Traveling back to ancient times from the Western Han Dynasty

It was the tenth day since Yan Fang arrived in Honghuang. The big fair had already ended. Thousands of warriors and hundreds of shamans from the Youxiong Tribe had gathered in the Witch City. The chief shaman was at the highest point in the center, giving a pre-hunting speech.

Talking about tribal honor, about hatred with monsters and ferocious beasts, and about rewards.

Yan Fang and Jiang Rong watched this grand scene in a corner of the viewing platform. Since the market ended, Yan Fang often went to the Qing family.

On the one hand, he wanted to understand this era and get to know the other people in the Youxiong Tribe. On the other hand, he found that the body-building method of the Huoyu Clan was more suitable for him, so he often came here to seek advice and occasionally stayed at the Qing family. As a result, he and Jiang Rong became familiar with each other.

"How is it? Our tribe's formation is pretty good, right?"

Jiang Rong, who was usually quite calm, felt proud and honored when she saw this scene.

Jiang Rong was not practicing combat witchcraft, so she didn't need to participate in hunting.

"Everyone's energy and blood are like smoke and flames, and at this moment they are all connected together, which really gives people a magnificent feeling."

Yan Fang nodded in agreement.

At the beginning of the performance, the chief wizard used mud and fire to create such a large square on the spot within two seconds.

At the same time, although his speech did not contain any trace of witchcraft, it could make every tribal warrior excited and activate their spirit that had gradually become dormant due to their peaceful life, thus forming a blood-qi wolf smoke.

Yan Fang felt that the combat effectiveness of these people had soared by two levels, even Chi, who had been maintaining a murderous state and fierceness before, was the same. His strength was the most obvious among many warriors.

This kind of rhetoric is simply magical, and it makes this oath-taking ceremony more meaningful.

Looking at the rows of warriors in front of us, their number and scale are not even as large as a primary school in later generations, and their formations are not very neat, but they win in momentum and blood connection. Each person has his own characteristics, different martial arts wills, and different clothing and attire.

Some were wearing linen clothes, some were wearing animal skins, and some had masks with strange patterns on their faces.

"Who's wearing the mask over there? The pattern on that mask seems familiar..."

Yan Fang looked at the people wearing masks. He had never seen such masks in his long time in the Youxiong tribe.

"That's a Taotie mask. It's said that they believe in the ferocious beast Taotie and use some kind of dance ritual to borrow power from Taotie to strengthen their bodies. They only wear the mask on special occasions. It's normal that you haven't seen it before."

Jiang Rong is different from the women in later generations. She is not only good at business and witchcraft, but also knows the combat effectiveness of the tribe well.

"Is it equivalent to practicing both Wushu and Wushu? Believing in Taotie must be very risky, right?"

When Yan Fang heard the name Taotie, he knew why he was familiar with the patterns on the mask. The power of such a ferocious beast, even if it was just borrowed, was not something that humans could master.

But I was thinking that if I had the chance to get in touch with this clan in the future, maybe I could learn about Taotie through them and then draw a Taotie?

"That's true. In order to survive, we have to make this choice."

Jiang Rong also sighed. The research on the Taotie mask and the method of sealing and destroying it after it got out of control have always been the focus of the tribal shamans, so Jiang Rong knew a lot about them.

This clan joined the Youxiong tribe a few years ago. Although they are under the protection of Nuwa, they are not protected by other demon gods and monsters. They can only survive by borrowing the power of ferocious beasts through ancient sacrificial methods.

At this time, the chief priest's ten-minute speech and oath-taking was coming to an end.

"Each leader will divide the exploration area as previously discussed, and the captains and team leaders will arrange their respective tasks."

After saying this, the chief wizard stopped talking and let the leaders arrange the rest of the matters on their own.

After establishing a foothold in the Youxiong tribe, each hunt was not only for providing food, but also for expanding territory.

Nuwa set up a safe zone in this area, but only limited the upper limit of force.

This area was not a paradise for humans at the beginning, but a gathering place for ferocious beasts. Humans and other normal species only occupied a small area. If they wanted to survive stably, they had to continue to expand.

Then several leaders and captains began to discuss the route and area.

"Xuan, you have grown a lot recently. Last time, you were commended by Wu Zhu. I will promote you to team leader and let you lead your own team."

"Your team will head southeast."

At this time, a tall, broad-shouldered man on the podium who had not spoken much spoke.

He was wearing a black bear skin and standing there he looked like a big black bear that could tear a cheetah apart with his bare hands. He was none other than the chief of the Youxiong tribe, named Hao. He was the chief of the tribe who came from the Youxiong clan and was also the strongest in the tribe. He was also the uncle of Chi and Xuan, and his face was somewhat similar to theirs.

"Huh? Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?!"

Before Xuan could react, Qing became dissatisfied.

Although he was close to Xuan, he also knew that Xuan was not very popular among other warriors. If it had been fine earlier, he could have asked his mother for help, borrowed some people from the Fire Feather Clan, or hired a few people from outside to join. Now...

Their team probably only has two people, with a few weaklings at most that no one wants, and they put together an uncoordinated team, and are going to die?

"You are questioning my decision?"

A playful smile appeared on Hao's face, but he didn't look at Qing. Instead, he looked at the second leader next to him, as if to say, you taught your grandson well!

"Children are ignorant."

The second leader was an old woman with peach blossom eyes and an oval face. She must have been a great beauty in her past, but now her face was covered with wrinkles and she looked very old. She wore a fire fox fur cloak and held two pieces of jade, one black and one white, in her hands, which made "crackling" sounds.

"..."

Qing also knew that he had offended others, so he could only swallow his anger and remain silent.

"Captain..."

Xuan was silent for a while and looked at Chi.

He knew that the chief had delegated power to several captains over the years, and they did not do much except fighting.

Chi is the captain. Xuan was originally in Chi's combat team and fought with Chi. If the leader wanted to arrange him, it must be because of Chi.

"I proposed this to the chief. I wanted to see how strong you really are."

"Didn't they say if you want to fight, they'll give you a chance."

Being stared at by Xuan, Chi grinned and spoke nonchalantly, thinking, if the team was in danger, would you still be able to hide?

Of course he knew that Xuan didn't want to argue with him, and he was grateful to Xuan for saving him before, but he just felt unhappy. He was unhappy that Xuan had concealed the truth from him and had been hiding it for so many years.

Therefore, when his subordinates made this suggestion, he agreed.

"It seems like it's going to drag you down."

Xuan took a deep breath and said to Qing. He knew Qing would definitely follow him, so he didn't ask. Then he turned to ask the others:

"Anyone want to join my team?"

There was silence all around for a moment, then it became noisy again after a few seconds.

"That's Xuan, right? The one who brings bad luck to anyone who runs into him?"

......

"I heard that he was from Captain Chi's team and wanted to challenge Captain Chi. How could he be so..."

"Captain Chuan was his captain before, but he got injured and couldn't come hunting anymore, and he died a few days ago!"

"Captain Chuan, that's a good captain!"

"I heard that the first person to discover Captain Chuan's death was also that guy!"

"Have you heard? That He died yesterday. Someone saw Xuan meeting her before!"

......

"Sure enough, an accident happened. The protagonist just doesn't play by the rules."

When Yan Fang saw the situation in the field, he showed a nonchalant expression, but he was slightly surprised when he heard the name said by the person in the field.

"That He, is it the He from the medicine shop near your home?"

He is Feng Xuan's ex-wife who abandoned them because Feng Xuan turned mutated and albinized, and who then helped Feng Xuan through Xuan. Yan Fang had met her several times before.

"That's her. She fell into the water last night."

Jiang Rong's face was already filled with worry at this time. Knowing about hunting, she certainly knew what Xuan and Qing were facing.

"This is such a coincidence, adding insult to injury."

Yan Fang curled his lips. He and Xuan were in a cabin in the forest, where they were relatively isolated from the news. Xuan must have only just found out about this at this time, so his mood must have been even worse, right?

"Medicine that attracts blood mosquitoes, fake skills, the wind vortex mutation and his herbal medicine shop, a black-hearted doctor, and... Black Horn."

A flash of inspiration came to Yan Fang's mind, and he connected all the clues together.

"Which clan does He's current husband belong to? Which clan is Tongjun's pharmacy friendly with?"

Yan Fang hurriedly asked Jiang Rong.

"Well, I remember it should be the Black Horn clan? A group of people who have no talent and are a bad gambler."

"As for Tong-kun, he has always been neutral, but I feel like they are closer to the Black Horn Clan."

Jiang Rong didn't know why Yan Fang was still paying attention to this at this time. She felt a little dissatisfied, but still answered.

"It is indeed the Black Horn."

Yan Fang had sorted out everything by this time.

After the incident, Bronze was able to escape before the people from the Fire Feather Clan arrived, which means there must be an insider in the Bear Tribe.

Considering the fact that Chuan’s body was taken away by the three chiefs immediately beforehand, it seems that Huang Tong’s accomplice or even his superior is in the Black Horn Tribe where the three chiefs came from.

According to Qing and others' previous speculation, these three leaders should have reached a bottleneck period and needed someone to pave the way for them, which is why the fake skills happened.

Since there are fake body-building exercises, there must be other attempts, such as stones with radiation that can cause albinism in humans, or some medicinal herbs.

All of this will inevitably require the cooperation of doctors and long-term "observation and research" by doctors. The most likely person to do this is Tong Jun, who is greedy for money and willing to treat mutants.

The reason why albinism appeared in Fengxuan's family is probably because their herbal medicine shop is doing too well, which has blocked other people's way and made people jealous.

Feng Xuan had said before that he hadn't found anything special at home that could cause alienation, so it seemed that their illness was also related to He.

Whether it was an affair or some weird thing where someone cheated on her, He must have played a key role in it. Then the other party used this incident to threaten He to marry someone from the Black Horn clan.

Now that the Bronze incident has happened, they have discovered that He is connected to Xuan, so they want to destroy the evidence?

Or was he deliberately trying to add fuel to the fire today? To torture Xuan to death?

"Unfortunately, there is still no evidence."

Thinking of this, Yan Fang sighed again. Since the other party had already taken action, it would definitely be difficult to find clues.

"I think they will also take action during this hunt, but I wonder if Xuan's death will happen here?"

"The danger this time is quite big, maybe I should stay away from him?"

Yan Fang thought about it, and walked forward, towards Xuan, who had a slightly gloomy look on his face.