65 Devils cage 2 (2/2)

”Speak!”

”Ancestor Ah is out there looking for the culprit.” he hurriedly said. ”There was a survivor; Ah Fude. He was with your niece when it happened and was the only one who escaped. Someone! Call Ah Fude here!”

A little while later, Ah Fude was led out to meet them. From the look on his face, one could see that he was really scared.

”You are Ah Fude?” Elder Diye asked.

”Greetings, Elder Diye.” the elder looked at the slightly flustered boy and frowned.

”You are an outer sect disciple correct?” the elder asked.

”Yes.”

”Tell me about this person that killed my niece and you better think carefully about your words.” the elder warned.

”We heard of an etheric tree in the salt bed and adventured there. When we got there, some people had already arrived before us. We asked that they hand it to us, but they refused. Young master Didia led us to kill them all. It was easy, except for one. He did not seem at all interested in the fight nor bothered with it. He took all the fruit and when we attacked, he killed everyone. I only escaped because of the talisman the clan had given me.” Ah Fude explained.

”And this person killed my niece?” the elder asked.

”Yes. It was a massacre. He was too strong.”

”The clan went to kill him and he killed your clan head? How strong was he?” the elder turned to new clan head and asked.

”Ah fude and I were there when he killed the clan head. He was a spirit picking junior.” the new clan head said and the Tze sect frowned at his words.

”You said that you had banished the ancestor, yet you claim that he is out there looking for the culprit. Do you think me a fool?” Elder Diye said with a hair raising laugh.

”We could not fight him. I am ashamed to say that we refused to hunt him down. This boy could kill the clan head by just touching him. One of our elders felt the backlash of his technique and was brought back crippled. He started to rot while alive, so we had to kill him. We were too scared. A spirit picking junior that can do this, we are not his match.” the new clan head said and saw the look on Elder Diye's face and hurriedly continued.

”You have met Ancestor Ah before. He is not a rational person that can be reasoned with, so we banished him. It was all a plan to better the clan while getting our revenge. Ancestor Ah, who is the strongest of us all will be hunting him down. If he fails, the clan would be spared.”

”Am I supposed to be happy you used such despicable means to avenge my niece? You wish to be sparred? That will never happen!” Elder Diye said and took a threatening step forward.

”We respect you, Tze sect, but you must not break the laws of the demon lands.” the new clan head said tensely. It was taking all his strength to remain brave right now. The Tze sect were not happy with his words, but they could not go on a killing spree in the demon lands. The demon land treaty with the two clans and two alliances is clear. No power above grade two could enter the demon lands and establish dominance. Below the nine powers, there were nine grades and their Tze sect was a grade three power. They could not kill off an entire clan in the demon lands, they could only kill those who have done them wrong. The only way they could kill off the entire Ah clan was if they had all contributed to kill their sect members. Pinning such a crime on them was easy. After all, power is everything. But this was a bad time. Many powers were arriving the demon lands, awaiting their young geniuses to emerge from the astral roots with treasures.

Elder Diye scuffed and turned away. It matters not. They could come back after those powers have gone to kill their entire clan. The Ah clan members sighed a relieve as the Tze sect left. They all turned to their clan head in fear.

”Prepare to leave the demon lands.” he instructed and they all sighed in despair and dispersed. The clan head was suddenly surrounded by the elders, who looked as worried as he was.

”Are we really leaving?” one of them asked.

”We still have a hand to play. My grandson as well as most of yours, are in the great spill. They will enter the astral roots. If they come out with a treasure, we can offer it to powers greater or on par with the Tze sect in return for their protection.” he said and they all nodded in agreement.