Chapter 77

"Jiang family? Beat them up!"

Several warriors of the tribe were ready to give them a good thrashing, daring to come to the Yi clan and show off their might, truly asking for death.

"Stop!"

At this moment, the captain of the tribe's guards arrived upon hearing the commotion and stopped his subordinates from acting.

"Who are you, and what business do you have with our Yi clan?"

This captain was a late-stage seventh-rank warrior. He glanced at the servants dressed in fine clothes and was somewhat surprised.

"We are under the orders of the second young master of the Jiang family in Jingmu County, to announce a major event to your chieftain. It is a great boon for your tribe, so hurry and report it!"

One of the servants regained his courage.

"Oh?"

The captain of the guards was somewhat surprised, but the influence of the Jiang family from Jingmu County was probably not insignificant, and he could not act rashly.

"Wait here, I will report it!"

He then went up the mountain to report the news to the chieftain.

"Jiang family of Jingmu County?"

The chieftain Yi Du was surprised.

He had heard of the Jiang family of Jingmu County, said to be a top-tier force in the county. However, he was puzzled as to why the second young master would send people to their tribe.

"Bring them up!"

The chieftain was prepared to meet the servants.

The elders, upon hearing the news, were all puzzled and gathered, a sense of unease rising.

When the servants arrived at the ancestral temple, they were unafraid, their faces showing arrogance.

"Our second young master of the Jiang family said that if you hand over the treasure of the Flying Crow Gang to him, he will do his utmost to promote your tribe as a vassal of the Jiang family. The entire Black Dragon City will be under your tribe's control, and you will only need to pay half of your annual income."

"What?"

Whether it was the chieftain or the elders, their faces darkened.

This second young master of the Jiang family clearly had ill intentions, wanting to take their tribe's treasure for himself, intending to swallow it whole. This was too much, relying on the Jiang family's backing.

This was absolutely unacceptable.

Moreover, the treasure they had discovered was rumored to be non-existent, and it could not be handed over.

"Get out!"

The third elder, with a fiery temper, was the first to speak.

The chieftain, though not using harsh words, had no good expression, saying, "Escort them out!"

Thus, the servants of the second young master of the Jiang family were chased out of the tribe by the tribe's warriors in a sorry state.

"You, a small tribe, dare to be so disrespectful to the Jiang family! Just wait and see!"

Outside the tribe, the servants all threatened to take revenge and then slunk away.

Soon, the news that a force from Jingmu County wanted the tribe to hand over the treasure spread throughout the tribe, making all the tribespeople indignant and united in anger.

Of course, only a dozen or so people in the tribe knew that what they had discovered was not a treasure from hundreds of years ago, but a large-scale spirit vein mine. This information was kept secret by the chieftain and others, and most of the tribe's warriors and tribespeople did not know the details.

The tribe was also speculating whether they had discovered a treasure.

Some people connected the treasure with the secret mission of over a hundred tribe warriors a year or two ago, believing there must be a connection.

Yi Tian, Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and others heard the news but did not pay much attention.

Even the chieftain, the elders, and the chief leader were not overly worried about the second young master of the Jiang family.

After all, the second young master was just a direct-line descendant of the Jiang family and did not represent the entire family. Moreover, their tribe was at least tens of thousands of miles from the county seat of Jingmu County. Unless a human-rank expert from the Jiang family intervened, they could not pose a threat to their tribe.

But was that possible?

A human-rank expert would not make a big fuss over such a trivial matter.

Most importantly, their tribe's strength had surged, giving them some confidence against the Jiang family. Moreover, they had a little black creature that had devoured a human demon, providing significant security for the Yi tribe.

"What, a small tribe dares to refuse me!"

In the main hall of the Chen family, the second young master of the Jiang family's face showed anger, almost disbelieving.

A small tribe of a few thousand people dared to look down on him, the second young master of the Jiang family, which was a great humiliation to him, making him furious and resentful.

However, after venting his anger, the second young master of the Jiang family helplessly realized he had no way to deal with the Yi tribe.

If he were in Jingmu County, he could use the Jiang family's power to suppress the Yi tribe, but in the Black Dragon City, tens of thousands of miles from the county seat, it would be extremely unwise to clash with the Yi tribe with the strength he brought.

He could not even unite other forces to attack the Yi tribe.

From what he understood, the Yi tribe had recently defeated the combined forces of several major powers twice.

Besides the Jiang family, many other forces from Jingmu County and elsewhere were also interested in the Yi tribe's treasure.

However, they eventually gave up the idea.

After all, their forces were too far from Black Dragon City, and unless a human-rank expert intervened, they could not take over the Yi tribe.

But a human-rank expert would not come to this remote place for an unverified treasure, making a big fuss.

To a human-rank expert, the treasure was just a small fortune, and they did not lack such things.

For human-rank experts, only spirit crystals, magical artifacts, medicinal herbs, and treasure talismans were attractive.

The recent emergence of the Dragon Pearl and the appearance of the human demon had attracted the attention of most top-tier forces, sects, families, and wealthy clans, with a large number of high-rank warriors flooding into the region. However, no human-rank expert had appeared, not even a purple crystal one.

Perhaps some human-rank experts were hiding, but they would not openly reveal themselves.

They might be secretly searching.

Yi Tian and others paid little attention to the turmoil outside, focusing on their cultivation, hoping to break through to the human-rank and truly enter the realm of martial arts as soon as possible.

Only when one's cultivation reached the human-rank could they be considered a significant figure, worthy of attention.

Below the human-rank, all were mere ants.

In this world, besides the human race, there were thousands of other races. Although their numbers were not as large as the human race, their bloodlines were powerful, and their individual combat strength was very formidable, reaching the human-rank, earth-rank, or even heaven-rank as adults, making them extremely powerful races.

Various forces gathered in Black Dragon City, searching openly and secretly, but after several months, they still found nothing.

They did not know that neither the Dragon Pearl nor the human demon would appear again. The Dragon Pearl had been swallowed by the star mud, and the human demon had been swallowed by the little black creature. Even if they searched for years, the result would be the same.

Over these few months, the various forces made no progress, and gradually, some began to leave.

Some forces were still unwilling to give up.

The various forces speculated that the human demon might have taken the Dragon Pearl and fled the area.

This turmoil lasted for six or seven months, and the various forces left one by one, and Black Dragon City was about to return to peace.

However, at this critical moment, a change occurred.

One night, a brilliant light shot up from the outskirts of the Dragon Subduing Mountains, and a pillar of primordial energy formed, visible even hundreds of miles away.

The massive primordial energy fluctuations were also felt.

"What happened?"

Some warriors did not know what had happened.

But some warriors guessed that a rare treasure might have appeared, causing the primordial energy to fluctuate violently.

Thus, the various forces that had not yet left all moved out, heading towards the source of the primordial energy fluctuations. However, the fluctuations quickly disappeared, leaving the various forces unable to confirm the location.

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