Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1348 - 1398: Counterfeit Convention

Black Miao Village, almost the entire night, Song An didn’t sleep, constantly cursing out loud. His lower abdomen throbbed with the pain from Li Yifei’s kicks, and a steel needle was lodged in the cartilage of his knee. In the Black Miao Village, there was no anesthetic; he could only rely on the witch doctor in the village to pull it out raw and apply some medicine. The witch doctor wanted to use a worm on him, let it bite the wound to relieve the pain, but Song An was so frightened at the sight of the sinister worm that he almost lost control of his bladder. He kicked the witch doctor away with his good leg and curled up in bed.

The young Miao girl that Tianbao provided to serve him couldn’t even spark his interest. His lower abdomen was killing him; how could he be in the mood for anything?

So he spent the entire night cursing Li Yifei, letting half the village hear his ghostly wails, but they couldn’t understand what he was shouting about.

Compared to Song An, Tianbao felt a bit better. He mostly had superficial wounds; one foot was stepped on, but it wasn’t serious, and the swelling on half of his face could quickly subside. Yet, he was still displeased. A large Miao village with thousands of people was stormed by one person, who wreaked havoc. Twenty or so skilled people in the village, including himself, were instantly knocked down. This humiliation was unbearable for him.

"Someone, bring all the elders to me," Tianbao shouted to the outside after treating his bruises, and soon several elders gathered. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

"I asked you all here to discuss serious matters. You already know that today, an outsider broke into our village; not only did he injure more than twenty of our young men but also rescued that pesky White Miao of Bunong." Tianbao leaned on the chair, glanced at the elders, and seeing their expressions were normal, he fiercely slammed the table, snarling, "This is provocation, blatant provocation. Why have those damned White Miao occupied the Miao Gorge for forty years? That’s our Holy Land, where the divine body of the Chiyou God is buried. Just because of one person’s words forty years ago, we have to surrender it and endure humiliation..."

"Ahem... clan chief, we have to seek revenge for this grudge, but isn’t the test in three days a bit too hasty?" a slightly younger elder coughed lightly, interrupting Tianbao.

Tianbao nodded slightly dissatisfied, glaring at the other person, "I know what you’re going to say; our Worm King hasn’t matured yet, and the timing isn’t right. But let me tell you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Song Family is here, you all heard their response that day. As long as we align with the Song Family, there are countless benefits, and this time, the Song Family said they will help us seize back the Black Miao Holy Land, even assist us at the government level, as long as we can defeat the White Miao."

Another clan chief showed a bitter expression, frowning and saying, "Clan chief, we were all there and naturally heard it. However... I want to say, the White Miao also has helpers, and someone single-handedly rescued Bunong and injured so many of our disciples. This competition won’t be easy to win."

"Are you suggesting I give up this opportunity?" Tianbao’s face turned hostile as he glared at the elder, his voice turning cold.

The elder quickly shook his head, "That’s not what I mean. Retrieving the Holy Land is every generation of Black Miao people’s wish. I’m just saying that if it’s a competition, we don’t have someone in the village with such skills."

Tianbao pointed at the elder, shaking his head, mockingly saying, "Your old brain is muddled. The Miao people’s competitions have always been about worms, not martial arts, and when it comes to worms, we are ten streets ahead of the White Miao, what is there to fear."

"But..."

"There’s no ’but’ about it. I called you here not to hear your ’buts.’ In worm competitions, we Black Miao have never been afraid. If it wasn’t for that person’s interference forty years ago, we would have regained the Holy Land long ago. We wouldn’t have to endure until now. Right now, we have the Song Family willing to help us. If we hesitate now and miss this chance, we’ll have to wait for the Worm King to mature. Now, get ready. In three days, we must not fail." With that, Tianbao stood up, speaking in an indisputable manner: "Go back and prepare, in three days, we absolutely must not fail."

Bunong was also holding a meeting, but he was conferencing with the nearby White Miao Village chiefs. Although Bunong’s village was the largest among the surrounding villages, the White Miao did not live together but separately and would look out for one another in times of crisis. Upon receiving Bunong’s distress call yesterday, the villages mobilized immediately, with a village named Far Mountain Hideout arriving first. The leading chief was named Brown, who was from the same generation as Bunong. Upon receiving the news, he rushed over to see Bunong standing there unharmed, and from a distance, he ran excitedly to give Bunong a big hug.

Li Yifei stood next to Bunong. After the two clan chiefs finished exchanging pleasantries, Bunong pulled Li Yifei to introduce him to Brown.

Because of the rescue incident yesterday, Bunong and even the whole village accepted Li Yifei. In the eyes of the simple White Miao People, Li Yifei was a great hero. Just think about it, Aliza, considered a hero in the village, who knew his way around worms, was bitten by a poisonous worm as soon as he reached the edge of the Black Miao village forest and had to retreat. But Li Yifei single-handedly stormed into the Black Miao Village, rescued people, and reportedly gave that arrogant and wicked Tianbao a good beating. Many felt greatly relieved, which changed their attitude towards Li Yifei completely.

Since the tribesmen accepted Li Yifei, Bunong was naturally very happy. He took this tribal meeting as an opportunity to introduce Li Yifei to everyone.

Unexpectedly, Brown could also speak Chinese and better than Bunong even. After a few exchanges, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes and walked over to give Li Yifei a big hug, patting his shoulder, continually praising: "Good man, in my lifetime, I, Brown, admire heroes like you; single-handedly turning the Black Miao Village upside down. Hahaha, it feels so satisfying just thinking about it. Brother Bunong, you have found a good son-in-law."

Bunong’s face lit up with a smile. Originally, there were a lot of murmurs about him betrothing his daughter to an outsider. Now, everyone had accepted Li Yifei, and he felt proud.

Li Yifei responded with a smile, saying, "Uncle Brown, you’re too kind. At that moment, I just wanted to rescue Uncle Bunong, so I rushed in without thinking. Besides, the incident started because of me, so I had to resolve it."

"Alright, oh, the people from the East Hill Village have arrived. I’ll go greet them." Brown said, striding towards the gate of the village.

The clan chief of the East Hill Village was a short old man, who approached with a scowl, looking quite agitated.

Muttering a string of Miao language that Li Yifei couldn’t understand, he only grasped the meaning after Brown translated.

"Chief Atu’s people from his village have disappeared. Two people are missing, and it’s unlikely they just ran away. There’s a high probability that they’ve been harmed by those from the Black Miao side, which is why he’s so angry. Today, he’s brought a lot of people, intending to cause trouble for the Black Miao people." Brown explained beside him.

Li Yifei then recalled that, previously when he asked Bunong to gather information, Bunong mentioned that two tribespeople from the East Hill Village were missing, suspected to have run outside. Now, Li Yifei obviously knew it was the Black Miao people who harmed Xu Yingying, and unexpectedly, those two White Miao people were harmed too.

The tribes were all punctual. Clan chiefs from eight villages arrived with their people. Seeing Bunong safe, they were naturally pleased. After exchanging pleasantries, they each took their seats to discuss serious matters. Before that, Bunong still introduced Li Yifei to everyone and talked about yesterday’s events. Most of the reactions were similar to Brown’s, some even enthusiastically invited Li Yifei to visit their village, and some went as far as to say they have beautiful young Miao girls in their villages.

Li Yifei naturally couldn’t respond to such invitations. Having one Na Yi was already overwhelming, a few more Passion Worms and he definitely couldn’t handle it.

Among those seated, some harbored hostility towards him, especially after mentioning that he was Bunong’s son-in-law, the husband of the mountain elf Na Yi. Li Yifei instantly felt an unfriendly gaze from a Miao man about his age, his face dark, body strong, eyes staring at him like a predator.

The clan chief of the West Mountain Stronghold sitting next to the man tugged him, giving him a look and whispered, "Na Yi has already established the Passion Worm with this person, no matter how much you like her, it’s useless."

"I’m not convinced..." The man held back for a while, then yelled, drawing the attention of those around him, all eyes on him.

"Sorry, Dai Lai is not feeling well, please continue." The clan chief of the West Mountain Stronghold stood up and apologized.

But Dai Lai directly stood up, taking big steps towards Li Yifei, saying something Li Yifei naturally didn’t understand. Yet, seeing the expressions of Bunong and Brown, he knew it wasn’t anything good.

"Ahem... Dai Lai says he wants to challenge you. To see if you’re qualified to be Na Yi’s husband!" Brown helped translate.

Dai Lai said more things, which were actually not as friendly as Brown translated. Even Bunong frowned, but Li Yifei smiled slightly, actively reached out his hand, and Dai Lai grabbed it briefly then shook it off, walking outside, standing in the courtyard ready, waiting for Li Yifei to come over.

"Uncle Brown, is this fight unavoidable?" Li Yifei didn’t move, looking at Brown and asking.

Brown, along with the other six clan chiefs, looked at him, some with anticipation, others with skepticism.

Seeing Dai Lai like this, Bunong initially felt a bit displeased, but then thought, why not let his son-in-law teach Dai Lai a lesson, saving him from incessant complaints. Bunong’s frown relaxed, completely unconcerned about Li Yifei’s ability to fend for himself. He nodded at Li Yifei, gesturing to him.

Dai Lai could be said to be a renowned hero among the surrounding eight villages, known for hunting tigers on the mountain, catching pythons in the river, and being skilled in raising worms. He had long admired Na Yi, but before he could make a move, Li Yifei got ahead of him, naturally making him displeased. Especially hearing Bunong praise Li Yifei’s martial prowess further ignited his combative nature.

He stood in the courtyard, with a cold expression, provocatively eyeing Li Yifei.

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