The villagers began searching for people in the tribe, and soon the entire tribe was in chaos. The warriors of the tribe wanted to stop Long Xiao and his group, but as soon as they made a move, they realized the vast difference in their strength; they were not on the same level.
Xiao Ming's cleaver appeared and disappeared like a ghost, instantly cutting down over a dozen warriors armed with spears, scaring them into retreating. No one saw how Xiao Ming appeared beside them, and they regarded him as a black wizard.
Luo Tianshui's "Ghostly Profound" steps were not much slower than Xiao Ming's. He didn't bring a long sword, and with just a stick, he took down dozens of warriors in less than two minutes.
As ten or so tribal warriors decided to gang up on Ye Xiao, considering she was a woman, only five of them attacked, while the others stood by with their spears, watching the spectacle.
What these tribal warriors didn't expect was that Ye Xiao's strength was also formidable. She knocked down all five warriors with a single punch each.
Seeing that a fight had broken out, Ke Lei tried to escape. After running a few steps, he looked back and found he could no longer move. It was then that he understood why these people dared to come to the Shenwu Tribe.
Long Xiao, holding Lin Xuan's hand with his left, walked forward slowly. Over a dozen middle-aged shamans surrounded Long Xiao and Lin Xuan, taking out their magical artifacts, intending to attack.
Long Xiao shook a few Five Thunder Talismans in his hand, frightening all the shamans into retreating dozens of meters. Though unwilling to leave, they dared not approach Long Xiao and Lin Xuan.
In the past, Lin Xuan had always believed that Long Xiao only knew how to read feng shui and sell fake medicine. It was not until they came to Nisia that she realized Long Xiao was also a formidable fighter.
Long Xiao's image gradually grew in Lin Xuan's eyes. She felt a strong sense of security by staying by this man's side.
"Long Xiao, since when are you so good at fighting?" Lin Xuan asked.
Long Xiao continued to walk forward slowly and said, "Your husband has always been good at fighting; you just didn't know it."
Lin Xuan rolled her eyes at Long Xiao and said, "When I praise you, you puff yourself up."
"Wife, I'm not boasting about myself. I'm truly good at fighting. I can take on everyone in this tribe by myself."
Although Long Xiao was telling the truth, Lin Xuan still didn't quite believe him. She merely felt that Long Xiao was capable of fighting.
Rounding a few houses built of mud and grass, Long Xiao saw Xiao Ming standing in front of a house, shouting loudly and waving at him. Long Xiao and Lin Xuan hurried over.
"Long Xiao, sister-in-law, quite a few people are locked up in this house. I'll keep an eye on them; you two can see if Auntie is here." Xiao Ming pointed to a very large thatched house and said.
Just as Long Xiao and Lin Xuan were about to push the door open, the old shaman ran over and said, "You're not allowed in; you haven't defeated me yet."
Long Xiao turned to look at the old shaman and said, "Xiao Ming, take your sister-in-law inside to look. I'll beat this old fellow up first."
Seeing that Long Xiao was about to make a move, the old shaman hurriedly shouted, "Civilized! Master Long, we are all civilized people; we should be refined..."
Long Xiao used his 'Chi Mei Xiao Yao Bu' (Wandering Steps of Fiends and Ghosts) and instantly appeared before the old shaman. He slapped him and said, "Refined, my foot! I don't have time to be refined with you."
The old shaman stumbled from the blow. He retreated a few steps before regaining his balance and said, "Why are you so barbaric? Are you Chinese people barbaric?"
Long Xiao stepped forward and slapped him again. This time, it wasn't a heavy blow, but five red finger marks were left on the old shaman's face.
"Why are you still hitting me?" The old shaman, covering his face, quickly retreated and shouted.
"A bunch of barbarians from a primitive tribe, calling Chinese people barbaric? Are you a comedian sent by the monkeys?"
"You're the monkey! Your whole family are monkeys!"
When the old shaman heard Long Xiao call him a monkey, he became furious. Covering his face, he shouted curses.
Long Xiao raised his hand to hit him again, scaring the old shaman into running over fifty meters away before stopping, still covering his face.
Long Xiao smiled and beckoned, calling out, "Come here, I won't hit you."
The old shaman, covering his face, said, "If you're not going to hit me, how can you hit my face?"
"Don't worry, I won't hit your face this time. Let's have a civilized competition. I'll show you how powerful Master Long is."
"You really won't hit me?" The old shaman asked, still covering his face.
"No, come over."
The old shaman, covering his face, cautiously approached Long Xiao. Long Xiao asked, "What kind of shamanism do the shamans of your Shenwu Tribe understand?"
"You Chinese people also understand shamanism?" the old shaman asked curiously.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Chinese esoteric arts originated from ancient shamanism, so of course, we Chinese people understand shamanism. It's just that we don't call it shamanism anymore; we call it Daoism."
The old shaman suddenly realized, "So that's why Daoism is so powerful. It turns out Daoism originated from ancient shamanism."
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Smart, you old fellow is very smart."
The old shaman glared at Long Xiao and said, "Calling me 'old fellow' is disrespectful."
"I only show respect to the strong. If you can prove you are stronger than me, I will be very polite to you."
The old shaman rubbed his face, which still ached faintly, and said, "I can't beat you alone. Do you dare to let me call a few more people?"
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Alright, go ahead and call them. You can call all the warriors in the tribe if you want."
As the old shaman went to call for reinforcements, Long Xiao entered the thatched house. Inside, people lay scattered on the ground. They were all Chinese, but Nangong Yue was not among them.
"Lin Xuan, Mom isn't here."
Long Xiao nodded and asked, "Was my mother killed by them?"
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Take out your phone and check the information. Are these people from Mom's tour group?"
Lin Xuan slapped her forehead. "I was so scared I forgot everything."
Taking out her phone, Lin Xuan checked the photos she had taken and found that these people were not from her mother's tour group. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though they were not from the same tour group, they were all Chinese, and Long Xiao couldn't abandon them.
Long Xiao stepped forward to examine these people closely and checked them. He discovered that they had all been injected with hallucinogenic drugs by the shamans of the Shenwu Tribe.
He didn't have much antidote left, as he needed to save it for unexpected situations. Therefore, Long Xiao took out silver needles from his pocket and began to detoxify them one by one.
It took him over half an hour to treat the twenty-odd people. After they woke up, Long Xiao inquired about their situation and learned that they had been captured and imprisoned here two months ago.
Long Xiao and his two companions, along with over twenty Chinese people, came out of the thatched house. The old shaman, leading over a hundred people, had surrounded the house.
Long Xiao looked at Xiao Ming and asked, "Xiao Ming, do you fight, or do I?"
Xiao Ming swung his cleaver and said, "Let me. I'm more ruthless than you and get results faster."
As Xiao Ming charged into the crowd, brandishing his cleaver, it was like a bomb had been thrown into the throng. Everyone began to flee in a frenzy. In less than a minute, only the old shaman was left.
Xiao Ming rushed in front of the old shaman, intending to strike with his cleaver, but Long Xiao quickly called out to him.
"Don't cut yet. I have something to ask him."
Long Xiao pulled Lin Xuan to the old shaman. Long Xiao asked Lin Xuan to open her phone and show the old shaman some information.
After looking, the old shaman nodded and said, "They were indeed brought by Ke Lei, but on that day, people from the Island Nation came and exchanged them all for a few divine medicine formulas."