After Shao Xuan left, the other people in the cave didn't sleep. They were all paying attention to the movements outside.
Mai brought some people to patrol the area and set up many traps. He didn't set any traps before because he was worried that other tribesmen would fall into them. However, after what happened tonight, Mai changed his mind. Even if other tribesmen fell into the traps, it would be because they ran off. Damn it!
What did it mean to run off alone in a forest where fearsome beasts lived at night for the first time?
However, when he thought about the situation from the Thunder Mountain tribe, Mai understood that they would be worried if their own children went missing. However, he was still unhappy and didn't treat the Thunder Mountain tribesmen nicely.
Seeing that Shao Xuan had returned safely, Mai hurried over and saw the people in Caesar's mouth and Shao Xuan's hands.
"Who are they?" asked Mai.
"They came from the other side of the sea. They should be slave masters." Shao Xuan couldn't ask too many questions when they were in the forest. There were too many threats in the forest. Unless it was a place to rest, they couldn't stay for too long. He could only force the most important information out of them and then bring them back for further questioning.
"It's them! Chief, they're the ones who kidnapped them! "Chang Di panted as he ran over.
"What? It's them?! "
"They're the ones who kidnapped our tribesmen?!"
The other tribesmen who had lost tribesmen crowded over. They didn't blame Chang Di for running off. Instead, they focused on the two people Shao Xuan brought back. Their eyes were filled with hatred as they stared at the two people on the ground.
"I'll ask them first." Mai dragged them away. The two of them stood far apart, one inside the cave and the other outside. They interrogated them separately.
After separating the other tribesmen, Mai asked someone to scoop up some water and splash it on the unconscious man.
The chilly night stream in the mountains brought back some of the unconscious people's consciousness. When he opened his eyes and saw the other tribesmen surrounding him, he was completely awake.
The gazes around him were too intense. They felt like knives, cutting into his body over and over again.
He widened his eyes and scanned his surroundings.
I don't know him, I don't know this person, I don't know any of these … Eh?!
The man stared at Shao Xuan with his eyes wide open. He then screamed and scrambled backwards, trying to get as far away from Shao Xuan as possible.
"Tell me, why did you follow us into the mountains?" Mai dragged him over and asked.
The man looked at the microphone and then looked at Shao Xuan. He swallowed his saliva and said, "No, we didn't follow you into the forest. In fact, we were already in the forest before you came. We just arrived here a few days ago. Also, we didn't want to enter the forest, so we followed other people."
"Others?" Mai looked at the man. "Who?"
"The Yi family and the others are all from the Royal City," said the man quickly.
"Where did you kidnap the tribesmen?" Mai asked again.
"Send them … I don't know." The man glanced at Shao Xuan as he spoke. When he saw Shao Xuan raise his arm at his words, he shivered in fear and hid behind Mai. "I really don't know. We were only responsible for taking them away and handing them over to others. We don't know how they were sent to where." There was no point in quibbling now. These tribesmen had already recognized him.
"Are you an organization?" Mai asked.
"We're from Bi," said the man.
Mai had heard of this name before, but he couldn't remember what it was. Tao Zheng, who was behind him, reminded him, "Bi is the largest slave-trading organization on the other side of the sea. If this was done by Bi, then the people who were kidnapped might have already been sent to the other side of the sea."
The people from Bi had a clear division of labor. The two people Shao Xuan caught were just low-level minions, so they didn't know much.
"In that case, it's possible that he doesn't know where they were sent to," said Mai.
"That's why I said that he doesn't know anything. He's useless, so we'll feed him …"
"Wait!"
When the man heard Shao Xuan's calm tone, he suddenly remembered the screams of his companions in the forest. His whole body trembled, and he hurriedly said, "I really do know some important information! Everything I've said is true! "
Mai stopped Shao Xuan, who was about to step forward. "Wait. We can't find the missing people anyway. Why don't we listen to what he has to say?"
"Yes, yes, yes. I know a lot of important information. I said that the Yi family is looking for treasure!" The man repeated what he said to Shao Xuan before, but this time in more detail. Knowing that the Yanjiao people were interested in what he said, the man's heart lit up with hope. However, he didn't dare to keep the Yanjiao people in suspense. He was worried that the Yanjiao people wouldn't be patient enough and would really throw him to the wolves.
What? The Yanjiao people wouldn't want to hear it?
No, no, no. The Yanjiao people had to hear it. This was very important to his survival. That was why he didn't waste any time. He picked out what he knew and told the Yanjiao people that this information was very important. At the same time, they would know that he had more useful information and couldn't be thrown to the wolves for now.
There were many people from the Bi tribe who came because it wasn't easy to attack the central region. They were all clumsy tribes. If they tried to attack one of them, they would have to sacrifice a lot. That was why they targeted the smaller tribes that didn't interact much with the outside world. First, it was easier to attack and they wouldn't encounter many obstacles. Second, even if the smaller tribes knew that someone had been kidnapped, they wouldn't be able to continue the search.
However, they didn't expect that the Flaming River Valley would want to form an alliance before they could even capture enough people. They had a keen sense of danger so when they heard that the Flaming River Valley wanted to form an alliance, they prepared to retreat. However, at that moment, they received news that the Royal City people had secretly entered the forest.
The Royal City people entered the forest from another part of the Flaming River, avoiding the possibility of meeting the Yanjiao people. They were acting so sneakily, there must be some secret they didn't want to tell anyone! Therefore, some of the Bi members who had not captured enough people and were planning to evacuate changed their original plan when they smelled the scent of "wealth". They followed the people from King City into the forest and heard some secrets. However, they did not eavesdrop much. They only knew that those people were going into the forest to look for insects, but they did not know what kind of insects they were looking for.
However, the Royal City people didn't walk in a straight line. They always took detours, so the Bi people often lost track of them. When they reached this place, they lost track of them. Hence, the Bi people split up to look for the Royal City people. Only the two of them were too lazy to chase after them, so they stayed here temporarily. Who would have thought that they would meet a group of tribesmen hunting in the forest! At first, they wanted to steal something. They didn't really hunt fearsome beasts, so when they smelled the tribesmen barbecued meat, they decided to steal some food at night. However, they thought that they were hiding their whistle, but Chang Di recognized them and chased them all the way. After that, they met Shao Xuan and were dragged back by Shao Xuan.
After questioning him, Mai temporarily tied the man up and threw him into the cave. He had people watch over him and if he made any strange movements, they would kill him and feed him to the fearsome beasts.
"What should we do?" Mai asked Shao Xuan when there was no one else around.
"The Royal City people are here, so it must be true. As for what insect they're looking for in the forest, we don't know," said Shao Xuan.
"In the past, the people from Rock Hill City entered the forest to look for the green-faced fanged beast to forge weapons. Could the Royal City people be searching in the forest for the same reason?" asked Mai.
"It's possible." Shao Xuan nodded.
If the Royal City people were searching in the forest for precious herbs or important materials for forging weapons, it was very possible.
In the forging manual left behind by the Gongjia family, there was mention of using fearsome beast blood to forge weapons. There was also mention of the green-faced fanged beast and a stone-eating insect whose blood was several times more potent than the green-faced fanged beast. At first, Shao Xuan thought it was a stoneworm, but after seeing the king stoneworm, he dismissed this possibility.
"That's the only possibility. There could be other reasons," said Mai.
In this forest that was probably bigger than Fearsome Beast Forest, the king stoneworm was the most powerful insect Mai knew of. Those people were obviously not looking for the king stoneworm. Looking for the king stoneworm was no different from looking for a death wish.
Shao Xuan thought for a moment, then took out a straw rope. He planned to do a knot divination to find out where those people went, and use that to further deduce their intentions.
Mai stood at the side, looking around cautiously, not letting anyone near. Not many people knew about Shao Xuan's divination abilities, and most of them were his own people. However, there were too many untrustworthy outsiders in the team. He did not want others to know about this.
After a while, Shao Xuan finished tying the rope. Looking at the knots on the straw rope, Shao Xuan pointed in a direction. "Those people are over there."
"Over there? There doesn't seem to be anything special over there. Maybe what those people from Royal City are looking for is further away. " The area that Mai knew about was in that direction, and there was nothing special about it. The areas further away were beyond his ability. Yanjiao's hunting team had never been there before. After all, the forest was so big, and no one knew where it ended.
After thinking for a while, Shao Xuan said to Mai, "You guys continue to lead the team to hunt. There are only a few days left, and they have basically gotten used to this place. The goal of this trip has been achieved. That's enough."
"You want to go and take a look?" asked Mai.
"Yes. If the people from Royal City are really looking for materials to forge weapons, then that's a good thing," said Shao Xuan.
Mai also understood. Ever since the new bronze and metalware came out, he had tasted the benefits. There might be better materials than the green-faced fanged beast in this forest. If he could find out what it was, then it would be good for Yanjiao. Even if it was not a material for forging weapons, it must be a treasure with great uses. They had this forest behind them. Even if they could not get it in a short time, as long as they knew what it was and where it was, there would be a chance to get it.
"You're alone. Do you need more people?" asked Mai.
"No. Caesar will stay with the team. I'll let Chacha take me there."
"Okay." Although Mai felt that it was too dangerous for Shao Xuan to go alone, it was not the first time Shao Xuan had done this kind of thing. It was not convenient for him to bring more people.
Early the next morning, just as the sky was turning bright, an eagle flew out from the team's resting place.
Shao Xuan let Chacha go to the direction he got from the divination. Along the way, he divined a few more times. Just like what the person from Bi said, the other party often took detours. It looked like they were going around randomly, but if all the routes were drawn, the general direction would not change.
"That way?" Shao Xuan looked at the route he drew and patted Chacha. "Don't you think that direction is familiar?"
"Caw —"
Chacha screeched loudly. Familiar, of course it was familiar! No one was more familiar with that direction than this mountain eagle!
Because if they kept going in that direction, they would reach Eagle Mountain!
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