Seeing that everyone was stunned by the sword howl, Lou Xiaoyi tried his best to soften his tone.
"The An Clan and our Xuanyuan have a long history of friendship. This friendship can even be traced back tens of thousands of years!
This is the reason why the An Clan asked for help from Xuanyuan when they were in danger. It is also the reason why Xuanyuan came all the way here!
We all have one thing in common. We are not willing to give up on this friendship. This is the cornerstone of our current conversation. Regarding this point, no one doubts it, right? "
Everyone was speechless because they still did not know the true intentions of this Xuanyuan Swordsman!
"But friendship is not the only thing! It will also become indifferent with the passage of time!
There are other things that are even more important in cultivation. The legacy of the Pill Dao, the environment of cultivation, the habits of life, and the difficulty of leaving one's homeland!
I understand all of these! There is no reason to use a framework from tens of thousands of years ago to tie the An Clan to Xuanyuan's warship forever!
Xuanyuan will never kidnap a certain group of people! Even if this group is very unique in a certain aspect! Because we have our own uniqueness. Our uniqueness has allowed us to stand in the cultivation world for tens of thousands of years without falling!
Stay if you agree, leave if you disagree. This is the principle of Xuanyuan!
Therefore, I am not here to kidnap everyone to the North Region!
I am here to talk to everyone about the conditions of the North Region. Are you willing to listen? "
Including An Xuzhi and An Mingmei, the An Clan clansmen nodded. This Swordsman's words were very pleasant to the ears. He did not have the overbearing attitude of an overlord sect. He was more like a friend whispering to each other.
Only An Chaodong was a little uneasy. He had already lost support in the An Clan. Now, even his strongest external aid did not support him. What should he do?
Lou Xiaoyi continued, "The most important thing that our Xuanyuan can give everyone is stability! There will be no bullying, no harassment, and no worrying about the future of the orthodoxy. All of these will be done by Xuanyuan. You only need to immerse yourselves in your own Dao of Pills!
There were many other purely technical orthodoxies that had attached themselves to Xuanyuan. The most famous one was the orthodoxy of the Hibernators. They had submitted themselves to Xuanyuan more than ten thousand years ago. Ten thousand years later, they were still Hibernators and had not been assimilated into Swordsman!
Of course, there are many things that we can't give you! "
Lou Xiaoyi looked at the An Clan clansmen who were deep in thought. How many could he bring back this time?
"Our herb fields are far inferior to Thousand Chance Valley's. The Northern Territory is bitterly cold. Our living habits and cultivation environment are also completely different … You all have various opinions, so there must be various reasons.
No matter what choice you make, I will respect it! I came here empty-handed, and I can also return empty-handed. Pyrolyte Mountain has no requirements for this!
But there's one thing I can't tolerate! "
Lou Xiaoyi's eyes were as sharp as a knife as he glanced at the members of the An Family. "Some of you must have been asked by some forces to try to pull the An Family to their side. Generous conditions?
Look around you. If your clansmen have been persuading you to do this and that these days, then they are very likely to be such a person!
If a cultivator can't make his own decisions, easily believing the words of others and changing his mind, this is the sorrow of a cultivator! I, Xuanyuan, also do not welcome such people!
I allow you to make your own choices, but it can only be the result of your own independent thinking, and not be influenced by others!
Those with other motives, please conduct yourselves with dignity! I don't want to cause bloodshed between two forces that have been friends for ten thousand years. This is not Xuanyuan's original intention! "
After Lou Xiaoyi finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the crowd and turned to support An Chaodong. "Old man, let's talk in private!"
The two of them walked to the main hall behind them, leaving the crowd outside the main hall in their own thoughts.
The old patriarch was supported to sit down on the couch in the hall. Lou Xiaoyi said apologetically.
"Old patriarch, you won't blame me, right? I know what you mean. You want to use force to bring all the An clansmen to the Northern Region … I understand your intentions, but a melon that is forcefully pulled off is not sweet! "
An Chaodong's old tears flowed down. "I've failed to take charge of the clan, I've let Xuanyuan down! Little friend, once you say these words, I'm afraid there won't be many who are willing to follow you back to the Northern Region! The Eastern Sea is a colorful world. With their realm, they can't guard their state of mind. How many people are willing to go to the Northern Region to suffer?
You're wrong! When it's time to use force, use force! Otherwise, the An clan will be carved up. After another hundred years, where will there be an An clan? You and I will be the sinners of the An clan! "
There was no right or wrong here! Being greedy for the colorful world was also a kind of life! Expecting everyone to have a Dao heart, especially a cultivator who relied on medicinal pills to have a Dao heart, was an impossible task!
Lou Xiaoyi saw this very clearly. A clan that could last for ten thousand years was already a great fortune. There was bound to be a day when it declined and disappeared. No human power could save it, so how could there be a clan that flourished forever?
But he couldn't say these words to the old clan head. It was too cruel!
If they really went to the Northern Region, they would still be in a state where they didn't have to worry about survival. With the An clan's current momentum, there would be a day when they would return to being ordinary!
Instead, if they stayed in the Eastern Sea, there would be the pressure of survival. Perhaps there would be a chance for their luck to change. Who knew?
"I'm going to the back to rest. I'm old and can't take all of this!"
The old clan head staggered away to express his dissatisfaction. This made Lou Xiaoyi very emotional. This mission wasn't something that could be solved by one person's ability. He couldn't change the trend of an entire clan!
After a while, An Xuzhi and An Mingmei walked into the main hall. It looked like they had already made up their minds. Lou Xiaoyi didn't say anything and just waited quietly.
An Mingmei hesitated for a moment, but still mustered her courage. "Fellow Daoist, we've already decided that the entire clan will stay in the Eastern Sea! Fellow Daoist, we're very sorry to have troubled you and return empty-handed! "
Lou Xiaoyi acknowledged. "There's nothing to be sorry about. The scenery of the Eastern Sea is worth a trip!"
Seeing that Lou Xiaoyi didn't have any reaction, An Mingmei was very puzzled. "Fellow Daoist Lou, don't you want to know the reason?"
Lou Xiaoyi shook his head. "It has nothing to do with me. I'm just a carriage driver who runs errands. If the guest is on the carriage, the responsibility is mine. If the guest isn't on the carriage, it's not my fault. Of course, if you want to say it, I won't stop you."
An Mingmei felt that she still had to explain. "The An clan has been under heavy pressure for the past ten thousand years. It's not the pressure of the orthodoxy, but the pressure of a certain lady's husband in my clan!
He's an earth-shattering figure! Because of him, Xuanyuan Sword Sect has never left our An clan for the past ten thousand years. Without Xuanyuan's support, we would have fallen apart long ago. This is a backer that any power yearns for. But only when you're truly in it, do you understand that it's not up to you. "
Lou Xiaoyi nodded. "If the ancestor's light is too bright, it might not be a good thing for the younger generation."
An Mingmei sighed. "Right now, we're just an ordinary cultivation clan. We might only be able to maintain the power of a small sect. Maybe there's a future, maybe there isn't. But this is our path …
We don't want to live under the shadow of others, even if it's the shadow of an immortal! This makes our lives very difficult! We're shouldering too much!
This time, staying in the Eastern Sea was a joint decision of all our clansmen. We won't join any sect. If the heavens want us to perish, then so be it!
We want to know, if we don't have Xuanyuan's support, can we survive? If we can, the An clan might rise again one day!
If we can't, this kind of cultivation clan isn't suitable to continue staying in the cultivation world!
We can also survive as a mortal clan! "
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