It was only after all the black grass was packed up that the two of them carried the animal skin bags and walked toward the cart parked outside the Amo Tribe.
The five beastmen pulling the cart at this time were all slaves exchanged at the trading day.
The situation was urgent. Lang Ze couldn’t let the strong Black Mountain people stay behind to guard the supplies. To them, the lives of their people were always more important than food.
Lang Ze wasn’t worried that these slaves would escape with the supplies while everyone was fighting. As long as they dared to escape, Lang Ze would be able to find them. By that time, the Black Mountain Tribe would no longer accommodate them.
Fortunately, no one did such a stupid thing. After the battle, they left their hiding place with the carts.
At this time, the rescued tribe members were lying on the carts, and Diao Lan was taking care of them. Once she saw Qi Bai and Lang Ze coming back, she came forward and asked, “Do you have any detoxification herbs?”
Qi Bai handed the animal skin bag to Diao Lan and shook his head, saying, “No, there is no need to detoxify. They should wake up on their own when the time comes.”
All the beastmen in the cellar were rescued. However, there were fewer people from both the Silver Moon Tribe and the Xiaoniu Tribe than when they first entered the tribe.
The only thing to be thankful for was that it was the hunting season now, and the Amo Tribe had enough food. This was why most of the tribe members were rescued.
Everyone present could feel the difference in numbers, but they tried not to mention the tribe members who were lost. What they had to do now was to take care of the people who were still alive.
At this time, Xi Zhou ran over and said, “Lang Ze, Bao Bai, come and see what we have found!”
Everyone was a bit dazed when faced with the pile of supplies in the somewhat rancid cellar.
It should be known that all the Black Mountain people present, except Hu Meng and Niu Yong, were beastmen who became slaves due to their tribe’s defeat.
Hu Meng and Niu Yong were still young and had never participated in battles between tribes.
In other words, everyone either lost the battle or never participated in the battle. It was the first time they had seen so much loot.
At this time, Qi Bai finally understood why some tribes would give up their own good lives to attack other tribes. The tribe’s warehouse at the end of the hunting season was really too tempting.
Hu Qiao rubbed his hands. “Can we take this away?”
Qi Bai waved his hands. “Take it away!”
Of course, they had to take it away. With so many supplies, it would be a waste if they didn’t take them away.
Just looking at this cellar, there weren’t only animal skins and plants, but also many salted prey. However, it could be seen that the Amo Tribe didn’t have much salt, and their salting techniques weren’t sophisticated. This caused most of the meat to rot.
Still, it didn’t matter. It was free, and there was nothing to complain about.
At this time, the atmosphere in the group finally became lively again.
The horned beastmen used rattan baskets to carry supplies out of the cellar, one basket at a time. Meanwhile, the sub-beastmen stood beside the carts, picking out the supplies and piling them on the carts little by little.
Qi Bai instructed back and forth, “Look at it and don’t mix it with meat that can’t be eaten.”
The Amo Tribe was a cannibal tribe. Qi Bai was worried that the meat of the beastmen would be mixed in the cellar. If someone carelessly loaded it onto the cart, it would be a waste of effort and also extremely disgusting.
Xi Zhou smiled and shouted, “Don’t worry. We can clearly see what is beast meat!”
In fact, Qi Bai’s worry was completely superfluous. The Amo Tribe used two-legged sheep as reserve food, except for killing the two-legged sheep to vent their anger like the previous chief. Under normal circumstances, it was only when the tribe had no food or when the two-legged sheep was dying that they would be eaten. This meant there was no meat of the two-legged sheep remaining.
Everyone worked quickly. Once night fell, the already full cart became even fuller. At the same time, each beastman had two extra packages on their saddles.
Qi Bai took a few steps back. “We can’t put any more. These are enough.”
Hu Qiao took a big bite of meat and said, “This isn’t enough. We can eat more food on the way.”
Qi Bai smiled. “Okay. If our cart gets crushed, you can carry the supplies on it back to the tribe by yourself.”
Lang Ze said to everyone, “Finish the food, and we will set off immediately.”
“Okay!” Everyone responded loudly.
Qi Bai looked at the remaining Amo people in the distance and asked, “What should we do with these people?”
Lang Ze said, “Most tribes will take these people back and make them slaves of the tribe.”
Qi Bai knew that what the Black Mountain Tribe lacked most now was population. It was only when the tribe grew stronger that they would have the confidence to survive.
However, looking at these beastmen who ate their own kind, Qi Bai didn’t think that the Black Mountain Tribe could change them at all. Taking them back would only cause trouble.
He frowned and said with some disdain, “Then forget it.”
Lang Ze certainly didn’t want to take these people back to the tribe. He recalled how the Amo people carried Qi Bai into the cellar like two-legged sheep, and his eyes were so cold that they seemed to be able to form frost.
Qi Bai suddenly had a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next moment, Lang Ze said calmly, “Then kill them.”
Qi Bai grabbed Lang Ze’s arm. “Wait a minute. Let’s discuss this.”
Qi Bai previously didn’t object when the warriors of the Amo Tribe were killed in order to protect themselves and rescue their people. He even charged into battle and killed several beastmen.
However, facing the remaining young children and sub-beastmen, Qi Bai really couldn’t make such a decision.
Lang Ze asked, “Do you want to let them go?”
Qi Bai slowly put down his hand. “I don’t know.”
Countless historical events had warned future generations that being kind to the enemy was being cruel to oneself. In such an unstable land, no one could predict the direction of the future.
Qi Bai said, “I know that if we let them go today, I might be creating a powerful enemy for myself. But I can’t bring myself to kill these children and sub-beastmen who can’t resist.”
Qi Bai looked at the remaining Amo people in the distance. “These people have no thoughts. They live in a mess all day long, and no one tells them that eating their own kind is a cruel act. They only have an empty body, but no ability to distinguish between right and wrong.”
These people were ignorant and stupid, as well as accomplices of the witch. Should they be sentenced to death? Should the executioner be himself?
Qi Bai had no answer. “Now that they have lost everything, do you think they will change?”
The killing intent in Lang Ze’s eyes slowly subsided, and he looked at the tribe members gathered around the fire.
The last time he was with his tribe members was ten years ago.
War and slavery.
No matter what people desired, the outcome of war was always a tragedy.
Lang Ze looked at Qi Bai’s soft side profile. “If we leave them here, they might not survive.”
Qi Bai raised his head, his eyes curved. “Then we can’t control it. We aren’t Bodhisattvas.”
Lang Ze chuckled. “What is a Bodhisattva?”
“Bodhisattva is the kindest person in the world.:
In this huge Beastman Continent, Qi Bai’s world was very small. He just wanted to protect his people. As for these outsiders, leave them with a hope of survival and let the rest be left to the will of heaven.
In the middle of the night, the Black Mountain Tribe’s team gathered. Apart from the tribe members who were still unconscious, everyone found their respective posts as soon as possible.
Lang Ze, Xiang Yu, and Qi Bai studied the map drawn by Qi Bai for a long time. Finally, they decided to give up the long path of returning the way they came. Instead, they would find a new road that led directly to Xishui.
They had already wasted too much time, and everyone was eager to return home. The night was no longer an obstacle to their progress.
The giant wolf howled to the sky, and the tribe members gathered behind him responded loudly.
The bone wheels turned slowly, and the speed increased.
Qi Bai poked his head out of the small bamboo basket beside the giant wolf’s neck. The Amo Tribe gradually disappeared into the darkness. The Black Mountain Tribe had left them some food, and these beastmen should survive the winter.
The little snow leopard retracted his head into the small bamboo basket. It had nothing to do with him anymore.
Just four days after the Black Mountain Tribe left, a large group of several hundred people stood on the hillside, looking at the ruins of the Amo Tribe.
Just when they thought the Amo Tribe had been destroyed, several beastmen covered in mud came out of the cave and ran toward the hillside with various supplies in their hands, shouting.
A beastman ran to the front of the group first and looked around at the crowd. Her eyes lit up because she recognized Yan, who had been trading with them. She raised the supplies in her hand and said, “Salt, sheep!”
Yan asked, “Where is the witch?”
The beastman waved her hands and made a motion of lying down.
Yan drawled, “Oh, dead.”
Seeing the beastman nodding, the people of the Rough Wood Tribe suddenly burst out laughing.
The beastman took a step back and suddenly felt a sense of danger. She hadn’t felt this type of danger even among the people who rushed into the tribe that day.
The chief of the Rough Wood Tribe glanced into the ruins and ordered, “Take them all away.”
“Yes!” The moment these words came out, dozens of beastmen rushed into the Amo Tribe.
Looking at the remaining tribe members and food in the Amo Tribe, Yan’s crooked mouth kept rising. “I don’t know which tribe didn’t take these slaves away and gave them to us for free.”
Zhong smiled and agreed. “Perhaps that tribe has also suffered a lot of damage, and we can meet them in a few days.”
Listening to the conversation between the two, there was another burst of laughter from the group. Only the Amo people, who were driven into the slave team, looked at the silent group beside them in a panic.
All of this was just a small episode for the Rough Wood Tribe. After a brief stop, the entire group continued to move eastward.
Behind them, the Amo Tribe completely ceased to exist.
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