After staying in the bedroom for a while, Shi Mu returned to the main hall, opened the wooden door on the back wall of the main hall, and walked towards the back of the hall.
Behind the main hall is a courtyard filled with green mangosteens, and behind the mangosteens, there is a very spacious stone cave secret room.
Entering the secret room, Shi Mu closed the stone door and sat down on the edge of the stone bed inside the cave.
"Shitou, why do I think they don't treat you as the fourth elder, but as a prisoner? No matter how you look at the two monkeys outside, they all look like they are here to monitor us!" Cai'er said with some displeasure.
"The Mitian Giant Ape Clan has been hiding from the world for so many years because they don't want to be found by Heaven and fall into danger. Now that I have come here for the first time, I am still an outsider to them, so it is understandable that they should be cautious.
." Shi Mu said.
"Stone, I seem to have seen the miserable life in the future..." Cai'er said sadly.
When Shi Mu heard this, he couldn't help but smile.
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard Bai Yao's voice coming from outside: "Reporting to the Fourth Elder, Elder Bai Zang is visiting."
"Hey, is the golden-haired monkey here?" Cai'er said with some surprise.
"Please come quickly." Shi Mu's eyes flashed and he replied.
After that, he took Cai'er out of the secret room, opened the door and welcomed the second elder in.
As soon as he came in, Elder Bai Zang chuckled and asked, "Shi Mu, are you uncomfortable with coming here?"
Shi Mu was stunned for a moment, but his heart felt slightly warm.
Elder Bai Zang called him by his first name instead of calling him Taoist Fellow Shi or anything else, which seemed a little more cordial. It showed that Elder Bai Zang really recognized him and did not treat him as an outsider.
"Thank you, Elder Bai Zang, for your concern. Shi Mu is not feeling unwell," Shi Mu said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cai'er complained quite dissatisfiedly: "It would be much more comfortable if there weren't two pillars watching us outside!"
"Cai'er, don't be rude." Shi Mu shouted in a low voice.
"Haha, your pet parrot is quite straightforward! However, Bai Yao and Baifeng are both members of the Great Elder. Although he does not belong to our sect, he is not a member of Bai Pi's group either. You don't have to be too harsh.
Worry." Bai Zang laughed and said.
"Are you a faction? Elder Bai Zang, what does this mean? Is it possible that there are factions in the giant ape clan?" Shi Mu asked doubtfully.
"To tell you the truth, there are indeed factions. The clan is of the same mind as me and wants to unite the Eight Wilderness Ancient Clan and many forces in the star field that do not belong to the Heavenly Court to counterattack the Heavenly Court and avenge the Baigong clan leader and those who died.
The tribesmen of Bai Pi believe that our Mighty Giant Ape tribe has not yet recovered its fighting strength at this time, so it is not suitable for a head-on conflict with Heaven. They want to continue to hide from the world, recuperate, and then go to Heaven after they grow stronger.
Revenge is dove style." Bai Zang said.
"Actually, what Elder Bai Pi said seems to make sense." Shi Mu's eyes flashed slightly and he said noncommittally.
"Hey, what he said is just talking to himself and deceiving himself. If we want to recuperate and strengthen our strength, how will Heaven give us time? In the past thousand years, how has Heaven ever given up on tracking me? Besides, we have already recuperated.
After nearly a thousand years, how much strength has it regained? It is so different from the time when the Bai Gong clan leader led it a thousand years ago." Bai Zang said.
Shi Mu heard this and said nothing.
"Not only that, because our clan has not been born for a long time and does not communicate with the outside world, now in the Miyang, Earthly Yin, and even the Tianhe Star Region, the reputation of our giant ape clan has plummeted. In the past hundred years, not many people care about it anymore.
"When Bai Zang said this, his face looked quite desolate.
Shi Mu frowned slightly, thought for a moment, raised his head and asked, "I wonder who is stronger between the hawk faction and the dove faction?" Shi Mu asked.
After hearing this, Bai Zang smiled, shook his head, and said, "The two factions are of equal strength. Among the eight caves, three cave masters agree with me, and three others agree with Bai Pi."
"Eight holes? What are eight holes?" Shi Mu asked with some confusion.
"Fellow Daoist Shi has been here for a short time, so it's normal that he doesn't know. In fact, among my giant ape clan, starting from the elders, there are eight cave masters who command the eight ape clans." Bai Zang explained simply.
"Oh, then where are the two cave masters? Which faction do they belong to?" Shi Mu asked.
"The two of them agree with the Great Elder, that is, they do not advocate an immediate counterattack, nor do they believe that they should continue to hide in the world, and they belong to the neutral faction. Although this faction seems to have only two holes, it has a clear advantage in terms of numbers.
"Bai Zang replied.
"Oh, I see. I wonder what caused the current situation?" Shi Mu asked with a slight frown.
"Alas, the positions are different. In recent years, the clan members who followed the Bai Gong clan leader have died one after another, and these people are all hawks, so the strength of our faction has been weakening. Those who follow Bai Pi
Most of them are the younger generations who grew up after this war. They did not have a deep understanding of the great changes that the clan experienced. They encountered turmoil when they were young, and then returned to stability. They have gradually become accustomed to a comfortable life and have forgotten that
The humiliation and hatred that Heaven has brought to the people. As everyone knows, forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal." Bai Zang said with a somewhat sad expression.
"Perhaps because I accepted the inheritance from the White Ape Ancestor, I once dreamed back to the fierce battle that the White Ape Ancestor led all the apes to fight. I personally witnessed the scene of many ape ancestors fighting bravely to kill the enemy. I still remember that scene to this day.
The fearless postures of the four ape tribe warriors." Shi Mu thought of that scene and said sincerely.
"Oh, what did you see? Tell me quickly." Hearing this, Bai Zang asked quickly with a look of surprise on his face.
"I remember..." Shi Mu nodded and said.
In the next half-quarter of an hour, Shi Mu carefully told Bai Zang the scene in the sea of stars he saw in his dream.
As a result, Bai Zang's face showed excitement when he heard this, and he clenched his fists.
After hearing this, Bai Zang sighed and said, "That guy Bai Pi did have some blood back then, but unfortunately he has almost forgotten about it now."
"I wonder what Elder Bai Zang means by this?" Shi Mu asked in confusion.
"Back then, under the patriarch of the Bai Gong clan, there were five great generals in the divine realm. The ones you saw in your dream were four of them. The green ape at the head was the great elder Bai Pu, the black ape was named Bai Lu, and the white ape was
They were named Bai Duo, and they were the second elder and third elder at that time. And the red ape was Bai Pi." Bai Zang explained.
"That's it." After hearing this, Shi Mu suddenly realized.
"Back then, I was the fourth elder of the clan. I was ordered by Patriarch Bai Gong to transfer the clan's most important treasures and the younger members of the clan. I did not directly participate in the final decisive battle. Later, I only knew that the clan leader and Bailu Baiduo, two elders, died in the battle.
As for the specific battle situation, neither Bai Pu nor Bai Pi want to mention it, and what I know is not detailed." Bai Zang said with a somewhat sad expression.
After hearing this, Shi Mu felt a little emotional, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Fortunately, God has favored you. Bai Gong has a spirit in the sky and allows you to come to our giant ape clan. I think that with Bai Gong's descendants here, more and more clan members will naturally join the Eagle Faction, and it will be just around the corner to counterattack the Heavenly Court to take revenge.
Already." Bai Zang said solemnly with a glimmer of light in his eyes.
"The actions of Heaven have long been infuriated by both humans and gods. Going to Heaven and killing all the immortals has long been Shi Mu's lifelong wish." Shi Mu said loudly.
"Okay, one of them will go to heaven and kill all the immortals." Bai Zang said excitedly with a happy face.
"Elder Bai Zang, Shi Mu has something that you don't know whether to ask or not?" Shi Mu said.
"But it doesn't matter." Bai Zang said.
"May I ask how many members of the clan there are now?" Shi Mu asked.
Bai Zang pondered for a moment and then said: "Although the Heavenly Beast bloodline is favored by God and is much stronger than ordinary bloodline, it also has a drawback, that is, it is difficult to reproduce. After the war that year, our clan suffered heavy losses, and only more than ten thousand people escaped here.
After more than a thousand years of rest and recuperation, the number of people has only doubled, and now it is less than 30,000."
"How many people are from the hawk faction? How many people are from the dove faction?" Shi Mu's heart moved and he asked again.
"The number of hawks and doves is similar, about 10,000 each. The others are almost all centrists." Bai Zang replied.
Having said this, Shi Mu suddenly remembered a question and asked, "May I ask Elder Bai Zang, which sect does the tribesman named Bai Shi that I met earlier belong to?"
"Speaking of this person, he is quite special. His temperament has always been withdrawn, he seldom interacts with others, and has never expressed his position. Therefore, he does not belong to any of the three sects. Unexpectedly, he has already become a minion of heaven." Bai Zang.
said angrily.
Shi Mu was silent for a moment, then asked: "Which faction does Bai Hong belong to?"
Speaking of Bai Hong, Bai Zang showed a hint of joy on his face: "Bai Hong is an unprecedented genius among the descendants of the clan. His talent has surpassed that of Bai Pi, and he is the well-deserved number one among the descendants of the clan. In addition, he has already
He has cultivated the Nine Revolutions Xuan Gong to the Sixth Revolution. Before you came, he was privately considered to be the descendant of Duke Bai. Fortunately, he is also a member of my Eagle Faction."
After hearing this, Shi Mu nodded silently.
"Shitou, no wonder that guy got into a fight with you as soon as he came up. What did I think was going on?" Cai'er said with sudden realization.
"Hahaha, that boy Bai Hong doesn't have a very good temper, but after confirming that you are Bai Gong's successor, he will definitely serve you wholeheartedly." Bai Zang said with a smile.
In the following time, Shi Mu asked the other party many questions.
Bai Zang has long since recognized Shi Mu's identity as the descendant of the White Ape Ancestor, and he knows everything about Shi Mu and talks about everything.
The two wanted to talk happily, and Bai Zang didn't leave until the evening. Before leaving, he told Shi Mu that he could go to him at any time if anything happened.
After sending Bai Zang away, Shi Mu did not return to the secret room, but came to the bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed, and fell into deep thought.
Cai'er called him several times before waking him up from his deep thoughts.
"Shitou, what are you thinking about? Why don't you even pay attention to me?" Cai'er complained.