Three days?
Shao Xuan didn't know why they didn't leave with Mu Yao, nor did he know why Yi Zong said three days, but …
"Why?" Shao Xuan looked at the two Yi family members not far away. "In the forest, wolves don't give giant-antlered deer any time to catch their breath."
"No, these three days are for us and Yanjiao." Yi Zong's expression didn't change. "In three days, the Yi family will fight to the death with Yi Xiang. I don't think I need to explain who Yi Xiang is. "
Shao Xuan raised an eyebrow. Of course he knew who Yi Xiang was. Rock Hill City was where it was today mainly because of Yi Xiang. And Yi Xiang had always been called 'Bad Luck' by the Yi family.
Shao Xuan pointed at Yi Zong and Yi Zong with his free hand. "You?" Then he pointed to the ground. "Here?" He pointed in the direction of the desert. "Fight Yi Xiang?"
How were they going to fight from so far away?
Also, Yi Zong had said 'the Yi family', not 'us' or 'me'. Did that mean the entire Yi family was going to fight? They were so far away, the Yi family wouldn't all head to the desert. How were they going to fight?
Seeing Shao Xuan's confusion, Yi Zong explained slowly, as if he was sure that Shao Xuan wouldn't kill them now. "The Yi family's way of fighting is different from other tribes."
Yi Qi lifted his chin slightly at Yi Cong's words, his face filled with obvious arrogance. He seemed to despise the way other tribes fought. Fighting with blades at the slightest disagreement was barbaric! How vulgar! How could they compare to the Yi family?!
"How different?" Shao Xuan's interest was piqued. The Yi family had always been a special group. They didn't have much fighting ability, nor were they as strong as other tribes. However, they were one of the six noble families in the Royal City.
"If I tell you, will you give us three days?" Yi Zong asked.
"Sure." Shao Xuan could afford to wait for three days.
Yi Zong was relieved to hear Shao Xuan agree. As long as Shao Xuan agreed, three days would be enough.
Sitting back down on the animal hide cushion the slaves had laid out, Yi Zong said, "The Yi family have never believed in pure physical strength."
Shao Xuan knew that the Yi family could kill people without leaving a trace. They could even create all sorts of accidents without anyone knowing why.
"The abilities of the Yi family's ancestors were not limited to the world you can see." Yi Zong looked into the sky with admiration and respect. "You will not be able to see the duels between the Yi family members. Distance is not an obstacle for the truly powerful, just like how you can see what is happening in faraway places."
Can't see?
Shao Xuan had wanted to watch the duel between the Yi family members and see if he could learn more from it so that he could improve his knot divination skills. However, Yi Zong said that he wouldn't be able to see it?
"I don't know how you know the Yi family's divination skills, but you are not a member of the Yi family. Even if you can grasp part of the divination skills, you won't be able to access the core knowledge. That knowledge can only be accessed through the inheritance of the Yi family. Also, it is related to the power of the fire seed," Yi Zong said.
"Kid, what kind of divination skills are you using from the Yi family?" Yi Qi couldn't help but ask. He still couldn't believe that the person who had been using divination skills to track them was really this tribesman.
"If I tell you, will you tell me how to watch the duel?" Shao Xuan asked.
"You can't. If you want to see what normal people can't, you must know the core knowledge that Yi Zong mentioned. You can't do that. Even if someone tells you how to do it, you won't be able to do it. Because you don't have the blood of the Yi family in you! "Yi Qi said with certainty.
Without the blood of the Yi family, he wouldn't be able to use the power of the fire seed in his bloodline. He wouldn't be able to access the core knowledge, let alone watch the duel between the Yi family and the Yi family on another level.
The fire seed again?
"Then how do you know the Yi family is going to fight? Did you get the information from divination? Three days? Because the duel will start in three days? "Shao Xuan asked.
These people had been in the forest for so long. How did they get such accurate information?
"That's right." Yi Zong nodded.
Although Shao Xuan had done divination before, he didn't know what the Yi family was up to. Maybe this was the difference between the Yi family and the Yi family? Besides, other than knots, Shao Xuan didn't know anything about the Yi family.
"You should be able to feel that there's a force here that's affecting our divination. We can't divine anything else, but we can divine anything about the Yi family. There will definitely be a duel in three days." Yi Zong said.
Something was affecting the divination? Shao Xuan hadn't noticed anything. He had just done a divination on the hunting team. Although there were some obstacles, they could still continue.
Of course, Shao Xuan didn't mention any of this.
In three days, Yi Zong only briefly told Shao Xuan about Yi Xiang and the upcoming duel with the Yi family. After that, he and Yi Qi focused on preparing for the duel.
This was a good place. Perhaps because it was close to Eagle Mountain, there weren't any threatening fearsome beasts nearby. The eagles rarely rested at the foot of the mountain. No wonder Yi Zong and Yi Qi didn't leave with Mu Yao and the others. Even if they had three days, they wouldn't be able to leave this forest. They didn't know if they could find a better place. That was why they decided to stay here and prepare for the duel.
The war had come so suddenly that they had not expected it either. They had originally planned to search for better forging materials with the Mu family to deal with the trouble in the desert, but they had not expected the war to suddenly draw closer. They no longer needed to catch the Star Butterfly Insects because there was no longer a need. Even if they could catch them and forge better weapons, the war would have already ended by then.
Yi Zong and Yi Qi had said three days. But on the second day, their expressions changed drastically. They ordered their slaves to guard the area while they took out the tray, jade stones and golden sand they had prepared.
Just like a divination, they placed the jade stones on the tray according to a certain pattern. Then, they sprinkled the fine golden sand on the tray. Every time their fingers moved the jade stones, the sand would change.
Shao Xuan looked over. Yi Zong and Yi Qi ignored everything around them, their eyes fixed on the changes in the jade stones and sand. It was as if the tray was everything.
They weren't afraid that Shao Xuan would see this. In their hearts, Shao Xuan wasn't a member of the Yi family. Even if he saw what they were doing, even if he was gifted and could understand some of the mysteries, he wouldn't be able to touch the unseen plane of the world.
Seeing what others couldn't see had always been the reason why the Yi family thought they were better than others.
In the square plate, the golden sand moved on its own despite the absence of wind. One moment, it was moving in this direction, and the next moment, it changed directions. The jade stone seemed to have created an invisible force to move the fine sand. The hand that moved the jade stone seemed to be moving very slowly, because every time he blinked, he seemed to see a hand stop there, not moving at all, but also seemed to be moving very fast. Around the hand were shadows, and the jade stone and the golden sand were moving!
Something was fermenting rapidly.
The waves of energy became faster and faster. Yi Zong and the slaves around Yi Qi couldn't help but take a step back. Then another step, then another step … they moved even further away from the two. The sudden increase in energy around the two gave them a lot of pressure.
Whoosh —
An orange-red flame mixed with white light suddenly appeared. It drew an arc in the ground in front of Yi Qi, forming an arc of fire. On the outer side of the arc of fire, there was a ball of fire. The top of the flame was mostly orange-red, while the bottom was white. The flame was almost as tall as a person. On the other side of the arc of fire, Yi Qi sat there. Behind him, there were three shadows. They seemed to be illuminated by the flame, flickering along with the dancing flames on the other side of the arc of fire. The ball of fire actually illuminated three shadows!
The flame of the fire seed!
The ball of fire that appeared was the flame of the fire seed that merged with the Yi family's bodies!
The flame that appeared, the arc of fire drawn by the flames on the ground, and the three shadows, formed the shape of the Yi family's totem! This was the Yi family's totem, which used to be the Yi tribe's totem!
Shao Xuan had seen the Yi family's totem in many places in the Royal City. The aristocrats in the Royal City no longer called it a totem, but a clan emblem. Carriages, shops, and mansions all had such a totem. But Shao Xuan never knew that the Yi family's totem would appear in this form!
Yi Zong was one step slower, but the same thing happened to him.
Shao Xuan finally understood what they meant when they said they had three days. The battle was bound to happen within three days, and as long as the two members of the Yi family were in this state, Shao Xuan wouldn't be able to make a move easily. This was because the power of the fire seed was very effective in protecting the two of them, just like how the fire pit protected the tribe in the past. The power of the fire seed was a form of protection, and the Yi family was able to maximize the power of this protection. It was much stronger than what Shao Xuan felt from the Yanjiao people!
It was fine when they were far away, but as soon as they were within ten steps of them, they would feel a strong repulsive force with every step. This was why the slaves around the two of them kept retreating, because they couldn't stand close to the two of them at all. Moreover, Yi Zong and Yi Qi were sitting very close to each other. The power of the fire seed had a superimposed effect, so the repulsive force towards those who weren't from the Yi family was even stronger.
The battle with the Yi family definitely wouldn't last for just one or two days. The two of them had said they would have three days, probably because they wanted to stall for time. They didn't want to waste their power before the battle started, so they had to deal with Shao Xuan first. Once they were fully prepared for battle, the 'protective shield' of the fire seed would be activated.
"You think I can't make a move just because you're borrowing the power of the fire seed?" Shao Xuan laughed. Yi Zong and Yi Qi probably expected that he wouldn't make a move at a time like this. The battle between the Yi family and Yi Xiang was actually a good thing for the Yanjiao tribe. After all, the Yanjiao didn't like either side.
Moreover, Yi Zong might have analyzed Shao Xuan's style of doing things and all kinds of situations, so he felt that it was more likely that Shao Xuan wouldn't make a move. That was why he was so calm.
However, Yi Zong definitely didn't expect that Shao Xuan wasn't afraid of the repulsive force of the fire seed at all. He could also withstand the pressure from the two of them, but Shao Xuan didn't plan on killing them right now.
Shao Xuan looked at Yi Zong and Yi Qi, who were surrounded by totemic flames. He found another spot and told Chacha to keep an eye on the surroundings while he took out a straw rope.
Couldn't watch the battle with the Yi family?
How would he know if he didn't try?
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