The emotions he had been suppressing for so long suddenly exploded forth with incredible power. Ning stood there silently, staring at Blacktooth in pain, not saying a single word.
"Since Young Master knows about it, I won't hide it. Young Master, follow me.”Blacktooth stood up and walked out of the room.
Ning and Autumn Leaf followed.
Blacktooth led the way until they reached the back of the tribe. There was a small door in the wooden fence at the back of the tribe. Following the small door, they continued to walk further into the distance. There was a graveyard. Many of the undulating graveyards were new. It was obvious that they were newly built.
"Young Master?" Autumn Leaf looked towards Ning, a hint of unease in her eyes.
Ning held his breath as well. He understood where Blacktooth had taken him.
"This is it." Blacktooth pointed at a seemingly ordinary graveyard. There was a tall stone in front of the graveyard. There were only a few words carved on the stone--
"Spring Grass." Ning silently stared at the graveyard.
The person sleeping in this graveyard was one of the most important people in his life.
There were very few heart-wrenching emotions in life. In truth, compared to heart-wrenching emotions, Ning preferred to have ordinary, warm feelings. After spending every day and every year together, the feelings for each other gradually seeped into the depths of each other's hearts.
It was true that it was ordinary!
In life, both of them had become a part of each other's lives. At the very least, from his infancy to his youth, the time that Spring Grass had spent with him was probably longer than the time that his parents had spent with him. When she had been alive, Ning hadn't felt much, but when he realized that she had died, he felt as if a part of his heart had been cut off.
It hurt!
"Blacktooth." "Tell me everything. Tell me everything that happened after Spring Grass returned."”
Blacktooth nodded.
"When I brought her back, she was also very sad along the way. She was sad to leave Young Master.”Blacktooth sighed." But when I returned to the tribe, I saw my two younger brothers. Miwa was obviously much happier now. She often accompanied her two younger brothers…Her days were also very happy. Moreover, Miwa was also looking forward to when Young Master would come to visit her.”
"Only!"
Blacktooth lowered his voice." One day, Serpentwing came. It was like a nightmare, causing countless deaths and injuries in our tribe. One of them was my son, Linshui.”
"Miwa is very sad about her brother's death.”
Ning thought back to the beast skin letter he had received. Spring Grass had written about the trifling matters of returning to the Blacktooth Tribe, and quite a few of them were stories about her two younger brothers. Clearly, Miwa was very fond of her two younger brothers. This caused Ning to silently make the decision that he had to help Spring Grass's only surviving younger brother, as a way to comfort Spring Grass 'spirit in heaven.
"The Diremonster Serpentwing's attack has caused the entire Blacktooth Tribe to descend into agony and panic! The tribesmen were terrified, afraid that Serpentwing would launch another attack. In fact, some of the tribesmen had even left the tribe and quietly joined other large tribes.”
"Everyone in the tribe is panicking." Blacktooth said immediately," There are often clansmen who leave. Actually, after Serpentwing's attack, our tribe has already lost less than a thousand people. Now, there are still clansmen fleeing…if this continues, it won't be long before the Blacktooth Tribe falls apart.”
Ning nodded.
"I've gone through countless hardships to rebuild the tribe, so I naturally don't want it to collapse just like that.”Blacktooth said," Spring Grass also felt sorry for me, so she shamelessly wrote a letter and asked the tribal warriors to send it to Young Master when they went to West Prefecture City. She wanted to ask Young Master to help the Blacktooth Tribe.”
"But soon, the news came back. It turns out that Young Master has already gone out to adventure.”Blacktooth shook his head.
Ning gritted his teeth.
Yes.
Long before Serpentwing had become a peak Xiantian, he had ventured out into the world. Naturally, they wouldn't be able to find him.
"The clansmen of the tribe have suggested that our Blacktooth Tribe be protected by the enormous Riverside Tribe.”Blacktooth said in a low voice," As long as we obtain the protection of the Riverside Tribe and can temporarily live in Riverside City, we'll be fine.”
"Riverside City?" Ning murmured to himself.
As one of the hegemons of Swallow Mountain, the Ji clan naturally had to exercise control over the countless tribes within their territory. No tribe could have more than fifty thousand people! Once they exceeded fifty thousand, they would become a threat to the Ji clan's rule. The Ji clan would definitely use cruel methods to terrorize the world.
A tribe of 50,000 people was considered a super large tribe, and the Riverside Tribe was one such tribe! Because the tribe was huge, the walls of the tribe were made of huge rocks, making it look like a small city. Although it could not compare to a large city like West Prefecture City, which had hundreds of thousands of residents, it was considered very powerful among the countless tribes.
Generally speaking, a tribe that could establish such a clan would have a Xiantian lifeform overseeing it.
"There are two mighty Xiantian lifeforms in Riverside City. Diremonsters don't dare to trespass.”Blacktooth said," Our Blacktooth Tribe has a few hundred people in total. Once Serpentwing was subdued by the Ji clan, everything would naturally be over.”
"We went to pay a visit to an important figure in Riverside City, River He. We offered him some treasures to ask him to take in our Blacktooth Tribe and help us avoid a calamity.”Blacktooth gritted his teeth." But that River He has very high standards. He doesn't even care about the treasures we offered, but he's interested in Miwa.”
"He made Miwa his woman, so he helped the Blacktooth Tribe this once. With Miwa's pride, of course she wouldn't listen and wanted to leave!”Blacktooth's eyes were filled with ferocity." That River He sent his men to capture Miwa, wanting to take her away by force.”
"However, Miwa was very powerful, and the sword-arts she used were also very superb. River He's servants were beaten half to death…Miwa even said,'My master is the young master of the Ji clan. River He, don't go overboard!”
"That River He laughed loudly and said," Even if you are the maidservant of the young master of the Ji clan, you are only a slave. If you were able to convince your young master, you wouldn't have come to me for help. In addition, why would the servants of the young master of the Ji clan come to such a small tribe?”Blacktooth gritted his teeth." This River He even said…if you become my woman, I'll protect the Blacktooth Tribe! Otherwise, just wait for death. After that, we left Riverside City.”
Autumn Leaf was furious when she heard this.”
"Spring Grass won't agree." Ning shook his head, then looked at Blacktooth.
"Right, Spring Grass is not willing at all." Blacktooth shook his head in pain." But seeing how the tribe is in a state of panic, and how many clansmen are fleeing, I'm afraid I'll have to go. Looking at my pained expression…for the sake of her father, she struggled internally for three days before finally agreeing.”
"Why is Younger Sister Spring Grass so stupid!!!”Autumn Leaf panicked.
Ning closed his eyes as well.
He could imagine Spring Grass's internal struggle for the past three days. Was it worth it for her father?
"Miwa became River He's woman." Blacktooth's voice trembled slightly." But River He took advantage of Miwa's lack of defense and broke Miwa's dantian with a single palm strike, causing Miwa's inner strength to dissipate. At the same time, he mocked her and said…You stupid woman, there are many tribes that want my Riverside Tribe to protect them. Hahaha, you must be dreaming!"
"Damn it!" Autumn Leaf was trembling with rage.
Ning gritted his teeth.
Spring Grass, oh Spring Grass!
Why did you believe that bastard? Why did you have to sacrifice yourself for your father? Why?
"The Diremonster Serpentwing matter was quickly settled. The Ji clan quickly suppressed Serpentwing within Serpentwing Lake, making it so that Serpentwing didn't dare to come out at all.”Blacktooth said," Once the news of the Ji clan spread, the various tribes quickly settled down. The hearts of our Blacktooth Tribe members have also settled down. Some of our clansmen who had just fled have even returned.”
"I'm worried about Miwa.”Blacktooth said in a low voice," After searching for her, I found out that something had happened. I tried every means to meet Miwa alone. Miwa cried when she saw me! Cry loudly!"
Ning closed his eyes.
He could imagine Spring Grass's pain, regret, unwillingness, and sadness.
"She said that this was her own mistake and that she was stupid. She said that she didn't blame me as her father and that everything was voluntary.”Heiya was in pain." She also said…she didn't want Young Master to know and didn't want Young Master to be sad, so she fabricated the story of her marriage to a traveling merchant and left a letter for Young Master.”
"Miwa died after she gave me the letter.”Blacktooth said softly," I know that my daughter is in pain. Death may be a relief. In fact, when she died, she was also thinking about Young Master. She didn't want Young Master to know the cause of her death.”
Ning nodded gently.
Understood.
He understood.
They had grown up together day and night, so how could he not understand Spring Grass's thoughts?
She wanted a happy spring grass to live in Ning's heart…she didn't want Ning to know about this humiliation!
"Every woman has a destined man. The first time I saw him, I knew he was that person. Seeing him smile makes me happy, seeing him frown makes me worried, seeing him practicing his sword art makes me look at him from the side, just looking at him is a gift from the heavens…"
"I'm really, really happy. Spring Grass is just a maid. For young master to be able to come to the Blacktooth Tribe to see Spring Grass, at least…Spring Grass still occupies a small place in young master's heart…Spring Grass is very, very happy.”
Ning opened his eyes, and they were filled with tears.
He silently walked to the tombstone and sat down. He took out a bamboo tube and said softly,"Spring Grass, you've always been the one pouring wine for me. This time, I'll pour wine for you too.”The fruit wine in the bamboo tube spilled in front of the tombstone.
"I know, I understand. I know that you've always been a happy spring grass, a happy spring grass!”
"Your stupidity is really cute."
Ning smiled, but his eyes were filled with tears."I know about you. I don't dislike you. How could a little brother dislike an elder sister? Although big sister is a bit stupid, she will forever be my big sister.”
Hearing the word 'sister', Autumn Leaf covered her mouth and sobbed.
"Sister is too tired. Sleep, sleep, have a good sleep.”Ning said softly,"Those who bullied big sister, those who made big sister sad…I won't let a single one of them off. I won't let a single one off.”
"Let's go."
"Go to the Riverside Tribe. I want to see this River He!"”
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