"Patriarch, it's been a long time since the battle at the Night of Ghosts. Tie Wen has yet to return from his investigation. Could something have happened?"
The atmosphere in the room became somewhat heavy. After all, an unknown enemy was the most terrifying thing, not to mention that this was a matter of life and death for the 170,000 tribesmen of the Gu Yuan Tribe.
In order to find out what had happened, the Gu Yuan Tribe's Dark Hall's scouts had already ventured deep into the Great Wilderness under the lead of their hall master. Nearly a thousand cultivators had rushed around the Great Wilderness and dealt with the various tribes for this mission.
"Elders, there's no need to worry. Hall Master Tie is meticulous and steady. Furthermore, his strength is already at the peak of the Middle-stage of the Blood Refining Realm. He's only here to gather information, not to charge into the enemy lines. He must have been delayed because there's been a turn for the better!"
"Elders, I've already given strict orders to Shi Ya, Xue Sha, and the others to venture deep into the tribe's territory and guard against any strange movements within thousands of kilometers of the Gu Yuan Tribe's territory. Furthermore, with the cooperation of a few thousand combat masters, no one will be able to touch the Gu Yuan Tribe's territory again!"
One thousand and two hundred miles away from the Wu Yuan Army, there was a green mountain that was covered in beautiful flowers. Under this green mountain, there used to be a small human clan that depended on the Wu Yuan Army. However, this small clan had been slaughtered by the non-humankind twenty years ago, and the bloodline of this clan had been cut off.
Broken walls and ruins remained at the foot of the green mountain. Stone houses built according to the terrain of the mountain had experienced decades of wind and rain. No one had repaired them, so they had become extremely dilapidated. Most of them had even collapsed on the ground.
At this moment, three figures emerged from within the dilapidated mountain wall. The leader was actually the middle-aged man who had come into contact with the commander of the Ghost Race's wandering soldiers. As for the other two figures, although they were in human form, there were some obvious differences between them and humans. It was obvious that they were from the foreign tribes.
"Old Wu Yuan, you want to play us like monkeys? I don't think your Wu Yuan Tribe is qualified. I'm not the Ghost Might of the Ghost Clan. Not only will I lose my life, I'll also sacrifice the lives of thousands of my tribe members!"
In the face of Xie Mie's roar, the middle-aged Human Clan martial artist was not angry at all. Even the smile on his face did not change. He said calmly, "You're just a bunch of foreign race survivors who hide here and there like stray dogs. How dare you be so arrogant in front of me!"
"You …!"
Xie Mie immediately became enraged. The corners of his mouth twitched and his eyes were filled with anger. His eyebrows were flushed red. This was the sign of blood rushing to his head. He was so angry that he was about to explode.
"That's right, we are indeed stray dogs, but even a small soldier of the Evil Spirit race knows to fight for the race. If the ancestors of the human race who died in battle since ancient times knew that their descendants did not care about the territory they had painstakingly fought for and even colluded with the remnants of foreign races like us, would they crawl out of the ground?
Isn't that right, Brother Xue?
Hahaha … "
"Damn you, you bastard!"
A furious voice rang out again, but this time, it was the middle-aged man from the Human Clan. At this moment, he was just like Xie Mie. His Qi and blood rushed to his head. Even though he was already a Blood Refining Realm warrior and his Qi and blood flowed smoothly, his face was still flushed red.
Xie Mie's laughter was ear-piercing, like a sharp arrow piercing his heart. As a human, he did not want to inherit the will of the ancestors of the human race by expelling the foreign races and protecting the land of the Great Wilderness. Instead, he secretly made frequent deals with the remnants of the foreign races. If this matter was known by others, he would become a stray dog in the Great Wilderness like the foreign races, and everyone would have the right to kill him.
The middle-aged man's face was dark. His Battle Aura surged in his body and he secretly mobilized the blood in his body. His heart was filled with killing intent.
"What? Does the Wu Clan Leader want to kill the two of us here?"
The martial artist of the Blood Clan suddenly interrupted. As a member of the Blood Clan, he was very sensitive to blood. At this moment, he felt the blood in the middle-aged man's body surging and showed signs of exploding. Therefore, he spoke up to stop him.
"Wu Clan Leader, we did not come here today to vent our anger. We also know that Gui Xiong and several thousand of his subordinates were slaughtered. Although the Blood Clan, Evil Spirit Clan, Ghost Clan, and several other clans have formed an alliance, each of us is very independent. This alliance was originally an extremely loose offensive and defensive alliance. Now that the Ghost Clan's independent Battle Masters have been completely annihilated, we also followed our previous agreement and did not harm your clansmen. If you want to use our two clans to send us to our deaths, we can just break up!"
"That's right!
Gui Xiong had more than twice the soldiers of the Evil Spirit Clan and the Blood Clan. His strength was also several times stronger than ours. Now that Gui Xiong has died and his subordinates are all dead, our two clans do not have the strength to interfere in the affairs of your Wu Yuan Tribe. I think we should just forget about today's matter! "
"Humph!"
Wu Yuan coldly snorted. His anger gradually dissipated, and he spoke again. "This time, the Iron Hoof Battle Tribe's Leader has personally ordered that all the remnants of the foreign clans under his rule should be completely annihilated. He has even sent battle envoys to various places to urge the human soldiers to annihilate the foreign clans. Do you really think you can escape the fate of annihilation?"
"Humph!
Ignorant Wu Yuan, you look down on us too much. We carry the orders of our clans. Ever since we came to this Boulder Valley, we have never thought of going back alive!
Threats? The thousands of soldiers of the Evil Spirit Clan are not afraid of your threats. You are just a scum of our clan. No wonder the Purple Gold King Tribe of the human clan was killed by the kings of the other clans tens of thousands of years ago!
I really don't understand how a clan that only knows how to fight among themselves can occupy such a rich land! "
This time, Wu Yuan did not get angry again. Instead, he clenched his fists tightly, and his face was as calm as still water. He had always believed that the winner was the king, and only the winner had the right to talk about success and failure. So what if he, Wu Yuan, had colluded with the foreign clans? As long as no one knew about it, he would still be praised in the great wilderness. He was the Tribe Leader who was respected by tens of thousands of people in his tribe. At this moment, he had already made up his mind to kill the two people in front of him.
"This time, the battle envoys of the Iron Hoof Battle Tribe have come to supervise the annihilation of the foreign clans hidden in the great wilderness. Do you really want to die? If so, I will naturally not stop you. Then go back and wash your necks, and wait for the cavalry of my Wu Yuan Tribe to come and reap the harvest!"
"Wu Yuan, in the past, we have cooperated and eliminated many obstacles for your tribe. Now, you are hitting us when we are down. Aren't you afraid that we will reveal everything?"
"Hahaha!
My Wu Yuan Tribe will protect the people of the great wilderness, protect the land that our ancestors have managed, and follow the orders of the Iron Hoof Tribe to annihilate the foreign clans hidden in the great wilderness. Under the suppression of the strong warriors of my Wu Yuan Tribe, the ghost clan that has been wreaking havoc in the great wilderness for hundreds of years had no choice but to flee. Which tribe in the great wilderness doesn't know about this? As for colluding with the foreign clans, do you think that the people of the great wilderness will believe the one-sided words of the foreign clans? "
As a Tribe Leader who was in charge of more than a hundred thousand people, how could he be a simple person? Since he dared to commit such a heinous act, how could he not be prepared and casually leave behind something that could be used against him?
"It is said that the Tribe Leader of the Wu Yuan Tribe is as cunning as a fox and as black as ink. You really live up to your reputation. However, if you think that you can make our men work for you with just this, you are too full of yourself and indulging in fantasy!
We are not that second Ghost Might. "
"The Wu Yuan Tribe doesn't have the qualifications, but I do!"
A frivolous voice rang out from behind Wu Yuan, and in the next moment, a white-robed young man appeared in front of everyone. However, the sinister expression on his face completely ruined his handsome features.
"Xiang 'er … you …!"
Wu Yuan was shocked to hear Xiang Tian's voice. He had warned him not to follow them, as colluding with the foreign clans was taboo. However, he didn't know that Xiang Tian's hatred for Xiao Chen ran so deep. Every time he heard of Xiao Chen's name, his hatred for Xiao Chen would skyrocket. That was especially true after Xiao Chen had defeated Mu Qingcang, the famous Legacy Ranger Warrior of the Great Wilderness, Xiao Chen's name had once again spread throughout Megarock Valley, and Xiang Tian couldn't control the violence in his heart any longer.
Hiding in the Primordial Ancient Forest at the back, hearing that Wu Yuan was bargaining with the two otherworldly tribesmen, he couldn't help but reveal himself.
While Xiang Tian was arguing with the two foreign clans, over a dozen figures appeared outside the Gu Yuan Tribe's city. They were riding on horses, and white smoke was coming out of their nostrils. Every single one of them looked exhausted. The person leading them was the Gu Yuan Tribe's Dark Hall's Hall Master, Tie Wen.
In the main hall of the stone tower.
At this moment, the dozen cultivators outside the city had already appeared in the main hall, along with Xiao Chen, the Punishment Elder, and the Technique Imparting Elder. As for the Internal Affairs Elder, he had already left to deal with the various internal affairs of the tribe.
"Hall Master Tie Wen, it's been hard on you all these days. I will reward you handsomely!"
After hearing Xiao Chen's words, the dozen figures immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted, "Thank you, Lord Patriarch. We will do anything for the Gu Yuan Tribe."
"Hall Master Tie, did you discover anything in the Great Wilderness this time around?"
Hearing this, Tie Wen, who was at the side, immediately said, "Reporting to Patriarch, Tie Wen followed your orders and went to the vicinity of the Distant Crow Tribe to scout for information. According to the reports of the people in the vicinity, there is indeed a wandering ghost warrior entrenched in the vicinity of the Distant Crow Tribe. As Elder Xue Sha said, there are even several stragglers of the foreign races gathered in the vicinity. Recently, the mid-ranked Iron Hoof Tribe sent out an order for all the human tribes under their jurisdiction to do their best to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the foreign races in the great wasteland. Therefore, the Distant Crow Tribe and this foreign straggler have been fighting for several months."
Xiao Chen did not reveal any strange expression when he heard Tie Wen's words. After all, he already knew most of what Tie Wen had said.
"However, the strange thing is that a month ago, this Ghost Race straggler, who had been fighting with the Wu Yuan Tribe for over a couple of months, suffered a crushing defeat. Their commander had no choice but to flee to the Great Wilderness with his men. He even abandoned the nest that he had managed for a hundred years."
At this moment, Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly shot out two sharp beams of light. He subconsciously clenched his fists, which had been lightly leaning against the stone chair.
"The news of the Ghost Race's escape has spread like wildfire in the vicinity of the Wu Yuan Tribe. It is said that the Shang Nation's Sect Master and the tribe's Battle Envoy praised them."
"They escaped?"
Xiao Chen did not believe that it was such a coincidence that his Gu Yuan Tribe would encounter such a thing. The Ghost Race had fled after being defeated and had indeed come straight for his Gu Yuan Tribe. There were over a dozen human tribes in the vicinity of this tens of thousands of miles away. If they had simply wanted to slaughter the human tribes for food, there was no need for them to travel such a long distance!
"Patriarch, could it really be a coincidence that the Ghost Race straggler attacked our Gu Yuan Tribe?"
Tie Wen's news caused the Great Elder and Elder Xue Sha to frown.
"Coincidence?" Xiao Chen could not help but reveal a sinister smile. After a while, it disappeared.
"Hall Master Tie, I asked you to investigate the relationship between the Wu Yuan Tribe and the Treasure Elephant Tribe. Do you have any news?"
"Reporting to Patriarch, I have already investigated. The Wu Yuan Tribe and the Treasure Elephant Tribe are related by marriage. The Wu Yuan Tribe's patriarch's younger sister was married to the Treasure Elephant Tribe's patriarch as a concubine. Because of this, the Wu Yuan Tribe's patriarch was able to kill more than a dozen competitors and inherit the position of patriarch."
"After the Wu Yuan Tribe's patriarch's younger sister married the Treasure Elephant Tribe's patriarch, they had two children. One of them is Young Master Tian Xiang, who has a grudge against the patriarch."
What!
The two Great Elders were shocked when they heard this.
Xiao Chen did not show any surprise when he heard this. This was within his expectations, and there was not much of a difference.
When the envoy of the Medial Grade Iron Hoof Tribe arrived, the young cultivator beside him did not hide his enmity for the Gu Yuan Tribe. This did not make sense in the first place. After all, Xiao Chen was certain that he did not know this young cultivator. Where did this enmity come from?
"Furthermore, I transformed into a Wasteland Ranger and entered the Far Crow Tribe. I found out that a few days after the battle envoy arrived, Mammoth Heaven appeared in the Far Crow Tribe. He and the young master of the Far Crow Tribe, the young man who accompanied the battle envoy to the Guyuan Tribe, went to the frontline to fight the Outsiders. Not long after that, the Ghostfolk were defeated by the Far Crow Tribe and fled to the Wasteland." "That's right. That's right.
The hall immediately fell into silence, and there was even a hint of suppression in the atmosphere.
"Chief, don't tell me that Mammoth Heaven and the Far Crow Tribe really dared to collude with the Outsiders to do something so disrespectful to their ancestors?" "That's right," Mammoth Heaven said.
They found it hard to believe. Originally, they thought that the matter had come to an end after the battle agreement between their tribe and the Treasure Elephant Tribe was canceled. Even if the Treasure Elephant Tribe was arrogant and despotic and thought that the Gu Yuan Tribe had disgraced them, they would still have some misgivings about attacking the Gu Yuan Tribe. They didn't expect that Elephant Tian would betray his ancestors and collude with the Outsiders for his own selfish desires.
"In the Great Wilderness, the winner takes all. Over the years, there has always been a mix of good and bad among the Human Race, and they have always disregarded the righteousness of the Human Race."
Compared to the anger of the people in the tribe, Xiao Chen did not care about this matter. There were no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal benefits. As long as there were enough benefits, there would always be people who would take risks out of desperation. Money makes the world go round!