Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 1057 - 315: Sordid Schemes and Petty Gains
Chapter 315 [Self-Serving and Deceptive]
Chen Yan noticed that as the Ghost Race person left, his face was full of intense shame and anger.
Once the Ghost Race person was gone, Chen Yan first walked to the entrance of the wooden shed, looked outside, and confirmed one thing: he and Gu Tongbing were under house arrest.
Outside the wooden shed, there were five or six Ghost Race People in the distance, clearly guarding the area.
They were either holding blades or bows, all appearing agile and valiant.
After taking a glance, Chen Yan turned around and saw Gu Tongbing already seated on the straw mat.
"Hey, that Shepherd Master and the Ghost Race person were shouting back and forth just now. What did they say? Tell me."
Gu Tongbing lifted his head and smiled, "How do you know I understand the Ghost Race language?"
Chen Yan remained expressionless, "I know now."
Gu Tongbing shook his head, "Alright, but... now these Ghost Race People, in the lower tribes, some people are really causing too much trouble."
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Based on Gu Tongbing’s account, Chen Yan learned what the Shepherd Master and the Ghost Race person were arguing about earlier.
Essentially, the Ghost Race person was questioning and criticizing the Shepherd Master for acting against Ghost Race rules and against the will of the Venerable Saint for personal interests.
He even reprimanded the Shepherd Master, telling him that such behavior would bring disaster to his tribe and people.
Thus, while the Ghost Race person questioned and criticized, the Shepherd Master got angry, trying to suppress the Ghost Race person with authority. However, this Ghost Race person seemed rather defiant, refusing to cave in, continuing to criticize the Shepherd Master with righteousness.
In the end, the Shepherd Master seemed somewhat guilty and couldn’t outright punish the Ghost Race person.
From this, Gu Tongbing speculated: that Ghost Race person must hold a considerable position in the tribe, not some random low-level figure, hence the Shepherd Master couldn’t easily use authority to overpower him.
As for why the Shepherd Master dared to act this way, Gu Tongbing also made a rough sort and analysis based on their argument.
Simply put, this Shepherd Master acted out of personal affairs.
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Just like the Shepherd Master’s initial statements.
He was very dissatisfied with the Ghost Race externally selling off part of the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony quotas to major sects and families.
Of course, his reasoning was high-sounding: after decades of suspension of the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony, many talented individuals within Ghost Race have not had the opportunity to cultivate. Now that it’s finally held, it should prioritize the Ghost Race members themselves rather than outflow quotas to other sects and families.
These words seemed to stem from righteousness.
However, Chen Yan later found them questionable.
How could someone who acted with cunning and plundering have such a sense of justice?
Moreover, he only wanted one quota, neither too many nor too few, just one.
Clearly, there was something special he needed, which was inconsistent with a righteous heart.
Indeed, after Gu Tongbing translated the conversation content for Chen Yan, that was the case.
This Shepherd Master has a son. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
As for age, neither too young nor too old, but just at a critical point needing to quickly awaken into the path, promptly entering the cultivation path. Any further delay would lead to aging, making cultivation too late.
If delayed further for a few years, it might affect future cultivation potential.
The delay arose because the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony hadn’t occurred in decades, depriving the child of the chance to cultivate.
Normally, as a Shepherd Master in the White Elephant Tribe, he counts among the tribe’s high ranks.
Since the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony was held, being a high rank in the White Elephant Tribe, his son should logically receive a quota preferentially.
The problem was, he didn’t get one.
It’s unclear why, but from their conversation, it seemed the Shepherd Master’s son had made some mistake earlier, violating tribal rules, punished by the White Elephant Tribe’s leader, stripped of this year’s qualification to join the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony.
The quota went to someone else.
Thus, the Shepherd Master was unhappy.
He didn’t dare defy the White Elephant Tribe leader’s orders, so he decided to find another way, trying to secure a quota for his son.
His thoughts led to crooked ideas.
So, his criticism of the Ghost Race’s external selling of quotas wasn’t out of justice.
It was merely a grudge, resorting to vent personal grievances due to his son’s special situation not receiving the quota.
Yet, his attempt to snatch the quotas intended for Chen Yan and Gu Tongbing provoked strong dissatisfaction in the Ghost Race person.
This behavior, elevated, violated the will of the Ghost Race’s Venerable Saint!
On a lower level, it also defied the faith and rules of the White Elephant Tribe.
Moreover, this Shepherd Master, this wasn’t his first time behaving like this.
From their arguments, over the past days, this Shepherd Master had already sent people to intercept three or four batches of passing outsiders, all heading to the Black Wood Tribe for the Heaven-Crashing Ceremony.
But, the three or four batches intercepted earlier indeed didn’t have tokens—they were genuinely just going to observe, joining the fun.
Yet, the intentions and orders displayed by the Shepherd Master earlier already caused great dissatisfaction among the Ghost Race people.
Only constrained by the Shepherd Master’s authority and the fact that the previous attempts indeed didn’t rob anyone, helplessly, they let people go without forming substantial violations. So the Ghost Race person still forced himself to endure.
