Chapter 288: Meeting of the Tribal Heads!
The next day, meeting of the tribe-heads,
"Everyone, I have found the identity of the culprit who robbed the treasure out of our hands!" The Blood Demon Lord revealed with crossed fingers on the table.
"Alright, you have our attention." The QingLong Tribe Head spoke, representing the righteous tribes.
"It's Lin Feng. An emperor realm cultivator who attacked the Eastern Sovereign Hall alone and managed to shatter their level-6 defensive formation."
"What??" The Tianlu tribe patriarch could not hide his shock.
He was the closest to the eastern region and was aware of the strength of the Eastern Sovereign Hall. "He did that all by himself? What were the elders doing?"
"I have heard that he managed to confront them all by himself." The Blood Demon Lord informed.
"Is that even possible?" Baihu tribe's patriarch asked in doubt. "How can a single emperor realm cultivator face that many at the same time and still come out on top?"
"I don't know." The Blood Demon Lord shook his head. "I only heard this from Tang Wuqi, the first prince's aide."
Hearing Tang Wuqi's name gave this information credibility.
"Then? What do you want to do?" The QingLong Tribe's patriarch questioned with a laid-back attitude.
"Of course, go after Lin Feng and claim what is rightfully ours!" The Blood Demon Lord answered determinedly.
"And how will you achieve that? You said it yourself. Lin Feng is too powerful for us." Yedu Tribe's patriarch said, stroking his beard. "Moreover, the empire will take care of this on its own."
"No!" The Blood Demon Lord clenched his fists. "The Empire will take 3 months to take action. Lin Feng can easily escape in that time. No one knows his face."
"Hmm..." The Mei Hua Tribe's matriarch rubbed her chin. "Even then. It's dangerous for us to act by ourselves."
"But what if a royal prince helps us?" The Blood Demon Lord asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Then that's a different matter." Zhuji Zetian answered while sitting up straight with arms crossed and one leg crossed over the other. "I take it you are talking about the first prince. Did he agree?"
The Blood Demon Lord shook his head, denying, "No, I have left the first prince's faction. The deputy leader of our tribe, Qin Feng, has left to ask the ninth prince for help."
"I heard about that from Fanrong." Zhuji Zetian spoke with a smile. "Lord Huan Tian was the one who suggested the idea, right?"
So it was the Beast Sovereign's successor who gave the plaque to Qin Feng.
The Blood Demon Lord only found out now, and this only increased his trust in the source.
"Yes." He nodded. "So I ask of you to join me if the ninth prince agrees to help. Our reputation is dragging through the mud because of what happened. Don't you think we should take action ourselves?"
"Blood Demon, I think this should be done after you've received the reply from the ninth prince." Yedu Tribe's patriarch suggested. "Since you've turned to the ninth prince, it means the first prince denied your request, right? What makes you so sure the Ninth Prince would be any different?"
"I agree." The Mei Hua Tribe's matriarch nodded. "We should discuss this after you have the reply."
The Blood Demon Lord gritted his teeth in frustration as he asked, "And what if he asks me how much my side will contribute? Should I say we haven't decided? Don't you think it would be shameful to say to him that the northern tribes are so cowardly that they wouldn't even fight a single emperor realm cultivator who has robbed them?"
"Hmm..." The tribe heads pondered in their heads, unable to refute him.
It was indeed proper to decide right now who was going to fight.
At this moment, the Tian Jian Tribe's patriarch opened his mouth and announced, "The Tian Jian Tribe will participate!"
From his tribe, Tian Jian Kong, his son, was killed by Lin Feng. He couldn't stay silent without taking revenge.
The Blood Demon Lord's eyes shone with joy upon hearing this.
He cupped his hands and praised, "The Heavenly Sword Lord is indeed different from the others."
This was a tactic to shake the other tribe heads' pride; however, they didn't react. They didn't become the tribe heads just like that.
They had the experience to deal with these types of tactics.
"Alright, Zhuji tribe shall also participate." Zhuji Zetian announced.
It wouldn't look good on our tribe if we didn't participate despite Beast Sovereign's successor getting severely injured.
She thought internally with a fake smile on her face on the exterior.
The Blood Demon Lord was, however, jolted at this news.
He cupped his hands and welcomed her. "The Zhuji Tribe is indeed great. I knew they would go after the culprit who harmed their kin."
"Hahaha, how can my Baihu tribe be left behind?" The Baihu tribe patriarch announced. "We warriors never back down from a fight!"
They all knew that it would be them who would have to fight themselves in this fight instead of sending king realm subordinates.
The others thus hesitated.
The Qing Long Tribe's patriarch, instead, had a different worry.
If I agree, I'll have to join the ninth prince's faction.
I'm already in the second prince's faction.
Maybe I should ask for his help on this matter.
The Yedu tribe patriarch: I belong to the First Prince's faction. I cannot go against him; he is backed by the Tang Tribe. I should stay silent.
The Mei Hua tribe and the Tian Jian tribe were neutral. They hadn't joined any prince's faction.
The Mei Hua Tribe's matriarch also decided to stay silent on the matter.
She didn't think it was worth the hassle to participate in this.
Similar was the attitude of the Tianlu tribe's patriarch. Though he had joined the second prince's faction, he didn't think it was necessary to participate.
After the Zhuji Tribe, no one else participated, disappointing Wang Ren further.
"Alright. I'll take my leave. Let's wait for the ninth prince to respond before we discuss any further on this matter." The Qinglong Tribe's patriarch suggested. He cupped his hands and took his leave.
Similarly, all the other tribe heads announced their leave, leaving only Wang Ren sighing tiredly.
The Blood Demon Lord fixed his gaze far to the sky and mumbled anxiously, "Qin Feng, hurry up..."
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