Orc Priest (20): 

Gu Juntian hoped someone would notice his deep relationship with the priest, but no one did.

This made him a little depressed, and when he looked at Bai Yutian, his expression grew even darker.

Wasn’t this guy always chatting with people in the tribe? Why didn’t he ever talk about him?

Whenever Gu Juntian ran into Bai Yutian, he glared at him.

Bai Yutian shrank his neck.

Ever since he bumped into his fellow townsman and the little white rabbit dating at the priest’s doorway and even said something he shouldn’t have, his fellow townsman had never looked at him kindly.

He must never interfere in his fellow townsman’s love life again!

During this time, Bai Yutian’s life wasn’t great, but it wasn’t too bad either.

In his bag, aside from food, there were also various miscellaneous little things.

For example, there was a gel pen inside.

He had just graduated from high school, and out of habit, he kept a pen in his bag.

After traveling to this world, he hadn’t paid much attention to the pen at first. After all, it couldn’t be eaten or drunk.

But after he exchanged half a bottle of sports drink for meat, his entrepreneurial spirit ignited.

Life among primitives was really boring. Bai Yutian used the pen to draw a pattern on his own hand, and after showing it to people, many started asking him to draw patterns on them.

As long as they were willing to give him meat, he never refused.

Now, many people in the tribe had patterns drawn with his pen on their faces and bodies, and they gave Bai Yutian meat according to the size of the drawings.

Bai Yutian also joined in gathering activities, so he could get a little meat, and with what others gave him, he could eat and drink his fill every day. By tribal standards, his life was considered pretty good.

The only problem was that the meat was hard to chew and not very tasty.

Thinking this, Bai Yutian glanced at the priest’s house.

His fellow townsman cooked delicious food for the priest every day, even using dinosaur eggs to make omelets. The smell alone was mouthwatering.

He wanted some too!

But no matter how skilled a cook, you couldn’t make food without ingredients, and he had no dinosaur eggs.

Bai Yutian could only taste-test the plants he gathered and try combining them with dinosaur meat to make food that was at least edible.

This method, however, made the tribe treat him more and more favorably.

Someone even asked, “Bai, you know so much, are you a priest from another tribe?”

Bai Yutian answered without hesitation, “I’m not a priest! If I were, how could I be wandering out here alone? But I do come from a large tribe—people from our tribe know many things.”

“So that’s it.” The others nodded, satisfied with the explanation.

While Bai Yutian was thriving in the tribe, Gu Juntian discovered traces of the Sirius Tribe.

He had gotten information about them from the Ape Tribe and had been searching ever since.

But since their tribe’s hunting range wasn’t large, he hadn’t seen anyone from the Sirius Tribe before.

After his recent breakthroughs in cultivation and strength, and after helping the hunting team capture enough prey, he rushed in a certain direction using spiritual power. That’s when he entered the Sirius Tribe’s hunting grounds and encountered their people.

The Hippo Tribe was still a small prehistoric tribe, with everyone somewhat related by blood. Though there were differences in strength, the relationships were good, and the only real inequality was in how meat was divided.

The Sirius Tribe was different.

The Sirius Tribe already had slaves.

In the Sirius Tribe, the highest status belonged to beastmen with the beast form of the direwolf.

Direwolves weren’t very large, even smaller than Gu Juntian’s tiger form, but their bite was terrifying, and they excelled at teamwork, making them fully capable of hunting large prey.

There were eight hundred direwolf beastmen in the Sirius Tribe!

In addition, the tribe had other powerful beastmen whose status was slightly lower than the direwolves, but still very high.

The tribe didn’t just hunt—they were also aggressive. They attacked weaker tribes, enslaving their people.

The Sirius Tribe’s slaves were basically people captured from small tribes.

The women became their playthings, while the men were driven to hunt or raise dinosaurs.

The Sirius Tribe also had a special skill: they tamed dinosaurs.

Including their slaves, the tribe had five thousand people. Although the slaves ate very little—grass roots, tree bark, scraps of dinosaur hide, meat scraps, and bones—the overall food consumption was still enormous.

But thanks to dinosaur breeding, the tribe never starved.

The Sirius Tribe wasn’t fixed in one location either. Their tamed dinosaurs had huge appetites, so they were always slowly migrating.

They were still some distance from the Hippo Tribe, but eventually, they would reach its vicinity.

The Hippo Tribe lived in a swampy area. The Sirius Tribe might not necessarily attack them, but once nearby, their dinosaurs would eat the vegetation, and their hunting would drive away the dinosaurs that lived in the area.

At that point, the Hippo Tribe might face having no prey to catch.

The Sirius Tribe had to be dealt with.

As for how… Gu Juntian didn’t want to disrupt the Hippo Tribe’s life or make them accompany him in battle.

Wars between tribes were dangerous and deadly.

Zhou Qinghao valued the Hippo Tribe people too much to want them to die.

So… Gu Juntian decided to deal with the Sirius Tribe alone.

Although the Sirius Tribe had many strong warriors, not all were loyal, and the slaves certainly had no affection for them.

If he showed his power and killed a few of the Sirius Tribe’s main culprits, the tribe might scatter.

Once he understood what needed to be done, he returned to the tribe as usual and told Zhou Qinghao that for the next few days he’d be hunting daily, but afterward he’d be leaving the tribe for a while.

“What are you going to do?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

Gu Juntian said, “As the beast god’s messenger, I received an order from the beast god a few days ago. The beast god told me there’s a Sirius Tribe nearby committing countless crimes, and I must wipe them out.”

He then explained everything the Sirius Tribe had done.

Zhou Qinghao froze.

The Sirius Tribe? The same one from the prophecy that would destroy the Hippo Tribe?

After realizing Gu Juntian had already deviated from the prophecy, Zhou Qinghao had considered the Sirius Tribe problem.

They were too numerous—the Hippo Tribe couldn’t win in a fight. His plan had been to avoid them.

Since they lived in the swamp, if they didn’t provoke the Sirius Tribe, the Sirius Tribe might not attack them.

As for food… he had been preparing dried fish and dried meat. When the time came, he’d send the hunters fishing. They wouldn’t starve.

Besides, now that the weather was hot, the swamp’s vegetation grew quickly. Even eating algae, they could last for many days.

The Sirius Tribe would probably arrive in two months, giving him enough time to prepare.

But he hadn’t expected Gu Juntian to propose destroying them early.

Could it be that Gu Juntian, like him, had seen the Hippo Tribe’s future?

When Gu Juntian saw Zhou Qinghao fall silent, he assumed he was worried. “Don’t worry, A-Qing. I’m the beast god’s messenger. I have divine power. Nothing will happen to me.”

Zhou Qinghao had trained with him and knew his abilities.

He understood that even if Gu Juntian couldn’t defeat the Sirius Tribe, he could definitely escape.

But he still didn’t feel at ease with Gu Juntian going alone. “I’ll go with you.”

Gu Juntian said, “Why would you go? I can handle it.”

Zhou Qinghao said, “I’m also the beast god’s messenger. I should go too.”

Gu Juntian leaned over and kissed him. “You’re no messenger of the beast god. You’re just an ordinary priest, the kind who serves the beast god’s messenger. You have to listen to me. You’re not allowed to go.”

Zhou Qinghao ignored him. “If you don’t let me, I’ll go by myself.”

“No, you have to listen to me. You can’t go.”

“I won’t listen. What can you do about it?” Zhou Qinghao asked.

Gu Juntian truly had no way to stop him. “You, you…”

Zhou Qinghao’s expression was firm. “If you let me go with you, I’ll serve you properly. If you don’t, I’ll go alone.”

Gu Juntian said, “My little ancestor, it’s dangerous there!” And as for this so-called serving, recently it had always been him doing the work—especially at night… cough.

“Then let’s bring a few others along,” Zhou Qinghao said. “Don’t worry, I’ll be careful and won’t take risks. Besides, I once followed my teacher to nearby tribes. Didn’t you say the Sirius Tribe swallowed some of them? There might be people there I know.”

In his past life, when he was captured by the Sirius Tribe, he had seen acquaintances among the slaves. They had recognized him too and even tried to help, but failed.

This time, if he went, he might be able to contact them for support.

One way or another, they had to take down the Sirius Tribe.

After they finished discussing, Gu Juntian thought of something. “A-Qing, I already agreed to let you come. Doesn’t that mean you have to serve me properly?”

Zhou Qinghao stared at him for a moment, then kissed him.

Soon, the two were kissing passionately.

“Priest, priest!” Bai Yutian’s voice suddenly rang out, followed by the door being pushed open.

He froze at the sight inside.

What had he just seen? The priest and the chief were kissing!

He rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating.

Gu Juntian finally let go of Zhou Qinghao and asked, “What do you need?”

At the same time, Bai Yutian blurted out, “You, you two…”

“We’re a couple. What’s the problem? Haven’t you seen one before?” Gu Juntian said matter-of-factly.

Bai Yutian was speechless.

Gu Juntian glanced at Zhou Qinghao’s flushed face, released him, and walked to the door. He asked Bai Yutian, “So what did you come here for?”

He had already noticed Bai Yutian approaching, but that hadn’t made him let go of Zhou Qinghao.

He was eager for the tribe to know about their relationship.

Bai Yutian had indeed come with something to discuss, but he had already forgotten what it was.

He stared at Gu Juntian in shock. “Fellow townsman, aren’t you being too much of a scumbag? You’re with the priest, but also with someone else. The priest is so amazing—aren’t you afraid he’ll get back at you?”

Gu Juntian was speechless. “I’m not with anyone else but the priest. Stop falsely accusing me!”

Bai Yutian said, “But what about that little white rabbit…”

No wonder he couldn’t find any female beastmen close to his fellow townsman. No wonder his fellow townsman didn’t sleep in the priest’s house, but outside its door.

So his fellow townsman and the little white rabbit were having an affair!

Bai Yutian looked at Gu Juntian like he was a scumbag.

Gu Juntian dragged Bai Yutian toward the tribe’s gathering place.

“Chief!” The tribesmen greeted Gu Juntian one after another.

Gu Juntian replied, “Hello, everyone!”

After the greetings, he walked toward an older tribesman not far away and asked, “Uncle Shi, how many people in the tribe have the beast form of a rabbit?”

“Rabbit? The only one with a rabbit beast form is the priest. Why?” Uncle Shi asked, confused.

Gu Juntian tilted his head toward Bai Yutian.

Bai Yutian: “…” The priest and the chief were actually involved with each other! He had stumbled upon such a huge secret!

He had to keep this to himself, or the chief and the priest would both come after him.