Chapter 264: Not Extinguishing the Spark of Others

Baifeng is currently looking for an opportunity to make another trip to the Chinv Tribe to retrieve some Sulfur, but unfortunately, he has yet to succeed. The Suiren Clan has already expanded their territory more and more; they set out in Winter, and the risks are still relatively high. After all, they can walk on the ice, and the people of the Suiren Clan can too.

Baifeng held this meeting mainly to tell everyone not to overestimate their strength. They have not yet reached a point of being very strong; they only have an advantage in Weaponry, but this slight advantage cannot fully compensate for the disparity in numbers.

While Baifeng was here discussing their disparity, Baoxi also rushed to the front line of the battle with the fastest speed. Everything he saw within his line of sight was a harvest, which was something he had not expected; attacking a large tribe is definitely very difficult.

Sure enough, before long, the second Soldier who came to report said that they had encountered a fierce attack from the Qiexin Clan and that it was already very difficult to continue pushing forward.

This news was within Baoxi's expectations, so he told everyone to tighten their charge once more. If it had no effect, they could gradually retreat and first tidy up the places they had already conquered.

The Soldier received the order and subsequently rushed back to the front line.

Baoxi was at the lowest position, having people set up the camp and preparing for a long-term battle. It was impossible for them to conquer a massive Qiexin Clan in one go; Baoxi was still somewhat clear on this point.

Within Baifeng's field of vision, he only saw smoke and fire continuously on the distant mountains. He imagined the battle situation must be very intense. Unfortunately, they could not see anything either; although the pigeons and falcons could go up to Heaven to look, they could not speak after seeing, and no one reported how the battle situation was.

Therefore, Baifeng could only patiently wait to see what the final outcome would be. No matter how anxious he was now, he could only set up his fishing rod and forcibly calm his heart down.

To avoid the tribesmen worrying, they had already sent out several pigeons to deliver letters back, letting everyone know what had happened here.

Just as Baifeng set up his rod and stared at the float, he felt as if there was something under the water. At first, he thought it was some big fish attracted by the bait that had stirred up the water.

It turned out the shadow looked a bit large, and the quantity was very high. If this were on the sea, Baifeng would have been scared and wanted to run away long ago, but this was just a river; how could there be so many fish of such a large size?

After looking carefully again, Baifeng discovered the Reed stalks poking out here and there on the water. Baifeng thought to himself that he had encountered a capable person; anyone who could do this must have excellent swimming skills. However, as things stood, they were in a superior position, and their numbers were high, so these people under the water posed no threat at all.

Therefore, Baifeng watched as if he were watching a performance, watching these people swim from far to near, heading straight toward the Boat.

At this moment, Baifeng also pointed them out to the Soldiers. They understood the Tribal Chief's meaning instantly, so both the Heavy Crossbows and light Crossbows were aimed at the water surface, waiting for these people to poke their heads out at any time.

As for Baifeng, he took a Bomb that was not particularly large, preparing to blast some fish to see.

But what surprised everyone was that these people under the water were not preparing to attack; instead, they bypassed the Boat and continued to swim upstream. This maneuver left everyone somewhat puzzled. Someone asked the Tribal Chief for instructions on whether they should attack first to see, just to scare these people out.

Baifeng felt it was unnecessary. Arrows entering the water at such a deep position had no power, and they would deflect; the commotion would not be large, and it would only waste Arrowheads. He weighed the Explosive in his hand; in terms of commotion, this thing was the greatest.

Although those people had already swum behind the Boat, everyone was truly uneasy without dragging them out to take a look. Therefore, Baifeng lit the Explosive, estimated the length of the Fuse, and threw it in the direction of that group of people.

Before it even landed on the water surface, the Explosive detonated directly. The water surface turned black, and the people under the water were clearly affected by the shock, all of them falling into a panic.

Not waiting more than a few seconds, several people poked their heads out one after another. It looked like they had been startled and choked on water, but their swimming skills were good enough that it was no problem just to come up for air.

The tribesmen's Crossbows were already aimed, but Baifeng did not let them fire because there were women and children among those who poked their heads out, and they had no combat capability at all. The few people who saw the Baifeng Tribe also showed panic.

However, it seemed they recognized the Baifeng Tribe's Boat; otherwise, it would not have been panic but fear. The Baifeng Tribe had always been known for being civilized and kind in the Dahe basin, so when everyone encountered the Baifeng Tribe by chance, they would not be as fearful as they were when encountering other tribes.

It was unknown how they signaled under the water, but in an instant, all the people under the water surfaced, all of them without exception holding a Reed stalk in their mouths.

The splashing sound of over a hundred people poking their heads out of the water together truly gave Baifeng a start. It was only because the Baifeng Tribe's Soldiers were of higher quality; otherwise, if they had been nervous, the Crossbows would have already been triggered.

Baifeng's head of the personal guards, which was Hui, used his sturdy physique to block in front of Baifeng, pointed his large Knife at the people in the water, and shouted, "Which tribe are you all from? Why have you come to our Baifeng Tribe's encampment? What is your purpose!!"

Regarding Hui's behavior, Baifeng did not feel there was anything wrong. Even if he himself were stronger than Hui, their statuses were different. He was the Tribal Chief, and now was not the time when he had to start from nothing and charge at the front of everything. As a personal guard, he had to block danger in front of him, and asking questions was also something he should do. The final disposal was what Baifeng should do.

That group of people in the water had only shown less fear after seeing the Baifeng Tribe's Large Ship. Now that they had heard Hui say this was the Baifeng Tribe, they even appeared somewhat excited.

Hui was very puzzled. Could this tribe with women and children be planning to attack their Baifeng Tribe?

At this time, a man swam forward, and everyone cleared a space for him so that he could face Hui directly.

He opened his mouth and said, "This warrior of the Baifeng Tribe, we are the Zisheng Tribe, a tribe that lives by the water. We originally came to participate in this Full Moon Gathering, but we encountered people from the Suiren Clan slaughtering the human race and seizing property at the gathering, so we had no choice but to flee into the water to hide."

After speaking, he looked at Hui with a kind of pleading gaze to see if Hui would believe what he said. His posture was very humble. Baifeng, who was sitting behind Hui, could also see his eyes, which made Baifeng involuntarily think of the way he struggled bitterly in Nature when he first came to this world. When he hoped that the heavy rain would not extinguish his spark, wasn't it just like this?

Baifeng believed him. In this era, there was no such thing as acting. When telling a lie, being able to put on a blank expression was already quite remarkable, let alone eyes that could speak. Furthermore, even if it were fake, what of it? It had no impact on the Baifeng Tribe; it was just letting this group of wild people live.