"Third Elder!"
The third elder turned back.
"us……"
The village chief chased them out. They were originally members of the Ji family and had been guarding the spiritual tree here, but now the spiritual tree was destroyed...
"You stay in the village for now. The clan leader will make arrangements when the time comes."
A group of people looked up at the third elder and the fifth elder leaving Xiaowang Mountain.
The crowd gathered around a pile of broken branches and leaves and sighed, mixed in with the low cries of several women.
Some of them, like Ji Qingling's family, came to the village in recent decades.
Like the village chief, several generations of people have taken it as their duty to guard the spiritual tree.
The village chief knelt on the ground, holding a broken branch in his hand, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"Alas, when the ancestor of the Ji family discovered the red pearl tree in Xiaowang Mountain, our Ji family was just a low-income family.
The ancestor was very successful in refining medicine and refined the red pearl fruit into a spirit-quenching pill that could temper spiritual energy.
It was thanks to this Spirit Tempering Pill that the Ji family in Tongcheng came into existence today.
It was also because of the resources brought by this Spirit Tempering Pill that the ancestor became the only cultivator in the Ji family's transformation stage. "
Speaking of which, these village chiefs were filled with emotion, as these were their ancestors.
"I heard that the Ji family was so prosperous at that time that even the city lord's palace had to give in.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, as the ancestor who transformed into gods was seriously injured when he went out.
When he fled back to Ji's house, he only had time to explain his funeral, so he put a barrier around the spiritual tree and died.
Since then, the Ji family has never had a god-transforming monk, and there are fewer and fewer Nascent Soul monks.
The Ji family was no longer what it used to be at that time, and was gradually declining. "
The decline of the entire Ji family seems to have taken less than a hundred years.
From a big family to a second-rate family.
“The last Yuanying elder in the family died decades ago.
Nowadays, the only person with the highest cultivation level is the Great Elder who has been seeking breakthroughs and has been staying at the Golden Core Perfection. "
Qing Ling had long heard about the Ji family's fortune and downfall from her father.
She really doesn't have a good impression of the so-called Tongcheng Ji family.
Over the years, she has also heard complaints from clan members in the village. The proportion of the Ji family's share is really different from the clan members in Tongcheng.
What they got was only slightly better than that of casual cultivators with no foundation.
Every year, only a part of those quenching pills are sold to the outside world.
The rest will be distributed to the tribesmen for their cultivation, but they have not seen a single grain in Xiaowang Mountain.
"Lin Hai, is your Qingling okay?"
Finally, someone remembered that Ji Qingling was kidnapped just now.
"Yes, such an explosion, but Ling Yatou was not injured?"
"Oh, it must be protected by a spiritual tree."
"Indeed, I saw that man's magic weapon was blown to pieces."
"Ling Yatou, did you see any miracles in that barrier?"
Seeing the clan members in the village talking about her, Ji Qingling didn't know how to respond.
Do you want to tell the truth?
There seems to be nothing that can’t be said.
"After the cauldron cover was put up, cracks quickly began to appear in the barrier, and then the branches of the spiritual tree rolled me up.
Before the explosion, I seemed to hear "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Then the barrier exploded, and then there was nothing more. "
Everyone became quiet for a while.
The village chief's eyes were even red.
"It's not in vain for our generations of care. I'm afraid the elves have appeared in the tree and know how to protect our children."
He turned around and kowtowed devoutly to the spirit tree, and Ji Linhai also pulled Qing Ling to kneel down with him.
Other tribesmen also kowtowed silently.
This kneeling brings reluctance to let go of the past and confusion about the future.
Now no one knew what to say, so the village chief had no choice but to tell everyone to clean up the area and then went home.
It's been half a month and no one from the remaining clan has sent anyone to tell them what to do.
The village chief wondered whether he would notify them to return to Tongcheng soon. Everyone couldn't stay in such panic all day long.
Then he called all the families to discuss and continued the same practice as before, hunting animals, collecting medicine, and practicing meditation.
In Tongcheng Ji's house, the meeting hall was filled with a tense atmosphere, and several people in the hall looked solemn.
The head of the Ji family glanced at the elders on both sides.
"Elders, this is what the City Lord's Mansion means now. The destruction of the spiritual tree is a personal grudge between us and the Hong family. It is up to us to negotiate compensation with the Hong family."
"Isn't it obvious that we don't care? Then the spirit-quenching pills we provide to the city lord's mansion every year..."
"Now that the Hong family has a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, we really can't get any compensation. This compensation is just empty words."
"Let's discuss what to do with the Ji family next." When the clan leader came out of the city lord's mansion, he knew that the Ji family could only take this tone of their own.
Originally, the Ji family's biggest output was the red pearl trees and black crystal mines, but now it's like someone has cut off an arm.
Several people discussed for a long time and finally decided to halve the proportion of Qi refining period and foundation building period.
The people sitting here were all Elder Jiedan, so naturally everyone passed quickly.
"Now the great elder is in seclusion to attack the Nascent Soul. I only hope that this time when I leave seclusion, my Ji family will have another Nascent Soul monk.
Otherwise, there will soon be no place for the Ji family to have a foothold in Tongcheng. "
The fifth elder expressed his worries when others left the meeting hall.
After hearing this, several elders could only shake their heads and sigh.
The fifth elder walking at the end seemed to have remembered something and returned to the meeting hall alone.
"Clan leader, how will the clan members at Xiaowang Mountain be arranged now?"
Only then did the head of the Ji family remember the group of people who had almost been forgotten, and frowned.
"Let them continue to stay in Xiaowang Mountain first. There will be nothing to do when they return to Tongcheng. It is better to have the Feng Shui treasure land of Xiaowang Mountain where they can practice."
Why don't you go when it's time to practice? The clan leader has made it clear that he doesn't want to care about those clan members.
There was something wrong with the clan leader's words about the feng shui treasure land.
Forget it, it has nothing to do with him. The fifth elder is disappointed with such a clan leader, but he has no intention of fighting for those clan members.
"Fifth Elder, stay." The head of the Ji family suddenly called out to him.
"I'm going to the City Lord's Mansion this time. Master Tongming said that last time I was a guest at Ji's house, I met Ji Rong, a gentle and lovely girl, and that I want to take her as my concubine. Please tell her to prepare and send her to the City Lord's Mansion in three days."
The Tongming Master in the City Lord's Mansion has been unable to break through the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir.
Rumor has it that he has recently been looking for female cultivators to use as cauldrons for him to practice in order to advance to the Nascent Soul as soon as possible.
"But Ji Rong is planning to build a foundation recently. She is still young and is very likely to build a core in the future."
What the Fifth Elder didn't say was that Ji Rong is your brother's granddaughter, your grandniece, how could you have the heart to give her to that old man Tongming.
"I watched that girl grow up, how can I bear it, all this is for the Ji family.
When Tongming gives birth to a baby, we can show our good will. Do you think he still needs it? "
"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."
She is your brother's granddaughter. You are willing to do it, but I still object to it.
Immediately, someone was sent to take Ji Rong into custody and sent to the city lord's mansion three days later.
