"Um? Let's talk about that another time!"
...
Inside the palace.
After Xia Tianqiong left, the elder of the Taoyao clan shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"He didn't even accept the gift, he seems quite unhappy. How can we get him to cooperate with us in fighting the Void Clan?"
“It’s normal for him to be angry. Let him calm down in a couple of days before we talk to him about the cooperation. We’ll send some of these gifts to him later through our clansmen.”
As the elder of the Yinshan tribe finished speaking, he suddenly looked at the old willow who was still tied up.
"Why did you go around telling your people about the sacred object as soon as you got back? What are your intentions?"
Old Liu was slightly flustered, but still said very sincerely, "Elder, that is our sacred object! It has been lost for almost three years. Don't you know how many clansmen have been worried about it?"
Now that I know their whereabouts, I naturally want to tell everyone, so that they are at ease and know where to look for them when they have the strength in the future.”
The elder of the Silver Fir clan was silent for a moment, then suddenly sighed, "We shouldn't have let that child carry the sacred object with him in the first place, otherwise it wouldn't have been lost."
The elder of the Peach Blossom Clan looked embarrassed; it was he who had made the decision to hand over the sacred object to a junior.
The Monkey Clan elder still frowned, and suddenly his body emitted a strong pressure that pressed down directly on Old Liu.
"Did you instigate the situation outside just now?"
Faced with the aggressive questioning from the elder of the Monkey Clan, Old Liu's expression remained unusually firm.
It said righteously, "'Go to their doorstep to destroy the Void Clan and take back the sacred artifact.' I was the first to shout those words, but I was just expressing the sentiments of my people. How can that be considered incitement?"
I am just a petty villain in the clan, with little strength, status, and prestige. How can I expect all the clan members to listen to me?
Even if they were instigated by me, it was all of their own free will. Elders, our Tree Demon Clan has been oppressed for far too long. Our people harbor deep resentment; it's time to fight back, or we'll all live a miserable life.”
Old Liu's words were not taught by Xia Tianqiong, but rather came from the bottom of his heart.
The reason it was willing to help Xia Tianqiong complete the plan was because it had its own ideas.
The main hall suddenly fell silent.
All three elders, including the Monkey Clan Elder, had somber expressions.
A short while later, the Silver Fir Clan elder sighed, "Go down and tell all the clansmen to prepare. In a few days, we will go to the Void Ghost Clan to retrieve our clan's sacred artifact."
"Is it just to get the sacred object back?" Old Liu asked with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"If they don't give it to us, we'll go to war."
The elder of the Silver Fir clan spoke with certainty, but Old Liu felt a slight sense of disappointment.
It understood that the elder still had no intention of confronting it head-on, and was only going to exert pressure, just like last time.
But he was a nobody and his words carried little weight; he couldn't make any decisions.
After Old Willow left the main hall, Elder Silver Fir suddenly became serious. "Monkey King, facts have proven that your guess was completely inaccurate. Stop targeting that person; he is still useful to us."
The elder of the Peach Blossom Clan chimed in, "You're not very smart either, so don't cause trouble. Even if you want to, wait until you get the sacred artifact back."
The elder of the Monkey Clan immediately looked displeased.
This guess was wrong, but it did not give up its prejudice against humans and still believed that Xia Tianqiong was problematic.
"Even if Old Liu wasn't his accomplice, that doesn't mean he wasn't sent by the Void Clan. Maybe Old Liu was also deceived by him, maybe he and the Void Clan put on a show, fooled Old Liu, and then..."
"Enough, I don't want to hear your 'maybe'."
Before the Monkey Clan elder could finish speaking, the Silver Fir Clan elder interrupted him, "If you cause any more trouble, you'll be removed from your position as clan elder and go into seclusion!"
The sudden outburst silenced the scene for a few seconds.
Peach Blossom Elder, who always liked to tease Monkey Elder, spoke up for him this time, saying, "Brother Silver Fir, don't be angry. He's just a bit stubborn. He'll be fine in a while."
The Monkey Clan Elder wanted to explain, but he knew that it would be useless to say anything at this moment.
Finally, he could only leave the main hall with a heavy heart.
In a secluded place, it secretly made up its mind.
"I can't let this go. I have to prove I'm right. My intuition is definitely not wrong. There must be something wrong with that person."
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