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Chapter 15: The Human Heart

  Indestructible Primordial Spirit

  "Hu Tou is leading the team, are you down there?" The loud voice of the strong wind caused Lu Qi, who was standing still to recover his strength, to slightly raise the corner of his mouth and think to himself: "This strong wind actually has some discerning eyesight, I'll spare his life again and save him!"

  Lu Qi looked up and shouted: "I'm here, you guys be careful, don't fall down, it's over ten zhang high here!"

  "Great, Captain Hu, are you injured?" Da Shun's voice was somewhat urgent, after all, it was over a dozen zhang high, could he not be injured from the fall?

  Lu Digg just wanted to answer, but his heart moved: "Hands and legs are all injured, but not too serious. That big brown bear is dead from the fall. You guys put down the rope first and get it up there."

  "That big fellow has fallen to his death? That's really great!" The voice of the strong wind came down: "Quickly, quickly, everyone tie the ropes together in two pieces, make them thicker..."

  Before long, two sturdy ropes descended, and Lu Qi quickly tied up the giant bear's body. He knew there were ten people above, all of whom were the strongest hunters. Although over 2,000 catties was a bit of a strain, it wasn't a big problem.

  After the giant bear's body was successfully dragged away, it was quiet for a while, causing Lu Qi's eyebrows to jump: "Could these guys be planning to leave me behind? This isn't impossible, after all, out of ten people, at least five have a motive, and they're all relatively influential!"

  Lu Qi wasn't worried about this situation at all. As long as his hand recovered a bit, with so many tree roots, a distance of over ten zhang was nothing to worry about.

  However, Lu Qi seemed to have guessed wrong. After a while, two ropes were thrown down again, and the sound of the wind responded: "Tiger Head Leader, aren't you injured? Be careful to tie yourself up, we'll pull you up!"

  Lu Qi pinched the tip of his nose, then tied two ropes to the two ears of the copper stove, securing them tightly. He stood on the edge of the stove, grasped the ropes with both hands, and only then did he signal for them to pull.

  The rope was taut, and with the copper stove humming in between, Lu Qi's foot on the copper stove slowly rose, looking quite embarrassed. However, he was always ready, and if something didn't feel right, he would act at any time. After all, there were a few tree roots nearby, so he wouldn't fall to his death.

  It seems that Lu Qi has once again used the heart of a petty person to measure the belly of a gentleman. He was successfully pulled to the ground and then, with the help of the strong wind, walked to one side. Yes, since Lu Qi said he injured his leg, he naturally had to pretend to be in pain.

  Just as the strong wind helped Lu Qi walk out of the willow tree cave, a crisis arose, and a knife cut through the air. Lu Qi pushed the strong wind away with one hand, and his body rolled in momentum, dodging the knife that was about to strike him from behind.

  The strong wind that had been pushed away by Lu Qi picked up a pitchfork and stood in front of Lu Qi, who was lying on the ground, glaring at Da Lin, who held a beheading knife: "Are you crazy? You almost killed Hu Tou Ling!"

  "I'm going to kill this kid!" Da Lin's eyes turned bloodshot: "In the past, when An Ze was in charge, he was always polite to me. Who does he think he is? He actually dared to yell at me and even wants to settle scores with us after autumn?"

  "Dalin, what are you doing!" Dashun's voice burst out at the same time as his body, ready to snatch the beheading knife from Dalin's hand.

  Dalin was very alert and dodged, pointing at Dashun and scolding: "Dashun, don't you forget, we still have a crime on our heads, when we return to the village, he will still have to settle accounts with us."

  "Settling accounts, that's also what we deserve!" Da Shun said with a sigh, but then he found that the other two team leaders had also stood up to support Da Lin, and he couldn't help but be shocked: "You guys too..."

  "Great, I don't want to go back and get flogged or caned, accidentally getting beaten to death!" A small team leader responded, another one also echoed beside: "Dalin is right, take advantage of the fact that Tiger Head's hands and feet are all injured now, kill him!"

  Dalin sneered: "That's right, now killing him won't take any effort at all. We just need to say that he was killed by a giant bear and we'll be fine. Let's discuss it among ourselves and choose one person from the five of us to be the leader. As long as this person can guarantee that the other nine of us will have first-class food and extra rewards, that's all that matters."

  Dalin said so, the other five hunters who were originally of lower status looked at each other, then glanced at Lu Qi who was lying weakly on the ground, and also wisely stood behind Dalin's three people.

  At that moment when Da Shun was helplessly looking over, the strong wind gritted its teeth: "Da Lin, wake up! Doing this will expose you, and Da Kang will also be suspicious!"

  "Then kill him too!" Da Lin said fiercely: "Dafeng, I think it's time for you to wake up. Do you really think Tiger Head will let you off? It was you who suggested that his mother become a surrogate mother before. An Ze and Da Gu are now dead. You were An Ze's confidant, how could he let you off easily? He just hasn't found an excuse yet..."

  The strong wind howled, he turned his head to look at Lu Qi, but found that the other party was staring at him with shining eyes. The strong wind gritted his teeth and made a decision that he thought was right for the rest of his life: "No... if he wants my life, he can just let Guo Zhan's bear kill me instead of saving me! Da Lin, I won't let you kill him!"

  Feeling the strong wind seeking help, Dashun hesitated for a moment but still summoned up the courage to stand beside the strong wind and looked at Dalin: "Dalin, you really made a mistake. Hu Touling is a capable person, he was able to kill An Ze at a young age, and he knows how to fetch water in the dense forest... I also heard from Xitu Old Hou that the forked spear was his idea... With him around, our northwest household's days will be much better..."

  "Enough!" Da Lin's eyes gleamed with a fierce light: "Can an arrow shot from a bow be turned back? Will he spare me?"

  He licked his lower lip, and the strong wind hastily glanced at Lu Qi, as if wanting him to speak. Lu Qi also timely opened his mouth and said: "Dalin, if you put down your weapons now and calm down, I guarantee that we will let bygones be bygones!

  "Fart!" Da Lin sneered: "Tiger Head, you're afraid of death, that's why you say this. Once you recover, the few of us won't have a chance to live?"

  The squad leader next to him said, "Right, Dalian, what's the point of so much nonsense? Just kill him, if we wait for Da Kang to bring people over, it'll be troublesome!"

  "I'm afraid of death? Big wind, big smooth, you all stand back, I want to see who has the ability to kill me!" Lu Qi said as he slowly sat up, but his appearance seemed to be "forcing himself" somewhat.

  Da Feng and Da Shun almost simultaneously licked their dry lips, anxiously looking at Lu Qi: "Tiger Head Leader, this..."

  "There's a number in my heart, stand back a bit! They've made up their minds to kill me, and if you block them, it's just sending yourselves to death!" Lu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at the eight people opposite him. With only Da Feng and Da Shun by his side, they were truly courting death.

  "This is your own death!" Da Lin laughed even more. In fact, he was worried about dealing with Da Feng and Da Shun, after all, if he didn't kill them here, his conspiracy would be exposed, and Xi Tu would probably be the first to kill him.

  Lu Qi suddenly stood up, his whole demeanor like a lion and tiger: "Am I looking for death?"

  Not to mention that Dalian and others were shocked, even the Big Wind and Big Shun were also frightened. The momentum of this Lu Qi was almost comparable to that of the giant bear before.

  "Your leg..." Da Lin's body trembled, staring blankly at Lu Qi's leg. From a seated position, he suddenly stood up straight, which was absolutely not something a person with a severely injured leg could do.

  Ignoring Da Lin directly, Lu Qi looked at the few people behind him coldly: "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. Throw away your weapons now, and I'll let bygones be bygones. Otherwise..."

  "Don't be intimidated by him, he's just pretending! If his legs were fine, he would have killed us already!" Da Lin also knew that the arrow was on the string and couldn't help but shoot, growling: "Kill him, and good times will come!"

  Being shouted at by Da Lin, the two small team leaders also held some military power and were fierce, holding their spears and rushing towards Lu Qi. With someone's assistance, the powerful force was even more courageous, and the beheading knife directly hacked at Lu Qi's face.

  Lu Ji moved, his feet lightly tapping the ground, as he spun out to the right. His left arm was injured, but not completely useless. He grasped the spear of the small team leader on Da Lin's right side, raised it, and blocked Da Lin's changing direction slash. As his body continued to spin forward, his right hand flashed with a sharp stab, fiercely piercing the neck of the small team leader.

  Then Lu Qi pressed the small team leader's convulsing body, his body jumped up, and the blood he drew flashed into the back of Da Lin like lightning. Then his body rotated again, and a whip kick landed on the neck of another team leader who had just turned sideways.

  But in the blink of an eye, between the rabbit's rise and the bird's fall, the three people in the forest only had time to make one move each before being completely killed by Lu Qi, clean and efficient, including the small team leader who was only kicked once, also died from a broken neck.

  Dalin struggled slightly, but was pierced by a three-inch wooden stake with no signs of life! This scene undoubtedly shocked both Dafeng and Dashun, who also felt relieved that they had stood on the right team.

  The other five hunters were also completely stunned, their pitchforks falling to the ground, just like when they saw An Ze die at Lu Qi's hands. And this time, there was another emotion in their hearts - fear.

  With a thud, it was unclear who knelt down first, but in an instant, the five of them were kneeling in a row: "Tiger Head Leader, spare our lives!"

  "You didn't make a move, that's already considered you knowing your mistake. If I were to kill all of you, who would drag this stupid bear?" Lu Qi's calm words undoubtedly made the five men feel relieved, and they hastily knocked their heads in gratitude.

  Killing a chicken to scare the monkey, Lu Qi had already achieved his goal and would not take any further action against these five wallheads. He did not expect everyone to be loyal to him; all he wanted was a kind of awe that could bring peace to his parents.

  Pick up the beheading knife, Lu Qi looked at Da Feng and Da Shun. In the slight contraction of their pupils, he lightly pinched his nose: "You two... are not bad, Da Feng, Da Shun. Past grievances will be forgiven, as long as you don't harbor second thoughts, I'll ensure your days are good!"

  Da Feng and Da Shun were overjoyed when they heard the news, knowing that from this moment on, they had truly earned the label of new overlords. From now on, their lives in Xīběi Hù would definitely be more prosperous than those of ordinary Ze slaves.

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