Chapter 719: Is the Snow Moon Tribe a Super Tribe?
Wu Yue nodded, looking at the Sea Eel Chief below and the Beastman Warriors beside him constantly scanning the eyes on the city wall, feeling amused.
"This is the city wall our tribe just finished building, used to protect our territory and people; Sea Eel Chief, would you like to come in and take a look?"
Her invitation was like heavenly music to the Sea Eel Chief and the Sea Eel Tribe's Beastman Warriors, for they had wanted to go in and see it as soon as they saw this grand architecture.
In the boundless sea, the only place where one could pass through the city wall to enter the small salt field was the yet‑uninstalled gate.
The Sea Eel Tribe group dismounted from their mounts and, passing through the gate, stepped onto the soft sand.
Standing at the foot of the wall and looking again at this mountain‑like structure, they increasingly felt it was tall, thick, and immovable.
While the Sea Eel Chief and his Beastman Warriors were still observing the wall with shining eyes, the pale‑faced beastman who had seen the Snow Moon Tribe's city wall had already hurried up the steps onto the wall.
"Wow! The feeling of standing high up and blowing in the sea wind is fantastic."
He spread his arms, standing there with a look of enjoyment.
The Sea Eel Chief and the Sea Eel Tribe's Beastman Warriors, who had been led up by the Snow Moon Tribe's Beastman Warriors, seeing this scene, all tried to suppress their excitement and quickened their steps to the edge of the wall.
"Spirits, is this really something that can be built?"
They occasionally stroked the stones on the wall, each side being very smooth.
Shaman Yue, the Snow Moon Tribe not only has powerful shamanic spells, but now can even build such a tall city wall on the sea.
I sometimes even feel that you are more like a super tribe.
A middle‑aged beastman propped his hands on the city wall's bricks, turning his head to look at Wu Yue with eyes hinting at inquiry.
Wu Yue heard this and gave a light smile, but did not rebut the Sea Eel Chief's words: "No matter whether our Snow Moon Tribe is a small tribe or a super tribe, as long as there is no conflict between our two tribes and we remain friendly, trading, I believe these things are not important."
Hearing this, the Sea Eel Chief gave her a deep look, his eyes slightly deepening, but then did not continue the topic.
"Those tribespeople who have been in contact with the dark forces are moving; the Grand Shaman wants Shaman Yue to go to the Sea Eel Tribe and together with us see what these people are preparing to do."
"Together with you? Now we don't even know what these people are preparing to do."
"Your tribe left people to protect the tribe's people, right..."
Wu Yue looked at the Sea Eel Chief with a smile in her eyes.
The Sea Eel Chief, somewhat embarrassed, rubbed his nose and nodded: "Yes, after all, there are still many people in the tribe."
"Our Snow Moon Tribe's people are also here; if I leave, who will protect these people?"
"So I'm sorry; please tell the Grand Shaman that I'm afraid I can't go to the Sea Eel Tribe."
The Sea Eel Chief's smile faded: "Shaman Yue should know that the purpose of letting you go is not that simple."
"If something happens and you're not there, later there might be some bad speculation."
Wu Yue lightly shook her head: "Going is impossible; last time, in your tribe, that Sand Sea Tribe beastman swore to the Beast God—I think that was already clear. If you still doubt me, after tomorrow's affairs are settled, I can also swear to the Beast God."
"But you need to agree beforehand: if your suspicions about me are wrong, you must also give something as compensation."
The Sea Eel Chief looked at this petite female before him and once again witnessed her strength and confidence.
Although she always performs respectful rites when facing herself and the Grand Shamans and chiefs of the various super tribes, on matters concerning her own tribe she never yields.
Such a forceful attitude and speech make it hard to believe that the Snow Moon Tribe is merely a small tribe.
Having doubts, even the Sea Eel Chief himself didn't notice that his attitude when speaking with Wu Yue had changed considerably.
After seeing off the Sea Eel Chief and the pale‑faced beastman group, Wu Yue summoned all the Beastman Warriors, Half‑Beasts, and pure‑human slaves, and together they returned to the big ship.
"I have to go out for a while; this big ship has taken protective measures, and while we are away, no one may disembark from it."
After taking only Yuan Lang and a Falcon Tribe Beastman Warrior, Wu Yue changed her attire, and the three of them quietly set out from the mountain path, heading instead for the Sea Snake Tribe.
Within the Sea Snake Tribe's territory nothing abnormal was seen, and after several days of travel, Wu Yue, Yuan Lang, and the Falcon Beastman Warrior are now hidden in a reef outside the Sea Snake Tribe's encampment.
The reef has been hollowed out into a cave large enough for three to hide in, and there is also an irregular opening facing the entrance of the Sea Snake Tribe's encampment.
From time to time, Sea Snake Tribe members pass near the reef where they are hiding.
"Is something big going to happen in the Bai Sha Yan Hai? Why have the hunting parties going out recently become more numerous than they were in the previous winter?"
"You all, do you have heads just to eat food?"
"The hunting parties have increased, but has the amount of food they bring back increased?"
"Um... putting it that way, it really seems they aren't bringing back much food, even though some of the teams are quite strong."
A group of sea snakes swayed their thick tails past the reef, their chatter fading away as they went on.
"I heard the Grand Shaman and the chief are unwilling; the squads sent out are risking disappearance to go farther afield to look for missing tribespeople."
"Hiss! Does that mean we might also be sent out..."
Only after that hunting squad had gone far away did Wu Yue and her three companions lightly exhale a breath.
"It seems the three super tribes have already begun to act."
Yuan Lang said in a calm voice.
Wu Yue nodded: "From now on we just wait for the Sea Snake Grand Shaman and chief to go out, then follow behind them; the place they go must be where those dark‑force people are."
The bustling preparations went on for nearly ten days straight, and during those ten days, after the initial Beastman Warrior disappearance wave, each tribe again saw tribe‑member disappearance incidents.
What is even more frightening is that this time the disappearances are not limited to Beastman Warriors; Half‑Beast Warriors and pure‑human tribe members have also begun to disappear.
This large‑scale disappearance incident has once again ignited the anxious feelings of all the tribes along the Bai Sha Yan Hai coast.
That day, as Wu Yue and Yuan Lang were still asleep, they were awakened by a Falcon Beastman; outside the sky was still dim, the sun had not yet risen from the sea horizon, but not far from the Sea Snake Tribe's encampment entrance there was already some movement.
A squad of Sea Snake Tribe Beastman Warriors was quietly entering the sea, and Wu Yue and her three companions, among the last to mount their steeds, saw the Sea Snake Grand Shaman and chief.
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