Heading to Bei Village

"If you want to know about this, just go to the Bei Village and ask. 🐼💚 🍫😲" Qian Ye said to the group.

Upon hearing this, Shi Linhu rolled his eyes. "That's Bei Village, is it something you can just walk into?"

"Moreover, their Guardian Spirit are very powerful; getting too close will inevitably lead to your death."

He said that because he truly didn't understand Qian Ye's abilities.

No matter how powerful an Old Bei is, how powerful can it really be?

Qian Ye sneered, "This matter can't be avoided forever; it will be resolved sooner or later."

"You've all experienced it yourselves. These past few days, the Bei Village has repeatedly ambushed you hunters. As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. You were wounded but didn't die last time, so you've escaped a calamity."

"They're still testing the village's Guardian Spirit power, and they don't dare to go all out. But given enough time, that might change."

"I'm an outsider, and I didn't want to get involved in the affairs of your Stone Village, but the old clan chief kindly took me in and I'm staying at Hu Niu's house. I can't let her lose her home, so I decided to take action."

After hearing Qian Ye's words, the villagers all fell into deep thought.

They all agreed that Qian Ye's words made sense; if this matter wasn't resolved, it wouldn't be so easy for Stone Village to go hunting in the future.

The old clan chief suddenly nodded, smiling as he looked at Qian Ye: "Xiao Ye is right. The sooner this matter is resolved, the better it will be for our Stone Village. Moreover, every time you go out hunting, you have to deal with Ferocious Beast and guard against sneak attacks from the Bei Village. It's really too dangerous."

"So since we can't avoid it, we'll go to their door and make it clear to them in person. I'll lead the team; those who want to go can come with me, and those who don't can stay. I won't force anyone."

"Then I'll go." Shi Linhu was the first to step forward.

"I."

I'll go too.

"And me..."

Immediately, hundreds of men in the square stepped forward, wanting to go with the old clan chief.

Qian Ye shook his head upon seeing this. "Clan leader, there's really no need for so many people to go. It's not that it's bad, but if too many people go, they'll think we're going to start a massacre and seize their territory. We'll probably start fighting before we even negotiate, and they won't even let us in the door."

The old clan chief listened and agreed that it made sense.

Since this matter was brought up by Qian Ye, it seems he already has a plan, so I looked at him for advice. "Xiao Ye, what would you do?"

Qian Ye glanced at everyone and said, "How about this? I'll lead the way this time. Clan Chief, you and Shi Linhu can come with me. Too many people will only make things worse. We're going to negotiate, not to fight. There's no need for a big fuss."

"Is this... is this okay?" Shi Linhu, who had been so arrogant just moments before, immediately retorted when he heard that only three people would be going.

Qian Ye ignored him and instead pulled Hu Niu by the hand, heading towards the village entrance. "Chieftain, don't bring any weapons. After all, we're going to negotiate. Bringing weapons makes us seem insincere and could make the people of the Bei Village uneasy. ♪🐠 Claw 🏆😾"

"This..."

Shi Linhu was almost in tears. Only three of them went, and without any weapons—wasn't that just suicide?

However, unwilling to back down in front of everyone, he could only follow Shi Yunfeng and chase after them.

The group of grown men left in the square Mianmian, wondering if they had misheard. Had someone dared to go to the Bei Village for negotiations without any preparation?

"By the way, is Qian Ye's negotiation really reliable?"

"And they went without weapons, along with the old clan chief and a little girl named Hu Niu who was only a few years old. Just Tiger Brother and Qian Ye, could they possibly defeat hundreds of people from the Bei Village?"

"There's also a Guardian Spirit and a pack of ferocious wolves. It's a sure path to certain death."

"I also think Qian Ye is unreliable, but everyone, don't forget that three years ago, when Qian Ye first arrived in our Stone Village, he offended the Guardian Spirit Master. As a result, the Guardian Spirit Master pierced his body with a willow branch and buried him in the back mountain. Just when everyone thought he was a cold corpse lying on the ground, he crawled out of the mound of earth and came back to life that afternoon."

"Although for the past three years, Qian Ye has been lazy and idle in the village, spending his days doing nothing productive, and taking the village children to catch fish and shrimp in the mountains and rivers, which is annoying, he hasn't shown anything wrong. But I think the more he does this, the more it shows that he is no ordinary person."

"The fact that someone can live happily every day without caring about other people's opinions or the pressure of gossip from villagers is what makes him special. For example, if one of us were under such societal pressure, could we still live each day as carefree and happily as he does?"

"Cannot!"

"I don't have that kind of thick skin!"

"The key isn't about being thick-skinned, but about having a stable mental fortitude. Otherwise, let alone Qian Ye, an outsider in Stone Village, even I, a local, would find it unbearable to be talked about and disliked by the villagers every day."

"Therefore, a person's confidence must be linked to their ability; otherwise, even the most carefree person will eventually succumb to the gossip and suffer a mental breakdown."

"Qian Ye stayed in Stone Village for three years, ignoring the villagers' gossip and remaining happy every day. So, in my opinion, he must be a hidden master."

"There's some truth to that..."

The group discussed the rights and wrongs, gains and losses, of Chiba taking the old clan chief to the Qian Ye Bei Village for negotiations.

Ultimately, however, no one had a better solution.

After all, they are not as capable as Qian Ye; what power could they possibly have to change his decision?

Even Willow Deity, who was standing to the side, remained silent; their objections would only be a slap in the face.

Otherwise, they would risk their lives to fight the people of Bei Village.

But the people of Bei Village were no pushovers either; their fighting strength was even inferior to that of the Bei Village.

In the original book, if Shi Hao hadn't intervened and defeated Bei Feng boy from Bei Village, Shi Linhu and his companions would have been no match for them at all.

Even Auntie Green Scaled Eagle was seriously injured in the sneak attack by the villagers of Bei Village.

In the dense forest, Qian Ye led the way, holding Hu Niu's hand, while Shi Linhu and the old clan chief followed closely behind.

"Clan leader, do you think this is reliable?" Shi Linhu whispered in Shi Yunfeng's ear.

The old clan chief chuckled upon hearing this, "What's wrong, Xiao Hu? Are you already chickening out?"

"Ah..." Shi Linhu's face flushed red. The old clan chief had hit the nail on the head, and he was naturally embarrassed. He glanced at Hu Niu's retreating figure and said, "No, clan chief, it's fine if we go, but Hu Niu is still a child!"

"She's only six years old. If something were to happen to her, how could we face her deceased parents? So, we can go, but she can't."

The old clan chief turned and glanced at him. "You, you, I know your little schemes all too well. You're just afraid the people of Bei Village are unreasonable, and that we're outnumbered, so we'll likely be in deep trouble if we go and can't defeat them, right?"

"That's right!" Shi Linhu realized that the old clan chief had seen through his thoughts, so he couldn't keep up the pretense any longer. "As you know, those people from Bei Village are wolves in sheep's clothing, just like that Old Bei in their village—ruthless, cunning, and treacherous. So, with just the four of us and a child, we have absolutely no bargaining power with them, right?"