The night before he left the Black Fire tribe, Lu Chen stayed alone in the priest's stone house. He had lived in this dark stone house for a long time. Now that he had decided to leave, he looked around and found that there was actually nothing he was reluctant to part with.
Perhaps he had never had any feelings or nostalgia for anything in this Wilderness. Sometimes, Lu Chen even felt that his coming to the Southern Wilderness might just be a joke of fate. When he stayed here, he did not leave behind anything too good, probably only the seeds of hatred and all kinds of blood and killing.
In the dark stone house, other than him, there was only Ah-Tu. In the past year, this huge black wolf seemed to have grown even fatter. The reason was probably because he had been eating well.
Although the northern part of the Wilderness was still barren, now that the Black Fire tribe had unified the north and taken in the four tribes, their sphere of influence had expanded rapidly. Their territory had become larger, and the food they obtained was several times more than before. With the help of the black-robed priest, Atsu was now living like a celestial dog. All he did was eat and sleep all day long. His life was too free and unfettered.
Originally, there was another figure in this stone house. That was the original maid, Ye. However, after Lu Chen selected her as a possible candidate for the priestess, Yezi left the place and lived in the residence specially prepared for the new priestesses.
Huo Yan had also discussed with Lu Chen about sending two more maids over. He even joked that perhaps the maids sent to him would also become priests after a period of time.
Lu Chen directly refused.
The night was cold, and Lu Chen was still awake. This night, he seemed to be more awake than in the past. Then, he suddenly missed the feeling of dreaming.
Some time ago, on a night in this stone house, he suddenly had a dream. He dreamed of the dead baldy Supreme Tianlan and himself when he was still young. He thought he had forgotten that childhood memory, but he found that he still remembered it.
He found that he actually missed the dead baldy. But when he appeared in front of that person again, how would he react? In this world, the only person that Lu Chen could not see through was probably him.
Ah-Tu had already fallen into a deep sleep by his side. Although this black dog had experienced all kinds of pain in the past, but now that it was by Lu Chen's side, it seemed to have completely let down its guard, entrusting everything to its master, trusting him wholeheartedly.
Well, a naturally lazy dog …
Lu Chen smiled bitterly and touched the fur on Atsu's head. It was unusually soft and smooth. Then, he thought of what Huo Yan had told him that day, about the horrible demon that had appeared in the secret path of the Great Snow Mountain.
Lu Chen had once questioned Huo Yan about why he had come to that exceptionally dangerous snowy mountain, and how he had avoided that terrifying demonic beast. However, Huo Yan had kept his mouth shut, only making a heavy oath to Lu Chen, indicating that what he had said was not a lie.
Lu Chen could see that Huo Yan was not lying, but he could also imagine that the danger of that path was unimaginably great. It was very likely that he himself would not be able to walk through it. It was also because of this that Huo Yan, perhaps feeling a little guilty in his heart, came over several times to persuade him to stay in the Great Snow Mountain.
However, Lu Chen still decided to leave.
A long time ago, he had always felt that he was alone, without any worries. He could travel to the ends of the earth without any restraint, and anywhere was his home. However, it was only after he came to the Great Snow Mountain of the Southern Wilderness and spent several years here that he came to a realization. It turned out that there was always a yearning and nostalgia in everyone's heart.
His heart still yearned for the vast Divine Continent of the Human Race in the North. Even if there were many people there who did not like him, hated him, and even wanted to kill him, he was still willing to live with the people there.
He did not like the Barbarians around him. Even if the people in the North liked to scheme and fight for power, he still liked that place.
He belonged to the Human Race. This had never changed and would never change.
…
The sound of footsteps came from outside the house, and was immediately stopped by someone. It was the Black Fire Guards who were guarding outside his stone house. Now, with the rapid increase in the strength of the Black Fire Tribe, and the large number of captives from other tribes, the number of Black Fire Guards had also increased rapidly. Now, it had exceeded the number of warriors from the Black Fire Tribe by almost half. It could be said that they were the most powerful force in the Black Fire Tribe.
Such a powerful force was enough to overturn everything, enough to destroy everything in this tribe. It was probably because of this that the Black Fire Tribe, led by Huo Yan, were worried and dissatisfied.
Lu Chen could imagine that no matter how dignified Huo Yan's many excuses were, and how he paid attention to friendship, dreams, and the glory of his ancestors, but the worry of the Black Fire Guards, this powerful force that he could not completely control, was perhaps the reason why he finally decided to tell Lu Chen the secret and let him leave.
Lu Chen was not surprised by this. In his heart, which was not known to others, from the beginning, he had been deliberately working in this direction.
The Barbarians, especially those in the North of the Wilderness, were mostly simple-minded. Even if there was an unusual person like Huo Yan, but in terms of scheming, they were still not as good as Lu Chen, who had been tempered in the Devil Cult for countless days since he was young.
Of course, in the years after he left, what these people would become was not something that Lu Chen cared about.
There was a low voice outside the door, but the reply that came made Lu Chen a little surprised. He had thought that it would be Huo Yan who would come at this time, because there was still a very important matter that Huo Yan had not gotten an answer from him. But now, it seemed that Huo Yan was more patient than he had expected.
The person who came was a Barbarian woman, who was once his maid, Ye.
When Ye walked into the dimly lit stone house, she could not help but be in a trance for a moment. This year, for her, was also a time of great changes. When she was told that the black-robed priest had named her as a candidate for the priest, Ye's mind went blank.
Even after such a long time, even though she had begun to come into contact with and master the power of witchcraft, Ye was still in awe of the black figure. But when she walked into the house, after the initial nervousness, she quickly felt a sense of familiarity, as if … she had returned home?
This feeling made her feel very strange, but she still carefully put away her feelings, came to the black-robed priest's seat, and silently knelt down.
Lu Chen looked at her and said, "I have told you that you are now a tribal priest, so you don't have to sit in front of me like a maid."
Ye's body moved, and after a moment of hesitation, she still knelt down and said, "I, I will stay like this."
Lu Chen no longer cared about her, and said, "What's the matter? At this time, no one else has come, only you suddenly came to see me. "
Ye's face was a little blurred in the darkness. She could feel the black shadow in front of her, and the lazy dog sleeping on the other side. As a priest, she was now qualified to know some secrets, including that the person in front of her and the dog would leave tomorrow.
As for where they were going, no one would say, and no one dared to ask. Probably in this tribe, only the chief Huo Yan knew.
Seeing Ye's hesitation, Lu Chen frowned and said, "What is the matter?"
Hearing his shout, Yezi panicked. After such a long time, she still seemed to be the timid handmaiden in front of this black-robed priest. She was still unable to resist his majesty, and the fear of him seemed to follow her like a shadow that she could not get rid of.
She nervously clenched her hands, and after a long hesitation, she whispered, "The chief asked me to come."
"Hmm?" Lu Chen's eyes flickered, and he seemed to be a little surprised by the answer. Then he seemed to think of something, and smiled faintly, saying, "It seems that I still overestimated him …"
"Ah?" Ye did not hear him clearly, and asked in surprise.
Lu Chen did not answer her, and said, "What did he ask you to come here for?"
Ye hesitated for a moment, and said, "Well, the chief said that you still have a very important thing here, and you have not given it to him. If you are leaving tomorrow morning, he asked me to come and get it and bring it to him. "
Lu Chen looked calm, sitting in the shadow, and did not have the slightest intention of returning the thing, nor did he speak.
Ye waited for a while, only to feel that there was an invisible pressure gradually spreading in the surrounding darkness, making people feel a little breathless.
After a long time, such a sentence suddenly came from the darkness, "What does he want, let him come to me himself."
Ye looked at him blankly, but did not dare to disobey this mysterious and terrifying black-robed priest, and nodded repeatedly. But soon, she heard the voice of the black-robed priest say, "By the way, since you happen to be here, I have something, and I will give it to you."
Ye was taken aback, and looked up in surprise, and said, "Sir, what is it?"
Lu Chen raised his hand, and a white thing flew out of the darkness, and was thrown to Ye.
Ye reached out and caught it. It was cold to the touch. She held it tight and looked down. Suddenly, her whole body trembled, and an indescribable complex expression appeared on her face. There was surprise, pain, hatred, fear, and even more sadness.
In her hand was a white bone mask, which was the ancestral relic that Lu Chen had taken from her tribe on the day when the Divine Wood tribe was exterminated.
"Sir, this is …" Ye asked in a trembling voice.
"Well, this is something that belongs to your Divine Wood tribe, you keep it." Lu Chen's voice sounded a little erratic, but it seemed to have a deeper meaning. He said lightly, "Maybe, you will need it in the future."
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
