount of explosive power.
The man who was fighting with Shao Xuan also quickly left the place, but the husband and wife went in different directions.
The moment the two of them left, Guigou appeared with ten or so people. They split into two groups and chased after them.
Shao Xuan didn't chase after them. He knew that with the strength of the two people, it would be difficult for Guigou to catch up. He was now certain that the man who fought with him was the one he met at the Drumming tribe last year. Perhaps, he had stolen something from the Drumming tribe.
What made Shao Xuan feel strange was that these two people didn't reveal any real killing intent, whether it was at the Drumming tribe or when they were hiding in the Yanjiao tribe. Shao Xuan didn't use his sword just now. He had left some leeway.
Not long after, Guigou and the others returned. From his expression, it was clear that they didn't catch up.
"How was it?" Shao Xuan asked.
"They ran. I saw them run out of the forest." Guigou said.
The white falcon in the sky also returned. It also didn't manage to track them.
"Those two, are they also 'robbers'?" Guigou asked.
"Should be." Shao Xuan answered.
Guigou's expression became worse. He sent more people to strengthen the patrols in case the two came back again.
They went to the place where the new Yanjiao people lived. Shao Xuan described the two people's faces and figures. Not long after, with the help of the people there, they found the place where the two impersonators lived.
"Here?" Guigou kicked the door open without hesitation.
Some people around heard the noise and looked over. They didn't know what was going on, but they recognized Guigou and Shao Xuan. One was the chief of the tribe, and the other was a young elder. They were both people of high status in the tribe, so they didn't dare to ask.
Shao Xuan whispered something to Tuo and walked into the house.
Tuo didn't follow him in immediately. Instead, he "revealed" to the people around that the couple living here had secretly left and stole something from the tribe before they left. He didn't tell them the real truth. If they knew that there were people from other tribes in disguise, it might cause panic. These new people, who had just settled down, could overthink things and even suspect each other. This was not what the shaman and chief wanted to see. So Shao Xuan asked Tuo to "reveal" only a little.
Knowing that they were "defectors", the others were filled with righteous indignation. Those who had more contact with the couple also said a lot of things about them. At the same time, they separated themselves from the two for fear of being misunderstood. They would never be defectors.
In the house, Shao Xuan looked at the furnishings inside. It wasn't much different from the other residents. Everything looked normal.
Guigou looked around and listened to the information provided by the people around. If he guessed right, these two people had been hiding in the tribe before winter!
They hadn't been discovered for a whole winter, and they even went to the ceremony with them? If the two of them caused a ruckus during the ritual …
Thinking of this, Guigou and the others couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. Then they became so angry that they smashed the wooden table next to them.
Shao Xuan and Gui He searched around the house but didn't find anything useful. Shao Xuan and Gui He then went to the chief together to report this matter.
Thieves had entered the tribe and hid very well. This made the chief Ao very vigilant.
"Go and re-register the names of every family in the tribe. Ta and Guigou, you are in charge!" Ao said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Last year, because many things were done in a hurry, there were many omissions and loopholes. Now that such a thing happened, Ao needed to clean up the internal people again. No, not only the people in the Yanjiao tribe, but also the wanderers living in the periphery had to be re-registered and checked one by one every once in a while.
The two team leaders left with their people. Ao looked at Shao Xuan standing next to him and asked, "Xuan, how did you find them?"
"Intuition," Shao Xuan said. He didn't know why, but after seeing the two people, he felt something was wrong. He followed them and felt more and more that something was wrong. When he was in the Drumming tribe, he could find that person because he was in the state at that time. He could feel different totems around him. That person was exposed. After that, Shao Xuan rarely had that state. Therefore, when he saw the couple, Shao Xuan was just confused. Later, he was sure that they were not from the Yanjiao tribe.
Ao didn't ask about Shao Xuan's answer in detail. He thought about the two people in disguise again. He didn't want to be like the Drumming tribe, who didn't know that something was stolen.
"I will send more people to the shaman's place. You should be more careful." When Ao said this, he glanced at Shao Xuan's neck. What he meant was, "You also have a precious treasure left by your ancestors. Be careful and don't lose it."
After leaving Ao's place, Shao Xuan walked around with the patrolling people. When he passed by the residential area of the Yanjiao newcomers, he left the team and planned to go there again to see if he could find any clues.
It was a wooden house similar to the surrounding area. In the house, there was a wooden table broken by Guigou. There was a lot of wood debris on the ground. Some things next to it had traces of being moved. Guigou had brought people here to search. The wooden house was about twenty square meters. The furnishings were simple and easy to see at a glance. The wood on the wooden wall had been knocked, and there were marks left by tools. The ground had been dug, but they probably didn't find anything. The person who came was so angry that he stepped on the wooden stool and broke it.
They didn't find anything unusual. They were just like the others who hadn't awakened their totemic power. There was nothing special about them.
No, there was something special.
Shao Xuan sniffed carefully. Because he had been exposed to a lot of herbs with the shaman, he had a better ability to distinguish herbs. There was a faint smell of grass. It wasn't bitter medicine, so it wasn't easy to detect.
Next to the stove made of simple stones, there were some light green debris.
Shao Xuan dipped his finger in it and sniffed.
Those two were injured? It should be a recent injury.
Thinking of the sacrifice a few days ago, Shao Xuan wondered if it was caused by the repulsion of the fire seed during the sacrifice. But why were thieves so bold nowadays? They were willing to experience the repulsion of the fire seed just to steal something? How dedicated.
If the two who escaped knew what Shao Xuan was thinking, they would definitely curse him. If it wasn't for you, they wouldn't have been injured to the point of vomiting blood!
After looking around, other than the medicinal dregs, he didn't find anything suspicious. Shao Xuan was about to leave, but before he left, Shao Xuan thought for a while and turned back. Using his special ability, he scanned the house.
Everything in the surroundings darkened. The wooden walls, stones, and other objects also lost their original color and became dull gray … except for one place!
Shao Xuan's gaze stopped at the foot of the wooden wall. There, it was different from the surrounding gray. There was a faint light. It wasn't bright, but compared to the surrounding gray, it was very obvious.
Closing the door of the wooden house, Shao Xuan walked over and looked at the dim light at the foot of the wall. It seemed to be coming from underground.
Unable to see what was buried underground, Shao Xuan took out a short knife and started digging.
As the soil and stones were dug out, the light became stronger and stronger. Finally, Shao Xuan saw a glowing object.
Exiting his special vision, Shao Xuan looked at the object in his hand.
It was an animal skin bag. The object inside was about the length of a forearm. It was cylindrical.
He opened the animal skin bag and took out the object inside.
It was a wooden cylinder. He couldn't tell what species it was. It wasn't bamboo, but it wasn't the ordinary wood Shao Xuan had seen before. It was slightly harder.
There was a wooden plug at one end of the wooden cylinder. It was tightly plugged. There was a golden mark near the mouth of the wooden plug.
It was the color of gold powder.
Was there such a shiny gold pigment? Or was it some kind of metal?
Could it be that these two people had stolen the treasure from some tribe?
Shao Xuan was curious and wanted to pull out the wooden plug. Although it was just a wooden plug, it couldn't be pulled out without a bit of strength. At least, an ordinary wanderer wouldn't be able to pull it out.
In order to prevent the thing inside from falling out, Shao Xuan pulled out the wooden plug with force.
The wooden cylinder was filled with golden powder. If it was placed in front of Yang Guang, it would definitely be dazzling.
Gold?
No, not gold. It wasn't even any metal. Shao Xuan weighed the wooden cylinder slightly and used the stone knife to pick up some.
The gold powder wasn't as heavy as metal or stone. It was more like wood!
Golden wood?
It wasn't dyed, but naturally golden.
What kind of tree was golden? Shao Xuan really didn't know.
But what was the use of the gold powder? Was it worth it for the two to bury it so carefully? They probably buried it when they built the house.
Generally speaking, if those two people wanted to sneak into the Flaming Horns tribe, they would hide the things they stole in a hidden place, and then sneak in. However, it could also be that the things they stole were too precious, so they didn't dare to casually leave them. They had to bring them with them.
In the Yanjiao tribe, they were afraid of being found and suspected, so they hid it at the foot of the wall in the house. They hid it quite well.
The golden color on the wooden plug was the gold powder in the wooden cylinder. This meant that the wooden plug had been pulled out, but it had been a while.
Shao Xuan dipped some gold powder and waited for a while. He didn't feel any pain, so he became bolder.
In his special vision, the wooden cylinder and the gold powder in it all had a little light. The gold powder's light was a little brighter than the wooden cylinder's, but it wasn't the brightest. The real "light source" was still inside!
Looking around, Shao Xuan took a wooden plate. There were many flaws on the wooden plate. It wasn't perfect. It looked like it was made by someone who wasn't skilled enough. People who saw it wouldn't doubt the real strength of the two people.
In terms of details, the two people did a good job.
After wiping the wooden plate, Shao Xuan poured out the gold powder from the wooden cylinder.
When the gold powder fell on the wooden plate, it made a fine sound like sand, but it wasn't as heavy as sand.
When the gold powder was poured out, a square, dark green object was poured out along with the gold powder.
Shao Xuan carefully pinched a corner of the object out of the gold powder.
It looked like a part of some kind of leaf, but it was cut into a square. There were cut marks on both ends, but not on the other sides. The veins on the leaf could be clearly seen.
Shao Xuan felt that the wooden cylinder was very old, but this leaf looked like it was newly plucked. It didn't look withered at all. Sniffing it carefully, he could even smell the light scent of plant leaves.
This scent was shocking. Even though it wasn't strong, it made people feel refreshed. It was as if all the fatigue in the body had been dispelled.
What made Shao Xuan even more curious was the drawing on the leaf.
He couldn't tell what it was. The lines were twisted and messy, and it didn't look like a drawing.
Words?
It didn't look like one either.
Shao Xuan carefully blew away the gold powder that covered the leaf. He wanted to see the drawing more clearly, but as he looked, he realized that the golden words formed by the gold powder on the dark green leaf were gradually fading. Shao Xuan didn't blow anymore. The surrounding doors and windows were tightly shut. Even if the wind blew in, it wouldn't disperse the gold powder so quickly. Moreover, the gold powder on the wooden plate was fine. Only the gold powder on the leaf was fading quickly.
Shao Xuan wanted to bury the leaf back into the gold powder. He wondered if it would be better and stop the dispersal of the gold powder. However, before he could do anything, his vision turned black and he lost consciousness.
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