Chapter 26

That look Tai Lie just gave…

Could it be that Tai Lie has some, unusual feelings for him…

Lu Yu’s face suddenly turned red.

H-How is that possible?! Lu Yu, you must be crazy! You’re straight! Totally straight!

But… whether he’s straight or not doesn’t have anything to do with whether Tai Lie has feelings for him…

But Tai Lie is a primitive man! Hmm…

Would it matter if a gay and a primitive man are involved…

And with his conditions, his face, his physique, being unmarried for so long, also…

Wait a minute, even if Tai Lie is unmarried, it doesn’t mean he’s gay. Lu Yu, did you forget how he treated you before?!

He’s just slightly nicer to you today, drew a paint on your face, comforted you a bit, and now you start imagining things?!

Lu Yu took a deep breath, Stop overthinking, stop overthinking.

“Witch, what’s wrong with you?” Shan Pu came over, asking curiously.

Why is the witch suddenly blushing and panting?

Shan Pu reached out anxiously, wanting to touch his face to see if it’s hot, “Witch, do you have a fever?!”

Lu Yu looked at his reaching hand, instinctively grabbed it, not wanting him to touch his face.

Calming down his emotions, he let go of his hand and smiled, “I’m fine, it’s just a bit hot today, and I’m a bit nervous about the arena.”

Shan Pu breathed a sigh of relief, nonchalantly saying, “Don’t worry, Witch, even in our Matai tribe, in a one-on-one fight, you’ve never lost.”

“Yeah.” Lu Yu replied lightly, turning to look at the arena.

The one sent out by the Gao Hui tribe was still that burly Tian Cheng. Not only was he muscular, but he was also tall, standing there like a small mountain.

Tai Lie’s height wasn’t shorter than his, but Tai Lie had a sturdy physique, with not an ounce of extra fat on him, his whole body displaying perfect muscle lines, sharp and fierce like a drawn sword.

In Lu Yu’s eyes, Tai Lie naturally seemed more formidable, but others didn’t seem to think so.

“Ah… Another one going to their death.” Not far away, a person crossed his arms, shaking his head in apparent pity.

The people around him seemed to have different thoughts, “I think this guy looks okay, he’s tall, and he looks quite solid.”

“What’s the use of being tall? Look at Wu Xing earlier, wasn’t he tall too, similar to this guy, but what happened? He ended up in such a state.”

“Ah, I just bet five medium furs on this guy.”

“You really have too much fur to burn. Look at me, I bet five on Tian Cheng, I’m sure it’ll double!”

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Lu Yu snorted and instructed Shan Pu, “Go and bet all the furs we brought.”

Shan Pu replied, “Got it!” He ran off with a few Matai people carrying large baskets of fur.

On the side, Mao Pu looked on enviously, regretting that he didn’t bring anything.

After a while, they came back. Shan Pu patted his chest, “Luckily, we ran fast, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to bet.”

Saying that, he took out a half-torn leaf from the basket and handed it to Lu Yu. “Witch, this is the leaf they gave us. If we win, we can use this half leaf to compare and collect the fur later. By the way, why haven’t they started yet?”

“They’re probably waiting for the fur betting to finish over there.” Lu Yu took the leaf and examined it.

It was just an ordinary fan-shaped tree leaf, torn with pits and holes. He put it into the basket, or rather, into the ring, just making a gesture.

At that moment, someone stood on the arena and shouted, “The arena officially begins!” After shouting, he jumped down.

Lu Yu’s heart tightened, and he quickly looked up.

On the arena, Tian Cheng roared and charged at Tai Lie like a bull. He didn’t have much technique, but because of his tall stature and great strength, once he suppressed someone, it was difficult for them to turn the tables.

Lu Yu thought Tai Lie would confront him head-on with his temperament. Unexpectedly, Tai Lie, who usually used offense as defense, played with speed today, dodging Tian Cheng’s various reckless charges…

Seeing this situation, Lu Yu’s nervousness and anxiety decreased by half in an instant, and he even felt like laughing a bit because the current situation really felt like walking a dog…

“You… are from the Li Yu tribe?” Lu Yu was watching with relish when a voice suddenly came from beside him.

The voice sounded familiar, as if he had just heard it.

Turning his head, he found it was the person who had shouted to concede defeat in the last match with the Gao Hui tribe.

It seems… from the Ge Chang tribe?

Lu Yu frowned slightly and asked cautiously, “Yes, we are from the Li Yu tribe. What’s the matter?”

Wu Li laughed heartily, “It’s nothing major. The people from your tribe shouted loudly before, which made that bastard Qiu Guang unable to pretend to be deaf anymore, saving the lives of our tribe’s people. So I wanted to thank you.”

Seeing his sincere expression and tone, Lu Yu smiled gently, “Just doing what we could.”

Wu Li waved his hand, “No way! It was a great help to us, also it saved the life of my good brother. You must be newcomers. Maybe you don’t know that here, fighting is prohibited. If anyone starts a fight, not only will the three major tribes attack you, but other tribes will also join in.”

“No wonder.” Lu Yu nodded.

Wu Li said bitterly, “Earlier, Qiu Guang wanted to exchange a few bone artifacts from their tribe for the hunting of a spotted tiger by our tribe. I didn’t agree, thinking it wasn’t a big deal, but I didn’t expect him to hold a grudge. This time, he deliberately provoked a fight, and I didn’t know he had trained such a formidable warrior, nearly harming my brother.”

Although Lu Yu didn’t know if what he said was true or false, judging from his expression, Lu Yu believed it somewhat, “How’s your brother now?”

Wu Li sighed, “He’s badly injured, but with me here, I won’t let him starve.”

Lu Yu nodded and didn’t say anything more.

Just as they were talking, there was another change on the arena.

Tai Lie, who had just been walking the dog, suddenly grabbed Tian Cheng’s arm as he rushed over, dodged to his back, twisted it backward, and directly deformed his hand.

Tian Cheng looked up, screaming in pain.

Lu Yu gasped. Even from this far away, he seemed to hear a crack. Tian Cheng’s arm must be broken.

Huh?

Lu Yu’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Why does he feel like Tai Lie’s move contained some finesse this time, rather than just pure force like before?

Could it be that Tai Lie took to heart what he mentioned last time about improving his fighting style and actually put it into practice?

On the arena, Tai Lie let go of his hand.

Tian Cheng knelt on the ground, clutching his arm, trembling slightly.

Qiu Guang angrily clenched his fists and shouted loudly from the stands, “Tian Cheng, get up! Get up and fight! What are you doing! It’s just a twisted arm! Hurry up and fight!”

Tian Cheng glanced at him, dropped his arm, and struggled to stand up.

With another roar, he charged at Tai Lie again.

This time, Tai Lie easily knocked him down in just a few moves and rendered him completely defenseless, unable to fight back.

Seeing Tian Cheng unable to get up and realizing that the opponent might still be intending to inflict heavy damage, Qiu Guang gritted his teeth tightly and finally shouted to concede defeat.

As this declaration of defeat rang out, the previously silent crowd erupted into a clamor due to Tai Lie’s earlier rapid movements.

“This guy actually defeated someone from the Gao Hui tribe!”

“Wow, he’s really powerful!”

“Which tribe does he belong to? I’ve never seen him before…”

“Ah! My fur! It’s all gone!”

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Shan Pu jumped up happily, “Chief won! Chief won!”

Lu Yu watched quietly as Tai Lie walked down from the stage, muttering to himself, “Yes, he won, he must win.”

Shan Pu rushed over like a fanboy, “Chief, you’re amazing!”

Lu Yu couldn’t help but smile. The primitive man’s praising skills were too poor.

If it were him… well, if it were him, he’d probably just shout a couple of impressive slogans.

Wu Li, who had been watching the fight with Lu Yu, stepped forward and patted Tai Lie on the shoulder, admiring, “Brother, you’re really strong. By the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I am…”

Wu Li briefly recounted what he had said to Lu Yu earlier.

If he had merely been grateful before, he now seemed to harbor some goodwill.

Tai Lie remained expressionless, nodded slightly after hearing his words, then said to Lu Yu, “Let’s go.”

Lu Yu smiled, “Okay.”

It was time to collect their spoils of war.

As they turned to leave, a booming voice came from ahead, “You’re not allowed to leave!”

Qiu Guang approached with an imposing aura.

Shan Pu exclaimed angrily, “What are you trying to do! We’ve already won.”

Qiu Guang said gloomily, “I want you to compete with us again.”

Lu Yu asked, “Why should we compete with you?”

With a hint of strangeness in his eyes, Qiu Guang pretended to be indifferent and said, “Moreover, all your obsidian has already been lost to us. What else can you bring out?”

Qiu Guang closed his mouth tightly and didn’t say anything.

Lu Yu exchanged a glance with Tai Lie, then turned to smile gently, making a relaxed proposal, “Since the Gao Hui tribe is so powerful, there must be a wooden hut here for shelter. How about using that as the stake?”

Qiu Guang instinctively refused angrily, but he thought that the obsidian had been difficult for them to transport from the tribal camp, and they had lost it just like that. He was unwilling.

Moreover, even if they staked the grass shed, he had already sent someone to fetch his elder brother. He wouldn’t lose this time…

Qiu Guang said darkly, “Then you must also stake all your obsidian along with that piece of equipment.”

Lu Yu readily agreed, “No problem.”

Both sides made another agreement at the wooden house.

The overseer Ba Yang glanced at Lu Yu and his group a few more times this time but didn’t say much.

As they walked out of the wooden hut, Qiu Guang seemed to be going to meet someone and hurriedly left with his people.

Shan Pu asked curiously, “Witch, why do you want their wooden hut? Are you going to stay here?”

Lu Yu shook his head, “No. Guess again?”

Shan Pu scratched his head, “What else could it be? You’re not going to use the huts as a place to exchange goods, are you?”

Lu Yu smiled, “Close enough, but not quite.”

It wasn’t easy to make a trip here. How could he only get some raw materials?

He wouldn’t trade goods for goods. What he wanted was for these people to beg to give them away for free!