The old chief looked at Bai Yang and frowned as he tried figuring a way. He was silent as he was clearly deliberating something.

The villagers around looked at Bai Yang for a while and looked back to the old chief, shifting from the two in silence.

Finally, the old chief looked at Bai Yang and said with mixed emotions, "Okay, I will accept your gifts for the villagers as well as your bestowal to us!"

Good, as long as you accept them.

Bai Yang thought and smiled after the old chief accepted his gifts.

Because of his lack of knowledge in the local language and culture, Bai Yang only understood that they would be accepting his gifts but he did not notice the meaning behind the word "bestowal".

"But, you will have to promise us two things."

The old chief's tone turned suddenly, as he looked dead serious at Bai Yang.

And through the old chief's eyes, Bai Yang saw nothing but utter seriousness, he knew that if he did not give his words to the old chief, they would turn him down, without any hesitation!

"Fair enough."

Bai Yang too, became very serious and strict as he nodded."

"Number one, the equipment, I will distribute them to the strongest 100 hunters in the village and they, will all become your guards. Number two, as Xiao Mao's grandfather, I now announce that she is all yours to command!"

Eh?

Bai Yang's heart skipped a beat.

The first condition was still acceptable, in a way. Guards, just like the bodyguards on Earth, so it was fine, it was not like he would bring them around to bully someone every day, I'm not someone that likes bullying others so it's fine, but the second condition? What was that? I now announce that she is all yours? As Xiao Mao's grandfather?

The old chief waved his hand and stopped Bai Yang from talking and he continued, "But, because these men are the main source of manpower in the village, most of their time would be spent on producing workforce for the village, I hope you can understand this."

Reasonable, Bai Yang understood this entirely and nodded.

But he felt something was off right away, the main thing right now was Xiao Mao, what does the chief mean by giving her to him?

Bai Yang was entirely stunned.

The old chief, however, did not give Bai Yang the chance to voice out his confusion, he turned around towards the villagers and started pointing at them with his old and pale hand.

"Zhao Shi, Hei Gou, Hu Zi, Zhu Zi...."

The old chief selected an entire 100 men, apart from them, the others backed away and the 100 towering men stood out. The scene was silent, the atmosphere was intense and the presence had Bai Yang extremely uneasy.

"Suit up!'

Facing against these 100 strong men, the old chief said only two words, but due to Bai Yang's inferior knowledge in the local language, he couldn't understand the pronunciation and meaning of the two words..

To be frank, the parts he knew he only knew a little.

The 100 men then started tearing the crates apart, each picked up an armor, started putting them on and held the saber in their hand.

Xiong Da actually was attentive enough, he made a hook on the scabbard of the titanium sabers, which could be hung right at the left side of the waist sash of the titanium armors, this was something Bai Yang hadn't thought of....

The fully equipped men stood right at the field, shua— and unsheathed their sabers in sync!

Under the sunshine were 100 ferocious-looking armed warriors, 100 steely cold sabers and together, they seemed to signal the end of the world!

What happened next was still beyond Bai Yang's comprehension, the 100 men did the same move, they placed the saber's edge in their left palm, cut through the inner cowhide under the gauntlet and slit their palm slightly to dye the edge red.

Hua lala—

They knelt down on one knee at Bai Yang and shouted, "Young Lord Bai Yang, our lives are yours now!"

What the hell?,?That gave Bai Yang a scare and he thought, What are they doing?

This was a little too serious that it became scary quickly, and he did not even understand the oath they had sworn to him at all so he turned to the old chief, who replied to him with a smile.

Bai Yang scratched his head, still having no idea about what happened, he awkwardly signaled them to stand back up, I'm really confused at what you are doing...

"They are all your guards from now on, want to appoint one of them as the leader?"

The old chief smiled towards Bai Yang, spoke slowly and used gestures to help Bai Yang understand better, it was the same for every conversation before.

Bai Yang was still puzzled, however, he couldn't really get a grasp of what was happening but he still listened to the old chief and pointed at Zhao Shi, "How about him?"

There was nothing he could do, Bai Yang was most familiar with the trio barbarians, Zhu Zi was unreliable, he only knew how to eat, Hu Zi was also the same, he was extremely curious about everything and Zhao Shi was the only one much more stable in every way.

Zhao Shi took a step forward, held his fist together and bowed at Bai Yang, "My lord."

After a confused nod from Bai Yang, Zhao Shi turned around towards his companions and said something. In an instant, the gaze coming from the men changed, but Bai Yang still did not understand what was happening and the meaning in their gaze...

In the end, Bai Yang went back to his own treehouse, just like this, with a clouded mind...

Hey? I still did not find out what's up with Xiao Mao?

When he returned to the treehouse, Bai Yang saw the pretty girl standing right at the door, looking at him with a sweet smile blossoming on her face and he mumbled.

While Bai Yang was conflicted, Xiao Mao faced right at him, knelt down on both knees and bowed at him.

"What are you doing?"

This gave Bai Yang a shock, he quickly stopped her and pulled her up but in panic, he returned into using his own mother tongue.

Xiao Mao stood back up and said something to him.

Fine, Bai Yang was completely confused by the local culture here...

Then, under the care of Xiao Mao, Bai Yang was fed with a meal of delicious meat.

After the meal, Xiao Mao started keeping herself busy like a butterfly, and Bai Yang hurriedly called her over after she was slightly free, "Xiao Mao, come here, I want to ask you something."

"Master, what do you want to know?"

Xiao Mao did not seem down however, she stood in front of Bai Yang, stared at him and her big eyes blinked continuously.

"Ermmm, why are they acting like that just now?"

Speaking and gesturing, Bai Yang asked, about why did the men slit their palm.

"They are pledging loyalty to you, they are now yours to command."

Xiao Mao's answer was simple and clean, but because of the language barrier, it took Bai Yang some time to understand.

Pledging loyalty or whatever was quite a strange yet unique feeling to Bai Yang, it felt that with just a little bit of generosity and his own aura he managed to earn a batch of loyal men for himself?...

Hmmm?

What the hell was that? Why would they slit their palm because they were becoming a bodyguard to someone?

This question was cast aside and Bai Yang scratched his head and asked, "About what your grandpa said, you are now mine.. I don't really get it..."

"It means that I am yours now, you can do whatever you want to me..."

Xiao Mao looked extremely dead serious at Bai Yang as she explained, her face was a little bit red but she did not avoid meeting eyes with Bai Yang.

What?

Gu-dong...

Bai Yang gulped, This is a little bit too exciting...

"Ugh.... Isn't this a little bit too casual? To say something like that?"

Bai Yang difficultly squeezed out a question, This is definitely eye-opening, I can do something to a beauty as I wish just because of a few words?

Bai Yang's question, however, blew a wave of fear into Xiao Mao, her expression froze for a second before turning pale and looked at Bai Yang, "Young Master, you don't want me?"

"What? No no no... I.. Hey! What are you doing, put the sword down! Are you trying to kill me!?"

Bai Yang tried to explain himself but Xiao Mao was already on her feet again and she unsheathed the broadsword she hung on the wall.

She was of course, not trying to kill Bai Yang, instead, she gave Bai Yang a heartbroken glance and started swinging the sword towards her neck.

"What the heck are you doing!?"

The stunned Bai Yang jumped up with an empty mind and shouted.

This is too terrifying, they simply slit their palm and now this? What kind of operation do you guys run around here?

In a panic, Bai Yang used his mother tongue again...

Perhaps it was because of Bai Yang's angry expression, Xiao Mao stopped in the nick of the time, the sword rested on her slender and pretty neck, tears started rolling down her cheeks as she looked at Bai Yang in puzzlement, blood leaking onto the sword's edge already!

She was dead serious, about taking her own life...!

Carefully moving the sword away from her, the worried Bai Yang even snatched the sword away from her.

Ho, it's actually kinda heavy, maybe 60kg?

Bai Yang almost snapped his waist when he held the sword...

"What are you even thinking!"

After some struggling to throw the sword aside, Bai Yang looked dead into Xiao Mao's eyes and said seriously and confusedly.

"My life is young master's, if you don't want me, the only option left for me is to kill myself."

With a simple sentence, Xiao Mao almost choked Bai Yang to death...