I'm bad and I'm hitting a wall, primitive life requires hard work

Xi Yiqi also stood up quickly and walked quickly to where Chen Qi was.

However, the road ahead was already tightly surrounded by the tribesmen, and this time no one gave way to her.

Seeing this, she simply stopped being anxious and just stood quietly behind the crowd.

What kind of mood is this?

It’s like the end of the semester, when you anxiously click on a web page to check if you’ve failed any courses, but the page keeps loading.

I am eager to know the result, but also a little scared, so I just let things take their course and wait.

Wu Yu also came over and stood beside Xi Yiqi, looking at the crowd together.

It’s not that the tribesmen didn’t respect the two of them, but when everyone rushed over, all their eyes were fixed on the tribe leader in front of them, and they completely forgot everything behind them.

Shen Qi was a little embarrassed.

Because his face was full of fatigue.

Although the tribesmen were more or less mentally prepared.

But at this moment, my heart is still inexplicably filled with sadness.

[Only]

Nishi Ichisu: Thank you.

Although these four sentences are meant to be sarcastic, every word is true.

In order to get back to the tribe before nightfall, Chen Qi hardly had a moment's rest and kept on riding non-stop.

As a result, he looked extremely disheveled: his face was pale, he was exhausted, his hair was messy, and even the animal skin on his body was covered with mud.

Not only that, his eyes were bloodshot, and his look was so deep and empty that no color could be seen.

These details more or less made the elders in the tribe feel mixed emotions, both distressed and admiring - after all, they witnessed with their own eyes Chen Qi's efforts and dedication every step of the way from taking over as the tribe leader to the present.

The tribesmen gathered around, their eyes full of concern.

"Chief, you're back!" Someone couldn't help but ask, "How was your outing this time?"

"Chief, what do the Mountain Rock Tribe say?" Someone asked the most crucial question.

Some people couldn't wait to ask: "Chief, do we need to send anything over? What do they want?"

"Patriarch, these past two days..."

Facing the concerned looks and rapid-fire questions from the tribesmen, Shen Qi rubbed his temples with a headache.

He took a deep breath, then waved his hand and said, "Everyone disperse. I'll tell you all when we're by the bonfire."

The crowd didn't have time to disperse.

At this time, the hunting team just came back from the creek after processing the prey. They were all very excited to see the return of the chief. After they put the prey away, some warriors also hurried over.

Compared to the skinny Nishi Ichisu, they naturally squeezed into the crowd easily.

“Chief…” Nia had just said two words when she was stopped by Chen Qi.

"Let's grill the meat first, and I'll tell everyone later." He had to repeat what he had just said.

Seeing that the chief looked exhausted, Nia and his companions stopped talking and the crowd quickly dispersed.

While the barbecue is cooking,

Everyone sat in front of the bonfire, their eyes focused on Shen Qi who was sitting in the center, as if they were waiting for an important verdict.

The flickering light of the fire reflected on every face, and the air was filled with the aroma of barbecue and a tense atmosphere.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Shen Qi to speak.

Shen Qi glanced around and sighed inwardly.

"I didn't see Chief Shanyan." He took the water handed to him by Siduo, drank it all in one breath, and then spoke slowly.

As soon as Shen Qi finished speaking, whispers immediately rang out among the crowd.

"What!" A tribesman shouted in surprise, with worry obvious on his face.

Doesn’t this mean that Patriarch Chen Qi’s trip was in vain?

"How could this happen?" someone asked anxiously.

"Is Chief Shanyan sick?" another person guessed.

"Does the Rock Tribe want to annex our tribe?" someone asked, expressing the concerns of most people.

Everyone was talking at once, and the atmosphere became extremely heavy, as if even the bonfire had dimmed a little.

Although the Mountain Rock Tribe is considered a powerful tribe in the Dusk Rock Forest, the people of the Flame Origin Tribe are not willing to depend on them.

If the tribe is a little bigger, it might be able to exist as a subsidiary of the Mountain Rock Tribe, but for the Yanyuan Tribe, they do not have such qualifications.

Such a choice means giving up one's own identity and tribe - once one chooses to attach, the Yanyuan tribe will no longer exist.

Their chief will only become the captain of a rock tribe hunting team, and the tribesmen will be dispersed.

Therefore, even though there are many benefits, the tribesmen have never thought about taking the initiative to compromise in the past decade.

Fortunately, the Rock Tribe maintained a friendly attitude and did not resort to coercive measures or attack their tribe.

Of course, most of the tribesmen may never have thought that the Shanyan Tribe looked down on the Yanyuan Tribe at all.

Chen Qi stared at the fire in front of him, shook his head slightly, and then continued: "Chief Shanyan just sent someone to tell us that if our tribe runs out of salt, we can continue to go to him to exchange."

Hearing this, the tribesmen had different expressions.

Some tribesmen showed happy expressions, as if they were relieved to know that the Rock Tribe was not going to annex their tribe;

Some other tribesmen were delighted, perhaps because they thought it was a good thing to continue trading with the Mountain Rock Tribe. After all, the Mountain Rock Tribe was closer, which could save them a lot of time and energy.

Some other tribesmen looked confused, wondering why Chief Shanyan suddenly changed his mind.

In general, most of the tribesmen felt that a big stone in their hearts had finally fallen to the ground, but there were exceptions.

Nishi Ichisu is one of the exceptions.

This sounds like good news at first glance, but Chen Qi's expression was not relaxed, and even Wu Yu frowned, as if he was thinking deeply about something.

Xi Yiqi naturally noticed something strange and muttered to himself, "If someone is being nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief!"

I just don't know what the Shanyan tribe is planning.

To be honest, Xi Yiqi doesn't think that the Yanyuan tribe has anything worthy of the Shanyan tribe's coveting.

Although I have never been to the Rock Tribe, it is obvious that the Rock Tribe has no shortage of warriors, let alone food!

Look at the group of people that Yamaye brought a few days ago. Both men and women are big and strong.

Judging from the descriptions of the tribesmen, the Shanyan Tribe initially held an indifferent attitude towards the existence of the Yanyuan Tribe, not to mention that after so many years, the remaining people in the Yanyuan Tribe are gradually decreasing, and the tribe is also declining.

just,

They first forcefully rejected the Yanyuan tribe's request, and then made excessive demands; after that, they inexplicably sent people to investigate, and no one knew what their purpose was; and now they are actually taking the initiative to resume the transaction!

Nishi Ichiki felt that all of this was weird no matter how he thought about it.

But she herself couldn't figure it out, after all, she knew too little about these things.

However, Chen Qi did not say more, but instead said another important piece of news: "The transaction between tribes will be held in ten days."