Chapter 289: Two Choices

"Where is A Li now? Where are you taking us to look for her?"

After they tossed all the household's younglings to Gong Mei's family, who are close with Yun Li, even Ke Si heard the news and came after them.

Seeing Ji Xuan walking at the front, Leng Xiao opened his mouth and immediately asked about A Li's whereabouts.

Upon hearing Leng Xiao's question, Ji Xuan waved them onto the Winged Serpent, then, at a rapid pace, relayed the news he had just received this afternoon.

The Silver Eagle Tribe has recently seen a group of unfamiliar faces; they don't look like the Beast People of the small tribes. Moreover, many small tribes have suffered this year. During the rainy season, some small tribes would come in groups to our tribe to trade for salt, but it's almost the cold season now—what are they here for?

"So they are likely in league with Cang Lang," Leng Xiu added.

Ji Xuan nodded, "Also, when we investigated how A Li was taken out of the tribe by Cang Lang, some Beast People mentioned that Cang Lang's beast form can fly. Besides the cliffs behind the tribe, there are also places where Eagle Beast People can transform into beast bodies and fly down."

I guess that male was friendly with Chun at the time; part of the reason was that he coveted her because she was a Beast Person of the Patrol Team. He learned from Chun the patrol times and locations, then spent effort figuring out how to avoid the Patrol Team's Beast People, which gave him the chance to take A Li out of the tribe.

"But after he took A Li out of the tribe, where did he hide her? That's why we haven't found her yet?"

We seem to have figured out how that male got A Li out of the tribe, but where has he hidden her these past few days?

Why did they and the Patrol Team's Beast People search the vicinity meticulously many times yet never find anyone? Was A Li knocked out, or coerced? Otherwise, how could she leave no trace at all?

Mu Qing's question left Ji Xuan unable to answer, but at least the Beast People's thoughts were focused on finding her, not on solving these doubts.

As long as they retrieve her, learning the rest is only a matter of time.

Accompanied by a sudden rush of wind in the air, Yun Li instinctively looked up, but Cang Lang seized her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Don't make a sound; you don't want me to poison you into silence, do you?"

Hearing that, Yun Li's gaze darkened as she pressed her lips together, then she stared wide-eyed as the dark silhouette streaked across the sky.

When the dark silhouette left, Master Meng led the way at the front, and the other Beast People hurriedly followed, eager to leave the place quickly.

Regardless of Yun Li's willingness, Cang Lang forced a pill into her mouth, then hauled her onto the back of Jia Sha's transformed elk.

After running for a day and a night straight, Meng Liang and the others finally noticed that the aerial pursuit hadn't ceased.

"Cang Lang, it seems your claim that she is a goddess was indeed true. I didn't expect our trip to be this worthwhile."

Meng Liang, leading the group, suddenly halted, but his gaze at Yun Li wasn't as cheerful as his words.

"All for a female, they chase us so tightly."

"If we kill her in front of those Beast People, they'd be very angry, wouldn't they?"

Hearing that, Yun Li's complexion tightened. Her eyes flicked around at lightning speed, her mind racing. She couldn't die here; she still had countless things left to do. She hadn't yet ventured outside the world with her few Beast Husbands. If she died here, who knows if she'd ever have the same luck she had years ago.

She can't take that gamble!

Just as Yun Li was about to throw herself into a desperate fight, Cang Lang smiled and blocked the malicious gazes of Meng Liang's Beast People.

"Master Meng, are you trying to defy the clan chief's orders? Or has the black line on your chest disappeared now?"

When Meng Liang heard the first sentence, he barely reacted, even snickering inwardly, thinking that Cang Lang was just a Beast Slave; even if he were the clan chief's male offspring, a Beast Slave is always a Beast Slave, yet he dares to use the clan chief to pressure him without considering his own status.

But who knew Cang Lang actually knew about the black line on his chest?!

Recalling that after returning from Five Salt Mountain, it was Cang Lang who administered the antidote, Meng Liang instantly flared, "You did that?"

Cang Lang curled the corner of his mouth, "What does Master Meng think?"

Meng Liang's gaze instantly darkened; his fists clenched and released repeatedly. Finally, he coldly glanced at the Beast People around him and said in a grim tone:

"Just now, what did you all hear?"

A clueless Beast Person, sensing something amiss, cautiously asked, "Master Meng, what happened? What black line?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a massive hand clamped around the Beast Person's throat; *Crunch! * the Beast Person died.

The other Beast People, seeing this, wore terrified expressions, dared not ask anything, and fled, saying:

"Master Meng, I heard nothing."

"Right, right, I know nothing."

Who would have thought that Cang Lang, a Medicine Slave even lower than a Beast Slave, would have the nerve to poison a Purple-rank Beast Person? Isn't he afraid that Meng Liang would kill him?

Watching the Beast People retreat one by one, a shadow flickered in Meng Liang's eyes; his fist slowly tightened, and while the others were distracted, he used the same method to kill the two nearest Beast People.

"Run! Run!"

At this moment, only Cang Lang, Jia Sha, and Yun Li—three of them—remained; the other Beast People, without hesitation, tried to flee.

But how could their speed match that of a Purple-rank Beast Person? In less than ten blinks, the original seven Beast People were reduced to a single kneeling male Beast Person.

Yet he couldn't escape being used by Meng Liang as a venting tool; until only Cang Lang and the other two remained, Meng Liang advanced toward them step by step.

"Bring out the antidote; I'll spare you death."

Not only Cang Lang and Jia Sha, but even Yun Li, who had just witnessed his cold-blooded killing, thought that this Beast Person could never spare anyone.

So Cang Lang simply shook his head; Meng Liang's complexion grew even uglier, "Then I'll kill them."

He slaughtered the Beast People around him; if he still showed no reaction, Meng Liang decided he would torment Cang Lang until he could neither live nor die.

He wanted to see just how tough Cang Lang's mouth really was!

But as soon as those words left his mouth, Cang Lang sneered as if hearing something pleasant, "Just afraid you can't."

Meng Liang, enraged, moved with the intention of killing both Yun Li and Jia Sha in front of Cang Lang, but as soon as he acted, a sharp pain shot through his chest.

"Cang Lang, what exactly did you poison me with?"

Cang Lang, you scoundrel!

When the clan chief sent that youngster to become a medicine, he should have stopped it; had he not, he wouldn't have been poisoned by Cang Lang, nor would he be struggling for his own life now.

Cang Lang never answered his question at all, but instead threatened Meng Liang outright.

"Master Meng, only I can antidote this poison. Now, either you obey my words and do exactly as I say, or you die."