After showing the Jin Yiwei token, they soon met the leader of the mountain ghosts in a big house under the fusang tree.
The leader of the mountain ghosts is a middle-aged man who looks thirty years old, but is actually 170 years old. The mountain ghosts have the same childhood as humans and an old age that is only half that of humans, with a long period of youth in between.
The prime of life.
"May I ask what Mr. Tian Qi is doing here with his team?" the clan leader asked, with a somewhat puzzled look in his eyes after entertaining everyone and sitting down.
"We accidentally rescued your young patriarch from a ghoul." Tian Zongqi said as he asked Lin An to take off the mask he had been wearing on his face.
"Lin An!" After recognizing Lin An, the patriarch's eyes were instantly filled with surprise, "But...but this should be absolutely impossible. We searched the training ground before the start.
, there are still elites stationed during the trial, how could he-"
"Yes, we also feel that the whole thing reveals something strange, and this is why I led the team here." Mr. Tian Qi nodded, "So please summon the elders of the village. There are some things we hope to solve
Let’s communicate in person.”
"No problem." After the clan leader said that, he immediately blew the leaf-like wooden whistle on his chest. A few minutes later, all four elders were in the room.
In the next half hour, Liang En and Lin An once again introduced to the elders in front of them what they had encountered before. The elders' reactions were the same as those of the officials before, and they seemed to be full of shock and disbelief.
Even compared to those people in the county government before, the mountain ghosts were obviously much more shocked because this incident happened to them.
But after the initial shock, the five mountain ghosts had serious disagreements about the next step. Several of them believed that other mountain ghost tribes should be notified immediately to stop the trial ceremony and launch a large-scale search.
Several other people firmly opposed this view. They believed that since the other party was able to ambush such a monster in the trial venue that had been searched several times, they must have a back-up plan.
Therefore, if the trial ceremony is stopped in a hurry now, it will create more loopholes due to chaos, which will allow the enemies originally hidden in the dark to harm more people.
"Mr. Tian Qi, what do you think of this matter?" Because the people holding the two views were evenly matched, the clan leader found that the dispute could not come to a conclusion in a short period of time and looked at Liang En and the others who had brought the news.
"Sorry, I don't know what to do in this regard." Tian Zongqi shook his head.
"We only got the information one day earlier than you, so we are just starting to search for information now, and there is no way to make any judgments - but I think Mr. Liang may have some ideas."
"Me?" Liang En pointed at himself with a surprised expression. He really didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to speak on this occasion. After all, he was the most junior person on the field and an outsider to both parties.
"That's right, Mr. Liang, it's you." Mr. Tian Qi nodded, "You spoke very well in the Yamen before. I can say that you were better than most people in the Yamen at that time."
"So I think you are a smart person, and a smart person can often think of things that ordinary people like us can't think of at this time, and give everyone some very valuable revelations."
As a modern person, Liang En is no smarter than the ancient people, but as a college student in the information age, the amount of information he is exposed to is often dozens or hundreds of times that of the ancient people.
This leads to the fact that as long as he communicates with other people for a longer time in this era, others will be able to sense the unique temperament in him. Therefore, it is natural for him to be called out by Tian Zongqi.
Judging from Tian Zongqi's experience, it is not a bad thing to find a young person with his own unique ideas to share his views when no one has any ideas and doesn't know what to do.
Anyway, if these words are wrong, there will be no loss, and as long as there are some merits in them that ordinary people can't think of, the whole thing may be further advanced.
At least in Tian Zongqi's previous experience, he did get out of trouble a few times with the help of the unique ideas of the stupid young people, so today he just repeated his old tricks.
"Okay, let me tell you my personal thoughts. If there is anything wrong, please correct me."
Liang En thought for a while and then stood up and said, because he does have some thoughts of his own that he wants to share with everyone, especially at this critical moment, concealing any valuable information may cause irreversible consequences.
"But before I express my own thoughts, I would like to ask the patriarch a few questions, because I am not clear about some of the customs of mountain ghosts, and I am worried that mistakes in this area may cause some fatal mistakes."
"Master Liang, please ask. As long as we can answer, I will do my best to answer." The leader of the Shangui clan showed a gentle smile. He had a good impression of this young man who saved the younger generation of his clan.
"Then I'm offended." Liang En cupped his hands, and then asked. "I dare to ask the clan leader, do these trialists have fixed areas during the trial, or can the entire area move at will? Of course, if this
If it’s a secret, you don’t have to answer.”
"There is nothing to keep secret." The clan leader smiled and said, "All trialists can move freely in the entire trial field, so it is impossible for anyone to accurately ambush a certain person in advance."
"I see--" Liang En nodded, "The next question may be a little offensive, that is, if Lin An really disappears this time, what will you do?"
"Well, if that's the case, we will mobilize manpower to launch a large-scale search. Unlike you people, our compatriots are really too few, so everyone is very important to us, especially those who can interact with the sacred tree.
People to contact.”
"We? Do you mean the entire clan?" Liang En asked.
"No, it's all the mountain ghost clans around." The clan leader said with a straight face. "In addition to saving people, we must dig out the enemies hidden behind this incident to prevent worse things from happening."
"If that's the case, I think I have an idea." Liang En took a deep breath and looked at everyone in the room.
"I guess the attacker's only purpose was to lure the tiger away from the mountain and mobilize all the mountain ghosts in the area to launch a large-scale search in a huge area."
"But what's the point of doing this?" The clan leader was a little puzzled. "Even if we act in a small team if we are prepared, the hidden enemy is unlikely to cause too much damage to us."
In the eyes of the mountain ghost leader, an enemy of the level of a ghoul might be able to deal a fatal blow to a young mountain ghost like Lin An, but it was still too far behind to attack a real warrior.
As for more powerful enemies, they do exist, but they are not the only mountain ghosts in the area. They can contact an alliance consisting of the imperial army, practitioners, and gods because they join forces to deal with the enemy.
"What if, I mean, what if someone attacks your clan's residence while you are out searching?" After listening to the clan leader's words, Liang En revealed a possibility he had analyzed after collecting so much intelligence.
"When your elites leave your home, the defense here will become fragile, so if an enemy launches a surprise attack, I think-"