Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 664 - 650: Elder Shi’s Identity, Strong Ones Return! _1

Chapter 664: Chapter 650: Elder Shi’s Identity, Strong Ones Return! _1

Ancestral Treasury!

These four words instantly made Xiao Chen’s eyes shine. He had heard of the Ancestral Treasury, just like a tribe’s treasures, it was a collection of numerous precious gems amassed over countless years. However, to enter and choose a treasure required great meritorious service for the ancestral court to allow entry.

Unexpectedly, Elder Minghe presented such a great reward this time to lure the demon wolf.

In Venerable Minghe’s view, Venerable Xiao Chen was at the perfect state, even if he could not defeat and kill the demon wolf, they could still ensure his safe return. However, they never imagined that Xiao Chen’s strength had significantly improved since his narrow escape from the Blood Moon Wolf Ancestor.

As he finished speaking, Venerable Minghe paused before continuing, "The Ancestral Treasury has been established since the Human Ancestral Court was founded. Some treasures inside are so ancient that even some elders greatly desire them. Of course, it all depends on your discernment!"

"Thank you very much, Grand Elder!"

Xiao Chen saluted the Grand Elder. The favor of allowing him to enter the Ancestral Treasury was certainly beyond the merits of his task this time.

After saluting, Xiao Chen returned to his original position. Venerable Minghe and Elder Shi exchanged glances, and Elder Shi said, "We need to act decisively and strike hard once the demon wolf is located. If it escapes again, we will regret it!"

Hearing this, Venerable Minghe nodded and said to Elder Shi, "You’re right. The demon wolf is incredibly cunning. If it senses something amiss and relocates its secret realm, it will be difficult to find him again. Thank you for your effort, Elder Shi."

If a warrior refines the origin of a secret realm, he can move the secret realm at will. This is one of the reasons why the human race has been trying to locate the demon wolf for years.

Upon understanding Venerable Minghe’s instructions, Elder Shi immediately stood up, gestured to Xiao Chen, and left the Great Hall to make preparations.

"Grand Elder," Xiao Chen watched the withered figure of Elder Shi disappear into the Great Hall and carefully said.

"Haha!" Venerable Minghe greeted him with a light-hearted laugh.

"You want to know exactly who Elder Shi is, don’t you? This hesitancy doesn’t suit Xiao Clan Leader’s style!" Venerable Minghe pointed at Xiao Chen and laughed.

Xiao Chen didn’t mind when his thoughts were indirectly mentioned.

"If with the right opportunity, someone as young as Clan Leader Xiao could even possibly step into the Supreme Forbidden Realm. When that happens, it would be a blessing for our Border Wasteland Region. Perhaps you could even help Elder Shi fulfill his long-held wish."

Venerable Minghe pondered over Xiao Chen’s cautious thoughts.

"The seat of the Human Ancestral Court of the Border Wasteland Region should have been Elder Shi’s!"

What!

The words that Venerable Minghe just revealed stunned Xiao Chen. Control over hundreds of millions of clans and countless battle divisions lies within the seat of the Human Ancestral Court of the Border Wasteland Region.

"Back then, Elder Shi fought bravely at the Hundred Clans Battlefield. He was ordered by the Ancestral Court to return and fortify the Border Wasteland Region. However, on the day after the Imperial Command was issued from the Human Emperor’s Palace in the East Region, Elder Shi encountered a sudden attack from the foreign race while he was on his way back from the Hundred Clans Battlefield. This battle severely wounded him, reducing his power to only a tenth of its original. It was for this reason that I came to the Border Wasteland Region as the next leader of the Human Ancestral Court. However, I applied to the Elder Hall of the East Emperor Palace in the East Region to become the Grand Elder and act as the leader."

Xiao Chen knew of Elder Shi’s background. A native of the Border Wasteland Region, he had joined the Human Ancestral Court of the Border Wasteland Region and later fought against foreign tribes at the Hundred Clans Battlefield. Afterward, he returned to the Border Wasteland Region to live out his elder years in peace. He never would’ve guessed the secrets hidden within the story.

"Also, Elder Shi had achieved remarkable merit at the Hundred Clans Battlefield. He is the only warrior from the Border Wasteland Region to have achieved the accolade of a silver-ranked commander."

Venerable Minghe’s words about Elder Shi astonished Xiao Chen with each word.

Accumulating enough merit to reach the rank of a silver commander was undoubtedly a startling achievement. Even killing an enemy of the complete state only garnered a thousand merit points, illustrating the difficulty of gaining rank by merit alone.

"What kind of severe damage Elder Shi endured back then that led to his aging to such a state!"

Xiao Chen couldn’t help but ask, even though he didn’t know what level of strength Elder Shi had reached back then, he was sure that Elder Shi was at least comparable to, if not stronger than, the Venerable Ming He.

"He was cursed by the foreign races. This kind of curse doesn’t kill quickly, but instead tortures one every second from the depths of their bloodline, it is truly vicious beyond measure!"

It was hard to imagine that the elder had to go through such pain. At this moment, the two people in the Great Hall fell into silence.

"Grand Elder, there is something I don’t understand. When I passed the city just now, I heard about the foreign races’ major outbreaks in our Border Wasteland Region these days. Why have so many powerful foreign races suddenly appeared?"

After a while, Xiao Chen pressed down the unease in his heart and asked Venerable Ming He.

"In our Border Wasteland Human World, apart from some foreign races that are hidden deep in the Great Wasteland or who have lived here for generations, there is also a part who arrived in our human world through some special methods recently."

"Take the Black Rock one-horned Demon Race, that is suppressed by the Crystal Stone Battle Division, as an example. In the small world where the foreign races survive, they are divided into relatively independent power tribes, just like our Human World. Originally, without the River of Realm, these foreign races would maintain the status quo, accumulating strength. Although they would stir up storms in the Void, they would not start a large-scale war. They understand that relying solely on the power of a single clan to counterattack the humans is simply unrealistic."

"However, with the impending emergence of the River of Realm, it undoubtedly presents a golden opportunity to the foreign races. Hence, more foreign races have entered the Void Passage, intending to invade the Human World, such as the Blood Clan Passage under the Sky Lake War Tribe control. Initially, there was only a Blood Clan Family comparable to the Human Race High Quality Battle Division, but within a short month, four Blood Clan Families have already appeared. If there was no limit to the Void, perhaps even more powerful foreign warriors would descend!"

Through Elder Ming He’s account, Xiao Chen gradually understood why in merely a few months, the number of foreign race powers, including the blood and ghost tribes in the Border Wasteland Region has grown dramatically. It turns out, they had received support from their own worlds.

"Also, there is still some time before the River of Hundred Realms descends, so why are the foreign races attacking our Human World so frantically already?"

This was where Xiao Chen’s doubt resided. There is still some time before the River of Realm’s great war; if the foreign races simply wished to restrain the humans from fully preparing for the war, then there was no need to be so fanatic about it. They only needed to continue harassing the humans so that the human warriors would be too wearied to prepare themselves sufficiently for war.

But now, both sides were like bloodthirsty killers. The war had not yet started, but the battle was already intensifying.

"The reason why the foreign races are so aggressive from the start, not hesitating to spend resources assaulting our human war tribes and even engage in brutal battles within the Void Passage, is to restrain the strength of the human tribes. Not long ago, news came from the Ancestral Court that in the East Desolate East Region and the East Desolate North Region, three human territories have been breached by foreign races, turning millions of miles of fertile land into a playground for foreign clans. Hundreds of millions of human bloodline were turned into blood and bones!"

"What, this...!" Xiao Chen exclaimed. The Human World has been breached.

"Because of the fierce besiegement, most of the East Desolate territories could hardly spare any resources, even if some could divert some warriors to aid other human territories, they dared not act rashly. That’s how the foreign races found their way in."

"However, our Human World has been established over endless epochs, even if one area is infiltrated by foreign races, with the deep-rooted human clan providing support, they couldn’t occupy it for long; unless all great clans from the Hundred Realms rise up and fight us to the death. Their current actions are merely futile. They can’t possibly hope to cause mutual destruction."

"Exactly!" A hoarse voice rang out. Venerable Ming He had a subtle expression in his eyes, seemingly relieved that the Border Wasteland Region had not suffered another disaster.

"Of course they wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against us on our Human World. These foreign races are well aware of this, hence they retreated back to their own worlds modestly." The words ’modestly’ were spoken with a clenched jaw from Venerable Ming He.

"They retreated?"

"Yes, the majority of foreign races retreated back to their own worlds before our human warriors could arrive, abducting along with them billions of human bloodline individuals from the three territories. To date, there are hardly any humans left in these territories. Apart from a few remote areas where human war tribes are residual, the rest have all been taken into the mystic realm by foreign races!"

Opening the Void Passage, descending to the Human World, and abducting hundreds of millions of clan members.

"For the foreign races, humans are their ’Blood Food’, and the reserve resources for the ensuing war. Whether they serve as ’Blood Food’, sacrifices, or cultivation resources, they are all indispensable to the foreign races. Just as we humans are preparing for war, so are they, and the abducted human bloodline individuals are the war resources they are hoarding."

Once again, the Great Hall plunged into silence. After a long while, Venerable Ming He finally spoke, "The Human Ancestral Court has withdrawn strong warriors from the Hundred Clans Battlefield and returned to the East Desolate Land. They have set up Heaven Patrol to guard major human territories. Moreover, the Human Emperor Palace in the four East Desolate territories has sent supreme kings to hold the fort."

"I have also received the imperial command; soon, there will be a group of warriors returning from the Hundred Clans Battlefield to our Border Wasteland Region. They are warriors who have ventured forth from our Border Wasteland Ancestral Court over the years. This time, they are coming back to defend their homeland!"