"If there is no natural blood spring, then wouldn't it be impossible to grow blood rice in the mass grave mountain?"
"That's right."
Chen Changming's affirmative answer made Chen Xingzhen's mind full of mixed thoughts and he couldn't help but frown.
As the patriarch, he knew the importance of blood rice.
After the threat from the Li family is gone, if the family develops in this mass grave mountain for a long time, relying on blood rice, it may become a big family in the future and restore its former glory.
But if there is no blood rice, the progress of the family warriors in tempering their bodies will slow down or even stagnate, and the development of the family will lag far behind.
Although the blood and flesh of fierce beasts can also temper the body, how many fierce beasts can there be in the mass grave mountain? How many years of hunting can the family withstand?
Something like blood rice, which can be harvested three times a year, is too rare.
Chen Xingzhen originally thought that the blood rice was due to the unique soil of the mass grave mountain, but he did not expect that there was a natural blood spring deep inside.
If the Liu family really found it, and the blood spring disappeared, how would the family develop in the future?
At this moment, Chen Xingzhen's eyes were full of determination. He must not let the Liu family find the natural blood spring, otherwise the family's future would be cut in half.
But when he thought of the strength of the Liu family, Chen Xingzhen's eyes became hesitant again.
If the family really tried to stop the Liu family's actions, wouldn't that be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot?
Now that the family is destroyed, what development can we talk about?
Trying to stop it with all your might will have little effect and will even lead to the destruction of the family.
If you leave it alone, you will lose blood and rice, but there is a high probability that you can preserve the family.
I think the Liu family, who found the blood rice, will not take action against the family. If they wanted to take action, they would not wait until now.
It is not difficult to judge which is more important.
On the side, Chen Changming did not disturb Chen Xingzhen who was thinking.
After thinking it through, Chen Xingzhen's face showed a hint of helplessness.
Even if they knew the Liu family's purpose now, they could not stop it and could only pretend not to see it.
Even without the blood rice, it's good to be able to preserve the family's strength, and the family still has the sacred tree.
Since the Liu family has not developed in the Mass Burial Hill in the past few years, they will not do so after finding the blood spring. Perhaps by then the Chen family will be the only family in the Mass Burial Hill.
In this way, the family's development may be better than before.
But compared with blood rice, this advantage disappeared in an instant, and it can only be regarded as a consolation in the heart after losing blood rice.
Thinking back to the Liu family's actions in the past few years, Chen Changming suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but asked Chen Changming expectantly:
"Father, the Liu family has been in the mass grave mountain for several years. I think they have been looking for the blood spring for more than just this year. But in recent years, blood rice can still grow in fertile fields. Is it possible that they can't find it this year?"
Chen Changming shook his head after hearing this:
“Although there are many tributaries of the natural blood spring, it is difficult to find, but although the Liu family has not found it in the past few years, they have ruled out most places.”
"Besides, the mass grave is only this big. The Liu family made such a big fuss this time, obviously they have lost their patience. Even if they don't find it this time, they will definitely find it next time."
Chen Changming's words made Chen Xingzhen lose the last bit of hope.
From this perspective, the family is unlikely to make any changes.
But at this time Chen Xingzhen suddenly asked:
"Father, do you know where this natural blood spring is?"
Chen Changming nodded and said calmly:
"Yes, the natural blood spring is right below the ancestral hall of my Chen family."
"oh."
After hearing this, Chen Xingzhen's expression remained normal.
But when he reacted, his face was full of surprise, and even his heartbeat quickened in his sleep.
He was just asking casually to answer his curiosity, but he didn't expect that this natural blood spring was right under the family's ancestral hall. This was really hard for him to accept for a while.
Chen Changming continued:
"When my family migrated here, I was already seriously injured and unable to recover. But by chance, I discovered this natural blood spring and the blood rice here."
“That’s why a new family was established here.”
"To be precise, the natural blood spring is right below the sacred tree in the ancestral hall. The revival of the sacred tree may be due to the blood spring."
The secrets that Chen Changming revealed one after another made Chen Xingzhen not know how to respond.
However, when he learned the location of the blood spring, his original thoughts changed instantly.
If the blood spring was somewhere else, he could pretend not to see it.
But now his father told him that the blood spring was under the sacred tree in the ancestral hall. That meant that if he wanted to find the blood spring, he had to open the family sacred tree?
The family sacred tree is also the family totem, the hope for the family's prosperity, and the god that saves the family from danger.
Between blood rice and the sacred tree, he would choose the family sacred tree without hesitation.
What's more, now that the two have become one, he has no choice.
After a moment of hesitation, Chen Xingzhen nodded silently:
"Father, I understand."
Looking at Chen Xingzhen's expression, Chen Changming nodded in relief. The reason why he didn't rush to tell Chen Xingzhen this was that he wanted to see what choice Chen Xingzhen would make.
Now it seems that Chen Xingzhen already has the answer.
As soon as Chen Changming learned of the Liu family's purpose, he already had an idea in his mind.
If it weren't for the blood spring here, the family sacred tree might not have revived, let alone resurrected them.
Whether for the family's future or for the family's present, this battle is inevitable. He hopes that Chen Xingzhen has the same idea as him.
Even though the gap is huge, the current Chen family is not without the ability to fight back.
…
In the ancestral hall, Ji Yang silently looked at the area below that was not covered by bluestone slabs but was covered with scarlet soil, and a trace of doubt appeared in his heart:
"A natural blood spring? Red soil?"
After Ji Yang's vitality increased, he could already glimpse the scenes of these souls communicating in dreams.
He also heard the entire conversation between Chen Xingzhen and Chen Changming.
He originally thought that the scarlet soil was only due to the blood sacrifice, but he did not expect there was another connection.
Ji Yang slowly pulled one of the strengthened roots and probed deep below.
Soon, Ji Yang discovered something unusual. When his roots sank to a certain distance, they touched an area that looked like a quagmire.
And the feeling coming from the roots is also very different.
I guess this is the natural blood spring hidden deep underground, but it is slightly different from what I imagined.
Ji Yang tried to use his roots to absorb, to see if he could draw vitality from the blood spring, but the answer was no.
When Ji Yang retracted his roots, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Before, he felt that the two families might fight each other, and now it seems that his feeling was right.
Now even if the Chen family wants to give up this blood spring, it is impossible, because after being bound to the Chen family, it can no longer be moved.
Thinking of the strength of the Liu family, Ji Yang lamented the difficult road ahead.
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