Ch 450: Hiding
Xiaohe Village’s entrance.
Liu Dongyue and Lang Yuankui, each with their tribespeople, swiftly arrived here in less than an hour.
“You surround the entire village from all four sides. If anyone suspicious tries to leave, stop and apprehend them immediately.”
Looking at Xiaohe Village before him, Lang Yuankui decisively stated.
A major event, a great merit, was before him; he absolutely had to maintain utmost caution, absolutely no loopholes could appear.
Receiving the order, the Blood Wolf Tribe members immediately ran to the village’s surroundings, surrounding it.
Seeing this, Liu Dongyue had no choice but to arrange some Green Snake Race people to also go and surround Xiaohe Village.
Waves of disorderly footsteps echoed outside the village, instantly alarming the villagers residing within Xiaohe Village.
Upon hearing the strange sounds, the villagers thought that people from other villages were coming to cause trouble, so they immediately grabbed fish forks, hammers, and other weapons and rushed out of their houses.
However, upon seeing Lang Yuankui and Liu Dongyue and their group at the village entrance, they were immediately startled, quickly dropping their weapons, and standing dumbfounded on the spot.
These people outnumbered everyone in Xiaohe Village, and each of them emanated an oppressive aura.
The villagers immediately realized that this group was not from other villages; they were clearly people from other high-level tribes.
At this time, the Village Chief of Xiaohe Village, leaning on a crutch and walking slowly, came out from the innermost house. Upon seeing the group outside, he unhesitatingly came to the village entrance.
Then cautiously glancing at the leading Liu Dongyue and Lang Yuankui, he said, “May I ask, what major event brings you two esteemed gentlemen to my Xiaohe Village?”
Liu Dongyue coldly snorted and said, “If it weren’t for my subordinates inadvertently overhearing your conversation, we still wouldn’t know that your village was hiding a human. Such a major event and you didn’t report it!”
Hearing this.
The other villagers were slightly stunned, a flash of panic in their eyes.
Privately sheltering a human is a crime among their Demon Race.
Although they kindly took in Li Hanzhou, it didn’t mean they would tell others; only they themselves knew. Yet, they never expected that their conversation while fishing on the Bi Shui River was overheard by others.
For a moment, a wave of annoyance flashed through the hearts of the villagers who had been fishing on the Bi Shui River.
“Esteemed gentlemen, you’re wrong! When did my Xiaohe Village ever hide a human?”
The Village Chief’s hand gripping his crutch trembled slightly as he quickly denied, “This is simply not true!”
Although he and the other villagers were all aware of the matter of secretly sheltering a human, they absolutely couldn’t admit it, otherwise, they were finished.
“Still quibbling? I see you…”
A look of anger appeared on Liu Dongyue’s face.
But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Lang Yuankui.
“Brother Liu, what are you wasting words on them for? Whether there’s a human in the village or not, we’ll find out with a search.”
Lang Yuankui impatiently waved his hand.
In his view, these villagers were insignificant ants, not worth wasting words on; doing so was just a waste of time.
With Lang Yuankui’s order.
The Blood Wolf Tribe members surrounding him directly pushed aside the Xiaohe Village villagers in front of them and surged into the village.
They immediately split into several teams, starting the search from the first household on either side of the village entrance.
The sounds of smashing and crashing suddenly echoed within the houses.
The originally tidy houses became chaotic in an instant, as if bandits had come.
“Don’t smash my jar; it’s still pickling salted fish!”
“I just repaired my stove with such difficulty! Why did you kick it broken?!”
“…”
Seeing their homes being destroyed, the villagers rushed into their houses to try to stop the Blood Wolf Tribe members.
However, their words were ignored by the Blood Wolf Tribe members; their search continued relentlessly, and they even directly kicked those few obstructive villagers out of their houses.
The other villagers’ faces changed upon seeing their unreasonable and tyrannical actions.
Without hesitation, they rushed to their respective homes, wanting to secure their valuables to prevent them from being destroyed.
Lang Yuankui coldly smiled at the villagers’ backs and strode into the village.
Seeing this, a look of disgust flashed in Liu Dongyue’s eyes.
Fine, search, but why must they destroy people’s belongings? This conduct is no different from that of vicious bandits.
Then Liu Dongyue looked at Lei Zhensheng and said, “You also go and assist with the search, and be careful.”
Lei Zhensheng and the others nodded and went to search other houses.
In fact, they were quite displeased with the Blood Wolf Tribe’s conduct.
Because their Green Snake Tribe was once a very weak tribe, they understood the feeling of being bullied without having done anything wrong.
Therefore, when they searched, they were not as unrestrained as the Blood Wolf Tribe members.
At this time, Lu Yuanhua and Lu Yueya returned home together. Seeing Li Hanzhou standing in the courtyard, they immediately said, “Someone’s searching the village; you must hide and don’t come out.”
After saying that, they went to the door and stood there, wanting to buy Li Hanzhou some time.
“Big Brother, come with me. I know a place where you can hide.”
Upon hearing that Li Hanzhou needed to hide, Lu Xiaoxiao thought of something and spoke.
Li Hanzhou nodded solemnly.
He had already learned from the villagers that the Demon Race was hunting him, so he understood that those outside were searching for him. If he were caught, his clone would simply die, but the people of Xiaohe Village would likely suffer.
So, he followed Lu Xiaoxiao to the backyard.
Several ancient trees were planted in the backyard. Lu Xiaoxiao came to a tree on the right, then tiptoed, grabbed a protruding piece of bark above, pulled it down, and pulled down a large piece of bark.
Inside the tree trunk was a hollow space.
“This is something Daddy made for me when I was a child playing hide-and-seek, Big Brother, go in quickly.”
Lu Xiaoxiao explained and moved aside.
Li Hanzhou did not hesitate and immediately stepped into the hollow tree trunk.
As Lu Xiaoxiao re-attached the bark outside, darkness instantly enveloped his vision.
“What are you two doing standing at the door? Get lost!”
A fierce shout came from the front, followed by the sounds of smashing and crashing.
After a few seconds, disorderly footsteps appeared in front of Li Hanzhou.
However, after walking around for a while, they left.
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