In the ancestral hall, Noah Ji silently absorbed the moonlight, while the voices of a few living souls also reached his ears.
When this person arrived, Noah had already dispersed the Lunar Eclipse Technique, so Paul Cai did not notice anything unusual.
Unbeknownst to Paul, a living soul had already started following him as soon as he had his thoughts.
These deceased clan elders could only hide in Noah’s trunk during the day and come out to move around at night.
Having finally caught an unusual stranger, they naturally wouldn’t let him go.
If this person had been more than just curious, the clan members would have long woken up and captured him.
Noah didn’t pay further attention to this trivial matter and instead focused on his own status panel:
【Name: Noah Ji】
【Race: Shadowy Sophora Tree】
【Vitality: 44.3】
【Supernatural Power: Eye of Insight, Reversal Pill, One Leaf Hindrance, Soul Condensation, Armor Overlay】
【Technique: Lunar Eclipse, Gathering Yin】
【Combat Skill: Grand Ancestor Long Fist (Can pass on techniques once)】
【Qi and Blood: 33 (Can be converted to Vitality)】
【Spiritual Power: 15】
【Deduction Points: 2】
【Not Deductible!】
【Status: Due to long-term use of the Gathering Yin Technique, your race has changed, but it doesn’t matter, you are still weak.】
Without the consumption of these living souls, Noah’s vitality had reached over forty points by absorbing moonlight daily.
Even the roots underground had extended quite a bit.
Moreover, with the clan currently stable, Noah didn’t need to use his supernatural powers, allowing him to accumulate vitality even faster.
He wondered how much vitality he needed to grow new branches and leaves again.
Due to the short time, not many people in the clan had advanced in their realms. In the past few days, only two young clan members had barely reached the early Body Tempering Realm, contributing two deduction points to him.
This was still far from what he needed for his next deduction.
But Noah was not discouraged. As long as the Chen Clan continued to develop at this pace, it wouldn’t take long for them to become the largest clan in Disordered Burial Mountain.
Thinking of this, Noah also remembered the other remaining clan in Disordered Burial Mountain.
The Liu Family.
Although he was just a tree, his roots extended ten meters underground, making information flow easily. Moreover, there were countless living souls of the clan under his shade.
Even if he didn’t actively inquire, all the clan’s news would reach his ears.
Upon hearing about the Liu Family, Noah instinctively felt it was a big trouble.
A clan of similar size, neither taking advantage of the Chen and Li Clans’ conflict nor actively participating in any side, and not even showing any intentions.
There were only two possibilities for this situation: either the Liu Family was indifferent to worldly affairs and just wanted to live their own life, or the Liu Family had bigger ambitions and didn’t care about the resources of Disordered Burial Mountain.
The former was highly unlikely. In a mountain, two tigers cannot coexist. Whether it was the Chen Clan or the Li Clan, if one became dominant, they would surely swallow the other clans in Disordered Burial Mountain to make their own clan stronger.
Indifference to worldly affairs meant giving up resources, but how could other clans think the same?
Similarly, as one of the three major clans in Disordered Burial Mountain, how could the Liu Family not understand this?
Moreover, the Liu Family had not yet revealed their full strength, and the clan didn’t even know the exact strength of the Liu Family or how many warriors they had.
With such information blocked, the gap between the two clans was still unknown.
And now, the initiative was in the hands of the Liu Family.
Benjamin Chen and his group had also analyzed these situations and even considered sending living souls to investigate at night.
However, this plan was later internally vetoed.
Although living souls were intangible, Benjamin and others found through experiments that warriors’ Qi and Blood attacks also affected living souls.
The stronger the Qi and Blood, the greater the damage to living souls.
And the stronger the warrior, the stronger their perception.
For late-stage Blood Condensation Realm warriors like Oliver Chen, they could already sense approaching living souls.
What if the Liu Family had even stronger warriors?
Rashly investigating would only alert the enemy.
If the enemy doesn’t move, we don’t move. The current situation was most suitable for the clan’s development.
It wouldn’t be too late to investigate once the clan grew stronger.
……
“James, Xuan Snake, step forward!”
At the edge of the clan square, Elijah Chen looked at the list in his hand and called out.
In front of Elijah were the twenty house servants selected seven days ago.
At this moment, these house servants were somewhat nervous and excited because today was the end of the assessment, and the evaluation standard was their performance over the past seven days.
Hearing Elijah call their names, two figures nervously stepped out from the crowd.
The two were James and Xuan Snake, and although their names were strange, it was common around Disordered Burial Mountain, as most names were derived from the fierce beasts of the mountain.
These two were not conspicuous in the crowd and were not outstanding in any aspect.
When they were called, the others showed a hint of relief.
Since these two were not outstanding, they were likely the ones to be eliminated as house servants.
But Elijah’s next words shocked everyone.
“You two performed well in this house servant assessment. From now on, you will manage the other house servants.”
Hearing this, the two were overjoyed. They thought they had no chance of becoming house servants of the Chen Clan, but unexpectedly, they not only passed the assessment but also got promoted.
Behind them, the other house servants were puzzled but did not dare to object.
However, one person stepped out from the crowd and shouted:
“Elder! Why am I, Terry Tian, not the leader?”
Elijah looked at him sharply. Although Terry was somewhat fearful, he did not back down.
Seeing this, Elijah sneered:
“I forgot to mention.”
“Paul Cai, Terry Tian, for violating the clan rules, you are now expelled from the Chen Clan and can no longer be house servants.”
“Why? What did I do wrong?”
“Paul Cai, you ignored the clan rules and sneaked into the ancestral hall at night.”
In the crowd, Paul Cai’s face turned pale, but he did not refute.
What puzzled him was that he was sure he hadn’t been discovered that night. How did the Chen Clan know?
“As for you, Terry Tian, you bullied other house servants, which also violates the Chen Clan rules.”
“Unfair!”
Terry shouted, but before Elijah could respond, a clan member stepped forward and taught him a lesson.
With just one punch, Terry was knocked down.
“Hmph, if you want to be a house servant of the Chen Clan, you must follow the rules!”
“This is a small punishment.”
Terry, lying on the ground, looked grim, but the punch had sobered him up.
He had some strength, but he was no match for a mid-stage Body Tempering Realm warrior, let alone Elijah, a Blood Condensation Realm warrior!
Terry lowered his head slightly, suppressing the hatred in his eyes.
“Alright, I hope everyone will strictly follow the Chen Clan rules in the future. If anyone violates them, don’t blame me for not giving you a chance.”
“Also, this month’s salary will be paid in advance.”
The ten or so people who were initially anxious were now excited upon hearing this news, while the two who were expelled were no longer of any concern.
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