Tong Nuonuo had lived for nearly two hundred years and had never heard of such barbaric things. He had never understood what slaves were, and therefore had no idea what the Lishu tribe was in.
He said in disbelief: "How could this be? Isn't there anyone who is upright and speaks up for justice?"
Li Muye shook his head and said, "When the entire Heaven Realm is controlled by one person, and there is only one voice from top to bottom, no one can shake it. Speak up for justice? No one is willing. If someone does, it's just like an egg hitting a rock, and the only way is death."
The Lishu tribe has been oppressed for countless years and is not even allowed to form families. All members of the tribe are treated like animals, and men and women who do not have the talent to become animal tamers have only one role, which is to give birth to offspring.
They are not allowed to form their own culture, nor do they have written language to record their tragic history, but they are still unwilling to accept this and are still resisting.
"I was taken away from my tribe when I was young, and was kept in the mountains with other people of my age and tribe, and trained by animal trainers. The inheritance method of the Lishu tribe is through blood. Once successful, you can obtain all the knowledge and memories of the inheritor." Li Muye said sarcastically, "They thought that by isolating us and not allowing us to use words, we would forget the oppression and humiliation we suffered and obediently accept their control. But when they found that they could never tame us, they would torture us with cruel means and use threats to make us fearful and obedient."
Li Muye said softly, "Do you know that there is a path paved with steps from where we live to the training site? Every few years, a trainer is beheaded at the end of the steps. They are our fellow tribesmen who are unwilling to surrender and try to resist or escape. They are caught and deliberately taken there and killed in front of us. This is to warn us not to have such thoughts. Every time, there are always a few weak fellow tribesmen who get frightened and fall ill. Even I have had nightmares because of this."
Tong Nuonuo stared at him blankly, feeling a dull pain in her chest, "Li Muye..."
Li Muye said self-deprecatingly: "In fact, I should be content. Compared with the tribesmen who were often hung up, stripped naked, and sun-dried to death for public display, our deaths are at least more beautiful."
To Li Muye, the most cruel thing was not the beatings he had suffered, nor the abuse endured by his clansmen, but the calmness of the ordinary cultivators he saw around him when all this was happening.
It seemed like it was a natural and normal thing, which made him feel chilly.
They, the Lishu people, shouldn't have to endure all this! Nor should people take it for granted!
Li Muye hated the major sects that controlled the Lishu clan, and he hated even more the ordinary cultivators who thought this was normal.
"We were divided into groups from the foundation-building stage onwards, and went to various small heavenly realms for training as small teams. At first, we caught some lesser-known beasts to practice, and once we became proficient, we were taken to larger heavenly realms ahead, to dangerous beast areas, to catch high-value beasts, tame them, and then resell them to the immortal sects that offered to buy them. When going out, each person is guarded by at least three disciples of the sect, and up to five for those above the Jindan stage."
Tong Nuonuo suddenly realized: "Those few Jindan-stage people who were with you at the beginning were all guarding you?"
Li Muye nodded: "To prevent accidents, the guards will be changed every time we practice to minimize the risk." He turned around, looked at Tong Nuonuo and said, "That time, the sect accepted a commission to capture a black-eyed green baby beast. I had just recovered from the punishment and was assigned to the Gengsheng Small Heaven Realm. Not long after I arrived in the Gengsheng Small Heaven Realm, the small team of sect disciples who were guarding me asked to post an anonymous task in my name in Zhishi Hall to recruit people."
It was Tong Nuonuo who took on this task and joined the team, which triggered a series of events afterwards. He couldn't help but listen more attentively.
"Later, I learned that the Zhong family in Hanshan City had another commission and wanted an adult beast. The Zhong family offered a high price, and this group of disciples were greedy for money, so they wanted to take on this business privately. While they were on the mission of capturing the black-eyed young beast, they could also complete this mission and make some extra money."
Tong Nuonuo murmured, "It turns out that the original purpose of the training mission was really the black-eyed green young beast."
Li Muye shook his head. "With my strength at that time, I could have captured a black-eyed green cub independently. It was precisely because they wanted to capture the mother and cubs that the guards colluded with the Zhong family and issued anonymous tasks to recruit people as sacrifices. The value of the cubs is higher than that of the cubs. If they return to the sect and pay the commission with the cubs, they will definitely be praised by the sect. This can be said to be a plan that kills three birds with one stone. It's no wonder they took the risk."
"After we set out, they told me that our target was Wuyanqing and his mother. Although I knew it was dangerous, I had no right to speak out. I had to do as they said. Otherwise, when I return, I will be punished even more severely."
Tong Nuonuo recalled that the people they had dealt with were all those Jindan. Li Muye rarely showed up from beginning to end, and never appeared at night.
Those five people always said that they would ask Li Muye for instructions, but in fact, they were just saying that. They couldn't see how it was actually done!
"As they wished, there was a sacrifice to distract the mother beast, and I successfully captured the cub. I used the cub as a hostage and captured the mother beast without much effort." Li Muye's eyes flashed coldly. "What surprised them was that the male beast happened to bring food at this time and went crazy. They had to flee in different places, and I took advantage of this opportunity to escape from their custody."
Tong Nuonuo couldn't help but shout, "Have you escaped from them since that time?"
Li Muye nodded and said, "At that time, they were busy escaping and had no time to chase me. Of course, it is also possible that they did not care about my escape at all, and just waited to report back to the sect, and someone would come to capture me. But the subsequent developments were far beyond their control. Halfway through, the people of the Zhong family pretended to come to assist, and not only killed all the practitioners who knew about it, but also imprisoned the five of them."
"I knew very well that if I let these people return to the sect alive, I would be hunted down endlessly. So when the Zhong family threatened their lives, I pretended to obey their wishes and showed up. At that time, the mother beast and the cub were in my hands. I handed the mother beast to the Zhong family and asked them to use their power to complete the anonymous task. After being imprisoned in the dungeon, I killed those sect disciples and escaped. Originally, the Zhong family sent a lot of people to hunt me down all over the city, but at this time, you returned to Hanshan City. In order not to expose their conspiracy, they had to focus their main energy on you."
"Because of you, the plan of rebellion had to start early. The mother beast was released and caused chaos in the city. The Han family's city guards and elite soldiers went out to suppress the several large families that were causing chaos. I was lurking in the city at that time and killed all the Zhong family members who had seen me and knew some of the inside story, so as to prevent my news from spreading to the sect." Li Muye smiled, "If everything went well, the sect would come to investigate the situation and would only know that everyone died at the hands of the Zhong family, and the pursuit of me would end there."
Tong Nuonuo was a little confused. What Li Muye said was a little different from the truth of the Han family's investigation. However, it was pieced together by careful investigation and was not as correct as what the parties involved said. It turned out that there was another story at the same time as the civil strife in Hanshan City.
He whispered, "But later, you were still on Zhishitang's blacklist."
Speaking of this, Tong Nuonuo couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Li Muye was on the blacklist and was banned from using Zhishitang's vortex portal. This matter was actually related to their reporting him.
Li Muye sighed and said, "Even if I'm not on Zhishitang's blacklist, I can only act in secret. The sect's investigation is much more stringent than I thought. The investigation will not end until we find the person alive or the body dead."
Hearing Li Muye's sigh, Tong Nuonuo felt relieved.
In the final analysis, the people who killed Tong Nuonuo's teammates were the Zhong family and the sect disciples who guarded Li Muye, and he was just a tool in the process. Now that the Zhong family has been destroyed, the five Jindan-stage sect disciples have long been killed by Li Muye. The hatred that weighed on Tong Nuonuo's heart should have dissipated along with the real culprit.
"What sect is oppressing the Lishu clan? Why does it have such a powerful force that can cover the sky with one hand?" Tong Nuonuo asked puzzledly.
Li Muye glanced at him and said, "You should have heard of the Heaven Realm in the Everlasting River and the Liuyu Sect."
Tong Nuonuo gasped: "It's actually the Liuyu Sect?! Their sect leader is in the Tribulation Crossing Stage!" He looked at him in horror. No wonder Li Muye had to hide his identity so carefully and only dared to do things through the lowest class like the fat sect master.
With a gloomy face, Li Muye said: "The Liuyu clan started out by taming beasts, but later on, the talent dwindled and they could only train beast trainers, and never produced any beast tamers. Taming beasts and taming beasts are only one word apart, but they are worlds apart. Taming beasts is not as good as taming beasts. The Lishu clan originally lived in a remote place and lived in seclusion. Later, when the Liuyu clan knew that the Lishu clan was prone to producing beast tamers, they wanted to obtain the training method from the clan. After being directly rejected, they turned against us and massacred us, wanting to rob us. If we hadn't later learned that the inheritance method was so special that it could only be passed down among the Lishu clan, our clan would have been almost wiped out!"
Li Muye sneered and said, "It's too late for Liuyu Sect to regret. No matter how much they tried to tame my ancestor and make him their vassal, my ancestor refused to agree. Later, the entire Lishu clan was taken to Liuyu Sect and made into slaves of the lowest level. Even servants who swept the yard could be insulted and beaten at will. Trapped in Liuyu Sect, my people had no chance to make a name for themselves. They were lucky enough to have the opportunity to be trained as beastmasters, but it was just jumping from one fire pit to another."
Tong Nuonuo was filled with disbelief. If it wasn't Li Muye who said this, he would definitely not believe that the number one sect in the Zhongtian Realm of the Genhe River was so dark.
As the sect leader was in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, everyone in the Immortal Cultivation World respected him greatly. Even if they knew that his sect was bullying the foreigners, they would only think that the merits outweighed the flaws and would never speak for the Lishu Clan.
No wonder Li Muye is full of distrust towards ordinary cultivators. With nowhere else to turn, he can only rely on himself.
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