Since Tian Nongben and others were ambushed, for many days, the entire clan was panicked. What's more, two strange things happened in quick succession.

First of all, two seven or eight-year-old children were lost for no reason while playing outside the village, and the clansmen thought that the nearby "Rengong" must have been stolen by other clansmen. Therefore, the people of the clan organized various inquiries, but there was no news for a long time. It took more than a month to find the bones of two teenagers in a depression hundreds of miles away. The brain and bone marrow have been drained, the chest cavity is empty, and the heart has been gouged out.

"Who did it? my child. ”

The sad scene of the parents in the two families was deeply imprinted in Tian Nongxiang's mind. I have to be strong, I must be strong, not only for myself, but also for my people. He silently returned to his lodgings, sat on a futon, and quietly remembered everything that had passed. I want to calm down the turbulent emotions, but I can't do it for a long time. He took a deep breath and once again worked the method of breathing. Elder Wu had warned him that he should not forcibly practice this method if he was restless, but for some reason, he was used to it.

However, that day he had just been working for more than two hours. A firelight fell from the sky, penetrated into the dense ground, and the smoke edged the ground, reflecting the red clouds. The violent noise woke Tian Nongxiang up, and Tengteng ran outside the house, looking at the red light in the sky. I began to worry about Wu Lao in my heart, and there was still the trembling ancestor.

For a while, the entire clan exploded, fearing that the ancestor and the martial elder would be in danger, they asked the patriarch for his life and went into the secret place to find out.

But the patriarch finally rejected their request, and the reason was very simple: wait, if the ancestor and the martial elder couldn't cope with it, no matter how many clansmen entered, they could only be sent to death. In the end, it turned out that the patriarch's arrangement was right. Because two days later, Wu Lao sent a letter: the clansmen must not act rashly, the strange red light that day was the magic circle set up by the Five Spirits Sect, and the old man personally went out to calm down.

After receiving the letter, the patriarch said to himself: "These despicable villains are probing the truth of the ancestors. ”

However, since the ancestor himself went out, the number of people who haunted the secret land gradually decreased, and the clan returned to a temporary peace.

However, the lull did not last long, as the days of "human tribute" were getting closer and closer, to be exact - less than two months.

"Let's go grab a doll, my clan has too few offspring, and if it continues like this, the clan will die." The oldest lady in the clan said with tears in her eyes in front of the patriarch.

"Isn't that what is the end of the day when Brother Ben brought him back?" shouted the stout woman in the crowd.

The patriarch raised his eyebrows, glanced at her, and did not speak.

"Patriarch, you can't hesitate any longer, send him away!" chimed in.

Tian Nongben said suddenly: "After the baptism of the ancestral altar, it is the descendant of my clan, how can I give it away?"

A tall and thin man said sharply: "I have baptized more than 200 people, which one is useful to my clan?"

The frustrated old man Tian Nongtie frowned, and suddenly asked: "Isn't Wu Lao? You dare to say that Wu Lao is useless?" He was just injured, and he also rushed over.

The man just said casually without thinking, but he was refuted by Tian Nong Tie Shengsheng, his face was red, he was secretly ashamed, and he was speechless.

The older generation is clear that Tian Nongwu is also like Tian Nongxiang today, who was baptized by the ancestral altar more than 60 years ago and introduced into the clan, and at this time it has become a side of the emperor's Qiu Tian Peasants. The crowd fell silent and couldn't help but turn their gaze to the patriarch.

"I wonder what the patriarch is planning?" asked the fat woman just now.

The patriarch slowly stood up from his chair, silently glanced at the clansmen for a while, and said loudly: "Matters related to the survival of our clan still need to be considered in the long run. Let's disperse first. ”

Hearing what the patriarch said, although everyone was quite reluctant in their hearts, they had nothing to say, and dispersed one after another.

When the eldest old lady stood up tremblingly, the patriarch hurriedly reached out to support her. "Patriarch, can't we go grab a doll?" asked the old lady.

"Does the old sister-in-law know where she has been born over the years?" asked the patriarch as he helped her.

"Where?"

"Five Spirit Sect!" the patriarch said in a deep voice.

The old lady gasped, "Five Spirit Sect, it's impossible, if that's the case, Emperor Yan will turn a deaf ear?"

"This domain is under the rule of the vine marquis, if the vine marquis ......" the patriarch suddenly stopped.

The old lady stared at the patriarch and asked, "How is the vine marquis?"

The patriarch replied inexplicably, "There must be a reason why the Five Spirit Sect is suddenly powerful. ”

The old lady's body trembled, and a pair of old hands trembled violently, "Then, those two descendants of my clan some time ago ......"

The patriarch and the old lady looked at each other, nodded lightly, and did not answer.

"What about the other clans? do you know this?" asked the old lady worriedly.

"I know, this news came some time ago, and the patriarchs of the various clans have secretly reached an agreement - refuse to pay tribute!"

"And what are you going to do?" asked the old lady with concern.

"Wait and see!" the patriarch shook his head helplessly.

"If the other people ......," the old lady was shaking.

"Rather than being eaten away and dying out like this, it's better to just give it a go. The patriarch's voice was very low, but the old lady was deafening when she heard it, her body shook violently, and she almost fell, but the patriarch hurriedly held on.

The old lady's heart was beating suddenly, and after a long time, she muttered: "The Demon Banner is not easy to mess with, this is to risk the death of the clan." Is that what Ancestor means?"

The patriarch stared at the old lady and nodded silently.

The old lady sighed, "Why is it difficult for our clan? After saying that, he walked out tremblingly. The patriarch helped her out and handed her over to an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl to hold, before he let go, looked at their backs, and said silently: "Why is it difficult for my clan..."

At this moment, Tian Nongxiang didn't know what had just happened, because he was immersed in the cultivation of the method of tuning. To be precise, he had been running this method for twelve hours in one breath. At this moment, there is no breath, no thought, no thought, and the whole body seems to fall into a dead silence, and only the slightest changes in the depths of his body can be spied with the air current. That rune had been swimming all over his body countless times, and suddenly, Tian Nongxiang seemed to see the rune clearly, "Saint", he didn't know what this rune meant to him, but he just continued to mechanically run the method of breathing, allowing the rune to swim slowly with the air current.

Yu Po didn't know what had just happened, because she had been by Tian Nongxiang's side. By the time the child had been working for ten hours, her heart was almost beating to her throat. She restrained her excitement and sat quietly opposite Tian Nongxiang, not daring to make a single movement.

At this time, Tian Nongyan hurriedly ran in from outside, "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, it's not good......

Yu Po hurriedly got up and went out, made a gesture to silence him, and asked softly, "What happened?"

Tian Nongyan smashed his mouth a few times and said in a low voice: "Oh no, the clansmen want to send Xiangzi as a tribute." ”

Yu Po was taken aback, "Who did you listen to?"

"Everyone was at the patriarch's place just now, and I heard it clearly. Tian Nongyan poked his neck and looked at Tian Nongxiang, who was still sitting quietly, and asked softly with big eyes, "Xiangzi has been more than ten hours this time?"

Yu Po didn't answer him, but asked, "What did the patriarch say?"

"Think about it in the long run!" replied Tian Nongyan as he poked his head out to look at Tian Nongxiang.

"I ask your patriarch what he says!" Yu Po roared anxiously.

"Think about it in the long run?" said the patriarch. ”

Yu Pochang breathed a sigh of relief, let go of her hanging heart a little, and muttered, "It's good that the patriarch didn't agree, it's a pity to send this child out." As if he suddenly remembered something, he dragged Tian Nongyan to him and ordered in a low voice, "You go to see the patriarch quickly, and say that Xiang'er has been working the method of tuna for twelve hours." ”

"Go now?" Tian Nongyan asked puzzled.

"Go now, quick!"

Tian Nongyan was inexplicably surprised by Yu Po's surprise, touched his head, and walked out obediently.