Chapter 91 Cang Li paused, turned around and looked back…
Cang Li stopped abruptly, turned to Hou Tu and said, "Only today do I understand what cause and effect are."
She chose to educate the witch tribe ten years ago, that was the cause; today, Houtu is asking her for help, that is the effect.
Houtu looked at Cangli with a sorrowful expression: "It's not a difficult thing, Cangli. I know that ten years ago you took away twenty or thirty children of mixed human and witch blood from the witch clan. Now I just want to ask you to take away these children that I have chosen. They are the last bloodline left by my witch clan."
“Once the great formation is activated, none of the shamans living on Buzhou Mountain will be spared. Only by leaving Buzhou Mountain and hiding among the human race, relying on their protection, can they survive. Cang Li, for the sake of our acquaintance, please take them away?”
After a long while, Cang Li looked into Hou Tu's eyes and said:
"good."
Houtu smiled gratefully, and Cangli said again:
"I agreed to your request not for any other reason than that you, Houtu, are my friend. As a friend, I am willing to help you, and simply because of the facts. However, as the leader of the human race, this decision is irrational. Houtu, don't let me down."
Houtu nodded: "Yes, I know, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to shamelessly ask you to come over. Cang Li, thank you."
As she spoke, Houtu leaned wearily against Cangli. These past few days, her nerves had been on edge. From trying to persuade him to becoming numb after failing, she could only prepare for two things: she would send out clever and obedient children from her own tribe to beg Cangli, while at the same time she would practice the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation with Dijiang and the others.
The twelve Ancestral Witches all originated from the same source; this formation cannot be completed without even one of them.
After a while, Houtu said again:
"Cang Li, you should not stay here any longer. Take my children back as soon as possible and make plans for your human race. Di Jun is also calculating the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Formation on the demon race's side. This formation is aimed at my Wu race. Cang Li, you must be careful."
Cang Li patted Hou Tu's head:
"Okay, I understand. You... take care of yourself too."
After hesitating for a while, Cang Li still did not mention the reincarnation. If this was Hou Tu's fate, then it should be Hou Tu's own choice, not someone else's temptation.
Houtu closed her eyes, then quickly opened them again and said to Cangli:
"Let's go quickly. My eldest brother and I can't hold on much longer. The other brothers' tribes aren't friendly to humans. If they see you here, Brother Shebi Shi will probably come looking for trouble."
Houtu didn't really understand why Shebishi, who had never met Cangli, kept trying to cause trouble for him. Also, Qiangliang, whenever they got together, these two brothers always harbored great hostility towards the human race.
Cang Li nodded: "Where are those children you chose? I'll send them to A Qi's place."
Ah Qi took Jin and the children who had returned from the Witch Clan to the south. It was said that three rice crops could be grown there a year, along with countless fresh fruits. It was by the sea, but the only downside was that the poisonous insects and miasma were a bit of a nuisance. Cang Li wondered if this was the future Lingnan region.
Houtu entrusted her child to no one tribe, but it would be very suitable to place him there.
"Okay, let's go. The children are right behind us, two hundred in total. I don't know if it'll be convenient for you to take them with you this time?"
Houtu knew that Cangli didn't usually take people on cloud rides, so she wasn't sure if Cangli could take so many children away at once.
Cang Li pondered for a moment and said to Hou Tu, "Wait a moment, I'll go to Xuan Du to borrow a treasure for a while."
She remembered that when Xuandu helped send Aqi and the others back to the human race, he used a magical artifact that could hold people.
Houtu nodded: "Okay, thank you."
Cang Li: "Alright, no need to be so polite. I'll be going now and will be back soon."
Houtu nodded and told Yuan to see Cangli out.
Not long after Cang Li left, Qiang Liang and She Bi Shi arrived together. Upon seeing Hou Tu, they asked:
"Sister, where is the Great Chief of the Human Race?"
Houtu frowned: "Brothers, why are you asking this? The Great Chieftain has already returned. I asked her to come and inquire about how to solve the problem of wheat infestation with insects."
Before Qiangliang and Shebishi could speak, Houtu shook her head in disapproval and said, "Even if you brothers don't like humans, you shouldn't be so obviously hostile. Our Wu tribe is able to eat and dress well today thanks to our Great Chief. Isn't what you're doing repaying kindness with enmity?"
Shebishi sneered:
"Little sister is too naive. Do you really think that the human race's chieftain did all this without any selfish motives?!"
"It's just that she sees our witch clan becoming stronger and stronger, and wants to bet on both sides. Otherwise, why would she, a being created by the demon clan's saint, be on good terms with our witch clan? It's because the demon clan doesn't care about this weak race!"
Hou Tu clutched her chest in exasperation. Her brainless brothers never considered what kind of life their Wu tribe lived before Cang Li arrived. What were they after? Did they want the Wu tribe to starve, or to be hot-tempered and prone to turning on them?!
"Brother! Get out!"
Houtu angrily pointed outside and chased people away.
Shebi Shi and Qiang Liang exchanged a glance and snorted coldly: "Little sister, don't blame your older brother for not reminding you, Cang Li must have something to do with the Wu Clan!"
Houtu turned away from Shebishi and Qiangliang, her chest tight with anger.
After Shebishi and Qiangliang left the Houtu tribe and went some distance, Qiangliang asked:
"Are you sure it was the human leader who did it?"
Shebi Shi's expression was solemn: "There's no mistake. I've asked many times. Before Jian and Fan disappeared, the human chieftain Cang Li came and took away those women that Fan's tribe had captured from the riverbank. Before taking those women away, five shamans died. Those shamans died because their life essence was exhausted!"
This wasn't an ordinary fight that resulted in death. You have to know that the Wu clan is incredibly powerful and not easily killed. Those corpses were dug up, and although they were rotten to the bone, there wasn't a trace of Pangu's essence blood in the skeletons, which is abnormal.
For the past ten years, Shebi Shi and Qiang Liang have been searching for Jian and Fan's whereabouts. They have always suspected that Cang Li did it, but they have no evidence and have not found the body. They also did not take action against Cang Li because of Di Jiang's orders.
Shebi Shi and Qiang Liang had always been wary of the magical artifact that could directly cause the essence blood of the Wu clan to dissipate and die. Before they found Cang Li to be involved, the two of them couldn't just casually tell Di Jiang their guesses.
There is still no evidence, so Shebi Shi and Qiang Liang wanted to arrest Cang Li for interrogation, but they were too late; Cang Li had already left.
After discussing it for a while, the two decided to go directly to Dijiang.
What brings you here today?
Dijiang was listening to a report on the movements of the demon race when he saw Shebishi and Qiangliang enter with solemn expressions. He smiled and asked a question.
In truth, Dijiang was quite grateful for Cangli's naiveté. Cangli had made an indispensable contribution to the Wu tribe's success today, and when he became the ruler of the prehistoric world, he would surely reward Cangli handsomely.
Qiangliang and Shebishi exchanged a glance, and Shebishi stepped forward and said:
"Brother, do you remember what we talked about before about the two tribal chiefs who went missing?"
Dijiang narrowed his eyes: "I remembered what you said about the suspicious disappearance of those two great shamans. Now that they've been found?"
Luxury is faster than a corpse's mouth:
"We didn't find them, but we found out that five shamans died in the Jian tribe before Jian and Fan disappeared. We told our elder brother about the bodies of those five shamans."
Dijiang's expression also turned solemn. The death and disappearance of those five witches was a thorn in his side. It was unprecedented for the witch clan to die from the exhaustion of their life essence. For the past ten years, Dijiang had never given up on finding out the cause of death of those five witches and the magic weapon that caused this result.
That kind of magical weapon, which is extremely lethal to the witch clan, must not fall into the hands of the demon clan!
"Continue," Dijiang said in a deep voice, his sharp eyes fixed on his two younger brothers.
Qiang Liang said, "We can confirm that it was Cang Li, the leader of the human race, who did it. We questioned him many times, and he said that when the five witches died, Cang Li came to Buzhou Mountain and took away more than a dozen women and more than twenty children. After that, Jian and Fan disappeared. This must be related to Cang Li!"
Di Jiang's face instantly darkened: "Are you sure?"
Shebishi nodded: "Brother, this concerns the survival of the Witch Clan, how dare we speak nonsense? This matter is at least 80 or 90 percent certain. I have already ordered people to expand the search area, both simple and complex, to find the person alive or dead."
Dijiang closed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought. After a long while, he said, "After finding those two great shamans, do not make a sound. Under no circumstances should the demon race find out."
"yes!"
Shebishi and Qiangliang had only walked a short distance from Dijiang's tribe when they saw Zhujiuyin and Tianwu approaching together. Both sides stopped to greet each other, and Shebishi was somewhat surprised:
"Second Brother? Why are you out here?"
The second brother refers to Zhu Jiuyin. Zhu Jiuyin is actually the strongest among the Ancestral Witches, so he should be the eldest brother. However, Zhu Jiuyin is lazy and spends most of his time sleeping, so he simply called Dijiang the eldest brother. Therefore, Shebishi and Qiangliang were very surprised to see Zhu Jiuyin coming.
Zhu Jiuyin yawned: "Hmm, I need to talk to you, brother."
Shebi Shi and Qiang Liang hurriedly said, "Big brother isn't busy right now, we just came out. Second brother, you've come at the right time."
Zhu Jiuyin nodded lazily again and went inside with Tian Wu. After walking a few steps, they saw Zhu Jiuyin leaning half of his body against Tian Wu, looking like he didn't want to walk on his own.
Qiangliang and Shebishi shook their heads and quickened their pace to go back and ask about the search results.
Upon arriving at Kunlun Mountain, Cang Li, familiar with the route, flew directly to Taiqing's cave dwelling. Before even landing, he loudly greeted everyone:
"Master, is Xuandu here?"
Taiqing: ...
You didn't come to see him?
Xuan Du is here. The remaining four members of the group are in seclusion. Xuan Du has some free time during this period. When he heard that Cang Li was looking for him, he immediately smiled and responded:
"Great Chief, I'm here!"
Cang Li walked over but didn't sit down; he simply reached out his hand:
"Xuan Du, lend me your magic artifact that can hold people. I'll return it to you in a couple of days."
Xuan Du pondered for a moment what Cang Li had said, then retrieved the bowl from his memory, and with a sudden realization, took the item out:
"This? Great Chief, what do you need this for?"
Cang Li was about to speak when she caught a glimpse of Tai Qing's face out of the corner of her eye. She swallowed her words back. The Daoist might not think what she said was right, so she decided not to say it. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal.
"Just lend it to me for a bit, I'll catch some pheasants, rabbits, or wild boars to raise."
Cang Li's fondness for raising these things to eat wasn't something new, and Xuan Du, without any suspicion, handed the bowl to Cang Li, generously stating:
"I don't need this either. If the chief likes it, he can take it and play with it. You don't need to return it to me."
Cang Li grinned and waved, "Thanks! I'm off now."
Before he could finish speaking, Cang Li flew away without saying a word to Tai Qing.
Taiqing: ...
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