Chapter 1013: Burned by Fire

The firelight shone on Chengqie's face, flickering back and forth; Chengqie's complexion and gaze were also shifting between light and shadow. As the two brought their faces closer and closer, Chengqie finally spoke.

"No, no, there are too few people. Your two tribes combined only amount to a few thousand. I don't have a single person under my command either. How are we supposed to leave?

If they were all willing to go together, then everything would be easy to discuss. Even if we had twenty thousand people, I would be confident in building us into a great tribe. But with only a few thousand, what can we do? We can't even scrape together a few hundred Soldiers. What do we have to expand our territory with?

If it goes on like that, we will sooner or later become a tribe of savages. If there were many people, my father might be willing to let me go and not come to attack us. But if we leave here with only a few thousand, my father will surely be very angry. By then, let alone you, I fear I will also be dragged back to be sacrificed to the ancestors of our Suiren Phylum."

"Therefore, I see that it won't work now. We can only wait until we reach Huaxia to see. Perhaps once we reach Huaxia, there will be some changes. If we can find an opportunity, then we will leave. If Huaxia treats us poorly, those few people certainly won't be willing to stay either."

"Moreover, once our people have all arrived in Huaxia, we might even have a chance to kill Baifeng, seize Huaxia, and make Huaxia join our Suiren Phylum. Wouldn't that be better than letting the Suiren Phylum join Huaxia?"

"But Leader, tonight is the best opportunity. Tomorrow we will have no choice!" the short Leader suddenly shouted out loud. Chengqie's expression changed in alarm, and he glared at the short Leader. The short Leader also realized he had done something wrong and hurriedly covered his mouth.

The tall Leader even stood up directly, having the thought of wanting to leave. And it was because of that shout of his that Shisi and the others also understood that Chengqie probably didn't want to leave; otherwise, this short Leader wouldn't have been so agitated.

Now, being shouted at like that, many people had already woken up. Even Wine and the others who were sleeping were startled awake by this cry, reflexively clutching a wooden stick and guarding their surroundings.

Shisi and the others didn't pretend anymore and slid down directly from the trees, though they still had to act as if they had just woken up.

"Leader Chengqie, what is going on? Are there wild beasts?"

Chengqie looked and saw that Shisi and the others were actually in the trees. No wonder he felt that there were fewer people; he just didn't know whether they had actually been asleep or not.

Chengqie said awkwardly: "It's nothing, it's nothing. Uh, he got burned by the fire, he got burned by the fire."

The short Leader hurriedly followed Chengqie's lead to make up for it: "Uh, yes, I got burned by the fire, burned my hand, that's why I called out."

Shisi feigned concern: "Oh, is that so? Let me take a look, is it serious? It just so happens that I learned a bit in Huaxia about how to treat fire burns."

Chengqie hurriedly gave the short Leader a wink. The short Leader understood immediately: "Oh, it's really nothing. It was just burned by a spark from the fire. It's fine, it doesn't even hurt anymore now."

Shisi continued to press step by step: "Hey, how can it be nothing? If you were only burned a little by a spark, how could you have shouted so loudly? Among us Soldiers, who hasn't been burned by fire? We've long since gotten used to it.

But it's fine. I know some people in Huaxia now. I'll speak to them and have them find a good doctor to treat you when you get to Huaxia. They aren't shamans; they are very capable. If I can't do it, I'll go back and have the Tribal Chief tell the people of Huaxia. Huaxia brought birds that can talk, which can send messages directly to Huaxia."

"You are a Leader of our Suiren Phylum and will be Leader Chengqie's guard in the future. Everything must be the best for you, you can't be allowed to get hurt, right?"

Shisi spoke comforting words, but in reality, he was bringing out Huaxia and the Tribal Chief to threaten the short Leader. Chengqie no longer had the thought of leaving, so Shisi was now bold. They were more than ten people, and they carried the Tribal Chief's orders; were they afraid of the three of them? Besides, the current Chengqie probably wouldn't openly help the short Leader either, because after he arrived in Huaxia, he would have to consider his own future.

Now the short Leader already understood that Shisi hadn't been asleep at all and had been listening the whole time. What he said had definitely been heard clearly by Shisi. Now, if he wanted Shisi to let him go, there was only one way.

So, he pretended to welcome the approaching Shisi and deliberately stretched his hand toward the fire pit. The flames instantly made his skin ache with pain, and the hair on his hand was singed, but he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

The short Leader met the approaching Shisi and said somewhat humbly: "Brother, you said you know capable doctors in Huaxia, right? Look at my hand, it's become like this. It really hurts terribly. Could you help me speak to them when you see them tomorrow and have them fix it for me?"

Shisi pulled up the hand that was stretched out and looked; sure enough, a patch was already red. Not only were there blisters from the burn, but it was even giving off a charred smell.

Seeing that this person was so sensible, he probably wouldn't dare to offend him. Shisi had actually gone over prepared to resist firmly, even with the determination to die if necessary, but he hadn't expected it to be so effective.

So Shisi also hurriedly said: "Hey, yours is really serious. No wonder you shouted so loudly; you startled me awake and I almost fell out of the tree."

"How about this, you just rinse it with water. I didn't learn much in Huaxia, but in their troops, there is something called first aid or something. You can learn it when you go. I'm staying in the Suiren Phylum now, and I can't learn it even if I want to."

"Good, good, I'll soak it in water. It does hurt a bit."

Chengqie also understood that Shisi intended to ignore them, so he also hurriedly said: "Alright, hurry and go find some water. You've startled everyone awake. That's enough, everyone hurry back to sleep, I see."

Shisi also followed the steps down: "Exactly, what are you all doing here in the middle of the night? Leader Chengqie still has a few people protecting him now. Our Weapons are Iron Knives given by Huaxia, which are much easier to use than the short copper Swords you carry. You all hurry back to sleep. When you arrive in Huaxia, you can come and protect Leader Chengqie again. It's just for this one night; after we arrive in Huaxia, we will go back, and you will have to stand guard and protect him every day."

The tall and short Leaders exchanged a glance and hurriedly said: "Good, good. Then, Brother, we'll rely on you to protect the Leader. We're going back."

When the two left, they also took a look at the half-finger-long Iron Knife that Shisi had revealed. If Huaxia could give such good, such precious Weapons to such unrelated people, then perhaps they could get them too if they went. Thinking this way, it didn't seem impossible.

The two Leaders left, and Shisi said in a humble tone again: "Leader Chengqie, you should sleep now. Sleep early tonight; we'll reach Huaxia tomorrow. They have all sorts of good things. We will keep watch for you tonight and protect you. You can sleep safely and boldly. We can't stop mosquitoes, but we definitely won't let rats or snakes run into your Tent."

Chengqie gradually slowed his heartbeat and said slowly: "Good, then I'll rely on you all."