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Chapter 547: Fierce Beast - Young Peng
"Dai is missing?" Lu Xingshi recalled Dai, who looked like a simple and honest middle-aged man. His strength was probably around three levels. He spent most of his time working in the fields and was the type who was willing to endure hardships and hard work.

As a result, today, someone found that Dai was not in the fields. At first, no one paid attention to it, but he was not seen at lunch either.

Afterwards, the people who were working together looked around but couldn't find the dam.

This doesn't just mean you can come to find a witch.

There were only a few people in the Tongshu tribe, and everyone knew each other, so the absence of someone was very noticeable.

When Lu Xingshi stood up and came out, Hui naturally knew about it. There were only two witches in the tribe, so it was easy to tell them.

Hui began to ask questions in a sophisticated manner, while Lu Xingshi took his men to search the area where Dai was working.

"This is the field that Tai usually takes care of. I heard from Tai before that it seems that wheat seedlings have difficulty growing here." said a tribal member.

When Lu Xingshi heard this, he thought it might be a clue, but he still had to check whether it was true or not.

"Did Dai go to the fields this morning?" Lu Xingshi asked casually.

"Yes, I greeted him in the morning, but then I went to get busy, and when I looked up again, he was gone." The other person's tone was affirmative.

Although most of the work in the tribe is voluntary, Hui will arrange the types of work and set some hours, but they are not that strict.

Most people actually abide by it themselves, such as those who farm farm, those who hunt hunt, and so on.

Unless they are sick or something like that, most people work from sunrise to sunset and it is impossible for them to be absent from work.

However, given the strong physique and vitality of these primitive people, how could they get sick? They would only encounter danger, injury and death.

While asking, Lu Xingshi explored through the traces left behind.

As long as there is action, there will definitely be traces left behind, the most basic of which is footprints.

As I was groping forward, my steps came to an abrupt halt.

"It was captured by a flying beast." Lu Xingshi came to the conclusion quickly, mainly because the traces disappeared suddenly.

"It's not small in size. Didn't you notice anything unusual?"

The image of a ferocious beast like a hawk emerged in Lu Xingshi's mind.

"No, there is no movement at all." The tribesman said confidently.

In primitive times, those auspicious and rare animals actually had little kindness towards humans, and cannibalism was part of their hunting habits.

Humans can hunt ferocious beasts, and ferocious beasts can naturally eat humans.

"Go back first, don't be..." Before Lu Xingshi could finish his words, he noticed a black shadow flashing through the clouds.

The black shadow was extremely fast and made no sound. If he was not very powerful, he would have never been able to detect it.

Just like the few tribesmen who came out with him, they were completely unaware that something had just passed by.

"Hurry up, I'll take you back first." Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes.

There are only so many people left in the Tongshu tribe. If a few more of them die, Lu Xingshi will really have no choice but to be a nanny.

With a small population, even basic living cannot be guaranteed. If Lu Xingshi really leaves like this, how can he be worthy of the tribe's efforts?

"It seems that before going to the Golden King's Court, I have to clean up the surrounding ecology." Lu Xingshi thought to himself.

After all, this is a strange place. It doesn’t look like the original ecology has been basically transformed, and the current Tongshu Tribe is no longer the original Tongshu Tribe.

But even though he wanted to leave, it was not that easy as the black shadow swooped down from the clouds.

The target was obvious, a member of the tribe.

Lu Xingshi frowned, clenched his fist and stretched out his hand to attack the black shadow.

The power of the elements emerged, and a demonic shadow behind him followed suit and punched together. Many bloodline magics also took effect and turned into fist power and went towards the black shadow.

A simple basic attack can cause huge power.

The black shadow reacted quickly and realized at the first moment that Lu Xingshi's attack was not something he could withstand. So he shook his body, let out a sharp cry, dodged the attack, and re-disappeared into the clouds.

The cry has a certain penetrating power, but fortunately the distance was far and no members of the tribe were affected.

If they were closer, given the overall strength of the Copper Tree Tribe, most of the members would be deafened.

"What a fast speed." Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes. He was not physically strong and would die if hit by one punch from him, but his speed was extremely fast, even a hair's breadth faster than him.

This allowed Lu Xingshi to quickly identify the major category of this ferocious beast, which must be Peng.

"Was that... the ferocious beast that took Dai away just now?" Huiye quickly rushed over.

The main reason is that the crowing sound is indeed too eye-catching and you can hear it even if you don't want to.

"It's too fast, I can't catch up, and it can fly." Lu Xingshi said helplessly.

In the primitive times, there were no techniques or even methods of cultivation, so everyone's fighting was still very simple, either punching each other or bombarding with totem spells. Lu Xingshi's strength could be used, but no matter how magical the strength was, it did not exceed the normal range of skills and could be compensated by strength.

"It seems to be a Peng, but judging from its size, it is very likely a Peng that has just been driven out of its nest." Lu Xingshi said.

Ferocious bird beasts will feed their young, but once they are able to fend for themselves they will be driven away, so this is a fledgling Peng.

But he must have good talent, otherwise he wouldn't be faster than Lu Xingshi.

"This is troublesome." When Hui heard this, he was thinking about how to lure it down and kill it.

The combination of speed and the ability to fly is indeed a tricky thing to do. On top of that, it is Peng, which is good at controlling the wind, and its comings and goings are even more silent.

Unless you have the strength of Lu Xingshi, it would be difficult to detect it.

"It may not be troublesome. This Peng must have made a nest nearby. I can kill it just by getting close to it." Lu Xingshi did not intend to use his own weakness to collide with the opponent's strength.

Flying is the shortcoming of totem warriors. Unless it is a bloodline ability or the power obtained after swallowing some unique treasures, most totem warriors cannot fly.

"Well... I'm afraid this beast is cunning and is deliberately trying to lure you away."

"I'll go make some spears for you." Hui thought more.

Being able to fly is indeed an advantage, but that may not be the case if one does not have sufficient strength.

It’s true that most totem warriors can’t fly, but that doesn’t mean they can’t deal with flying beasts.

With simple spears and stones combined with unmatched force, you will be smashed into foam even if you are flying in the sky.

As long as you are strong enough, you can launch an attack that the flying beast cannot avoid at all.

Lu Xingshi also suffered from the fact that there were no throwing objects around and he had to protect his tribe members, otherwise if he had gotten a stone, he could have directly smashed the Peng to death. Of course, he didn't even need a stone, he could have used his strength.

"This Peng is quite fast, its bloodline may be unusual, and its spear may not be up to standard," said Lu Xingshi.

He could throw a spear, and his accuracy was pretty good, but he was still inferior to this Peng.

"You can make some thumb-sized ingots. They are useful." Lu Xingshi changed his request.

Hui naturally agreed to the request. With his strength, unless Peng descended to a certain altitude, he could enter the tribe. Otherwise, he would not be able to deal with it if it was too high.

The range of the totem is similar to a hemisphere, so it is naturally impossible to be infinitely high.

Therefore, only when Peng enters the range of the totem can it be considered as entering the witch's territory.

As for Lu Xingshi, the totem spells he currently masters are not complete. For example, although he has mastered few totem spells, they cover a series of comprehensive spells such as production and manufacturing, treatment and recovery, prophecy and divination, etc., which can cope with the daily needs of the tribe.

At most, Lu Xingshi can only meet the requirements of combat and hunting, so as a wizard, he can only be said to be an intern.

Being weak does not conflict with being able to help a tribe survive better.

"Well, okay, leave this matter to me."

"But this beast is very cunning. It will be up to you to protect the tribe from now on." Hui said.

Peng was moving too fast and didn't stop, so Hui had a hard time catching him. On the contrary, as long as Lu Xingshi stood there, Peng wouldn't dare to come over.

"Just leave it to me." Lu Xingshi would definitely not refuse, and then said: "But there may be more than just Peng in this area, there should be other powerful beasts."

"Once we've dealt with Peng, we'll have to do some cleaning up."

Hearing this, Hui asked, "Should we go to the royal court? It would be safer to let the royal court's envoy do it."

Forget about efficiency. Just a round trip would take more than several months. After all, everyone relies on their own two feet, and it is definitely inconvenient to travel such a long distance.

However, for Hui, time is not the problem, safety is.

"If we really wait for the royal envoy to come, we don't know how many people in our tribe will die."

"It's easy to be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days." Lu Xingshi refused directly, and then reacted: "Then why didn't the beast attack before?"

Peng can be said to be a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger, but the Tongshu tribe has migrated here and settled here for so long, yet they have only encountered one attack.

"Maybe... it was plowed by the royal court messengers?" Hui suddenly thought of the twelve royal court messengers who had gone north before.

"It is really possible. The royal court envoys are indeed doing their job diligently." Lu Xingshi had a bad impression of the royal court, but he did have a good impression of these hardworking and conscientious envoys of the royal court.

No matter what happens, he always does it as soon as possible. He can be called a workaholic.

"Forget it, let's ignore this matter for now, and let's get rid of this ignorant Peng first." Lu Xingshi did not dwell on these things. The past was over, and there was no point in dwelling on it. It was better to look forward.

If things continue to develop, the Royal Court Envoy should become a strict organization, and it may be this Royal Court Envoy that may eventually overthrow and replace the Royal Court. Of course, it is only a possibility, and whether it can really achieve the situation envisioned by Lu Xingshi remains to be discussed.

After all, the royal envoys lack an independent economy. Their salaries and benefits are all paid by the royal court, and they have no economic system of their own.

(End of this chapter)