The Emperor is Above

Chapter 41: The Enemy Is Near
"Wow, brother, this is incredible! You can shoot and kill a junior totem warrior right now, and he is a junior totem warrior from the Blood Wolf Tribe!"

Tu Shigu, who was wearing three layers of fine leather armor and had an increasingly round body, came over with a look of shock on his face, but stood five feet away and did not dare to get any closer.

His eyes widened as he looked at the blood wolf totem on the body of the barbarian bandit leader. When he saw the bloody mess of his lower body caused by the arrow, he felt a chill in his crotch and shivered immediately.

"Brother Shi Gu, is there something special about the Blood Wolf Tribe? What extra benefits are there in shooting this junior totem warrior?"

While Qing Yi was asking questions, his hands were constantly searching for spoils on the body of the leader of the wild thieves. As a leader, he should have some good things.

The one and a half foot long animal tooth dagger on his waist is pretty good. After trying it, I found that it was made from the sharp teeth of an eighth-grade exotic beast, and the outer scabbard is also made of exotic beast skin.

There is a string of decorations hanging around her neck. Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a crystal. The faint spiritual energy released from it should be helpful for spiritual practice.

The blade of the animal bone sword alone was four feet long, and with the handle it was a total of seven feet long. It was not damaged at all by the attack of the wolf tooth rune arrow, and it was obviously made of seventh-grade animal bones.

After thinking that this broadsword was not suitable for his own use, he threw it to Chai Yong who was nearby. He was about to be promoted to the ninth-grade strongman realm and was in need of such a handy weapon.

Facing Qing Yi's question, Tu Shi Gu first carefully looked at the blood wolf head totem tattoo on the wild bandit's chest, and then explained with envy:
“The Blood Wolf Tribe is a vassal of the Black Wind Tribe. Back then, the Black Wind Tribe led many of their vassal barbarians to set up an ambush, which resulted in the defeat of the Right Division and heavy losses, so many casualties that the capital was covered in mourning.

The king had been holding a grudge against the tribe for many years, and the reward for the heads of the wild people of the Black Wind Tribe and its vassal states was second only to that of the Xianyu tribe in the northern border.

You shot and killed this junior totem warrior of the Blood Wolf tribe, as well as so many wild thieves. According to convention, this is enough for ordinary civilians to be promoted to the rank of commoner.

But you are now a senior commoner after all, so it is unlikely that you will be promoted to a lower-ranking noble for this merit, but the most likely possibility is that you will be granted an additional 200 acres of fiefdom."

The lower commoners were granted 300 mu of land, and the upper commoners were granted 500 mu of land. Qing Yi felt that this method was fair and reasonable.

But what he sought was a hereditary title of corporal and the qualification to enter the Imperial Academy, rather than being like an old peasant in the countryside, calculating the amount of land and money he had every day.

Feeling that something was wrong with Tu Shigu's sudden silence, he looked up and found that this brother had a flattering expression on his face. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Shigu, what's wrong with you?"

Tu Shigu asked excitedly in a low voice: "Brother, I saw that your quiver is full of wolf tooth rune arrows. Could it be that you made them all?"

"Of course, I carved them all myself. You were there when Doctor Yuanmu gave me the "First Interpretation of Runes" last time!" Qing Yi asked with a smile, "Do you have any good ideas, Brother Shigu?"

"Of course it's a good idea!" Tu Shigu's fat face suddenly smiled so much that his eyes could not be seen. He danced excitedly and shouted loudly,
"Brother, do you know how valuable rune weapons are? For example, your sixth-grade bone sword, even if it is made of the bones of a sixth-grade exotic beast, is only worth twenty gold at most.

But the engraving of these dozen runes is worth at least a hundred gold coins, and the wolf tooth rune arrows you engraved may seem simple, but ten rune arrows are worth one gold coin."

"Is there such a good thing?" Qing Yi held his chin and pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "Brother Shi Gu, we can make a lot of money just from the spring farming suit.

At present, I can only carve the simplest runes. I spend a lot of time every day carving a few wolf-fang rune arrows to earn one gold, which really delays my practice.

But you can collect more wolf teeth and animal bones suitable for rune carving, and I can provide you with some of the extra rune weapons you make for your own use." Although Tu Shigu felt a little sorry, he also understood that practice was the most important thing. He nodded solemnly and said, "No problem, brother, give me the materials for your rune carving practice in the future.

Doctor Yuanmu Shang gave you the "First Explanation of Runes" only one month ago, and you have made some progress. It seems that you should enter the Imperial College as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a waste of such a good talent as a rune master."

"Village head, I'm afraid today's matter is not over yet!" Chai Yong held the animal bone sword in his hand. He was very happy at first, but now he suddenly looked worried.
"I just recalled the old stories I heard when I was in the army. Although the Blood Wolf Tribe is a vassal of the Black Wind Tribe, it also has its own unique features.

The tribe was named Blood Wolf because they were good at taming giant wolves and were bloodthirsty. The people who commanded these tamed animals were called beast masters.

When a totem warrior leads a group to plunder, there will be a beastmaster to lead the beasts. This group of Blood Wolf thieves should have a junior beastmaster in addition to the junior totem warrior, but we didn't see any."

Qing Yi's expression gradually became serious: "So those barbarians and thieves fled just now, actually to find the beastmaster, and we are likely to be attacked by this beastmaster next?"

Chai Yong shook his head heavily and said, "Not only beast masters, these wild beast masters often have multiple exotic beast-level trainers, and these trainers usually tame the beasts in the wilderness."

Qing Yi thought of the group of wild wolves he picked up. The leader was a ninth-grade exotic wild wolf, a tamed beast of the Blood Wolf Tribe. It seemed that the group of wild wolves were temporarily tamed from the wilderness.

"There will be several exotic beast-level tamed beasts?" Tu Shigu's originally excited expression was suddenly replaced by fear, "Brother, why don't we go home.

If the beastmaster has several exotic beasts, even a primary totem warrior would not be so scary, as exotic beasts are always more powerful in combat. "

"Brother Shi Gu, what you said is not right!" Qing Yi said seriously, "If this beastmaster comes for us, even if we flee back home and defend ourselves, can we defeat the beastmaster who has several exotic beasts at home?

Besides, the roads are muddy and difficult to travel on now. Even if we turn back now, do you think we can get home before sunset?"

At this point, Qing Yi said firmly: "Since we may be attacked whether we move forward or backward, we might as well continue to head to the capital as planned.

We have just killed a junior totem warrior, and our morale is boosted. I still have seventy wolf fang rune arrows.

Even if that beastmaster leads a herd of beasts to attack, we can rely on the chariot formation to defend and fight back desperately to have more chances of survival."

Tu Shigu's face turned pale and blue, and he finally said dejectedly: "In this case, I will listen to you, brother. I and my family's thirteen lives are now in your hands."

After moving the bodies of the Blood Wolf tribe's junior totem warriors onto the vehicles and beheading the remaining wild folk and thieves, the convoy moved on again.

Along the way, Qing Yi asked the little fox to stay alert at all times, and the convoy also maintained a defensive formation to prevent the Blood Wolf Tribe beastmaster in the dark from making another sudden attack.

When they walked out of the hilly area that stretched for more than 20 miles, the Blood Wolf Tribe beastmaster had not appeared yet, and there was no trace of the escaped wild folk thieves either.

When the sun set, they finally arrived at the territory of the Bison Pavilion. Looking at the Bison Pavilion in the distance, everyone, including Qingqing Yi, breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.

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