LSLFBW: Chapter 110 Part 1

The Black Mountain Tribe won the final victory in today’s battle, but they also paid a heavy price.

After all, in this makeshift team, the only ones who could be considered combat-ready were the Black Mountain Tribe and Xiaoniu Tribe that joined later, which had only around 20 people in total.

Many of the remaining people, including the old members of the Silver Moon Tribe, had just been freed from slavery. Their physical fitness was far from matching their fighting will.

They were naturally no match when faced with the fearless Amo people, who only had killing in their eyes.

Three horned beastmen died in the battle, and more than a dozen were injured, many of whom suffered new injuries before their original injuries had healed.

The most important thing was that many of the beastmen who had just been rescued from the cellar were still unconscious. They had to find Wu quickly in order to figure out the reason for their condition and how to relieve it.

The group looked at each other. Those who hadn’t entered the tribe had no idea who Wu was, let alone paid attention to her location.

At this moment, there was the sound of a heavy object being dragged coming from the side.

Qi Bai glanced around and quickly found the source of the sound. It was from the cave that Wu used to entertain them when they entered the tribe.

Qi Bai and Lang Ze approached the cave. As expected, they saw Wu with a smile on her face. She waved at Qi Bai eagerly. “Come in, come in.”

Beside her, a beastman opened a large animal skin bag filled with salt.

Half of the cave had collapsed, and it became their hiding place.

However, the two of them didn’t choose to escape. Instead, they tried to use salt to lure Qi Bai’s group.

Qi Bai looked at them and found it ridiculous that they were still imitating the smiles of ordinary beastmen, trying to deceive the enemy with the lowest disguise.

Qi Bai looked at her coldly and asked, “What did you put in the water?”

Wu tilted her ears, carefully identified Qi Bai’s question, and pointed to the cave. “This.”

“There is nothing in here.” Qi Bai had already figured out the layout of the cave, so he shook his head. “Where is the thing?”

Seeing that her disguise had no effect, the corners of Wu’s mouth drooped suddenly. Her drooping eye bags fell like a scale, and the fierce look on her face could no longer be concealed.

At this moment, the beastman closest to Qi Bai suddenly pulled out a bone knife from his animal skin bag and stabbed it toward Qi Bai’s chest.

Lang Ze, who had been watching their movements, grabbed the beastman’s arm the moment he made a move, making him unable to move at all.

Just as the two of them were in a stalemate, the sound of an arrow breaking through the air rang in their ears.

Lang Ze turned his head and narrowly avoided the arrow.

Wu, who took advantage of the chaos to rush forward, wasn’t so lucky. The arrow pierced her forehead, and her body fell to the ground.

Wu’s eyes widened, and she stared straight at the ceiling of the cave. This beastman, who was indifferent to everything and lived in her own world, couldn’t believe that her life would end like this.

“Wu!”

The beastman beside her shouted in disbelief before turning to Qi Bai and Lang Ze again, as if seeing a terrifying devil.

Lang Ze broke the wrist of the beastman attacking him with a few moves and threw him next to Wu.

Qi Bai gently wiped the blood off Lang Ze’s face with his hand, turned his head, and shouted at Hou Su, who wasn’t far away, “What are you doing?”

Hou Su waved the crossbow in his hand and said excitedly, “My crossbow is indeed the most powerful weapon.”

Qi Bai was filled with fear. He pointed at Hou Su and said bluntly, “You shot at people with this crappy thing of yours that doesn’t even have a crosshair. It is thanks to Lang Ze’s quick reaction this time that none of us were hurt. Don’t you dare use it on your own people again!”

Hou Su’s eyes darted around, and he retorted stubbornly, “I… I wanted to save you. That old beastman had a bone knife in his hand. You would’ve been in danger if I hadn’t killed her.”

It would be better if he hadn’t said anything. Once Qi Bai heard this, he became even more furious. Wu, the person most likely to know the secret of the water, was killed in one blow. Now they wouldn’t be able to ask anything.

Hou Su saw that Qi Bai had a bad expression on his face, so he tiptoed over and pulled out the arrow from between Wu’s eyebrows. Then he ran away with small steps.

Lang Ze searched the cave and brought out only a bag full of salt. Just like Qi Bai said, there was nothing inside. The decorations were just to deceive outsiders.

However, even if Wu died, they couldn’t give up looking for what was added to the water.

Qi Bai thought about it and returned to the open space where the Amo people were gathered.

He scanned their faces one by one before finally finding a familiar face, who was one of the people who brought them water.

Qi Bai leaned over and looked at her. “What was added to the water we drank? Tell me and I’ll let you go.”

The woman looked up with empty eyes. The way she looked at Qi Bai was no different from the way she looked at an ant on the ground.

Qi Bai’s heart sank. This woman could obviously understand a bit of the beastman language. Judging from her behavior, she might be an important confidant of Wu. However, her current attitude showed that she wasn’t going to say anything.

“I will say it, don’t kill me.”

At the outermost edge of the crowd, a girl hugged her legs. The words just now seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and her body was shaking uncontrollably.

Qi Bai hadn’t expected there to be someone here who could speak the beastman language. However, she seemed to have not communicated with anyone for a long time, and her words were a bit halting.

Qi Bai walked up to her and said in a soft voice, “Of course. What is your name?”

The girl frowned and thought for a long time. Finally, she said one word. “Dai.”

Qi Bai asked, “Dai, do you know what that is?”

Dai swallowed, nodded, and replied, “We, the two-legged sheep, all had to drink it when we first came here.”

Qi Bai continued asking, “But you aren’t locked up with the others.”

“If we are obedient, we will be released to work.” Dai saw Qi Bai’s gentle attitude, and her words gradually became smoother. “That cave is Wu’s home. What they put in the water is a type of grass. I helped Wu dry the grass.”

Dai’s words made Qi Bai more certain of one thing. The Amo tribe treated all the two-legged sheep in the tribe the same way.

This grass was what Wu used to control the two-legged sheep.

Qi Bai’s guess was correct. The previous witch discovered this black grass that could make people sleepy. Relying on this black grass, she quickly became the controller of the entire tribe.

The current witch was the daughter of the previous witch. She used the black grass and the simplest and crudest method to make the two-legged sheep obtained by the Amo Tribe unable to resist.

In this way, their tribe could easily control dozens of two-legged sheep despite only having more than 200 people.

Qi Bai asked, “Have you ever drunk the antidote for this type of water? What does the antidote look like?”

Dai shook her head in confusion. “There is no antidote.”

Qi Bai’s eyes lit up. If this was the case, it meant his guess was correct. Everyone was just temporarily unconscious, and there wasn’t any danger to their lives.

Qi Bai confirmed it with her again. “Think carefully. Have you really not drunk an antidote or eaten anything special?”

Dai held her head, trying hard to recall it. At this time, a sub-beastman beside her gently held Dai’s shoulders and said timidly, “Sir, there really is no antidote. Just drag the people out, put them on the ground, and starve them for a few meals, and they will wake up.”

Qi Bai finally felt relieved with this confirmation. He helped the two of them up and asked Quan Nan to help give them some food. Then he smiled and said, “Thank you. If you are willing, follow us and leave. I promise that no one will hurt you.”

Regardless of whether the people of the Amo Tribe understood their conversation or not, it wouldn’t be very dangerous for the two of them to continue staying here. Rather than just making a verbal promise, Qi Bai helped to get them away from this dangerous place.

Before Dai could react, the beastman next to her had already crawled down. He pressed Dai to the ground and said excitedly, “Sir, we will definitely work hard.”

Qi Bai hurriedly pulled Lang Ze to the side. Following Dai’s instructions, Qi Bai and Lang Ze quickly found Wu’s cave. They searched for a long time and only found a large amount of dried black grass.

Qi Bai sniffed the odorless black grass and said, “It seems that this is what the Amo Tribe uses to control the beastmen.”

Lang Ze pinched Qi Bai’s nose and asked, “Why do you smell everything?”

Qi Bai blinked and said in a muffled voice, “This is definitely not poisonous.”

Lang Ze took the black grass from Qi Bai’s hand and threw it into the animal skin bag. “What do you mean?”

Qi Bai ran to Lang Ze’s side. “Think about it. They brought so many people as food reserves. Even if they poison the food, it definitely won’t be a deadly poison. Otherwise, what would they eat if everyone dies?”

Lang Ze nodded. “That makes sense.”

Qi Bai opened the animal skin bag and signaled Lang Ze to put away the black grass. “Judging from Dai’s words and the reactions of Niu Xin and the others who drank the black grass water, it is more like an anesthetic drug. This is a good thing.”

“Anesthetic?”

“Anesthesia means to make a person lose consciousness temporarily.” Qi Bai gave an example. “For example, last time when Lu Teng was digging out the rotten meat of the tribe members, they would only need to sleep for a while with this black grass and wouldn’t have to experience the pain. Once they wake up, their wounds will be healed. This is such a good thing.”

Lang Ze looked at the black grass. “You mean, we should take these things back to use ourselves?”

Lang Ze naturally agreed to let Qi Bai bring these black grasses back to the tribe, but he had always thought of using them to deal with the enemies. He didn’t expect that Qi Bai actually wanted to use them on his own tribe members.

Qi Bai nodded. “Of course, but they definitely aren’t useful for minor injuries. These anesthetic herbs are more or less poisonous. A person can’t take too much. In any case, let’s keep them well. They will definitely be useful one day.”

There were no absolutely good or bad plants in the world. It was only because people used them differently that opposite results were produced.

Qi Bai touched Lang Ze’s hesitant hand and urged, “There are seeds mixed in there. Don’t leak it and pack them all up for me.”