"So you are Master Tu Qi. I have seen your portrait."
Ji Wuhuan smiled and reached out to help the other person up: "You have been away from home for many years, everyone misses you!"
Tu Tu Zhi took a step back and calmly pulled his hands away, unwilling to let Ji Wuhuan touch them. He said in a deep voice:
"My name is now Tu Tu Zhi. I haven't used the name Tu Qi for many years. As for my family..."
Tu Tu Zhi raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lin Che before continuing, "This is our home now. General Lin treats us very well, and we're willing to stay here."
Ji Wuhuan seemed to have anticipated this and said immediately, "Master Tu Qi, we know that you were wronged by what happened back then. But the Great Barbarian Wizard also had his own difficulties back then. Moreover, the Great Barbarian Wizard has been assassinated and sacrificed, and the current Great Barbarian Wizard is my father. I am here to talk to you on his behalf. Shall we go inside and talk?"
Tu Tu Zhi said calmly, "Sure. But please ask General Lin to come in and listen... General Lin, are you willing?"
After listening to their conversation, Lin Che immediately knew that this must be something complicated.
Who is Ji Wuhuan? She is the daughter of the Great Barbarian Witch and such a narcissistic person. Why would she be so humble as to come to this group of demons?
He kept calling the other person a "master"!
Give it a listen, you might find something unexpected.
"Okay! Let's talk slowly if you have anything to say. I'll make you some tea."
Lin Che smiled and simply walked into the house first.
The house was indeed large and should have been one of the former properties of one of the four major families. The three of them found an empty backyard.
Lin Che took out a set of tea sets from her Cangtian bag and began to make tea.
Ji Wuhuan knew that he couldn't get rid of Lin Che anymore, so he could only bite the bullet and start playing the emotional card:
"Master, do you still remember the Thousand Teng Festival in the valley? Every three years, the tribesmen would carve totems of ten thousand beasts on the stone walls, praying for a good harvest and the prosperity of our Ten Thousand Demon Tribe. Since you left, the Thousand Teng Festival hasn't been held for many years. It's only been held once or twice, but it's far less common than before."
"Many of our tribesmen have said that without your ingenious craftsmanship, the Thousand Teng Ceremony would be three points less soulful. The entire ritual process would become dull and bleak. Sigh..."
Lin Che listened quietly beside him, without stopping the action of making tea.
Ji Wuhuan was obviously here to act as a lobbyist. He played the emotional card from the start, first asking Tu Tu Zhi to reminisce about the past and evoking Tu Tu Zhi's good memories of his hometown.
This paves the way for subsequent requests.
According to Ji Wuhuan, it turns out that Tu Tu Zhi also has a superb craftsmanship and can carve various totems. And back then, the Great Shaman of the Ten Thousand Demons Clan, or rather the Devouring Fortune Cult, did something wrong to Tu Tu Zhi, which is why Tu Tu Zhi was so heartbroken and left the Devouring Fortune Cult.
"It's all in the past. Now I have my own new life." Tu Tu Zhi was also very calm and was not moved by Ji Wuhuan's few words.
Ji Wuhuan said formally, "Back then, the Great Savage Shaman was blinded by rage and did something that was outrageous to both humans and gods. So, on the first day my father became the Great Savage Shaman, he directly burned the wanted order. He also said that forcing you Godcrafters into a desperate situation is definitely the most regrettable thing for the Fortune-Devouring Cult."
"I know that for a junior like me, telling you this would seem insincere. My father wanted to come in person, but he was afraid of angering you. Furthermore, he had important matters to attend to within the Fate-Devouring Cult that he couldn't leave. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to rush to cooperate with the human race to fight the Demon Buddha together."
"Now the Fate-Eating Cult has received its due. The demonic Buddhas are rampant. They used to assassinate the Great Savage Witch, but now they are simply sending demonic Buddhas to attack directly. If you want to save the lives of your people, only the 'Hammer of Ornn' that you invented back then can do it."
When Ji Wuhuan said this, she saw Tu Tuzhi was about to speak again, so she immediately took out a gray wine bag from her Cangtian bag and placed it on the table:
"Don't be so hasty to refuse me. This is the Thorn Beast Wine brewed by your brother Tushan himself. He said you used to like it the most. Even if you don't agree in the end, at least try it first to see if the taste has changed."
Ji Wuhuan took out a bowl, filled it with wine, and slowly placed it in front of Tu Tuzhi.
The bowl of wine was a little turbid, but it was indeed the Thorn Beast Wine specially brewed by the Fortune Devouring Cult.
Tu Tu Zhi stared at the glass of wine in a daze.
After a long while, he raised his head with red eyes and whispered:
"Just by the smell of this wine, you can tell it was brewed by our clan. I miss it too."
"but."
"After all these years, I've long since given up drinking. Now, I can still drink tea."
After Tu Tuzhi finished speaking, he reached out and picked up the tea that Lin Che had brewed and drank it all in one gulp.
"General Lin, thank you for your care during this period."
Lin Che immediately replied, "Of course I will. I just hope you don't mind the soldiers guarding outside. After all, your status is not ordinary."
Tu Tu Zhi glanced at the children in the distance: "Although we have been under house arrest during this period, this is also the most peaceful time we have had in all these years. No one beats or scolds us, no one wants to kill us, and no one wants to take our daughter away..."
"The soldiers from the Shenji Camp guarding outside were very respectful to us. They didn't withhold our food, didn't verbally harass us, and even when we asked for more clothes, they delivered them the next day."
"I also heard something. General Lin brutally suppressed the four major families here. He gained countless wealth, but he immediately gave a large amount of it to the Great Wall Army, and distributed the rest to the soldiers."
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