Even though this figure was extremely old, it made Xiao Chen feel an invisible momentum rushing towards him. It was indescribably noble, as if it was mixed with an invisible force.
Xiao Chen, who opened his eyes, was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him. Even though he was already the chief of a tribe who held the life and death power of tens of thousands of tribesmen in his hands, in the face of a fallen martial artist who had appeared in front of him without warning, he was at a loss of what to do.
"Boy, the courage to enter my Purple Snake Tribe to plunder weapons and armors and forge materials has disappeared!"
Seeing that Xiao Chen was a little stunned, this Purple Snake Venerable did not have any change in expression. It seemed that Xiao Chen's performance was within his expectations.
"Senior … No, Venerable, you …" Hearing the old man's hoarse voice again, Xiao Chen could not help but shiver. His throat involuntarily moved several times, and he asked with some uncertainty.
From the previous contents of the animal skin scroll, Xiao Chen knew that this old man was called Purple Snake Venerable, and he was one of the great powers of the human race. Venerable was the title given to the Heavenly Building realm martial artists who were second only to the Human King, but not all martial artists who could occasionally break through to the Heavenly Building realm were qualified to be called Venerable.
For countless people of the human race, Venerable was a powerful martial artist. Only those who could suppress all directions could be respected. The Heavenly Building realm was divided into nine heavenly layers, and each step was a step towards the heavens. The nine heavenly layers condensed the eternal martial arts foundation. Only those martial artists whose strength reached the sixth heavenly layer of the Heavenly Building realm and won the recognition of countless people could be called Venerable. They were worshipped by tens of thousands of races and praised by billions of people.
The old man in front of him was at least a sixth heavenly layer of the Heavenly Building realm. How could Xiao Chen not be surprised? For the current him, a martial artist in the late stage of the blood refining realm was already a powerful enemy. With his current martial arts cultivation, a Heavenly Building realm martial artist was too ethereal. Even in this Giant Rock Valley, there may be Heavenly Building realm martial artists, but to be able to reach the sixth heavenly layer of the Heavenly Building realm and suppress all directions was a mystery.
"That's right. Ten thousand years ago, when I used my own blood essence to open the great seal formation, I have already fallen. Now, it is just an immortal fighting soul of this old man struggling at death's door. After ten thousand years of erosion underground, I am afraid it will not be long before this wisp of remnant soul turns into nothingness!"
Venerable Purple Snake had already walked away from Xiao Chen's side. His old voice continued to spread, "My Purple Snake Tribe's bloodline was severed ten thousand years ago. The entire tribe of nearly a million people was buried in this dark underground. But this old man does not regret it. I believe that all the men of my Purple Snake War Tribe also have no regrets. The only regret is that my Purple Snake War Tribe will be extinct from now on!"
"Venerable Purple Snake Lord, if you do not mind, Xiao Chen's tribe is weak and small. Xiao Chen will worship the hundreds of thousands of loyal blood descendants of the Purple Snake War Tribe every year, without end!"
"Kid, you have already looted all the valuable items of my Purple Snake War Tribe. Why did you come back?!"
Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Chen's expression was solemn. He stuck the dark blood spear in his hand into the bluestone ground. He faced the old man, the eight dead figures sitting cross-legged in front of him, and all the members of the Purple Snake Tribe outside the stone tower. He solemnly kowtowed to the old man, the eight lifeless figures sitting cross-legged in front of him.
"As a member of the human race of the great wilderness, Xiao Chen's heart is naturally loyal and righteous. The glorious human race fought in the great wilderness, their blood reflected the blue dome of heaven, and their blood dyed the blue sky. What flows in Xiao Chen's body is the unyielding hot blood of the human race that has been passed down since ancient times. Moreover, the Purple Snake War Tribe sacrificed their entire tribe for the sake of our Giant Rock Valley region. Xiao Chen will naturally serve as their sacrificial offering!"
"Haha …!"
Venerable Purple Snake suddenly laughed wildly. Although he was laughing, he was also crying. "Kid, do you think this old man has done wrong?!"
How could there be a debate about right and wrong? Using the lives of hundreds of thousands of humans in exchange for the Imperial Beast Tribe to never see the light of day again and not wreak havoc in the great wilderness. How could there be right or wrong? It was just the survival of two tribes. Venerable Purple Snake and the hundreds of thousands of people of the Purple Snake Tribe were merely sacrificing their lives for justice.
"Right and wrong, Xiao Chen doesn't dare to rashly distinguish. But if Xiao Chen was in Venerable Purple Snake's position, he would definitely do the same. Xiao Chen guessed that even if the disaster of the foreign tribes from ten thousand years ago were to happen again, Venerable Purple Snake would still make the same decision!"
"Good!
Good!
Good! "
Venerable Purple Snake shouted repeatedly. The entire great hall was shaken by his voice and reverberated in all directions. This voice went straight to the soul. Even though Xiao Chen had some attainments in the Dao of the Soul, he still couldn't withstand the power of this brilliant shout.
"That's right, if the disaster of ten thousand years ago were to happen again, this old man will still do the same. Our human race has occupied the great wilderness since ancient times and has prospered. For countless years, the supreme Human Kings and Human Sovereigns have fought against the hundred races of the world and protected the human race. How can we let the puny foreign tribes wreak havoc again? Even if we die, we will send them to the Hell of Samsara!"
"Venerable Purple Snake senior, our human race has fought hard in the great wilderness and never died. We have conquered the entire land. Even if the foreign tribes want to take the land under our feet, we will fight until the heavens are stained with blood. Ten thousand years ago, the Purple Snake War Department made a great contribution to the human race. Xiao Chen will worship it every year and engrave it in my heart."
After a long time, Venerable Purple Snake finally woke up. His old voice once again resounded in the great hall. "Now that ten thousand years have passed, the sea has turned into mulberry fields. Things remain the same, but people have changed. The hundreds of thousands of corpses of my people have long turned to dust under the ground. Who can still remember the moment ten thousand years ago when the Imperial Beast Clan descended upon Giant Rock Valley? The land was littered with the corpses of the human race, and the entire Giant Rock Valley was dyed red with the blood of the human race!"
Following the old man's narration, the air in the sealed great hall was filled with a sense of sorrow. The bleakness seeped into one's bones. However, Xiao Chen did not interrupt him. Instead, he quietly stood behind the old man and listened to his narration.
"Brat, do you know that if you had just left after plundering the resources left behind by my Purple Snake Tribe, you would've become a corpse by now. You would've been buried in this sunless city along with my hundreds of thousands of tribesmen!"
What!
Hearing the Venerable Purple Snake's words, Xiao Chen was shocked. Then, he felt a chill run down his spine. Xiao Chen did not think that the old man was lying. Even if this was an old man who had fallen in the great wilderness tens of thousands of years ago and only had a trace of his soul left, he looked incredibly old.
Not minding Xiao Chen's shock, the Venerable Purple Snake continued, "This place is the resting place of the hundreds of thousands of my people. How can we let someone who has no sense of justice for the human race and has ulterior motives enter and disturb the rest of the hundreds of thousands of brave souls!
Since you do not remember the blood of the human race's ancestors who fought in the great wilderness, you can only leave your life behind to repent in the endless darkness! "
His words were filled with undisguised murderous intent. Xiao Chen could not help but feel that he had taken a trip to the gates of hell.