Chapter 1396: 1167: Astonishing

Chapter 1396: Chapter 1167: Astonishing

Other elders were thrilled about the news and looked forward to one day leaving this land alive.

Upon hearing them, the Great Elder was silent for a moment, then said, “Within at least ten years, they can’t launch an attack on Red Water State, nor can they rescue all of us.”

The crowd instantly calmed down, realizing they had indeed oversimplified the situation.

“Great Elder, do you have any plans?” After a while, an elder spoke up.

“That’s exactly why I summoned everyone here.”

After a pause, the Great Elder said, “I hope that at a critical moment, everyone can sacrifice their own lives to curse those powerful Devil Beasts. We don’t aim to curse kill all of them, as long as we can entangle some, to buy more survival chances for the younger generation.”

“Everyone, please think it over carefully. The latest half a month from now, just privately tell me your final answer during this period.”

With that, he cut off the contact immediately, because he knew very well in his heart that not many elders would be willing to accept this demand.

After all, asking someone to willingly die is definitely not a decision that can be made in a short period, let alone most people are afraid of death and cherish their lives. If one could survive, why would they choose death?

Therefore, after speaking with them, the Great Elder sat cross-legged in front of the stone wall, awaiting responses from others while pondering if there were more ways he could help.

The main reason for his urgency was that his lifespan was running out!

The Great Elder hoped that by the time he died, he could see the young clansmen have an opportunity to escape this hell.

Meanwhile, the other elders also fell into a dilemma, facing tough choices.

They were not young either, at most they could only live a few more years than the Great Elder, thus while they wanted to help the descendants, their instinct to survive frantically reminded them to cling to a few more years of life.

In the harsh conditions of Red Water State for the human race, becoming an elder was not due to any superb strength, but from a heart willing to dedicate and sacrifice for the clan and the human race.

Thus, over the next few days, elders gradually contacted the Great Elder, providing their affirmative answers.

“As long as we can help the descendants, we are willing to sacrifice our lives!”

Out of more than fifty elders, only a sparse two or three did not reply.

However, this number had already exceeded the Great Elder’s expectations; he initially estimated it would be good to have over forty people agreeing.

…

Meanwhile, Li Zhirui carefully traveled to various gathering places according to the map given by the Great Elder.

The local elders were very grateful and warmly welcomed him, hoping he could take away more clansmen.

Li Zhirui, for his part, only asked that they ensure they wouldn’t be detected by the Devil Beasts, affecting subsequent plans, otherwise, he would accept anyone willing to leave. After all, his space was vast enough to accommodate not just tens of thousands, but even millions.

However, he was curious about the Great Elder’s plan, so during this process, he tried to inquire. Initially, no one gave a response.

It wasn’t until the last dozen gathering places that finally an elder mentioned it to him.

“This Immortal, thank you for coming to rescue our people, and regarding the earlier proposal from the Great Elder, most of our elders have agreed. We need to trouble you to meet with the Great Elder to discuss the subsequent plan.”

Li Zhirui was slightly surprised by this and couldn’t help but ask, “When you say most, how many elders specifically?”

“Fifty-four.”

Li Zhirui was instantly struck by this small number and, even with his mental state, couldn’t help but feel a ripple of emotions.

To know that there were only fifty-eight human gathering places in the entire Red Water State!

Subtracting the Great Elder who proposed the plan, it meant only three elders did not agree! This was a terrifying number!

“You are the true heroes saving the people!”

Li Zhirui’s tone was full of admiration, and then he humbly said, “I merely showed up at the right time, that’s all.”

Even though he didn’t know the specific content of the Great Elder’s plan, just seeing these elders willing to die heroically, even if he hadn’t arrived with the Great Zhou Dynasty, they would soon save the local humans from the Devil Race!

Thus, Li Zhirui felt he was unworthy of such credit and gratitude.

Thinking for a moment, he said, “If you have made your decision, you can notify me in advance, then arrange for all the people at various gathering places to gather together, I can take them all at once, which can maximally reduce the number of casualties among the clansmen.”

After all, Devil Beasts are unlikely to come for prey simultaneously, so as long as the plan is well made, it’s possible to take as many mortals as possible without alerting the Devil Beasts.

At the same time, Li Zhirui also thought of another idea.

That is to shift the blame for this matter onto the Cave Abyss Sect and the Yumen He Family, using the Devil Race to hold them back, thereby buying more development time for the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Li family.

However, this method could only be used after the Great Elder and them.

“Thank you, Immortal!” the elder said gratefully.

They originally thought that safely sending away most of the clansmen was already the limit, but they didn’t expect Li Zhirui to offer such a promise.

“I’ll head to the rest of the gathering places first.”

With a wave of his hand, Li Zhirui vanished into thin air.

Since he was acting alone and was very careful and concealed, he didn’t encounter Devil Beasts afterward and successfully took away several tens of thousands of children.