Chapter 1014: Waiting for the Suiren Clan

"Alright, Leader Chengqie, rest easy; we are all here."

Having said that, Shisi turned and headed back, then pressed his hand down to signal to his teammates that they could rest easy; nothing else should happen tonight, and everyone should be able to get a good night's sleep.

However, those who were supposed to continue keeping watch had to keep watching; Shisi lay on a tree branch, staring at Chengqie's Tent, and he didn't know when he was woken up by someone, scaring him so much he nearly fell off. He saw it was the person who had gotten up to change shifts, who then helped Shisi down to sleep.

Shisi said, bleary-eyed, "No need, I'll just keep sleeping here; there's no problem here, I'm holding on tight."

But Wu, down below, was not happy: "I told you to come down and sleep because you were drooling while sleeping up there, and it dripped onto my face; I thought it was raining!"

"Oh, oh, oh, is that so? Then I'd better come down."

Shisi got up from the thick tree branch he had been hugging, feeling a bit embarrassed; the saliva at the corner of his mouth pulled out a long thread on the branch, and the large bead of water in his mouth continued to flow down along the thread. He sucked in again, and the bead rose back up, nearly returning to his mouth.

Fortunately, Shisi wiped his mouth in time, cutting the thread directly with his hand, though the patch of moisture on the tree remained obvious and might become a good place for insects to replenish their water at night.

Returning to the foot of the tree, Shisi took over a spot that had been flattened and was still a bit warm, then tilted his head and fell fast asleep; with no worries in his heart, sleep was sweet.

The next day, the noisy forest woke everyone up; they had no breakfast to eat, and once awake, there was nothing to do but collectively find a place to relieve themselves, create a large pool of water, and then suck the dew off the leaves before continuing on their way.

Shisi and his group were a bit unconventional; they would find water, chew on a small wooden stick, and after chewing it into fibers, dip it in the wood charcoal powder burned the night before, move it around in their mouths, and finally find some water to rinse their mouths before spitting it out.

At first, everyone asked them what they were doing, and Shisi and the others stated clearly that this was brushing their teeth to protect their own teeth so that when they grew old, they would still have good teeth to use, adding that people in Huaxia all did this.

However, mentioning the Huaxia way of life at this time naturally did not gain approval and was instead met with disdain; Shisi and the others didn't care about this—the teeth were their own, and besides, once these people reached Huaxia, wouldn't they have to brush their teeth too? Even if they didn't brush now, they would have to brush later.

By today, no one cared about the strange behavior of Shisi and his group anymore; it was just that Shisi and the others really missed Huaxia's breakfast—they loved that feeling of being able to have food fill their empty stomachs the moment they woke up; that feeling was truly blissful.

Today, they were only one step away from Huaxia; at their current pace, they would reach Huaxia before the sun reached its highest point.

All the men in this group had walked this path before, because they were all members who had once attacked Huaxia, only they hadn't been able to join the fray in the end and had slunk back, while those who had attacked the Huaxia City gate were basically all dead.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, these people had a sense of resistance toward the road to Huaxia, because they had seen their own tribesmen being easily killed, one after another, on the Dahe and under the city walls; they truly couldn't bear that kind of tragic scene.

Hopefully, this time it would really be as the Tribal Chief said: going to Huaxia wouldn't mean death, but rather having a better place to live.

The Huaxia team, having waited in place for a day, was now a little anxious; why hadn't the people of the Suiren clan arrived yet? Surely no accident could have happened? With so many of them waiting, was it not very good?

But the Company Commander could not act rashly; his authority was not high enough, and he dared not make decisions on any major actions himself. Although he had absolute leadership over the team, he still had to prioritize stability in his current actions—not doing anything meant not making mistakes; if they waited another three to five days and still didn't see anyone, they could prepare to withdraw; with the time difference being so long, there was definitely a problem on the Suiren clan's side.

So in the morning, after a simple breakfast, the Company Commander looked at the surrounding environment and decided to start cutting down trees to expand the area and clean it up, and while he was at it, pave the riverbank with stones and wood to make it solid, turning it into a small Matou so that even if the cattle went up, they wouldn't have to fear slipping.

No sooner said than done, the Company Commander immediately led the team to start working hard; for a time, the camp was bustling with activity, and since there were many people and little work, there was a great improvement in just one morning.

However, before they could even talk about starting a fire to cook, the outpost in the Suiren clan's territory blew a Whistle, reporting the news that the Suiren clan's team had arrived.

The Company Commander immediately gave the order for everyone to put down their work and prepare to welcome the new tribesmen and take over the supplies.

But the people of the Suiren clan, who were on their way, heard the whistle and immediately stopped, taking out their Weapon to prepare for battle at any time.

Shisi and the others held the Changdao in their hands and stood at the very front to protect Chengqie's safety.

Two Huaxia Soldiers jumped down from a tree a hundred meters away; when they saw the Weapon in Shisi and the others' hands, they knew they were waiting for the right people, and shouted directly: "Oi! Are you from the Suiren clan? We are Huaxia Soldiers; you can keep moving forward, our team is waiting for you."

When Chengqie and the others heard it was Huaxia, there shouldn't be any trouble, but the vigilant Chengqie still asked: "Shisi, do you think they are Huaxia Soldiers?"

Shisi looked for a while and believed they were indeed Huaxia Soldiers, saying very firmly: "Leader Chengqie, I think they are from Huaxia, because their clothes, Weapon, and appearance are all in the style of Huaxia; I don't think there can be any mistake, especially their Weapon—besides Huaxia and us, no other tribe should have them."

Having said that, he even flashed his Iron Knife; Chengqie took a look and pointed forward: "Alright then, let's move forward."