Time passed, and without realizing it, more than ten years passed quietly, and the Youyan clan also experienced the most difficult ten years since the tribe was named.
Over the years, due to the silence of the Shinto City God and the constant testing of the Youyan clan by many people with ulterior motives, the tribe's living environment has become extremely difficult.
Although with the efforts and support of many immortals in the tribe, there has never been a situation where most of the casualties were suffered at one time like at the beginning.
However, in just ten years or so, the Yan clan had accumulated nearly a million casualties. For the first time in hundreds of years, the tribe had experienced negative population growth.
At the same time, due to the silence of the ancestral spirit City God, the Youyan clan's worship of gods that had been extremely vigorous in the past hundreds of years was finally restrained.
In fact, as time went by, the casualties of the tribe became more and more serious, and there were many people in the tribe who grew into resentment towards the ancestral spirit City God out of disappointment.
Because of this, the resentment that had been accumulating in the hearts of many ancestral spirits and city gods because of the restrictions on their divine power and the looting of the younger generation of believers finally broke out and they all found the Purple Flame Spirit Lord.
Suddenly, there was an undercurrent surging in the secret realm of the underworld. Faced with the pressure from the gods, even Ziyan Lingjun couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He consulted with Yan several times, hoping to slightly relax some of the restrictions on the gods.
However, Yan was unmoved by this at all. Although the ancestral spirit City God in the secret realm of the underworld is now, overall, powerful, even Yan has to face it.
However, the foundation of the gods and the key to becoming a god has always been under the control of Yan. Therefore, although they are quite powerful, they unite to put pressure on Zi Yan Lingjun and express their dissatisfaction. However, they can only do this.
For the past ten years, Yan Yin has been hiding behind the scenes, sitting in Ziyanling Mountain. Watching the Yan family under the mountain being constantly harassed, he can clearly feel that there is a looming network behind these attacks, which is slowly tightening through constant testing. .
The whole Yan clan is now in a state of imminent rain. At such a critical moment, Yan could not let the gods take action in advance and scare away the mastermind behind the scenes.
However, despite this, Yan also changed his earlier plan and planned to let the gods take action at the last moment to show their holiness.
On the one hand, it is to prevent the people behind the scenes from using unexpected methods and causing too many casualties to the Youyan clan.
On the other hand, it is also to appease the gods and at the same time resolve the resentment of the Youyan clan towards the gods, so as to avoid affecting the future popularity of Shinto.
After all, although Yan does not want Shinto to influence Youyan too much, he does not want to completely abandon Shinto. After all, this is a very important trump card and support for Youyan and Yan, and it cannot really be abandoned.
At the same time, while Yan was watching the development of the situation, under the Zi Yanling Mountain, in the forbidden area of the Yan clan, the immortals of the Yan clan also faintly noticed some signs and were gathering in full swing. Discuss countermeasures together.
"Something is wrong. Now the tribes are being invaded more and more frequently, and there is a vague tacit understanding between them. It is more like they are mobilizing to test us."
"Not bad! I feel the same way."
"Many strange monsters have appeared in the city recently, and the atmosphere there is a bit not right."
"There must be someone there who knows something. But, for some unknown reason, we are very regretfully excluded by them."
"Is there any other reason? It's just that they want to take advantage of us. We have the Yan family that has dominated the Yanjiang River Basin for many years. In the eyes of others, we are still a bit of a loser."
"I heard from fellow Taoists in the Great River Basin that in the past hundred years, our human race has been attacked more and more frequently by demons above the immortal realm. What they want is not just the insignificant oil and water of our human race."
"Then what do they ask for?"
"Haha! The resentful soul! The resentful soul after the death of my human race. In the early years before the underworld came out, the resentful soul lingered on the earth. Now the situation has changed. Some people need the resentful soul to practice. Our human race has a large population and is multiplying. Soon, it has gradually become the target of these people."
As the words fell, the slightly noisy voices in the forbidden area suddenly became quiet, and all the recognized eyes turned to the mountain with a cold light in its eyes.
Shan's eyes were extremely cold at this time. After looking around at the immortals, he said coldly: "My human race has indeed become the cultivation material in the eyes of some beasts.
Therefore, for this tribal matter, don’t think about cultivation and the future. We must use all our strength to show our strength to the outside world.
Cleanly and neatly kill the black hands who dare to reach out. Only in this way can we deter those who come after us. Otherwise, we will be in a lot of trouble in the future. "
"Shan makes sense! Before we deal with the mastermind behind the scenes, everyone must remain vigilant and strive to kill a few immortal gods to scare the demons." The old patriarch also said with a solemn face at this time.
"Our target is the immortals and above. For other intrusions, we only need to maintain the current resistance to avoid alerting the enemy."
"Is Yan still unable to contact you? If it's just us, what should we do if someone with cultivation level of Xuanxian or above appears?" Someone looked at the mountain worriedly and asked.
"Big brother will definitely not be able to come back for the time being." Shan said calmly, "However, there is no need to worry. After all, if the other party really had overwhelming strength, he would not test it as frequently as now."
As he spoke, his voice suddenly became sharp and he asked loudly: "Besides, even if the other party really has overwhelming strength, when they destroy our race, will I not resist because of lack of strength?"
"Shan, I don't mean that. It's just that if Yan is in the tribe now, we will be under much less pressure, and we won't have nowhere to start with Shinto matters like now."
As this person's words fell, the expressions of the immortals in the forbidden area turned aside slightly, and the atmosphere became a little subtle for a moment.
Obviously, in the past ten years, with the comings and goings of the immortals and the continuous casualties of the tribe, some among the immortals have complained and doubted the ancestral spirit City God.
Affected by this, there was naturally some faint complaint in my heart about Yan, who had single-handedly opened up the way of ghosts and gods, and there was no news at this critical moment.
When the four brothers, Shan and Yu, heard this, their eyes flashed, and they looked around at the immortals with different expressions. Finally, they took a deep look at the speaker. Their eyes met each other, but they did not speak.
On the one hand, they are disdainful, and more importantly, they do not want to affect the unity of the tribe at this time.
"Okay! Tribe affairs are the responsibility of everyone else including me. The gods and fire have protected the tribe for hundreds of years. Now it's our turn to contribute. Don't talk so much." The old patriarch's eyes widened and he glanced at the immortals. , opened his mouth and scolded.
"Also, enemies of Xuanxian and above, don't worry too much. Guilan Hebo has promised to help at critical moments."
At this point, the old patriarch changed his tone and said: "However, if possible, I still hope that we can solve the problem ourselves. Only in this way can we truly deter those with ulterior motives. External forces are sometimes unreliable."
Afterwards, under the auspices of the old patriarch, the Yan clan's immortals each took on tasks and hid in various tribes. While resisting frequent temptations from the outside world, they patiently waited for the critical moment to arrive.
