"What should we do?"
"Attack again?"
"Why don't … we wait for a while and see what happens?"
Standing on the cracked ground, the Royal City team looked at the person standing on the other side. Although the flame giant had disappeared, Shao Xuan was still surrounded by flames. No one could be sure if the scene would repeat itself.
The team looked at Shao Xuan in shock. What happened just now was too strange and shocking. It was just an instant change, but it turned everything around. The flame giant gave off an indescribable sense of danger. Even those who were far away could feel the extremely dangerous and oppressive aura.
"What was that?" asked the girl in leather armor standing beside Yi Zong.
"I don't know." Although Yi Zong tried his best to remain calm, his heart was in turmoil. In that moment, he felt an extremely strong impact. It wasn't a physical one. They were a little further away, so they weren't seriously injured. However, they almost had a mental breakdown! They couldn't even concentrate, let alone perform a divination!
There was no movement here for the time being. When Shao Xuan realized that the enemy wasn't going to attack again, he turned around and headed towards where Zheng Cheng and the others were.
Yanjiao's migration team had already gone far into the semi-desert. They had to catch up with the team.
"Let's go first!" Shao Xuan called the people who were standing there in a daze and ran in the direction of the tribe's migration.
"Hey, Shao Xuan, what … what was that? Was that the power of your ancestors? Can you do it again? " Zheng Cheng looked at Shao Xuan expectantly. If this power could be used continuously, they wouldn't have to worry about the people from Royal City at all.
Looking at their eager eyes, Shao Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. "No."
The power that exploded just now was more successful than Shao Xuan had imagined. However, because of this unprecedented power, Shao Xuan had to bear more pressure. Although he could still run and jump, the pain in his muscles was very clear. He could do it again, but only once. If he really did it a third time with the same power, he wouldn't even be able to run.
"Will the people from Royal City continue to chase us?" Duo Kang asked.
"Yes, but they won't move immediately. Let's take advantage of this time to hurry. Otherwise, the situation will be even worse. I'm guessing that there are reinforcements from Royal City, "Shao Xuan said.
"Reinforcements?!" It wasn't just Zheng Cheng and Duo Kang. The others didn't understand either. Just for the Yanjiao tribe, why would the people from Royal City spend so much effort to kill them? They wouldn't believe that it was just for the salt and fire crystals. Because until now, the people from Royal City hadn't even mentioned the salt and fire crystals. They attacked as soon as they saw them, and it was so murderous that it seemed like they didn't want to give them any chance of survival.
"Anyway, let's hurry," Shao Xuan said.
They, who were at the back, kept a distance from the rest of the tribe to prevent the people from Royal City from chasing after them. After entering the semi-desert, there were fewer people and fewer threats. They only needed to guard against the people from Royal City. The small tribes in the desert could be taken care of by the people in front of them.
Seeing the people from Yanjiao leave, the people from Royal City didn't give the order to chase after them. Instead, they rested where they were.
"How long until the people from Chao Qiu City and Feng City arrive?" Yi Zong asked the people next to him.
"Soon, at most two days. If they're fast, they'll be here before tomorrow night." A young man with the word "Chao" embroidered on his clothes said. "The Yanjiao people are really strong. They're a big threat, especially that Shao Xuan. It's better to kill people like him."
"Indeed. If we let them go, I'm worried that they'll become the second thorn in our side," Yi Zong muttered as he looked in the direction the Yanjiao people had left.
The young man from the Chao family had good hearing. His ears twitched, and he caught the key words in Yi Zong's words. "Second thorn?" Chao Qiu City was the furthest away from Royal City. He hadn't expected to be found this time, so he had followed the main group here. The others had followed behind, hoping to get a share of the loot. To him, salt and fire crystals were very attractive. He had always thought that the others had the same idea as him, but now it seemed that things weren't that simple.
The Chao family of Chao Qiu had been one of the six major tribes back in the day. They didn't care much about other things. Other than those who stayed in Royal City, the rest of them stayed in Chao Qiu City, guarding their own land. From time to time, they would exploit the small tribes nearby to fill their warehouses. They had heard a little about the Yanjiao tribe.
"So there's still the first thorn? Who's the first thorn? "the young man from the Chao family asked.
The others, including the girl in leather armor from the Ji family, walked over. They had never heard of this before. Who was the first thorn?
Yi Zong kept his mouth shut. There were some things he couldn't let others know. If he hadn't become a core member of the Yi family due to his talent and strength, he wouldn't have known these secrets.
The girl in leather armor looked around, then pulled Yi Zong to the side.
"Hey, Ji Lu, where are you taking Yi Zong?!" someone shouted from behind.
Ji Lu, who was wearing leather armour, ignored the people behind her. She was a descendant of the royal Ji family. Her grandfather was the current king and her father was the eldest son of the king. He was likely to inherit the throne in the future. Hence, her status was relatively high and she had the right to know many things.
"Tell me, it's just the two of us. What do you mean by the first thorn and the second thorn?" the girl in leather armor asked.
Yi Zong thought for a moment. "Do you know what happened in Royal City a thousand years ago?"
"A thousand years ago?" Ji Lu didn't expect Yi Zong to bring up something so long ago. However, because they were going against the Yanjiao, she had heard much about it. She had looked through her ancestors' records and knew that the Yanjiao people had indeed appeared a thousand years ago.
"I only know that a thousand years ago, the Yanjiao tribe came from the other side of the sea. Some people left here too," Ji Lu said.
"In that case, do you know who those people that left were?"
"I don't know. I asked my father, but he wouldn't tell me."
Yi Zong looked in the direction the Yanjiao tribe had left. "Most of the people who left were expelled from Royal City. Two of them were very important. One was Mu Han from the Mu family, the other was Yi Xiang from the Yi family."
Mu Han? Yi Xiang? Ji Lu didn't recognize these two names.
Yi Zong continued, "If Mu Han had won the competition, the Mu family wouldn't be what it is now. I heard that Mu Han lost the competition and was expelled from Royal City."
"What about Yi Xiang?"
"Yi Xiang. In the Yi family's records, he was called 'Inauspicious'. Ever since he was born, the Yi family's ancestors had seen him as an inauspicious person who would bring disaster to the Yi family. Unfortunately, Yi Xiang was always able to avoid disaster and survive. On the other hand, those who were in conflict with him were met with disaster.
When the Royal City fell into civil war, the Yi family wanted to execute Yi Xiang in secret. Unfortunately, he suddenly disappeared. " When Yi Zong had first heard about Yi Xiang, he had lamented that such a genius would be considered 'Inauspicious'. Back then, Yi Xiang had mastered many ancient divination techniques. One of them was the now-extinct technique of knot divination. Since then, no one had truly mastered it.
It was a pity that such a genius was gone.
"When the Royal City fell into civil war, many were executed and many escaped. I heard that they all left with Mu Han. Yi Xiang might have left with them too. When the Royal City finally calmed down and realized what had happened, the passage in the sea had already sunk. Coincidentally, the Yanjiao appeared. The Royal City had targeted them before, but due to the civil war, the Royal City was unstable internally. They didn't immediately attack the Yanjiao, but they spread rumors to encourage others to target the Yanjiao. Later, the Yanjiao retreated into the mountains and disappeared from sight. Gradually, they were forgotten."
"I see." Ji Lu sighed. She was wondering why the Six Noble Families had targeted the Yanjiao tribes because of the Fox incident and the Royal City gate incident. These were just two of the reasons.
"Then why didn't they do it earlier?" asked Ji Lu.
"First, they often hide in the mountains and rarely appear in the Royal City. Second, the people of the Royal City don't want to act rashly." If it had been a thousand years ago, the Nobles of the Royal City would have acted long ago. But after thousands of years, the people of the Six Noble Families had changed. No one wanted to cause trouble. They only wanted to secure their positions and reap their benefits. If it weren't for the Yi family and the Mu family's constant warnings, they would have forgotten about the threat that had slipped away. Every few decades, when Yanjiao tribes entered the Royal City, the conflicts were mostly between the Yi family and the Mu family.
Ji Lu thought about the behavior of the people of the Royal City. Indeed, it didn't seem right. But then again, "It's been so many years. Mu Han and the Yi family's misfortune should have been buried long ago, right? Unless they become like the beast king. "
"That's what the Yi family is worried about. Mu Han may have died a long time ago, but who knows if he has any descendants? After all, Mu Han left with a vengeance. He said he would come back for revenge. If he couldn't do it himself, he would let his descendants do it. As for Yi Xiang … he may still be alive. Perhaps he's using some secret method to survive. "
Everyone in the Royal City knew about the Yi family's prophecy. "The world will be divided after a long time, but the world will be united after a long time." But that was only half the truth. Other than the Yi family, no one else knew about the other half.
The other half was a reminder to the Yi family that the "misfortune" was still around.
Rather than the Royal City attacking the Yanjiao tribe, it was more accurate to say that the Yi family and the Mu family were attacking them. The Yi family was the main driving force behind this. It was a rare opportunity. They had used the incident with the Fox tribe and the city gate incident to persuade others to agree to send out troops. Even the method of spreading rumors and using others to do the dirty work was similar to a thousand years ago.
The other young masters of the Royal City had come with the intention of fooling around. But Yi Zong had come with a mission: to find out if the Yanjiao people really had the ability to see the future. What was this ability? Did it have anything to do with Yi Xiang? If it did, the Yi family would do whatever it took to wipe out Yanjiao.
Mu Han and Yi Xiang had been a thorn in the side of the Royal City's six aristocrats. Were the Yanjiao going to become a second thorn in their side? If they didn't remove this thorn, they wouldn't be able to sleep at night!
"But why are the Yanjiao people heading that way? That's not a good place to live. " Ji Lu pulled out a simple map. "If we keep going that way, we'll reach the edge soon. If we join forces with the people behind us, we can force them to jump into the sea! Shao Xuan is powerful, but I don't think he can maintain his power forever! "
When he heard the words "jump into the sea", Yi Zong's eyelids twitched. He had a bad feeling about this.
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