Chapter 28

Trigger warning: Slight homophobic remarks.

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"How is it possible!" Shan Pu was stunned, "Is there such a good thing?"

He looked at Tai Li, "King, can you guess it?"

Tai Li shook his head, "I don't know."

Hey?

So, he didn't know?

Lu Yu thought Tai Li had already seen his plan, so he (LY) asked him (TL) to agree to the High Ground tribe's request for another match, "Then why do you..."

Tai Li said flatly, "I believe in you, there must be a reason."

So as he said...

But how could Tai Li with only a sentence from him, already assured to make such decision boldly. This was a fighting arena and he could get hurt if he wasn't careful, even if Tai Li believed his decision, it was still...

Lu Yu suddenly felt that his throat was choked, unable to speak.

It didn't mean that he was hypocritical.

It was just because he never encounter a situation like this in modern times, when people could trust you completely and believed that you would not bring him harm.

It may also be that he was too focused on cooking, or that the modern network was too developed, occupying his time to go out and make friends.

But after all, he was very fortunate that he met the Matai people.

Lu Yu raised the corner of his mouth, "There is indeed a reason, that is.." He was interrupted before he could finish to speak.

"Hey! Brothers!"

Wu Li waved his hand and walked over with someone, then said seriously, "Do you really want to compete with Qiu Guang and the others again?"

Lu Yu nodded, "Yes."

Wu Li frowned, "I just heard that they went to find a helper ..."

"What helper?"

Wu Li looked solemn, "You don't know, that although this Qiu Guang is the leader of his tribe, in fact, the High Ground tribe is truly capable and prestigious, but his brother is particularly fond of fighting and seeing bloody. He usually hunt outside almost all day. He also had gone to the fighting arena twice, but never waited for others to concede defeat and will always kill his opponents. Later, no tribe was willing to fight with him, so he never appeared in the arena again, up till now."

He glanced at Tai Li, "This brother, you're really powerful, but you still need to be careful."

After listening to his words, Lu Yu was not nervous. He just swept through the game panel. The people here were all ordinary people, so they were not on the same level as the Matai.

Moreover, Tai Li hadn't done his best just now.

Lu Yu said gratefully, "Thank you for telling us."

...

On the arena.

Opposite Tai Li was a tall, dark man, with lean and slender figure. At first glance, he gave people a very awkward feeling. Just like a piece of wood burned with charcoal.

The man proudly said, "Was it you who defeated Tian Cheng?"

Tai Li didn't answer.

"Humph." The man snorted coldly, "Don't think that you're powerful just because you could defeat Tian Cheng, he's just a fat man with more strength."

The man lowered his face, "I'm different, I will give you an ugly death."

Qiu Guang cheered for his brother loudly from the audience, "Brother, kill him! Get our black wood back!"

The others from High Ground tribe behind him also shouted.

"Vice chief, come on!!"

"Tear him apart!!"

"Don't make him feel any better!!"

"Break his hands and feet!!"

...

No matter how calm Lu Yu was, he couldn't help but felt annoyed at this moment.

Shouted so loud, who said that only you could do it!

Let you see something new!

Lu Yu reached into his back basket, then took out a leaf that was as big as a fan from the ring. This leaf had a hard texture like modern hard-shell paper. He rolled the leaf into a big trumpet.

Raising his self-made trumpet, he roared loudly, "Tai Li!! Come on! Beat him until his mother can't recognize him!!"

Tai Li staggered on his feet, but still managed not to turn his head back.

Shan Pu was also preparing to cheer the King, when he shivered at the voice.

Turning his head, he saw that his family's witch, who always loved to look neat and presentable, was roaring into a strange leaf, with a blushed face and strained neck.

Shan Pu and the others: ...

After finishing the sentence, Lu Yu thought that Shan Pu and the other would consciously follow up, but it turned out to be quiet. He turned his head and frowned, "What are you doing in a daze, we can't lose the momentum!"

After that, he quickly took out a few leaves, made a few trumpets, then distributed them to everyone.

"Follow after me!" Lu Yu looked excited.

...

Before Tai Li and his opponent could make a few moves, the Matai trumpets had already dominated the battle.

It wasn't clear if the opponent was frightened by Lu Yu's trumpet, or Tai Li really tried a little harder. The battle that should be very exciting, became stale in the eyes of the audiences. It ended faster than the last one.

The charcoal man, which was still clamoring not long ago, was almost beat into two halves.

Qiu Guang's looked dumbly, "How could this be ..."

The man next to him anxiously said, "Chief, hurry up and admit defeat. The vice chief is about to be killed."

Qiu Guang was urged by his tribesmen and shouted in a daze, "We admit defeat..."

Shan Pu raised his arms and shouted, "Ao ao, our king has won!"

Hearing the shout of joy, Qiu Guang felt very resentful, but he couldn't care about it for now, and hurried to the person who was being helped to get down from the stage.

Qiu Huang covered his chest and spit a bloody saliva to the ground, "I won't die for the time being."

He wouldn't die, but he knew if that man just striked him again right now, for at most two more punches, his life was estimated to end here today.

"Those people..." Qiu Huang to the other side with a gloomy face.

Shan Pu and Le Shui were surrounding Tai Li.

Tai Lie looked at the things in their hands with some puzzlement, "What is this?"

Shan Pu, "This is made by the Witch! It's called a trumpet, and it can make our voice louder!"

It really was quite loud, Tai Li even felt that his ears were almost deaf on the stage.

Tai Li asked Lu Yu, saying lightly, "Just now, did you also shout?"

Lu Yu's face was a little red, obviously this man (TL) still had a serious expression, but why he (LY) always felt that he was laughing at him... In fact, he only shouted a few words at the beginning, and then gave the task to Shan Pu and the others. So, it was not that embarrassing, right?

He scratched his chin, and said to him, "Ah, that, let's get our loot back quickly!"

The corner of Tai Li's mouth slightly bent, "Okay."

The sharp-eyed Lu Yu: ...

He laughed didn't he! What was so funny?! Did he even know that his face was all battered like this!

How could this person still smile with such a colorful face...

Stop thinking, what are you thinking about Lu Yu!

...

A group of people walked toward the wooden house with the joy of victory.

Qiu Guang looked over there, clenched his fists tightly, and took a step.

"Ge, I'll go.."

"You, don't move!" Qiu Huang bellowed from behind him.

Qiu Guang gritted his teeth and said unwillingly, "Brother, that's the black wood we've saved for a long time!" A black yao wood was very difficult to cut because of its hard texture, it also took a long time even if the cutter used a stone axe, because it could only be ground bit by bit.

The black yao wood that the High Ground tribe had stored for so long actually had other more important use. They wanted to use it to enter the inner layer of the stone city.

As a result, Qiu Guang saw the arena and couldn't help but use it in exchange for more good things. He thought he would always win for sure, but he didn't expect...

"Moreover, there is also that wooden shed. If we also give it to them, we..."

Qiu Huang was upset by what he said and shouted, "Shut up, was not it all because of you!"

He gazed at Lu Yu's back like a snake in a gloomy manner, "Find someone to follow them, there is no way for them to move directly to the city, let's wait for the major tribe's decisions..."

...

Lu Yu walked to the wooden house and handed over the two leaves.

The overseer, Ba Yang, did not need to compare them, and put it away directly, he laughed, "I will take you to get the black wood."

Ba Yang took them to a wooden fence where people were standing guard, and pointed to the thirty-five pieces of black yao wood neatly placed inside, saying, "This is the black wood you won. There are thirty-five pieces in total. You can count them first."

Lu Yu simply counted and the number was right. The panel only required 30 woods, there were still five more pieces.

Bayang, "By the way, if you too few people and can't take it all away, you can go to the camp and find some slaves to help you carry it."

Lu Yu smiled, "There's no need, our tribe don't really have much, but the strength of our people is still quite big."

Having said that, Shan Pu and the others had already walked towards the pile of woods. In groups of two, one after the other, they easily carried all the woods.

A strange color flashed in Ba Yang's eyes, he praised, "Your tribe is really strong."

Lu Yu smiled politely and said a few greetings and then left with Tai Li.

When they finished the deal, Lu Yu and the others already decided to head to Qiu Guang's wooden house. Halfway there, unexpectedly they met a familiar man.

This person was the one who stared wretchedly at Tai Li, when they entered the wooden house for the first time.

The man's eyes were muddy and his ribs were thin, as if he had been hollowed out.

"Hi, I heard that you won from the High Ground tribe?" The thin man said something, with his eyes looked disgustingly at Tai Li's body.

Lu Yu burst into flames and tried to suppress his temper, "I'm sorry, but we still need to do something else."

"No need to hurry," the thin man shrugged. "Well, I'm Gong Yan from the Qu Tu tribe. I'm very interested in this warrior of your tribe and I can give you anything in exchange for..."

Before Shan Pu and the others could react, Chef Lu already wanted to bang his frying pan to this man's head.

Lu Yu didn't know why he was so angry.

This person should have thought that Tai Lis was an ordinary warrior in their tribe, because up to now, Lu Yu was the one who became their tribe spokesperson, and it was always him who made the decision.

This kind of exchange of materials for warriors, Mao Pu had also told them before, if a tribe looked at the outstanding warriors of other tribes in the arena, they would contact them privately. Actually, the exchange won't happen if it was not agreed, and it was a normal occurrence in this city.

Normal? What a fart!

Lu Yu opened his mouth, but although he could feel irritable at times, he really hadn't scolded anyone, so this time he was righteously at a loss. From beside him, Tai Li suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Let's go."

Lu Yu glanced at him and swallowed his anger.

...

On the way, Shan Pu suddenly clapped his hand, "I see!"

Lu Yu was still a little bit angry, "What do you know?"

"The man just now..." Shan Pu said halfway through his words, his expression hesitated, not knowing whether to say such a thing to this pure witch.

Lu Yu answered, "What about him? Isn't he ugly?!"

Shan Pu scratched his head, "That man seems to be a broken wooden man..."

Hearing these three words, Tai Li stiffened.

Lu Yu frowned slightly, "What is a broken wooden man?" Was this a new breed?

Shan Pu gnawed his lip and said, "Witch, you really don't know? They are basically a bent man... men and men... anyway, they are people who shouldn't exist!"

What he said was intermittent, but Lu Yu still understood it somehow. It turned out that the broken wooden man Shan Pu said was actually a gay guy!

Lu Yu once again burst into flames. "What about the broken wooden man? Is there any difference from the ordinary people? They are also made of flesh and blood. Why should the broken wooden man not exist?"

Shan Pu froze, "Ah?"

Although Lu Yu knew that the primitive society was bloody and violent, at least there were no all kinds of discrimination. At least the Matai he knew had always treated people equally. He never expected that they also had some prejudice like this.

Lu Yu didn't know why, but he dazedly blurted out, "So what if I'm a broken wooden man?! Do you also think I shouldn't exist!"

Shan Pu and the others:? ? ? ! ! !

Tai Li stopped abruptly, staring at Lu Yu like an eagle, "What are you saying?"

Lu Yu thought that in here, he would never find a girl to marry anyway, and he was also confident that they would not really leave him, so it was nothing to pretend in front of these Matai people that he was "rotten".

He straightened his chest and said confidently, "I am a broken wooden man, so what are you going to do now?!"

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T/N: When I read Shan Pu's dialogue, the first thought that I had was, "Oh no." But then I only felt proud of Lu Yu because of his answer.