Chapter 171
Chapter 171 – Li
Translated by Magpie’s friend
Shao Xuan sensed that the totems in his mind were rolling and jumping; the sudden movements woke him up from his light sleep.
His surroundings were closely sheltered by wooden walls, leaving him no way to see the outside. On the hay-covered ground there were many people lying or sprawled on their stomachs as they snored one after another.
Shao Xuan was quietly trying to feel where the source of movement came from.
It’s over there, in that direction.
But what in the world had happened that would make his totems move in this way?
Shao Xuan intended to go out and see, but soon, the movements stopped. The totem flame in his mind stopped rolling about and returned to normal.
In order to avoid being called away in the middle of his ‘chat’ like he was yesterday, he asked another ‘promoted’ slave to keep his eyes on the slaves on the river bank.
With a whip in one hand, Li brought a palm-sized shell in the other hand for amusement.
It’s said that in some place in the central area, delicate shells could be exchanged for things. What a pity that the shells in this place were far from being delicate, but were ugly and fragile, just like the people here!
Ka!
The shell in his hand crumbled into pieces instantly.
“Someone told me that you are badly off now?” Li sneered at Yan Shuo as he stood in front of his messy wooden hut; a hut that looked like it could be blown down by a gust of wind. The next moment, he raised his hand and gave a heavy slash.
The whip fell on the fragile wooden hut; some of the wood blocks cracked and fell down immediately, one corner of the roof was ripped down.
“Li!”
Seeing Li intending to ruin his house, Yan Shuo couldn’t bear it any more, as his wife and kids were inside. If the house was ruined, where would they sleep tonight? There were too many dangers in the surroundings; moreover, his two kids were too small and vulnerable to accidents.
Li came to kill him. Yan Shuo knew the reason, so he didn’t expect a peaceful talk.
With the chipped stone knife he usually used, Yan Shuo rushed at Li.
Li looked at Yan Shuo with a flicker of confusion. Yan Shuo seemed different from how he was in the past? It should not be so, after all, what could have happened to Yan Shuo?
Still, Li was not worried. No matter what had changed, Yan Shuo, a wanderer, was still no match to him.
Yan Shuo, who had dashed out in an instant, was waving his knife based on his experience from hunting beasts; thoughts of fighting welling up in his mind beyond control.
In the past, Yan Shuo had greater strength than the others, but there seemed to be a big stone inside his body, preventing him from generating more strength. But it was different now. Although there was some feeling of obstruction as before, Yan Shuo felt the resistance was smaller. He had a pleasant feeling hard to express in words when waving his knife.
Is this the so called power?
The knife had the power of destruction. Yan Shuo slashed towards Li as if he was hunting a prey, while the totem patterns on his face became clearer and appeared.
Almost at the same time, Shao Xuan, who was taken away to see the poison frog by Yu and the others, moved his eyes away from the poison frog and looked over to the direction where the wanderers lived.
“Yu, I have something that I need to do and need to be excused for a moment. Help me get some poison.” Shao Xuan gave a water moonstone to Yu and quickly went away.
“Hey! We’ll go back to the house after a while!” Seeing Shao Xuan leaving in a hurry, Yu didn’t think about it much, but moved his eyes back onto the poison frog in front of him.