Chapter 16: Burning the Other Tribe

Qinghuan felt helpless; her tribe? Her tribe is a modern society where people are living well.

Thinking of modern society made her extremely despondent—could she ever return in this lifetime? No; she must find a way to escape!

Soon the beast heart was roasted; she took a bite and found the taste lacking, "Axi, any seasoning?"

Axi was startled, looked at her bewildered, "Qinghuan, what is seasoning?"

"It's a kind of condiment placed on meat, like scallion, ginger, salt—do we have any of those?"

She regretted speaking as soon as she finished; talking about seasoning with the tribespeople was nonsense. To Axi, those things were a fanciful tale she didn't understand at all. She shook her head bewildered, "Qinghuan, I've never heard any of those things you mention. In our tribe, it's already good if we have a little food. Like you, being Ying's female, you can eat meat, but we can only eat fruit and bark."

"You even eat bark?"

That day, she finally understood the life Axi and these tribe members led: hunting was the men's duty, women cared for children and gathered wild fruit, but everything had to be divided equally, leaving each person with little, so many of the tribe's wildfolk went hungry.

Even though Ying's abilities are great, his alone cannot sustain hundreds of wildfolk.

Axi saw Nan Qinghuan's Beast Skin and thought it beautiful, reaching out to touch, "Qinghuan, what kind of Beast Skin is this? It's so pretty, light, and beautiful."

Axi had never seen modern clothing, so she called everything she wore Beast Skin; their Beast Skin was never so attractive.

Nan Qinghuan felt a pang in her nose when she saw Axi admiring her garments, about to say something, when a group of people suddenly entered the Cave outside, and even the wild wolves couldn't stop them.

"The different‑eyed person is inside; bring her out."

When those words were spoken, Axi and Nan Qinghuan instantly rose to their feet; Axi saw the Old Clan Leader arrive with a group of tribe members, among them Shamaness A Yue.

She hurriedly shielded Nan Qinghuan, "Old Clan Leader, Sister A Yue, what are you doing? Ying will be back soon; don't touch Qinghuan."

A Yue glared at Nan Qinghuan with a cold stare, "Clan Leader, you see this woman is the different‑eyed person; she brought the Plague God, which caused those few females to be unable to bear offspring. All the calamities stem from this female."

Nan Qinghuan was about to explain when the Old Clan Leader, seeing her eyes widen, stepped back, pointed at her and shouted, "Come on, bind this different‑eyed person and take her to the Ritual to the Heavenly God."

"Clan Leader, stop; Ying will be back soon; you cannot do this."

Axi strained to protect Nan Qinghuan, but there were too many people; A Yue yanked Axi away, "Axi, are you crazy? This different‑eyed person used evil art to deceive Ying, and you were also deceived—take her away."

Nan Qinghuan was shoved and pulled out of the Cave by a crowd of wildfolk, "Let go of me! I'm not the Plague God, I'm not…"

Although she kept shouting for help, she realized that communicating with these wildfolk was like a chicken talking to a duck—useless.

She struggled continuously, but her strength was too weak; soon the wildfolk bound her with tree vines and carried her to a spacious spot that had a wooden frame resembling an ancient Sacrificial Altar.

"Let go of me, you let go of me."

The wildfolk kept harassing her, shouting randomly, and shoved a wild fruit into her mouth; with it jammed, she could no longer shout.

The blazing Bonfire ignited instantly, and immediately after, she actually saw…