What!
"Great Elder, you mean …!"
The four people in the hall frowned and could not help but be shocked, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
"That's impossible, right?
What kind of existence is a middle-ranked combat division? Even though our Gu Yuan Tribe has been fighting and expanding under the leadership of the chief this year, it is still not enough to enter the eyes of the Iron Hoof Tribe. Not to mention the other tribes under the jurisdiction of the Iron Hoof Tribe, just in our Boulder Valley alone, there are countless tribes that are stronger than our Gu Yuan Tribe. What kind of foundation does our Gu Yuan Tribe have to make the Iron Hoof Combat Division look at us differently? "
Second Elder Lin Shan could not help but shout. However, his voice was so pale and weak that it became softer as he spoke.
"I think he has taken a fancy to the potential of our Gu Yuan Tribe and wants to take the tribe for himself," Tie Shi said.
"Ever since this war envoy came to the tribe again, he has not issued any edicts. Instead, he has been investigating the tribe every day and is full of praise for the tribe's development. Not only that, he wants to force his way into the tribe's forbidden area!"
"That's right. Fortunately, I have stored some of the tribe's martial arts manuals in advance!"
Lin Shan said angrily. "The place where every tribe's martial arts manuals are stored is an important place in the tribe, but this war envoy has forced his way in without any regard!"
"These days, I have also read some of the tribe's records and asked some of the tribe's clansmen who have come into contact with the war envoy. After analysis, the possibility is 90%!"
"What does the Great Elder think?"
"Some of the people in the middle-ranked Iron Hoof Tribe have done this many times and are as pure as fire."
Hearing this, Xiao Chen said with some doubt, "It is not impossible for this war envoy to take his tribe into the Iron Hoof Combat Division. After all, all the low-ranked combat divisions in Boulder Valley are nominally subordinate to the Iron Hoof Tribe and listen to the Iron Hoof Tribe's orders. Moreover, being taken in by the Iron Hoof Tribe is a great gift to some small tribes. I believe many people in the tribe will be very happy."
Hearing this, Tie Shi could not help but smile bitterly. "Being taken in by the Iron Hoof Tribe is a good fortune that every tribe envies, but this is not becoming a true member of the Iron Hoof Tribe, but a tribe under the war envoy's command. In other words, the entire tribe will become the war envoy's servants."
What!
"Bastard!"
"The Great Elder said that this Battle Envoy wants our Gu Yuan Tribe to submit to him. He wants us to submit to him and become his vassal in the future."
"Indeed, it's not rare. In our Rock Valley, there are a few human clans that have become slaves to the leaders of the iron hoof clans. Nominally, those clans still belong to the middle-grade iron hoof clans, but every year, they have to hand in their harvests to their masters. They are like slaves to those people, just like the food they raise in captivity. You can say that it's not beneficial at all!"
"Not only that, once you submit to them, you will have to make a life and death contract with them. You will never be able to violate it, unless the bloodline of one party is completely wiped out. Everything in the clan belongs to them, and their life and death are in their hands."
"Nothing to gain."
At this moment, such a sentence appeared in Xiao Chen's mind. This so-called subjugation was just a game between the big figures of the Shang Nation. After all, they were also human, and they needed to cultivate and have people to support them. Even if they had enough resources, they still had their immediate family, so who would complain about having more resources?
Therefore, they would gather some tribes with potential in the vast wilderness for their own use, and at the same time, collect resources for themselves. Just like the feudal system that Xiao Chen knew of in ancient times, the patriarch had absolute authority over the land under his rule, but in this continent, it was the power that occupied it.
It was not hard to imagine that once the Gu Yuan Tribe was controlled by this Shang Nation Battle Envoy, the entire tribe would become his blood bank, providing nourishment to the Battle Envoy at all times. From then on, the Gu Yuan Tribe would be like a ferocious beast raised by the Battle Envoy, and it would not stop every year.
"Sigh!"
The good-tempered Lin Shan pressed his hand on the armrest of the stone chair, causing the hall to buzz.
"My Gu Yuan Tribe is still too weak. Although we have developed rapidly over the past year, expanded our territory, and gathered more people, our foundation is still too weak. If we want to grow, we can't do it without time. I didn't expect that just after we drove away the jackals, a tiger and a leopard would come, and it's a demon that eats people without spitting out their bones!"
The hall became a little tense. The Gu Yuan Tribe had just taken a turn for the better under the leadership of Xiao Chen. Were they going to become someone else's slaves, and their life and death would be in someone else's hands?
After a long time, Xiao Chen suddenly said, "Alright, the three elders can go and deal with the tribe's affairs. I will go and meet this Battle Envoy!"
At this moment, Xiao Chen had already sensed an unusually domineering chill rising in the tribe. At the same time, it was mixed with a scorching aura of extreme yang. The two auras were colliding with each other, and it was clear that the bone-piercing chill was gradually melting the raging flames.
"This Battle Envoy is really greedy. He actually has designs on the Pegasus."
Xiao Chen's figure flickered, and the next moment, he appeared at the top of the tribe's stone tower. At this moment, a white figure in the sky above the tribe was surging with cold Qi, suppressing a young colt that was burning with raging flames in mid-air. He had no qualms about Xiao Chen's appearance at all.
This was because he had the strength to do so. As a peak Blood Refining Realm martial artist at the Half-step Great Floor, it was enough for him to create a top-notch low-ranked combat division, and he could even easily destroy a low-ranked combat division. At this moment, his eyes were already filled with the golden Pegasus, and he did not hide the greed in his eyes. He did not care about the reactions of the Gu Yuan Tribe members below him.
This time, he had once again come to the Gu Yuan Tribe to recruit them as his servants, and secondly, he had come for the young Pegasus. Ever since he had arrived at Giant Rock Valley, he had heard rumors from all over the Great Wilderness that Xiao Chen was an unparalleled genius, and his strength was comparable to that of the older generation martial artists. He even had a young Pegasus by his side. Since then, he had already set his sights on the Gu Yuan Tribe.
He did not care about the Gu Yuan Tribe's heritage. What he cared about was taking Xiao Chen under his command, and having him fight for him everywhere. When that time came, not only would he obtain a Pegasus, but he would also obtain a pegasus with unparalleled talent. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
"This is too much. Not only is he plotting against our tribe, but we have also tolerated him in every way possible. How dare he set his sights on the Pegasus? This is really too much." Second Elder Lin Shan roared in his heart. At this moment, the three elders had also seen the scene in the sky.
However, the few of them could not easily reveal their emotions. For a low-grade combat division like theirs, the sect master's tribe was undoubtedly a colossus that they could not afford to provoke, even if it was only a ten thousand man commander that had descended to their Gu Yuan Tribe.