Even after being dragged up, some still couldn't resist the urge to jump into the sacred spring.
There was no choice but for Kexin, Keya, and me to knock these people unconscious with our hands.
After a long while, the women slowly woke up, and upon recalling their crazy actions, they were all filled with lingering fear.
While they were unconscious, I had already asked Kexin and Keya to help them put on their clothes.
Guan Hai'er patted her chest, looked at the spring water, and said fearfully, "Brother Ye, it's good that you were here. This sacred spring is too bizarre. I just felt like I wanted to soak in this water forever and never get out!"
I stepped forward, stroked Guan Hai'er's little head, and comforted her.
Seeing that everyone had recovered quite a bit, I called out for everyone to walk into the canyon together.
I don't know if it was because Shangguan Yao recalled her actions towards me earlier, but she walked with her head down shyly the entire way, not even daring to look at me.
Seeing Shangguan Yao's ostrich-like behavior, I found it amusing.
I thought about teasing her properly when we got back.
As we reached the entrance of the canyon, my expression tensed.
"Hold on!"
Luo Yaqin looked at me curiously and asked, "Luzi Ye, what's wrong?"
I didn't answer. Instead, I pulled out my pistol, released the safety, and quietly observed the slightest movement before us.
For some reason, although the environment seemed unchanged from when we arrived,
there was a peculiar sense of unease that made me vigilant.
Seeing me draw my pistol, even though they didn't know what had happened, everyone else also became alert and took out the weapons I had distributed to them.
The scene fell silent for a moment.
But a sense of danger always permeated the air. After a while, several people suddenly emerged from the grass not far from us.
Upon closer inspection, I was startled.
The leader among them was one of the savages from the Kasa tribe who had chased me before, and he was followed by several other savages!
That group of savages was also extremely wary of us.
And they seemed to be very intimidated by our firearms, stopping about fifty meters away from us.
If the enemy doesn't move, we don't move.
We were locked in a stalemate like this.
I pondered in my mind that this group must be survivors from the attack by the Du'an tribe, and there should be more of them. They likely avoided the Du'an tribe's attention and returned to check the situation.
Their current situation probably wasn't good.
And my current team had the Saintesses Kexin and Keya. If I could subdue these people, my strength would greatly increase!
Although I understood some of the savage language, I was ultimately an outsider.
It would be better to let Kexin and Keya, as Saintesses, handle the negotiation.
So, I gave Kexin and Keya a few instructions to negotiate with this group of savages.
Meanwhile, although I outwardly appeared to relax my guard, my finger was constantly on the trigger of my pistol, ready to fire at any moment if Kexin and Keya encountered any conflict.
Kexin and Keya stepped forward and spoke to the leader of the savages. At first, he seemed surprised and then suddenly became very angry after looking at me.
He didn't even respond to the people behind him speaking to him and led them away in a huff.
Did the negotiation fail?
Regardless, seeing the group retreat, the women behind me all breathed a sigh of relief.
Kexin and Keya returned and explained the situation to me.
In essence, this group of savages were survivors who had escaped the attack by the Kasa tribe.
And the savage who had once chased me was now their leader.
This guy was delighted to see Kexin and Keya alive, but he became extremely angry upon discovering that they had now submitted to me, even accusing Kexin and Keya of betraying the Kasa tribe.
If we hadn't been behind them with weapons to back them up, a fight would have likely broken out on the spot.