Hearing Shao Xuan's words, everyone's expression changed.
"Someone else is here?" Ao asked.
"Yeah." Shao Xuan nodded. "But he ran away again."
After some thought, Shao Xuan said, "It doesn't seem to be the same person from last time."
Shao Xuan was referring to the aura he sensed in the wanderer area not long ago. The aura he sensed now was similar to the one he sensed before, but it was different.
Even the two leaders, Zheng Luo and Ao, couldn't sense it, but they didn't doubt Shao Xuan's judgment.
"Last time you asked the patrol team to bring him back, I did it myself. I think there's more than one person hiding in the dark, "Ao said.
Last time, when Shao Xuan chased after Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve, the patrol team followed them. After that, Shao Xuan captured Robber Eleven and restricted Robber Twelve's movements, the patrol team returned first. However, he also asked the patrol team to pass a message to Zheng Luo and Ao.
After Shao Xuan released Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve, he smeared something on their bodies.
When the Yanjiao hunting team hunted, they would look for special prey. For example, they needed a part of the prey's body to be used as medicine, or they needed a horn that was suitable for polishing weapons. If the prey was good at escaping, the Yanjiao people would sprinkle some tracking powder on the prey when they first encountered them.
Most of the powder had a strong smell, just like the powder they threw at the ambushers when they were ambushed on the other side of the sea. Even if the ambushers were to hide, the Flaming Horns would still be able to detect them once they came into contact with the powder.
Among the tracking powder, there was a very faint smell. Most people couldn't smell it, but some beasts could.
The powder Shao Xuan sprinkled on Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve was the latter kind. The smell was faint and hard to detect, but Caesar and the rest could smell it. It wouldn't completely dissipate in a short period of time.
After the patrol team returned, they passed on Shao Xuan's message to Zheng Luo and Ao. They used a few beasts in the tribe with a keen sense of smell to wander around the tribe every day, closely inspecting the few areas where they could detect the smell.
When Shao Xuan captured Robber Eleven, he learned that Robber Seven was hiding nearby. He knew that the higher the ranking, the harder it was to detect them, so he used Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve as a medium. The people they came into close contact with, especially those who fought with them would definitely be tainted by the smell.
According to the results, Ao's findings. After Robber Eleven and Twelve were released, they sneaked in again, but they were only on the outskirts, they didn't infiltrate the tribe.
Although Ao Xuan didn't manage to catch them, he was sure that other than Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve, there were other people who knew the two robbers lurking nearby. Among those people, there were some who were stronger than Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve. They were the ones Shao Xuan mentioned before, the ones who ranked higher in the "Robbers".
"It's not just Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve, there's also Robber Seven. There should be other Robbers too, but they might not be united." Zheng Luo felt troubled. Anyone who was targeted by people who were good at hiding in the dark wouldn't feel good, especially when those people were famous Robbers.
"Actually, what I'm confused about is, how did the Robbers get here so quickly? Even if it's because of the result of our battle with Wanshi, there shouldn't be so many of them at once. "Shao Xuan expressed his thoughts. News didn't travel fast here. The seven tribes were able to get here quickly because they had people keeping an eye on them. What about the Robbers? They were scattered all over the place and didn't keep an eye on Yanjiao from the start. But now, there were so many of them at once, and they were all top Robbers too. It was hard to catch them.
What did Yanjiao have that attracted them?
Even if they destroyed Wanshi, it shouldn't attract so many experts. The purpose of the "robbers" was different from others. Their purpose was to steal, not to test their strength. In the eyes of most of the people on the mainland, the Flaming Horn tribe was still a relatively backward tribe that only had brute force.
The shaman agreed, "Indeed, I've heard that Robbers love to steal valuable treasures. Could it be that they've taken a fancy to something in our tribe?"
"Could it be the fire seed? Or the core seed?! "The old shaman thought for a moment.
They couldn't come to a conclusion, but they had to be careful of the Robbers. They didn't have to worry about the fire seed anymore, but they had to keep an eye on the core seed.
Shao Xuan carefully recalled the details of when he chased after Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that those two might not have been after the longevity leaf. Perhaps, the longevity leaf was just there. Otherwise, two years would have been more than enough time for them to sneak into Yanjiao. Why wait until now? Or let Robber Seven take a look?
Speaking of which, if the one who sneaked into the wanderer's area was really Robber Seven, then Robber Seven's appearance was much earlier than the other tribes.
Perhaps, before the battle with Wanshi, there were already people here!
"Something must have happened that we don't know about," Shao Xuan said in a low voice. A straw rope fell from his hand. He didn't know what happened through the knot divination, but he had a feeling that the people who came this time might not be because of Wanshi!
"Do you think those tribesmen who have been loitering outside are hiding something from us?" Shao Xuan asked.
"That's not impossible. It's not the first time those tribes have been hiding things from us." Ao's tone was filled with strong dissatisfaction.
Those people even said they wanted to have friendly exchanges and cooperate. Cooperate my ass!
Ao weighed the axe in his hand. He had the urge to go out and chop those people up. He just didn't like them! If it wasn't for the fact that he knew it wasn't good to mess with them, he would've done it already.
As they were talking, someone came to Shao Xuan and told him that someone from the Hui tribe came to see him.
It wasn't the two chiefs or the shaman, it was Shao Xuan.
"Do you know who it is?" Shao Xuan asked the warrior who came to report.
"Gu La from the Hui tribe."
"Just him alone?"
"Yes."
The shaman gestured to Shao Xuan. "Let's go and see what he wants to say."
"Okay." Shao Xuan asked someone to take Gu La to his room.
Yanjiao's fire seed was no longer there. Even near the fire pit, there was no pressure from the fire seed. So when Gu La was taken there, he didn't feel the suppression from Yanjiao's fire seed.
Gu La hesitated. He knew that Yanjiao's fire seed might have changed, but he couldn't figure out why. However, the fire seed was a secret of the tribe. If the Yanjiao people didn't want to talk about it, he couldn't get anything out of them. Continuing to ask would only make him more disgusted. This time, he came to find Shao Xuan for something else.
In Shao Xuan's room, Old Ke was in another room making stoneware. Caesar was guarding the door, so they weren't afraid of being eavesdropped.
"What's the matter?" Shao Xuan handed Gu La a cup of tea brewed with herb leaves.
Gu La drank a little absent-mindedly. The bitter taste made him frown, but he didn't care. After a sip, he put down the cup, thought for a while, and said to Shao Xuan, "Did you find any suspicious people around?"
"You mean the two people I chased a few days ago?" Shao Xuan looked up at Gu La.
Although Gu La looked calm, there was hesitation in his eyes. His fingers on his legs were tapping, as if he was thinking about a decision.
After a pause, Gu La's eyes finally settled, and his tone became more serious. "No, it's not just them. There may be more. "
Shao Xuan's heart jumped. There really was an inside story?!
"What do you mean?"
Gu La didn't answer directly. Instead, he said, "You know, our tribes have been focusing on the desert for the past two years. If there's any movement in the desert, we'll know very quickly. " Speaking of this, Gu La smiled awkwardly. "But we haven't been aware of Yanjiao's movements."
Gu La was talking about the Yanjiao tribe suddenly bringing so many people out of the desert. They didn't find the reason, and this was something they had been wondering about.
Looking at Shao Xuan, Gu La saw that Shao Xuan didn't seem to want to explain. He coughed and continued, "Actually, after you brought so many people out of the desert, another group of people left not long after. They were people from Rock Hill City. When we first found out, we thought that the overlord of the desert, Rock Hill City, sent people out of the desert to eliminate the slave masters who escaped from the desert, because they were moving in this direction. "
"But until now, I haven't seen anyone from Rock Hill City nearby." Shao Xuan said.
"Of course you haven't seen them, because they entered from the other side of the Fearsome Beast Forest. They didn't enter from your side." Gu La pointed out.
The Fearsome Beast Forest was huge, and Yanjiao's side was only a small area at the border of the forest. It was possible that someone entered the forest from another place and Yanjiao didn't know. After all, from the time they brought people back to the old haunt until now, Yanjiao had only gone on one hunting expedition, and during this time, they only hunted for food nearby.
If they didn't go deep into the forest, they naturally wouldn't know about other movements.
"You mean, Rock Hill City's goal is the Fearsome Beast Forest?" Shao Xuan asked. Not for the slave masters who escaped, not for Wanshi, and not for Yanjiao, but just to enter the forest?
"It seems like they're looking for something, but we don't know exactly what they're looking for. When you brought back the new species of food, some people guessed that you might have discovered the secret. "Gu La smiled bitterly. In the end, they were disappointed. Yanjiao had only found a new type of food.
Shao Xuan lowered his eyes in deep thought. What could make the Shi family of Rock Hill City send people all the way into the Fearsome Beast Forest?
Gu La's words revealed a lot of information, but most importantly, those people's goal might not be Yanjiao, but something in the Fearsome Beast Forest.
At the same time, Gu La also sent a message that they wanted to cooperate with Yanjiao. Compared to the other tribes, they favored Yanjiao.
After saying what he wanted to say, Gu La stayed for a while and left.
Shao Xuan also told the shaman and chief about what Gu La said, so that they could prepare in advance.
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