Chapter 1289: A Helpless Choice
Tian Zhengze was holding a glass of wine, his face was slightly red, he had not drunk a drop of wine in the past few years, and today he was an exception, and he was a little drunk.
"Today is the happiest day I have had in years. Tian Zhengze had a smile on his face, "We haven't been so lively in Huowu Mountain for a long time, I know that many people yearn for life in the outside world, but according to the ancestral teachings, we have to stay here to live, and we must not leave without a necessary reason." ”
Everyone listened quietly, and they all looked at the sky with their eyes, this is indeed the current situation of the Fire and Mist Clan, as time goes by, from the time when they were forced into exile to this barren mountain and wilderness to now they can live calmly between the mountains, and the people of the Fire and Mist Clan are slowly prospering, and there are more people, so they naturally yearn for a larger world.
It's not just that after Tianxian left, in recent years, the young people of the Fire Mist Clan have been trying to find a way to go to the outside world to have a look, and it was under this circumstance that Hongyan was able to marry far away to the Gustas Empire.
And after Tianxian left, after the fame of the Human Continent, the young generation of Huowu Mountain were naturally all gearing up, eager to show their strength to the Human Continent, but in the end, there were only a few who could leave, and Tianzheng, as the patriarch, was very strict with this pass.
But......
"But!"
Tian Xian raised his wine glass, his eyes showing a little excitement, "From today onwards, we will follow another ancestral precept and leave the Fire Misty Mountain!"
Amazing!
Regardless of men, women, and children, their eyes widened when they heard this, and they couldn't believe that their ears were staring at Tianzheng, the Fire Mist Clan had been coming to the Fire Mist Mountain for hundreds of years, and they had always lived a peaceful life, and anyone who left the Fire Mist Mountain for no reason was severely punished by the clan rules, and everyone almost knew how many teeth the green beast in Qingtan had.
And today, the patriarch who didn't know how many people had been punished went to Qingtan to face the wall and think about it, actually said that he was going to leave Huowu Mountain.
In the stunned silence, an old voice came, "Patriarch...... Let's leave the Fire Misty Mountain, where are we going?"
It was a thin white-bearded old man who spoke, he was originally sitting there with a smile, looking at this group of young people and laughing happily, especially for Arion's exaggerated performance, but now when he heard Tianzheng say that he was leaving the Fire Misty Mountain, his expression couldn't help but become solemn.
The old man sat there, surrounded by many people, men and women, old and young, obviously very respectable old men.
Tianzhengze, as the patriarch, lowered his posture when he saw him speak, "Dad, we have to go back to the place where our ancestors live." ”
This sentence was even more amazing, many people exclaimed, and even Sanniang had round beautiful eyes, she didn't know anything about it.
"Oh...... Go back, go back to the outside world......" Daddy didn't look too surprised, just nodded, "This ...... Is this what the ancestors recorded?"
Tian Zhengren nodded, "Yes." ”
Daddy's eyes showed a little sadness, "It turns out that the ancestors still have such plans, I thought that my old bones would be buried here, and our Fire Mist Clan would never come to open this place." ”
Tian Zhengze raised his voice, and Zhengse said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, everyone knows that our ancestors were originally nobles from the Southwest Continent, and in order to avoid war and the pursuit of the enemy, they came to the Fire Misty Mountain to live in seclusion, and left behind the ancestral teachings that no descendant can leave the Fire Misty Mountain at will. ”
Everyone knows this, and over the years, those who have been punished for this ancestral precept have nodded their heads one after another.
However, the Patriarch also records that when the fighting subsides, when our enemies no longer threaten us, then at the right time, when we have the opportunity to return to the land where they once lived, we ...... To return home. ”
The clansmen couldn't help whispering when they heard this, and everyone was full of surprise, no one knew about it, let alone a young man, even an old man who was highly respected in the clan like his father didn't know about it.
Tian Zhengze continued: "Since our clan came to Huowu Mountain, the ancestral supreme has been kept by the patriarch, several people in charge to assist in taking care of it, and others are not allowed to watch it at will, one of the very important reasons is because of this last article on Zuxun, if you know the content of this article, I am afraid that this is not the stable life of the Huowu clan for so many years." ”
"And today, since the opportunity has come, and the ancestral precepts left by the ancestors have completed all the tasks, I have decided to completely publish the ancestral testament for everyone to check. ”
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, the ancestral testament is the most important thing in the Fire and Mist Clan, and it is usually something that no one can touch, and today it really has to be displayed in public.
Tianzheng had already prepared, clapped his hands vigorously, the door of the inner hall opened, and the second uncle walked out holding a yellowed scroll that had obviously been years old.
This scroll is very heavy, and I don't know what material it is made of, and it looks a little fragile due to its age, but it is not much damaged on the outside, and it is still intact.
"In the past few hundred years, our Huowu clan has followed this ancestral testament to live in the Huowu Mountain, our generation is fortunate to be able to watch it publicly, please keep in mind the above content, in the future, this ancestral testament will no longer have any practical use, only for treasure. ”
Tian Zhengze and several leaders spread out this scroll in the courtyard with their own hands, and the yellowed scroll paper clearly wrote the words left by the ancestors of the Fire Mist Clan, one by one, exactly the same as the ancestral teachings that the clansmen usually followed.
Everyone was cautious, and even took turns to look at this secret book of the clan with bated breath, the scroll was spread out for a long time, and everyone crowded around, watching like a marquee, and the exclamations were endless.
There is nothing wrong with the ancestral testament, but at the end it records a few things that only the patriarch and a few people in charge know, including the fact that the Fire Mist Clan must leave the Fire Mist Mountain in the future and return to their hometown in the Southwest Continent.
Dad is old, usually don't go out much, today is a festive day to make an exception to come out to participate in the banquet, he was supported by the young man, walked to read all the ancestral testament, read the last few, can't help but tears.
"Well, it seems...... We're really leaving, we're leaving......"
The tone was mournful, and it spread in the compound, and I don't know how many people were infected.
For the vast majority of the people of the Fire Mist Clan, their fathers and grandparents, and many generations above were born and died here, and this is undoubtedly their hometown, and the outside world, where the ancestors once lived, is an incomparably ethereal thing, just a dream of young people.
Most of the young people were overjoyed to see the last ancestral teachings, while the middle-aged and the elderly were sad, no matter what, this is the hometown of all people now, and returning to the homeland of their ancestors is actually equivalent to this generation leaving their homeland and starting a new life.
No one knows what the future holds, and it is unknown whether the displacement will eventually settle down, and the migration of the people is not a matter of going out for an outing and playing, but a matter of life and death.
After everyone finished reading the ancestral teachings, Tianzhengze's face was red, and he didn't know if it was the wine steaming, "Fathers and fellow villagers, although we have not left here for many years, there will also be people who inquire about the news of the outside world, in recent decades, the war on the human continent has subsided, and even the Longyuan Empire is no longer expanding, and our enemies back then have not been able to find descendants more than two hundred years ago." ”
"In addition......" Tian Zhengzhi's tone was full of pride, and he stepped aside a little, and said to everyone: "My son, Tian Xian! Now he has made some achievements in the human continent, he has his own city, has huge financial and material resources, and has a very wide network of contacts, these are the most powerful guarantees for us to return to our hometown safely. ”
Everyone's eyes hit Tianxian's body, and their eyes were suddenly a little different from just now, at first they were just envy and pride, but when Tianzheng said this, there was suddenly a little more awe in this gaze.
Tian Xian was a little uncomfortable being looked at by this kind of gaze, although if the Fire Mist Clan really wanted to leave the Fire Mist Mountain now, then it would indeed not be difficult.
Although Fire Leaf City has made enemies everywhere on the human continent, it also has a lot of friends, and it is not a big problem to arrange for the safe return of the clansmen.
The most important thing is that the number of the Fire Mist Clan is very small, and it is a human being, and in the vast human continent, with a huge amount of energy operating, it is not difficult to settle thousands of people well.
What's more, the current population of the Fire Mist Clan will only be a thousand, which is much less difficult than the original arrangement for elves and lions to survive on the human continent.
Another very important point is that when the Fire Mist Clan was in exile, it was hundreds of years ago, and in the past few hundred years, the human continent has been in constant turmoil, and the territory of the continent has changed several times, and the original enemy has long since lost his death, but the original homeland of the Fire Mist Clan happened to be in the territory of the Dante Empire.
Other countries are still a little worried, but in the Dent Empire, there is nothing to worry about in the Dent Empire, originally the Dent Empire and Fire Leaf City are friendly forces, and there is a huge relationship between the Hadel family, even if it is to send an elf and lion escort team into the Dent Empire to protect the clansmen, it is not too much of a problem.
These things have been calculated in Tianxian's heart, but Tianxian doesn't want to be the role of this savior, he often has to play like this in the outside world in desperation, and he doesn't know how much he said about the gods, but in the face of the current clansmen, in the face of blood relatives, Tianxian doesn't want everyone to look up at himself.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Tianzheng took out the ancestral teachings, and many clansmen still had reluctance on their faces, and Tian Xian knew that he had to come up with some worth at this time, so he had to poke there and look back at everyone with trustworthy eyes.
Seeing that no one objected, but many people were reluctant, and even some people's eyes were red after reading the last few of the ancestral testament, Tianzheng said slowly: "Everyone, I understand everyone's feelings, I am also a person of age, born here, grew up here, watched my fathers slowly grow old and passed away, this is my hometown, but Zu Xun is like this, we have to go, and ......"
After being silent for a while, Tian Zhengzheng's face was a little unpleasant, and the rest of the people saw that he was suddenly silent, and they couldn't help but look at their patriarch in surprise, could there be any other reason for this migration.
Eventually, Tenmasanori sighed, "We...... I have to leave, otherwise, in another hundred years, at most a few generations, our Fire Mist Clan will die. ”
Tianxian couldn't help but glance at his father, a little surprised in his heart, because in the first ten years of his life, his father, who was the patriarch, had not actually shown too good leadership skills, but in this matter, he seemed to see it very clearly.
Tianzheng said helplessly: "The world is different, think about it for yourself, over the years, more and more people have left, although I have repeatedly prevented, but this is an irreversible change, the outside world has become better, more suitable for young people to survive, I have no way to keep them tied here, and there are fewer and fewer young people in Huowu Mountain, which means that it means ...... It's almost gone. ”
Everyone woke up like from a dream, and couldn't help but look around, and suddenly found that it seemed that a few of the young companions before were indeed gone, and the number of people who left had indeed increased several times in the past two years.
"We have to go, in order to continue to survive. Tianzheng said in a heavy tone, "At the beginning, our ancestors must have seen this, so they let us leave at such a time, everyone...... For the sake of the future of the Fire Mist Clan, we must go. ”
Everyone was silent, the older one was lost in thought, and the younger one was a little dazed.
"Idle. Tian Zhengze glanced at Tian Xian.
Tian Xian had no choice but to nod and take a step forward, attracting everyone's attention.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, this matter ...... I know you're struggling, and I'm the same, I've been out in the world for a few years, but ...... It still feels good to be home. ”
Tian Xian smiled, and this sentence made many people smile knowingly.
"But like my father said, we ...... We need a new home, young people's hearts can't be closed, we have to leave here if we want to continue the incense, but ......"
Tian Xian's words turned slightly, "You don't have to be embarrassed, this matter is not in a hurry, we can divide it into several steps to carry out, all move away at once, this is also easy to have problems, we can build a place to live outside now, we can go outside to live, adapt to the outside environment, and this place is not immediately abandoned, it is still used as our secret base...... And the elderly, who are unwilling to leave and inconvenient to leave, will live here first, and wait for the outside situation to stabilize before moving away......"
Tian Xian had already thought about these things, and he also considered his father's words, and now he said them one by one, in an orderly manner.
Everyone listened carefully, and Tianzheng had already done it aside, looking at his young son, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.