Watching from the sidelines, Li Mo shook his head as he muttered.
"I wonder if these people were truly moved by Bao Wufa's actions, or if many of them were Bao Yong's men?"
But no matter what, Li Mo knew they succeeded.
Because there was no longer any killing intent in Bao Yong's eyes. Not even hatred.
They believed the tribe leader wouldn't lie to them. This was all due to Bao Yong's negligence.
"You!
My son committed such a heinous crime. How can I have the face to be the tribe leader? "Bao Wufa said in a resentful tone.
Hearing Bao Wu's words, everyone hurriedly knelt down and said
"Tribe leader!
You are the tribe leader of the Shadow Leopard Tribe! "
"Tribe leader has done his best for the tribe all these years, keeping it in order. You must not abdicate."
"…"
Seeing seven to eight hundred people kneeling down, Bao Wu seemed to be touched.
Bao Wufa retracted his hand and said to Bao Yong.
"Aren't you going to thank us for sparing your unfilial son's life?"
Bao Yong's face was pale and his body was trembling.
Bao Wufa's performance just now was too real. The killing intent made Bao Yong believe Bao Wufa wanted to kill him.
So when he saw Bao Wufa retract his hand and heard his words.
Bao Yong turned and kowtowed to the thousand tribesmen.
"Many thanks!"
"Many thanks!"
"…"
Bao Yong would say 'many thanks' every time he kowtowed, but no one noticed.
Bao Yong's eyes were filled with hatred and even killing intent.
This killing intent was directed at Bao Zheng.
A grand young master of a great tribe had to kowtow to a thousand tribesmen.
To Bao Yong, this was a humiliation that he would never forget, and this humiliation was given to him by his second brother, Bao Zheng!
Gradually, Li Mo's figure appeared in Bao Yong's mind.
Bao Yong hated Li Mo too. If not for him, Bao Zheng would've died long ago, and Bao Yong wouldn't be kowtowing in front of a thousand people.
"Bao Yong made a grave mistake and the tribesmen are willing to give him a chance to turn over a new leaf.
However, even if he could avoid death, he could not escape punishment. From now on, Bao Yong's status as the young master of the Shadow Leopard Tribe would be removed. Bao Yong's status would be the same as that of an ordinary tribesman!
The cultivation resources belonging to Bao Yong were revoked. Bao Yong's guards were disbanded!
Members of the guard team can join other teams of their own accord! "
Bao Yong could not continue speaking. It seemed as though he was severely punishing Bao Yong.
But with a father like Bao Wu Fa around, would Bao Yong lack cultivation resources in the future?
Accepting Bao Yong's title as Young Master meant that Bao Yong would lose the chance to inherit the position of Shadow Leopard Tribe Patriarch. The battle between Bao Yong and Bao Zheng was already nearing its end, with Bao Zheng winning.
Bao Wu Fa also wanted to use this method to end the fight between Bao Yong and Bao Zheng.
After all, these two sons were really too ruthless. Every time they fought, they would take the lives of dozens of people.
However, Bao Wufa had clearly underestimated Bao Yong. Hearing Bao Wufa's words, Bao Yong's heart turned cold as he fell to the ground.
But Bao Yong was roaring in his heart.
"Bao Zheng!
Li Mo!
I will definitely kill you! "
Losing the identity of the Patriarch's successor only caused Bao Yong's hatred towards Bao Zheng to grow even greater.
It would never end the fight between Bao Yong and Bao Zheng.
Bao Wufa glared at Bao Yong and returned to his house.
"Alright, you can all disperse.
Let's bury those dead children tonight. "
Great Elder Bao Yi said faintly. The group of people walked out.
Li Mo followed Mose to the hunting team's training field, where the twenty youths' corpses lay.
Not just Li Mo, but Mose and the rest of the hunting team returned as well.
Even the parents and relatives of those children followed them here. For a moment, the martial arts field was filled with the sound of crying.
Li Mo's group brought the corpses outside the tribe, burned them and buried them.
"Old sport Li Mo, I want to drink …"
Mose came to Li Mo and said.
Li Mo nodded in silence.
"I'll keep you company."
Li Mo also wanted to drink, to get drunk and forget today's events.
Li Mo followed Mose to Mose's house. Mose's grass hut was the same as Li Mo's, with only a bed made of straw.
Mose found a few jars of wine in the haystack. Without saying a word, the two of them opened the jars and drank.
No roast meat, no rice, just strong wine!
Li Mo didn't like it before, but now he seemed to have forgotten its taste and drank with Mose.
"Sinners … have been punished.
But I'm not happy. In my heart, those children's lives are more precious than Wang Sanshou's, or even the dozens of tribesmen in Wang Sanshou's tribe! "
After drinking half a jar of wine in one go, Mo Sang spoke in a somewhat inarticulate manner.
At Mose's words, Li Mo added
"The two can't be compared."
"Yes!
Can't be compared!
Can't be compared! "
Mose bellowed. Then, he gulped down the other half of the jar of wine.
Then, Mose opened another wine jar and continued to drink.
Li Mo's alcohol tolerance couldn't compare to Mose's. Mose drank the entire jar while Li Mo only drank half.
But the wine was strong enough that Li Mo's face was flushed and he spoke with a slur.
"Mose … brother, w-what if the culprit is still on the loose?"
"What did you say?"
Mose suddenly dropped the wine jar and stared at Li Mo.
But Mose shook his head.
"N-impossible!
Chief can't lie to us! "
"Impossible?
Brother Mose, let's drink!
Let's … not talk about these unhappy things … "
Li Mo mocked himself. His wine jar and Mose's jar clashed and the two men took another swig.
Li Mo wanted to tell Mose who the real culprit was, but it wasn't just Mose. The entire tribe seemed to have been brainwashed by Bao Zheng.
Their loyalty to the tribe had shifted to the tribe leader. Li Mo knew no one would believe him.
No one would believe him if he said Bao Zheng was the culprit!
Might as well drink and get him drunk!
The moon hung high in the sky as the two drank for who knew how long in this quiet grass hut.
All that was left were the jars of wine on the floor. Then the two fell asleep on the grass …
Li Mo didn't visit Bao Zheng for the next few days.
Because Li Mo didn't know how to face Bao Zheng, a man who hid a dagger in his smile and treated human life like grass.
Bao Zheng wanted to give Li Mo some time to think, so he didn't send for him.
(End of chapter)