Chapter 638 - Xiao Rong's Help
"Great Leader Xiao Rong, if you guys don't come out now, then the people who saved you will be taken away by some bad people. I don't think refusing to repay a boon is Great Leader Xiao Rong's personal style!" Yu Xiaocao raised her voice.
"Ha ha ha--" A bout of clear and resounding laughter could be heard. The expression on Lei Tengfeng's face immediately changed. He had never expected that the ancient saying, 'the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind', would actually apply to him today!
Suddenly, a group of several hundred warriors seemed to appear from out of nowhere. In the blink of an eye, this group had easily surrounded Lei Tengfeng's group of men and Xiaocao's group. After looking more closely, one would discover that these men had all been disguised with mats woven from fresh grass. When a person laid down on the ground with the mat on top, they blended seamlessly into the grass prairie. It was truly a good disguise.
"Miss Yu, how did you know that my men and I were in the vicinity?" A fine looking steed trotted forward from the dust, stopping not far from her. The person sitting on top of that horse was the current leader of the Tuha'erhanbu tribe, Xiao Rong.
"Chief Xiao, I trust you have been well since we last met?" Yu Xiaocao had a bit of admiration in her heart for Xiao Rong. He was decisive and confident in his actions while being brave and intelligent. In the period of short months, he had managed to not only quell his tribe's inner turmoil but also swallow up a few small tribes in their vicinity. If he had been born in the Great Ming Empire, he would absolutely become a wise and great general there. Having such a man as an enemy would not be an easy thing to deal with!
Lei Tengfeng interrupted the greetings between the two people as he coldly huffed, "Chief Xiao, I, Lei Tengfeng, have long admired you for being a true man. Who would have thought that a mighty chief would become the mere dog of the Great Ming Empire! Such an utter waste of your talents ah!"
"Esteemed Heavenly Teacher, Xiao Rong has also heard that you are a person of the Central Plains. A citizen of the Great Ming Empire is asking for my help because of a grievance between you two. Esteemed Heavenly Teacher, are you in any position to criticize me at this point?" Xiao Rong easily dismissed the other man's attempts at sowing dissension between them.
"Absolutely true! Does someone who has betrayed their own country have any qualifications to criticize other people? That being said, the Great Ming Empire and the Tuha'erhanbu tribe are in a mutually beneficial diplomatic relationship with each other. How is this one country commanding another then?" When Yu Xiaocao learned that Lei Tengfeng was a traitor from the Medicine King Valley Sect, she felt even more disdain towards the other man.
"Since the Tuha'erhanbu tribe is not being commanded by the Great Ming Empire, then it's best, Xiao Rong, if you don't butt into today's matters. That way you can avoid rousing the ire of all of the other outer tribes!" Lei Tengfeng noticed that the other man had almost the same number of men as he did. When added onto the bodyguards that Yu Xiaocao brought along, that would make victory uncertain for him if Xiao Rong decided to interfere.
Xiao Rong smiled slightly and leisurely replied, "At that time, when I was at my lowest and severely injured, Miss Yu had helped me out. If it weren't for her help, then this world would no longer have me anymore. The warriors from the Tuha'erhanbu Tribe always return a boon for a boon and an eye for an eye. We are honorable warriors. Today, I will consider this as returning the favor that Miss Yu had shown when she had nursed me back to health!"
Yu Xiaocao slightly bowed towards him and said, "Chief Xiao is too kind. As a student of the medicinal arts, I'm not like some practitioners who only know how to rely on my skills to harm others. I was only doing my duty when I had helped you out!"
