Chapter 100

It is said there are two choices, but in fact, no choice is needed.

Although the Liu family is now down to just a few people, they were once the dominant force in Wuling City. How could they be easily swallowed up by others?

A few elders and the Seventh Elder exchanged glances, and the Seventh Elder decisively chose to go to a small island to develop on their own.

If they joined the Blood Slaughter Gang, there would be no more Liu family. After a few years, the Liu family’s descendants would be completely integrated into the Blood Slaughter Gang, and the Liu family would have no chance of rising again, let alone avenging the Yu family.

The Seventh Elder expressed the intentions of the Liu family, and Blood Feud was not at all displeased. He very generously agreed and said he would personally take the Seventh Elder to survey the nearby islands the next morning, and any island the Seventh Elder chose could be granted to the Liu family.

Blood Feud also stated that as long as Blood Slaughter Island remained under the Blood Slaughter Gang, the Liu family would never need to pay tribute. If anyone attacked the Liu family, it would be considered an attack on the Blood Slaughter Gang.

The Seventh Elder and the others were deeply moved, and Lu Li also nodded in approval. Blood Feud seemed to be a decent person, at least straightforward and honest, not one to plot behind the scenes.

Why did the Liu family travel thousands of miles to Thousand Island Lake? Wasn't it to find a place to settle down, to avoid the threat of extermination and then grow stronger?

This was the best outcome. Everyone was satisfied and bid farewell to each other, retiring to their respective quarters. Blood Feud personally saw them to the door.

Once the Seventh Elder and the others left, Blood Feud’s son, Blood No Return, immediately changed his expression, and the other elders looked at Blood Feud in confusion.

Blood No Return said unhappily, "Father, why grant an island to the Liu family? In Thousand Island Lake, besides submitting to us, what other path does the Liu family have? They don’t even have a Soul Pool Realm cultivator. Why be so courteous to them?"

In the eyes of Blood No Return and the Blood Slaughter Gang elders, the Liu family was just a piece of fat meat, easy to swallow. With the Liu family in trouble and seeking refuge, such a good opportunity should not be missed.

Blood Feud glanced at Blood No Return and said calmly, "Can you become fat by eating in one breath? As long as the Liu family roots itself on Blood Slaughter Island, will they be able to fly away? Liu Shanhe has done me a favor. If I immediately吞并他们，外界会怎么说我？以后还会有人来投奔我们血煞帮吗？我们如此客气对待柳家，此事传出去以后肯定会有源源不断的武者投奔，目光要长远点。”

几位魂潭境长老一听，思索了一番，全都明白了，暗自佩服血仇的高瞻远瞩。血仇说得没错，只要柳家在血煞岛附近扎根，被吞并是迟早的事。

血仇见血不归还有些疑惑，冷哼一声道：“千湖岛岂是那么好待的？没有地盘，没有资源，柳家靠什么养活族人？家族武者靠什么修炼？时间一久，不用我们招降，他们自己都会主动投诚过来的。”

“哦，我懂了！”

血不归恍然大悟，附近的十几个岛屿都非常小，没有任何矿脉，灵药，资源。血煞岛不资助的话，柳家的人吃饭都成问题，只能下湖去捕鱼……

“嗯！”

血仇微微颔首，警告道：“你最近收敛些，不得去打柳怡的主意。若败坏了我的名声，我扒了你的皮。”

……

第二天，血仇果然亲自带着七长老和九长老去了附近的十几个岛屿勘察，将所有岛屿都查看了一遍，七长老两人回来后面色却不怎么好看。

那十几个岛屿都差不多，只有方圆十几里，太小太小。最关键的是岛上没有任何资源，就连果树都找不到一棵，野兽少得可怜，众人过去吃饭都成问题。

血仇给出的解释，血煞岛原先是一座火山，附近的泥土都是岩浆土，不适合种植粮食，血煞岛的粮食补给都是去外面购买的。

日子再难也要过下去。

众人商议了一阵，最终选择了血煞岛南方的一座岛屿，血龙岛。那个岛屿相对大一些，距离血煞岛不近不远，出了事能第一时间逃去血煞岛。

血仇并没有让众人立刻搬过去，招待众人在血煞堡住了两天，天天宴会不停，非常热情好客，让人挑不出毛病。

第三天血仇亲自送众人去了血龙岛，还让人送了很多粮食酒肉，并把随行的两艘战船送给了柳家。

等众人上岸后，发现岛上居然新建造了二十几座石堡，这让七长老等人感动得不要不要的，连连拜谢。

岛上居民不多，只有几千人，分成了五个部落。血仇召集各部落的酋长和长老们，当众宣布以后血龙岛赐予给柳家，他们都是柳家的子民，要听从柳家的号令。

做完这一切，血仇才在七长老等人感激的目光中离开了。柳家子弟们暗暗兴奋起来，在岛上闲逛探索属于柳家自己的地盘。

陆离和柳怡也四处转了一圈，两人回来时都有些情绪萎靡。

这血龙岛风景很美，但两人在岛上没有看到任何粮食果子和大型野兽，只有一些小竹鼠，没有任何矿脉，任何灵药。

那些岛上的居民都是靠去湖里捕鱼，采集珍珠，珊瑚等等东西养活自己。

养活自己简单，但一个家族要想发展壮大，需要的不是粮食。需要的是资源，要玄晶、灵草、丹药、玄器、玄技、灵材……

没有这些资源，武者修炼太难太难，比如突破神海境如果有高级丹药的话会容易数倍数十倍。突破魂潭境需要的丹药更加珍贵，冲击命轮境需要的灵材更是天价……

为何武者要加入大家族，就是大家族有资源，可以帮助他突破。现在柳家自己家族的子弟修炼的资源都没有，更别说给外面的武者了。所以根本不可能有武者投奔柳家，既然如此柳家又怎么发展壮大？

入夜后，柳家来千岛湖后第一次高层会议开始了。

陆离身为柳家的客卿，还是神海境武者，也有资格参加会议。他本不想去掺和柳家的事情，不过想到此刻他和柳家好像绑在了一辆战车上，如果柳家覆灭，他要么去加入别的家族，要么只能和一条流浪狗般四处流浪了……

会议的第一项，是推选新的柳家族长，一个家族没有族长，就好比国家没有君主般，会混乱不堪，没有主心骨。

只是！

仅仅是第一项议程，就产生了很大分歧。

九长老和几个长老推选七长老为新的族长，因为七长老实力最强，因为有他柳家才能拥有安身之地血龙岛。

还有几个长老却不同意，一致推选柳怡为族长。因为柳怡是柳如风的孙女，是柳家直系子弟，七长老却是柳家的支脉出生，以前在家族地位都比不上柳怡……

七长老很自谦，坚决不当族长，要柳怡当族长。当然这话听听也就罢了，如果他不想当族长，九长老又怎么会一个劲的推选他呢？

柳怡沉默不语，因为按身份地位和家族规矩，的确是应该她上位的。

但她那么年轻，实力又不强，难以服众啊。一旦七长老和九长老他们离心，柳家未来的路将会更艰难。

吵吵闹闹一个多时辰，这事还没定下来，陆离看到七长老不断表示自己威望不足云云，看到九长老咄咄逼人，有些不耐烦了。

他一拍桌子，站起来道：“这有什么好争的？按照柳家族规来本是怡小姐上位。七长老既然自认为品行威望不足，那就怡小姐了。谁若不服气，先赢了我手中的刀再说。”