I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 169, A Strange Tribe

Translator: Silavin

*Tap tap tap…*

In the primitive forest, Mai Mang and his group were continuing their journey. Everyone had risen early today. Since they would reach the Tribe in less than half a day, everyone was still full of energy.

“We still can’t let our guard down, even though we’re almost there.” Mai Mang cautioned from the front.

“Understood.” Wa Ming and others responded, and the people from the Spotted Deer Tribe also became alert upon hearing this.

Lu Lin kept blinking her golden eyes, as she had not slept much all night.

This was the first time she had left her Tribe since she was young, and for such a long time.

Of course, it also had to do with the environment. Suddenly sleeping in the Wilderness instead of her usual wooden houses, not to mention the mosquito bites, the damp environment, and the calls of wild beasts made the deer horned girl very uncomfortable. She tossed and turned for quite a while, only falling asleep very late at night due to exhaustion.

When the Sun had just peeked out, the deer horned girl was the first to open her eyes. She tidied her hair and waited for others to wake up.

Two female Totem Warriors were also travelling with them this time, mainly to protect the deer horned girl’s safety and provide close protection when sleeping at night.

“Lu Lin, we’ll reach their Tribe this afternoon. You must remember what I said.” Lu Shi reminded her again.

“I understand,” Lu Lin gently replied, her mind already starting to imagine scenes from other Tribes. [Wooden houses everywhere, Totem Warriors all around, hardworking women – it should be similar to our Spotted Deer Tribe, right?]

However, what she looked forward to most was seeing people of different races from other Tribes. It should be unlike the Spotted Deer Tribe where most had a pair of deer antlers, with others being in the minority.

Lu Shi turned back to look at his men behind him. He raised his hand, and pointed his index finger three times, indicating that they should remain calm and not cause trouble.

These hand gestures were unique to the Spotted Deer Tribe, used to let teammates understand the situation clearly during hunts.

Because they could not speak loudly while hunting, especially when trying to capture some more elusive beasts, communicating through hand gestures was vital.

The Totem Warriors of the Spotted Deer Tribe nodded, indicating that they understood clearly.

*Tap tap tap…*

After half a day’s journey, Mai Mang’s group and the people from the Spotted Deer Tribe had left the dense primitive forest and arrived at the edge of the Flame Dragon Tribe.

Seeing the people in front suddenly stop, Lu Shi went forward and asked, “Mai Mang, why have we stopped? If we don’t keep going, we won’t be able to reach your Tribe.”

He did not understand why they had suddenly stopped, arriving at the edge of a Small Tribe. [Does he know someone here? Or is he going to exchange something with the people of this Tribe?]

“Yes, let’s hurry up. We rested not long ago. There’s no need to rest again.” Others from the Spotted Deer Tribe chimed in.

Lu Lin blinked her golden eyes, feeling something was amiss. She stepped forward and asked, “Uncle Mai Mang, we’ve arrived, right?”

Mai Mang nodded without hesitation and replied, “That’s right, we’ve arrived. This is our Tribe.”

Lu Shi widened his golden eyes, doubting his ears several times, and asked in a solemn tone, “This is your Tribe?”

“Hold on. This isn’t funny at all. I know the journey these past few days has been tiring, but let’s hurry on and not waste time.” Another Totem Warrior from the Spotted Deer Tribe spoke up.

Mai Mang turned around. He looked at the people from the Spotted Deer Tribe and repeated with deadpan eyes, “This is our Tribe. You wait here, I’ll go report to our Shaman.”

It took Lu Shi a while to come to his senses, and he nodded awkwardly, “En, we’ll wait for you here then.”

Mai Mang instructed Wa Ming and others to take the exchanged dried meat to the Chieftain, while he went to find the Shaman.

Meanwhile, Lu Shi watched Mai Mang’s retreating figure, suddenly at a loss for words, not knowing what to say.

This Small Tribe was full of Teepees. It was beyond his expectations. He had thought it would be a Large Tribe, but it turned out to be such a small one.

There was not even a decent wooden house. This completely refreshed the ideas in his mind, feeling that something did not quite add up.

“Chieftain, is this really their Tribe?” Lu Lin weakly said, sharing the same confusion.

“It seems to be their Tribe, but how can it be so small?” Lu Shi frowned.

He began to wonder where all the linen from this Tribe came from. How could this Small Tribe produce so much linen, and of such good quality too?

Lu Shi could not help but suspect that their linen might have been plundered from other Tribes. Now,.he started to become wary.

This time, he had not brought many Totem Warriors, but had brought a lot of dried meat. He inexplicably began to have a bad feeling.

“How can such a Small Tribe have so much linen?” Lu Lin also found it very strange.

Lu Shi’s eyebrows furrowed tightly as he scanned the entire Tribe, observing the surrounding environment.

After a while, he said, “Something feels off about this situation. We need to be careful.”

“Chieftain, do you mean they might rob us?” Lu Lin sensed the atmosphere was a bit off.

“They shouldn’t. If they wanted to rob us, they would have ambushed us on the way.” Lu Shi shook his head.

“Maybe they lured us here because we had more people at the time?” Lu Lin guessed.

Lu Shi’s expression became even more sombre. He stood up straight, ready to activate his Totem Mark at any moment to deal with any unexpected event.

He told the deer horned girl to go to the middle of the Totem Warriors and gravely said, “Anyway, if they dare to try anything, we’ll make them suffer!”

Lu Lin blinked her golden eyes, observing the people in the Tribe. He found that almost all of them had smiles on their faces.

She was incredibly taken aback. If it was just one or two people, it would be understandable, but most people of this Tribe were smiling, and they seemed genuinely heartfelt.

[A Small Tribe probably would not have enough people to go out hunting. The meat they brought back to share would also not be much. They probably would not even be able to eat their fill. So why, why are they still so happy? This is truly strange.]

Another thing she found odd was that there were no children visible in the Tribe. Usually, at this time, children would love to come out and make noise, but this Tribe was very quiet.

“Chieftain, this Tribe is a bit different.” Lu Lin said.

“I know.” Lu Shi remained alert.

Lu Lin took a couple of steps forward and explained. “What I mean is, this Tribe does not seem like the kind that would rob others of their food.” The deer horned girl sensed something different about this Tribe. She just could not quite put her finger on it. Nevertheless, she clearly felt that this Tribe was far from what they had imagined.