Chapter 274: Drawing the Sword (Part 2)

"Move aside!" Grant, leading Gao De and Catherine, pushes through the surrounding crowd and walks in.

Only then does Gao De see the specific situation on the scene.

In front of the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong blooming with divine light, Su Su Su Nai Fa looks with a face as cold as frost at an old man with a tall figure and deep-set eye sockets.

This should be Tang Nade, the Great Elder of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

Tang Nade is still a short distance away from the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, facing Su Su Su Nai Fa's cold gaze, with a smile still on his face, as if nothing had happened.

On the branches of the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong stands little Fu Luo La, looking down from above with a gaze full of vigilance.

She looks like a stray cat chased onto a roof beam.

"Magic User!"

Fu Luo La sees Gao De squeezing in from the outside and immediately makes a sound with an upward tone.

Just like a bullied little girl seeing her father who finally rushed over.

Fu Luo La looks at Gao De on the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong tree, and the vigilance in her eyes has turned into joy at this moment.

Although there is the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong protecting Fu Luo La, and although Su Su Su Nai Fa has already rushed over first.

But none of these made Fu Luo La let down her vigilance and guard, until Gao De arrived, and she finally felt relieved.

But the fact is that the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong can protect her, and Su Su Su Nai Fa can take down Tang Nade, but only Gao De can do nothing.

In front of Tang Nade and the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, he is too weak.

Gao De frowns and looks around, and faces with different expressions emerge in his eyes.

There are those watching the show, those watching coldly, those worried, and those who are also angry; everyone's thoughts are different.

The elders present are ultimately mostly reformists, but there are also a few conservative elders.

It was these few "conservative" elders who realized something was wrong the moment Tang Nade appeared and had someone notify Su Su Su Nai Fa.

But in fact, it was too late; if it weren't for the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong showing its miraculousness, Fu Luo La would have already fallen into Tang Nade's hands by now.

Finally, Gao De's gaze falls on Tang Nade and Su Su Su Nai Fa.

"War Mother."

He takes a deep breath, stabilizes the emotions in his heart, and repeats what Fu Luo La said earlier: "Fu Luo La was invited by you to supervise the work; she is a guest. The Great Elder of the tribe wants to catch her now; this is a rude act, and you should certainly not forgive him."

Su Su Su Nai Fa nods to Gao De with an apologetic face.

"Great Elder, taking action against the guest I invited is indeed rude." She says coldly, with anger in her tone.

This is equivalent to slapping her in the face.

"War Mother, don't blame me." Tang Nade's face shows no sign of panic. He salutes Su Su Su Nai Fa, then chuckles, seemingly not worried about Su Su Su Nai Fa's dissatisfaction, and explains unhurriedly:

"I heard that you, War Mother, invited outsiders to 'see a doctor' for the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, and finally concluded that the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong is about to advance, and needs outsiders to help the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong advance."

"The Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong is our tribe's guardian tree, and it is of great importance. If it really advances successfully, I will naturally be happy."

"But they are outsiders after all. If they have evil intentions and cause something to happen to the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, that would be a great sin."

"As the Great Elder of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, I naturally cannot do nothing, so I came over specifically to see the situation."

"As for taking action against the guest you invited, that is purely a misunderstanding. I just wanted to talk to her and see if she really has this ability."

"But she seems to be very repulsed by me and has been hiding from me. In my anxiety, my movements were a bit big, and it became that I wanted to take action against her. In fact, this was not my original intention."

Tang Nade beautified his behavior as being out of consideration for the tribe's interests in a few words, even though everyone knows this is just his excuse.

But so what? As long as there is a step down, it's fine.

"My actions were indeed a bit too barbaric and rude, and it was disrespectful to you, War Mother. I admit this point and am willing to be punished."

Tang Nade's voice is low and sincere, making a posture of repentance, as if he is really reflecting on his mistakes, but a flash of cunning crosses his eyes.

The next moment, Tang Nade narrows his eyes, his gaze sweeps sharply toward Fu Luo La who is still on the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, and his tone suddenly becomes severe and angry: "However, my worry has indeed come true!"

He suddenly raises his hand to point at the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, his voice full of indignation:

"Since its birth, the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong has grown in our tribe's core spiritual land, cared for and worshipped by our tribe members for generations, and is our tribe's guardian tree. But just now, the guardian tree actually helped outsiders to deal with me!"

"I am the Great Elder of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, and it is like this; what about others?" Tang Nade's voice echoes, causing everyone to look sideways, and his expression becomes more and more serious.

"War Mother, those who are not of our tribe must have different hearts. The guardian tree is so important; how can outsiders easily contact it? Now the guardian tree does not know what evil trick this little thing has cast, and no longer protects our tribe. The situation has reached an urgent point."

"Compared to the punishment for my rude behavior, the more important thing now should be to take down these two outsiders."

"Otherwise, if it goes on like this, even if the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong advances successfully, it will be meaningless."

"A guardian tree that no longer protects the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, no matter how high its rank is, what is the use?" His tone becomes more urgent.

After these words, everyone's face changes slightly.

Even the conservative elders who were also angry at the beginning fall into thought.

Because what Tang Nade said does indeed make sense.

The Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong has been the guardian tree of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe since ancient times. What Tang Nade did just now was indeed wrong, but this should not be the reason for the guardian tree to help outsiders deal with the Great Elder. Because Tang Nade did wrong, it helped outsiders; what kind of guardian tree is that? No matter what, the guardian tree should favor their Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

This is like a mother not disliking her child for being ugly; even if a mother dislikes her child in words, at the critical moment, she will definitely favor her own child. If not, then there is a big problem.

Even if they believe in Fu Luo La again and like Fu Luo La again, they cannot change the fact that Gao De and Fu Luo La are outsiders.

Tang Nade sees the reaction of the crowd and knows that his words have aroused the approval of the crowd.

Even Gao De has to admire Tang Nade's quick reaction; in this situation, he actually reversed the situation in a few words.

"War Mother, although the Great Elder's behavior was a bit rude, he was ultimately acting impulsively out of concern for the interests of the hundreds of thousands of tribe members. We should not pursue the Great Elder's mistakes now, but should attach importance to what the Great Elder said."

At this time, a reformist elder stood out, first saluted the War Mother, and then expressed his opinion.

Other reformist elders present also nodded one after another, expressing agreement.

Su Su Su Nai Fa, who carries an ice bow, looks at Tang Nade expressionlessly. "Fu Luo La diagnosed the problem of the guardian tree and helped it advance. Although she is not a member of our tribe, for the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, Fu Luo La is one of our own."

"Fu Luo La encountered danger, and the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, out of instinct, took action to protect her, which is naturally reasonable, not the evil trick the Great Elder said."

"Besides, the tree knows how to be grateful; the Great Elder was born as a human, how can he be worse than a tree?" Su Su Su Nai Fa's eyes are cold at this time.

In a few words, she pulled the situation back again.

"If the guardian tree advances successfully, I will definitely be very grateful to them; I am just worried about these outsiders." Being topped by Su Su Su Nai Fa, Tang Nade hurriedly laughed it off.

"I don't care what you are for; since you took action against the guest I invited behind my back, it is disrespectful to me and should be punished." Su Su Su Nai Fa did not let Tang Nade go.

"It was my fault first; I am willing to punish myself by being confined in the Ice Prison Cliff for half a year." Tang Nade, at this time, no longer absolved himself, but immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Not enough." In front of everyone, Su Su Su Nai Fa said coldly.

"War Mother, the Great Elder was at fault first, but he is willing to punish himself by being confined for half a year. Giving the Great Elder such a heavy punishment for an outsider of unknown origin... is a bit too harsh!" A reformist elder stood out to speak for Tang Nade.

"War Mother, the Great Elder was at fault, but he does not deserve this!"

"War Mother, the Great Elder is an old man of the tribe and has made countless contributions to the tribe over the years. If you treat the Great Elder like this for an outsider, it will make many people in the tribe feel cold!" "Yes, the Great Elder's self-punishment of half a year of confinement is enough. At worst, give them some compensation. Otherwise, it might cause opinions from other old people in the tribe and affect the unity of the tribe."

"With the Great Elder's status, even if he is to be punished, it should be decided by everyone together."

For a time, "public indignation" arose, and elders stood out one after another to speak for the Great Elder.

The Great Elder himself did not express his opinion, just watched this scene calmly—in fact, he did not stop these people from speaking, which was expressing his attitude.

Gao De watched this scene quietly.

In fact, the scene before him is a microcosm of the struggle between Su Su Su Nai Fa and Tang Nade over the years.

Everyone's awe of Su Su Su Nai Fa is true, but there are still many people standing on Tang Nade's side.

"Take the Great Elder to the Ice Prison Cliff first, and then I will convene a council of elders to discuss and resolve today's matter." Facing the public opinion, Su Su Su Nai Fa said slowly.

"Don't worry, this matter will not end like this; I will give Tang Nade enough punishment and give you an explanation." At the same time, Su Su Su Nai Fa's cold voice rang in Gao De's mind.

This is a guarantee given to him alone using 【Message Spell】.

Gao De did not say anything, and he could not say anything.

On someone else's territory, he is still just a first-circle magic user. For someone of Su Su Su Nai Fa's status to be willing to give him such a promise in the face of public opinion is already Su Su Su Nai Fa being "loyal" enough.

If it were other leaders, they wouldn't even care about his feelings at all.

He is grateful that Su Su Su Nai Fa is willing to stand up for him.

But one thing is one thing; he is dissatisfied with the solution given by Su Su Su Nai Fa.

"Lady Fu Luo La, come down." Gao De came to the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong tree, looked up at the little person, and patted his left shoulder.

Fu Luo La heard this, flapped her little wings without hesitation, jumped down from the Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong branch, and landed lightly on Gao De's shoulder.

"Magic User~"

"Let's go home."

"Okay~"

Gao De swept his eyes over the elders present, said nothing, and left silently with Fu Luo La.

Catherine followed silently.

Grant looked left and right, finally slapped his thigh hard, sighed "Alas," and then chased after Gao De who had already walked a distance.

"Lady Fu Luo La has been wronged."

"Not wronged."

"Someone bullied Lady Fu Luo La."

"There is a tree protecting Lady Fu Luo La~"

Fu Luo La's tone is very natural, as if she hadn't just encountered a huge danger and been wronged—if there were no Enduring Zhenbing Bingyu Wutong, Fu Luo La would have already fallen into Tang Nade's clutches by now.

Gao De looks at Fu Luo La with apologetic eyes.

How could she not be wronged? "That old man is stupid; he also wanted to lie to Lady Fu Luo La, but Lady Fu Luo La saw through it at once."

"How so?"

"He said you sold Lady Fu Luo La to him."

"That's impossible."

"Yes, that's impossible, so he couldn't lie to Lady Fu Luo La."

"Lady Fu Luo La has a wise heart."

"Of course!"

Gao De looks down at Fu Luo La on his shoulder.

The little person is also proudly raising her head at this moment.

The former's eyes are complex, the latter's gaze is clear.

"What if there were no tree to protect Lady Fu Luo La?" He asked.

"Fortunately, there is a tree~"

"What if there weren't?"

"But there is~"

"If there were no tree, Lady Fu Luo La would have been caught by that old man." Gao De gave the answer himself.

"What would happen after being caught?" Fu Luo La tilted her head and asked curiously.

"I could cancel the spell and take Lady Fu Luo La back, but it would be a grievance for Lady Fu Luo La to stay in the small dark room for a while."

"It's okay, the magic user is to save Lady Fu Luo La, Lady Fu Luo La will not hold a grudge."

"But, what if he hurt Lady Fu Luo La before I knew she was caught?" Gao De asked again.

"Oh, what then?"

Gao De thought for a long time and gave the final answer: "There is no way."

He is too weak and does not have enough status. Even if Fu Luo La were hurt, he could not do anything.

This answer made Gao De fall into silence.

Because being bullied because of weakness, there is nothing to say, and he admits it, so he will wait until he is strong enough to fight back.

But because of weakness, causing the people around him to be bullied, this feeling is fatal.

In the silence, Gao De suddenly felt his neck tighten.

Looking down, it turned out that Fu Luo La was pulling his collar.

"Hmm~ it's okay." Seeing Gao De look over, Fu Luo La opened her eyes wide and said.

"Gao De, don't blame the War Mother; the War Mother is not easy either." Just then, Grant finally caught up.

He didn't know that Su Su Su Nai Fa had sent a message to Gao De alone and made a guarantee, so he was afraid that Gao De would be disappointed and dissatisfied, so he specifically chased after him to speak for Su Su Su Nai Fa, and also to soothe Gao De's emotions.

"I know."

"In order to avoid the division of the tribe and avoid affecting unity, the War Mother cannot make decisions alone on many things, especially matters involving the Great Elder..." Grant is still explaining.

"I know," Gao De nods, interrupting Elder Grant's words, and points to Fu Luo La, "However, she works for you and should not be bullied."

"That is so..." Elder Grant was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, they have walked to the magnificent square with dozens of ice crystal pillars.

"I need justice," Gao De looks up at the Enduring Zhenbing Sword on the high platform and finally makes a decision, "If you don't give it, I will find a way to get it myself."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 275 =====