In the wilderness outside Guyuan City, countless figures were looking at the young man in the center. At this moment, they were filled with the joy of surviving a disaster. Some women were so excited that they even shed tears. At this moment, the entire wilderness suddenly became quiet. Only the rustling of the wild grass could be heard.
"Haha, these one-star fierce beasts belong to our Guyuan Tribe from today onwards."
"Not bad, not bad. Judging by the aura they emit, they should have reached the upper one-star realm. They are comparable to martial arts cultivators who have perfected the Tempered Bone Realm. If they were placed among our Guardian Soldiers, they would be at the level of a centurion."
For these ordinary people, they were more concerned about what was in front of them. As for the rest, the elders of the tribe would make arrangements for them. At this moment, they no longer had any resentment. They surrounded the four one-star fierce beasts and pointed at them. Their eyes were filled with joy and excitement. After all, these four upper one-star fierce beasts would be a great help to the Guyuan Tribe.
"It's good that you're back."
Great Elder Tie Wen took a deep breath and smiled. Xiao Chen's arrival had eased his tense nerves. The past few days had been like a year for him.
As he looked at the familiar tribe members and the ancient green city walls, Xiao Chen's heart suddenly calmed down. Everything he had experienced over the past few days was like a silent baptism. Everything in front of him was the place where his soul had entrusted itself after coming to this world. He was like a wanderer who had left his home and returned to it.
His simple tribesmen lived within the city walls built of giant cyan stones. Beneath the walls were the memories of the Gu Yuan Tribe's eight hundred years of fierce battles in the Wasteland. Countless spirits of the Gu Yuan Tribe's ancestors slept there, and the mottled cyan city walls were soaked with the blood of countless good men. All of this allowed him to completely blend into the people of the Wasteland.
"Huang Liang, bring the tribe members to collect the bodies of the sacrificed people. As for the injured people, leave them to Doctor Mu. In the future, Xiao Chen will definitely seek justice for the warriors."
In the crowd, Xiao Chen noticed Mu Qing's presence at a glance. Although the two of them did not speak, their gazes conveyed everything.
Although Xiao Chen had arrived in time, dozens of the clan's children had still been killed, and a similar number of warriors had been gravely injured. Half of the warriors had been crippled for the rest of their lives, and had lost all hope of martial arts, becoming cripples.
An hour later, in the newly built stone tower in the center of the Gu Yuan Tribe.
This stone pagoda that was more than 500 feet tall was completely made of bluestone. It was majestic, and at the top of the stone pagoda was a spacious hall. At this moment, there were several people sitting in this quiet hall.
Among them were Gu Yuan Tribe's founding elder, Elder Gu Lin, Great Elder Tie Wen, Elder Xiao Tan, Ding Shan, and a few important centurions. As for the centurions who had recently surrendered, they were not summoned.
At the moment, the Gu Yuan Tribe was not stable. Although many of the scattered tribe members had integrated into the Gu Yuan Tribe, it was still unknown how many of them were loyal. In order to prevent some confidential information from being leaked, Xiao Chen dismissed the centurions and some of the original warriors from the tribe and sent them into the city to appease the restless people.
The tribe members who came to this hall were all Xiao Chen's trusted subordinates.
After stopping everyone's etiquette, Xiao Chen's gaze swept across everyone in the hall. He saw that everyone in the hall had tired expressions on their faces. It could be seen how much pressure the dangerous situation had put on them over the past few days. Xiao Chen could not help but blame himself. After all, he was the tribe leader, yet he had left the tribe for so many days. This was indeed not something a tribe leader should do.
"Tribe leader, these ten days …" An old voice resounded in the hall.
An old voice resounded in the hall. It was the senior elder of the Gu Yuan Tribe, Gu Lin. "What should we do during the trip to Black Cloud Mountain in ten days? I wonder if the Kui and Water Xuan Snake Tribes will give Gu Yuan ten days."
Over the past two months, Elder Gu Lin had become even older. The Qi and blood in his body had long withered. Without the suppression of Qi and blood, the injuries he had suffered when he was young continued to attack his broken body. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was as thin as a stick of wood. At this moment, he sat down on the stone chair with great difficulty. His turbid eyes never left Xiao Chen's figure.
As soon as Elder Gu Lin finished speaking, the excitement from killing the enemy was instantly extinguished. The pressure from the Kui and Water Tribes was extremely great. It was like a huge mountain that constantly pounded on everyone's hearts.
Although Xiao Chen had returned and there were two Blood Refining Realm warriors in the tribe, the strength of the Kui and Water Tribes was far from what the Gu Yuan Tribe could resist. Just from the number of Blood Refining Realm warriors, it was difficult for the Gu Yuan Tribe to catch up.
In the Wasteland, only Blood Refining Realm warriors could resist Blood Refining Realm warriors. After all, the Blood Refining Realm had long surpassed the limits of an ordinary human. As long as the Blood Refining Realm warriors of the two tribes held back the Blood Refining Realm warriors of the Gu Yuan Tribe, the ordinary clansmen of the Gu Yuan Tribe would be annihilated.
"Sigh!
If Grandmaster Hu hadn't left, the Black Snake and Water Tribes definitely wouldn't have allowed the Kui and Water Tribes to be so arrogant given the relationship between them, "a centurion named Shi Chuan said unwillingly.
Hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but smile bitterly. The Great Elder Tie Wen even reprimanded, "Does our Gu Yuan Tribe have to rely on others to survive? I, Gu Yuan Tribe, am a good man. I should stand upright. Even if I die, I will have a clear conscience."
"Elder Iron, I remember that a few days ago, there were several tribes that came to Guyuan to do business. They wanted to sign an alliance with our tribe, agreeing that our two tribes would work together to resist foreign enemies. Even if these tribes can't compare to the Mysterious Snake and Kui Tribes, their combined strength is not too far behind those two tribes."
Tie Wen shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "Those tribes don't have a strong relationship with the Gu Yuan Tribe. It's always been easy to add flowers to a brocade, but difficult to send charcoal in a snowy day. Originally, these tribes came because of the name of the tribe leader. However, ever since our tribe became enemies with the Black Snake and Water Tribes, these tribes have disappeared without a trace. They no longer mention the alliance. Even their original clansmen have left the Gu Yuan Tribe."
Elder Gu Lin let out a long sigh. His body, which had been tormented by a stubborn illness, was even more agitated now. He couldn't stop coughing. These tribes were all smart people. Although the Gu Yuan Tribe had appeared out of nowhere, its foundation was shallow. Even among the low-rank tribes, it was one of the weakest. Now that they had offended two large tribes, allying with them was like pushing their own tribe into a pit of fire.
"Tribe leader, if worse comes to worst, we'll just fight it out with them. After 20 years, we'll be a good man again." As hot-blooded men, the centurions all roared angrily.
Xiao Chen did not stop the angry roars of the centurions. Instead, he gently grabbed the old man Gu Lin's hand and used the special method imparted by the Seal of Mountains and Rivers to transform his Battle Qi into jadeite energy. Only then did he realize that the old man Gu Lin's body was already riddled with holes and was extremely weak.