At this moment, in the patriarch's mansion, Belle has been carried back to her room. There are protective masters and serving maids guarding the door.
Sitting at the head of the hall of the Patriarch's Mansion were the tired Qi Zhen, the concerned Qi Wei, the solemn Po Di Po Nu, and two or three elders with higher status.
"Chief, if you have anything to do, let's talk about it tomorrow. Let's do this for today," an elder said.
But the old man said: "I am really mentally exhausted today. I need to recuperate for two days. However, the situation is not optimistic now. There will be a blood moon in three days. Now you listen to my arrangements."
"Qi Cha, how are the other families observing these days?" the old man finished. A short but lean and capable middle-aged man sitting on the right said: "Clan Chief Hui, the Yao family has been observing us closely recently, and they have secretly contacted the other two families, probably hoping to join forces to deal with us."
"What about those small families?"
"The Yao family doesn't pay much attention to small families, but it seems that the suppression of small families in business has weakened recently. It should be bribery in disguise," Qi Cha returned.
The old man shook his head and said: "This Yao Heng is still so conceited. He only sees the strong. Reduce the pressure. It's a joke. Our Qi family has always cooperated fairly. The small family doesn't have to worry. As long as our four major families don't have one-sided tendencies, it won't happen." Something happened".
After listening to Qi Cha's simple return, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced sideways at Qi Wei and said solemnly: "Although there is not much pressure on the three major families, Belle does have a high-level physique. This is very important to them." It will be the biggest hidden danger in the future, and they have concluded that I am ill, and they will definitely launch an attack on my Qi family during the blood moon."
Listening to the patriarch's analysis of the general situation, Qi Wei and the elders also fell into deep thought, not knowing what to do for a while.
Qi Cha said: "Chief, I think we can cooperate with one of the families, so that we can basically stabilize the situation in Wangxiang Town and survive this crisis."
"That's right, which family can we cooperate with? Our physique is the biggest threat to them. Cooperation is like leaving your back to someone you don't trust," Qi Podi denied.
"Why don't we seize the time to train a wave of troops now, and then take back the tribesmen who are better at guarding. I know their strength best," Po Nu said with a little confidence.
"No, first of all, the new recruits have never experienced combat. Asking them to defend the enemy is equivalent to committing suicide. People outside the guardian clan cannot retreat. Wangxiang Town is already remote. Did you know how the guard Lin was injured?" Perhaps because of his daughter's injury, Qi Wei replied angrily.
For a moment, the hall fell into silence again. Looking at the silent people, the patriarch shook his head as if he had made some decision. Then he turned sideways to the silent elder and said, "Shou Cai, the recent family business how?"
After hearing the clan leader asking him questions, a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and rich clothes said: "Hui clan leader, this year's good weather has brought a good harvest for the clan's agricultural products. Some of the strong men in the clan have been sent to work and rest. Yes, the rewards provided by Qidu are also very high, but..."
Hearing that it was difficult to express his wealth, the clan leader said again: "Just tell me what you have to say, the problem still needs to be solved."
"Clan leader, the fishmen clan we cooperate with Dongfang have underpaid our labor fees and kidnapped two women from the clan. When they were found, they were already dead. Our discussions have not yielded any results, so we are temporarily suspending the work. cooperation”. Qi Shou said with great enthusiasm.
Hearing these words, Qi Ponu on the side couldn't bear it anymore and said: "I am incompetent in this matter of the clan leader. Please give me two days and I will definitely destroy them."
The patriarch shook his head, clenched his fists and said, "The Qi family is not easy to bully, and the people of the Qi family cannot die in vain, but our main problem now is how to deal with this crisis."
After a while, the clan leader sighed and said: "Give the family members of the deceased some money and food, and give them a stable job."
Before Qi Shoucai could answer, the patriarch asked again: "How much liquid money can the family mobilize now?".
Qi Shoucai replied in an orderly manner: "Clan Chief Hui still has three million Skyfall Coins at his disposal, and I have already done the work of condolences to the family members."
The clan leader nodded slightly happily and said: "Put out two million and go to Yao Lingdu to buy some healing medicine. Remember, you must make a big splash."
Qi Shoucai said with some confusion: "But even if we need healing medicine, clan leader, even if everyone in the clan is equipped with military personnel, we don't need so much money."
"Haha, how much does that need?"
"Half a million is enough"
"Then I'll give you 700,000 yuan. The remaining money will buy some raw materials. Remember, it must be large and powerful."
Qi Shoucai accepted the order with a puzzled expression. After hearing the clan leader's arrangement, everyone was confused. Finally, the careless Qi Podi couldn't help but ask: "Clan leader, you were sure that we lost before the fight started. And even if you are planning for a rainy day, you can only buy some medicine." It’s no use.”
"So, my arrangement is not over yet." After saying that, he called Qi Cha to him and whispered something. Qi Cha looked shocked at first, and then nodded helplessly. Only he knew in his heart at this time. , I wonder if there will be any problems if we invite a loyal wolf into the house.
Then the clan leader said in a normal tone: "Qi Ponu, take some people with Qi Cha to Timan and rent 300 laborers. I want to rebuild the family's outer wall and awakening platform."
Qi Shoucai, who received the mission, said doubtfully: "Chief, we have stopped cooperating with the fish-men tribe. Why don't we use the free manpower now?"
"The members of the family are about to receive the blood moon, and the people of the Qi family also need to be rectified and trained." Although what the patriarch said makes no sense at all, everyone first has no better way, and secondly, the patriarch is the patriarch after all, and there are some things that can't be done. It’s hard to refute.
After that, the patriarch seemed to have remembered something again, and took out a token from the Naling Ring on his finger that looked like a fake, because the token was made of wood and was rough in workmanship. There was a big Gu on it. Words, and a bloody red dot are nothing more. The patriarch handed it to Qi Cha and said: "When we arrive in Timan, we will go to the Gu family. The owner of the token is an old friend of mine. Although he is not a big shot, he has reached the level of ~Sixth Rank Martial King~. Tell me what I say." Give it to him and he will send you a group of people."
In the Tianyun Continent, there is a kind of small stone ring full of spiritual power. They exude a strange brilliance and are born like rings. They only need people to modify it a little before they can be used. Each stone ring has different spiritual power, so people will use them. It is also divided into low, medium, high and top levels, distributed by attributes (1 to 99%). And I heard that stone rings with top attributes have simple intelligence and can identify the person who uses them, and living creatures can be stored in the space. The space of the stone ring grows in this way. For example, the storage space of a stone ring with 1% spiritual power is (1+1 square meters), the storage space of a stone ring with 2% spiritual power is (2+2 square meters), and so on. The height of the stone ring's storage space is directly related to its attributes. 1% of the stone ring's storage space is 1 meter high, 2% of the stone ring's storage space is 2 meters, and so on. And people called this spiritual stone ring the Naling Ring. Legend has it that the person who discovered the spatial laws of the Naling Ring was an ordinary person who came to Alchemy City.
When Qi Cha held this token, which was like a child's play, he was embarrassed but didn't know what to say, so he had to accept the order as if he was returning to his life. The patriarch said nothing more, but everyone in the hall was still waiting for something. The patriarch said with a hint of fun: "Don't wait any longer. The orders and countermeasures have been given. Everyone should go to work. I also want to retreat. It’s taken me three days to regain my strength, and all the big and small matters in the clan have been left to Qi Wei these days.” After saying that, the clan leader entered the training room and went into seclusion.
The situation was already like this, and everyone dispersed without any help. At this time, the major families also started discussions.
