Back mountain of the Huaxu Family, in the Wind Cave...
The cold wind howled in the cave, which was as dense as a beehive. Because of the special terrain, the bone-piercing cold wind condensed into small knives, fiercely slashing across the dark mountain rocks, creating long trails of sparks.
Huaxu Lie and Huaxu Chen each sat in a small cave, with their legs crossed. Gusts of frigid wind coiled around their bodies, slowly corroding their muscles and blood. Their bodies were incredibly strong, but under the ceaseless corrosion of the frigid wind, their skins turned cyan-purple, and their bodies turned stiff, numb, and disabled from moving.
This was a prison used by the Huaxu Family to punish the sinners of the family. The frigid wind strengthened the body and soul. If one was not powerful enough to stay in here for three to five months, even his marrow would be blown away by the frigid wind.
Enduring the pain from both his body and soul, Huaxu Chen murmured with a trembling voice, "Something's wrong. Leader and elders..."
Huaxu Lie was a raging fire. "What's wrong?" He growled hoarsely. "What's wrong?" Huaxu Lie growled hoarsely. "These old things, they've always been thinking about their families, their families, their interests! They only know how to protect the Huaxu Family. Except for the Huaxu Family, they wouldn't care even if all other human beings in the world died! "
Puff! A gust of wind swept across Huaxu Chen's forehead and tore open a small piece of his skin. Before blood could flow out, the bone-piercing wind froze the wound, leaving thin ice shards on it.
"No, Lie, perhaps some elders are like this." Huaxu Chen frowned, looked at Huaxu Lie seriously and said, "I admit that some elders from our Huaxu Family and the other families and clans stuck to the ancient rules. They only cared about the interests of their families, and never cared about the lives and deaths of other families. But Leader Qingye isn't like that. "
Raising his head, Huaxu Chen continued slowly, "Do you remember? Three hundred years ago, when the Nether Moon and the Red Sun joined hands and attacked Chi Ban Mountain, Leader Qingye sent out reinforcements and saved us from a hopeless situation. "
"A hundred and thirty years ago, Leader Qingye was also the one who strongly supported Emperor Shun by transferring elite warriors from large human families and clans to strengthen the military force under the direct command of the alliance of human clans. In order to push this matter forward, Clan Leader Qingye visited all the major clans one by one. How many people rolled their eyes at him and how many gossips he had to endure? "
"Even twenty years ago, when Si Wen Ming wanted to strengthen the Magi Palace, it was Leader Qingye who gave the Magi Palace a copy of all the secret scriptures possessed by the Huaxu Family, to the Magi Palace. Because of this, Clan Leader Qingye was impeached by several Grand Elders and was almost forced to abdicate. "
Huaxu Lie calmed down gradually. Recalling what Huaxu Qingye had done in the past few years, his face turned extremely dark.
"Especially since Patriarch Qingye has never touched a woman since Old Mother died." Huaxu Chen's face turned extremely weird as he said, "But we saw so many dancers around him in the hall, and he even had a kiss mark on his face!"
"Ah, the old tree sprouts!" Huaxu Lie licked his lips and said with a dry voice.
"Do you think that's possible?" Huaxu Chen frowned, looking at Huaxu Lie, who was sitting in the cave with his legs crossed, and said, "All these years, so many women came to him, but he never fell in love with any of them. The leaders of the other large families even wanted to marry their sisters to him, but he never agreed. Why would he suddenly fall in love with those dancers? "
Huaxu Lie remained silent for a while, then raised his head, looked at Huaxu Chen, and asked seriously, "What do you want to say?"
Huaxu Chen frowned and pondered for quite a while, then said slowly word by word, "We're too impatient, we're too impatient. Since something might have happened to Emperor Shun … Si Wen Ming and Ji Hao aren't here, we should ask Lord Ji Xia about what happened. "
"Lord Ji Xia led the divine army to the abdication ceremony, so he might know something." Said Huaxu Chen slowly, "We're not weak. We have so many like-minded brothers, and we have a great power. We can even say that with our brothers who support Si Wen Ming, we can control a big half of the humankind."
"But have we ever discussed this? Have we ever had a plan? Have you been in contact with the other brothers you're good friends with? No, not a single one of us did it! Without Si Wen Ming, we have become a group of loose sand. Without any consideration, we rushed into the battle alone. "
Huaxu Chen gave a bitter smile and said, "Think about it. If we weren't the two idiots who broke into the Conference Hall, but a large group of brothers from the other families and clans had come to support us, would we be locked up here so easily?"
Huaxu Lie's face blushed as he responded with a muffled voice, "Don't talk about the past. Tell me about Huaxu Qingye … No, about Leader Qingye."
Huaxu Chen nodded, then made a hand gesture and continued with a deep voice, "Do you remember the nine water gates? The other large families and clans sent out elite warriors to steal Si Wen Ming's credit. Can the number of elders who supported this from the very beginning make up thirty percent of the clans? "
Huaxu Lie narrowed his eyes and responded with a deep voice, "I don't know about the others, but in our Huaxu Family, only twenty percent of the elders insisted on stealing Si Wen Ming's credit. Leader Qingye forbade them from doing this. In the end, the ones sent to the Kui Gate were sent by those elders without our permission. After that, those elders were scolded by our leader for quite a few days. "
"That's right. When the nine water gates happened, Leader Qingye and most of our elders weren't as hysterical as they are now," said Huaxu Chen with a deep voice.
Narrowing his eyes, Huaxu Chen sneered and said, "Move those small clans? Take their territories? Occupy their wealth? If our Huaxu Family wanted to do that, we would have done it many years ago! Do we have to wait until today? Do we have to wait until now? You clearly know how powerful our Huaxu Family is. If we didn't have their wealth, those small clans would have been devoured by them long ago, and wouldn't have survived till today! "
"Today, Leader Qingye and all elders, including those master elders who have been staying in seclusion for years, have all gone crazy. They've been trying to steal everything they can see, like hungry ghosts..."
Huaxu Chen quivered. Gritting his teeth, he asked Huaxu Lie with a trace of fear, "Don't you think that they're like Emperor Shun, that they're no longer themselves?"
"Perhaps, Leader Qingye and most of the elders will change... Those elders who have been living in seclusion for countless years, those master elders who have been trying nothing but to break into the level of Supreme Magi, why are they in the meeting hall as well? Why are they mingling with those dancers?"
"Since when can lowly musicians and dancers walk in the meeting hall of our Huaxu Family?"
"Since when can we indulge in banquets in the meeting hall of our Huaxu Family?"
"All these years, who dared to drink before the memorial tablets of our ancestors? Who dared to flirt with women in there? "
Huaxu Chen asked one question after another. Just like Huaxu Lie, he and Huaxu Lie were soaked in cold sweat, and their hearts were frozen.
A great fear shrouded their hearts.
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