As soon as they saw Shao Xuan, the group of people who were chatting and laughing immediately stood up straight. Although Shao Xuan was about the same age as them, and even younger than many of them, everyone in the Yanjiao tribe was in awe of this Great Elder. Especially after the Battle of Wanshi, Shao Xuan's status was almost higher than the two chiefs.
The group of people who were guarding here was to prevent the wanderers from causing trouble. If they found any trouble, they would stop them. If not, they would just chat on the side. They didn't expect to meet Shao Xuan here. At this time, the mood of this group of people was like a student who was absent-minded in class and suddenly found the principal standing behind him.
Maybe the people who were guarding here weren't asked to do anything, but they were really relaxed at this moment. So, when they saw Shao Xuan, they looked away guiltily, and then quickly glanced at Shao Xuan from time to time to see if the Great Elder was angry.
Originally, Shao Xuan planned to pass by here to check on the farmlands and animal pens in the tribe. But when he passed by, he stopped and walked towards the wanderers' area.
Here he comes! Here he comes!
The warriors who were guarding here felt nervous and looked down. When they looked up, they quickly looked at each other. The Great Elder's expression didn't look good. What should they do?! Would they be scolded?
Hearing Shao Xuan's footsteps approaching, their hearts beat fast. When Shao Xuan finally stopped in front of them, they had to look up and smile, "Great … Great Elder."
"You've been guarding here all this time?" Shao Xuan asked.
"Yes, we've been here all this time. We've been guarding here since dawn this morning. Nothing happened in the wanderers' area," the leader replied.
"What about before? Was it also you? "Shao Xuan asked again.
"Yes, we and another group took turns guarding here. But we weren't here at night. There were other patrols." The leader said. He was secretly anxious. Did the Great Elder find something wrong? However, they had been guarding this place the entire time and hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary.
Shao Xuan didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he walked towards a house not far away.
The team members who stayed behind looked at each other. Then, the leader made the decision to follow Shao Xuan. If Shao Xuan noticed anything unusual, they could make up for it.
Shao Xuan walked towards a very ordinary wooden house. Looking at its appearance and materials, it was indeed a very ordinary house in the wanderer's area. However, this house was quite far away from the other houses. In this area, there was only this house, as if it was isolated.
There was a layer of dust on the stone at the entrance, and where the stone was sunken, the dirt had formed a clump on the stone. It was obvious that no one had sat on it for a long time.
This house was the place where Shao Xuan had found the longevity leaf that recorded the knot divination technique. Since then, no one had come to this house. When the outsiders were discovered, the wanderers were told that there were "defectors". The other people who lived in the wanderer's area were anxious to separate from this house. They were afraid of being misunderstood. They were afraid of being suspected of being involved with the defectors and being driven out.
Because Shao Xuan had told the patrols to pay attention to the surroundings, there were often some patrolling soldiers walking around. Now, the wanderers who lived in the surrounding area had moved away, as if they were avoiding the plague. Therefore, this isolated situation appeared.
Shao Xuan didn't go in immediately. He walked around the outside of the house, and then stopped at the window. There were some subtle scratches on the window frame. If one didn't pay attention, it would be difficult to notice. The scratches looked relatively fresh, and it didn't look like they had been there for a year or two. Although there was a layer of dust on the window frame, if one looked carefully, they would find that the dust there was thinner than other places, as if someone had gently blown it.
"Has anyone gone in here recently?" Shao Xuan asked.
"No, at least when we were here, we didn't see anyone go in." The leader hurriedly said. Because they knew that this place was the focus of attention, if they were guarding here, they would definitely pay more attention. They wouldn't go in easily, and they wouldn't make this kind of mistake.
"Why don't I ask the people from the other team?" the leader asked.
"Not now."
Shao Xuan opened the door and walked into the house, but the following team didn't dare to go in easily. They knew that something must have happened in this house, and they wouldn't step in without permission.
The situation in the house was similar to Shao Xuan's impression. The wooden table that was broken by Guigou in anger had already been cleaned up. The wooden house of about 20 square meters was empty. However, at the place where Shao Xuan dug out the longevity leaf, there were traces that the soil had been moved. Although the other party was very careful, it was still moved. There was a difference in the color of the soil. If it had been a while, it might not be obvious, but now, the traces were still relatively fresh. Someone should have been here within the past three days.
"Someone has been here." Shao Xuan said as he suddenly looked in a direction, and quickly walked out of the house.
Seeing Shao Xuan's expression, the team guarding the wanderer area knew that things had changed. They were about to follow, but Shao Xuan stopped again.
"They ran fast!" Shao Xuan stared in a direction. He had just sensed an aura that didn't belong to the Yanjiao tribesmen. Since the battle of Wanshi, his perception of the fire seed had become sharper. In addition, the other party should have been moving. If that person had been approaching here, Shao Xuan would have sensed it. However, the other party was too cautious. He seemed to have noticed Shao Xuan's gaze and decisively left quickly.
Hearing Shao Xuan's words, the faces of the guards changed. "Grand Elder, you mean, there's an outsider?!"
This outsider was naturally not a wanderer, but someone from another tribe who had snuck in.
"Yes. You guys should pay more attention these few days. Try to use the power of the fire seed to sense the intruder. "Shao Xuan said. The fire seed had already merged with everyone's body. If they used the power of the fire seed to sense the intruder, even if they couldn't immediately detect it, they would at least be able to sense it when the intruder was right in front of them.
The benefit of merging with the fire seed was that the fire seed's sensing ability was strengthened. If the Yanjiao tribesmen only had a vague sense of their tribe's bloodline in the past, now it was very clear. This was also the difference between the Yanjiao tribesmen and the other tribes. Outsiders didn't know this.
"Yes!" The guards hurriedly promised. They didn't doubt Shao Xuan's words. If the Grand Elder said it was true, then it must be true. An outsider sneaking in was no joke. They couldn't afford to let their guard down. At the same time, they were annoyed that an outsider had appeared in the area they were guarding! Although it wasn't considered a dereliction of duty, they didn't realize that this threat was real.
Shao Xuan asked them to inform the other patrolling guards to tighten the security. Then, he walked around the wanderer area and didn't find anything, so he went to the tribe's fields.
Not long after, Duo Kang and the other two team leaders came looking for him. When the patrolling guards in the tribe were informed that an outsider had sneaked in, they naturally knew about it.
"Who could it be? The few large tribes that haven't made any moves? "Duo Kang asked.
"No," Guigou's face darkened. "It could also be a Bandit!" He had already heard from the others that Shao Xuan had gone to that house. He knew what Shao Xuan was suspecting. What made him angry was that they still hadn't caught the intruder. Now, the intruder might have appeared again!
"I don't know if the intruder this time is from the same group as the two from before. Although the two of them had snuck in, they didn't have any killing intent. But if it was someone else this time, I can't be sure what they would do." Shao Xuan was also on guard. "Also, the intruder is very cautious and escapes quickly. It'll be hard to catch him. No matter what, strengthen the patrolling guards. To guard against a Bandit, we can't just look at their appearance. They have too many tricks up their sleeves. We might not be able to recognize them just by looking at their appearance. We can only identify them from their roots. "
"Strengthen the patrolling in the wanderer district." Shao Xuan voiced his guess. "They can't be hiding in the houses of other warriors in the tribe. Otherwise, they would have been discovered long ago. They can only be hiding in the wanderer district or outside the tribe!"
The three team leaders nodded. Identification at the level of the fire seed was the most accurate.
The infiltration of an outsider made the Yanjiao warriors, who had become complacent after destroying the Wanshi tribe, finally calm down. It was just the Wanshi tribe. In this world, there were many people stronger and more difficult to deal with than the Wanshi tribe. The Bandits were one of them.
As an alternative group, the "Robbers" were indeed mysterious and gave people headaches. Even the Mang tribe and the Eight Limbs tribe had been infiltrated by the "Robbers", and more than once. Until now, they had not been caught. One could imagine how cunning they were.
Moreover, Shao Xuan wanted to find the person who had snuck into Yanjiao and hid the longevity leaf in the house. He wanted to ask them where they found the longevity leaf. The knot divination recorded on the longevity leaf was passed down from the Yi tribe. Shao Xuan had confirmed this on the other side of the sea. It was also certain that the Yi tribe had brought the longevity leaf here a thousand years ago. Then, from whom did the Bandits steal the longevity leaf?
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