A Tie's face was full of bitter smile.

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, then asked, "So, did the last Saint know about this situation before she went to marry?"

Ah Tie smiled bitterly: "She doesn't know. She doesn't know that if her blood is no longer fed to the Gu King, the Gu King will no longer protect the tribe."

"In the Saint's mind, although the Gu King needs blood to feed, when the Saint is around, the Gu King does not only eat human blood. Sacrificing cattle and sheep from time to time will also make the Gu King energetic..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji and the others suddenly remembered the sacrificial scene they saw at the beginning.

"So, you were offering food to the Gu King through your sacrifice just now?" Su Rou couldn't help but ask.

Ah Tie looked at Su Rou with a complicated expression and said, "Yes... When the Saint was here, even if the Gu King was not fed blood for a long time and sacrificed cattle and sheep, it would still reproduce normally and provide protection normally. Everything went out of control when the Saint left this place."

"Has the Saint ever thought of taking this thing away?" Zhao Ji asked again.

Ah Tie sighed and shook his head. "Compared to the society outside, we are a tribal society after all, so many things belong to everyone in everyone's cognition, not just to one person. Back then, the Saint was reluctant to part with a rabbit in the tribe, which she had raised since it was a child, but she couldn't take it away."

"Because everyone knows that this is the tribe's property and it cannot be taken away."

Mingyue sighed, she could think of her young mother, who, when she was innocent, wanted to take away a rabbit that had accompanied her since childhood to go far away to accompany her, but in the end she had no choice but to let go.

"Do you still insist now?"

Some thoughts flashed through Zhao Ji's mind as he asked.

Ah Tie looked at Zhao Ji steadily and said, "I know what you are thinking. If you insist on taking the Gu King away, then leave behind a descendant of the Gu King. Our tribe also needs its own totem."

Zhao Ji knew that A Tie was not the kind of person who sticks to conventions. If he were really that kind of person, he would probably not be able to save the tribe from the current situation.

Mingyue didn't understand why Zhao Ji asked this.

But the next moment, Zhao Ji set his sights on Mingyue and touched her head: "Mingyue, are you willing to take over your mother's mission and become a saint?"

Mingyue had been waiting for A Tie to ask this question, but she never expected that it was Zhao Ji who asked it in the end.

So Mingyue was stunned. She stared at the tall and handsome man in front of her. The girl's thoughts could not be hidden at all.

Zhao Ji heard Mingyue's thoughts:

[Saintess... How can I bear the responsibility of a saintess! If I become a saintess, then I will never be able to go back with Zhao Ji again. The husband I have had along the way... is just a dream after all! ]

[However, I have to shoulder my responsibilities as a mother... God is so cruel, forcing me to choose between love and love... I want to cry... I'd better hold it back! ]

A girl's mind is honest and passionate.

Zhao Ji sighed, stretched out his hand and pinched the girl's nose: "The so-called duty depends on whether you are willing to use your blood to awaken the Gu King. Didn't your uncle A Tie say just now that he is not a man who sticks to the rules, and naturally he doesn't insist that you stay in the tribe!"

Mingyue was slightly stunned, her slightly red eyes and nose looked pitiful.

But he burst into laughter in the next second.

"Of course I do!"

A Tie, who was standing by, sighed, "Girls really can't be kept when they grow up. If A Wan knew her daughter was like this, she would definitely laugh at you!"

Awan is the name of Mingyue’s mother.

Mingyue felt embarrassed by the teasing and her face turned red.

Zhao Ji smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, since you chose to come with me, I will definitely bring you back safely."

"Go ahead. I don't know how you can wake up the Gu King, but I believe that everything is the best arrangement of God!"

Zhao Ji patted Mingyue to show encouragement.

Mingyue took a deep breath, slowly walked up to it, and opened the hollow golden lid.

Lying inside was a fat, golden bug. It looked like it was dead and didn't move at all.

Mingyue poked it curiously. It felt good, extremely soft, and even a little warm.

But still no movement.

A Tie also didn't know how the Saint was fed, and many of the things were told to him by the Saint when she was in love with him.

So Mingyue doesn’t know the specific method.

But when looking at the worm, Mingyue couldn't help but have an idea in her mind.

She did what she thought. Mingyue took out a piece of cork from the box, bit her finger, and dripped ten drops of blood on it.

Cork absorbs blood very quickly, but after a while only a slight darkening can be seen on the wood.

Then Mingyue put the cork back in.

Mingyue thought of a strange song her mother had once taught her.

When my mother was teaching me when I was a child, every time I sang, I felt as if my heart was filled with melancholy and my eyes were full of nostalgia.

It’s like my mother would sing it every year, every month, and every day.

Now Mingyue couldn't help but hum the song.

When he hummed it for the third time, he heard a rustling sound from inside the box.

The fat, golden worm began to move. After searching the box for a while, it found the cork dripping with blood.

Then it climbed up and began to chew slowly. As the insect ate every bite of wood, a faint fragrance wafted from the box.

When Ah Tie smelled this familiar scent, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself: "It's been twenty years, and I finally smelled this scent again! The Gu King has awakened, the Gu King has really awakened..."

Zhao Ji patted Ah Tie on the shoulder and said, "I know you are excited, but don't be so excited for now. After all, your Gu King is still eating."

A Tie calmed himself down and looked at the box and the girl standing in front of the box with anticipation.

At that moment, A Tie seemed to see himself twenty years ago, when he was also a slender girl standing in front of the box.

At that time, A Tie could only follow his elders and pray silently.

Twenty years ago, there were so many members of the Holy Maiden Clan that this cave could no longer accommodate them.

Twenty years later, there were only four people in the cave, and only two of them were from the tribe.

This huge gap made A Tie's eyes red all of a sudden.

No one knew what A Tie was thinking at this moment, and no one spoke.