Chapter 22 Camping and Beast Sighting

  Bathed in the warm sunlight of dawn, Mo Yi'er and Chu Yan, along with four other men, set out on their journey to the Haimu tribe. The villagers stood at the entrance of the cave, seeing them off until they were far away, and Mo Yi'er could still feel several scorching gazes on her body. She couldn't help but sigh in emotion - the people of the Kankan tribe had really been good to her; apart from the identity that inspired their awe and reverence, they seemed to have treated her like a true member of their family, genuinely caring for her and showing concern for her well-being.

  For a moment, Mo Yier felt a mix of emotions.

  Before long, she didn't have time to indulge in these thoughts, as Chu Yan and the others walked faster and faster, so fast that she had to run to barely keep up. This was still Chu Yan slowing down on purpose for her sake.

  Entering the thicket, Chu Yan stopped and said to Mo Yier: "I'll carry you on my back, Mo Yier!"

  "That's...enough already!"

  "Let the chief carry you, it will be faster for us. When the chief gets tired, we'll take turns carrying you." Another tribesman, Ba Jin (are you sure it's not 'Ba Jin'?), said with a smile, then Chu Yan nodded to them and they ran into the thicket first, climbed up trees, grabbed vines and swung through the forest like when they first met Bao Ge, their speed increasing by who knows how many times.

  Mo Yi'er finally understood why Chu Yan and Ba Jin had to leave her behind. She wanted to show off, but now was not the time for that, she would hold back the progress of the tribe members.

  Looking at the robust Chu Yan, Mo Yier thought that he was carrying her and jumping through the tree vines, it should be fine! Moreover, the other tribesmen had already advanced a long way ahead, she couldn't hesitate anymore.

  "Okay, you carry me!"

  "Hmm!" Chu Yan smiled, he rarely smiles, so smiling actually gave Mo Yi'er a stunning feeling. Mo Yi'er's mind was imagining him wearing a crisp suit and white shirt.

  "Come on!" Chu Huai pulled over a thinner tree vine, and when Mo Yi'er climbed onto his back, he tied Mo Yi'er to himself. It seems that his sense of security is also very high! Perhaps this tree vine was the first safety belt in ancient times.

  She climbed up the tree, and Mo Yi began to feel the sensation of 'flying'. At first, she was almost afraid to open her eyes. Gradually, she got used to this speed and loved the feeling of the wind whizzing past her ears. The ancient trees in the forest flew backward rapidly before her eyes, which was a thrilling feeling.

  Chu Yan was indeed the leader, his speed was very fast, and soon he caught up with the tribesmen who had set out before them. From time to time, they let out a loud "ah" like a mountain cry, as if driving away fierce beasts, but also seeming to communicate with the tribesmen.

  The jungle was vast, they kept 'flying', Mo Yuer liked this feeling, gradually, on Chu Yan's broad back, drowsiness emerged, and in the end, she actually fell asleep.

  "Mo Yu'er, wake up, it's time for dinner!" Chu Yan called out in an exceptionally gentle voice beside Mo Yu'er's ear. Mo Yu'er opened her eyes to find that the sky had already darkened, and they were sitting on a vacant lot, roasting meat over an open flame because they didn't have a pot.

  "I actually slept for a whole day, wow!" Mo Yier stretched her waist and secretly sighed that she really had the potential to be a pig.

  Chu Yan smiled slightly and handed the meat to Mo Yier. This meat was cooked by Sang Zhen in the morning, and now it only needs to be heated on the fire for a while.

  Mo Yi'er bit into the full-bodied roasted meat and found that as long as they didn't eat it every day, the flavor was still pretty good. After finishing their meal, the sky had already darkened, Mo Yi'er asked: "Tonight, are we resting here?"

  "No! There!" Chu Yan pointed to a tree behind Mo Yuer, who only then looked up through the weak firelight. The tree was very tall and big, with dark shadows above that made it impossible to see its structure clearly.

  Chu Huai led her to climb the tree, and she could barely make out that the dark shadows were large tracts of tree vines. Chu Huai explained: "This kind of tree has many vines on top, especially big trees, and the vines are all entwined together. We can sleep on them."

  "Oh!" Mo Yier suddenly realized, starting her first 'camping' trip after crossing over into primitive society.

  Perhaps she had slept too much during the day, but Mo Yi'er didn't feel sleepy at all. At 8 pm, she was arranged to be on watch while others quickly fell asleep. Mo Yi'er stared with her eyes wide open, thinking about whether there would be any wild beasts, after all, there were many tree-climbing beasts, such as leopards.

  "Isn't Mo Yi'er tired yet?" Ba Jin sat down beside Mo Yi'er, his dusty face sporting a small mustache, but he didn't look very old, probably around the same age as Chu Yan.

  "Hmm, slept a lot during the day." Mo Yier smiled at Ba Jin, she rarely spoke to him before! "Or, I'll take your watch for you, go sleep!"

  "No way, standing watch is a man's job. If there's any danger, I'll protect you at the first moment!" Ba Jin said stubbornly, his voice firm.

  "Alright then!" The moon seemed to have shifted a bit, and the face of Ba Jin, who had just been barely visible in the moonlight, was now completely obscured by the dark shadow of the big tree.

  Fortunately, I have been living here for more than half a month, otherwise Mo Yi'er would really be unaccustomed to this darkness!

  Until midnight, Mo Yi'er occasionally chatted with Ba Jin on duty, and the excited Ba Jin didn't feel sleepy at all. Mo Yi'er was the same. However, her neck felt sore, so she moved slightly, and for some reason, she saw two golden bright spots on the left side of the tree.

  She didn't dare shout loudly, fearing that she would startle the owner of this thing, and only softly called out: "Ba, Ba Jin."

  "What's wrong? Mo Yier!"

  "Ba Jin, what's that?" Mo Yier replied with a trembling voice, and she had a very bad premonition.

  Ba Jin Zhang looked around for a while and finally found the golden bright spot, suddenly shocked. "Is... is Golden Lion, divine! It's actually Golden Lion!"

  "Golden Lion?" Mo Yier was puzzled, is it a kind of lion? But can lions climb trees?

  "Leader..." Ba Jin called out in a low voice, as if he too was afraid of startling the Golden Lion. A beast that could make a hunter so vigilant must be extremely ferocious.

  Chu Yu quickly woke up and sat up in the direction he couldn't see Jin Shi, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

  "Leader, is that a Golden Lion?" Chu Yan's heart was also shocked, and he immediately looked in the direction of the Golden Lion. However, Chu Yan and Ba Jin were about the same age, and they had never seen this species in their lifetime.

  Soon, all the tribesmen were called up. An elderly Hola exclaimed: "God, it's really a golden lion! I heard the old chief say that only the eyes of a golden lion can emit gold in the dark."