Fang Xing ignored Hen Tianning, who was kneeling on the ground. Instead, he lowered his head to examine the contents of the ritual implement.
After a while, he raised his head and looked at Hen Tianning with a strange expression. "Are you serious?"
Hen Tianning sobbed. "Father said that in the cultivation world, the strong prey on the weak. There is no right or wrong. You should understand this, especially in the Bottomless Chasm. Back then, the Heaven Abhorrence Clan did indeed let you down. However, you immediately took your revenge and should have calmed down. Before the high priest died, he dragged his broken body and left this imprint. It is the Heaven Abhorrence Clan's greatest secret. Only the five elders know about it. Even my father was not told because his life was less than six hundred years old. The high priest did not intend to tell him either. He only left the secret in the metal plate and told him that if he did not want the Heaven Abhorrence Clan to be exterminated, he should give it to him … "
Fang Xing was slightly stunned. "Are you trying to say that if I agree to the contract, I will be the only one who knows about this secret?"
Hen Tianning lowered his head. "Not only that, if you agree, the Heaven Abhorrence Clan has three gifts for you!"
"What gifts?"
Fang Xing loved receiving gifts the most, so he was a little interested when he heard this.
Hen Tianning looked up at the ritual implement in Fang Xing's hand and said softly, "The first is the secret left by the high priest. This is the Heaven Abhorrence Clan's greatest secret. Neither my father nor I know about it. The ritual implement in your hand is the only way to know about it. Otherwise, even if you kill me, even if you destroy the Heaven Abhorrence Clan, you will never get it!"
"It's related to the secret of the copper mirror … Interesting. What about the second item?"
Hen Tianning bit his lips and continued, "On the second day of the Beast Tide, someone snuck into the Heaven Grudge Clan and launched a sneak attack on the heavily injured High Priest. However, the High Priest retaliated and managed to leave behind something on him. Father said that this thing should be of use to you now. He asked me to give it to you as the second gift for you today …"
As she spoke, she gently took out a fiery red feather and placed it in front of Fang Xing.
"It's that thieving bird's feather. So it was that bird that ambushed the High Priest …"
Fang Xing recognized the aura on this feather, and with two fingers, he held it in his hand. This feather was more than a foot long, and it contained an astonishing fire intent. Others didn't know, but he could tell the origin of this feather at a glance. It was the feather of the Vermillion Bird that he had seen once before. For him, who was currently searching for it, it would indeed come in handy.
After putting away the scarlet feather, he lifted the gourd and drank some wine. At the same time, his eyes flickered as he said, "The third one?"
Hen Tianning stood up silently. She suddenly untied the cloak around her chest, causing it to fall to the ground. She was not wearing anything underneath. She stood naked in front of Fang Xing. Her small body seemed to be shivering from being exposed to the cold air. Goosebumps could be seen on her fair skin …
Fang Xing suddenly spat out the wine in his mouth. "What's wrong with you? We're talking about serious matters. Why are you taking off your clothes?"
Hen Tianning crossed her arms and covered the vital parts of her body. She lowered her head and said softly, "My sister has been missing since the day of the Beast Tide. Otherwise, she would be the one to come. However, since she can't come, I'll be the only one. Father said that I'll be the third gift to you. As long as you agree to the High Priest's conditions, I'll be yours …"
"… In your dreams …"
Fang Xing was speechless. Did she think that she was an old bachelor in the village who could not find a wife? Did she think that she could be his woman just because she said so?
He impatiently tossed her a dress and waved his hand. "Go over there and get dressed. I'll think about it first!"
Hen Tianning lowered her head and went behind the pillar. Fang Xing sat down with a strange expression on his face, looking at the ritual implement in his hand.
When he went out to fetch Hen Tianning, he received a message from the Clan Leader of the Heaven Grudge Tribe. It had been at least four to five days, but the Iron Amulet was in his storage pouch and isolated from the world. He had not received it until he accidentally opened the storage pouch and received this message. It said that the Heaven Grudge Tribe had sent Hen Tianning to discuss something important with him. Now that the Immortal Ascension Stage was surrounded by the tribes, they could not send Hen Tianning in. Fang Xing had to go and fetch her personally. He had only gone there today, but Hen Tianning was still there. This meant that she had been waiting for four to five days.
Sealed within the ritual implement was the High Priest's spirit. To be precise, it was a remnant spirit. Before the High Priest died, he had used a secret technique to leave his spirit in the ritual implement to pass a message and a contract to Fang Xing. This contract was the High Priest's request. As long as Fang Xing agreed, he would be able to obtain an important message sealed within the ritual implement.
According to the High Priest's words in the ritual implement, it was related to the secret of the Heaven Grudge Ancestor's copper mirror.
Fang Xing could only obtain this message after signing the contract. If he did not agree and tried to forcefully pry out the secret, the ritual implement would be incinerated. From then on, no one in the Heaven Grudge Tribe would be able to tell Fang Xing this message. This was because only the Five Elders of the Heaven Grudge Tribe knew this secret. Even the Clan Leader of the Heaven Grudge Tribe was not qualified to know, so killing them would be useless.
What made Fang Xing very unhappy was the content of the contract. The High Priest was asking him to become the Lord of the Heaven Grudge Tribe and protect the people of the Heaven Grudge Tribe. In his words, the Heaven Grudge Tribe had an ancient rule that whoever obtained the Heaven Grudge Ancestor's copper mirror would be the new Lord of the Heaven Grudge Tribe. Although he did not know where Fang Xing had obtained the copper mirror, since Fang Xing had obtained it, it was not too abrupt to ask him to become the Lord of the Heaven Grudge Tribe. Although both sides had a grudge against each other, things had changed. He still had to look at the bigger picture.
Of course, the bigger picture was the bigger picture of the Heaven Grudge Tribe.
After asking Heaven Grudge Ning, Fang Xing found out that the Heaven Grudge Tribe was in a sorry state. After he led the Beast Tide and killed three of the Five Elders, the next day, the bald Second Elder of the Heaven Grudge Tribe also lost his Dao heart when he saw the copper mirror in Fang Xing's hands. He only lasted a few hours before he died. On the night of the second day, the Vermillion Bird that had escaped from the Heaven Grudge Tribe sneaked into the tribe's territory and ambushed the High Priest. The five Golden Core and Mahayana Stage cultivators of the Heaven Grudge Tribe were all killed …
As a result, the Heaven Grudge Clan was in deep trouble. The clan's formation was destroyed, the five elders were all killed, and many of the clan's experts were killed as well. The remaining clansmen had also betrayed the clan. The huge clan fell apart in a short period of time, struggling at death's door. They hid in a small valley, trembling with fear as they waited for the clan's extermination to befall them …
Extermination was no joke. Several clans had their eyes on the Heaven Grudge Clan, including the Fengtian Clan and the Yu Shou Clan. The Heaven Grudge Clan couldn't resist their power. Once the clan was exterminated, the name of the Heaven Grudge Clan would be erased from the Ultimate. Those who weren't related to the Heaven Grudge Clan might have a chance to be put in an important position, but the direct descendants of the Heaven Grudge Clan would become the slaves of the other clans. They might even be exterminated by others!
If not for the phenomenon of the nine moons rising in the sky, which diverted the attention of those tribes, the Heaven Grudge Tribe would have been exterminated long ago.
However, to the outside world, the High Priest's soul dissipated on the spot after he was ambushed. In reality, the person who ambushed the High Priest did not know that. The old man was an old man after all. Even though he was at the end of his rope and struggling at death's door, he still had a trump card. He had deceived everyone and used a secret technique to leave his soul behind. He had held on for a few more days and made a backup plan.
This backup plan was Fang Xing!
The High Priest knew that the Heaven Grudge Tribe was in such a desperate situation. Asking for help from other tribes was tantamount to throwing oneself into the tiger's mouth. Therefore, he made a rather shocking decision, which was to erase the past. He could not help but stop thinking about how to take revenge on Fang Xing. Instead, he brought out the greatest sincerity the Heaven Grudge Tribe could muster. He wanted to follow the teachings of his ancestors and ask Fang Xing to become the leader of the Heaven Grudge Tribe, and hand the tribe's fate over to him.
"The old man sure is ruthless …"
After Fang Xing read the contents of the contract, he smiled helplessly.
He used to think that he was thick-skinned enough, but now he realized that these old men were even more thick-skinned.
For the continuation of the tribe, they did not hesitate to ask him, who had a grudge against them, to become the leader of the Heaven Grudge Tribe. They even forced him to give a share of the benefits to the Heaven Grudge Tribe if he could obtain the secret of the Ultimate. If he had the chance to leave, he was to leave with a portion of the Heaven Grudge Tribe's direct bloodline. If he could not leave, he had to ensure that the Heaven Grudge Tribe would not be exterminated!
When the nine moons appeared in the sky, all the tribes wanted a share of the loot. The large tribes, the small tribes, and even some wandering ghosts made their moves. They thought that the Heaven Grudge Tribe was keeping a low profile and only wanted to protect their traditions, but they did not expect that the Heaven Grudge Tribe had also made their move. However, under the insistence of the High Priest, they placed their hopes on Fang Xing. They had to take a gamble!
Inside the artifact, there was a restriction that the High Priest had made with his own soul. If Fang Xing agreed to protect the Heaven Hating Clan, he would be able to find out the secret that the High Priest had left in the artifact. The High Priest's last soul would also turn into a protective light, and it would be able to use the power he had when he was alive to protect Fang Xing from harm. However, if Fang Xing went back on his word after he agreed to the contract, the protective light would turn into the most vicious forbidden spell, and it would attack Fang Xing's soul and sea of consciousness with all its power to vent the High Priest's anger …
"Sigh, old man, you wish. It's a pity that … even if you turn into a forbidden spell, you can't do anything to me. In other words, this contract of yours can be casually signed by me. If I want to abide by it, I can abide by it. If I want to go against it, I can go against it. It doesn't have any effect on me at all … but on account of your dying request, I will consider it …"
Fang Xing smiled helplessly. He circulated his divine sense and signed the contract in the artifact.
After signing the contract, Fang Xing immediately saw the message. He was slightly shocked and understood many things.
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