CHAPTER 160: XIE DAIYU LOSES CONTROL

Priestess Yuan was truly angry. She had seen the future without Ruan Chanchan coming to the aid of their tribe; the arrogance of the elders thoroughly ruined their tribe to bits. Massacre, deaths, betrayal. What hadn’t she seen in the future where Ruan Chanchan didn’t turn sane? The survival of their tribe was dependent on Ruan Chanchan. At least she was the Star of Hope that their tribe had been waiting for. She had relayed this message overtly and covertly to the elders of the tribe more than once, and yet they didn’t seem to understand anything past their greed.

They cared too much about things that held no importance. What power would they hold on to if the tribe didn’t exist?

Elder Lin’s face, if possible, turned even redder. She stood in front of Priestess Yuan with a look of deep resentment flashing in her eyes. She looked at the people of the tribe who were staring at her. Some looked doubtful, while some looked a bit troubled, and some were simply mocking. Her face started to burn with shame, but she stifled the embarrassment that she was feeling at the moment and said to Priestess Yuan, "Priestess, I respect you, but you need to understand that I am only looking out for the tribesmen. Think about it carefully; it’s true that such a thing happened before, but it had never happened in such an intense way. Two of our strongest totem warriors were injured one after another—"

She glanced up at Ruan Chanchan and smiled at her. "I believe that is all because of the evil spirit that has taken possession of her body. It must be inhaling the essence of our tribe’s people," after she finished speaking, she looked at Ruan Chanchan with a proactive look on her face; Elder Lin was staring at her as if she was sure that she had caught Ruan Chanchan’s weak point.

Ruan Chanchan: "..."

Wow, just wow. She had to admit that this woman was really imaginative. From where did she get this explosive, out-of-the-world explanation? Even she, who came from the modern world, couldn’t come up with such an exciting story. She blinked her eyes and turned to look at Nan Wu as if silently asking her whether or not she was listening to this nonsense.

Nan Wu: "..."

She did. She did hear what Elder Lin said, but she had no idea what to say regarding this situation. She had to admit that even she had never expected Elder Lin to bring up such a shocking theory.

Sighing, she said, "Elder Lin, I assure you that I am feeling perfectly fine. There is no such thing as my life essence being stolen; in fact, I am feeling better than before." She was indeed feeling much stronger and was recovering well; even her broken bones had been set and aligned. A few more days, and she would be able to hunt again.

"Nan Wu, Nan Wu, Nan Wu," Elder Lin clicked her tongue and said with an exaggerated sigh, "You do not understand a lot of things, my little one. This is nothing but what we will call the last flicker. Your soul is about to dim down, and you don’t even sense it."

The more Elder Lin spoke, the more she felt like she was speaking sense. With her chest puffed out, she said to the rest of the tribe, "This is a rotten plan that this evil spirit has come up with; you all better be careful, or else you might lose your souls as well."

Once she finished speaking, everyone took a step back at once as if they were afraid that Ruan Chanchan would truly inhale their essence.

Seeing the actions of the tribesmen, Ruan Chanchan was helpless.

"Is that the reason why my mate was blessed by the beast goddess?"

Before Ruan Chanchan could even defend herself, Xie Daiyu came marching. He dumped the beast that he had hunted and stomped toward Elder Lin, his face set and his totem mark glowing dangerously.

"Xie Daiyu, no!" Aunt Ye, Ye Qian Qian’s mother, rushed over to stop Xie Daiyu, as she could sense that the mer was furious. "You cannot hurt an elder!" Aunt Ye was worried that Xie Daiyu would attack Elder Lin due to his anger. She understood his rage, but she knew that if Xie Daiyu hurt Elder Lin today, then the one who would get cornered would be Ruan Chanchan.

Sure enough, Aunt Ye’s doubts were spot on. As soon as Xie Daiyu made a move, Elder Lin jumped backwards and yelled at the top of her lungs, "See that? Did you all see that? Xie Daiyu actually tried to hurt me just now. And he did that for her!" She pointed at Ruan Chanchan as if she had started turning into a wild beast with fangs and fur. "See? This is what is going to happen. Sooner or later, this woman would hypnotise all of us and control our tribe. The next thing we know, she is making us go against the beast temple by making us all revive the Dark Shaman." Elder Lin shrieked as she stepped further and further away from Xie Daiyu. She was a totem warrior, but she knew that Xie Daiyu was stronger than her. If he really wanted to kill her, then he could do it with ease. Elder Lin didn’t want to hurt her old bones, so she immediately put a safe distance between herself and Xie Daiyu.

Xie Daiyu snarled. He took a swipe at Elder Lin before saying to her, "You’d better watch that mouth for me. You can say anything to me, but you are not allowed to say a word about my mate. If I hear you call her a dark spirit once more, I am going to end you here and now."

Elder Lin was scared by the threats that Xie Daiyu gave to her but when she thought about how Ruan Chanchan was intervening way too much in the tribe and its hierarchy, she clenched her teeth and—