Jiang Bao's enthusiasm made Jiang Xuan uncomfortable. The two were not that familiar with each other.
Before the life-and-death battle, the Jiang clan had nearly 2,000 direct descendants. Before the servants were dismissed, the 47 tribes had thousands of people arranged in the Jiang clan's earth city. The tribal earth city was also the "trade hub" of the hundred territories in this land, and the permanent population was actually as many as 4,000 to 5,000.
So even if they were from the same clan, there was a big gap in closeness.
"Jiang Bao, you must not be rude to the clan leader. You haven't paid homage to the clan leader yet, so why don't you pay homage?" Grandma Jinhua suddenly spoke in a very serious tone.
This made Jiang Bao, who was hugging Jiang Xuan enthusiastically, embarrassed for a moment. He was annoyed but didn't dare to show it. He quickly let go and took two steps back, kneeling on one knee and said: "Jiang Bao, pay homage to the clan leader!"
"Uncle Bao, please stand up." Jiang Xuan stepped forward and helped Jiang Bao.
"Alas!" Jiang Bao stood up and sighed, his face showing shame, "I am a coward! I was timid at that time! I didn't dare to go to the ring, I just wanted to survive, so I ran away... I am not a human! I don't deserve the title of tribal warrior!" "It's good that you are back." Jiang Xuan said, he was "talking official language"! Because they were not familiar with each other, Jiang Bao's return would not move him, nor would he despise him. After all, Jiang Xuan himself wanted to run away with his mother. "Jiang Bao!" Grandma Jinhua suddenly shouted, "Why did you come back?"
"I..." Jiang Bao turned around and looked at Grandma Jinhua, "I have been on the run for more than a year. I have been restless day and night. Every time I heard that another warrior of the tribe died in battle, I felt guilty. A few days ago, I heard about... I heard about Xiao Xuan's deeds. I, I can't stand it anymore! A 15-year-old child can stand on the ring and fight to the death for the tribe! I am a grown man! How can I live in disgrace? So I came back, I want to make up for my past mistakes! Even if I die, I want to die on the ring! Men of the Jiang clan! Can only die standing! Not kneeling to live!!"
These words are sincere and heartfelt, and they are even screamed out at the end, which is quite passionate.
"A Bao is great!"
"He is a real warrior!"
"Why, why, it's all over."
Some soft-hearted tribal women present are about to cry.
"Okay!" Grandma Jinhua still had no expression on her face, "Then you will fight in the first battle next month!"
"I will do it!" Jiang Bao readily agreed.
After some greetings and nonsense, Jiang Bao decided to go back to his original house to take a look. Grandma Jinhua asked everyone to go back to their jobs. Jiang Xuan also wanted to go back to the back mountain to practice, but Grandma Jinhua stopped him with a loving look on her face: "Xiao Xuan, don't leave yet. Grandma made glutinous rice cakes. Come, take them and eat them while you practice..."
After a while, there were only two people in the house.
"Xiao Xuan, be careful of Jiang Bao." Grandma Jinhua said with a serious face.
"Be careful of him?" Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows, "Grandma means..."
"A man who has been on the run for more than a year suddenly comes back to die. This is rare, but it is understandable." Grandma Jinhua said, "But he can obey you. I don't understand. He is older than you and has a higher realm than you. You were the last man in the tribe, but he came back and you are no longer. I asked him why he came back, and his answer was too good and perfect. Maybe he was sincere and emotional, but in my impression, he is not a person who can say so... In short, something is wrong!"
Jiang Xuan understood that Grandma Jinhua was just suspicious.
"Since you suspect him, why not..." Jiang Xuan also made a gesture.
You can detain him first and lock him up!
"Don't move!"
Granny Jinhua shook her head, "Your prestige is not enough! And he is also a man, and a stronger man than you! You just saw how the women in the tribe treat him when he just came back. You saved the tribe before, so you are the tribe leader now, and no one disobeys you, but if Jiang Bao is arrested when he just comes back, he is in the Xiantian realm, which may directly split the tribe... Your mother is not here, and those Xiantian female warriors may not support you!"
Jiang Xuan listened thoughtfully.
Speaking of which, he has no experience in tribal management.
But he can also understand the significance of men to the tribe! Only men are allowed to play in life-and-death battles, and life-and-death battles determine that men are always the first priority for the survival of the tribe! This has been the case for tens of thousands of years!
Some concepts have been integrated into the bones.
Although Jiang Bao left, he did not do anything that harmed the tribe. It was acceptable for him to leave, so when he came back, he would immediately have a very high status, which was also related to the fact that there were really no men in the tribe.
Granny Jinhua is highly respected.
But compared with Jiang Bao, if Jiang Bao didn't have the stain of escaping, he could immediately command the whole clan, and Grandma Jinhua would have to retreat.
"Be careful, as long as you don't stay alone with Jiang Bao, it should be fine!" Grandma Jinhua said to Jiang Xuan, "I will arrange someone to keep an eye on Jiang Bao!"
"I understand." Jiang Xuan nodded.
...
Back in front of the sound transmission stone in the back mountain, Jiang Xuan began to practice sword.
An hour later, Jiang Qinghong came to bring food to Jiang Xuan. While eating with Jiang Xuan, Jiang Qinghong mentioned that Jiang Bao had asked her: "Xiao Xuan, Uncle Bao asked me to tell you that I want to have dinner and drink with you tonight, and I want to invite a few more people to have a good gathering. It seems that he has also invited Grandma Jinhua."
"Have you invited them all?" Jiang Xuan looked at Jiang Qinghong, paused and said: "Let's talk about it tonight. If I don't go, I will tell Sister Huanzhu..."
"Well, okay." Jiang Qinghong nodded, and suddenly she reached out and touched the corner of Jiang Xuan's mouth. There were rice grains on it. She also showed it to Jiang Xuan to let Jiang Xuan know what she had done.
Just as she was about to shake it off, Jiang Xuan lowered his head and ate the rice grains on Jiang Qinghong's fingertips.
"Don't waste it." Jiang Xuan said, and then took a bite of the animal leg.
"Well, don't waste it." Jiang Qinghong also said, as if nothing had happened.
After dinner, Jiang Qinghong packed up the lunch box and left.
Jiang Xuan continued to practice sword.
Only half an hour later, a ethereal voice suddenly came out of the sound transmission stone: "Little guy, have you mastered the Thousand Silk Secret Art?"
"Yes!" Jiang Xuan stopped and said, "Thank you for teaching me, this Thousand Silk Secret Art is really powerful. It's amazing to have mastered it just now!"
"It's good that you have mastered it." Qian Huanglian said, "Then you continue to practice the sword, I also want to..." It seems that they just chatted casually, and she also has something to do.
"Senior, wait a minute, I have something." Jiang Xuan said.
"What? Tell me!" The ethereal voice said.
"It's like this, there is a tribesman named Jiang Bao in our tribe, more than a year ago..." Jiang Xuan was talking.
"I remember that day you told me that he escaped from the tribe, right?" The ethereal voice interrupted.
"Yes, senior has a good memory." Jiang Xuanlian said, "Then, he came back today and said..." Jiang Xuan began to narrate the situation in full, including the fact that Grandma Jinhua suspected Jiang Bao later, and Jiang Bao invited him to dinner in the evening.
"So I'm not sure, Jiang Bao is going to..." Jiang Xuan said at last.
"He wants to kill you." Piaomiao said directly.
"Ah?" Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment.
"He must have been bribed by the Shentu tribe."
"This..." Jiang Xuan looked a little confused.
"You don't believe it?" Piaomiao asked.
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just... Senior, how do you know? So sure? Did you guess it?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"If you see more of this kind of thing, you will easily find his flaws. From the first time he saw you, he tried his best to gain your trust and wanted to get rid of his suspicion. For him, coming back is to die. There are people who die calmly, but he is obviously not! He is very eager to make an appointment with you immediately, but he dare not make an appointment with you alone, for fear that you will be suspicious. It is estimated that he will meet you alone before tomorrow morning at the latest and attack you... Do you understand?" Piaomiao said.
Understand? How can I understand!
Jiang Xuan felt that what Senior Qishi said was too specious. How could he come to a conclusion?
"Senior, you are not lying to me, are you? You are so strong... Do you know some method to deduce the secrets of heaven? You directly deduced that he wanted to harm me, right? Although this method is very outrageous and should not exist, you are also unfathomable..." Jiang Xuan asked.
"How could there be such a method..." Piaomiao denied.
But he didn't know if it was an illusion, Jiang Xuan felt that the other party's words were not true.
He couldn't judge how Senior Qishi knew that Jiang Bao wanted to kill him, but he believed that since Senior Qishi dared to say it, it should not be wrong.
"Senior, what do you think I should do?" Jiang Xuan asked humbly. He knew very well that it was his luck to learn how to deal with various situations from Senior Qishi.
"What realm is Jiang Bao?" Piaomiao asked.
"In the early stage of innateness, it should not be the middle stage of innateness." Jiang Xuan said.
"Then he can't beat you!" Piaomiao voice said, "Before you practiced the breathing method, although you were half a step into the innate realm, you were strong in the "Black Mystical Art", so you could already fight against the early innate realm! And you have recently practiced the "Ruyi Breathing Method" and started practicing the ninth style of the "Chasing Wind Blade", and even the secret technique "Thousand Silk Secret Technique". You may be able to fight against the middle innate realm. It's easy for you to kill Jiang Bao."
"So..." Jiang Xuan hesitated and said, "I will kill him now? Kill him directly?"
"No!" Piaomiao voice said, "Didn't he invite you and everyone to dinner? And Grandma Jinhua of your clan said that you don't have enough prestige, so you should kill him at night, in public! The more people see it, the better! Expose him! Kill him in a grand manner! Kill him to establish your prestige! Do you understand?"
"Understand...understand!" Jiang Xuan nodded in understanding.
In a blink of an eye.
It was night.