Crossing To The Primitive With A Game Panel - Chapter 103

Lu Yu approached uneasily, step by step.

As he got closer, he realized that Tai Lie wasn’t sitting cross-legged but kneeling on the ground. The bloodstains on his back were as thick as a little finger, snaking and twisting like dreadful snakes, making his back look eerie and bloody.

“Tai Lie…” Lu Yu’s voice trembled.

Splash

Tai Lie lifted a bucket of water and poured it down from the top of his head. The water almost evaporated into steam as it touched Tai Lie’s upper body.

Lu Yu heard Tai Lie emit several heavy, suppressed, and painful but unclear roars. His already uneasy heart was filled with a thick sense of unease. At the same time, Lu Yu also noticed something he had just overlooked.

With Tai Lie’s vigilance, why didn’t he notice him approaching so closely? Moreover, he had just clearly called Tai Lie’s name, but Tai Lie seemed not to have heard it.

Unconsciously, Lu Yu clenched his fists and continued to approach until he reached Tai Lie’s side.

“Tai Lie, what’s wrong with you?”

Tai Lie suddenly turned his head, his eyes locking onto Lu Yu’s.

Lu Yu’s brain buzzed.

What kind of eyes were these, full of bloodlust, cruelty, and anger… piercing to the heart, chilling, and evoking boundless fear.

It was the first time Lu Yu had seen Tai Lie with such eyes, eyes like the most brutal beast deep in the forest.

For a moment, countless emotions surged up, but Lu Yu quickly forced down these negative emotions with reason. What mattered most now wasn’t his feelings but what had happened to Tai Lie.

Lu Yu exhaled and looked at Tai Lie intently.

To his surprise, he found Tai Lie still tightly biting a piece of iron stone in his mouth, blood trickling from the corners of his mouth due to the exertion. And not only his eyes, but his whole state seemed off.

Lu Yu reached out to Tai Lie’s arm. “Tai Lie, you…”

*Smack!*

Lu Yu’s hand was forcefully waved away, and he stumbled to the side unprepared.

Clutching his throbbing hand, Lu Yu couldn’t believe it.

Just as he was quickly thinking about what was going on, Tai Lie’s voice suddenly sounded from above.

“You, quickly, leave.” Tai Lie spoke slowly and laboriously, gritting his teeth.

Lu Yu raised his head and saw that Tai Lie had already taken out the stone from his mouth, his eyes bloodshot but no longer as terrifying as before, as if he had returned to being a normal person.

Even in this situation, there was no way Lu Yu would just leave after hearing him. Seeing that he had calmed down a bit, Lu Yu quickly took out a red pill from his ring and stuffed it into Tai Lie’s mouth. “Eat it!”

The veins on Tai Lie’s neck bulged, looking extremely terrifying, but after just a few breaths, they receded.

“Not… useful,” Tai Lie said.

Lu Yu shouted without reservation, “Shut up!”

Not only was he anxious and scared now, but he was also very angry. Judging by Tai Lie’s appearance, this couldn’t be the first time, but he had never heard Tai Lie mention it. He thought that between partners, at least on important matters, there should be no reservations. He had told Tai Lie about the panel and the crossing, but Tai Lie had hidden so much from him.

Tai Lie closed his mouth silently, no longer provoking someone and igniting his anger further.

Several pills were stuffed in, but the bloodstains on Tai Lie’s body didn’t disappear at all. Not only that, Tai Lie seemed to become even more painful, letting out painful groans from his mouth.

Lu Yu completely panicked. “What should I do to help you?!”

Tai Lie helplessly tugged at the corner of his mouth, his eyes indulgent.

“Water.”

“Water?… Oh! Water!” Lu Yu suddenly remembered. He had just seen Tai Lie pouring water on himself but had forgotten.

Lu Yu hurriedly went to fetch a bucket of water. The wooden bucket was large, about six or seven of them in a row, with two already empty. Lu Yu picked up the third one.

“Should I pour it?” Lu Yu hesitated. The water seemed very cold, and he could feel the chill even through the wooden bucket.

“Pour it,” Tai Lie said without changing his expression.

Lu Yu gritted his teeth and poured the whole bucket of water over Tai Lie’s head…

—

“What’s going on?”

The two returned to the house, and Lu Yu couldn’t help but ask first.

Tai Lie kept his eyes closed and said nothing.

Although he had changed his clothes and wiped his hair, he was still steaming all over. Like a lion struggling out of the river, inexplicably emanating a sense of pity.

Lu Yu shook his head, casting aside any soft-hearted thoughts and spoke solemnly, “I thought that between partners, there should be honesty. What happened today? Are you really planning to keep it from me forever? Then does that mean in the future, I can keep things from you too? If I’m terribly ill, should I just find a place to wait for death without letting you know?”

Tai Lie looked up sharply.

Lu Yu sighed heavily, “Tai Lie, don’t let any barriers come between us.”

“Fine,” Tai Lie finally spoke, “If you want to know, I’ll tell you.”

His tone was calm, “This is actually a trait of the Matais, not all Matais have it, only those with exceptionally strong power will exhibit it under certain circumstances. It causes blood marks to appear on our bodies temporarily and we lose control temporarily, but we quickly recover. It’s not a big deal, so I didn’t tell you. I knew you would worry.”

“Of course, I’d worry! That’s why you should tell me, to put my mind at ease!” Lu Yu pressed on, “So, what exactly are these ‘certain circumstances’? Can they be avoided? Will it really not harm the body? Is pouring water over yourself the only solution?”

Lu Yu fired off a barrage of questions.

Tai Lie paused slightly, calmly answering all his questions, “When emotions fluctuate too much, it’s not possible, it won’t harm the body, and for now, pouring water is the only way.”

“Emotions fluctuate too much?” Lu Yu frowned, sensing things were more complicated, “For example?”

Tai Lie’s eyes darkened, “For example, when you’re too eager to… release, but have to suppress it.”

Lu Yu’s eyes widened, “Huh?”

At first, Lu Yu was full of question marks, but he quickly remembered something, “So that’s why you… every day…”

Tai Lie’s expression was serious, “My desire for you is deep, and it’s easy for me to lose control.”

Lu Yu: …

Tai Lie shrugged as if indifferent, “You don’t need to worry about me. When I can’t control it, I’ll handle it myself.”

Lu Yu retorted impatiently, “Handle what? Everything is fine now, but you always act like this. Be careful not to lose control one day!”

“I won’t,” Tai Lie said.

“What do you mean ‘won’t’?” Lu Yu started loudly but then trailed off, murmuring, “I’m not unwilling to… with you…”

Didn’t he arrange everything today? But he was a normal person who just wanted a harmonious and easy-going love life.

Tai Lie casually glanced at Lu Yu’s flushed cheeks as if he didn’t hear his murmured words, “Before, I didn’t consider your endurance, so rest assured, I won’t force you again.”

Lu Yu raised his head angrily, “You clearly heard what I said!”

“I just don’t want to hurt you…”

“Fine, since you’re so full of energy, go ahead and use it on me! I’ll indulge you!” Lu Yu gritted his teeth, “Go to bed!”

This “sleep” wasn’t a verb, he really meant to sleep.

Lu Yu had already asked Tai Lie, as long as his desire subsided, it would be fine. So why not do it in the dream training ground, where they could have more time…

But Lu Yu wouldn’t dare to look everyone in the eye when discussing what they learned in the dream training ground in the future, because while others were learning skills, he and Tai Lie didn’t know what “skills” they were “learning”…

Not only that, after that, Lu Yu opened the group training ground several times, while Shan Pu Le and Shui and the others were fighting monsters, Lu Yu and Tai Lie used the excuse of “observing and studying” to go somewhere else and do some “inappropriate” things…

That day, not long after, the Matai who was sent by Lu Yu to investigate the news in the Beast Plain returned.

“Witch, I followed your instructions to go to Chief Zhu Hua and found out some things…” The Matai gasped slightly.

He rushed over to Lu Yu as soon as he came back, without stopping to rest at all.

Lu Yu gestured for him to sit down quickly, “Don’t worry, take your time and tell me.”

The Matai sat on the wooden stool, gratefully accepted the water poured by Tai Lie, took a sip, organized his thoughts, and said, “Let me start from the beginning.”

Lu Yu nodded, “Okay.”

The Matai continued, “After hearing your instructions, I immediately went to the Beast Plain. Following your advice, I smeared mud on my face and changed into ordinary animal skins. Just as I arrived at the city gate, I saw many people being driven out of the stone city. The people driving them out looked very strong and had the circular scars that you mentioned, so I immediately thought that these people must be from the three great tribes. Then I went to ask one of the people who was driven out.”

“He said, recently, the three great tribes have been cleaning up the tribes living in the stone city. If they want to stay in the city, they must agree to become subordinate tribes of the three great tribes. Not only that, after becoming subordinate tribes, they are not allowed to have their own hunting teams. All warriors and slaves belong to the three great tribes. Some tribes agreed, some tribes refused, and those who refused were driven out.”

“At first, I thought they were just being driven out, but later I went to Chief Zhu Hua and found out it wasn’t like that.” The Matai clenched his fists, his face turning ugly, “Chief Zhu Hua told me that he personally saw that those tribes driven out were ambushed by people from the three great tribes on their way back to their own tribes, and they were all killed, including children…”

Lu Yu’s face darkened, “The one who does evil will end up in self-destruction. Continue”

The Matai didn’t understand the meaning of Lu Yu’s words, but he didn’t think too much about it. After taking a sip of water, he continued, “Chief Zhu Hua moved out quietly in advance, so he wasn’t affected. After telling me this, he asked me if there was anything else, so I told him about what you instructed me to ask. He said…”