Hearing Shao Xuan's words, the expressions of the others changed.
"Anyone here again?" Ao asked.
"Yeah." Shao Xuan nodded, "But he ran away again."
After thinking for a while, Shao Xuan said again: "It doesn't seem to be the person last time."
What Shao Xuan was talking about was the aura he sensed when he was in the tourist area not long ago, and the aura he sensed at the moment was similar to the former, but not the same.
Even the two leaders, Zheng Luo and Ao, could not detect this, but they did not doubt Shao Xuan's judgment.
"The last time you asked someone from the patrol to bring it back, I did it myself. I guess there is more than one person lurking in the dark," Ao said.
The last time Shao Xuan chased Thief Eleven and Thief Twelve away, the patrol team followed at first. Later, Shao Xuan caught Robber Eleven and restricted the activities of Thief Twelve, so he let the patrolling return first. . However, he also asked the patrolling people to speak to Zheng Luo and Ao.
Shao Xuan released Thief Eleven and Thief Twelve, but he also painted a little something on them.
When the flaming horn hunting team hunts, they look for some special prey, such as requiring a certain part of the prey to be used as medicinal materials, or the prey's horn bones that are very suitable for sharpening weapons. If those prey are good at escaping, the flaming horns will sprinkle some powder for tracking on the prey the first time they encounter it.
Most of the powder has a strong smell, just like the ones they threw at the sneak attack when they encountered a sneak attack at night when they came back from the sea. people notice.
In the powder used for tracking, there is a very light smell that most people can't smell, but some beasts can.
What Shao Xuan sprinkled on Thief Eleven and Thief Twelve was the latter kind. The smell was light and hard to detect, but Caesar and the others could smell it and would not completely dissipate in a short period of time.
After the patrollers came back, they brought Shao Xuan's words to Zheng Luo and Ao. With the help of a few fierce beasts with a keen sense of smell in the tribe, they wandered around the tribe every day and closely inspected several areas where they smelled the smell.
When Shao Xuan caught the Thief Eleven, he learned from him that the Thief Seven was lurking nearby. Knowing that the higher the ranking, the harder it was to be detected, so he borrowed the two of them, the Thief Eleven and the Thief Twelve. A medium, people they have had close contact with, especially those who have played against each other, will definitely pick up those scents.
According to the results obtained by Ao during this period of time, after Shao Xuan released Thieves Eleven and Thieves Twelve, they sneaked in again, but they were only on the periphery and could not sneak into the Yanjiao tribe.
Following and patrolling, although he failed to catch anyone, Ao was sure that in addition to Thief Eleven and Thief Twelve, there were also people he knew about the two thieves lurking nearby, and, among those, some It is more powerful than Thieves Eleven and Thieves Twelve, which is what Shao Xuan mentioned, the more advanced thieves in "Pirates".
"Not only the Thief Eleven and the Thief Twelve, but also the Thief Seven, there should be other 'thieves', but those of them may not be of the same mind." Zheng Luo felt that it was difficult for anyone to be caught by those who were good at hiding in the dark. People staring at them will not feel good, not to mention those people are well-known "thieves" here.
"Actually, what I'm wondering is, why did the thieves come so quickly? Even because of the result of our battle with Wanshi, several of them won't come at once." Shao Xuan expressed his thoughts. It's not fast to pass news here. The seven tribes can come here quickly because they have been staring at them all the time, and what about the "stealers"? They were scattered all over the place, and they didn't stare at Yanjiao at the beginning, but now, several of them came at once, and they were all top-ranked masters in "thieves", and it was difficult to catch people.
Yanjiao, what attracts them
Even if a thousand stones were destroyed, it would not attract so many masters all at once. The purpose of "stealing" is different from that of others. Their purpose is to steal, not to inquire about their strength. In the eyes of most people on the mainland, Yanjiao is still a relatively backward and brutal tribe with only brute force.
The witch next to him also agreed: "Indeed, I have long heard that thieves like to steal precious treasures. Could it be that they fancy something from our tribe?"
"Could it be because of fire seeds? Or, nuclear seeds?!" The old lady Wu asked thoughtfully.
Several people couldn't come to a conclusion, but the theft is indeed something they must beware of. They don't need to worry about Tinder anymore, but Nuclear Seed, they have to keep an eye on it.
Shao Xuan carefully recalled the details of his pursuit of Robber Eleven and Robber Twelve. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that those two might not really be for the Wansuiye who was buried at the beginning. More than a year, enough time for them to sneak into the corner of flame, why wait until now? Or let Pirate Seven go to see it
Speaking of which, if the people who sneaked into the house in the tourist area were the Thieves Seven among the eleven thieves, then the appearance of the Thieves Qi was much earlier than that of the other big tribes.
Perhaps, before the battle with Wanshi, someone had already come!
"There must be something happening that we don't know about." Shao Xuan said solemnly. A piece of straw rope fell from his hand, and he couldn't find out what happened through the rope divination, but he had a feeling that the person who came this time may not be because of Wanshi!
"Tell me, are the tribesmen who have been relying on the outside hiding something from us?" Shao Xuan asked.
"That's not impossible. Anyway, those tribes have hidden things from us once or twice." Ao's tone was filled with strong dissatisfaction.
Thanks to those people who also said to have friendly exchanges, in-depth cooperation, and cooperation!
After weighing the axe in his hand, Ao had the idea of going out and slashing those people right now. He just doesn't like those people! If he hadn't known that it would be bad to have a quarrel with those people now, he would have already started.
As he was talking, someone came over and told Shao Xuan that someone from the Hui tribe had come and wanted to see him.
Not the two leaders, not the witch, but to see Shao Xuan.
"Do you know who it is?" Shao Xuan asked the soldier who came to report.
"Back to the tribe, Gula."
"Just him?"
"Yes."
Wu motioned to Shao Xuan, "Go take a look first and listen to what he wants to say."
"Yeah." Shao Xuan asked Gula to be taken to the house where he lived.
The fire of the flaming horn is no longer there. Even if it is close to the fire pond, there will be no pressure from the fire. Therefore, when Gula was brought over, he did not notice the suppression from the fire of the flaming horn.
Hesitating in his heart, Gula knew that some changes might have taken place in the flame horn fire, but such changes really made him unable to think through. However, the matter of the fire seed is considered a secret of the tribe, and the Yanjiao man didn't want to talk about it. He couldn't ask any more questions. He came to find Shao Xuan this time for other things.
In Shao Xuan's house, Lao Ke was grinding stone tools in another room, with Caesar guarding the door, not afraid of being eavesdropped.
"What, something?" Shao Xuan handed Gula a cup of tea brewed with herbal leaves.
Gula absently drank, the slightly bitter taste made him frown, but he didn't care. After taking a sip, he put down the pottery cup, thought for a while, and said to Shao Xuan, "Have you found any suspicious people around?"
"You mean I chased those two a few days ago?" Shao Xuan raised his eyes and looked at Gula.
Although Gu La Mian is still calm, there is hesitation in his eyes, and his fingers on his legs are tapping, as if he is thinking about making a decision.
After a pause, the look in Gula's eyes finally settled down, and his tone became a little heavier, "No, it's not just them. There may be more."
Shao Xuan's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, there was an inside story? !
"what do you mean?"
Gula did not answer directly, but said: "You know, our tribes, our main focus for the past two years has been on the desert. We can quickly know what happens in the desert." Speaking of this , Gula smiled awkwardly, "But we haven't noticed the movement of your flaming horns."
Gula was talking about the fact that the Yanjiao tribe suddenly brought so many people out of the desert. They did not find the reason, which was what they had always wondered about.
Looking at Shao Xuan, Gu La saw that Shao Xuan had nothing to explain, he coughed, and continued: "Actually, after you left the desert with so many people, another group of people left soon after. People from Yanling. When we knew it at the time, we thought that the desert overlord Yanling City sent people out of the desert to exterminate those slave owners who fled the desert, because their direction of action was this way.”
"However, so far, I haven't seen anyone in the desert rock mausoleum nearby." Shao Xuan said.
"Of course you didn't see it, because they entered from another part of the Ferocious Beast Forest, not from the side where your tribe is located." Gula pointed out.
The fierce beast forest is very large, and the side where the flaming horn is located is only a small area on the border of the forest. If someone enters the forest from another place, and Yanjiao does not know about it, it is also possible. After all, from the time he brought people back to his homeland, until now, Yanjiao has only gone on a long-distance hunting trip, and during this time he has only hunted for food nearby.
If you don't go deep into the forest, you will naturally not know other movements.
"What do you mean, the purpose of the people in the desert rock mausoleum is the fierce beast mountain forest?" Shao Xuan asked. Not the remnants of the slave owners who fled, not for Wanshi, not for the flaming horns, just to enter the mountains
"It seems to be looking for something. We don't know what to look for. When you brought back those newly grown foods, there were still people who wondered if you had discovered the secret." Gula smiled bitterly. In the end, they were disappointed. What Yanjiao found was just a new kind of food.
Shao Xuan lowered his eyes and pondered deeply, what was it that the people from the Shi family in Yanling City could send people to run all the way into the beast forest
Gula's words revealed a lot of information. The most important point was that the purpose of those people was not necessarily the flaming horns, but something in the beast forest.
At the same time, Gula also sent a message that they wanted to cooperate with the Flaming Horns, and compared to several other tribes, they were more optimistic about the Flaming Horns.
After all that was to be said, Gula left after a while.
Shao Xuan also informed Wu and the leader and others about what Gula said, and asked them to prepare in advance.