Chapter 37: Eavesdropping
Ying Xiang, who was in a relaxed mood, put down the book in his hand and walked towards Yinyue Lake, he quickly took off his shirt and trousers, and jumped into the lake with a thud while wearing only a pair of shorts.
The muscles of the boy's upper body were well-proportioned, and it looked faint in the moonlight, but there was a large circular wound on his shoulder, which looked a little terrifying.
There was already a pale pink scar on the round wound, and Ying Xiang touched the scar on his shoulder and sincerely admired the second elder's medical skills. Such a deep and serious wound healed so quickly, and the scar was very smooth and not uneven, and the recovery was very good.
Eagle Xiang didn't think the scar was ugly, but he felt proud.
Scars are the best medals for a warrior.
Although he is not a real fighter at the moment, he will be fourteen years old in the first half of the year. When he arrives, he can follow Uncle Lin Feng to participate in the trial, and after the two-year trial, he can become a reserve warrior.
The words "Warrior!" really make people's blood boil when they think about it.
Eagle Xiang swam like a fish in the Silver Moon Lake, and he seemed to be more powerful than before when he had just recovered, and his movements were very fast and smooth.
Looking at the little silver fish eagle Xiang swimming around, he unconsciously wanted to give it a try, and there was a pale cyan true qi emanating around his body. The eagle soared and began to control the central god, and the pale cyan true qi began to condense into one big hand after another.
One, two...... Five.
Ying Xiang paused slightly, the last time he failed here, he failed to condense six hands. Ying Xiang took a deep breath and silently closed his eyes. The sixth hand coalesced very slowly, gradually forming a silhouette.
Ying Xiang closed his eyes tightly, and controlling the hands formed by the condensation of six True Qi at the same time was indeed a test. Finally, the sixth hand was fully formed, and after waiting for a while, the sixth hand still showed no signs of crumbling. Ying Xiang was very pleasantly surprised...... It worked, it finally worked.
Ying Xiang didn't try his seventh hand again, because he knew that his mental power was not yet up to this level.
After swimming happily in the water for more than half an hour, an abrupt "grunt, grunt" sounded, and the stomach was screaming uncontrollably. Ying Xiang then remembered that he hadn't eaten all day. Now it's dark, so I have to go to the patriarch's grandfather to get some food.
I remember that the patriarch's grandfather seems to have pickled several lamb shanks recently, and when he came back today, Yingxiang also saw those lamb legs hanging under the eaves of the patriarch's grandfather's cabin.
The place where the patriarch lived was also close to Silver Moon Lake, just across the lake from Eagle Xiang's cabin. Looking up and seeing that the patriarch's grandfather's cabin was lit up with orange lights, Ying Xiang didn't bother to go back to get dressed, so he swam directly to the opposite bank.
It was very uncomfortable to be wet all over, and the true qi in Yingxiang's body made the body heat up, and quickly evaporated the water on the surface of the body.
The wooden house with soft lighting made Ying Xiang feel warm from the bottom of his heart, this is the house he has lived in since he was a child, and he is very familiar with this place.
Eagle Xiang was about to climb the trunk of the tree when he suddenly heard a faint voice from inside the wooden house, as if someone was arguing.
Eagle Soar's curiosity aroused and he stopped climbing, and he lay quietly on the trunk of the tree while reining in his breath, his breathing becoming slow and long.
"Patriarch, I really don't understand, why?" came a young man's voice.
"This clash was caused by the corpse of the Dragonwing Bluebird, and although we suffered heavy casualties, they also suffered casualties. The patriarch said in a loud voice.
"But it's not fair, it's clear that we have spent a lot of money to borrow the prey, why should others take it. How can they kill so many of our people, we have to take revenge. The young man had a loud voice and a resolute attitude.
"I said that you are not allowed to take revenge on the wolf people and the pig people, and you must not break the centuries-old rules of this area. Hundreds of years ago, more than a dozen tribes in this area jointly reached an agreement: for the competition for food and resources, it is all up to the strength of each tribe, and the fate of the dead and wounded is safe, and the destiny of heaven must not seek revenge after the fact. "The patriarch said majestically.
"But this is no ordinary fight, they are robbing us of something!" the young man retorted.
"Although the things were brought down by us, they are not ours before they are brought back to Cuiqingling, and they can't be regarded as transgressing the rules. Moreover, although we were severely wounded, we still got the corpse of the dragon wing blue bone, while many of the dead and wounded of the two clans returned empty-handed. The patriarch said.
"I don't care what the rules are, but you say it's worth sacrificing so many people, Patriarch, you're so selfish!" the young man said angrily.
?“ Bastard!Liang Ming, you actually talk to me like that!" The patriarch was also angry.
Ying Xiang always felt that the man's voice was a little familiar, and at this moment, it turned out that it was Liang Yue's brother Liang Ming who quarreled with the patriarch's grandfather.
Liang Ming said: "Aren't you selfish, so many clansmen died so unjustly, but you are satisfied with the spoils they brought back, and you are not willing to avenge them at all." ”
The patriarch said: "Don't talk nonsense, stinky boy, I'm selfish? If I'm really selfish, I won't care about you." Many of the people who died were my descendants, and I watched them grow up, and who could be more sad than me. Everyone who sacrifices is a good man, a good man!"
Liang Ming said: "Then you should avenge them." ”
The patriarch said: "Young people should think more with their brains than with their fists, they have exchanged their sacrifices for the opportunity for the development of the race. This time, we have extracted a lot of essence blood from the body of the Dragon Wing Blue Bird, which can improve the strength of the cultivators below the gray level in the clan, and dilute it to ordinary people to enhance their physique. Second Elder and I also decided that letting some of the younger children use it might change their qualifications and give them more cultivation potential. ”
Liang Ming said: "I'm not uncommon to break essence blood, I'd rather I don't want essence blood than so many clansmen to die!"
The patriarch said: "Then according to what you said, in order to reduce the sacrifice of the clan, wouldn't it be better for us to fly away when the werewolf clan and the pig clan came to grab the dragon wing bluebird, and no clansmen would be sacrificed because of this." ”
Liang Ming's handsome face suddenly turned red and said angrily: "How is it possible, we are the prey we desperately obtained, and they are shameless to rob it." Fight with them, even if you destroy the corpse of the Dragon Wing Blue Bird, you won't let them succeed!"
The patriarch said: "Don't say that you young people want to fight hard, even I, an old man, want to fight with them." We eagle people have always had only heroes who died in battle, and there were no bad breeds who were scared away!"
Liang Ming said: "Yes, we have to get it back if we suffer losses, so we have to avenge the dead clansmen!"
The patriarch said, "Revenge?
Liang Ming's eyes lit up, and he clenched his fists and said: "The pig people have always been timid and mercenary, they should be instigated by the wolf people, and the werewolf people are the masterminds, so you can't let it go." We took dozens of elite warriors to ambush the werewolf hunting team on the road in advance, and when they came back, they suddenly attacked, caught them off guard, and then robbed their prey so that they could also taste the taste of being robbed?"
The patriarch sneered and only said, "Childish!"
Naive? Liang Ming never imagined that his perfect revenge plan would be evaluated like this.
Liang Ming was unconvinced: "I think it's very good." ”
The patriarch said, "What about after that?"
Liang Ming said: "After that, what...... After that?"
The patriarch said lightly: "Do you think they will forget it after killing a hunting team of wolf people? With their fierce and cruel character, what should they do if they come to retaliate?"
Liang Ming said: "Fighting is a battle, who is afraid of whom? Besides, the strength of our overall cultivators is about the same, and it is difficult to say who wins and who loses!"
The patriarch said: "You also said that the pig people are mercenary, if the wolf people promise benefits and join forces with the pig people, then do you think we still have a chance to win?"
Liang Ming was stunned: "This ...... This "apparently he didn't think about the situation."
After thinking about it, Liang Ming said: "Since the pig people are mercenary, we can also promise benefits for them to help us, even if we can't do it, at least let them not interfere in our fight with the wolf people." ”
The patriarch said: "You really think that the pig people are so easy to solve, they are timid and cowardly by nature, but they will become greedy and fierce in the face of huge interests. If we lose both sides with the werewolves, they may even swallow both of them, and the pigs will benefit the most. Do you want us as a race to become slaves of others?"
There are more than a dozen ethnic groups in this area of equal strength and intricate relations, and it is precisely because of a balance that they have been relatively peaceful for so many years. There is no great hatred between the various clans, at most there are some skirmishes in the fight for prey.
But if this balance is upset, imagine that once the pig people swallow two tribes, the territory, food, and resources occupied will increase, and the strength of the entire race will increase, and perhaps breed greater ambitions. The neighboring groups of the Pig People feel threatened to unite and a major war is inevitable.
Once the water is mixed, no one should think about being innocent, some ethnic groups with bad intentions want to fish in troubled waters for greater benefits, and some ethnic groups that usually don't look at each other very well may take advantage of the chaos to fight. More than 100 years of peace in the region will be lost, and no one will be pleased with the results of the inter-ethnic fighting.
After the scuffle, some races are lucky but only have a lot of vitality, while others will even wipe out their entire clan and disappear completely. Perhaps there will also be small groups in the neighboring areas who will come to take advantage of the fire and occupy large areas of territory to take advantage of the opportunity to develop.
Liang Ming was speechless when asked by the patriarch, he didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.
The patriarch said: "You must know that the strength of a clan depends on the number of strong cultivators in the clan. The total number of wolf clan people is almost twice as large as ours, but so what? We have been alive and well for so many years, and it is precisely because of their poor cultivation qualifications that the cultivators in the entire clan are about the same as ours.
Since the clansmen have worked hard to get such a little resource, then we should cherish it even more, if it is used well, in ten or twenty years, the strength of our clan will surpass that of the wolf clan. Rules are dead, only strength is real. If our strength is much stronger than that of the wolf people, will they dare to offend us and steal our things? The best way to take revenge is to make the whole race stronger, and whoever dares to offend us will knock out their teeth, so that our people and future generations will never be bullied by others again. ”