Chapter 830: Holy Clan (2/2)

“Me too!”

Much of the tribe were gathered here in protest. Their reactions wouldn’t have been so pronounced if Shennong had wanted his younger brother to be the next chief, but the people had gotten to the bottom of this ‘Lie Shan’ during this time.

According to the former Ning villagers, this boy was a random wild thing they’d found in the woods! His background was completely unknown, to say nothing of being from the Yan bloodline!

Shennong trembled from anger. If it wasn’t for a few elders and the tribe priest holding him back, he would’ve already executed the troublemakers from earlier.

“Chief, I too think this matter requires more deliberation,” said the tribe priest. He was the most revered figure in the tribe after the chief, and the representative of the tribute spirit at the same time.

Qingyou’s eyes lit up when he saw the priest raise an objection as well. Even the chief couldn’t go against the priest when it came to many things.

“The chief of the Yan Tribe is the pillar and guardian of our people. How can we give that position to an unknown outsider?” The priest took a look at Jiang Ti.

The old village chief remained silent at a time like this. It wasn’t his place to speak. He’d been away for several decades, so his prestige in the tribe was long gone.

“i admit that Lie Shan has done a deed as great as the heavens for the tribe, and all of humanity, in identifying a hundred plants. But… we must still properly investigate his origins.” The priest’s tone softened when he met Shennong’s eyes. He too knew that Lie Shan’s contributions were too enormous for humanity. The tribute spirit could heal wounds and cure sickness, it could bring someone back from the dead and revive the injured, but there was only one of it. Only in providing for themselves was there a way forward for humans.

“Ai…” Shennong sighed. “I was hesitant too, but fully made up my mind when I saw Lie Shan just now. Tribe uncle, do you remember Holy Emperor Fuxi?”

“Fuxi??” The tribe priest—Shennong’s tribe uncle—gasped.

Fuxi wasn’t human, he was the son of the two connate gods—Leize and Huaxu—and an incredibly famous god beneath the heavens. He and Wahuang had protected humans in the darkest of times, saving them from floods and beasts, and defeating the connate demon gods that fed on humans.

The priests of the various human tribes first worshipped Heavenly Sovereign Fuxi, then worshipped Earthly Sovereign Wahuang, before finally worshipping the tribe’s tribute spirit.

“Do you mean that the young man has something to do with the holy emperor?” the priest shook his head.

“Yes, he has something to do with Holy Emperor Fuxi!” Shennong affirmed solemnly. “Though Fuxi isn’t human, he’s been protecting us all along. He takes in our race’s experts and has built a human sacred land. Those in there are our last hope, the holy clan of humanity!”

“Um…” The tribe looked at each other, finding this too much to believe.

“There’s a marvelous power around Lie Shan that protects him from outside disturbance! I once went to the sacred land to pay my respects to Holy Emperor Fuxi and witnessed the same power there!” Shennong delivered in ringing tones, “So I’m very certain that Lie Shan is from the holy clan!”

He’d just finished when a howl rang forth—Lu Yun had officially set foot into golden core realm.