Chapter 15: Condensing the Sword Fetus
It didn't take long for Long Tian to follow his eldest brother to the outside of his father Long Tianyu's courtyard, and at this time, he happened to meet Long Yan and Long Qingxue who were coming, and several people walked inside together.
"Father"
"Uncle"
In the study, Long Tian and the others saw Long Tianyu with a sad face. The sheer volume of business during this time had made the tall father a little tired, but his eyes were full of blazing light.
"Well, you're all here, and you're here too. Then Qingxue, tell everyone about the situation!"
Long Tianyu said with a smile when he saw his most outstanding juniors.
"Yes, uncle. β
Long Qingxue responded, turned her head to Long Tian and the others, and said, "In the past few days, we have received news one after another, and many migrated clansmen have encountered different forms of attacks, some are demon beasts, some are man-made, and some have disappeared mysteriously. In short, our side has suffered heavy losses, Qingshanwei has suffered hundreds of casualties, and nearly 10,000 people from all over the country have died and disappeared. Although the Qingshan Army has now participated in the process of migration of the clan, this situation still happens from time to time. β
After listening to Long Qingxue's report, Long Tian's heart was a little heavy, obviously this was not a simple attack, but a premeditated and organized attack, the purpose was to target this reform of the Qingshan tribe.
"It's a critical period, and we can't bring in more people for a while. So, I'm going to send you to spy on it. The eldest and second child go to Qingshi Cliff, Qingxue, you and Tian'er go to Beishan Village, I will give you three days, whether you find it or not, you must rush back as soon as possible. β
Although Long Tianyu looks a little rough, it can be seen from the fact that he has managed the Qingshan tribe for many years and presided over the reform of the Qingshan tribe this time, he is a wise and foolish person.
Walking out of the study, Long Zhan said to Long Tian and them, "When are you leaving, do you want to send a few guards to follow you?"
In the Qingshan tribe, once a man reaches adulthood, that is, he is over 16 years old, he is basically financially independent, and he has to rely on himself for food and clothing on weekdays, which is also one of the survival rules of the Red Wolf Grassland. As the eldest son of the Qingshan tribe, one of the future heirs of the Qingshan tribe, he also has his own property in the tribe, and now supports ten guards.
"No, it's urgent, and we're going to leave now. β
Long Tian glanced at Long Qingxue and replied with a smile.
"Well, you have to be careful along the way. β
Long Zhan gave an instruction, and left with Long Yan.
Long Tian and Long Qingxue did not delay, and soon found two fast horses and galloped towards Beishan Village.
"Cousin, I've been in retreat for a while now, and I haven't had time to figure out what's going on in the clan until now, so I asked my eldest brother, but my eldest brother doesn't know very well......"
Long Tian said as he rode his horse.
"What? There's so much going on in the clan that you don't even know anything?"
Long Qingxue looked surprised. Long Tian was embarrassed to be asked, but just smiled. But he said in his heart: If you pity that girl, I don't like to go out at all on weekdays, and Xiao Wu is practicing penance, so I will learn what happened in the clan from there.
However, Long Tian was embarrassed to say these words, so he could only pretend to be stupid.
Long Qingxue was speechless, as the son of the patriarch, such a major event had happened in the clan, even if he didn't know the core secrets, he couldn't be ignorant. Next, Long Qingxue said some things about the tribal reform that he knew in general, and Long Tian compared it in his heart, and immediately understood.
As for why Long Qingxue knew so much, Long Tian was not surprised. Because Long Qingxue has now broken through the Mysterious Realm and become a powerhouse of the Divine Sea Realm, she is also one of the core members of Qingshan Wei, and she is also the captain of the team, so many things are naturally not a secret to her.
Beishan Village is hundreds of miles away from the ancestral land of the Qingshan tribe. Because there were horses that traveled thousands of miles a day, and they slept in the open, they didn't waste much time and rushed to Beishan Village.
However, when they arrived, the room was empty.
"Considering that the size of this village is at least more than 200 households, and there must be at least 1,000 people, how can it be so quiet?"
After all, Long Qingxue used to be a mercenary, and standing at the entrance of the village, he made a judgment on the situation in the village. Long Qingxue naturally knew some information about Beishan Village, and according to the regulations, Beishan Village had moved to the ancestral land of the tribe in the past few days, but now there was a scene of people going to the empty building, so Long Qingxue didn't react for a while.
Long Tian's expression was also a little heavy, and after the two of them walked around the village, they didn't find much.
"Every family is empty, there is nothing in the house, and there is no trace of fighting, so it is supposed that the village has moved. β
Long Tian thought carefully about the process of inspecting the houses in the village, and said cautiously.
"It's not hard to find out, but where will they go if there are so many of them?"
The two of them were full of questions. For on the way they came, they did not see any sign of anyone at all.
For a while, Long Tian and they had no idea. Their mission this time was mainly to secretly track the migrating team, find out valuable information for the tribe, and at the same time improve the basis for the tribe's next actions, but they didn't expect that they had lost their goal before they could act.
Long Tian looked at the silent Beishan Village and pondered for a while, and whispered: "Let's go back and see, they should have moved in advance, a team of thousands of people, it is impossible that there is no trace at all." β
Long Qingxue thought about it, there were thousands of people, how could they disappear out of thin air. So, the two rode horses, stopping and stopping along the way, constantly looking for clues along the way. And Long Tian has been familiar with hundreds of books since he was a child, familiar with the experience of survival in the wild, and after more than a month of life and death experience in the Changqing Mountain Range, Long Tian is young, but he has rich experience and a very calm personality.
"How can there be nothing?"
After walking for more than ten miles, he still didn't find anything, not even the traces of the villagers' migration, Long Qingxue stood there calmly, exuding a cold breath all over her body, and began to complain impatiently between her words.
"Let's look again, after all, the previous ones are just our guesses, and maybe there are other accidents. β
Long Tian also seemed to have doubts about his opinion, but he still wanted to look for possible clues.
After that, Long Tian and the others came to an open area, and as soon as they walked here, Long Tian felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why.
Seeing Long Tian twisting his head around from time to time and looking around, Long Qingxue was a little curious.
"What! Did you find something......
Long Qingxue looked at Long Tian and asked.
"Cousin, what would happen if there was a team of men in ambush there?"
Long Qingxue looked along the place pointed by Long Tian, and saw a vast barren grassland a hundred meters in front of him, and a five-meter-wide road crossed through it.
Long Qingxue looked around, as if she didn't understand Long Tian's words, she frowned and said, "What do you want to express?"
"I think it's likely that they were ambushed here, and they were wiped out, and all traces were hidden afterwards!"
Long Tian replied thoughtfully. This is the Red Wolf Grassland, there are no specially built roads at all, and the grassland is full of roads, and it is too easy for a monk with a certain amount of experience to hide traces of his activities here.
"How is that possible?"
Long Qingxue was a little surprised, obviously she didn't expect Long Tian to say this.
"There is intelligence that Beishan Village is a very powerful village. There is one strong person in the Dharma Phase Realm, three monks in the Mystic Realm, five monks in the Judan Realm, dozens of monks in the Tongmai Realm, and nearly a hundred monks in other cultivators. If there is a fight, it can't be left without a trace, and who did it, and why did they do it?"
Long Qingxue said with some skepticism.
For this, Long Tian also couldn't understand it, he was just a feeling, this feeling was incomprehensible, inexplicable, just like a woman's sixth sense, which couldn't be explained at all.
"I remember you said that during this time, because the people who moved in many places were attacked in different ways, the people's hearts were unstable, and even the tribesmen in some places were reluctant to move anymore. β
Long Tian reluctantly explained.
"And what do you mean ......?"
"Yes, I'm sure it's absolutely man-made, and the purpose is probably to create some kind of mystery that will cause instability in the tribe's minds and hinder the tribe's pace of reform. β
Long Tian said with certainty. The more I thought about it, the more determined I became.
"However, we have no evidence, and I am afraid that no one will believe it, and it will be extremely detrimental to the next actions of the tribe. β
Long Qingxue whispered. Up to now, she and Qingshan Wei have participated in many reforms of the tribe, so they naturally know the hardships involved, and such unfounded speculations will not help at all except cause trouble.
"The evidence will be there. The large-scale reform of the tribe this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that once we complete the reform, the strength of the tribe will inevitably grow by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, and it will play a role in the development of the tribe that cannot be ignored, which is something that many people do not want to see. β
Long Tian looked at the open area in front of him and said firmly. In the remote place in the western part of the Red Wolf Grassland, in just a few years, more than a dozen small forces have been subdued or eliminated by the current five major tribes, and the five major tribes are also eyeing each other, and war may break out at any time.
In the 100,000-mile edge of the Red Wolf Grassland, all the territory has been carved up by the five major tribes.
Now the situation is that the rear has gone deep into the Red Wolf Grassland, where there are monsters everywhere, which is not suitable for development at all, and the front is the territory of the affiliated tribes of Black Rock City, and the five major tribes have no strength to compete with them at all, and there is no room for development, and the left and right sides are either the continuous 100,000 mountains or the legendary dangerous smoke and rain, so the territory of the five major tribes, in this vast grassland, is the only peaceful place suitable for people to live in the killing, therefore, the development of the five major tribes, although it is limited here, but it also ensures a piece of survival, however, if the five major tribes want to continue to develop and grow, only by devouring each other can they have a chanceγ
Although Long Tian has not been able to cultivate in the past few years, he has read a lot of classics, and he also knows a little about the subtle relationship between the five major tribes. Therefore, after these things happened in the clan, Long Tian quickly suspected that it was done by other forces.