After a long time, Meng Chuan, who was still hot-tempered, took the lead to speak out and broke the silence in the hall.
"Elder of the clan..."
Not only Meng Chuan, but also Meng Hong next to him also turned his attention to the leader Meng Shan.
Obviously, in a relatively closed ancient village like Xijiang Ancient Village, the words of the clan elders are very effective. Moreover, usually, once a matter is issued a silence order by the clan elders, these villagers will basically not
No more disclosure to outsiders.
This is very different from the situation outside.
Otherwise, the news that there are treasures like 'holy water' hidden in the ancient village would have been leaked long ago.
"Brother," Meng Hai next to him also said: "Senior has been very kind to our village. If possible, please talk to senior. I believe that senior's behavior will not embarrass me and other juniors."
Meng Shan's eyes glanced around the faces of Meng Hai, Meng Chuan, and clan leader Meng Hong, and then he nodded slightly and said "hmm", expressing his agreement with their opinions.
Then, Meng Shan stood up and bowed deeply to Xia Haoran and said: "Senior, before we talk about 'holy water', please don't care about me judging the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart!"
"It doesn't matter!" Xia Haoran smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "If it really has too much to do with your ethnic group, then just don't say anything. Anyway, I am just curious for the moment, and have no other intention."
Mengshan also smiled and said: "Senior, there is no need to be polite. In fact, after seeing the photos taken by senior, I guessed that you would be so confused. In this catastrophe sweeping the entire continent, even the powerful
The human federation and the orc tribes have suffered such a heavy blow, but our weak and undefended alliance of hundreds of tribes is much luckier. This is originally unreasonable."
Xia Haoran always listened with a smile on his face. He was not in a hurry to affirm or deny it. After all, in fact, as Meng Shan said, no matter who comes to see this matter, it is not consistent with common sense.
There will be a hundred thousand whys.
"This is a long story." Meng Shan said slowly: "Nowadays, the mainland is talking about three pillars, but in a strict sense, there are actually only two major forces, the human federation and the orc tribe. First of all, our hundreds of tribes
The alliance has a small population and does not pose a threat to the other two forces; secondly, the Alliance of Hundreds of Races is completely undefended. We are located in the harsh mountains and mountains with a harsh environment. We have nothing to do with the world and are just trying to survive..."
In the subsequent narration, Xia Haoran also grasped some of the most critical information points. That is, among the minority tribes in the Hundred Tribes Alliance, most ethnic groups practice some mental techniques or magic techniques inherited by their own ethnic groups.
, just like the ancient villages in Xijiang, they practice the kind of witchcraft that only exists in earth legends.
And it is precisely because these people in the Hundred Tribes Alliance practice different witchcraft and sorcery, and at the same time they have been located in high mountains for many years, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The other two forces were worried about causing more casualties, so they could not
Don't give up. What's more, even if their two forces forcefully occupy the land in the southwest of the continent, how to properly resettle the tribesmen of the Hundred Tribes Alliance has become an extremely troublesome headache for the two forces.
Existence is reasonable!
It's impossible to kill them all, right? Let's not say whether the two forces have the ability to accomplish this. In addition, this approach is obviously not in line with the spirit of humanity.
However, like these primitive tribes that have been entrenched in the mountains for a long time and are closed, their people cannot be civilized and tamed by just a few words. Once they are allowed to come out of the mountains, it is still unknown whether they can integrate into the people of the other two forces.
.
For any ruler, no one wants to live in their own territory with a group of restless elements that cannot be tamed or controlled at all! Based on this, both the human federation and the orc tribe are secretly trying to reconcile
The Alliance of Hundreds of Clans reached an agreement privately.
As long as the people of the Hundred Tribes Alliance do not easily leave the Western Frontier or enter the territory of the Human Federation or the Orc Tribe, they will just let it go and turn a blind eye.
Countless years have passed, and since the Alliance of Hundreds of Clans has always been in a closed and unopened environment, they still adhere to the ancient traditions and rituals of the tribes.
Just like the ancient village in Xijiang.
When a new born child in the ancient village turns one year old, he will be carried to the ancestral land by the elders of the tribe to be baptized with 'holy water'. According to the rumors of the ancestors, after the tribesmen are baptized with 'holy water', they can not only serve the people of the tribe
It can bring blessings, exorcise evil spirits, cure diseases, etc., and can also cleanse the hearts of the people polluted by this world.
Hearing this, Xia Haoran couldn't help but curl his lips. Such things as praying for blessings and exorcising evil spirits are no different from the unflattering things done by religious believers and folk superstitions on the earth.
One word: Ridiculous!
However, Mengshan mentioned this 'holy water' more than once, but it always teased Xia Haoran's nerves. Moreover, he also noticed that every time the other party mentioned the word 'holy water', not only Mengshan, but also
Menghai, Mengchuan, Menghong and several others next to them all had extremely pious and sacred expressions on their faces.
After hearing this, Xia Haoran roughly understood his original doubts. However, the so-called ancestral land and the mysterious clan treasure 'holy water' still lingered in his mind.
"Elder Mengshan clan, I wonder if you can let me take a look at the clan treasure 'holy water' of your village?"
If I am useful, I will exchange treasures of equal value with you; if it is of no use, then just pretend that nothing happened."
Xia Haoran said this to dispel the worries in the other party's heart. After all, it is inevitable for the other party to have scruples about this kind of thing. For them, it seems that the racial treasure 'holy water' is worth more than their lives.
It's important.
Meng Shan nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Of course you can. We also ask Senior Xia to go to a place with us. The clan treasure 'holy water' can only exist in our clan's ancestral land. If it is taken outside privately, then
The original benefits of 'holy water' have been lost."
Xia Haoran nodded and said, "Okay! Then let's go there right away?"
"Well, please come with me." Meng Shan stood up and responded: "The ancestral land is still some distance from here."
Xia Haoran immediately stood up, left the village with the three elders, and walked toward a high mountain not far behind the village. Chief Menghong, on the other hand, gave a few hurried instructions to the tribesmen outside, asking them to prepare a table.
After saying something like a sumptuous meal, he hurriedly walked in the direction of Xia Haoran and others.
After walking for about half an hour, the group finally arrived at a narrow stone crevice at the foot of the mountain. Some water droplets leaked out of this stone crevice, making the stone walls on both sides of the crevice and the ground wet.
Covered with green moss.
"Senior, it's right here." Mengshan stopped, pointed at the crack in the stone in front of him and said to Xia Haoran.
Xia Haoran nodded slightly, and was a little surprised that Mengshan and others brought him here so confidently, so he said: "Mengshan clan elders, you brought me here so generously, aren't you afraid that I will know this place?"
Finally, will I sneak in secretly and steal your clan treasures in the future?"
After hearing Xia Haoran's words, the four people present couldn't help laughing.
After laughing, Mengshan said to Xia Haoran: "Senior, you are joking. With your identity and power, senior, there was no need to do this. If senior really wanted to take it by force, he would not communicate with us peacefully like this
A long time. What's more, we also believe in your character, Senior Xia!"
"In addition, not everyone can enter our ancestral land casually." After a slight pause, Mengshan continued: "Maybe it is of no use to an expert like senior, but if it is someone else, even if it is
They know that our ancestral land is here, and they can't even enter our ancestral land, let alone steal our clan treasures."
It can be seen that the reason why Mengshan and others did not shy away and brought themselves here so readily, in addition to the reasons they mentioned above, can also show their ideological realm and mind. As they said
Like that, if Xia Haoran really has any ideas, then no matter what obstacles or difficulties there are in the ancestral land, it will be difficult to stop him from moving forward.
However, the other party was able to analyze the matter so thoroughly and clearly in such a short period of time, which was indeed a bit beyond Xia Haoran's expectations. Between the lines, although they seemed to be words of praise and exaltation of Xia Haoran, there were more of them.
It's just flattery and wearing a high hat in disguise.
Moreover, it is said to be so watertight and seamless.
"Old fox!" Xia Haoran cursed with a faint smile in his heart.
Xia Haoran touched his nose in embarrassment and said with a dumb smile: "It seems that I am being pretentious. Haha..."
"Senior is so polite." Mengshan smiled slightly, then pointed at the crack in the stone in front and made a 'please' gesture, and said: "Senior, please come with me."
"Well, lead the way."
Then Xia Haoran followed Mengshan's group of people and got into the stone crevice.
The cracks in the rocks lead directly into the heart of the mountain.
With the help of his spiritual consciousness, Xia Haoran could 'see' that this stone crack was about hundreds of meters long, and its width could only accommodate two people passing side by side. In some narrow places, it could barely accommodate one person.
.Even if those who are fatter are allowed to come, they will not be able to squeeze through this stone gap.
Xia Haoran couldn't help but be secretly curious. Being able to hide his ancestral land in the heart of the mountain through such a stone crack can be regarded as very secret. And he also 'saw' that in this dark stone
At the end of the gap, there is just a dark rock cave, and there is no 'holy water' at all.
The only thing that surprised Xia Haoran was that there was a smooth stone wall on the left side of the cave. The stone wall was engraved with strange and strange rune restrictions. Even Xia Haoran's consciousness could not detect the stone wall.
existence. It seems that, if the guess is correct, there should be another cave behind that stone wall.