"Creak." The sound of the door opening of the stone house broke the midnight silence, and an old figure walked into the dilapidated stone house hesitantly.
Xu Yan sat on the edge of the stone bed, not opening his eyes, not responding, and not having the energy to pay attention anymore.
At this point, she was almost numb and did not dare to hope for anything more.
But after waiting for a long time, what came was not scolding and ridicule, not roaring and cursing, but a weak sigh: "My child... the Bone Clan... I'm sorry for you..."
Xu Yan's heart moved slightly and he opened his tired eyes. Standing in the room was actually the acting clan leader Xu Ye. However, compared to his majesty and wisdom during the day, he seemed much older and tired. It was very obvious.
.
"Today's matter is a joke for you." Xu Ye walked to the seat in the corner of the stone house, waved the dust off, and sat down slowly. He was really tired, and even his voice was a little hoarse.
Xu Yan's eyes were bloodshot, and she was also haggard and exhausted physically and mentally. She didn't have much interaction with Xu Ye, and she didn't know the purpose of the other person's coming here. But it seemed that... she was a little different from the others...
Xu Ye did not dare to look into Xu Yan's eyes. He lowered his eyes and stared blankly at the thick dust on the floor. Under the candlelight, the old figure looked so lonely.
a long time……
"You have been wandering outside for these years, and finally you can recognize your ancestors and return to the clan. You should have been protected, but you have seen the situation of the Bone Clan. In just a few months, so many things have happened. This is God's will."
The sound of Xu Ye sighing broke the peace in the stone house.
"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the people of the Bone Tribe below are unaware of the situation. They insist on their former pride, but the higher-ups are tired and can't hold on anymore.
All along, some of us old men knew that the Bone Clan was beginning to decline, but we didn’t expect that it had declined to such an extent. This disaster actually defeated the entire Bone Clan and reduced it to pieces.”
Xu Yan looked at Xu Ye quietly, and her cold and hard heart was slightly touched. She still didn't know Xu Ye's purpose of coming here, but the other party's sentimental and chatty tone made her feel a little calmer, but she didn't know what to do.
say something.
Xu Ye shook his head weakly: "Actually, many years ago, we old guys knew that the Bone King was dead, but we never dared to leak the news, and tried our best to create the illusion that the Bone King was in seclusion.
Deliberately showing off the strength of the Bone Clan.
But in fact, we are afraid of making mistakes.
The more aggressive we are on the outside, the more cautious we are on the inside.
For tens of thousands of years, I have been pretending...pretending...I'm tired...I'm really tired...
Some old guys complain that the Bone Emperor left without saying goodbye, but is the Bone Emperor willing to leave? Is he willing to abandon the Bone Clan that has been struggling for tens of thousands of years? This is his root. Will he leave unless he has to? No.
He has no choice but to leave?
I can't imagine the pain the Bone King felt when he left, but I understand his choice. He left alone, maybe because he wanted to find a chance to recover, so that one day he could return to his peak and return to the Bone Clan.
The clan is ruined, and his return can revive the Bone clan. Unfortunately, he failed and cannot come back."
Xu Ye seemed to be explaining something, or talking to himself, or wanting to express something that had been held in his heart for so long that it seemed a little out of tune.
He was absent-minded, tired, and lost in his own thoughts.
"We old guys are all responsible for the Bone Clan's development to the situation it is today. To put it bluntly, we are all sinners of the Bone Clan. But back then, after it was confirmed that the Bone King had fallen, we panicked, we really panicked.
The Bone Emperor is gone, leaving such a large ethnic group behind, and they are in the bloody Forsaken War Realm. Any accident may push us into the abyss.
This feeling cannot be experienced by outsiders.
In those first few years, we really don't know how we survived.
Later, after accepting the reality and finding a strategy, we told ourselves that no matter what, we must let the millions of people of the Bone Clan survive. We tried our best to maintain the dignity of the Bone Clan and protected it carefully, for fear of accidents.
, but I was so careful that... I ignored many things and made many mistakes.
But despite stumbling and going through dangers, we have persevered for tens of thousands of years and are still here today.
Who is to judge whether everything is right or wrong?
As for this kid Zhuan Zhu... alas... he was actually very good, but we ruined him.
Unlike other ancient tribes, the Bone Clan does not have an emperor. The strength of the Bone Clan is disguised. It is very fragile and cannot withstand bumps. We value this child too much and place too much hope on it, so that we are arrogant and doting on him, for fear that he will die.
If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid that something unexpected will happen.
Even if he is allowed to go out for training, it will be voted on by the whole clan meeting, and strong men will be secretly sent to guard him.
You can say that we did something wrong, but we really can't withstand failure or Zhuanzhu's death. Because... we can't hold on any longer. Zhuanzhu's hope must rise in the short term to support the collapse of the
Bone Clan.
We have been trying to make up for it, hoping to change his character so that he can be more courageous and responsible, so that he can really take on the important task of the rise of the Bone Clan. As for him, he can be considered cooperative, but... God does not give us a chance.
The Bone Clan has collapsed, we have really reached the edge of the cliff, half of our feet are already hanging in the air."
Xu Ye sat silently, looking at the ground absentmindedly, talking incoherently.
But I don’t know since when, his hands have been clenched, his eyes are hazy, and his voice is vaguely wrong. Is it hoarse? Or is it choked?
Xu Yan opened his mouth: "Mr. Ye..."
Xu Ye took a deep breath, slowly raised his head, looked at the dilapidated roof, and suddenly smiled, a sad smile, his eyes blurred by tears: "Xu Yan... The Bone Clan is over... It's over..."
"Mr. Ye, please don't do this." Xu Yan quickly got out of bed.
"The Bone Clan is finished... finished..."
Xu Yan wanted to comfort him, but... Xu Ye stood up unsteadily, and suddenly he knelt down straight and straight in front of Xu Yan, tears welling up in his eyes.
This scene shocked Xu Yan, and he was at a loss for a moment.
Xu Ye's emotions seemed to be out of control. He knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face. He was smiling but crying. He seemed to be persisting, but he had collapsed.
"The Bone Clan is over, really over. I have fought hard for it for tens of thousands of years, but it really can't hold on anymore. It wasn't the Demon Emperor who defeated it, it was us who destroyed ourselves.
Tonight's scene showed me its future. It really can't survive.
I am ashamed, I am ashamed of the Bone Clan, I am ashamed of the Bone Emperor, I am ashamed of these millions of people.
The moment the patriarch was split up by the Heavenly Demon Emperor, he shouted something to me, he said..."
Xu Ye cried like a child or an ordinary old man. He choked and trembled: "The patriarch said...he said..."
"Mr. Ye, please don't do this. If you have anything to say, stand up and say it." Xu Yan wanted to pull Xu Ye up, but Xu Ye knelt straight and pushed her hard.
"The patriarch said...he said...Old Ye, promise me...even if you are kneeling, you will let the Bone Clan hold on! We can be spineless, but the Bone Clan cannot break its roots!"
"He said...he said...he has always fantasized...that the Bone Emperor is still alive...if the Bone Emperor comes back one day...at least...at least he still has a home..."
Xu Ye burst into tears and clutched his chest.
Xu Yan's heart shrank fiercely, she pursed her lips tightly, and tried her best to endure it, but Ye Lao's trembling sounds made her burst into tears, and she froze there, her heart pounding like a knife.
Xu Ye held Xu Yan's hand tremblingly: "You are from the Bone Clan. You have been wandering alone for so many years. You have the blood that all of us Bone Clan people have lost. You are the hope of our Bone Clan."
"Mr. Ye, please stand up first..."
"Promise me! Xu Yan, promise me!" Xu Ye was very excited, with tears on his face, but he firmly grabbed Xu Yan's hand: "I will give you the last hope of the Bone Clan, you promise me to keep it
, live on. I know that I am too incompetent as an elder to impose these pains and responsibilities on you, but the Bone Clan has reached the edge of the cliff, I...I beg you..."
Xu Ye suddenly bent down towards Xu Yan, his forehead hit the ground heavily, and a dull voice echoed in the simple and empty stone house.
"Mr. Ye, please don't do this!!" Xu Yan burst into tears and knelt in front of him as well.
"This decadent ethnic group has no hope. It must undergo a baptism of death before it can find new hope. I don't know if I am doing the right thing, but at this point, I can only take a gamble. I believe in the patriarch
He chooses you for his own reasons.
I have been wrong all my life, this time... I must not make another mistake, otherwise I would have no face to see the dead clan leader and the Bone Emperor.
You leave quickly, leave tonight, escape from this restricted area of blood and bones, escape from this northern border, escape from this decadent family. I don't care where you go, but please promise me to live.
I am the acting leader of the Bone Clan. I cannot abandon it. I must guard it until it is destroyed. Even if it delays for a day and a night, I have fulfilled my duty.
This old man like me still has some wealth, three saints, five half-saints, fifteen venerables, and a large number of treasure bones in the forbidden area, and... and... they are selecting some children, qualified children,
Take it with you."
"Old Ye, I can't do this..."
"Promise me!!" Xu Ye suddenly shouted like a roar, staring at Xu Yan with tear-filled eyes, gritting his teeth and trembling: "Promise me! Promise me!"
"I……"
"I had a glimmer of hope in teaming up with the Bone Clan before, but tonight I have seen through it all. I should not persist in my mistakes. Xu Zhuanzhu brings no hope to the Bone Clan. Even if the Bone Clan is reborn now, it will be full of rotten flesh.
The blood of the Bone Clan has been lost for tens of thousands of years, and now it has to be picked up, and it’s up to you to pick it back up. Xu Yan, child, promise me! Count me in... please..."
"I...I promise..." Xu Yan waited patiently for the Bone Clan's last conscience, but what was waiting for him turned out to be... such an unbearable burden...
She didn't have much communication with Xu Ye, but from the few times she had contact, she at least knew that he was a strong and domineering person, with the pride of an iron-blooded soldier and the pride of a race marshal, but...
The two completely opposite scenes today deeply hurt her heart.
What kind of despair and what kind of grief caused Xu Ye to collapse to this point?!
So much so that he cried without any image and knelt down to kowtow to a junior.
What kind of pain and sadness is behind the extreme approach?!
I thought I was suffering the grievance, but Xu Ye was in more serious and painful pain.
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