When they left, there was only one behemoth, yet they returned with six behemoths? Why was there such a difference?
Zhang Dali thought about it and realized the reason. He proudly said , “How is this difficult to understand? Originally, Young master Lian was an ordinary candidate, so there was no special treatment. But now, Young master Lian must have shined in the Kingdom’s selection and has become an official member of the Jin Long Wei. He is now greatly appreciated, so Young master Lian is coming back with a greater scale! How can we compare Young master Lian with others!?”
Zhang Dali said this and made the others understand!
“Brother Zhang is the clever one. He understood it immediately!”
“That’s for sure. Brother Zhang can write and is different from us brutes.” Another small sized man sucked up. Zhang Dali could write. He could write his name, the main reason being… his name had fewer strokes.
“Let’s go, let’s report the good news!” Zhang Dali waved his hand and the group of men ran towards the village happily.
They were originally very hungry, but with Lian Chengyu back, they were no longer hungry and ran with great haste!
At this time, back in the Lian tribal clan’s Patriarch’s courtyard, the Patriarch was smoking using a pipe. Actually, this pipe no longer had anymore tobacco. In the vast wilderness, tobacco was expensive and the Patriarch had almost finished smoking his stash. So for the past few days, he had used a tiny bit of tobacco, and with a few puffs it would be gone.
Even if it ran out, the Patriarch carried on smoking. It seemed like it had turned into a habit.
“Second brother, you say, it’s been over ten days. There should be some news from Chengyu…” The Patriarch said to the old man not far from him. These words had been said by the Patriarch numerous times in the past few days.
This old man wore a half-new cotton robe. As he drank bitter tea made out of tea leaves foam, he said without much thought, “It should be one of these days…”
As the two old men spoke, with a “bang”, the door to the Patriarch’s courtyard slammed open.
The old man drinking tea jumped in fright. He nearly knocked over his precious teacups. After all, it was hard to find a set of porcelain cups in the Lian tribal clan.
They were about to rage when they saw it was Zhang Dali and several men from the warrior preparation camp.
These people were those they had sent to man the mountain post.
As such, the tea-drinking old man didn’t say a word and just stared at Zhang Dali with heavy breaths. He was vaguely felt there was a chance for him to be excited.
“He’s here! He’s here!” Zhang Dali said incoherently, “Six! Six!”
Zhang Dali gestured his six fingers and the two old men were shocked upon hearing it.
What the hell?
“Six behemoths! The… the kind the Jin Long Wei rides!”
Behind Zhang Dali was a panting member of the warrior preparation camp who explained. He had followed Zhang Dali all the way down, so he was panting heavily.
“Yes… I was the first to discover it!” Although Zhang Dali was out of breath, he did not forget to take credit. “So many behemoths heading to our village. For sure… For sure it’s Young master Lian!” panted Zhang Dali.
Seeing the old man with a cup of tea in hand, he grabbed it without any propriety and drank it dry. This was because he was excited. Usually he would never have the courage to do so.
“Young master Lian must have become a Jin Long Wei member, maybe even an elite! Why else would the Jin Long Wei send so many behemoths to send him back?” Zhang Dali explained his own reasoning.
Lian Chengyu must have obtained great results. If he had been unsuccessful, the Jin Long Wei would have been kind even if they sent just a single person to bring him back. They might not even be bothered to send him back. At that point, Lian Chengyu would have to stay in the Tao tribal clan. He would then have to wait for the Tao tribal clan’s Purple Blood warriors to come to the Lian tribal clan to do the exchange before he could come back.
By understanding this, the Patriarch turned radiant. His beard began to shake with excitement, “Great! Great! We have finally endured through it!”
“Chengyu has delivered, Chengyu has delivered!” The old man with the teacup was too happy. He began coughing after laughing, and nearly died from excitement.
“Our Lian tribal clan will prosper. We will walk out of the vast wilderness into the central plains!” The Patriarch’s beamed from ear to ear. He laughed till his wrinkled old face became like a daisy flower during autumn.
“Quick! Give the orders, get the tribe to prepare. We have to greet the Jin Long Wei ambassadors! We cannot let the ambassadors think that as our countryside village’s etiquette is lacking!”
Only then did the Patriarch remember the important things. He slapped his thigh and quickly ordered Zhang Dali.
After Zhao Tiezhu had been maimed, many things in the tribe was instead done by the “smarter” Zhang Dali.
“Alright!” Zhang Dali rushe