This day was like a dream for the people of the Gu Yuan Tribe. In just one day, the Gu Yuan Tribe had gained five Blood Refining Realm warriors. Although it was already late, the entire tribe was bustling with activity. On the bluestone streets, there were children who had yet to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, children who had just honed their bones and tendons, and tribal soldiers with battle bows on their backs. At this moment, the entire tribe was in high spirits.
This was a golden age that the Gu Yuan Tribe had never experienced since its establishment. The entire tribe had eight Blood Refining Realm warriors, over a hundred centurions at the Great Perfection of the Bone Tempering Realm, and 2,000 soldiers. This kind of strength was enough to rank above the average among the low-rank tribes.
In the ancestral hall, Elder Gu Lin, who had fallen into a deep sleep due to his aging body, had woken up and walked out of the stone house. The corrosion of time had caused this elder, who was nearly a hundred years old, to look unrecognizable in the past few months. His long grey hair had turned snow-white, his face was full of wrinkles, and his eyes were cloudy and dim. He had deteriorated to the extreme. Even though Xiao Chen had consumed a large number of elixirs to strengthen his foundation, replenish his Qi and blood, and slow down his aging, birth, old age, sickness, and death were natural and could not be changed by humans. At least, it was not something that the current Xiao Chen could change. Today, the Gu Yuan Tribe was still just an ethereal mayfly among the thousands of tribes in the Wasteland, constantly struggling to survive in this world.
After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the elder naturally knew what the sudden eruption of violent Qi and blood in the tribe meant. The tightly shut corners of his mouth uncontrollably cracked open, revealing his two remaining teeth. He knew that the tribe finally had a successor. Even if he died now, he could still rest in peace and smile in the underworld.
At the stone tower in the center of the Gu Yuan Tribe.
At this moment, Xiao Chen had already returned to the stone tower. He did not stop the cheers of the tribe. Today, the Great Elder and the others had made a breakthrough, and many people in the tribe had become hot-blooded. This was something that he had not expected.
In front of the stone tower, there were four soldiers guarding the door. Their auras were fierce, and their gazes were vicious. They were far more powerful than the ordinary soldiers in the tribe. They were four corporal level warriors. Although the old and young of the tribe were excited, the four warriors did not show it. Their eyes were firm and solemn as they stood motionlessly in front of the door.
At this moment, the four of them saw dozens of figures. What was strange was that these people were obviously divided into several groups, and each group had several figures tied up with beast tendons. They looked like they were asking for forgiveness.
These people were the people who had just joined the Gu Yuan Tribe in the past few months. Today, the Gu Yuan Tribe had five new Blood Refining Realm warriors. This was like a bolt from the blue to the people of the tribe, especially those who had made some small moves. It was as if doomsday had come. They were afraid that Xiao Chen would come after them, and now they wanted to sacrifice some people to appease Xiao Chen's anger.
The four soldiers at the door were the original members of the Gu Yuan Tribe. When they saw the newcomers, they were stunned. As members of the Gu Yuan Tribe, they had their own pride. After all, there were too many wandering human tribes in the human world. Although these tribes were not very common within thousands of miles, they were not rare either.
What surprised them was why these people were acting like this. Although they were puzzled, they did not forget their mission. One of them took a step forward and blocked the noisy crowd in front of them.
When they saw the soldiers, the messy crowd immediately stopped moving. A few people walked out from the crowd. They were the original leaders of the tribe, and Lian Shanyue, the tribe leader of the Lian Shan Tribe, was among them.
Lian Shanyue, who was originally hoping to get lucky, finally gave up under the strong pressure of the five new Blood Refining Realm warriors of the Gu Yuan Tribe. He hurriedly escorted the tribesmen he had captured and was about to bring them to Xiao Chen and beg for Xiao Chen's forgiveness. However, when he walked into the courtyard, he realized that he was not the only one who had the same thought.
"Sir, we would like to pay a visit to the tribe leader. Please inform him!"
As he spoke, one of the people at the front took out a Blood Ginseng from his wide animal skin sleeve. He wanted to give it to the squad leader in private.
Seeing the actions of the people who came, the squad leader frowned. He was not moved by the Blood Ginseng at all. These tribesmen were really weak. Although the tribe leaders were at the peak of the Bone Tempering Realm, which was equivalent to a warrior at the level of a centurion, there was no fear in the squad leader's eyes. He believed that with his late stage Bone Tempering Realm cultivation, he would not be at a disadvantage when facing these tribesmen.
This was not surprising, as the resources of these scattered tribes were too weak. Not only did they not have many cultivation techniques, but their martial arts techniques were also very crude. They could not even satisfy the needs of the people in the tribe. Perhaps a centurion with a strong foundation from the Gu Yuan Tribe would be able to slaughter these scattered tribes to the last.
After a moment of silence, the squad leader said, "The tribe leader is cultivating in seclusion. If there is nothing important, please come and pay a visit another day!"
Hearing that Xiao Chen was cultivating, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous. After a while, someone couldn't bear the torment anymore and asked the cultivator again, "Could I trouble you to inform the clan leader that our Lianshan Clan and Qingya Clan have an important matter to discuss with the clan leader!"
Fortunately, this corporal was very dutiful. Under the pleas of these scattered tribe members, he finally prepared to turn around and enter the tower to report this matter to Xiao Chen. Just as he turned around and was about to move forward, his entire body suddenly trembled. After a moment, he turned back again.
"The tribe leader is waiting for you in the hall on the thirteenth floor of the stone tower!"
"Thank you!"
After hearing the squad leader's words, the tribesmen hurriedly thanked him and rushed into the stone tower. In the blink of an eye, there was no one left.
It turned out that just as this squad leader was about to enter the pagoda to report this matter to Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, who was cultivating in the stone pagoda, had woken up at some point in time. Furthermore, he had discovered the commotion at the bottom of the stone pagoda long ago. Hence, he sent a voice transmission to this squad leader, telling him to place these scattered tribe members into the stone pagoda.
How could Xiao Chen not know about the actions of these tribesmen? As the tribe leader of the Gu Yuan Tribe, how could he not know about the dirty tricks these tribesmen were up to? However, they had not found the right opportunity. Today, these tribesmen had delivered themselves to his door, so how could Xiao Chen let them leave peacefully?
In the hall on the top floor of the stone tower, Xiao Chen had not yet appeared. In the green stone hall, the animal oil was crackling and the bright light of the fire illuminated the hall as if it was daytime. Although it was not the first time for some of them to come to this hall, this time, their hearts were pounding. They were afraid that Xiao Chen would kill them in a fit of anger.