Chapter 467: Chapter 467: Dragon?
When Yang Xiao saw Ah Yong’s face, he was completely dumbfounded.
Is this a human?
Or a gorilla?
No, it looks very similar to the Peking Man described in the history textbooks from high school.
From a distance in the sky, there came the call of a Giant Eagle; the Giant Eagle descended from mid-air, and Monk Ben Yin jumped down from its back. Seeing Ah Yong, he too seemed petrified.
What kind of Monster is this?
Yang Xiao felt that the cave he lived in might be under surveillance by some monster that feared the Giant Eagle and didn’t dare to come closer, so he had Monk Ben Yin pretend to fly away on the Giant Eagle in the morning while he himself hid inside the cave.
When Monk Ben Yin came out of the cave, he was holding one of Yang Xiao’s coats on his sword, and quickly jumped onto the Giant Eagle. At that time, Ah Yong was quite far from the cave and didn’t have a clear view of the situation, so he mistook it as both Yang Xiao and Ben Yin leaving, which made him hurriedly rush over.
Monk Ben Yin looked at Ah Yong, then at Yang Xiao, and said:
"So there really is a monster?"
Upon hearing this, Ah Yong quickly tried to defend himself:
"I’m not a monster; I’m a wild person."
Yang Xiao and Ben Yin were taken aback.
Afraid that Yang Xiao would kill him like he did the other monsters, Ah Yong quickly added:
"I am the legendary Shenlongjia wild person!"
Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin looked at Ah Yong: "@#￥%"
Are there really wild people in Shenlongjia?!
Ah Yong looked at the sword in Yang Xiao’s hand and said:
"Your sword,"
Yang Xiao chuckled and sheathed his Longsword. With his intuition, he knew that this wild person was no match for him, especially with Ben Yin and the Giant Eagle present. Moreover, this wild person didn’t have any Weapons.
Driven by curiosity, Yang Xiao said:
"If you want me not to kill you, then answer my questions honestly."
"Okay,"
Ah Yong nodded vigorously.
"How many wild people are there?"
"There are over sixty, no, our tribe has sixty-three, but there are nearly a thousand wild people in the whole of Shenlongjia."
Ah Yong explained.
Yang Xiao and Ben Yin were surprised, not expecting Shenlongjia to have so many wild people.
"Was it you who took the food I dropped on the ground yesterday?"
Yang Xiao pointed his sword at the spicy fish in Ah Yong’s hand.
Ah Yong immediately dropped the spicy fish on the ground and nodded his head, with an honest and somewhat pitiful expression, like a schoolchild caught by the teacher in a mistake.
Yang Xiao put the Longsword into his Space Ring and smiled:
"This is for you, eat it."
Ah Yong was stunned, looking at Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao also pointed at two pieces of grilled meat on the fire, and said:
"You can eat this too."
Ah Yong, seeing the serious expression on Yang Xiao’s face and realizing he wasn’t being mocked, hesitantly picked up the grilled meat and started tearing into it.
Yang Xiao’s grilled meat was all sprinkled with salt, which compared to the saltless food Ah Yong usually ate, was a rare and delicious treat.
Ah Yong was originally non-aggressive, so Yang Xiao and Ben Yin relaxed, sat aside, and watched Ah Yong eat the grilled meat, the atmosphere no longer tense.
Ah Yong was 15 years old, tall but with a naive demeanor.
"Where do you live?"
Yang Xiao asked.
Ah Yong pointed somewhere, then seemed to realize something, and immediately lowered his hand anxiously, looking at Yang Xiao uneasily.
Yang Xiao chuckled:
"Don’t worry, as long as you don’t attack us, we won’t attack you either. You can leave after eating; we still have to go hunt Monsters."
Yang Xiao had now caught this hidden wild person, so he wasn’t worried and stood up with Ben Yin, preparing to leave.
Ah Yong suddenly asked:
"Where are you going hunting?"
Yang Xiao stopped, turned around, and pointed into the distance:
"We’re heading deep into Shenlongjia. The Monster Levels here are too low. However, we’ll come back here to spend the night. Tell your companions not to disturb us at night, or we will kill them."
Ah Yong’s heart skipped a beat, and his body involuntarily shivered. He thoroughly believed Yang Xiao’s threat about killing them.
Ah Yong nodded and said:
"Only I know that you’re here, the other tribal people don’t know. I won’t tell them,"
After a pause, with a somewhat frightened expression, he said:
"There are dragons deep in Shenlongjia, very powerful ones. You must be careful!"
"Dragons?"
Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin both opened their mouths wide in astonishment, staring at Ah Yong.
This information was completely unexpected.
Dragons?
Yang Xiao didn’t believe it because all pre-apocalyptic information and scientific knowledge proved that there were no dragons on Earth.
But Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin believed that Ah Yong wouldn’t deceive them with such a statement out of the blue.
"Have you seen a dragon?"
"No!"
"Damn it!"
Yang Xiao cursed out loud.
Ah Yong was taken aback and said:
"I don’t have a sister!"
Yang Xiao: "..."
Monk Ben Yin laughed on the side:
"Then, where did you hear about there being dragons deep in Shenlongjia?"
Ah Yong, feeling that Yang Xiao didn’t believe him, became a bit anxious and said:
"All of our tribal people say there are dragons deep in Shenlongjia, and many people have seen them before. I’m not lying to you."
"People from your tribe have seen dragons?"
"Mhm,"
Ah Yong nodded seriously, "My father has seen one."
Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin were immediately stunned. Damn, are there really dragons?
Hesitating for a moment, Yang Xiao returned to Ah Yong’s side with a smile and said:
"Come, sit down and talk."
Yang Xiao pointed to a few stones next to the campfire, and sat down on one of them himself.
"Is there enough roasted meat? Do you want me to roast some more for you?"
Seeing Yang Xiao suddenly become so friendly, Ah Yong felt very happy and quickly shook his head:
"It’s enough, I’m full."
As a tribal person, he had a very simple standard for right and wrong, likes and dislikes. If someone smiled and was nice to him, he would return the favor with a smile and kindness.
Ah Yong smiled naively.
"What’s your name?" asked Yang Xiao.
"Me, Ah Yong, just call me Ah Yong."
"Alright, Ah Yong, can you tell me more details about the dragon?"
Ah Yong paused, scratched his head, and said:
"I haven’t seen it with my own eyes, but many elders in our tribe have, including my dad. My father told me, deep in Shenlongjia, there’s a giant lake with very deep waters. Sometimes the dragon would leap out from the water and fly into the sky.
The dragon is ferocious, the most formidable monster in Shenlongjia. We dare not enter deep into the mountains, nor approach the big lake. My dad said that once, over ten of our people pursued prey into the depths and were all eaten by the dragon. All of our people follow a rule not to get close to the lake. We put up signs to forbid entry very far away from the lake..."
As Ah Yong recounted the legends about the dragon, his eyes constantly betrayed a trace of terror, as if the Giant Dragon was right in front of him.
In the hearts of all tribal people, the Giant Dragon deep in Shenlongjia was a godlike existence, revered with utmost awe!