LSLFBW: Chapter 18

Yang Luo heard Zhu Ya’s shouting and couldn’t help frowning. “Who are you going to expel from the tribe?”

Zhu Ya only dared to shout randomly when he saw Qi Bai and the others. Now that he saw Yang Luo’s expression, his neck shrank back. For some reason, he felt a bit guilty.

Yang Luo and Hou Yan walked out from the crowd and quickly found out the reason.

“Zhu Ya, how old are you this year?” Hou Yan asked with a sullen expression.

“12 years old.”

“I had already learned hunting with my father when I was 12 years old. You can’t even beat a sub-beastman. What face do you have to shout here?”

Hou Yan’s words were like a slap to Zhu Ya’s face. For a child of this age, face was the most important thing. Zhu Ya’s neck stiffened, and he said, “It was because I held back, or else I would’ve beaten him to pieces.”

At this time, the sub-beastman Li Li stabbed in the knife. “No, Zhu Ya was beaten into beast form by Sun Qing. He couldn’t easily break free.”

After hearing Li Li’s childish voice, many horned beastmen laughed.

Zhu Ya’s face turned red. He pointed at Sun Qing and shouted, “I don’t care. This slave dared to hit me. In my previous tribe, such slaves would definitely be driven out. In addition, there is his younger brother. He might not have the slave mark, but he is also a slave and must be driven out together!”

Hou Yan said sternly, “As a horned beastman, you can’t even fight a sub-beastman despite turning into a beast and you still refuse to admit defeat. There is no horned beastman like you in our Black Mountain Tribe. Since you like your previous tribe so much, you can go back to your original tribe.”

Unlike the others who were just watching the fun, Hou Yan now had the awareness of being a chief. He knew that what Zhu Ya said couldn’t be tolerated.

Everyone in the Black Mountain Tribe came from different tribes. If Zhu Ya was allowed to keep thinking about his previous tribe like this, what cohesion would the Black Mountain Tribe have?

Lu Guo’s heart had been in her throat since she heard Zhu Ya’s words. If Hou Yan agreed with Zhu Ya’s words, her Lu Xia wouldn’t be able to escape.

Compared to Lu Guo’s uneasiness, Sun Qing had already made up his mind. Things had reached this point, and he had nothing to be afraid of. At worst, he could go to the wild with his brother to survive.

Sun Qing took a step forward and secretly pushed away Lu Guo, who wanted to help. He couldn’t let Lu Guo get involved. After all, what Sun Qing just said was actually what Lu Guo secretly told him.

Let his younger brother, who didn’t have the slave mark, live as an ordinary beastman in this newly established tribe.

Sun Qing was full of hope for his younger brother’s future, so he wasn’t angry when he saw Zhu Ya’s attitude and heard Zhu Ya’s words.

Hou Yan’s attitude towards Zhu Ya might not be good, but Sun Qing didn’t think they would let him go. After all, Sun Qing understood that in the tribe, it was actually the priest Yang Luo who made the decisions.

At this time, Yang Luo spoke up and said, “The chief is right. The Black Mountain Tribe doesn’t keep useless beastmen. Since you, Zhu Ya, can’t even beat a sub-beastman, you should leave the tribe.”

Zhu Ya’s face turned pale when he heard this. He was the second son of the chief in his original tribe. Normally, no one dared to talk to him like this, let alone beat him. He didn’t understand why the priest and chief didn’t speak for him, but instead helped this slave. Now they even wanted to expel him from the tribe.

It wasn’t just Zhu Ya. The tribe members, who were originally laughing and watching the fun, changed their expressions when they heard the priest expel Zhu Ya from the tribe. They didn’t dare to laugh any longer.

Yang Luo turned to look at Sun Qing. “The Black Mountain Tribe can’t tolerate a slave who beats up his tribe members. Sun Qing, you are also expelled from the tribe.”

“As for you—” Yang Luo pointed at Sun Quan. “You don’t have a slave mark. You can stay in the tribe.”

But little Sun Yuan didn’t appreciate it. “I don’t want to be in the tribe. I want to follow my brother. I am a slave…”

Sun Qing hurriedly covered Sun Yuan’s mouth. Yang Luo’s handling of the situation had greatly exceeded his expectations. He was very satisfied that his brother could stay in the tribe.

Sun Qing broke away from Sun Yuan’s hand and stuffed Sun Yuan into Lu Guo’s arms. Lu Guo’s eyes were still filled with fear, but she used her strength to make Sun Yuan unable to move in her arms.

Sun Qing whispered to Sun Yuan, “You are not a slave. From now on, you are not a slave. You must live well in the tribe, protect yourself, and don’t let anyone bully you.”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out without looking back.

Zhu Ya stared blankly at Sun Qing’s resolute back, not knowing where to go.

Hou Yan kicked him from behind. “Go. Do you want us to send you out?”

Zhu Ya staggered after being kicked and followed Sun Qing in a daze. It wasn’t until he approached the dense forest that he shuddered.

In the tribe, it was so silent that one could hear a pin drop. Everyone watched the backs of the two beastmen leaving and fell into silence. Lang Ze stared at Yang Luo with cold eyes.

Yang Luo felt a chill on his back, but he didn’t turn around. He scolded the children who stayed in the tribe. “I asked you to clean up the vacant land, but you are either causing trouble or watching the fun. Have you finished your work?”

“And you—” He pointed at the beastmen following behind him. “There are the prey in your hands and the sweet potatoes in the rattan baskets. There are so many things to do in the tribe. What are you doing standing there?”

Everyone didn’t dare to talk back and hurriedly got busy.

Qi Bai secretly put down the rattan baskets and chased in the direction of Sun Qing and Zhu Ya.

Yang Luo saw Qi Bai’s action. Not only did he not stop Qi Bai, but he also sighed softly.

Qi Bai wasn’t in a hurry to show up. After all, they were still around the tribe. He was afraid that if he called out to them, he would attract the attention of others.

Qi Bai followed them all the way.

Sun Qing walked in front. He was a bit depressed at first, but he soon cheered up and started to look for food along the way.

He was still young. Fortunately, he had learned a lot from following the gathering team these days. It should be no problem to barely fill his stomach.

What surprised Qi Bai was that Zhu Ya seemed to have lost his mind. He followed Su Qing not far away, and it wasn’t known what he wanted to do.

But it was better this way. Qi Bai didn’t have to look for them separately.

Just as Qi Bai was considering whether to go forward or not, Sun Qing found Zhu Ya, who had been following him.

In fact, Sun Qing knew from the beginning that Zhu Ya had followed him out of the tribe. But this was the direction to leave the tribe, and Zhu Ya might not be following him, so he didn’t care.

However, he had already walked so far and Zhu Ya was still following him. Sun Qing couldn’t help wondering if Zhu Ya wanted to take revenge on him.

Sun Qing stopped and looked at Zhu Ya with a sneer. “Why? You still don’t accept it? Do you still want to be beaten?”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ya changed from his previous arrogance. “You… are you really going to leave the tribe like this?”

Sun Qing raised his pointed little chin. “What else?”

Zhu Ya’s voice started to tremble, but he still pretended to be calm as he said, “I don’t blame you for hitting me, so let’s go back to the tribe together.”

“The reason you were expelled from the tribe was because you couldn’t beat a sub-beastman. What, do you think you can beat me now?”

Zhu Ya subconsciously shrank back. His face still hurt after being hit by Sun Qing. He knew he couldn’t beat the other person.

Zhu Ya crouched down with his head in his hands. He couldn’t figure it out. “How could this happen? We will die if we are expelled from the tribe. We will die.”

Sun Qing looked at him with some disgust and turned to leave. He had survived the flood, so he wouldn’t die now. There were beastmen who had survived alone in the wild.

The moment he raised his legs, Sun Qing found that his legs were tightly hugged. Zhu Ya raised his head and actually cried, “I will really die. I don’t know any wild vegetables or fruits, and I can’t hunt. Take me to the Pig Tribe. My father is the chief of the Pig Tribe. If you take me there, I will definitely let my father give you a lot of meat.”

Sun Qing rolled his eyes, kicked Zhu Ya away, and turned to leave.

Zhu Ya quickly got up from the ground. He seemed to have come to his senses at this moment. He completely forgot that the other party was expelled from the tribe because of him. Instead, he followed closely. “Do you want to find food? I will go with you. We can find it together.”

Sun Qing turned around and punched Zhu Ya in the face. “Stay away from me, or I will beat you again.”

Zhu Ya pursed his lips. He had never been beaten before. No one in the tribe dared to beat him. He found that even though he couldn’t beat Sun Qing, he was surprisingly resistant to beatings. He tried hard to hold back his tears. “Hit me. I won’t leave even if you hit me!”

Seeing that Sun Qing was about to meet Zhu Ya’s unreasonable demands, Qi Bai finally appeared from the forest.

Sun Qing saw Qi Bai and thought that the tribe was going to drive them out of this area. He looked over vigilantly while Zhu Ya hid behind Sun Qing with a cowardly look on his face.

Qi Bai smiled at them. “Don’t be afraid. I’m not here to chase you away. I just want to see if you have a place to stay tonight.”

Sun Qing hesitated. “Can we stay around the tribe?”

His younger brother was still in the tribe. He didn’t want to be too far away from his younger brother. If his younger brother couldn’t live in the tribe, he would take his younger brother away with him.

Of course, Sun Qing also knew that once he left the territory of the beastmen, he would be in great danger as a sub-beastman.

Qi Bai winked at him. “The priest and chief just said that you would be expelled from the tribe. They didn’t say that you aren’t allowed to stay in the tribe’s territory.”

Sun Qing was a bit puzzled. Wasn’t this the same meaning?

Zhu Ya didn’t care what trick was involved. He almost cried again when he heard that he could stay in the tribe’s territory.

Qi Bai looked at Zhu Ya and was also a bit speechless. He was the one who caused this mess, and now he looked like he was wronged.

“If you don’t have a place to go, I know a place where I can take you. At the very least, you can get out of the wind and rain.” Qi Bai was talking about the stone shed where he and Lang Ze had made the rattan baskets. It wasn’t far from the tribe. If something happened, the two of them could rush back to the tribe for help.

Yang Luo and Hou Yan might be determined, but the tribe was in need of people at the moment. Qi Bai didn’t believe they really wanted to drive these two away.

It was estimated that they noticed the undercurrent between the slaves and ordinary beastmen in the tribe. Then Zhu Ya mentioned his previous tribe. Hou Yan and Yang Luo were afraid that people’s hearts would be unstable, so they killed the chicken to scare the monkey.

Of course, even if this wasn’t their intention, Qi Bai wouldn’t let these two children live alone in the wild. That would be too dangerous.

Zhu Ya was naturally very satisfied with this proposal, and Sun Qing didn’t raise any objections. Qi Bai took them both and went straight to the stone shed. Along the way, he taught them some survival skills in the wild.

Qi Bai didn’t know much, but he had learned a lot from Xiang Yu on the way to the beach.

Zhu Ya saw that Qi Bai was easy to talk to and started to push his luck. “Brother Bai Bai, you will bring us food, right? We haven’t eaten dinner yet.”

Sun Qing sneered and Qi Bai wanted to roll his eyes. “I can’t give you food from the tribe. If you are hungry, find something to eat by yourself, whether it is going out hunting, gathering or fishing. You won’t starve to death as long as you want to live.”

Zhu Ya was a child who needed to be educated. Once Qi Bai finished speaking, he didn’t look at them again and walked away.

After Qi Bai left, Sun Qing looked at Zhu Ya, who wanted to go to the center of the stone shed, and kicked him directly. “This is my territory. If you want to occupy it then you have to beat me. Otherwise, get out now.”

Zhu Ya looked at Sun Qing and didn’t dare to say a word. HE might be thick-skinned but he didn’t want to be beaten. He moved out slowly and kept looking at Sun Qing. He didn’t sigh with relief until Sun Qing turned his head and ignored him.

At this time, he had reached the edge of the stone shed. At the very least, Sun Qing left him with a piece of the stone roof to shelter him.

Zhu Ya crouched on the ground while feeling sad.

Qi Bai settled down Sun Qing and Zhu Ya and rushed back to the tribe. He was still thinking about his roasted sweet potatoes.