After showing the Jinyi Guard token, they soon met the patriarch of the mountain ghosts in a large house under the Fuso tree.

The patriarch of the mountain ghosts was a middle-aged man who looked to be thirty years old, but was actually 170 years old - the mountain ghosts had the same childhood as humans and only half the old age of humans, and in the middle were a long young adult.

"Dare to ask Mr. Tian why he is leading the team here?" After welcoming the big guy to sit down, the patriarch arched his hand and asked, with some puzzle in his eyes.

"We accidentally saved your young patriarch from a ghoul." Tian Zongqi said as he asked Lin An to take off the mask he had been wearing on his face.

"Lin An!" After recognizing Lin An, the patriarch's eyes were instantly filled with surprise, "But...... But this should be absolutely impossible, we searched the trial ground before it started, and there were still elites stationed during the trial, how could he-"

"Yes, we also think there's something weird about the whole thing, and that's why I'm here with the team." Tian Zongqi nodded, "So please gather the elders in the village, there are some things we hope to communicate face-to-face." ”

"No problem." After the patriarch finished speaking, he immediately blew the wooden whistle on his chest like a leaf, and a few minutes later, all four elders were in the room.

In the next half hour, Liang En and Lin An once again introduced to the elders in front of them what they had encountered before. And the reaction of the elders was the same as that of the officials before them, looking full of shock and incredulity.

Even compared to those people in the county government before, the mountain ghosts were obviously much more shocked, because this incident happened to them.

But after the initial shock, the five mountain ghosts disagreed seriously about their next move, and several of them decided that the other mountain ghost tribes should be immediately notified to stop the trial ritual and launch a large-scale search.

Several other people firmly disagreed with this view, believing that since the other party could ambush such a monster in the trial place that had been searched several times beforehand, then there must be a backhand.

Therefore, if you rush to stop the trial ritual now, it will create more loopholes due to chaos, and then allow the enemies who were originally hidden in the shadows to hurt more people.

"Tian Zongqi, what do you think of this matter?" Because the people who held the two views were evenly matched, the patriarch, who found that he could not reach a conclusion after a short period of arguing, looked at Liang En and the group of people who had brought the news.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know what to do about that." Tian Zongqi shook his head.

"We only got the information a day before you, so we're just starting to search for information now, and there's no way to make any judgments - but I think Liang Gongzi may have some ideas."

"Me?" Liang En pointed at himself with a surprised expression, he really didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to speak on this occasion, after all, he was the most junior person on the field, and he was an outsider to both sides.

"That's right, Liang Gongzi, it's you." Tian Zongqi nodded, "What you said in the yamen was very good before, and I can say that it is better than most of the people in the yamen at that time." ”

"So I think you are a smart person, and a smart person is often able to think of something that we ordinary people can't think of at this time, and give you some very valuable enlightenment."

As a modern person, Liang En is not much smarter than the ancient people, but as a college student in the information age, the amount of information he is exposed to is often tens or hundreds of times that of the ancient people.

This leads to the fact that as long as he communicates with other people for a longer time in this era, other people can feel the different temperament in him. Therefore, it is natural to be called out by Tian Zongqi.

Judging from Tian Zongqi's experience, it is not a bad thing to find a young man with his own unique ideas to share his views when everyone has no idea and does not know what to do.

Anyway, if these words are said wrong, there will be no loss, and as long as there are some merits in it that ordinary people can't think of, the whole thing may be further advanced.

At least in Tian Zongqi's previous experience, he did get out of trouble a few times with the help of the unique ideas of the stunned youths, so today he is just repeating the old tricks.

"Okay, then let me tell me my personal thoughts, and if there is anything wrong, please correct it."

Liang En thought for a moment and then stood up and said, because he did have some thoughts of his own that he wanted to share with everyone now, especially at this critical moment, concealing any valuable news could cause irreparable consequences.

"But before I say what I think, I would like to ask His Excellency the Patriarch a few questions, because I am not clear about some of the customs of mountain ghosts, and I am afraid that a mistake in this area may lead to some fatal mistakes."

"Liang Gongzi, please ask, as long as we can answer, I will do my best to go back and answer." The Mountain Ghost Patriarch smiled gently, he had a good impression of the young man who had rescued the younger generation of his clan.

"Then you will be offended." Liang En arched his hand, and then asked. "Dare to ask the patriarch, may I ask if these trialists in the trial have their own fixed areas, or if the entire area can move at will - of course, if this is a secret, you don't have to answer."

"There's nothing to keep secret." The patriarch laughed for a moment and said, "All trialists are able to move around the entire trial ground at will, so it's impossible for someone to ambush a single person in advance. ”

"I see-" Liang En nodded, "The next question may be a little offensive, that is, what will you do if Lin An really disappears this time?" ”

"Well, if that's the case, we'll mobilize people to conduct a massive search. Unlike you, there are so few of our compatriots that it is important to all of us, especially those who can relate to the Sacred Wood. ”

"We? Do you mean the whole clan? Liang En asked.

"No, it's all the mountain ghost clans around." The patriarch grimaced. "In addition to saving people, we have to dig out the hidden enemy behind this incident to prevent worse things from happening."

"If that's the case, I think I've got an idea." Liang En took a deep breath, then looked at everyone in the room and said.

"I guess the attacker's only purpose was to divert the tiger away from the mountain and mobilize all the mountain ghosts in the area to launch a large-scale search in a huge area."

"But what's the point?" The patriarch was a little puzzled. "Even if we act in small detachments if we are prepared, it is unlikely that the hidden enemy will inflict much damage on us."

In the eyes of this mountain ghost patriarch, an enemy of the level of a ghoul might be able to deal a fatal blow to a young mountain ghost like Lin An, who is still underage, but it is still too far to attack a real warrior.

As for the more powerful enemies, they are not the only ones in the area, they can contact an alliance of imperial armies, cultivators, and gods as they join forces to deal with the enemy.

"What if, I mean, if someone attacks your clan's dwelling while you're out searching?" After listening to the patriarch's words, Liang En said a possibility that he had analyzed after collecting so much information.

"When your elite leave your homeland, the defenses here will be fragile, so in the event of a surprise attack, I think—"