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Chapter 638: Chapter 641: Intensifying Contradictions
Chiyu was faintly aware that things had turned out this way because he had started a fire in the White Flower Field.
He thought it was the worst outcome, but the development of the situation far exceeded his expectations—
The White Flower Field was vast and, as the white flowers were highly flammable, the blaze almost swept across the entire western Ming Deer Tribe.
Although everyone lived in stone caves, when the fire spread, it reached the caves too, with the thick, choking smoke from the flames billowing throughout the tribe. Panic and blurred vision caused several tragic stampedes.
When the fire started, the majority of the Ming Deer Tribe was out looking for their cubs. However, there were some who couldn’t move and were lying in the caves.
The mother of Lu Yu was one of them.
A few days earlier, while she was out collecting Hard-Fruit, she had accidentally fallen and sprained her ankle, which swelled up and caused her excruciating pain with the slightest movement.
Following the doctor’s advice, she had been resting in the cave. As it was already late, and Lu Yu had not returned, she asked Lu Yu’s father to go out and look for him.
However, she had not expected the White Flower Field to suddenly catch fire. The thick smoke brought with it flames into the cave. She tried to escape, but every step was agonizing.
She called for help loudly, but the majority of the tribe was out looking for cubs or trying to put out the fire, and nobody noticed her.
By the time Lu Yu’s father returned to the cave with Lu Yu in his arms, Lu Yu’s mother had already lost her Qi. Her body and nostrils were filled with black ash, and the wall next to her stone bed was covered in bloodstains from her desperate struggle. The sight was truly heartbreaking.
A desperate sense of sorrow and indignation engulfed Lu Yu’s father.
He let out a cry of despair. Young Lu Yu, not knowing what was happening, sobbed loudly as she clung to her father’s neck.
The cause of the fire was quickly investigated. Members of both tribes had died in the fire. Even though it appeared that Chiyu was to blame, wasn’t it also due to a lack of oversight by both tribes?
With the residences of the western Ming Deer Tribe destroyed and nearly half of the Sky Fox Clan injured, both tribes were not in the mood to assign blame. They tacitly agreed to let it go and did not mention it further.
The uninjured members of the Sky Fox Clan actively assisted the Ming Deer Tribe in selecting a new location and digging new caves. Just when everyone thought that this incident was about to pass.
Suddenly, news arrived. The cub of the Sky Fox Clan Chief, Suo Long, who was just born not long ago, has disappeared!
Upon hearing the news, everyone frantically searched. After a thorough investigation, it was discovered that Lu Yu’s father had also disappeared with the cub!
At that moment, a timid-looking thin man from the western Ming Deer Tribe came out with Lu Yu in his arms. He handed Lu Yu over to Saint Ya and passed on the message that Lu Yu’s father had left behind. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"None of you cared about Alan’s death, you all easily forgave Chiyu’s sins just because he is young. What did my Alan do wrong? Since the Sky Fox Clan Chief insists on protecting Chiyu, I shall let him taste the pain of losing a loved one."
Needless to say, the actions of Lu Yu’s father entirely infuriated the Sky Fox Clan. The already existing conflicts escalated, and everyone argued.
The Beastmen of the Sky Fox Clan believed that while they were at fault, they were not solely to blame for the incident.
