After the chieftain of Ping'an Village appeared, my last glimmer of hope for survival was extinguished.
Ping'an Village is a lawless place, and these people will stop at nothing to protect the Miao Jiang Immortal Palace.
They have guarded this place for thousands of years to suppress the monsters and meteorites in this tomb.
Today, the tomb doors are wide open.
Ping'an Village's thousands of years of perseverance have vanished.
Judging from the way these people in Ping'an Village act, by destroying the Miao Jiang Xian Gong, we have destroyed their generations of perseverance.
This hatred is enough for them to tear me to pieces.
With that thought in mind, my finger was already on the trigger of the pistol, ready to take the clan chief down with me before I died.
But the thought was fleeting, and I quickly abandoned it.
Although they blocked our retreat, upon closer reflection, they didn't do anything wrong.
To prevent these monsters from wreaking havoc on humanity, they sacrificed the freedom of generations of their people.
Those of us who went to great lengths to enter the Celestial Palace and release these monsters are the real villains.
Strangely enough, after the monsters chased after us, they stopped a few meters away and stared at us with greedy eyes.
Upon hearing Miao Xiaoxian's words, the clan chief's face showed a hint of anger: "Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents! Since you are a member of the clan, you should swear to guard the Temple of the Fierce God to the death. This is your innate mission and the meaning of your existence! How can you be so rebellious and disrespectful to your ancestors!"
"On what grounds?"
Upon hearing the clan leader's words, Miao Xiaoxian clenched her fists and said with trembling hands, "If you can't let me decide my own fate, why did you bring me into this world! If I had a choice, knowing that I would spend my life in a cage like this, I would rather not have been born!"
You have no choice!
The clan chief roared, "Since the blood of this clan flows in your veins, you were born to belong here! As long as you live, you must guard this place for me! As a holy maiden, you have colluded with foreign enemies and trespassed into the Temple of the Fierce God, which is disloyalty! As my granddaughter, you have uttered such rebellious words, which is unfilial! How could my Miao family have produced such a wicked child like you!"
“I’ve been fatherless since I can remember, and the villagers have always seen me as a jinx! Even you, my so-called grandfather, have never cared about me! I’ve never been proud of my bloodline, so why are you ashamed of me?”
Miao Xiaoxian's face was stubborn, but two lines of tears fell uncontrollably: "From childhood to adulthood, I have never felt the warmth of a family, nor have I ever felt the care of my elders! Many times, I didn't even know who I was! I just lived mechanically day after day, like everyone else. I have never felt happy in my entire life! I, Miao Xiaoxian, would rather die than let other descendants of my clan suffer the same pain as me!"
"Pain? Do you even know what real pain is?"
After hearing Miao Xiaoxian's words, the clan chief angrily rebuked, "Our clan has guarded the Temple of the Ferocious God for thousands of years! This is our unique honor! And every generation before you has endured this suffering! What you have done has rendered the suffering of those previous generations meaningless!"
"Old man, please allow me to say something!"
Hearing the clan chief's words, I couldn't help but interject, "Since you also know that the existence of the Temple of the Ferocious God has caused generations of people in Ping'an Village to live in misery, why do you want to perpetuate the suffering? I admire your spirit, but suffering is not something to be glorified, is it?"
"So what? Are you going to plunge Ping'an Village into even deeper suffering?"
The chieftain pointed at the monsters behind us: "These creatures are immortal and indestructible. The art of suppressing them has long been lost. Once they are released, they can never be imprisoned again! The village's thousands of years of perseverance have failed today!"
"roar!"
As if in coordination with their chieftain, the monsters all let out shrill roars and began to cautiously move forward, as if there were an invisible barrier in front of them.
Miao Xiaoxian turned around, looked at the monsters that were about to pounce, and took out a fire beetle: "Our retreat is cut off. After these monsters rush up, I'll clear a path for you. You figure out how to get out!"
I took a deep breath: "Since this is a way out, there's no choice between two options. Let's charge in together!"
Although Miao Xiaoxian and I were encouraging each other, we both knew in our hearts that it was absolutely impossible for the two of us to break through this monster with its steel-like body and bloodthirsty nature.
"roar!"
As we were talking, the monsters seemed to overcome their fear and charged forward with a roar.
"Oh shit!!"
I saw these monsters rushing towards me, and I cursed to bolster my courage, preparing to charge forward.
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
Just as I was about to rush forward and fight to the death, a dull sound suddenly came from beside me.
Upon closer inspection, countless undead creatures leaped down from the high platform and pounced on the monster in front of them.
A large number of undead rushed up from around us and instantly engaged in a fierce battle with the monsters.
These mollusks were far less physically strong than the monsters, and after the two sides clashed, several mollusks were torn to pieces.
Although the difference in numbers was vast, the number of the corpses was far greater, at least three times that of the monsters, so for the time being, they were not at a disadvantage.
While the corpses blocked the monsters, a rope was swung down from the high platform, and then the chieftain's voice rang out: "What are you standing there for? Get up here!"
I heard the clan chief's voice, hesitated for a brief moment, then grabbed the rope and started climbing.
Although the people of Ping'an Village are quite ferocious, at least they are living, breathing human beings like me. Even if they really intend to punish us according to the clan rules, it's still much better than being torn apart by these monsters.
After I grabbed the rope and climbed up to the platform, I was immediately stunned by the sight before me.
Behind the clan chief sat four elders of Ping'an Village, and behind them was a large group of terracotta warriors.
In front of each of the four elders was an incense burner with wisps of smoke rising from it, and each of them held a copper bell in their hand.
Clang!
As the four men shook the copper bells in their hands, the wax corpses in the first row behind them slowly raised their arms like marionettes, and cracks appeared on their wax shells.
When I first saw these dried corpses, I knew that their brains had been eaten away by Gu worms, but I never expected that these Gu worms could still be controlled by people.
The clan chief stood in front of us, and seeing Miao Xiaoxian and me staring at him blankly, he shouted angrily in a deep voice, "What are you standing there for? Get out of here!"
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