Qi, a beastman belonging to the land, split off from the wise clan...
Suddenly, Hida grabbed Yunxing Yuque by the collar of her clothes, and Yunxing Yuque looked bewildered.
“Huh? This is our clan's script, of course I know it.” He said subconsciously, his confused face turned to Sheeta, not quite understanding why Sheeta was so angry.
Everything happened so fast that he couldn't even muster the courage to be angry. He saw the sadness in Sheeta's eyes. He could clearly feel that Sheeta's hand, gripping his clothes, was trembling.
Hida laughed in fury, as if confirming or questioning, "Your clan's script?"
"You rude orcs, release my people!" The orcs of the Wise Clan stood up almost simultaneously, frowning as they tried to pull Hida away, but worried that Hida might suddenly attack Cloudwing Sparrow, so they hesitated to step forward.
Jiang Yunlan, who was near the Cloud-Walking Feather Sparrow, stood up, raised her hands, and pulled the furious Zhelan along.
“Hida, calm down. Take a deep breath, relax. Leave the rest to me. I’ll ask you everything you want to know,” Jiang Yunlan calmly advised, easily pulling Hida’s hand away with almost no effort.
Without a sound, she turned sideways, separating the two orcs and shielding Shida in front of her. Beside her, Hati and Maple were secretly on guard against the Sage Clan's orcs, while Cotton also adjusted its movements a beat later, ready to strike and subdue any enemy, if they were enemies.
"What exactly happened? Can you tell us? Why did he look at my clan's writing like that?" Yun Xingyu straightened his collar and silently stood up.
The pheasant's beast form is smaller than the raven's, but its human form is about the same height as the ibex-man.
Jiang Yunlan comforted Xida for a few moments, and upon hearing this, she dared not let go of Xida's hand. She was afraid that if she lost her grip, Xida's fist would land on Yunxing Yuque.
Fortunately, Hida was still able to listen to her, but she locked her murderous gaze on the orcs of the Sage Clan without actually making a move.
She breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the puzzled Yunxing Yuque. "His kin, many of his kin were killed by the orcs who can write your clan's script. Those orcs may still be holding many of his kin captive."
Only now did she realize that the symbols Sheeta had glimpsed were the writings of a sage. Those writings were remarkably similar to runes.
"How could that be? My people would never harm orcs from other clans!" Yunxing Yuque retorted instinctively.
These orcs, from the wise clan, were once guardians, a clan blessed by nature. Even though they have lost nature and are no longer guardians, they would never do something so contrary to the will of nature.
Listening to the denials of the group of wise orcs and the words of those who firmly believed in their own people, Jiang Yunlan sighed and said, "Orcs who can use your language are not necessarily only orcs from wise clans like yourselves."
“Our clan’s script has always been taught only to the orcs within the clan, so of course only to our clan—” Yunxing Yuque suddenly fell silent, then blurted out a sentence the next second, “Could it be that Qi and the others who split off?”
"No. That's not right. We just have different ideologies, but that doesn't justify turning them into evil orcs."
The orcs of the Wise Clan present were in disarray. Their people had left the clan, calling themselves the Qi Clan orcs, decades ago. They were growing increasingly uncertain.
Could it be something the departed tribespeople did?
"I still can't believe that my people, my former people, could commit such a mistake. The Ancient Tower will be saddened. We are all guardians of the Ancient Tower, how could we do something to make it sad?" Yunxing Yuque recalled the natural things that the clan leader and the others often talked about, and found it hard to believe.
He was the oldest orc in the expeditionary force, vaguely remembering his time with the ancient tower when he was first born. Nature, who governs water, sees all orcs as her own children and cannot bear to see them kill each other.
Sveta heard the familiar name, his head resting quietly on the edge of Jiang Yunlan's pocket as he watched them.
If any of them had indeed attacked Zelan and his group, even if they were orcs protected by the Ancient Tower. No, precisely because they were orcs protected by the Ancient Tower, it was even more obligated to deal with them for the Ancient Tower.
It suddenly felt itself being gently touched. As if sensing something, Lan silently comforted it.
“I’m not sure if it’s related to them, so please tell me how to get to the area where your clan’s settlement is located, and where they went. I need to confirm who the orcs are who are using your language to do evil.” Jiang Yunlan said, gesturing for them to sit down and talk.
She would verify one by one whether it was one of them who was behind it all, or a certain orc clan they knew.
Hearing Lan's voice, Yunxing Yuque was stunned. After a long while, she said, "After the ancient tower returned to the embrace of the ocean, the orcs of our Sage Clan no longer settled in any one region. Instead, they split into several teams and wandered around, searching for sages from other clans."
Upon hearing this, Xia's orcs immediately understood why they were willing to remain in the Xia clan even though they didn't know when Lan would return.
"Sages from other clans?" Jiang Yunlan asked, puzzled. This didn't sound like they were looking for new clansmen. She asked, perplexed, "So, what did you want me to help you with when you first came to me?"
Yunxing Yuque was not surprised by her keen insight and spoke frankly, "We initially sought out the wise beastmen in the hope of finding a way to restore the ancient tower from other wise men. However, Sveta awakened the previous chieftain and the others."
"What has vanished can never be resurrected. Even if a new nature appears in the ancient tower's dwelling place, it will not be the ancient tower, but rather a being of the same origin as the ancient tower. That's what Sveta told us." After Yunxing Yuque finished speaking, her gaze seemingly casually swept over Lan's pocket.
The orcs of the Wise Clan all possessed portraits of Guta and Sveta, and he and his people could certainly recognize Sveta in Lan's pocket. They could also tell that the lively Sveta became quiet upon encountering them, as if he did not wish to acknowledge them.
Therefore, they wouldn't call out to Sveta. Having failed to protect the ancient tower, they had no face to face Sveta.
“Right now, we’re just exploring other clans and doing some trading along the way. Just like before,” Yunxing Yuque said with a smile.
Jiang Yunlan nodded knowingly, then asked, "Do you know where the Qi clan went?"
“I don’t know. Perhaps the clan chief and the others know? I’ll have Feibiao go to the clan chief and ask him about this for you. Our clan’s Feibiao are similar to the carrier pigeons your clan talks about, but they find us by their scent. Judging by the time, the Feibiao that’s looking for us should be here soon.”
At that moment, two birds from the Wise Clan happened to pass by Xia's mountain habitat.
They detected the bird-like scent of the raven-like beastmen, as well as the unique aroma of the water spirit guardians, and confidently landed on the Azurewood Raven's shoulder. Although the scent was slightly different, it didn't matter; perhaps this was the first beastman they had ever encountered.
The raven, encountering the birds for the first time, was puzzled and asked uncertainly, "Are you hungry? Let me get you some food."
The two rather large birds couldn't understand what he was saying. They slowly formed a question mark and lifted their feet, which were tied with letters.
A letter has arrived! A letter has arrived! Check your mail! After you receive the letter, you should give me my payment.
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