Chapter 443 The Secret of Oriental City (1)
The dream Si Ye had in that cave contained not only his childhood memories, but also... a secret of their snow leopard clan.
And this secret may be related to the life and death of the entire Snow Leopard Tribe, and even the Dongfang City!
"Since you know what it is, why bother asking me?" Si Yuan's expression remained calm. "Only you can make the decision on this matter, so whether to do it or not is entirely up to you. I'm just giving you a chance to choose. You don't have to look at me like that."
"Why, did you tell him that secret?" Bai Qin stood aside, his expression exaggerated to the point of being fake. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. You chose Dongfang City back then, and ended up like this. What else could you have asked him to choose? But if he didn't choose Dongfang City...ah, what does it have to do with me? You guys make your own choices."
Xia Tian didn't hear any useful information from his words, but judging from his meaning... what choice did Si Ye have to make?
"Oh, I forgot. There's another person here who doesn't know what happened, right?" Bai Qin looked at Xia Tian. "Little female, will you be Xiaoye's future partner?"
"I..." Xia Tian didn't know why this important matter of life was suddenly brought up, and she didn't know how to answer for a moment.
But Bai Qin didn't seem to really want to know her answer, and continued, "It doesn't matter. In fact, whether you are a partner or not doesn't matter at all. When the punishment from heaven comes, anyone who is close to Aye will be punished by heaven."
"God's punishment?" Xia Tian felt more and more puzzled the more she listened. "Why would I be punished by God for no reason?"
She has some understanding of Si Ye's background and his mother's past.
When Si Ye was ten years old, he drank a potion mixed with spells and suddenly grew animal ears and a tail. His genes mutated and he became a half-orc. He was then expelled from Dongfang City.
His mother, disheartened when she learned that her only son had become an orc, jumped from the high city wall and was smashed to pieces.
If this is the so-called "heavenly punishment"... Xia Tian has nothing to say.
"It seems Aye hasn't told you what he saw there yet?" Bai Qin glanced at Si Ye meaningfully. Si Ye didn't say anything, just looked at the ground with a complicated expression. Then Bai Qin continued, "Since he didn't tell you this, to prevent you from being implicated and confused in the future, I'll tell you the whole story here."
"People like A Yuan and A Ye, chosen by the ancestors of the Snow Leopard Clan to become lords, have their bloodlines ingrained with devotion to the tribe and its people. Every clan leader must accept the awakening of their ancestral bloodline and make a choice—between the entire tribe and those around them, to accept the divine punishment. A Yuan chose Dongfang City, which is why it is now prosperous, but A Ye and Qing Feng... this is the price of being a lord."
Xia Tianyi believes that there is no such thing as Buddha's blessing in this world.
If there really is some power that can protect someone in the dark, it must come at a huge price.
Just like what Bai Qin is saying now, that is, to exchange the people close to him for the peace of the entire tribe.
And this choice is not the right that Si Yuan mentioned, but an obligation that is forced upon us from birth...
(End of this chapter)
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