371: Ming Tribe - Yi-Jue-Ying

“I came from a very distant place… Hmm, you can consider me a wanderer.” Maple Leaf thought for a moment before saying to the man.

“A wanderer?” The man looked Maple Leaf up and down, nodded, and said it was quite normal in this world.

This world was very “primitive” and “backward.”

Most settlements were villages and tribes.

Their sizes varied.

Moreover, this world was not safe, with frequent beast tides.

With various beast attacks, this world had very few “cultivated plants”; the things they themselves planted were mostly fruits and vegetables.

But these were fine for eating, yet far from sufficient for cultivation.

They could only go out to find cultivation resources or hunt beasts.

The meat and bones of beasts were good things.

Therefore, many small villages and tribes could face “extinction” if they suffered natural disasters or beast calamities.

Wandering was also a common occurrence.

Their village had also taken in a few outsiders.

They lived very well here and integrated into the community.

People in this world, perhaps because they were too backward and had not experienced the cunning and deceit between people, were too simple.

Perhaps their minds, due to “body tempering,” were very straightforward, leading to very little deceit among people in this world.

Moreover, people stuck together for “survival.”

It felt like ancient humans.

“I understand. Do you want to come to our village?” The leader asked Maple Leaf.

“Yes.” Maple Leaf nodded, and she also wanted to see what kind of system this world had, especially how its people cultivated.

“Then come back with us!” The leader said, as the people nearby had already lifted Black Kong.

“My name is Yi Xin,” Yi Xin told Maple Leaf.

“Hello! My name is Maple Leaf.” Maple Leaf nodded and said to Yi Xin.

“Let’s go.” Maple Leaf followed behind Yi Xin, walking towards the village.

Maple Leaf watched as the four people carried the Black Kong behind them.

Hmm… The people in this world, Maple Leaf hadn’t seen them bring weapons when they went hunting, which was a characteristic of this world.

But they didn’t even have tools for dismembering… which was ridiculous!

Did they always carry their hunted prey back like this directly?

However, seeing the bags hanging from the waists of those few people, the openings faintly revealed the shape of herbs.

They should be some collected cultivation resources.

Along the way, they also discovered some cultivation resources.

Maple Leaf could tell that their return route was probably not the same as their coming route; it should have been slightly different.

It was precisely so they could have an extra “exploration” on their way back. And sure enough, they would go forward and collect any cultivation resources they found along the way.

“Please wait a moment.” Yi Xin looked at his teammates who had stopped to gather herbs and said to Maple Leaf.

“It’s fine, I understand.” Maple Leaf nodded and said, but because she was with them, although she coveted those cultivation resources, she couldn’t get them.

They walked and stopped along the way for about an hour.

An hour later, Maple Leaf finally returned to the village with the team.

Because of the threat of wild beasts outside, people stood guard every day.

They were similarly muscular men, bare-chested, wearing shorts or long pants, and also barefoot.

However, Maple Leaf also saw female warriors, whose attire was indeed somewhat similar to hers.

They had short hair and were barefoot.

Their chests were wrapped with strips of unknown beast hide, and they wore tight long pants on their lower bodies.

Their attire, if not identical to hers, was indistinguishable.

The people in the group also saw it and immediately found it amusing.

Yi Xin: “No wonder Maple Leaf integrated so easily, and those people believed her so readily… So Maple Leaf already had a ‘perfect initial start’!”

Lin Zifeng: “LOL! This attire, if not identical, is indeed indistinguishable!”

Maple Leaf: “Ahem… Coincidence!”

Bai Mo: “Speaking of which, since Maple Leaf is so similar to them, maybe their essence is the same.”

Yi Xin: “You mean Maple Leaf is someone who only knows how to use her muscles…”

Bai Mo: “I didn’t! I’m not! Don’t talk nonsense!”

Maple Leaf: “……”

Yi Xin glanced at Maple Leaf: “This is our village. If you wish, you can stay here temporarily! Although we can’t offer you much, we can provide a place to shelter you from wind and rain.

I can make decisions on this matter.”

“Thank you!” Maple Leaf smiled at Yi Xin, nodded, and accepted.

“If you plan to stay for a while… I can share my food with you for these two days, but after that, you’ll need to contribute to get food! This contribution includes, but is not limited to, going out to collect resources,” Yi Xin told Maple Leaf.

Maple Leaf nodded in understanding. She also saw that besides the warriors, there were also many people who were not warriors, performing various chores.

For example, the herbs brought in would be taken by people to be sorted and stacked, and Black Kong would also be dismembered for its fur, bones, and meat.

At this time, Maple Leaf did see the dismembering tools, which were basically knives made from ground bones.

It seemed these dismembering tools were kept in the village.

“Please wait here for a moment; I’ll go find the leader,” Yi Xin told Maple Leaf.

“Okay.” Maple Leaf nodded.

Yi Xin then walked away.

Maple Leaf stood there, looking around curiously. She saw many people who were quite curious about her, but they didn’t come to ask her, probably because Yi Xin had brought her back.

Maple Leaf hadn’t expected Yi Xin’s status in this village to be so high; she had thought he was just a small team leader for external hunting.

Soon, two people approached behind Yi Xin.

One was a man even larger and stronger than Yi Xin, wearing a necklace made of strung-together unknown beast teeth around his neck.

Accompanying him was a woman, whose attire was somewhat different from the female warriors. This woman wore a beast hide coat and a feather headband.

It was clear that the woman accompanying the leader also held a significant status.

She just didn't know what role such an existence played in the village.

“Hello! I am Jue, the leader of the Ming Tribe.” The man said to Maple Leaf, then glanced at the woman beside him: “This is Ying, our tribe’s Wisdom Warrior.”

“Wisdom Warrior?” Maple Leaf heard a new term.

Jue saw Maple Leaf’s somewhat puzzled expression, and a hint of “pride” and “self-satisfaction” appeared on his face. Then, with a bit of showing off, he asked Maple Leaf: “Did your former tribe not have a Wisdom Warrior?”

Maple Leaf looked at Jue’s bright smile and nodded slightly: “Oh, my tribe was too, too small, I haven’t seen any of these… I don’t understand many things.”

[75 chapters overdue]