True Nature

Even Muza, a member of the Gu Tribe himself, was deeply wary of this Gu Tribe settlement.

This was deep within the Southern Border. Those ancient Gu Tribe settlements were far less civilized than the ones near Great Liang.

The Gu Tribe settlements near Great Liang had, to some extent, been influenced by Central Plains culture. They traded with the Han people and even intermarried with them.

But the Gu Tribe settlements here were all pure barbarians.

The world's impression of the Gu Tribe as savage and evil largely came from these ancient tribes.

"Leave?" Chen Duan rose to his feet and swept his gaze around. "They hurt my people. How can we simply let it go?"

He paused, the corners of his lips lifting slightly. "Oh, they came at just the right time. Saves us the trouble."

All of a sudden, footsteps sounded around them.

Before long, several Gu Tribe members dressed in Gu Tribe attire emerged from the undergrowth, surrounding them from all sides.

Their faces were painted with stripes in all manner of colors, forming bizarre patterns, and they carried various blunt weapons in their hands.

The leader even had a tiny skull hanging from his waist as an ornament. Judging by its size, it appeared to be an infant's skull.

The skull had been polished smooth and gleaming, with a hole drilled through its crown and a leather cord threaded through it to hang from his belt.

There were also ornaments made from all kinds of human bones: finger-bone necklaces, rib-bone hairpins...

As these people looked at Chen Duan and the others, greed gleamed in their eyes.

Even when they saw Yue Jinghong, who had yet to finish dressing, their gazes held the same look.

There was no lust in them, only pure greed.

It was