Vol. 1 - Ch. 3 - Ungrateful Child
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Mew- Chen Qingyu really said if i can’t have your blood i’ll scrape your bark instead ahahahaha
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Mew- Chen Qingyu really said if i can’t have your blood i’ll scrape your bark instead ahahahaha
It is said that reaching this realm means overcoming heaven!
This knowledge flashed in his mind.
As the patriarch of the Chen family, his realm was only at the Blood Coagulation stage. It was clear that the Chen family was undoubtedly a small family.
“How many people got injured today?” Chen Xingzhen asked slowly.
“Patriarch, five people were seriously injured, ten were lightly injured. Second Uncle Chen Tianyu’s arm was injured, and Third Uncle Chen Tianjing also suffered some internal injuries. They are currently recuperating. I’m afraid the two of them won’t be able to exert the strength of the Blood Coagulation Realm anytime soon. In addition…”
Listening to Chen Qingyu’s narration, Chen Xingzhen sighed.
There were a total of five martial artists in the Blood Coagulation Realm in the family. One had already been lost in the previous struggle with the Liu family. Now, two more were injured. If this continues, the decline of the Chen family will be a foregone conclusion.
If they don’t make some changes, the Chen family might be removed from history!
Thinking of this, Chen Xingzhen’s eyes gradually became firm, as if he had made a decision against the ancestors wishes! He said to Chen Qingyu, “Notify everyone, tomorrow let the younger generation of the family escape through the secret tunnel!”
After saying this, Chen Xingzhen seemed to have aged a lot.
Chen Qingyu was stunned when he heard this, and then asked in surprise:
“What about the others?”
Chen Xingzhen shook his head:
“The others are preparing to fight the Li family! Even if we die, we can’t let the Li family have it easy!”
Hearing Chen Xingzhen’s decision, Chen Qingyu silently lowered his head. In fact, he had guessed this outcome a long time ago so he wasn’t surprised at this moment.
However he found it hard to just accept it.
But he also understood that it was already good enough for the family to be able to keep the younger generation safe.
If everyone left through the secret tunnel, the Li family would probably discover it soon, and it would be difficult to escape by then.
“You are the strongest of the younger generation in the family, you should go too! As long as there are people alive in the Chen family, there is a chance to rise again!”
Upon hearing this, Chen Qingyu didn’t hesitate and decisively said, “I won’t go! I’ll stay too!”
The Chen family was no match for the Li family. If he also left, his family would surely have no hope at all!
Chen Xingzhen sighed again but didn’t say much.
The two of them looked at the spirit tablets above the ancestral hall and were silent for a long time.
Chen Qingyu withdrew his gaze, but the corner of his eye caught sight of the family’s divine tree!
The moment he looked at the family’s divine tree, Chen Qingyu seemed to remember something, and a hint of disgust appeared in his originally calm eyes!
Thinking of the family’s recent situation, Chen Qingyu picked up an axe from a corner of the ancestral hall and strode towards Ji Yang with great momentum.
Ji Yang, who had been observing the two of them, also noticed Chen Qingyu’s actions. Seeing Chen Qingyu coming towards him with an axe, Ji Yang had a bad feeling in his heart and shouted:
“What are you doing?”
“Don’t come over!”
Unfortunately, Ji Yang’s words didn’t get through!
Chen Qingyu sped up his steps and quickly arrived in front of Ji Yang.
Seeing Chen Qingyu raising the axe high, about to chop down.
At this moment, Chen Xingzhen on the side hurriedly scolded, “Stop, what are you doing?”
Upon hearing the scolding, Chen Qingyu paused his actions but did not put down the axe. Instead, he said with a dissatisfied tone, “Of course, I’m going to chop down this useless tree!”
Chen Xingzhen immediately scolded “Don’t be disrespectful! This is the family’s divine tree! Apologise immediately!”
“Apologise? It’s just a tree. If the family is going to be annihilated, who cares if it’s a divine tree or not? This tree has been planted in the family shrine for many years, and the amount of beast blood offered to it is not small. It still doesn’t seem to be showing any of its divine powers. What kind of divine tree is this?! Since the family can’t be preserved, what’s the use of keeping this broken tree? I might as well chop it down and use it as firewood, at least it can cook a meal for the clan!”
Ji Yang seemed thoughtful after hearing this.
Chen Qingyu’s logic made sense
But thinking about his own identity, Ji Yang's thoughts cleared up.
“I am the family’s divine tree! You ungrateful child!” He said in his heart.
Chen Qingyu’s resentful words made Chen Xingzhen sigh.
He said resignedly, “Since it has become like this I won’t hide it from you. Our Chen family was once a very prosperous family, but later we were defeated in the family struggle for power. Then we ended up here, having lost our previous wealth with our defeat.”
“Our Chen family worships our ancestors, and the secret method of preserving the ancestors’ bodies and combat power also comes from this worship! This divine tree is the spark that our ancestors managed to preserve back then. If our family wants to grow, it must rely on the divine tree! The power of the divine tree is beyond our comprehension, which is why our Chen family has been worshipping this tree for the past twenty years.”
Listening to Chen Xingzhen’s narration, Chen Qingyu slowly put down the axe in his hand, but still frowned and said, “But Chief, you’ve seen it too. This divine tree has been like this for the past twenty years. We’ve worshipped it for twenty years, but there has been no change.This fake divine tree! It’s better to not have it!”
“Don’t talk nonsense, as long as I’m the chief, the worship of the divine tree cannot be stopped! As long as the divine tree is there, the family has hope!”
Seeing that his explanation was ineffective, Chen Xingzhen pulled out the chief card. This made Chen Qingyu’s face turn red, wanting to speak but not being able to. In the end, he still lost under Chen Xingzhen’s stern face.
“I’m going to check on Second Uncle’s condition!”
After saying that, Chen Qingyu pushed the door and left!
Watching Chen Qingyu’s departing back, Chen Xingzhen slowly walked to the main courtyard of the ancestral hall, looked up at the withered family divine tree in front of him, and there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes. He murmured in a low voice, “Was I wrong? But if there is no divine tree, this family won’t ever have the chance to rise again.”
Thinking of the beast corpses sacrificed by the family in these twenty years, there were quite a few.
The key is that the blood of the sacrificed beast corpses flowed away, it did not allow the family warriors to temper their bodies, even the meat became hard, like wax, and it was hard to swallow.
Perhaps he really was wrong. In these twenty years, too much of their energy has been spent on this divine tree.
Chen Xingzhen was silent for a long time, and left the ancestral hall, under the seemingly endless night his figure seemed to have hunched a lot in the silence.
After Chen Xingzhen left, Ji Yang, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, sighed in his heart.
It’s indeed hard for him to turn a blind eye to the sacrifices of the past twenty years, but he hasn’t eaten any of these sacrifices either!
According to the fragmented memories in his mind, the other families did not have a totem, otherwise the Chen family would not have persisted in defending for so long.
That is to say, after the Chen family was annihilated, he had a high probability of surviving.
He sighed at the thought of the situation of the Chen family, but he also had to consider his own survival.
The collision of reason and emotion, the interweaving thoughts, made Ji Yang contemplate.