Chapter 29: Monster Tribe?
The old horsehead who was sunbathing originally, after hearing the words of the little horsehead who brought Little Meteor and Little Spring, ran to their side in great surprise, then began to look at Little Meteor and Little Spring. The result was naturally very disappointing for him, two completely ordinary human children. Unwilling to give up, he made a few menacing faces at Little Meteor and Little Spring, trying to scare them, but the result only made him more depressed. Little Meteor still had his usual cool expression, not even blinking an eye in response to his antics.
And Little Spring, he started to look at him with great interest when he saw him coming over. After he made those few expressions, the interested expression became even more intense and he burst out laughing. Failure, complete failure! Old Horse Head said something else to Little Horse Head, who nodded his head and then shook his head as he walked back to where he had been sleeping in the sun. He had a defeated look on his face. The other old horse head, who had been basking in the sun with him but hadn't come over, stood in his original position pointing at Old Horse Head and laughing loudly as he approached.
After the little episode with Old Horse Head at the village entrance, Little Meteor and Little Spring walked into the village under the leadership of Little Horse Head and Little Cow Head. Due to the commotion at the village gate, especially the loud voices of Little Horse Head and Old Horse Head, almost everyone in the village heard it, so after Little Meteor and the others entered the village, they found that many people were looking in their direction, including those who were originally watching the sparring match together with divine sense.
It seems that Little Meteor and Little Spring are more attractive than the couple. And when they saw Little Meteor and Little Spring, many people also exclaimed in surprise. From their surprised and curious expressions, Little Meteor suspected whether they had never seen humans before?
Because there were too many people who were surprised, the sound of surprise was very loud, and it attracted the attention of people around him who had not noticed the small meteorites coming in. Those people were also surprised, and they attracted others, so that soon everyone in the village knew that two little guests had come to their village - two human children!
Many of them had never seen a human before, but they had heard about humans from somewhere else. When they saw Xiaoliu and Xiaochun, they all thought to themselves: "So this is what humans look like, how ugly." Apart from those who were loudly discussing, there were also some who surrounded Xiaoliu and Xiaochun, pointing at them as if they were animals in a zoo. In fact, it wasn't just them who were curious about Xiaoliu and Xiaochun, but also the other way around.
However, there were too many people around them, and Xiaoliuxing didn't feel anything special. But Xiaochuntian was a little scared again, completely forgetting that she was now a strong Jindan period cultivator. She shyly hid behind Xiaoliuxing's back, poking out her small head from under Xiaoliuxing's arm, using her sparkling curious big eyes to glance around at the "monsters" surrounding her. Xiaochuntian's adorable action instantly provoked everyone's kind-hearted laughter, including Xiaoliuxing.
"What's everyone gathered here for? What happened?" Just as the crowd, no, it should be said that the beasts were laughing loudly, a loud voice came over, of course, Xiao Liu Xing couldn't understand what was being said, in his ears it was just a string of roars.
Along with that loud roar, a tall, at least two meters in height, horse-headed man with a pair of large iron rods on his back appeared in Little Meteor's line of sight. At first glance, Little Meteor knew he was the village chief type of existence. Beside him stood an ox-headed man, also about two meters in height, carrying a giant axe on his back. This ox-headed man was the strongest one in the village that Little Meteor had sensed with his divine consciousness not long ago.
These two beastmen came, and naturally saw the little meteor and little spring surrounded by people in the middle, as well as the small horse-headed man and small cow-headed man standing in front of them with excited expressions. They did not expect that their tribe would have two humans, and they were still two children, so they felt very surprised at once. Looking at the expressions of the small horse-headed man and small cow-headed man, the horse-headed man knew without thinking that the appearance of these two human children must be related to him.
"Uli, what's going on? Where did these two human kids come from?" The adult horsehead asked the young horsehead. The young horsehead, also known as "Uli", heard his question and excitedly told him: "Dad, these humans came out of the Monster Forest! Originally, I was practicing with Sowa at the edge of the forest when they suddenly appeared in front of us. I didn't think they were bad people, so I brought them here. Oh yeah, they can't understand what we're saying!"
The adult horse-head was shocked after hearing his son's words, coming out of the magical beast forest? How is this possible? Humans would have to cross the entire forest to get from there to here, and with their small stature, even the lowest-level magical beasts could eat them up.
It's not just him who thinks this way, but the entire tribe's slightly more mature members think so too. The Beast Forest is a terrifying existence in their hearts, let alone crossing it, they wouldn't even dare to venture deeper, after all, the Beast Forest as one of the eight forbidden lands isn't famous for nothing, many strong people have been left inside forever and can't come out again, they don't want to waste their lives like that.
The conversation between the horse-headed father and son was naturally unintelligible to Xiaoliu Xingxing, who simply waited quietly for their arrangements regarding himself. Anyone with a bit of sympathy wouldn't drive two lonely children away; in that case, Xiaoliu Xingxing certainly wouldn't say anything and would definitely take Xiaochun Tian away without hesitation. That would be the village's loss! However, Xiaoliu Xingxing still hoped to stay here for a while, after all, this place reminded him of his hometown, and he believed the people here would let him stay because when his grandfather passed away, the villagers didn't drive him out either!
In the end, things didn't disappoint Little Meteor. After another round of chattering between the Horsehead and Little Horsehead, Little Horsehead turned around and smiled at Little Meteor, then gestured for him to walk together again. Little Meteor nodded, then pulled up Little Spring who was still hiding behind his back and followed along.
They finally arrived at a small stone house, about ten square meters in size, with a height of over 1.5 meters and a round roof covered with grass, just like the rest of the village. The interior was simply decorated, with a wooden bed about 1.5 meters long and one meter wide, on which lay two animal hides with thick fur, obviously used as blankets.
On the walls of the house hung two small wooden short bows, in the middle of the house were several slightly larger ones, on top of which were flat stones forming a small circle, inside the circle was a pile of ash left over from burning wood, it seemed that everyone sat around those stones, lit a fire in the middle to warm up and cook. Plus the wooden door, that's the whole room.
After leading Xiaoliu Xing and Xiaochun Tian to this small house, Wuri explained to Xiaoliu Xing with gestures that this house was originally his and Xiao Niu Tou Suo's residence. Now it's given to him and Xiaoliu Xing to live in. Xiaoliu Xing nodded while thinking to herself: no wonder everything here is so small, it turns out this is the house of these two little brats.
At this time, he completely forgot that he was also an 8-year-old kid. After sizing up the house where he would be living from now on, it didn't seem bad, at least it could block the wind and rain without any problems. Moreover, before using his divine sense to inspect the entire village, Xiaoliu Xing knew that this room's style was more than 80% of the houses in the village, so the people here did not treat him differently because he looked different from them. Therefore, Xiaoliu Xing was very satisfied.
For this small cottage, he is now fully capable of making a big change, and there are many things in the Xuanhuan Ring and the Chaotic Golden Tower. However, Xiaoliu Star is not ready to do so yet. A person should hide their abilities, and wealth should not be revealed. These principles Xiaoliu Star has heard from his grandfather since he was young. Although he is not afraid of the people here, Xiaoliu Star has already developed this habit, and such an environment is completely acceptable for both of them. There is no need to make any further changes. If they want to change in the future, they can do so later. Uri and Sova left shortly after bringing them here.
When Xiaoliuxing arrived, it was noon. He didn't stay in his house for long before Uri came again and made a gesture of pulling a chicken leg to indicate that it was time to eat. Although Xiaoliuxing and Xiaochuntian no longer needed to eat, they still maintained the habit of eating, especially Xiaoliuxing, who loved to eat due to the influence of Xiangyazhi's memory. He was also picky about food and liked to drink wine. This was also one of Xiangyazhi's hobbies, as he had stored many wines in his Xiangya ring. Every time they ate, Xiaoliuxing would always drink a little, including Xiaochuntian.
Pulling Xiaochun Tian's hand, following Wuri to the middle of the village, where people were practicing before, now everyone is roasting meat. There are more than 20 bonfires, each surrounded by about 20 people, and each person has a stone bowl in their hand. On top of each bonfire, there is a rack with an animal the size of a mountain goat. Two people keep turning the animal to make the heat even, while others watch. When Xiaoliu Xing comes out, the meat is almost done, and the aroma wafts over, making Xiaoliu Xing suddenly feel very hungry.
Uri brought Little Meteor and Little Spring to the bonfire in the middle, where Sowa and the middle-aged horse-headed man and the cow-headed man were. When they saw Little Meteor and Little Spring approaching, although there were still some people looking at them with curious eyes, the vast majority seemed to have gotten used to their existence. Humans are like that, once you've seen something once, it's no longer fresh, and not unexpectedly so.
These two little humans will spend a lot of time with them in the future, becoming one of them. There is plenty of time to look later, no need to rush for now. Also because everyone didn't stare at themselves again, Xia Chun Tian didn't hide behind Xiao Liu Xing like before, but instead followed Xiao Liu Xing and did it between Uri and Sowa.