"The battle envoy of the middle-grade Iron Hoof Tribe has arrived. The people of the Gu Yuan Tribe shall come out of the city to welcome him!"
His voice was like rolling thunder that resounded in the ears of every clansman in the Gu Yuan Tribe, causing their eardrums to buzz. Some babies who were still suckling were immediately frightened to the point of crying, causing the women beside them to be unable to help but become flustered.
This obvious show of strength made Xiao Chen's expression freeze. This person was really hateful. In just a moment, Xiao Chen's figure appeared on the city wall.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Almost in an instant, more than ten streams of light rose from every corner of the Gu Yuan Tribe. They turned into streams of light in the void and shot toward Xiao Chen. They were the chiliarchs of the Gu Yuan Tribe.
Even Xue Sha and the five Qiu brothers had appeared. At this moment, everyone's expression was a little solemn. The middle-grade Iron Hoof Tribe had millions of clansmen and was overseen by a Heavenly Building Realm martial artist. It suppressed hundreds of thousands of miles of land and had tens of millions of humans as its vassals. Although the difference between the Gu Yuan Tribe and the Gu Yuan Tribe was only one grade, the gap was as deep as a chasm. Even Xiao Chen was a little nervous when a powerhouse from such a powerful tribe suddenly descended.
As a tribe under the rule of the middle-grade Iron Hoof Tribe, the Gu Yuan Tribe's strength was not enough to be taken seriously by the Iron Hoof Tribe. This was a kind of prestige from the tribe's rank. The tribe had been established for 800 years, and it was only when the founding patriarch personally went to the Iron Hoof Tribe to brand the tribe's seal and inform the Shang Nation that the Gu Yuan Tribe would establish a tribe and open up a frontier, becoming a vassal of the Iron Hoof Tribe. Since then, the patriarch had never set foot in the clan city of the Iron Hoof Tribe. The annual tribute was only given to the deacons of the Iron Hoof Tribe.
Now that the Shang Nation's patriarch had suddenly descended on the Gu Yuan Tribe and even asked the Gu Yuan Tribe to welcome them, although he was a little displeased with their domineering attitude, Xiao Chen could not act recklessly.
"Elders and chiliarchs, follow me out of the city to welcome the battle envoy of the Iron Hoof Tribe!
Don't let the prestige of the Gu Yuan Tribe fall. "
"Yes!"
Everyone shouted in unison. Even Xue Sha had begun to accept life in the Gu Yuan Tribe after living here for a month.
In the blink of an eye, the two black dots in the distance had already arrived a thousand feet away from the Gu Yuan Tribe's city. They were two beasts that looked like jade. They had a single jade horn on their heads, and their bodies were covered in golden fur. They looked like lions. The two wild beasts stood in the void, their pale golden eyes constantly sweeping around, and an unruly aura filled the air.
A white-robed middle-aged man sat on the white jade lion in the lead. His expression was indifferent, and his entire body exuded an icy aura. However, this aura was not intentional. Instead, it was naturally emitted when one cultivated the martial way to the extreme, and it seeped into one's bones. Just this formless aura alone was enough to make the chiliarchs feel a chill in their hearts.
This was a martial artist at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm, but he had not just broken through. Instead, he was a Half-step Heavy Building Realm martial artist who had already opened twelve meridians in his body and formed the Zhou Tian Circulation.
The white-jade lion behind him was a young martial artist. Judging from his bone age, he was less than thirty years old, but he was at the peak of the middle stage of the Blood Refining Realm. However, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes that everyone could not get over. The previous unscrupulous shout had come from this young man.
Below the city gate, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and stood a thousand feet away from the Gu Yuan Tribe with more than ten people. He then bowed and said, "Gu Yuan Tribe Leader Xiao Chen and the elders and chiliarchs of the tribe welcome the arrival of the Shang State's middle-grade Iron Hoof Tribe's battle envoy!"
"You're the Gu Yuan Tribe Leader Xiao Chen!" The white-robed middle-aged man's gaze swept around and finally fell on Xiao Chen.
"That's right," Xiao Chen bowed and replied, "I didn't know that you'd come. Gu Yuan Tribe is honored by your presence!"
"There's no need for that!"
The white-robed middle-aged man waved his hand and then looked at the entire city of the Gu Yuan Tribe. He then said, "I'm Tie Mo, the guardian warrior of the Iron Hoof Tribe!"
What!
The white-robed middle-aged man's voice was neither sad nor happy, but it shocked everyone. A Tie Mo could lead ten thousand human warriors and was already a high-ranking member of the Iron Hoof Tribe. He was a powerful martial artist who could suppress an area. No one had expected that he would come to this remote Gu Yuan Tribe.
"Alright!"
Tie Mo said calmly, "Leader Xiao, I'm sure you already know that the Iron Hoof Tribe has issued a Ten Thousand Tribe Order to all human tribe rangers in the territory under our rule not long ago to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Blood Clan scattered in the Great Wilderness!"
"Yes!
Xiao Chen already knows about it. Could it be that you've come for this? Everyone has the right to kill the remnants of the foreign races. Gu Yuan Tribe will not fall behind the other tribes! "
"The Wasteland is the place where the human race thrives. How can we allow the large clans of the Hundred Worlds to wreak havoc again? I've come to the Giant Rock Valley this time under the orders of my clan leader to patrol the territories under the iron hooves' rule and suppress the remaining evil clans!"
Hearing Tie Mo's impassioned speech, Xiao Chen kept thinking about why this middle-ranked Tie Mo had come to the Gu Yuan Tribe at this time. After all, the Giant Rock Valley had always been ruled by the four overlord tribes. Even if a battle envoy came, the four overlord tribes would be responsible for arranging and executing it.
As expected, after Tie Mo's impassioned speech, he changed his tone and shouted angrily, "The Gu Yuan Tribe doesn't follow the order. Xiao Chen, do you know your crime!"
Berserk Battle Qi surged out, instantly making everyone feel like they were in the middle of a storm, and the center of this storm was Xiao Chen. As a cultivator at the peak of the Blood Refinement Realm, the meridians in his body had already formed a cycle, growing and multiplying endlessly. If not for Tie Mo's target being Xiao Chen, the elders and chiliarchs of the Gu Yuan Tribe would have already fallen to the ground with severe injuries.
Deep in the center of the storm, Xiao Chen finally understood the terror of a Half-step Heavy Building Realm warrior. However, such power was not enough for him to bow down. "Lord Envoy, may I ask why my Gu Yuan Tribe doesn't follow the order?
"Lord Envoy, may I ask why my Gu Yuan Tribe has disobeyed the order? Eight hundred years ago, I, Gu Yuan, received permission from my superiors to leave my tribe's mark on the Myriad Tribe Stele in Iron Shoe City. Since then, I've established my tribe here. Under the leadership of successive chiefs, I've fought fiercely against the Hundred Tribes of the Great Desolate. Countless warriors have shed their blood in the Great Desolate. Not even their corpses remain. Behind me, generations of warriors of my Gu Yuan Tribe are buried on Zhong Hun Mountain. They used their hot blood to defend the land under their feet.
"Good!
Good!
Good!
Are you refuting me for a mere low-rank tribe!? "
"I wouldn't dare. Xiao Chen is just narrating a fact."
"Lord Tie, the people of the Gu Yuan Tribe are arrogant and unruly. They can't take on big responsibilities. For their own selfish desires, they even provoked internal strife among the Human Tribe. Taking advantage of the fact that their superiors have no time to take care of Giant Rock Valley, they forcefully annexed the surrounding Human Tribe. I think this Gu Yuan Tribe has been disloyal for a long time and intends to shake the rule of the Iron Hoof Battalion!"
At this moment, the young man on the back of the Jasper Lion suddenly said. His words were even more provocative.
When he saw that the white-robed man's expression did not change, a dark glint flashed across the young man's eyes. He said again, "Sir, I think that the Guyuan Tribe must have colluded with the foreign tribes. Otherwise, how could such a small and remote tribe produce so many Blood Refining Realm warriors? They must have cultivated evil techniques. This would explain why the Guyuan Tribe did not care about the safety of the Great Wilderness, stirred up the internal strife of the Human Race, and annexed the surrounding tribes!
Stirred up internal strife among the Human Tribe, annexed the surrounding battalions, and colluded with the remnants of the Great Wilderness!
One accusation after another was put on the Gu Yuan Tribe.