Cangyu held Chiyun and flew away from the encirclement of the leaders and witches, flapping his wings.

They did run, but they didn't run far before they were caught up by Cang Jue and Cang Xing, who were sent out by Bai Nu. When the two warriors came back, they brought back two corpses that had transformed back into beast form.

Jin Wen had no intention of coming to see the news of Chi Yun and Cang Yu's death. Only Feng Can and Hua Hong came to take a look, and finally took the bodies away with complicated expressions and buried them in the woods.

The spring festival was finally held at noon when the sun was at its hottest.

Lin Xi put on the animal horn gem necklace that represented her identity as a wise man, and stood beside Jin Peng, who was also a wise man.

Jin Peng was holding a bone scepter that was similar to the witch's scepter, but there was no gem on it. Instead, it was only a piece of animal horn that had been polished to jade.

When he saw the peculiarly shaped pendant on Lin Xi's chest, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at it a few times.

The dozen or so witches in front had already started the sacrificial ceremony. In front of the witches was a row of roasted prey and fresh fruits and vegetables.

As if they had rehearsed, a dozen witches raised their hands in unison and chanted something like an incantation in a language that Lin Xi couldn't understand, but it sounded very nice.

Lin Xi stood at the back and listened with her head down. She felt that the chanting seemed to have the ability to purify her soul. She felt relaxed just by listening to it. Even the fatigue and dark emotions caused by the incident in the morning disappeared.

After the witches finished chanting the spell, they led all the orcs to kowtow, and the ceremony ended.

It is actually simpler than those rituals in the tribe.

However, Lin Xi heard from Wu Chen that in the past, after the ceremony, each tribe would prepare their own food and share it with everyone, and they would also light a bonfire and have fun at night.

But obviously, no one is in the mood for this sacrifice.

"Has Una ever been attacked by a lone beast during a sacrifice before?"

Lin Xi was a little curious, thinking that it couldn't be that she would be unlucky the first time she encountered it, right?

Sure enough, Wu Chen nodded: "Yes, it happens often."

This surprised Lin Xi: "Often?"

"Yes." Wu Chen confirmed, "But there were only a few solitary beasts that came before, usually around a dozen or so, not as many as this time."

After hearing this, Lin Xi pursed her lips.

She thought of the first time she was attacked by that lone vulture in the tribe.

And then there was the lone group of beasts that attacked at night later in the winter.

Then, thinking about the attack that the Red Horse Tribe encountered, which led to the tribe's decline, and the even larger group of lone beasts this time, a vague bad premonition rushed into her mind.

I’m afraid these solitary beasts have also started to form tribes?

A person who makes a living by burning, killing and looting...

tribe?

Lin Xi felt that maybe he should do something after returning to the tribe!

It was soon night, and the orcs from the Nancang tribe brought the compensation that Lin Xi wanted, but they brought a little more than what Lin Xi wanted.

There were a total of four white-haired beasts, three rabbits and seven red-feathered chickens, which are the most common chickens in modern times.

However, Wu Chen also brought back two white-haired beast cubs and three chicks. He also brought back seven eggs, which Lin Xi roasted and ate at dinner time.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, each tribe began to set off one after another.

When the Shanhuo Tribe left, the Heihe Tribe and the Nancang Tribe had already left, but the Muduo Tribe, the Baiyuan Tribe and the Wild Bear Tribe had not left yet.

Because they had to travel a certain distance, the Shanhuo tribe and the Baiyuan tribe traveled together.

The seriously injured orc in the tribe yesterday has not woken up yet.

When they came here, seven or eight of the dozen orcs who were injured in the eastern forest were still unable to walk on the ground, so they couldn't walk very fast on the road.

Lin Xi was still sitting on Wu Chen's back, holding a bamboo cage with chicks in his arms, while the white-haired beast and the rabbit were shared by other orcs.

It has been a month since I came here from the tribe. The crops planted in the fields should have grown, but I wonder what they look like now.

After being out for so long, Lin Xi was eager to go home.

Fortunately, the return journey was smooth!

Although the team was harassed by giant beasts from time to time, fortunately they did not encounter such a large group attack as the first time.

On the seventh day after entering the Eastern Forest, the Baiyuan Tribe and the Shanhuo Tribe separated and walked towards the south of the Eastern Forest.

The Shanhuo Tribe continued to move westward.

But there was something on the way that Lin Xi found hard to accept.

The seriously injured and unconscious orc never woke up and died quietly while the team was on the way.

The team's atmosphere was temporarily depressed because of this incident.

Noticing the change in atmosphere, Lin Xi felt a little at a loss. She wanted to do something, but at this moment, she could do nothing.

Instead, the witch saw her tangle and comforted her: "Don't think too much. In fact, every time we come to sacrifice, there will always be accidents on the way. It is normal for orcs to die. Everyone will be fine tomorrow!"

Lin Xi listened and nodded, but felt even more uncomfortable.

If everyone will forget the pain of losing their companion today tomorrow, then isn't the death of this orc a little too meaningless?

At night, the team arrived at a cave where they had stayed temporarily on the way here.

Before resting, Bai Nu led the orcs to bury the dead orc.

Lin Xi picked some lushly blooming flowers from the nearby woods, made them into bouquets and placed them on the small bulging mound of earth. Then he dug up a peach sapling and planted it next to the mound. Finally, he used stones to place three large stones of odd shapes next to the tree.

“Next time the team passes by here and sees this tree and these three stones, they will know that Qingshan is buried here.”

Lin Xi stood up, looked at the small mound in front of him, and spoke slowly. Qing Lin, who was standing next to him, nodded with red eyes.

Qingshan is his uncle's younger brother, a beastman born from the union of a male snake and a female tiger. Qinglin and he grew up together, so it's not an exaggeration to say they are brothers.

If Qinglin had known that Qingshan would encounter such a thing, he would never let Qingshan come to this spring festival. But there were so many dangers on the way to the spring festival, and no one expected that bad luck would really befall him!

The team rested in the cave for one night and continued their journey early the next morning.

After being attacked by two more giant beasts, the team finally reached the territory familiar to the orcs.

Although this place is still in the eastern forest, it is already very close to the tribe. In the past, the orcs in the tribe hunted giant beasts in this area.

It was already getting dark, and the sun was setting. Lin Xi estimated the time to be around four o'clock in the evening!

Bai Nu looked up at the sky, hesitated for a while, and finally decided to travel overnight!

After all, this place is not far from the exit of the Eastern Forest. Even if you can't get back to the tribe, resting for a night in the woods outside the Eastern Forest is much safer than here!

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