Potential Crisis

"Will my stepsister be made a scapegoat and burned at the stake?"

Turkalando seemed to have grown up in some way in just one day, while Ren Anran felt more worried.

She wasn't worried that Turkalando's personality would change from then on, but rather that Turkalando would face trial by the Church of Turks because of this.

If a Lineage leader believes that Turkalandor is not qualified to be chieftain, thus bringing an insurmountable disaster upon the Turkal clan, it is normal for many divinely favored Lineage to unite and replace the chieftain. It is not impossible to offer the chieftain as a sacrifice to the gods or ask the gods to perform miracles.

Aside from using God to counter religion, there's basically no point in trying to persuade the Turs through methods like persuasion or reasoning.

If the decision is made to burn Turcalandor at the stake, then there's basically no room for negotiation.

"Kalando's sequence strength is very low. Her religious manipulative abilities can't change the minds of Fourth Sequence individuals, let alone affect Fifth Sequence or Sixth Sequence. And it's precisely these people who can decide Kalando's fate," Ren Anran whispered. "Once they make their move, Kalando won't have the same good luck as before!"

"Their religion is too complicated. Unless Huang Neng manifests and subdues this alien insect beast, things will be very difficult," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

The Tuer tribe is preparing for war, and with the aid of the Thousand Islands Alliance Parliament, things are moving in the direction of resolving the issue. However, Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran have also noticed the crisis facing Tuerkalando.

Aside from the personal guards of the opposing Lineage, the Tur tribe had gathered nearly a hundred paladins and twelve priestesses in the Gobala Cave corridor. These core members were most likely wiped out at once.

If this situation can be barely suppressed, but if the giant moth affects the satellite cities of the Tuer region, or even causes huge casualties, Tuerkalando may become the chieftain who has experienced the most serious accident in the history of the Tuer people.

Religious fanatics would argue that all of this was due to the chieftain's insincere faith in God, and if certain divinely favored Lineage were to be added to the mix, this wave would be enough to send Turcalandor to its knees.

Zhang Xuezhou could use magic to heal wounds and help with miraculous interventions, but he lacked the ability to deal with catastrophic creatures like giant moths.

Even Huang chose to play dead and not respond at this moment.

The two can consider the positive aspects, but they must guard against the possibility of the negative ones.

Although Ren Anran was dissatisfied with Turkalando in many ways, he was genuinely considering solutions to the problems.

"The nearby satellite city is only a hundred miles away. The Turnaran convoy that the giant moth encountered should be within fifteen to twenty miles of the Gobala Cave Corridor. That means it is only about eighty miles away from the satellite city. This distance is not far for a creature with the ability to fly," Ren Anran said in a low voice.

"It probably has the need to ovulate right now, as well as take care of those insects. It might not be able to get to the satellite city so quickly, but there really isn't much time left," Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"Should we take her with us and set off sooner?" Ren Anran whispered. "Even if she has to hide her identity and pretend to be dead, it's better than her being burned to death!"

"By the time the results come out, it will be too late!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

Zhang Xuezhou has six days left to be conscious. Once he falls asleep, Ren Anran and the others will have to take care of him. If Turkalando runs into trouble, Ren Anran will be very powerless to help.

Moreover, this is not the Scarlet Alliance State, and Ren Anran's past worship of the goddess will not be of any use, so there is almost no way to leverage her power.

As for Turcolando's unreliable mother, whether she had foresight or something was really wrong, she had applied to go on a trip two days in advance and chose to leave the Tur region early.

"But I think it's very difficult to persuade her right now," Ren Anran said. "I feel that only you can get her to listen."

Ren Anran glanced at Zhang Xuezhou; she hadn't expected to have to resort to her charm to influence Turkalando at this point.

But at present, the only person who can influence Turkalando is Zhang Xuezhou.

"Persuade her... but what reason do we need to persuade her?" Zhang Xuezhou said with a headache, "This kind of abandonment of family and country is condemned in any era. Without a sufficient reason, even if Kalando agrees to go with us to avoid disaster, she will still be depressed!"

I think you can come up with a good reason!

Ren Anran shrugged. She couldn't think of any solutions, but Ren Anran believed Zhang Xuezhou could find a reason, since Zhang Xuezhou was really good at it.

"We need to find a reason that can help Kalando solve her problem, allow her to go out with a clear conscience, and even get others to agree to let her go out. That's quite difficult," Zhang Xuezhou said, ruefully. "Don't overestimate me; I'm just an ordinary person!"

"I really can't imagine how I could knock her out with a single strike of my fighting technique and then take her away from the Tuer region," Ren Anran said seriously. "If she wants to come back, I'll break her legs. Anyway, she doesn't like me, and I don't care if she doesn't like me either. Besides, the Tuer tribe has been hunting down my father, so we don't care if our relationship gets even worse."

Your method is quite risky!

Zhang Xuezhou considered the consequences of Ren Anran's forceful intervention, and then thought about the Aomeijia Alliance, which had tricked Montes Steel, and the British Alliance State, which had entered Western Capital City to hold the Sequence Competition. If the Thousand Islands Alliance were to also engage in hostile behavior, he felt that the people of the Western Capital City Sequence Committee would be in a real bind.

If Ren Yisheng were in good health, he would have gritted his teeth and endured it, but the Ren Household held no sway in Western Capital City.

Even if Ren Anran manages to escape for the time being, she will inevitably have to deal with international disputes in the future.

"Let me think about it some more!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand.

After thinking about it for a while, he went to find Turcalando.

It was already night, and the mountain bikes had broken down after traveling a hundred miles on bumpy roads. The group needed to eat and rest, so they had to stop for a temporary adjustment.

Zhang Xuezhou and Ren Anran were talking, while Turkalando was repairing a car with Zhang Manqian and others. Wang Haoran had set up a temporary rest area and lit a fire to drive away poisonous insects and rodents.

The First Elder, Tueryongduolu, whose head had not been fully repaired, lay beside the fire, while the two surviving paladins fed and watered him.

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at everyone's situation, then crawled over to the mountain bike.

"Kalando, has God given you any instructions?" Zhang Xuezhou asked in a low voice.

"No," Turkalando replied softly, then quietly asked Zhang Xuezhou, "Sister Manqian said the god inside the Soul Jade hasn't uttered a sound; he probably doesn't want to respond to us."

"This disaster can't be left unguided; I need to communicate with your God!"

Zhang Xuezhou could persuade Turkalando, but he couldn't come up with a good reason to convince him.

In this matter, God's guidance is an extremely important reason.

This could even make the Grand Elder, Tueryongdulu, a witness, thus reducing many troubles later.

Turkalando might be of some use in the Tour District, but once basic communication has been established, his usefulness is essentially over. The real decision-makers and administrators are the members of the Divine Grace Lineage.

As the honorary chieftain of Tuer, Tuer Kalandor's role is so significant that the Tuer region can function without her.

"It's no big deal for the Turs to lose a chief!"

Zhang Xuezhou muttered to himself, and when he finally grasped Zhang Manqian's soul jade in his palm, he couldn't help but shake it around wildly.