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  "Nonsense! I've seen the Horse Tribe's horse-headed people before! How can they be so sturdy?" Liu was shocked, sizing up these robust men. He recalled the time he was beaten by Guo Guo in the temple and left with a mouthful of teeth, that the owner of the Lava Tooth Beast, Pu Yue, was from the Horse Tribe. And wasn't there also a centaur archer under the bear man Vieley when they were dealing with the Dark Elves in the Ink Crystal Canyon? Compared to those lean and slender centaurs, these sturdy men were like potatoes and winter melons put together - if they were all from the Horse Tribe, wouldn't this physical difference be too great?

  "My goodness! I don't believe it!" Liu was shocked and suspiciously sized up the group of Mongols, who were even more robust than Han people.

  "Elder! They are hippopotamus people, it's normal for them to be a bit sturdier!" Anduran Elder also came over, this intense run almost made the originally somewhat clumsy Tortoise Elder nearly collapse from exhaustion.

  "Hippopotamuses are also considered Hausa? Then how many close branches does the Hausa tribe have?" Liu was stunned.

  "The Hausa also have the Zebra people, and the current Warden of the Kingdom is a Zebra person, who is Uncle's superior. The Hausa also have a branch of the Donkey people, who were specially appointed by the Kingdom to guard the desert oasis in the northwest border with the Ostrich tribe. They are all considered vassal tribes of the Bair people..." Helen introduced softly.

  "I'm also a noble, so what if I scold them? Are they going to have their bear tribe leader come and challenge me one on one?" Liu Zhen asked with a slanted gaze.

  "Come and find me alone." Good nodded beside him.

  "Find me! Pan Shuai, your hand is too heavy, what if you beat someone to disability, it's not good!" Korina laughed loudly and waved the ivory long knife in her hand.

  Avril nodded in agreement, a smile spreading across her face.

  "Don't be ridiculous, Corina! Even if it were you, I'd worry about having to pay the medical bills if Vincent got into a fight." Helen scolded, furrowing her brow.

  "Oh~ Qie De Ma Li Ya~" The leading hippopotamus patted his forehead, with a helpless expression of a scholar encountering a soldier.

  "Let me finish speaking." Helen continued to say to Old Liu, "Richard, you also know that our 'Bimonthly Epic' is as precious a historical material as the 'Rites of Sacrifice', right? The 'Bimonthly Epic' records in greater detail all the hardships Bimonth has ever experienced than the Rites. But do you know who wrote it?"

  Liu Zhenhong shook his head.

  " 'The Bimonthly Epic', also known as 'The Hippopotamus Epic'. Now you should know who wrote it, shouldn't you?" Helen said.

  "What did they write?" Liu Zhen and Avril almost went crazy together, can these rough, strong and ugly hippopotamus people still write poetry?

  "Thank you, Miss Foxglove, for enlightening us with your vast knowledge." The lead hippopotamus poet nodded his head in appreciation towards Helen.

  "Hippopotamus man is the most famous poet in Bimeng! Poets are 'uncrowned nobles' and are deeply loved by the people. Richard, you should restrain your aristocratic arrogance, even kings should smile when facing a poet, it's not showing off, but rather the courtesy that nobles should have." Helen's voice became softer and softer as she spoke.

  "Poet?" Liu Zhenhong shook his head, a bitter smile spreading across his face.

  "My lord. My name is O'Neill! I represent the hippopotamus clan of the Sanggan River behind me to express our deepest apologies for our presumptuous arrival..." The leading hippopotamus strained to maintain a romantic demeanor.

  "Hold on a minute!" Liu Zhenhong interrupted the hippopotamus poet O'Neill, turned his head to Gu De and said: "General Pan, go get me a broom."

  "What's the broom for?" Good asked.

  "Let me first sweep away the chicken skin on the ground." Liu Zhen was so annoyed by Hei Ma's poet-like behavior, with a hint of vulgarity beneath his refined appearance, that he broke out in hives all over his body.

  The hippopotamus poets were thoroughly speechless at this artless lord, one after another rolling their eyes.

  "What are you doing here? The territory of the Pierr tribe is in the Southern Cross Star Forest in the south, how did you end up in the Northeastern Province? Are you here to sing for a living?" Liu Zhen asked.

  "Campas is up! My lord! I won't let you insult our elegant hippopotamus troubadour! I protest! We are not those despicable 'castrati' from the human opera!!" O'Neill's mouth was agape like a basin, his face as solemn as an execution ground.

  Other hippopotamus poets also waved their hands and cheered behind him, but were soon interrupted by the Mammoth's powerful knife and cold eyes, which made them abandon the idea of continuing to stir up trouble.

  "It's like that, Lord Richard." Elder Anduril slowly walked over: "The hippopotamus and the Olifant tribe's giant elephant are the same, because of physical reasons, they must eat some red soil every year, so at this time every year they will come to the Red Soil Slope, and also have a chance encounter with the old monk. These poets are very romantic, their poems are very flavorful."

  Several green praying mantis also nodded in agreement.

  "Is that so......" Liu Zhenhong rubbed his chin.

  Anduran Elder hastily gave a wink to hippopotamus poet O'Neill.

  "Respected and generous Lord of the Red Earth Mounds, the red earth of the mounds is inexhaustible. Our hippopotamuses come to eat a bit of it, which will not cause you any disturbance or loss." O'Neill said this in front of the evil-looking lord, weighing his options carefully, he could only humble himself and nod repeatedly.

  "My lord, it's like this. As hippopotamus poets, we must return to the water once a day or our skin will crack; our tribe's former lord was transferred to the Southern Cross Star Forest, where there are no large rivers, and he couldn't bring us with him, so we've lost contact. We've been wandering along the Sanggan River, using our poetry to adorn the wilderness, set off the wilderness, and praise the wilderness - this mother who nurtured us better than the Mongols. Eating red soil once a year is our custom, I just got out of the water. I only wanted to praise that young lady's beauty, without any malice! You know, poets have an impulse to recite poetry when they see beautiful things, and I'm no exception. Chidemaria..." The hippopotamus poet Onil's eyes rolled around, looking at the lord like this. This lord wasn't the kind of easy-going Bimon, he was a bit worried that this lord would make unreasonable demands, and also blamed himself for being too meddlesome, smiling at that girl for no reason.

  "You live in the Sanggan River, you should be considered a member of the aquatic tribe. Why doesn't the kingdom recruit you? The kingdom's navy only has two branches. One is the Mote tribe turtle people, and the other is the Zuodan slave tribe frog people. Your physique is far stronger than theirs, even among the sea tribe warriors, it's rare to find someone as strong as you." Liu Zhen was taken aback and chuckled.

  "Sir, have you forgotten? We hippopotamuses are members of the Hausa tribe. Just like the snail people of the Bulu tribe, our numbers only count within our own tribe. The Hausa tribe doesn't produce warriors; all adult males of the horse tribe are the kingdom's best archers and hunters. Unfortunately for us hippopotamuses, our physique is too robust, so any bow we draw will break its string, which means we're excluded from the selection process for archers. What a shame! So actually, when I was young, I really did dream of becoming a 'Divine Archer'." O'Neill smacked his lips and let out a sigh.

  "Shén Jiàn Zhé Qín" is the title given to the most outstanding archer in the Bian Mon army, and like "Jù Mó Liè Shǒu", it is a synonym for brave warriors. Liu Zhen thought of the hippopotamus drawing its bow, with its body full of fat shaking back and forth, and couldn't help but want to laugh.

  "Sir, look..." O'Neill stammered

  "Are all of these your tribesmen?" Liu Zhen asked, pointing behind him.

  "There are still some elderly, weak women and children on the road by the river, not yet arrived. Our clan has a small population, only about 300 people. Just a little bit of red soil is enough." O'Neill felt more and more that the lord's gaze was somewhat sinister, hastily nodding and bowing again.

  After all, red soil is only found here, and if you don't yield, it's really not going to work.

  "Got Maria ~ Beam under the eaves, can't help but lower his head." O'Neill improvised a short poem to express his current mood.

  "I can still support three hundred people, you don't have to wander around anymore, just consider this place your home. The Red Earth Plateau has been specially named by the kingdom as Florence City, south of the Sanggan River, all belongs to Lord Li Chao; Liu Zhenlei's property, I give you two choices, either you quit eating red earth or follow me." Liu Zhenlei pinched O'Neill's belly: "You should lose weight."

  "Keddie Maria, this is coercion! Lord!" O'Neill rolled his eyes.

  "That's right! It's coercion!" Liu Zhenhong burst out laughing and poked O'Neill with the "dense array" in his hand.

  Looking at the group of flat-nosed, slit-eyed Bhiman militiamen, and then looking again at their rock-like, knotted muscles, O'Neill felt all hope was lost.

  "If you don't agree with me now, I'll back out. Take everything and get out of here." Liu Zhen was getting impatient.

  The hippopotamuses all glared at him, so brazenly forcing absolutely against the self-esteem of these poets in humiliation.

  "My mentor is Helen, the only war beast priestess in the kingdom. If you have any complaints, go to the Noble Supervisory Institute and report her name!" Liu Zhen shook Helen over and pointed to the silver Medusa badge on the little fox's chest.

  Hippopotamus poets were all stunned.

  The silver Medusa emblem can only be possessed by the Azure Dragon priest! As for the gold Medusa badge, it is owned by the Fire Phoenix priestess Lady Murielio throughout the entire kingdom.

  "Ah, Lady Maria! This beautiful priestess is actually the legendary Miss Helen! I'm so fortunate! Since hearing about your sensational arrival in Wysteria City, we hippopotamus poets have longed to sing praises of your beauty and valor!" O'Neill knelt on one knee, opening his arms wide as he gazed at Helen with deep emotion.

  Guo Guo held her belly and pointed at the hippopotamus poet's thick folds of fat on his stomach, laughing so hard she was rolling all over the ground.

  Old Liu immediately gave Helen a wink.

  Helen hesitated, coughed twice, and forced herself to say: "Respected poet O'Neill, I'm still short of followers. If you don't mind..."

  "Agreed! It's an honor for the Hippopotamus clan to have Maria follow Lady Helen!" O'Neil immediately agreed, giving Old Liu a defiant glance.

  "I and Director Helen are inseparable, following her is the same as following me, give up on that idea." Liu was shocked and hugged his stomach, bursting into laughter with the militiamen.

  The hippopotamuses gaped with their big mouths, staring foolishly at Helen.

  Helen nodded.

  O'Neill had only one thought left - to board the pirate ship.

  "Our hippopotamus tribe are born troubadours, I hope you won't deprive us of this hobby, sir!" O'Neill said hastily, it was clear that this lord had almost no interest in art.

  "You can recite poetry as long as you can help me deal with bandits, I don't care if you're a Taoist priest!" Liu Zhen was taken aback and smiled, pointing to the back of Eve: "This is the boss's wife"

  "Beautiful boss, I'm honored to be a member of Feilongcui." O'Neill smiled foolishly, his mouth stretching to the roots of his ears.

  Avril pouted.

  Needless to say, another group of big-bellied monks arrived. Avril whispered a sentence.

  "Master..." O'Neill lowered his head, stiffened, and almost burst out laughing, feeling a vengeful pleasure in his heart. Haha, let you use the red soil to coerce us, Ha! Gotcha, Maria~~ Heh heh, your child is a beastly relative.

  The hippos gazed at Avril's beautiful face, and their eyes suddenly became ambiguous. Several of them whispered to each other, pointing and discussing something in hushed tones.

  Avril's face turned red under their chaotic and speculative gaze, just as she was about to speak up, Katya's small eyes rolled around in a flurry, shaking her hips back and forth as she snuggled up to Avril's feet, intimately rubbing against the hem of Avril's skirt, humming sweetly.

  Avril let out a long sigh, bent down and picked up the little piglet, she knew that even if she jumped into the Sanggan River, she couldn't wash herself clean.

  Katyusha "smack smack" kissed her with a mouthful of saliva.

  "Let your father go back and beat you!" Avril also kissed this little thing.

  "Richard, you bastard! Can't you just show some respect?" Helen whispered in Liu's ear. "Respect my ass!" Liu said.