The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3210 Speak Your Mind

In particular, the four martial artists were drawn from various families. Not to mention the one from the Qian family, everything was handled by Qian Ying. So the death of the martial artist inevitably made the other martial artists from the Qian family feel sad, as if they were sharing a sense of sympathy for each other.

There was another person from the Zhou family. Since Zhou Zixing was also there, Zhou Ke couldn't ask him anything, but he still wanted to find out how this person died. After all, the Zhou family was already small, and now that another person had died, there were only five people left. If they continued to die, there would really be no one left.

Meanwhile, Ma Xianglong and Han Chengwen from the Ma and Han families were also waiting for Qian Ying's answer, wanting to find out exactly how their martial artists had died.

Perhaps they weren't actually dead warriors, but rather wanted to find out the enemy's true strength and how they killed their warriors, so they could make better choices when encountering enemies again.

They were also wondering why, since Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing were leading the team, their own warriors had died after encountering the enemy. But why were the two elders unharmed? What was the problem?
Of course, none of them would ask this question directly. After all, asking it might incur the wrath of Elders Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing, so they dared not probe. However, they could still ask about the deaths of the deceased martial artists, how the enemy attacked, and the enemy's strength.

After all, it's understandable that they care about their own martial artists and want to know how they died. Even the two Innate Elders, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing, can't simply deny it and leave them with nothing, just brushing it off like that.

Because of this, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing, seeing the probing gazes around them, understood that if this matter wasn't clarified, it could indeed lead to unpredictable consequences.

If they don't speak out, the other martial artists might be afraid of Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing's identities and dare not say anything to their faces, but they will talk about it behind their backs, and then the morale of the whole team will naturally fall apart.

Qian Ying sighed inwardly. It seemed he was the one who had to handle this matter. After all, he was the head of the team, while Zhou Zixing was merely his deputy.

Although it was somewhat unpleasant to be toyed with by that enemy lurking in the shadows this time, things still need to be said, otherwise, once people's hearts are scattered, there really won't be a way to bring them back together.

Previously, Qian Ying had described the situation of encountering the enemy, but did not mention how several people died. Now, the focus should be on how the four martial artists died and what the enemy was like.

They might be facing a monster.

Everyone's face turned pale, and they were all wondering what they should do if they encountered such a monster.
Run? That's impossible. Even if he could run, didn't he hear what Elder Qian just said? That black shadow was incredibly fast. When it killed two martial artists, Qian Wantong witnessed it with his own eyes. They were wiped out by the black shadow without him even having a chance to react.

Then tell me, how are you going to run? Can you outrun the enemy?

So, let's just listen to what Elder Qian has to say first!

Sigh, coming to this place was a complete mistake. Who the hell knew that finding a treasure would cost me my life? Despite all the internal grumbling, his expression remained calm and unchanged. It seems this group of people are all cunning old foxes. Yes, including Ouyang Nan, that woman—they're all seasoned veterans.

Qian Ying scanned the crowd, unable to discern any expression on their faces, but she could tell from their subtle movements that they were not as calm as they appeared.

"There are two things I've called you all here for. One of them is how to deal with the shadowy figure lurking in the dark."

Everyone nodded in agreement, indicating that they were listening attentively.

Qian Ying glanced at Zhou Zixing and noticed that the old fox's eyes were half-closed, seemingly indifferent to everything around him. However, he knew that the old guy was waiting for him to speak, since he would be dealing with the shadowy figure with him later.

He glanced at everyone, who were all listening intently, and then spoke again: "Two things. First, we only have about forty people left, so we can't form teams according to each family anymore. Instead, we need to gather everyone into one team to facilitate our future operations. If we continue to complete tasks according to each family, our strength will be too scattered, and we might be defeated one by one by the enemy. It's better for everyone to cooperate and work together towards a common goal. This is also a form of resource integration. If we find any treasures, we can share the spoils according to our contribution."

Qian Ying glanced at everyone's expressions and continued, "Do any of you have any objections to what I just said? If so, please raise them now, and we'll discuss how to resolve the issue."

Upon hearing Qian Ying's words, everyone felt a pang of resentment. After all, there's a saying: "Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!"

But now Elder Qian wants to take away their rights, combine all the martial artists into one team, and then give them unified command. In this way, they will no longer have family team management or any rights.

It's one thing to lose the right to manage the team, but if Qian Ying takes away their own martial artists, who can guarantee that the surrounding innate elders won't make their own martial artists fill the hole?
Even if I were to be added to this team, would Elder Qian have to fill the hole for me?
Thinking about it this way, no one was really willing. Ouyang Nan was no exception. Her own niece was in the group; she was the acting patriarch of the Ouyang family. How could they let Qian Ying, this old man, take command?
Hmph, don't even think about it!
Damn it, this old man is definitely trying to use his own martial artists to face the danger, but he'll let the Qian family's martial artists save their lives!

However, when Ouyang Nan saw that the other martial artists were all silent and looking down at their feet, he knew that none of them wanted to step forward.

These guys are damn damn bad, they didn't even say a word, you old foxes!
"You have no objections? If you have no objections, then..."

"Elder Qian, I have some objections." Ouyang Nan didn't wait for these guys to step forward and say they were leaving; if she didn't speak up now, she might not have the chance. These people didn't want to offend a master of the Innate Realm, but she dared to.

After all, this matter concerns her niece, and she had previously had conflicts with Qian Ying and the others, so she had no choice but to step forward.

Qian Ying's face darkened. He knew this woman would step forward, but there was nothing he could do. She had just said that if he had any thoughts, he could speak up.