Book 2: Chapter 6

Book 2: Chapter 6

Zhang Qishan looked back at Qi Tiezui and smiled. What was that? Could you repeat that again?

Fo Ye, this is a monster called Erfu. Its a human-faced snake that eats human brains. The hunter we saw just now was eaten by it. But now its also dead, which means that theres a more formidable monster here in the mountains, Qi Tiezui said.

Zhang Qishan waved his hand. Come here.

Qi Tiezui felt that Zhang Qishan looked like he had ill intentions, so he immediately shook his head. No. Im not going.This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

Zhang Qishan glanced at Zhang Xiaoyu, who nodded and kicked Qi Tiezuis horse in the ass. The horse moved forward unhurriedly, but Qi Tiezui couldnt get it to stop no matter how hard he tried. As a result, he ended up right next to Zhang Qishan.

Zhang Qishan looked at him and smiled evilly. Qi Tiezui covered his nose and looked at the Erfus carcass, finding that its neck had been twisted. But at this time, he also realized why Zhang Qishan had asked him to come closer.

This wasnt a monsters carcass. A persons body had been attached to a big snake. Qi Tiezui smiled awkwardly at Zhang Qishan before his face turned grim. He was puzzled. What is the meaning of this? Is there any purpose in connecting a human body with a snake? This place is already far away from any villages. Could it bethe Lisuma who did this?

The Lisuma was a branch of the Lisu people (1). Over the past few decades, they were usually seen in the jungles of Burma and Guangxi, or in Guizhou and Xiangxi. The Miao people called this branch of Lisu people Guma people (2) because there were some very strange Lisu tribal structures at that time. Some Lisu tribes were very developed and even had many villages, but some tribes were very primitive, wore clothes made of hemp, and practically lived under a system of slavery.

At that time, the Germans inspected this area and said that Lisu was actually a collective name for several ethnic groups of people. They called the primitive Lisu in the deep mountains Old Lisu. The Guma people were said to be a branch of the Old Lisu.

The Lisuma were nomads in the jungles who also had the custom of headhunting. Whenever they arrived at some place, they would hunt, eat, and live there. Moreover, each tribe had its own unique religious rituals.

Skinning people and connecting dead bodies together had to be something done by intelligent human beings, which was why it was feasible to attribute this to the Lisuma.

What thing?! Qi Tiezui was startled again.

Zhang Xiaoyu held the child in his arms, teased it a bit, and said, The secret weapon of the Zhang family. Its the magic weapon of tomb robbing. Youre going to like it. Fo Ye, this child

This child seldom cries. Hell become an exceptional man in the future. Take him while youre hunting. You need to protect him well.

Zhang Qishan played with the childs face and noticed that the child was staring at a tree above them with unwavering eyes.

Zhang Qishan suddenly felt alert and looked back at the tree.

There was nothing there.

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TN Notes:

(1) The Lisu people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Myanmar (Burma), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Wiki link here.

(2) The Chinese characters of Guma are . Gu () means ancient, and means hemp. This refers to the next paragraph about how some of their tribes were primitive and wore clothes made of hemp.

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Merebear note: ahahahahaha Ba Ye! After all this time, you still haven't learned to keep your mouth shut. Where's Lieutenant Zhang Rishan to protect you? Let's hope Xiaoyu is up to the task