As soon as Qu Qiuning returned to the courtyard, the clan leader sent someone to see them off. Pang Ya was very excited, while Cheng Yi stood aside with a calm expression.

"Girl, please follow us, we will take you away from here." The leader said in an orderly manner.

"Thank you,"

Qu Qiuning saluted, and then the three of them followed a dozen men, left the yard, and slowly walked into the jungle.

Pang Ya and Cheng Yi were out of breath after walking for a short distance and asked to rest, but the leader did not allow it, saying that there was something going on in the tribe and they could not delay.

"Brother, why are my sister and brother so weak? They have difficulty walking."

Qu Qiuning wanted to know what was going on, so he wanted to take this opportunity to find out.

The leader glanced at Qu Qiuning sideways, not expecting that the woman would notice the clue.

The Hidden Clan has lived here for generations, and they cannot do without any defense capabilities. In the place where they live, their ancestors planted a kind of tree that emits a colorless and odorless gas.

This gas will make a person feel weak all over, so those who intrude intentionally or unintentionally will become weak and powerless no matter how high their martial arts skills are.

Anyone or any animal that breaks in here will be powerless to resist and will be slaughtered at their will.

They eat the nuts of this tree to relieve this state of weakness.

The leader frowned slightly and answered Qu Qiuning seriously.

"You and your sister may not be used to the life here and feel a little tired. They will probably feel better after leaving here.

Let's go quickly so I can go back and report to the chieftain."

Qu Qiuning didn't get any useful information out of his question, so he had to support Pang Ya and continue walking forward.

When they were halfway up a mountain, they heard the sound of gongs.

Qu Qiuning had excellent hearing ability, and when he listened carefully, it seemed like someone was performing a ritual.

Last night she heard the patriarch say that there would be a sacrifice today. Could it be that they were performing a sacrifice?

Qu Qiuning walked and looked, and finally saw the source of the sound.

The lake is as big as half a football field, with five or six small wooden boats parked in the middle of the lake.

There were people standing in the boat. Qu Qiuning looked more carefully and saw that there was another boat carrying wild boars.

There were actually people imprisoned in the cave, especially the man in white who was the most conspicuous.

On another boat were the patriarch, his son Kun, and a man in strange clothes.

The strangely dressed man was holding a gong and beating it while chanting something.

As Qu Qiuning walked, he was thinking, they were offering sacrifices on the lake, both to humans and pigs, what on earth were they trying to do?

And what about the man in white? What will they do to him?

As they were thinking, they reached the top of the mountain and the leader took out a small cloth bag from his pocket.

"Girl, you have done a favor to our tribe. This is the tribe leader's gift to thank you."

The leader handed the cloth bag to Qu Qiuning.

"Thank you!"

Qu Qiuning took it and put it in his arms, but actually threw it into the space again.

“Girl, you’re welcome. You can leave by walking along this path all the way down the mountain.

Remember, nothing here can be disclosed, otherwise you will be punished.

Don't look back, remember what I said, and go!"

Qu Qiuning and the other two slowly walked down the mountain in the direction their leader had indicated.

Qu Qiuning walked all the way to the foot of the mountain and stopped only when he could no longer see the top of the mountain.

"You guys go wait for me in front, I'll be back soon."

Qu Qiuning turned around and was about to leave when Cheng Yi grabbed her arm.

"You can't go back."

Cheng Yi was worried that Qu Qiuning would be in danger if she returned.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Qu Qiuning looked at the big hand holding him and replied.

But Cheng Yi still didn't let go. Qu Qiuning's face looked a little cold, and her tone was also a little chilly.

"Let go!"

Cheng Yi knew that if he didn't let go, the girl would probably attack him, so he had no choice but to let her go.

Qu Qiuning, who was freed, immediately ran to the top of the mountain from the other side.

She was so nervous that she had never been so nervous before. In modern times, she had to perform many tasks, big and small.

But I have never been so panicked before. What am I so nervous about?

Qu Qiuning reached the top of the mountain in the shortest time, but the leader and his dozen men had long disappeared.

Cheng Yi and Pang Ya were worried about Qu Qiu Ning so they followed Qu Qiu Ning up the mountain.

But he and Pang Ya were too weak to catch up with Qu Qiuning, so they could only crawl slowly behind.

Qu Qiuning saw that the people in the small boat on the lake stopped beating the gong, and the people in the other small boat threw the tied wild boar into the middle of the lake.

Moreover, a stone was tied to the wild boar's feet to prevent it from escaping, so three wild boars were thrown down in succession.

Qu Qiuning saw three people tied up tightly on another small boat, with cloth strips stuffed in their mouths.

When he saw the first person being thrown into the lake mercilessly, Qu Qiuning ran desperately towards the lake at the foot of the mountain.

While running, he took out the diving oxygen tank and put it on his back.

Crash, the second person was thrown down.

Then with a splash, the man in white was also thrown into the lake. Because there were stones tied to his feet, he quickly disappeared on the lake.

Qu Qiuning ran to the lake and hid. She bit her lip and stared at the place where the man in white disappeared.

All the boats stopped on the lake. Qu Qiuning clenched her fists and frowned. If these boats didn't leave, how could she go down to save people?

Time passed minute by minute, the boat began to slide on the lake, and soon the clan leader and his party went ashore and left.

Qu Qiuning put on a diving mask, jumped into the lake, and disappeared on the surface of the lake.

This scene happened to be seen by Pang Ya and Cheng Yi. Pang Ya was about to scream when Cheng Yi suddenly covered her mouth.

"Be quiet, you'll hurt her."

Cheng Yi said in a low and stern voice, he did not expect this girl to jump into the lake, and he did not know how deep the lake was, what was she going to do? Cheng Yi's heart began to tighten again.

Pang Ya and Cheng Yi came to the place where Qu Qiuning had just jumped into the water and squatted in the grass. Both of them stared at the lake, and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

Pang Ya covered her mouth and started crying. She hadn’t come up for such a long time, so she probably wouldn’t be able to come up.

Cheng Yi took off his shoes and was about to jump into the water when he heard a splash and a head popped up in the middle of the lake.

"Brother Cheng, look, it's Sister Qiu Ning, it's her, it's her."

Pang Ya cried with joy, wiping her tears and smiling.

When Cheng Yi saw Qu Qiuning, his heart, which had been in a knot, finally relaxed and the corners of his mouth tilted slightly.

Qu Qiuning swam towards the shore with something in his hand, and Pang Ya was puzzled.

"Sister Qiu Ning is such a fool. Do you need to risk your life to pick up something? You spent so much time in the water just to pick up something."

Pang Ya was very angry. How could such a thing be worth Sister Qiu Ning risking her life for?

When Qu Qiuning swam to the shore, Cheng Yi and Pang Ya were dumbfounded. What she was holding in her hand was not an object, but a person.

Cheng Yi immediately reached out, grabbed the man's arm, and dragged him to the shore. Pang Ya came to her senses from her daze and also helped to drag the man ashore.

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