Besides, all foreigners should be exterminated—this was only natural for him. In his memory, ever since he could remember, it had always been this way!

Of course, he wouldn’t go back to the swamp directly. Just one peripheral member of the wood tribe had nearly cost him his life. Since they dared to stir up trouble near The Brooks Family, then they could leave their lives behind!

Without lingering any longer, he dashed out of the ancient forest, naturally heading back to the tribe. He could already imagine how worried Mother would be because he snuck out this time, and how furious Elder Brother would become.

But thinking of his gains, maybe he wouldn’t get beaten this time!

He rushed out of the ancient forest without any delay. A group of wood tribe members had actually been lurking just a few hundred li from The Brooks Family, and even managed to evade the patrols of the Brooks Guard. Clearly, they weren’t here as guests.

After running for half a day, he had already covered over a hundred li. Along the way, he conveniently hunted a red-eyed green wolf that crossed his path and directly absorbed its blood essence.

The vast land was originally wild and primitive. Even after he left the ancient forest, he was still among trees, though they were a bit sparser.

While running, he suddenly noticed a shadow flicker ahead in the ancient forest. Without any hesitation, he hurled the stone spear in his hand, piercing toward where the shadow had been.

Not only that, he also pounced forward, a faint blood glow shimmering beneath his beast robe.

“Young master, subordinate from the three-hundredth squad of the Brooks Guard!”

At this moment, the figure in the forest dodged to the side and hurriedly called out, even pulling out a bronze token from his chest, engraved with the cloud pattern and the words “青阳”.

Seeing this token, Henry Brooks stopped, not expecting to encounter the Brooks Guard. The commander of the Brooks Guard, as well as most of the centurions and squad leaders, were all from the The Brooks Clan, along with divine-hidden realm warriors selected from various tribes within ten thousand li.

However, the Brooks Guard only numbered a thousand, yet had to patrol a region spanning ten thousand li. This was also why, despite the appearance of the wood tribe, Henry Brooks wasn’t too surprised—there was simply too much land and too few warriors.

“To see the young master safe and sound is truly wonderful. Please, young master, return to the tribe with me!”

Seeing the man across from him bow in greeting, Henry Brooks suddenly realized he’d miscalculated. Maybe he really would get beaten this time. In the past, it was just the tribe’s soldiers, but this time he’d caused a stir with the Brooks Guard.

The only one in all of The Brooks Family who could mobilize the Brooks Guard was his Father. Even Elder Brother couldn’t command them. It seemed Father had come out of seclusion!

“Let’s go, back to the tribe!”

But thinking of the lurking wood tribe and that vanished exotic sable, Henry Brooks called out. With a divine-hidden realm expert escorting him, he was much faster than traveling alone. As night was about to fall, he returned to the The Brooks Mountains!

However, after entering the The Brooks Mountains, Henry Brooks couldn’t help but slow his steps, even becoming a bit timid. Although Elder Brother always shouted about beating him, he never actually did. But Father was another story—he didn’t just shout.

He really did hit!

Sneaking into the central valley deep within the mountains, Henry Brooks planned to see Mother first. With Mother there, he wouldn’t get beaten!

“You still dare to come back!”

However, a massive shadow suddenly loomed over him, and he instinctively tried to run!

“Stop!”

Just as Henry Brooks took a step, he froze in place, cautiously glancing back at the figure behind him.

“Rich blood essence, covered in blood, daring to enter the ancient forest alone—not bad. You are a true son of the The Brooks Clan, a child of mine, Jack Brooks!”

“Huh.” At this moment, Henry Brooks was a bit confused. Something felt off—Father wasn’t angry.

“Huán’er has grown up. Yes, from now on, Father can’t call you a child anymore.”

The next moment, the tall man grabbed Henry Brooks and tossed him into the valley.

“Go wash the blood off yourself and see your Mother. She’s been very worried about you these days!”

Chapter 8: Take Out the Secret Art, Tribal Council!

Climbing up from the ground, Henry Brooks didn’t mind. At this moment, he felt this was the Father he knew—always so rough and direct.

Wait!

“Why do you have the scent of foreigners on you? Did you fight with them?”

Just then, by the light of the beast fire, the burly figure came to Henry Brooks’s side again, carefully examining him, even reaching out to check him over. Only after confirming he hadn’t lost any limbs did he relax.

“I ran into the wood tribe, and also…”

“No rush, go see your Mother first. Come find me at the clan hall later!”

Henry Brooks didn’t mind that Father cut him off. After all, he was back in the tribe, and it didn’t matter if he talked about the wood tribe a bit later.

Besides, the stone spear had already told him that there seemed to be some treasure in that swamp, which was why the wood tribe had gathered there. If he hadn’t stumbled upon them today, he never would have discovered their tracks.

That was also why, when he met the Brooks Guard earlier, he didn’t have them summon the surrounding Brooks Guard warriors. The one he met wasn’t from the The Brooks Clan, but had been selected from another tribe.

Since it was a treasure, naturally, the fewer people who knew, the better!

Although the warriors of the Brooks Guard were under the command of The Brooks Family, Ethan Brooks didn’t restrict them in any way.