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Chapter 56 Getting By Deception

"Summer Capital..."

Watching Xu Lun's departing figure, Old Wu's eyes were extremely complex and unfathomable.

Zhou Bo, standing beside him, also had a complicated expression. He was pondering what Xu Lun had just said and recalling the other man's expression. For a moment, he couldn't tell how much of it was true and how much was false.

At first, he thought Xu Lun was related to the tribe, but for a while, he felt that it was not quite right. Then, the other party suddenly took out beast tooth coins, which was considered to be his own identity.

But just now, the other party said it was a joke, completely overturning Zhou Bo's previous conclusions.

But upon closer examination, the act of revealing one's identity by offering Beast Tooth Coins is contradictory and lacks a reasonable motive, giving the impression of being deliberate.

If Xu Lun was indeed sent by the tribal humans, then revealing his identity at this time would be tantamount to courting death, giving these city-state humans a reason to attack.

Even though he was not as strong as his opponent, Yun Du's reinforcements would arrive soon. Even if he managed to escape by chance, this commotion would only bring bigger trouble, such as being hunted down by the Tianqian Guard!

Moreover, this guy has Yun Zhongbao, who's a burden, with him. It seems like they shouldn't be having a conflict at this time.

Therefore, logically speaking, Zhou Bo is more inclined to believe that Xu Lun is not the one in question, and that what he just did, as he himself said, was just a joke.

Moreover, those few animal teeth of his might not necessarily come from the tribe of humans. Zhou Bo glanced at them just now and they were all very ordinary animal teeth, not very valuable, and could only be used to exchange for some basic living supplies.

So Xu Lun's claim that he was joking wasn't wrong; if he wanted to trade with Old Wu for that jar of aged Daughter's Red wine, his few animal teeth were really no match for it.

In fact, these animal teeth can also be found in the city-state. They can be used as an auxiliary material in medicine or to make bone china. They can be bought in many shops and there are legitimate channels for sourcing them.

Therefore, upon closer examination, judging someone as a spy sent by the tribe based solely on a few ordinary animal teeth seems like an overreaction...

Just as Zhou Bo was pondering these questions.

Suddenly, Zhang Yuan stepped forward from behind, leaned closer, and whispered:

"Senior brother, are we really going to let him go?"

Zhou Bo snapped out of his daze, glanced in the direction Xu Lun had left, a helpless expression on his face, and couldn't help but chuckle:

"Let's wait until the elders arrive before we discuss this further."

He thought about it for a long time, but in the end he didn't say what was on his mind.

After all, there were outsiders like Mr. Wu present.

And so, Xu Lun and Luka, one human and one leopard, strolled leisurely through the village and left Zulu Village under the watchful eyes of everyone.

After leaving the village, I came to that familiar dirt road again.

At this moment, Xu Lun could no longer maintain his composure. With his back to the place of trouble behind him, his face collapsed, all his previous arrogance and confidence gone, leaving only the lingering fear and unease of escaping a disaster.

"Damn, luckily I reacted quickly enough..."

Xu Lun couldn't help but curse under his breath, but at least he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't understand the significance of those animal teeth, he could clearly sense that the atmosphere at the scene had become rather strange after they were taken out.

So even if he didn't understand the intricacies of it, Xu Lun realized that this thing was a menace, so he simply threw it away and distanced himself from it.

As for the summer capital.

Anyway, he just said it casually. Whether Zhou Bo believed it or not didn't matter, as long as he could temporarily fool him.

However, deciding where to go next is indeed a question that needs to be considered.

Zhou Bo and his group came from Yundu. Xu Lun had no idea where Yundu was, but they had traveled south, and Zulu Village was located in the southwest corner of the continent...

In other words, starting from here, Yundu is roughly in the northeast direction. If you go that way, you will most likely encounter the reinforcements that Zhou Bo called.

According to Bai Ye from the Administration Bureau, Xia Du is located in the central area of ​​the continent, which is also in the northeast direction.

Besides Xiadu, Xu Lun also knew of a place called Canaan, which belonged to another power—the Star Signers—and was located at the southern end of the Earth Continent.

Therefore, heading northeast or southeast is not very safe at the moment. The cultivators' activity range is mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the territory, while the western part should be the territory of those tribes and clans.

Xu Lun glanced down at Luca, who was following him. This guy was nominally a leopard, but his fighting ability seemed to be about the same as a dog's. He couldn't be relied on for fighting or helping out. He wondered if he could serve as an early warning system like a dog.

But then I thought, if this guy could be caught by those brutes from Zulu Village even while hiding in the woods, his sense of danger probably isn't that great...

Perhaps sensing the disdainful look in Xu Lun's eyes, Luka suddenly raised his head, looking completely bewildered, and stared at him expectantly.

What's wrong with me? Why are you staring at me like that?

Xu Lun thought for a moment and asked:

"Were you genuinely unable to climb out of that hole, or were you faking it?"

All that could be heard was Luca's aggrieved cry:

"Really...?"

Xu Lun nodded and continued to ask:

"Alright, which way do you think we should go now?"

Upon hearing this, Luca immediately stopped in his tracks, looked up and gazed ahead, his pointed ears perking up as he listened. Then, he turned his neck and looked back diagonally behind him.

"I think we should head towards the snow-capped mountains."

Snow-capped mountains?

Xu Lun was slightly taken aback, then followed Luca's gaze and looked diagonally behind him.

Although it was blocked by trees, judging from the location, it was to the northwest. A young man named Lumen from Zulu Village had told Xu Lun that there seemed to be a snow-capped mountain there.

Luca turned around, looked ahead, and explained:

"If we keep going this way, all we'll see are human villages. I never want to go back there again..."

It even shrank back, refusing to take another step forward, seemingly genuinely frightened and somewhat traumatized.

Xu Lun looked ahead. If he continued walking, he would reach Chawa Village, the place where the cannibalism incident had occurred.

Speaking of which, that demon beast called Evil White Tiger seems to know Luka. Luka knows its name, and it even came into the village looking for Luka the night before.

"Do you know that Evil White Tiger?"

Upon hearing this, Luca was taken aback, looked up at him, and asked curiously:

"How do you know? Did you see it?"

Xu Lun nodded but didn't answer immediately. Judging from Luca's reaction, it seemed to have no memory of what had happened before.

Actually, it was the creature that first told him the name "Evil White Tiger," but at that time, Luca was seriously injured and his speech was unclear and intermittent. Xu Lun only heard "Evil Tiger." Later, when he actually met the real thing and the bracelet recorded his information, he learned that the man-eating monster's name was Evil White Tiger.