"Hmm?"
The girl clinging to the tree had been curiously observing these outsiders from the mountains when she suddenly heard Hu Ma's warning.
She was visibly taken aback, her small head quickly turning to look up into the tree.
But at that very moment, the strange green snake coiled above her head suddenly sprang into action. Moving as swiftly as a green bolt of lightning, it shot toward the girl's fair neck.
Hu Ma saw this and felt a slight heaviness in his heart, but he restrained himself and didn't impulsively try to rescue her.
All along the way, he had already asked Calculation about these matters. He learned that this tribe of Witches in the mountains had customs quite different from those of the Xia people outside. Therefore, this mountain journey required adhering to various rules to avoid unknowingly offending anyone.
