Imperial Treasure
Chapter 125 - 99: Cannibal Tribe? _2

Chapter 125: Chapter 99: Cannibal Tribe? _2

There were some masks hanging on the walls, or bizarre ornaments.

Primitive, weathered, filled with a sense of mystery and antiquity.

Sui Yi paused in her steps, feeling inexplicably strange... She couldn’t identify the images that emerged in her mind, only feeling that everything before her...

Was somewhat familiar.

But Gong Jiu and the others felt very frightened.

In front of dozens of wooden houses, there was a flat open space, one corner piled with heaps of white bones, another corner holding more than a dozen large pots, and apart from that, there were many thick wooden stakes nailed there, the stakes covered with knife marks and bloodstains, and beneath the stakes were more white bones...

The scene was quite terrifying, and Gong Jiu’s face immediately furrowed as he glared fiercely at Flower Demon.

Flower Demon was also entangled, thinking, damn, did we just run into the Cannibal Clan?

Damn it, how do you use beauty to seduce a Cannibal Clan?

In their eyes, we are like vegetables!

"Take them over there!"

"Yes!"

The tribe’s subordinate instructed briefly before leaving, and the people behind tied up Sui Yi and the others to the stakes.

There was no possibility of successful resistance before, and now it was even less likely.

Flower Demon was the most entangled, as the woman continued to bleed from her shoulder.

These people showed no intention of treating her wounds...

--Of course not.

Sui Yi’s gaze shifted to the surroundings, observing the rural women or children passing by.

These people didn’t seem as fierce as the young and sturdy men, instead each of them looked simple and plain.

The way they looked at them, the children were very curious, eager to do something, but were held back by the women and the elderly...

The women were not very keen to look at them, and if they did, it was like looking at chickens before making chicken soup in the kitchen.

As for the elderly...

They seemed accustomed to them.

It was as if... they had captured people like them before.

Sui Yi even noticed a backpack on one of the children’s back...

This village was very strange.

Compared to Sui Yi’s composure, Gong Jiu and the others were naturally plunged into deep panic, fearing that these people would cook them at mealtime.

Even when those women brought out wild vegetables and such, it frightened Gong Jiu and the others as if they were mourning a deceased parent.

Yet, Sui Yi felt slightly relieved in her heart. If it were a Cannibal Clan, these people would have looked at them with hunger and desire after capturing them all, but although these people were fierce and strong, each of their gazes was clear, and the young leader was even more wise and calm, not at all wild or frantic.

While Gong Jiu looked sullen, he soon calmed down as well, seeming to understand something from his observations, but his face showed some worry, occasionally looking towards one spot.

However, not so for Flower Demon’s subordinates. Shen Di, the only reliable person among them, was anxious about Flower Demon’s condition...

Flower Demon had already fainted at that moment.

It wasn’t the pain, but rather due to excessive blood loss, which could turn dangerous if it continued much longer.

"Look closely at what bones are on the ground"

Sui Yi’s cool remark brought her subordinates back to their senses, and they looked down at their feet.

Bones, all kinds of bones, but...

"These are all animal bones, not human bones. Look at how panicked you all are..." Gong Jiu paused, glanced at Flower Demon, gritted his teeth, and called out to the nearest old man, "Old man, even if we were captured by you, there are still rules for killing or flaying, but can you at least stop this woman’s bleeding first?"

In the tribe, the women usually had lower status, while the elderly had higher status, and Gong Jiu, being quite experienced, directly approached an old man.

The old man just lazily glanced at them, then lowered his head, continuing to carve a block of wood.

Gong Jiu gritted his teeth and called out a few more times. The old man ignored them completely, which made Gong Jiu curse quietly.

If this dragged on, that Goblin would either die or lose half her life.

Who knew if the arrows were laced with deadly poison.

She had fainted so quickly, it was likely poisoned...

Gong Jiu speculated thousands of thoughts internally, while Sui Yi gauged the distance to Yao Huafei, sighing at the realization, it was too far.

Magnetic Sensation couldn’t be sent over.

He simply couldn’t save the person.

After a while, the old man finished the wood carving, dusted off the wood chips from his body, and was just about to walk inside the house.

"Clan Leader, the hero on your wood carving might look even better with an eagle added,"

The elder slowly turned around, looking at Sui Yi, his grey hair and slightly cloudy eyes staring at Sui Yi as he slowly said, "Clan Leader?"

"Qiankun Eight Trigrams, Qian Kan Gen Zhen Xun Li Kun Dui, with Qian as the master, in the northwest, if you hold the primary position, naturally you are the Clan Leader, otherwise it would be the old Clan Leader,"

Gong Jiu glanced at Sui Yi, thinking, this guy actually knows all this stuff~~.

The old man tilted his head, walked over, and said, "You do have sharp eyes, no wonder you managed to come here with these people, but those who have come here have always been formidable,"

He paused, then smiled, "And in the end, they all turned into piles of ash,"

Pointing to the bones on the ground, "Of course, there’s too much ash and it gets messy, so it’s all swept away, that’s why you didn’t see..."

"!!!!" Gong Jiu’s eyes widened, thinking, damn, what does this old man mean, is he hinting at cannibalism?

Sui Yi was also surprised, her eyebrows locked slightly as she retracted the faint glint in her eyes, and said lightly, "I see this place has an ancient charm in its simple folkways, surely not a savage cannibal tribe, you’re trying to scare us with your words, Elder, or is there another motive?"

"Heh!" The old man chuckled.

The laugh came deep from his chest.

Both Sui Yi and Gong Jiu were startled.

Such profound Inner Strength!

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