#1092 - Chapter 1092 Being Robbed
"This can't be possible, right? Why would they ambush us?"烈焰 was skeptical.
"You'll know soon enough." Cheng Bang didn't explain.
After the three stood in place for about 30 minutes, rustling sounds came from the jungle.
"Tai Gong, someone's coming," Lie Yan carefully reminded him.
Cheng Bang nodded, remaining silent.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh ~"
Soon, more than a dozen people darted out from the forest, all wielding crude spears.
Each of them only had one ear, so it was easy to tell at a glance that they must be from the Xin Di tribe.
"What do you want?" Bai Yuhou stepped forward, pointing at them and angrily rebuking them.
"Take off your clothes and hand over the food you have on you. Otherwise, none of you will leave here alive!" A naked man in the crowd said.
This was essentially robbery.
However, Lie Yan and Bai Yuhou had never experienced such a thing, and they didn't understand their behavior at all.
You should know that the Nata tribe has always adhered to the 'Orthodox Path Sutra'. For generations, no one has ever engaged in such shady dealings.
"What do you want? I have never seen anyone forcibly plunder items from others. Your behavior is incorrect!" Bai Yuhou lectured.
"Are you handing it over or not?" The man didn't listen to his sermon at all.
"Does your leader, Lord Cheng Xin, know about this? What you're doing violates the Nata tribe's ancestral teachings. Once Lord Cheng Xin finds out, he will surely kill you!" Bai Yuhou was still trying to educate them.
"We are not violating the ancestral teachings; we are doing the right thing," the man replied.
It seemed that whether or not they violated the ancestral teachings was still important to them.
"You are openly robbing others of their resources, how can that be the right thing?" Bai Yuhou couldn't help but find it amusing.
"If we don't get food, the children at home will starve to death. If you were in our shoes, you would do the same," the man replied.
"How could it be? Is Xin Di so poor that you need to resort to such methods to obtain food?" Bai Yuhou couldn't understand.
He thought the people of La Di were already pitiful, as everyone was not getting enough to eat due to not being able to catch enough white fish. He didn't expect Xin Di to be even worse.
"As you can see. So, hand over your clothes and food, or I will really kill you!" The man didn't explain any further.
It wasn't that he didn't want to explain, but he didn't know how to answer.
Anyway, they just didn't have enough to eat or wear, and how many people understood why they were lacking?
"You…" Bai Yuhou wanted to reason with them, but Cheng Bang stopped him.
"Let me handle this," Cheng Bang said.
"Tai Gong, please be careful," Bai Yuhou gave a shallow bow and took a half-step back.
Cheng Bang nodded, stepped forward, and said:
"We don't have much food on us. If you want more, you can come with me to get it."
"You're willing to give us more food?" The man was a little disbelieving.
"Not give, but exchange," Cheng Bang shook his head.
"Exchange? We have nothing to exchange," the man replied.
"No, you do!" Cheng Bang shook his head and said.
"We do? What?" The man was stunned.
"Strength," Cheng Bang replied.
"Strength? Can strength be exchanged for food?" The man was still skeptical.
"Of course. You use your strength to help me work, and of course I need to give you food in exchange," Cheng Bang said.
"Okay! We'll help you work!" The man's eyes lit up.
People at this time were really too simple, even robbers were so naive.
"Alright then, come with me!" Cheng Bang took the lead and continued to walk forward.
Lie Yan and Bai Yuhou didn't know what Cheng Bang was going to do, and they didn't dare to say much at this time, so they had to follow behind.
Soon, the group arrived at the place where Bai Yuhou's people were resting.
"Alright, we're here. Dig a pit here that is ten steps long and as tall as a person. Once it's dug, I can give you a lot of food," Cheng Bang said, pointing to the ground.
"Really?" the man asked excitedly.
It was just digging a pit; with so many of them, they could dig it out quickly.
"Really," Cheng Bang nodded.
"Okay! Then we'll start now." Dozens of people used the spears in their hands and began to dig the pit with great effort.
What they didn't know was that this pit was being dug for themselves.
By the time it got dark, the pit was finally dug.
"Now that we've dug the pit, you can fulfill your promise," the man said.
"I can, but I have one more condition," Cheng Bang said.
"What condition?" the man asked.
"You must eat your fill before you can take the remaining food away," Cheng Bang replied.
