Chapter 92: Do you want to go with me, Dr. Jin?
"The three tribes are the Illusion Tribe, the Beast Tribe, and the Willow Tribe. You've already seen the Illusion Tribe, they specialize in enchantment and illusions. The Beast Tribe, as its name suggests, excels at controlling beasts and using them in battle. As for the Willow Tribe... they can manipulate plants and trees to their advantage, either as shelter or to kill."
"But the Willow Tribe has another unique characteristic: they are skilled at making poisons. These poisons are all extracted from plants and trees. They can be made from a few, or even dozens or even hundreds of different kinds at once. Apart from the people of their tribe, almost no one can detoxify them."
Bu Ruo frowned slightly: "Is the poison in the prince's body related to this Liu clan?"
Phantom nodded. "I saw it when the prince was poisoned. It looks very similar... but I can't confirm it. After all, the situation between our three tribes is like that of the Three Kingdoms. We are tied up and check and balance each other, always hoping to swallow each other up one day."
Bu Ruo looked at the deep sorrow in Meiying's eyes and said, "Tell me about your parents. If nothing unexpected happens, after the envoys from Southern Xia leave for the Great Zhou, we will set off for Beining."
"I promised you that I would take revenge for you personally, and I will never break my promise."
Phantom suddenly looked up at Bu Ruo and said, "Princess...if you are not completely sure, don't go. The Beining tribe is located in the deep mountains and old forests at the border between Beining and Da Zhou. There are towering trees there, and there is miasma all year round. The tribe is also guarding the area."
"I heard from my mother that hundreds of years ago, the monarch of Southern Xia sent an army to wipe us out, but they were completely wiped out before they could even find the shadow of our tribe."
"My father got in by accident. He was able to save his life because he met my mother. But getting out... is as difficult as ascending to heaven."
"Although these three tribes are in opposition, they have had an unwritten rule for hundreds of years: except for certain people, no one else is allowed to enter but not leave."
"After all, the situation is extremely abnormal. If people like us were to discover our special abilities, we would either be exploited or burned to death. There are almost no people as lucky as me who have the opportunity to meet the prince."
"If my parents could have gone out back then... the outcome would have been different."
Speaking of this, the Phantom seemed to be lost in memories, and even his voice became much softer.
"I took my mother's surname. My real name is Mu Meiying. My mother's name is Mu Xuan. She is the next leader of the Illusion Clan. Our Illusion Clan has existed for hundreds of years and has always been led by the direct descendant of our Mu family. I never expected... that something unexpected would happen to my mother's generation."
"Originally, our three tribes didn't interact with each other. However, if every generation intermarried within their own tribe, they would eventually perish. So, a hundred years ago, the chiefs of the three tribes sat together in a rare meeting and came to a conclusion."
"That is, every year, the three tribes send ten men and women without special abilities to each other for marriage to ensure the future bloodline. In particular, the tribe leader must marry one of the other two tribes after he succeeds to the throne."
Bi'er asked in confusion: "But even if it's like this, won't we still be those people one day?"
Phantom smiled and said, "No, because besides our Illusion Clan, the other two clans send people out to capture people every year. The Beast Clan does this to tame animals, and the Willow Clan does it to test poisons. Only our Illusion Clan needs to practice alone, without relying on external forces. This is why our Illusion Clan is the strongest of the three clans."
"Those they captured, if anyone took a fancy to them, they would... Although we in the Illusion Tribe don't like their actions, we can't stop them. After all, it's their tribe's business."
"If it's true as the princess said, that General Bu and his family are in Beining's tribe, then I suspect they were most likely captured by the other two tribes."
"My father was once a famous swordsman in the martial arts world. Later, he was being hunted and in a panic, he accidentally rolled down the mountaintop and landed in the territory of my Illusion Clan. He was rescued by my mother."
"My father and my mother fell in love while he was recovering from his injuries. However, because my mother was the next clan leader, she couldn't decide her own marriage. At first, they restrained their feelings and waited until my father recovered before sending him off."
"But the night before my mother was about to send my father away, my uncle plotted against the two of them... My mother's loss of innocence was a major taboo in the clan. Just as my mother was about to be executed, my father rescued her and hid her away."
"Our place is neither big nor small, so they hid everywhere. Later, they finally found a secluded place to settle down and gave birth to me."
"We live a normal life. My father goes out hunting every day, and my mother takes care of us at home. We also have a big yellow dog that my father picked up while hunting."
"But the good times didn't last long. When I was seven years old, my father and I came back from hunting to find the yard in a mess, with signs of a fight, and my mother was nowhere to be found."
"My father originally wanted to leave me in the courtyard to look for my mother, but he was worried that they would come back and harm me, so he took me with him. What happened later... The princess should have seen it all in her vision."
"Although my second uncle's daughter inherited the position of clan leader, she was always worried about my mother. My mother was like a thorn in her heart, so she never gave up looking for her for so many years. That day, she wanted to burn my mother to death because she had lost her innocence by having an affair with an outsider as the next clan leader."
"My dad knocked me out and then had the big yellow dog take me out. It turns out...my parents had been looking for a way out, but in the end, they were always one step too late."
At this point, Meiying suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Bu Ruo: "Princess, although I was knocked unconscious by my father that year, I actually woke up halfway. I am willing to take you in to rescue General Bu and his family. I only hope that you can let me kill the enemy with my own hands."
"That road is dangerous, and the three tribes are not easy to deal with. I hope the princess will be fully prepared before setting out. No matter what happens, I will protect you with my life."
Bu Ruo helped the person up: "Get up, this princess is not so weak that I need you all to protect me with your lives. If the critical moment comes, who knows who will save whom."
"I know everything you said. Go and make preparations. The envoys from Southern Xia will arrive in two days. After they leave, we will set off in half a month at the latest."
"This time, we'll just tell everyone that the prince is accompanying me back to Wuming Mountain for a short stay. Just bring a few good fighters. That kind of place is about skill, and having more people is useless. Don't let anyone get away with losing their lives in vain."
Phantom stood up: "Yes, I understand, but..."
She looked at someone beside her who was happily counting money in the illusion and asked, "Doctor Jin, do you want to come with us? From what I know, Doctor Jin doesn't seem to know any martial arts."
"Every day before dawn, I can see him practicing martial arts with Master Cen, and..."
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