The knowledge flashed through my mind.
As the patriarch of the Chen family, his realm is only the Blood Coagulation Realm. It can be imagined that the Chen family is undoubtedly a small family.
"What are the casualties today?"
Chen Xingzhen asked slowly.
“To report to the clan leader, five members of our family were seriously injured and ten were slightly injured today. My second uncle Chen Tianyu was injured in his arm, and my third uncle Chen Tianjing also suffered some internal injuries and is currently recuperating. I’m afraid that the two of them will not be able to exert their full strength at the Blood Coagulation Stage. In addition…”
"well!"
Listening to Chen Qingyu's story, Chen Xingzhen sighed.
There are a total of five blood coagulation realm warriors in the family. They lost one in the previous fight with the Li family, and now the other two are injured. If this continues, the decline of the Chen family is inevitable.
If no changes are made, the Chen family might be wiped out!
Thinking of this, Chen Xingzhen's eyes gradually became firm, as if he had made a decision that went against his ancestors! Then he said to Chen Qingyu:
"Notify everyone and have all the younger generation of the family move out through the secret passage tomorrow!"
After saying this, Chen Xingzhen seemed to have aged a lot.
Chen Qingyu was stunned when he heard this, and then said in surprise:
"What about the others?"
Chen Xingzhen shook his head:
"The rest of the people should prepare for a decisive battle with the Li family! Even if we have to die, we can't let the Li family have an easy time!"
Listening to Chen Xingzhen's decision, Chen Qingyu lowered his head silently. In fact, he had already guessed this result, so he was not surprised at this time.
But he still found it hard to accept such a result.
But he also understood that it was good enough for the family to be able to keep the younger generation.
If everyone left through the secret passage, the Li family would probably find out soon, and then it would be difficult to escape.
"You are the strongest of the Qing generation in the family, so you should come with us! As long as there are still people in my Chen family, there is still a chance to make a comeback!"
"I'm not leaving! I'm staying too!"
After hearing this, Chen Qingyu spoke decisively without hesitation.
My family is no match for the Li family. If I leave too, my family will have no hope at all!
"well!"
Chen Xingzhen sighed again, but didn't say much.
The two of them looked at the tablet above the ancestral hall and remained silent for a long time.
Chen Qingyu withdrew his gaze, but at this moment he saw the family sacred tree beside him out of the corner of his eye!
The moment he looked at the family sacred tree, Chen Qingyu seemed to have remembered something, and a hint of disgust appeared in his originally peaceful eyes!
Thinking of the family’s recent situation, Chen Qingyu picked up an axe from a corner of the ancestral hall and walked towards Ji Yang aggressively.
Ji Yang, who had been observing the two, also noticed Chen Qingyu's actions. After seeing Chen Qingyu walking towards him with an axe, Ji Yang had a bad feeling in his heart and shouted in his heart:
"What are you going to do?"
"Don't come over here!"
Unfortunately, Ji Yang’s words were not conveyed!
Chen Qingyu quickened his pace and soon came in front of Ji Yang.
Seeing Chen Qingyu raising the axe with both hands and about to chop it down.
At this time, Chen Xingzhen on the side hurriedly scolded:
"Stop, what are you doing?"
Chen Qingyu paused when he heard the scolding, but did not put down the axe. Instead, he said in a dissatisfied tone:
"Of course, cut down this useless tree!"
Chen Xingzhen immediately said angrily:
"Don't be rude! This is the family's sacred tree! Why don't you kowtow and apologize!"
"Apology? It's just a tree. Now that the family is going to be exterminated, who cares if it's a sacred tree or not? This tree has been planted in the family ancestral hall for many years, and the blood of animals offered to it has not decreased. Why doesn't it show its divine power? What kind of sacred tree is this?"
"Since the family can't be saved, what's the point of keeping this broken tree? I might as well chop it down and use it as firewood, and cook a meal for the tribe members!"
Ji Yang, who was silent on the side, seemed to be thinking about something after hearing this.
Hearing him say that, it seems to make some sense!
However, after thinking of his current identity, Ji Yang shook his head repeatedly in his heart!
"I am the sacred tree of my family! You rebellious son!"
Chen Qingyu's resentful words made Chen Xingzhen sigh:
"well!"
"Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you. In fact, my Chen family was also an extremely glorious family in the past, but later on we lost in the family struggle and ended up here, which is how the current Chen family came into being!"
"My Chen family worships our ancestors, and the secret method of preserving their bodies and fighting power also comes from this!"
"And this sacred tree is the kindling that our family has managed to preserve with great difficulty. If our family wants to grow stronger, it must rely on the sacred tree! The power of the sacred tree is beyond human power, which is why our Chen family has been worshipping this tree for the past twenty years."
Listening to Chen Xingzhen's story, Chen Qingyu slowly put down the axe in his hand, but still frowned and said:
"But you have seen, Chief, that this sacred tree has been like this for twenty years. Has there been any changes after twenty years of worship?"
"It's better not to have this sacred tree!"
"Don't talk nonsense. As long as I am still the clan leader, worshiping the sacred tree must not stop! As long as the sacred tree is still there, there is hope for the clan!"
Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Chen Xingzhen brought up his title as the clan leader, which made Chen Qingyu blush and hesitate to speak, but in the end she was defeated by Chen Xingzhen's majestic face.
"I'll go check on my second uncle!"
After saying that, Chen Qingyu pushed the door and left!
Watching Chen Qingyu's back as he left, Chen Xingzhen slowly walked to the main courtyard of the ancestral hall, raised his head and looked at the withered family sacred tree in front of him. There was a trace of melancholy in his eyes, and he murmured in a low voice:
"Am I wrong?"
"But if we lose the sacred tree, won't our family never be able to make a breakthrough?"
Thinking back on the past twenty years, there have been quite a few animal carcasses sacrificed by the family.
The key is that the sacrificed animal corpses have lost their blood and energy, not only can the family warriors not be able to temper their bodies, but even the meat has become hard, like chewing wax, which is difficult to swallow.
Maybe he was really wrong. Over the past twenty years, the family has spent too much energy on this sacred tree.
Chen Xingzhen was silent for a long time and left the ancestral hall under the endless night, but his back became much more hunched over silently.
After Chen Xingzhen left, Ji Yang, who had been listening to their conversation in the ancestral hall, also sighed in his heart.
It was indeed difficult for him to turn a blind eye to twenty years of sacrifice, but he had not even benefited from these twenty years of sacrifice!
According to the fragmentary memories in my mind, the Li family did not have a totem, otherwise the Chen family would not have been able to hold on for so long.
In other words, after the Chen family is destroyed, there is a high probability that he can survive.
He lamented the Chen family's current situation, but he also had to consider his own survival.
The collision between reason and reality, and the interweaving of inner emotions, made Ji Yang fall into deep thought for a while.
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