Not long after Hu Li left with Liu Xiaojiang,
The elves, who had been transported away by Hu Li using the formation, rushed back to this place almost all of them. Even the elders of the Hu Family, who were not present previously, brought all the available forces of the family and followed them. All of them looked as if they were ready to die.
However …
They had gathered their strength and made preparations to return to this place, but they did not see the silhouettes of their own ancestor or that terrifying calamity. Even the five seniors with the highest cultivation could only find some lingering scents that were gradually dissipating.
Looking at the traces and changes left in the surrounding forest …
They felt that the unique scent of their ancestor was gradually disappearing into the mountain ridge …
Even though these elves did not witness the previous battle with their own eyes, they vaguely had a bad premonition in their hearts. Moreover … the face of the elder of the Hu Family who had just arrived was the gloomiest.
Uncle Hui immediately sensed the surrounding situation carefully. After confirming that the scent of their ancestor was disappearing, he looked at his four peers with sorrowful eyes and said,
"Could it be that our ancestor has really …"
"What the hell are you all doing?!" When Uncle Hu heard this, there was no doubt that he was furious. When he looked at his four friends of the same generation … he unconsciously released his anger.
"All of you were clearly here before! But you left our ancestor alone to face the disaster … How can you still have the face to live?! "
In an instant …
A strange and cold demonic aura, which seemed to have materialized, instantly engulfed the entire place. Even the descendants of the Hu Family behind him could not help but shrink their necks. Then … they also looked at the other four families with a common enemy.
However …
In the face of Uncle Hu's questioning and the hostility of the Hu Family's descendants …
The other four Uncles present did not oppose each other as they did in the past, nor did they feel any displeasure because of Uncle Hu's angry questioning. They even took the initiative to help comfort their juniors not to act rashly.
"Speak …"
Uncle Hu saw that the four friends who grew up with him did not dare to answer him at all. The big furry tail behind him could not help but hit the ground hard.
"Now that such a big thing has happened and even caused the death of the Grand Master … Don't you even know how to speak?!"
"What do you want us to say …" Even though no one present wished for the ancestor to die, nor did they intend to leave the ancestor to face the disaster alone, elder Liu still felt that he was in the wrong. He believed that the ancestor's death was related to him.
Therefore, even though Elder Liu was used to being domineering, he could only try his best to remain calm in the face of Elder Hu's angry questioning.
"We've already told you that the Grand Ancestor used some means to transfer us away …"
"Even if we were to die, we would rather stay and face the calamity with the grand ancestor. But unfortunately, the grand ancestor's means weren't something we could see through. And everything … happened too suddenly."
"However …"
"The Old Ancestor was indeed killed by us, so no matter what your Hu Family says, our Liu Family will accept this mistake. But I hope your Hu Family won't be too impulsive. I don't think the Old Ancestor wants to see us kill each other."
"Old Hu …" When Elder Huang saw this, he suppressed his sorrow and said, "Old Hu is right.
"Old Liu is right. We are the ones who killed our ancestor. We … we are willing to die as an apology. But I hope you can calm down and at least let our children go."
"It's us old folks who are at fault. It has nothing to do with these children …"
"That's right …" Master Bai looked at his children behind him and said, "If your Hu Family wants to blame someone, blame us. These young children are innocent. After all, even if we wanted to stay … we wouldn't have sent them to their deaths."
"I believe the Old Ancestor had the same thought at the time, or else he wouldn't have suddenly used some means to send us away …"
Hearing that,
Elder Hui looked at his three old friends who were as sorrowful as the Hu Family. Then, he sighed as much as he could to soothe his emotions.
"Old Hu, no matter what, the most important thing now … is to confirm the Old Ancestor's whereabouts. I believe with his means, even if he really died before the calamity, he wouldn't have died without a complete body."
"Furthermore, he just doesn't know …"
"The Old Ancestor has already left!" Elder Hu's eyes were red as he interrupted Elder Hui. Then, he took out a broken … bronze mirror-like gadget from his robe.
"This is the Life Chart Artifact that the Old Ancestor personally refined many years ago and left in our Hu Family in case of any accidents. Just now, when we were on our way … it has completely lost its function."
As soon as he said that …
The four old men, who originally thought that they were lucky, looked at the broken Artifact in Elder Hu's hand. It no longer had the aura of the Old Ancestor. The grief in their eyes deepened.
After a long time …
"Then …" Elder Hui's eyes were no longer as cunning as before. Instead, they were filled with confusion about everything … and even the future.
"What are we going to do in the future? Without the Old Ancestor … how are the children going to sign a contract with those humans?"
"Besides, without the contract … How are we going to maintain a relationship with the humans on the outside if we're not accepted by most humans?"
"Future … Do we still have a future?"
Hearing that …
Perhaps he had calmed down, or perhaps he did not want to go against the will of the Old Ancestor …
Elder Hu carefully put the Artifact back into his pocket. After a moment of silence, he said,
"A natural disaster … is something that humans can't resist."
"Since the Old Ancestor insisted on using it to deepen the relationship between us and humans, he was doing his best to fight for the future of our entire race. Even if the Old Ancestor has passed away … we should still inherit this will."
"Elders should think for their descendants and juniors. Even if we have to sacrifice our lives on this path, we must not forget … that the Old Ancestor died today for us juniors."
"We are also the elders of the various families. Naturally, we have to be like the Old Ancestor and think for the future of our descendants. You … should be willing to agree with this, right?"
As he said that …
It raised its eyes and looked at its four old friends present. After getting the affirmation of the four old friends, the blame and dissatisfaction that originally existed in its eyes were somewhat reduced. Then it endured the intense grief that gradually subsided due to the anger and said, "I'm sorry.
"Old Hui, you are one of the family immortals of that girl from the Guan family. Later, tell those humans about the Old Ancestor's departure …"
"For the sake of our descendants and juniors …"
"In the future, when the Old Ancestor leaves and can't continue to sign the contract, even if we have to suffer a huge loss in the future … we have to take advantage of the opportunity created by the arrival of the natural disaster. We can only place all our hopes on the mercy of those humans."
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