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Lin Qing felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him. The sun, which had been blazing high in the sky, suddenly changed color; the sun had vanished, leaving only the pitch-black night sky.
There was no time to look around; he was just too sleepy. The drowsiness overwhelmed Lin Qing.
Too lazy to care about anything else, Lin Qing leaned against an ancient tree and drifted off to sleep.
"What are we going to do! Erzhuang and the others went out hunting and none of them have come back. It's been three days already," the old clan chief sighed, leaning on his cane.
"Chief Mu, we don't have much food left. We can only last until tomorrow at most," said an elder beside him.
"What can we do? Erzhuang and the others are already the fourth batch to go out. The oldest of them is only thirteen years old! It's truly a tragedy for Kimura!" A clan elder with a missing arm looked up at the sky and wept.
"It's all that damned Bei Village's fault. They stole the egg of that demonic bird, and in order to escape, they actually threw one of the demonic bird eggs into our hunting party."
“My good-for-nothing son, Mu Feng, shot him with an arrow, and now the demonic bird has set its sights on our Kimura. Whenever any of us go out hunting, we will surely face retaliation.”
The old patriarch's life force had already declined, and he had long since fallen from the Blood Transformation Realm. Otherwise, he would have risked his old life to suppress and kill that demonic bird.
"Clan leader, don't say that. If it weren't for Mu Feng holding back the demonic bird, Da Zhuang and the others probably wouldn't have made it back. It's a pity they still died under the demonic bird's claws," the one-armed elder comforted him.
“Mu Feng is now paralyzed in bed, and Er Zhuang and the others are also in grave danger. It seems that we old folks will have to take action.” Another elder wiped a worn-out longsword.
“Now Kimura only has some women, children, and the elderly left. The only ones who can fight are the three of us. What will happen to them if we die?” The one-armed elder shook his head and said.
"Damn it, damn it, if only our sacrificial spirit hadn't died, Lord Ling Teng!" The clan elder sheathed his longsword and sighed.
"Let's wait a bit longer. If Erzhuang and the others haven't returned by tomorrow, we'll make some plans." The old clan chief waved his hand, signaling the two to leave.
"If all else fails, consider my suggestion," the one-armed elder said before walking out of the wooden house.
Kimura is located in the vast mountains, surrounded by towering peaks and deep valleys, with majestic mountains stretching as far as the eye can see.
Kimura's spirit is a sacred vine that has protected the village for hundreds of years. Although their village isn't very prosperous, it still has over two hundred members.
But everything changed three years ago when their spirit master died of old age. For a whole month, they couldn't find a new spirit master to protect them.
Ultimately, their village rapidly declined, and within a month, 80% of their adult men had perished in battle.
Just as they were considering whether to join other villages, the old clan chief's son, Mu Feng, found a human-shaped wooden sculpture inside an ancient tree.
This wooden carving could actually make ferocious beasts and poisonous insects retreat. Mu Feng was immediately amazed when he saw it and then dragged it back to Mu Village.
From then on, this wooden carving became the guardian of Kimura. Although it was not a sacred spirit, in their eyes, this wooden carving was a sacred spirit that could protect them.
And so, the village finally survived in the mountains. However, having lost 80% of its fighting strength, the village's decline was inevitable.
Three years later, after finally recovering some strength, they were tricked by the Wolf Village and fell to the bottom. Apart from the old clan chief and two elders, only some old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant villagers were left.
Even Mu Feng, the only one to have entered the Blood Transformation Realm, ended up paralyzed from head to toe.
The next day, the entire village, including the bedridden Mu Feng, sat at the village entrance, waiting for Er Zhuang and the others to return.
Now, there are only thirty people left in the entire Kimura village. In the previous batch, even some strong women went out hunting with bows and arrows, but unfortunately, none of them came back.
The fourth group of Erzhuang and his companions were not fearless, but if they didn't go hunting, their village would be destroyed by food problems without even needing the demonic birds to lift a finger.
Time passed slowly, and the night gradually darkened. Just then, a bird's cry rang out, followed by a gust of wind sweeping in from the sky.
Then, a figure fell from the sky and landed on a pile of thatched roof in the village.
The demonic bird circled in the sky for a moment, then, not daring to linger, it departed.
"It's Erzhuang, it's Erzhuang." Several women carried the fallen figure down.
"Pfft! It's all my fault, they're all dead, the demonic birds ate them all, ate them all!" After saying that, Erzhuang fainted.
"Alas, it seems this demonic bird is putting on a show of defiance. Go and bandage Erzhuang; if he hadn't landed on the haystack, he would likely be in grave danger," the old clan chief instructed.
Afterwards, everyone returned to the wooden house with heavy hearts, while the three old clan chiefs carried the wooden seal into the old clan chief's wooden house.
"Chieftain, tell us when we should make our move. We must kill that demonic bird, even if it costs us our lives." The elder with the longsword said angrily.
Mu Feng glanced at it but didn't say anything. He was just a cripple now, and he didn't want to talk, nor did he know how to say it.
"Chieftain, whatever you say goes. I support you." The one-armed elder looked at the chieftain, awaiting his answer.
“Let’s go to Stone Village! Let’s carry the sacrificial spirit there.” The clan chief shook his head and sighed.
"Are we really going to Stone Village?" The elder of the Long Knife Clan asked, his hands trembling.
Upon hearing this, Mu Feng secretly turned his head away, unable to bear looking at his father.
"This is our only way out. We have no fighting power, and we don't know if they will accept us and take the sacrificial spirit with us. We just hope they can give our children a full meal!"
It wasn't hard to tell from the old patriarch's forlorn eyes that if it weren't for the children, he would have fought the demonic bird to the death.
"My life was saved by Chief Shi. Stone Village is different from those beasts like Wolf Village. They will definitely take us in," the one-armed old man said resolutely.
"Chief, you can take the children with you. We don't need to go. We just hope the children can survive."
Suddenly, the wooden house was pushed open, and some elderly women walked in.
“There are also a few pregnant girls, bring them along too. We old folks will just be a burden to you.”
The old clan chief looked at them, and tears streamed down his face.
Chapter 558 The Children
"Take care, all of you!" The old clan chief stood at the village entrance, tears streaming down his face.
"Go on, don't worry about us." Some old women, seriously ill, and even the paralyzed Mu Feng all smiled as they saw off the old clan chief and the others.
Although they all had bright smiles, anyone could tell that they were just putting on a brave face.
"Go!" the old patriarch ordered ruthlessly.
Immediately afterwards, three pregnant women, along with ten children all under the age of seven, followed behind the old clan chief.
The old clan chief led the way, followed by the children. Behind them, the elder with the long sword carried the sacrificial spirit in the middle, and finally, the elder with the one-armed arm brought up the rear.
Ishimura is dozens of miles away from Kimura. Although it is not far, the journey was still relatively slow because we were traveling with children.
The spirits protected them along the way, and all kinds of poisonous insects and ferocious beasts avoided them.
The vast mountain range is several miles away from Shicun.
A group of children were desperately fleeing through the mountains and forests, but what was chasing them was not a ferocious beast, but a bird of prey flying in the sky, a blue-scaled eagle.
"boom!"
Amidst the rumbling, towering trees snapped in droves, many of them massive trunks so thick that it would take more than a dozen people to encircle them. The Azure-Scaled Eagle swooped down, its iron wings shattering everything in its path, leaving the ground littered with branches and fallen leaves.
With a deafening bang, a huge boulder blocking the road was smashed apart, sparks flew, rocks scattered everywhere, and many stones weighing over a hundred pounds crashed down in all directions, breaking many large trees. The force of the attack was astonishing.
All the children felt a chill run down their spines. This Azure-Scaled Eagle was too powerful. If it weren't for that rock blocking their way, many of them might have been killed.
"The village is just ahead, let's go!" the children shouted.
"It's too late! It's too fast. We can't escape back to the village at all!" Pi Hou shouted, baring his teeth. He had just been grazed on the arm by a flying rock, tearing a large patch of skin and drawing blood.
"There's a deep cave here, let's go in and take shelter!" Little Shi Hao shouted to the group.
They fled through the mountains, bypassed several boulders, and rushed into a patch of giant vines. The little one slipped inside with a whoosh, and the other children followed suit.
Because the cave entrance was too small, the enormous body of the Azure-Scaled Eagle made it impossible for it to enter, and the dozen or so children were temporarily safe.
Just as the Azure-Scaled Eagle was tearing through the rocks at the cave entrance with its sharp talons, several hundred meters away, Chief Muyun led a group of people slowly toward Stone Village.
"Chieftain, look over there. There's a blue-scaled eagle attacking that cave," the one-armed elder said, pointing in that direction.
"Don't cause any more trouble. The most important thing now is to get the children to Shi Village. It's only a few miles away." The old clan chief waved his hand and continued walking, ignoring the situation on the other side.
Suddenly, an iron spear flew out of the cave and struck the Green-Scaled Eagle hard on the head. Sparks flew everywhere, and the sound was extremely piercing, like two metal plates rubbing against each other.
A loud "clang!"
Finally, the iron spear flew to the ground, hundreds of meters away, but one of the scales that had been gleaming coldly on the corner of the bird's eye also fell off, and a trickle of blood flowed out, very conspicuous.
A high-pitched bird cry rang out, as if lightning had struck one's soul. It was first grand, then turned into a sharp cry, like a dragon's roar, which was very awe-inspiring.
"Hmm? There seem to be people inside the cave." The one-armed elder immediately realized this upon seeing the iron spear not far away.
"This place is so close to Stone Village, so the people inside must be from Stone Village. Let's go, use the sacrificial spirit to drive back the Azure Scaled Eagle and save them. It's all a good deed, since we need their help."
After a moment's hesitation, Chief Muyun made up his mind, and the other two elders nodded in agreement. As for the woman and child, they had no choice but to go with them.
It wasn't that the old clan chief disregarded the children's dangers; the main reason was the presence of the sacrificial spirit. He believed that with the sacrificial spirit present, the Azure-Scaled Eagle wouldn't dare to cause trouble.
As the old patriarch and his group approached, the Azure-Scaled Eagle, which was frantically tearing apart the rock wall, seemed to be frightened by something. Without even turning its head, it suddenly spread its wings and flew into the sky.
Then, hovering high in the sky, watching the old clan chief and his group below, he was unsure of what to do and dared not go down.
"Hey, the Azure Scaled Eagle is gone. I'll go out and take a look." Little Shi Hao was bold and ran out despite the monkeys' attempts to stop him.
"Oh no! The Azure-Scaled Eagle hasn't left yet; it's still in the sky!" Little Dot cried out and darted back into the cave.
"They're little kids. Could they all be kids from Stone Village?" The one-armed old man realized that there was more than one person inside, judging from the scattered footprints that there were quite a few.
"Quickly, let's go over there, rescue them, and then go to Stone Village." The old clan chief seemed somewhat excited.
If these little children are indeed from Shicun, then there's a high chance they'll succeed in getting their request from Shicun.
"Little ones, you can come out now. The Azure-Scaled Eagle doesn't dare to come down," the old clan chief shouted as he walked to the cave entrance.
"Huh? There are people outside. Could it be that the clan chief and the others have come to rescue us?" Little Dot and the other children breathed a sigh of relief.
They slowly walked to the cave entrance and saw that the Azure-scaled Eagle had not come down. However, they saw an old man they had never seen before at the cave entrance.
"Grandpa, who are you? And what about these older brothers and sisters?" the little one asked in a childish voice.
“Are we from Kimura, or are we just little kids from Ishi Village?” the old clan chief said kindly.
"Yes, Grandpa, we are from Stone Village. By the way, why doesn't the Azure-Scaled Eagle dare to come down?" the little boy said childishly, pointing at the Azure-Scaled Eagle in the sky.
"Hehe, because of him, our Sacrificial Spirit is here." Elder Mu Yun said happily, pointing to the wooden carving.
"A spirit offering?" Da Zhuang and the other children all ran over, and Xiao Budian was no exception.
Without the threat of the Azure-Scaled Eagle, the playful and mischievous nature of the group of children resurfaced.