(I passed the third driving test... Thanks to all my fellow readers for your good wishes. Getting a driver's license is harder than the Long March...)
Strong enough that no one could bully them... That sounded like...
The conservative elders, whose interests were already deeply entrenched, did not want to see the tribe change. Still less did they want the Pan Tribe's army to return and slaughter them all without distinction, leaving only the women and children.
Whatever their reasons, they had to stop the new chief's dangerous idea.
Even if the new chief had just been chosen by the Ancestral God through the Wizard!
An elder immediately stepped forward, raising his Wooden Staff high. "You Kang," he called coldly, "do you know what you're saying?"
"Exactly, You Kang. You may be the new chief, but you still have to discuss what you say with us first!"
The elders stepped forward one after another, closing in to force the chief's hand.
Gu Junjie watched with an unruffled smile. He had not known about today's arrangements in advance, but he trusted Ying Tiecheng. If even this went wrong under Ying Tiecheng's planning, the man might as well bash his head against a wall!
Sure enough, before Gu Junjie said a word, the Wizard stepped forward. "You traitors who dare defy the Ancestral God's will," he said coldly, "your souls shall suffer eternal punishment..."
As his curse-like words rang out, Gu Junjie's keen senses caught a strange pulse of power.
Bang, bang, bang... The elders exploded one after another. Their flesh turned into poisonous insects, toads, and venomous snakes that crawled across the ground.
At the sight, everyone fell silent. Even the wind seemed to grow still.
"Who else dares defy the Ancestral God's will?" the Wizard demanded.
The elders might have