Chapter 55: Before the Grand Harvest Festival

  This time, the direction of departure is different from the last time to the Haimu tribe, and it has been advancing in the direction where the sun rises. There are no roads in the jungle at all, and Moyi is not very clear what they rely on to distinguish the road they want to take.

  Most of the time, Chu Yu was carrying Mo Yi'er and running wildly, while Ba Jin followed to collect offerings. Sometimes he would ask Chu Yu if he was tired and if he wanted him to carry Mo Yi'er for a bit. Chu Yu would reply seriously: "Mo Yi'er is as light as a small rabbit, how could I be tired?"

  Every time she heard this sentence, Mo Yier was speechless. How could she be compared to a little rabbit? At least... it's the weight of many fat rabbits...

  This time the journey wasn't too long, and after 9 days they arrived at a mountainous region with many mountains. The ground was covered in a thick layer of dead leaves. Chu Yan said to Mo Yi Er: "When the sun sets, we will arrive at the altar."

  "What is an altar? What kind of place is an altar?"

  "Uh, it's very sacred, that place can lead to where the gods live..." Chu Huo suddenly stopped here, he looked at Mo Yier, his eyes were anxious! "Mo Yier, have you ever thought... will we be able to go back, return to heaven?"

  Mo Yu'er heard this and couldn't help but wipe away a bead of sweat. She couldn't return to the Heavenly Steed in the sky, but it was possible for her to go to the Western Heavens. But she decided against it. "I won't, I won't go back!"

  "That's good!" Chu Yan let out a sigh of relief, and a rare smile appeared on his face. The ground in the mountains was very hard, and occasionally there would be rocks that hurt the feet, even if they were wearing leather shoes. This slowed down Mo Yier's speed considerably, and Chu Yan soon noticed. "Mo Yier, I'll carry you instead, your feet are too tender for this kind of terrain."

  At this moment, Mo Yuer's heart was filled with happiness, she had never thought that someone would pay such close attention to her every move, it was great to have Chu Xiang by her side. Climbing onto Chu Xiang's back again, she couldn't help but press herself against him, feeling his body warmth and love for her.

  Chu Jian's body stiffened slightly, then relaxed, his lips curving up into a captivating smile that no one had ever seen before.

  "Chu Hu!" Wen Xin was interrupted, a robust woman blocked their way, making a face at Chu Hu.

  "Tai Li Sha?" Mo Yier looked at the newcomer and exclaimed in surprise.

  "Mo Yier, you're here too! Chu Yan, what are you doing with her on your back?" Taili Sha glared at Mo Yier fiercely, looking even more ferocious than before when they were in the canyon.

  "Tai Lisha, this has nothing to do with you, get out of the way." Chu Huo said coldly, his attitude towards Tai Lisha and Mo Yier being worlds apart.

  "Chu Hu, don't be like this. Although I followed Ni Ka, my heart has always been thinking of you. You also know that I didn't want to follow him, but I had no choice." Tai Li Sha tried to gain Chu Hu's sympathy with a pitiful expression, but unfortunately, Chu Hu didn't even give her an extra glance, and instead felt only disgust!

  "Chu Yu, you..."

  "Ta Lisha!" Nika and they appeared in the distance, calling out Ta Lisha.

  Tai Li Sha's neck shrunk back, very reluctantly returning to Ni Ka's side. They walked in the same direction as Chu Yan, all heading towards the altar, believing that this grand harvest festival would have many people and many tribes participating.

  Tai Li Sha walked quietly beside Ni Ka, occasionally turning her head to glance at Chu Huo, the affectionate gaze was obvious to anyone. Mo Yi Er suddenly felt that she was very pitiful, loving someone who didn't love her back and being forced to follow a man she didn't like.

  It's clear that Nika treats her indifferently, without the affection Chu Yan and Fan Ke have for their own. She can't help but ask Chu Yan: "Can you bear to watch Taili Sha follow Nika like this?"

  Chu Yan furrowed her brow slightly, not quite understanding Mo Yier's meaning. "Why can't you bear it?"

  "She doesn't like Nike, but is forced to follow Nike. Look at Nike's attitude towards her, it's not very good either!"

  "Nika will be good to her, don't worry about it." Chu Yan replied perfunctorily. At this time, women were just weaklings who couldn't hunt and relied on men for survival. Giving them a little bit of goodness was already a great blessing. The several women in the tribe had all been spoiled by the men in the tribe, but it wasn't like that outside. Of course, Mo Yier was an exception!

  "Oh!" Mo Yier's voice was low and she didn't dare to get close to Chu Yan anymore, Taili Sha's gaze was too terrifying, she feared that she would have nightmares at night.

  As the sky was about to darken, they arrived near the altar. There were many twinkling bonfires there, and it could be seen that each tribe had set up camp here. Mo Yi'er also saw the Haimu tribe, all of whom were men, including their leader, Hai Sen. Chu Yu and Mo Yi'er went over to greet them, while the others chose a place to set up camp.

  "Hello, Captain Haysen." Chu Yan slightly bowed his head.

  "Hello, Chu Huo leader, Mo Yier." Haisen smiled at them, very kind.

  "You've arrived this early? Almost all the major tribes have arrived, right?" Chu Yan said with a sweep of his eyes around.

  "Yes, after you and the Mudstone Tribe arrived, only the leader of the Tribal Alliance, the Flowing Cliff Tribe, has not yet arrived."

  "They always arrive last." Chu Yan nodded, indicating it was as expected.

  Haysen looked at the place where the bonfire was lit inside the camp and asked: "Huh? Didn't you guys bring any trade items?"

  "I brought some small things."

  "Huh? You're not exchanging meat? Your tribe always brought the most prey in previous exchanges!" Haysen was somewhat puzzled, as his tribe had always brought the most prey because they didn't have any other skills to make anything else to exchange.

  "Hehe, this time I'll exchange something else, you'll know after the sacrifice is over." Chu Yan said with a smile, full of confidence.

  "Really!" Haysen subconsciously looked at Mo Yier, his heart clear that if there was something new, it must have an inseparable relationship with this person.

  After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chu Yan and Mo Yi'er returned to their own campfire. At this time, several leaders of small tribes came to greet them, but most of them had an arrogant attitude. Mo Yi'er guessed that they should be from relatively wealthy tribes.

  "Is the Grand Harvest Festival tomorrow?" Mo Yier asked, gazing at the twinkling lights.

  "I don't know yet, I'll have to wait until the Gulu tribe arrives before starting."

  "Oh!" At that time, there was no specific date, the grand festival was when the leaves fell off, each tribe rushed to the altar, those who arrived early had to wait for those who came late, until all the tribes arrived, the ceremony would begin. Although it's a lot of trouble, it's also an unavoidable thing.

  Mo Yi'er also found that when Chu Yan mentioned the Langya tribe, his expression was gloomy, as if there was something unpleasant.