Chapter 84

Chapter 84 Youre My Man

Long Chen slowly opened his eyes . He didnt know how much time had passed, but seeing the light caused him to sigh in relief . He was still alive .

He realized he was lying on a simple bed . Although the bed was made from coarse wood, the bedsheets had been arranged very carefully for him and even had a faint fresh scent .

He was in a wooden room . The walls had a couple animal hides, bows, arrows, and spears on them . Not far from his bed was a small stove that was releasing warmth . The smell of freshly cooked rice floated out of it .

With a creaking sound, the door was opened . A maiden wearing a simple dress walked in .

That woman appeared around sixteen years old . She was slender and tall . Her arms and legs were both bare, and her skin gave off a healthy glow .

She wore her hair in a medium length ponytail . She wasnt overly beautiful, but her bright eyes gave off an extremely friendly feeling .

That woman first put down her backsack before hastily opening the iron cooking pot atop the stove .

That young lady let out a relieved sigh when she looked at the food inside . Ah, close . I almost burnt it, she muttered to herself .

But she suddenly sensed something was a bit off and slowly turned to see that Long Chen was looking at her in confusion .

Ah, youve awoken! Great!

She quickly happily ran over to Long Chen and hugged him excitedly .

Cough miss, isnt this a bit unsuitable?

Being hugged by a young lady, he could feel her chest against his as well as smell a fresh and energetic scent from her .

But being hugged by a stranger truly did cause him to feel uncomfortable and awkward .

Whats unsuitable about it? I pulled you back here, so now youre my man . Thats the rule of our village, so who would dare criticize? That maiden was still hugging onto Long Chen completely untimid, acting as if everything was as it should be .

You? . . . pulled me back? Long Chen was startled . His last memory was of the Cliff Leopard . He hadnt seen this maiden before .

Seeing his confusion, the maiden released him and said, That day when you fought with the Magical Beast, at the last moment I shot it with my arrow . Frankly speaking, your life was saved by me . In the future youll be my man and so your task in the future will be to go hunting and make babies with me .

Looking at her serious expression, Long Chens expression became extremely odd . Hunting? And making babies?

When she saw that Long Chen was still as puzzled as ever, she began to explain what had happened that day .

That woman was a huntress of the village . The village people all relied on hunting to survive . Other than some essential metal tools that they had to get from a distant place outside the mountains, they were completely self-sufficient here .

There were over a hundred people in the village . Most of them were all expert hunters . Even some of the children frequently went outside the village to set up a couple traps for smaller wild animals .

There werent any true experts in their village . The majority of them were only at Qi Condensation . According to the maiden, their ancestors had escaped to this place in order to avoid the flames of war . They gradually became accustomed to living here, and now hundreds of years had passed .

The main food in the village was meat . They survived by relying on hunting and gathering . But their best targets were wild beasts .

As for the larger Magical Beasts, they had to treat them extremely carefully . If they wanted to handle a powerful Magical Beast, they required the entire village to participate .

This time they had noticed that there was a Cliff Leopard in the vicinities a while back . After a bit of investigation and after getting the approval of the village chief, they decided to kill this Cliff Leopard .

Although killing Magical Beasts was extremely dangerous, the benefits were also accordingly great . The core of a first rank Magical Beast was enough for the entire village to live off of for half a year if exchanged for goods .

In order to handle this Cliff Leopard, they had prepared for over a month . They had refined enough poisons to apply on their weapons and also stealthily set up many traps . They were prepared to ambush it .

But just as they were about to take action against it today, they watched dumbstruck as a youngster walked over to its territory .

That woman had been hiding in secret along with many other hunters . She hadnt dared warn Long Chen . That would have alarmed the Cliff Leopard and ruined all the plans their village had spent over a month preparing .

The result of failure was extremely severe . Many of their lives would be the price . That was why they had only watched stupefied as Long Chen was ambushed .

Originally they had all been feeling guilty about that . They could only hope that the Cliff Leopard would soon enter one of their traps so that they could take their revenge for Long Chen .

But the scene that played after that caused all of them to be astonished . Long Chens sword almost killed the incomparably vicious Cliff Leopard in one blow .

They then realized that Long Chen had actually been wounded severely beforehand . The sword left his hands but he was still able to fight without a weapon, exchanging several blows that sent the Cliff Leopard flying .

At last they saw that Long Chen was unable to support himself anymore . She had been unable to bear it any further and shot out an arrow at the Cliff Leopard, killing it .

But when she said that she had killed it with one arrow and saved Long Chen, she was actually somewhat embarrassed .

Her archery skills werent actually so great . In a moment of desperation, she had shot without even thinking that much . But in the end, her arrow which had been aiming for the Cliff Leopards mouth actually went straight through its forehead .

That was coincidentally the same place that Long Chen had hit it with his sword . His slash had already caused the Cliff Leopards skull to crack, so her arrow had managed to coincidentally pierce through that crack, killing it .

When everyone had rushed forward to check out her attack, they couldnt help taking a cold breath . If it werent for that luck, then the villagers which had angered a Magical Beast would definitely lose many lives .

An injured Magical Beast was the most frightening . They would become crazy because of their fear and do their best to attack .

Many thanks . Only then did Long Chen finally learn what had happened . He respectfully cupped his hands at her .

Youll be my man in the future, so theres no need for that . She giggled and supported Long Chen at the shoulders . Before, I would send prayers to the forest divinity everyday in hopes of him bestowing me a powerful man who would go hunting and make babies with me . Heehee, the forest divinity has finally heard my prayers and sent you to me .

She was completely infatuated with him . Looking at his heroic and handsome appearance, she was extremely satisfied .

Cough, miss

Call me Xiao Hua .

Uh, miss Xiao Hua, as for the matter of a man, lets discuss that later . Can you tell me just how my wounds were healed? asked Long Chen . That was because he had noticed his miraculously recovered completely . But according to Xiao Hua, this was only the third day after encountering the Cliff Leopard .

Without eating a single medicinal pill, not only had he miraculously healed in just a short three days, but even his bodys cracked meridians had completely recovered . That greatly startled .

The forest divinity helped heal you, replied Xiao Hua .

Forest divinity? Did this world really hold divinities?

Thats too many questions for right now . Lets eat first .

Xiao Hua cut off Long Chens questioning and brough the large pot from the stove outside .

Long Chen didnt want to fake being injured, so he hastily went to help . He found that the large pot was filled with merely thin porridge .

Only after carrying the pot outside the wooden house did Long Chen realize this was a village built against the side of a mountain .

Thick fences made of thistles and thorns ten meters high surrounded the village . Those thistles and thorns were a very poisonous plant . Most wild beasts would generally avoid them .

Within the village were dozens of simple wooden houses . After Xiao Huas call, all of them walked over to her house . There were a dozen children and five or six seniors .

But the majority were all youths or adults in their prime . Since they survived through hunting, it would be extremely dangerous if their physical strength lagged behind . A single persons carelessness could lead to a loss of life .

That was why the majority of the people in the village were all in the prime of their lives . That was due to a natural elimination over time . Life was simply heartless .

A healthy old man walked up to Long Chen and nodded . Excellent . A person capable of fighting against a Magical Beast on his own .

Long Chen swept his senses out and found that this senior was a Blood Condensation expert . However, he was only at the early stage .

If Long Chens guess wasnt wrong, that old man should have only managed to enter Blood Condensation very late in his years . His Blood Qi had already started to decline . Despite stepping into Blood Condensation, his combat ability probably hadnt increased by much at all .

Senior flatters me . Long Chen bowed slightly .

I dont dare be called senior by you . Even in my prime, I was unable to compare to . That old man was filled with admiration for Long Chen .

Grandpa, hurry up and eat!

Xiao Hua had already split up the porridge for everyone . She brought two bowls for Long Chen and the old man .

Let me introduce you two . This is my grandpa, the village chief . Oh right, I still dont know your name, suddenly asked Xiao Hua .

Thanks . My name is Long Chen . Long Chen laughingly received his bowl of porridge .

Everyone from the village, young and old, male or female, now came over to welcome Long Chen . He had to hastily put down his bowl to greet them all .

They had saved his life . That favor had to be remembered . This people were all very simple and sincere people . Their etiquettes were a bit strange to him, but the friendly warmth in their eyes already said everything to him .

There were over a hundred people in the village . There were only thirty females in the village, and Xiao Hua was the only young maiden amongst them . The rest were all still babies .

Big brother, I heard youre really strong! Did you really send a giant leopard flying with a single punch?

A small child that didnt even reach his knee hugged Long Chens leg . He looked at Long Chen with worship .

Of course its true . My dad told me big brother is a true warrior . Once hes with big sis Hua, their babies will be the strongest fighters in our village! Long Chen didnt even know how to respond before another child scrambled over .

That child then looked at Long Chen eagerly . Big brother, when are you going to let our villages strongest fighters be born?

Long Chens expression stiffened and the surrounding people all laughed heartily . Even Xiao Hua laughed, making Long Chen feel more embarrassment .

He quickly changed the topic, Didnt you guys kill the Magical Beast? Why arent you eating its meat?

As soon as he said, the joyous atmosphere immediately became strange . They were all looking at their village chief .

He was just about to say anything when Xiao Hua interjected, I should be the one to tell you about this .