Chapter Forty-Seven: Relying on the Middle
All the Jianmu Spirits were silent for a while, and although Elder Lan Mao proposed this method to temporarily ensure the survival of the Jianmu Essence Clan, what about after this time? In the future, if the protection of the Jianmu Forest is lost, where will the weak Jianmu Clan be entrusted? You must know that in the wilderness of the cultivation world, there are all kinds of monsters, spirits, and even other creatures living there. Compared to those creatures, the Jianmu clan was very weak in terms of numbers and even magical powers, spells, etc., and it was absolutely difficult for them to survive in the wilderness.
After Elder Lan Mao proposed this construction, he seemed to have thought of this layer as well, and he touched his nose and stopped talking, this method would definitely not work. Just when the discussion of the Jianmu clan reached an impasse, the three fawns of Chiding, Chijie and Chihui were also around, although they could not fully understand the conversation of the Jianmu clan, but looking at the hesitant expressions on the faces of the elders, the three fawns could also guess one or two. Chi Ding and Chi Xie hurriedly ran to the unconscious Chi Ling, and Yo You screamed, looking anxious and sad. And Chi Hui ran to Lan Qi's side, bit the corner of Lan Qi's clothes, and dragged it vigorously.
When the spirits of the building wood heard the cries of Chiding and Chijie, they were all a little embarrassed. And how could Lan Qi not understand what Chi Hui meant, she squatted down and gently stroked Chi Hui's neck, smiled at him, and then got up and said to Lan Mu: "Patriarch, are we Jianmu clan working together, as if we are a Jianmu spirit?" Lan Qi is not called Lan Mu's father but the patriarch.
Lan Mu heard the meaning of his daughter's words, and seemed to have heard the words he wanted to hear, and his eyes lit up. His face was silent, but he said in a deep voice: "Of course, our Jianmu clan is the most united. Lanki, what do you mean by that? Say what you want to say so we can all listen to it?"
Lan Qi saw the gaze in his father's eyes clearly, nodded with some understanding, turned to Lan Mu and the elders and saluted: "Patriarch, elders, Lan Qi is a junior, since he was a child. I was exposed to the teachings of my elders. I know that our Jianmu family attaches great importance to love and righteousness, friendship and mutual assistance. If something happens to one of the Wood Builders, the other Wood Spirits will definitely not just stand on the sidelines and watch, but will definitely go over to help him. Ranki thought to herself. This may be the reason why our clan can be under the impact of mountain rats again and again. It's still surviving. Because we are united in our family. The love is deep and righteous, and the entire Jianmu clan is like a Jianmu spirit!"
As soon as Lan Qi said this, the elders present almost understood what she wanted to say. But Lan Qi's words were reasonable, most of the elders who supported the treatment of Chi Ling nodded frequently, even the elders who opposed the treatment of Chi Ling had nothing to say, just waiting to continue to listen to Lan Qi's next words.
Seeing that there was no elder to stop the rebuttal, Lan Qi paused and said in a firmer tone: "In the past, Brother Chiling saved our Jianmu clan, and he was able to avoid danger, but he also risked his life. This kind of action is exactly the same as what we people in the Jianmu clan can do when they see that the people are in need of help, and it is because of this that we have never forbade the cultivator and other living beings to allow him to enter the Jianmu Forest. Because of what he did, he was able to gain the approval of our Jianmu clan's people, and all the clansmen were as if he was also a part of our Jianmu clan, and there was no difference because he was a Red Flame Leopard Demon. ”
Speaking of this, Lan Qi's gaze swept over the faces of every elder, and all the elders showed a look of memory in their eyes, remembering how Chi Ling had saved the Jianmu clan in the first place, and Lan Mu even looked at his daughter with approval. At this point, Lan Qi's tone changed, becoming more solemn, and said: "Since Brother Chiling was able to sacrifice his life to save our Jianmu clan at the beginning, then can't our Jianmu clan sacrifice his life to save him now? If we abandon Brother Chi Ling, who is in urgent need of help, because we are afraid of possible dangers in the future, then why did Brother Chi Ling save our Jianmu clan in the first place?"
Lan Qi's tone was steady and stern, but there was no sense of persecution, but it made all the elders present have to think carefully about her words. Especially when Lan Qi's last rhetorical question came out, all the elders present were shocked, and their eyes showed admiration for Lan Qi, and many elders who advocated not helping Chi Ling showed ashamed looks. Lan Mu also looked at his daughter with a look of surprise, and secretly said in his heart, his daughter has indeed grown up!
And Lan Qi showed a smile at this time, in front of the elders, the look in the smile was a little embarrassed, saluted to the elders again, and then walked in front of Lan Mu, and said: "Lan Qi is a junior, he shouldn't have said these words, especially in front of the patriarch and the elders, it is really rude, but all the words Lan Qi said just now are Lan Qi's true thoughts, if there is anything offensive and disrespectful to the elders, please ask the patriarch to punish him." ”
Lan Mushang hadn't spoken yet, at this time, the elder who had just said that the Jianmu clan owed Chi Ling another favor sighed deeply, walked to the front and said, "Although Lan Qi is a junior, her knowledge far surpasses mine, which makes me admire it very much. Just now I was old and confused, so I said such shameless words, which almost disgraced the Jianmu clan, it was my mistake, I am no longer worthy of being an elder of the Jianmu clan!"
As he spoke, the elder threw the Jianmu cane in his hand to the ground and apologized to Patriarch Lanmu. Among the Jianmu clan, only the elder is worthy of holding this kind of crutch, and the elder throws away the cane to indicate that he is no longer worthy of holding it.
Patriarch Lanmu hurriedly supported him, waved his hand to hold the Jianmu cane on the ground, and handed it back to the elder, saying, "You are also thinking about our Jianmu clan, this is not a fault. The elder hurriedly knelt down to Lan Mu to admit his mistake, but Lan Mu stopped him, and immediately grabbed his crutches and stepped aside, saying nothing more.
With this elder's actions, the other elders who still had some different ideas were embarrassed to speak again, and they all agreed to treat the red spirit. The three fawns all screamed happily and ran to Lan Qi's side to rub around, looking at Lan Qi with great gratitude.
Seeing that the elders had no objections, Elder Lan Mu walked to the middle at this time. "Lan Qi is right, not because she is my daughter, or because she said what I wanted to say. It's because her words say that our Jianmu clan is a Jianmu clan, so it's right. Our Jianmu family is born from Jianmu, just like Jianmu, rooted in the ground, straight up, standing up to the sky. Jianmu grows between heaven and earth, nourished by wind and rain, and knows how to protect one side. This is the sentiment of our Jianmu family.
Remember. Today, we are not just trying to repay the kindness of Chi Ling, but because we are doing what we should do. The Jianmu clan never asks what they do it for, they only ask themselves what they do it for. Just now, many elders did not support the treatment of the Red Spirit. It's for the sake of the Jianmu family. They weren't at fault. Nor is it a selfish idea. For the Jianmu clan to survive, they need to do what we feel we should do. ”
As soon as these words came out, the elders who had held opposing opinions all stretched their frowns. After unifying the opinions of all the elders. Lan Mu continued to discuss with them how to treat the red spirit, mainly in terms of harassment of mountain rats. After careful study, I found that there is no need to worry too much about this matter, first of all, there is a pattern for mountain rats to attack, basically once every three months, and then it takes a period of time to recuperate. It's only been two months since the last time he harassed Jianmu Forest, so there is at least another month to go, so I think there should be plenty of time.
Secondly, the matter of Chi Ling's coming to Jianmu Forest, even if the mountain rat knows about it, he will not know the purpose of his coming, as long as the spirit of Jianmu is properly restrained, it should be impossible to reveal this news. If those mountain rats didn't know the news, they would naturally not come to harass them, and the Jianmu Forest was protected by an enchantment, so there should be no other problems.
Take a step back and say, even if it is not a coincidence, the mountain rat demon came to attack, according to past experience, there are escorts, especially Lan Qian, who can definitely resist the attack of the mountain rat and rely on the enchantment of the building wood forest, there should be no damage, you must know that the previous battle with the mountain rat was not done with all his might, and every time there was some reservation. Therefore, it is necessary to order Lan Qian well, as long as the mountain rats come, let him mobilize the remaining Jianmu essence to fight with all his strength, and there should be no problem.
As for other concerns, such as whether there will be any sudden problems such as the intrusion of cultivators during this period, this is something that cannot be guarded against. But the chances of this happening are very small, and the Wood Spirits don't really care. So after some discussion, Lan Mu decided that Lan Qi and some other Jianmu elders would participate in the treatment, and then after finding Lan Qian and giving him careful advice, he began to work together under the auspices of Elder Lan Mao, and he began to treat Chi Ling by running the heart of Jianmu.
When Lan Mu and the others discussed this, Lan Yao was on the spot. Although she also wanted to participate in the rescue of Chi Ling, she did not participate because her mana was insufficient. Lan Yao was a little sullen at first, if he could personally participate in the rescue of Brother Chiling, when he was better, he would be able to coerce him to take him out of the Jianmu Forest to play, but now that his thoughts were empty, he was naturally extremely disappointed. But after thinking about it, without his father and sister by his side, wouldn't he be the biggest in Jianmu Forest, and who would dare to take care of himself? Thinking of this, he became a little proud, especially when he could tease Lan Qian to his heart's content, forcing him to say that he liked himself, which couldn't be more fun.
But Lan Yao's mind was once again in vain, since Lu Zhiyi came, Lan Qian was like he had fallen into some spell, running to him whenever he was free all day long, and he didn't care about himself at all. Lan Yao was very angry, she had a very bad temper in those days, and she went around bullying other Jianmu spirits and teasing them.
Lan Yao thought of this, seeing the blood stains left everywhere in the Jianmu Forest, tears welled up in her eyes, she wanted to bully those Jianmu Spirits again, but she was afraid that she would never be able to do it. At this time, suddenly, there was another squeak, the group of mountain rats seemed extremely excited, Lan Yao looked back to his senses, and he also screamed in his heart, only to see that the black cloak had pushed the invisible wall and had already walked to the door of the wooden house, and there was an indescribable tension in the air around him, as if the magic circle was about to be destroyed by him. And the black cloak also stopped, let out a loud roar, and the mana urged again, and was about to take another step forward, and the magic circle was broken in one breath!
At the critical moment, a building log suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the earth, making a loud noise, blocking the depression where the black cloak squeezed into the invisible wall. (To be continued......)