Chapter 34: No One Is Allowed to Bully My Female

Axi ran into the cave. "That was way too close just now. Don't bring that wolf fang anymore. If someone mistakes you again, you'll be killed."

"I can't lose this thing. It's the only thing my mother left me."

"Mother?"

She knew Axi couldn't understand. "It means A Mu. By the way, Axi, where did Ying go?"

She had to admit, she was thinking of running away again.

Axi was about to say something when A Yue walked in from outside. "Where have you been? Because you, this Plague God, are here, heavenly fire broke out on Nanya Mountain. Ying took people to rescue them."

"What? The mountain is on fire?"

"It's because you, this White-skinned Female, are here causing trouble. I divined long ago that you are a Plague God. Ying didn't believe me, and the clansmen didn't believe me either. Now it's too late for them to regret it. So many clansmen live on Nanya Mountain. The Heavenly God has sent down a calamity. Nan Qinghuan, you're dead for sure."

Having said this, A Yue quickly left. Seeing that Nan Qinghuan was a bit upset, Axi hurriedly comforted her. "Qinghuan, don't listen to A Yue's nonsense. She just can't stand Ying protecting you. She's jealous of you. She wants to be Ying's female. You took her position as Oumu."

"Axi, tell me where Nanya Mountain is. I'm going too."

"You're going? What are you going for? You can't go. Stay in the cave and wait for Ying to come back."

"No. If they go to rescue people now, something will happen. The wind is against them and it hasn't rained. If they go, they'll die on the mountain. Do you understand?"

Axi was surprised that she knew this. "Qinghuan, how do you know?"

At the peak of Nanya Mountain, the trees were lush and green. A great fire was blazing through the forest. Below the forest, antelopes and some small animals were fleeing. Ying, along with Dashan and several dozen clansmen, was preparing to go up the mountain to rescue people and put out the fire. They held tree branches in their hands. "Ying, the fire is too big. We can't get up."

"We have to go up."

He took a branch and kept beating at the fire. Soon, he actually managed to carve out a path. "Up we go. Rescue people."

At Ying's command, the clansmen all ran up the mountain. Ying's face was blackened by the smoke. He was also about to go up the mountain to rescue people. Amidst the scorching scene, he saw many clansmen burned to death under the trees. At that moment, he suddenly let out a great roar toward the forest. His shout shook the clouds.

"Ah—"

"Ying, you can't go up. This is the Heavenly God's punishment. Our Tribe can only accept it."

The Shamaness A Yue saw him about to run up. Afraid he would be burned to death up there, she hugged him tightly to stop him. But Ying pushed her away forcefully. "Rescue people."

"There's no saving them. Don't you understand yet? This is the Heavenly God's punishment. You brought the Plague God. The Plague God killed them."

When Ying saw the bodies being brought down one by one, he suddenly fell silent. Those bodies were all living people. Just a few days ago, they had gone hunting with him. Now they were dead in an instant.

"Wuwu, A Mu, A Mu, wake up..."

The ground became a temporary place for the bodies. Countless clansmen looked at the dead, and then, spurred on by A Yue, they suddenly knelt down.

"Beg the Heavenly God to forgive our sins. Spare the Tribe."

A Yue suddenly picked up a Bronze Drum and began beating it incessantly beside the bodies. The sound was like weeping and wailing, making listeners sad and weepers cry.

"Heaven vast, earth vast, green fields match the azure sky. Pity my poor children's suffering, call me the one who lost an only son. The road to the afterlife is hard to walk, hear my drumbeat and return to your homeland."

"Return to your homeland..."

A Yue kept singing the Soul-Sending Song, guiding the dead souls to the heavenly realm. Ying clenched his fists and suddenly shouted, "Dashan, follow me into the mountain."

"Ying, you can't go."