The Great Wild God - Chapter 53

Chapter 53 20 Places
Seeing the camel caravan continue northward along the east bank of Wild Horse Stream under the lead of the bronze carriage Lou Li was riding, Gu Hu, Wu Gong Zong Tu, and the others could only hide their doubts deeply in their hearts and invite Ge Yi to rest in Heishan Stone Stronghold.

Ge Yi came on behalf of the Lieutenant Su Wu’s Manor to select the clan’s disciples. After entering the stone stronghold and taking a rest, he sent the Azure Water Warriors to the various parts of the Northern Mountain to inform the clans to gather the disciples they wanted to recommend to Tianma Lake for selection.

As for how to choose, Ge Yi refused to say anything.

Ge Yi was accompanied by Gu Hu, Zong Tu, and the others. Chen Xun was only a fourteen-year-old “youth” in front of them. Without interrupting, he and Gu Jianfeng rushed to the mountains to the south of the Heavenly Horse. They saw the caravan stop in the slope valley of the South Cliff of the Heavenly Horse, no longer heading north.

Although the caravan only had five to six hundred people, there were two to three hundred tall camels and horses accompanying them. They were hunched over heavy cargo, giving people the impression that this caravan was an extra large one.

At this moment, the merchants dispersed and occupied a radius of a mile in the valley.

The bronze carriage that Gui Xi Qu Shuai Lou Li was riding was situated in the middle of the caravan.

Chen Xun and Gu Jianfeng squatted in the bushes on the ridge. From afar, they could see Lou Li, dressed in snow-white fur, standing in front of the bronze carriage, talking to a few people who looked like leaders of the caravan.

On the outskirts of the caravan, there were more than 200 warriors in full armor, divided into four piles, guarding the vital terrain, guarding against desolate beasts, or some ungrateful Wilderness tribe, attacking the caravan.

The other attendants were methodically unpacking the hide wraps on the back of the tall camels and horses. Tents were quickly erected in the valley.

There were still quite a few people who went to the nearby mountains to cut down giant trees and drag them back to the tent camp with camels and horses. Soon, huge wooden stakes would be erected on the periphery of the tent camp.

This caravan was actually going to set up camp on the south bank of Tianma Lake!

“What are they doing?” Gu Jianfeng asked Chen Xun with a deep frown.

Chen Xun shrugged and said, “If they set up the stronghold, they probably won’t leave again, right?”

He knew that Gu Jianfeng should be able to see through this possibility, but the Tianma Lake had always been within the influence of the Montenegrin Tribe. It was less than twenty miles from the Montenegrin Stone Village, and the caravan suddenly barged in and set up camp in the slope valley on the south bank of the Tianma River without a word. It would not be good for anyone to be in the position of the Montenegrin Tribe in Gu Jianfeng’s position.

However, Gu Jianfeng was furious in his heart, so what?

Not to mention that there were countless experts in the caravan of five to six hundred people, perhaps just Louli alone would be able to flatten the Montenegrin Tribe.

Of course, Chen Xun could not gloat over the Montenegro Tribe’s misfortune. The Montenegro Tribe could still choose to surrender to the Ghost Tribe to survive. The weak were preying on the strong, and the weak were submitting to the strong. This was the survival law of the Wildlands for thousands of years, and there was nothing to laugh at.

What Chen Xun was worried about was that this place was only thirty to fifty kilometers away from the black python. Thirty years ago, it had been killed by the Gui Xi Tribe, and only a thousand remnants of the black python had been forced to flee into the Northern Mountain. At this time, could it still surrender to Gui Xi?

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Chen Xun and the speechless Gu Jianfeng returned to the Black Mountain Stone Stronghold. Just as they were rushing Grandpa Sect’s plan to return to the Black Python, the two of them and several of the barbarian martial practitioners of the stronghold set off on their way home.

Chen Xun told Grandpa what he saw on the south bank of Tianma.

“Judging from this situation, the Su Clan is going to build a permanent camp on the south bank of Tianma with Gui Xi as the main force …”

“Yes,” Wu Gongzong’s eyes were filled with worry as he looked at the mountains. “In name, it was to build a business inn to facilitate the entry of the merchants from Azure Water City. It was actually the first stronghold for the Su clan to enter the Northern Mountain.”

Although the Black Python was a small tribe of only a thousand tribes, after the calamity of the Split Tribe, the knowledge in its heart was far from something that the leaders of the small and medium tribes could compare to.

Although Ge Yi, who represented the Su Wu Lieutenant’s Manor, tried his best to separate himself from the caravan after arriving at the Montenegro Tribe, everyone knew that without the support of the Su Clan, how could the Gui Xi Tribe have such a great appeal in Cang Lan, organizing such a large caravan into the northern mountain of Python Ya Ridge?

Chen Xun had heard from Su Tang that the area between Python Fang Ridge and Xi Ridge was actually the buffer area between the Su Clan and the Northern Ice Plains Profound Frost Sect.

Normally, neither the Xuanhan Sect nor the Su Clan could directly reach out to enter this area.

The Gui Xi Tribe originally lived in the Xi Ridge. It was a branch of the Baixi Tribe. It joined the Su Clan only a hundred years ago and gradually moved to the southern foot of the Python Fang Ridge. Finally, thirty years ago, it seized the fertile soil along the White Wolf River of the Python Fang Ridge from the Black Python Tribe and finally took root in Cang Lan.

The Su clan’s forces would not be able to directly enter the northern mountain of Python Fang Ridge to avoid angering the Profound Frost Sect. The Xi clan would be the first to set up a stronghold in the northern mountain in the name of the Shang Store. This was a flexible method.

The Profound Frost Sect might be dissatisfied with this, but it would be hard for them to react fiercely. Perhaps the power of the Profound Frost Sect had already infiltrated the south of Xi Ling.

The Su Clan took the lead in exorcising ghosts, and their ultimate goal was to unite the tribes of the Northern Mountain.

Thirty years ago, the black python had already formed a deep enmity with Gui Xi. At this time, the black python was only thirty to fifty kilometers away from the Gui Xi Merchant Store in Tianma Lake. It was very likely that Gui Xi was the first target that Gui Xi wanted to suppress in the Northern Mountain.

Chen Xun expressed the anxiety in his heart.

The black python’s current strength was far from enough to resist Gui Xi. Although the Black Mountain Tribe shook hands with the Black Python, it was impossible for them to risk the lives of more than 5,000 members of the entire tribe and form an alliance with the Black Mountain Tribe to fight against the forces of the Gui Xi Tribe and enter the Northern Mountain.

Even if the Montenegro Tribe went all out, the strength of the two races would not even be able to fight against Lou Li alone, let alone the will of the Su Clan behind them.

“It’s impossible for the Su clan to really allow the Gui Xi clan to unify the Python Fang Ridge,” Wu Gong Zong Tu said. “Especially in the first few years, even if the Gui Xi clan had the support of the Su clan, they would mostly rely on the operator storehouse. They would slowly plan for it, but there wouldn’t be much time left for the black python …”

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“The Gui Xi Tribe is really bullying people too much. Is the Montenegro Tribe really so useless that they don’t have any reaction?” When Zong Sang heard that the caravan had set up camp in Tianma’s Hunan bank valley, he was so excited that he felt indignant for the Montenegro Tribe.

“How can the Montenegro Tribe react?”

After returning to the stronghold and gathering everyone to discuss, Wu Gong Zong Tu’s heart calmed down. He kept his worries deep in his heart, not wanting to affect the morale of his clansmen. He said,

“Almost one-third of the caravans that entered the Northern Mountain from Azure Water are from the Gui Xi Tribe. Even if Lou Li doesn’t make a move, only 200 of the Gui Xi Tribe’s sharp soldiers are enough to trample down any of the stone strongholds in the Northern Mountain.”

With a bitter face, Nan Liao frowned deeply and said, “No matter how the Ghost Xi Tribe and the Montenegro Tribe discuss the matter of borrowing land, we don’t need to care about it, nor can we interfere. However, this time, the Black Python must have a disciple selected to enter the Azure Water College …”

Zong Tu and the old man of the stronghold nodded. They knew that if the black python did not want to move to the stronghold to avoid disaster, this might be the only feasible method.

The gap between ordinary barbarian martial artists and the Heavenly Barbarians who had advanced to the Reincarnation Realm was too wide, not to mention that the Gui Xi Tribe had more than one Heavenly Barbarian.

Although the Su Clan had won the battle in Canglan only after defeating the black python, it was already seven or eight hundred years ago. At this moment, the black python had declined to such an extent that it would not cause the Su Clan to have too much suspicion.

The reason why Black Python disciples were able to enter the Azure Water College through selection was not only because their cultivation could be greatly improved, but also because they could bring their profound arts back to the tribal inheritance after completing their studies. More importantly, they could add a protective talisman to the Black Python in front of the powerful Ghost Faction.

As long as the Black Python had disciples who could enter the Azure Water College, it could be considered a subsidiary tribe of the Su Clan. No matter how powerful the Gui Xi Tribe was, they did not dare to kill the Wu Mang Tribe’s subordinates.

“Gui Lao, Commandant Su Wu’s Manor, how many people are you going to choose from the Northern Mountain to recommend to the Azure Water College?” Zong Sang asked resentfully. He also knew that he had to lower his head before becoming strong, but he was unwilling to accept it no matter what.

“The Azure Water College will recruit 200 tribal disciples this time. The Su Wu Commandant’s Mansion is qualified to recommend 20 people from the Python Fang Ridge tribe.” Zong Tu said.

“Fuck, there are only so few people!” Zong Sang spat angrily.

Azure Water City’s three commandments and six commandants. Among them, the Su Wu Commandant’s Mansion mainly controlled the tribes around the Python Fang Ridge. They recommended the tribe’s disciples to enter the Azure Water Learning Academy, mainly from the tribes of the Python Fang Ridge.

However, around Python Fang Ridge, there weren’t only thirty to fifty tribes in the North Mountain. Add together the three sides of the south, east, and west foothills, and there were more than three to four hundred tribes in total. Black Pythons were only the most inconspicuous of them. How could they win one of the twenty recommended spots from the other three to four hundred tribes?

Chen Xun asked Grandpa Zongtu, “Did General Ge Yi say how to choose?”

Su Wu Wei Fu could only choose twenty to thirty people from Python Fang Ridge to enter Azure Water College. He was more concerned about how Su Wu Wei Fu would choose people?

Gui Xi and the other tribes of Python Fang Lingnan Mountain had much more resources, strength, and inheritance than the Black Python. This meant that it would be unimaginably difficult for Zong Ya or Zong Ling to compete for 20 spots with Gui Xi and the other tribes’ disciples.

When Grandpa Zongtu, Gu Hu, and the others accompanied Ge Yi and the others into the Black Mountain Stone Village to speak, Chen Xun was not present, and he did not know the details of the selection recommendation.