12dz Chapter 278 Escape
Chapter 278 Escape
Ji Mo and Ji Yun looked at Li Hengyou with some confusion, as if asking if there was anything more important than meeting the Fourth Elder.
Under the gaze of Zhimai, Li Hengyou swallowed hard, and changed his previous words with a trembling voice. He lowered his eyes, as if in awe.
"After... it's handled, the clan leader will be waiting for you in the clan hall."
"Chief..."
The human figure formed by the shadows raised its eyes and looked at Li Hengyou dimly.
A chuckle was heard in the long silence.
"Patriarch."
"This is bad. The clan leader and the four elders want to see me. Where should I go first?"
At the end of the season, he deliberately emphasized the words "where to go first" and looked at the shadowy and cold man who controlled the situation.
Neither of them spoke, but just looked at Ji Mo with cold eyes. No matter what he chose, there was no correct answer.
The contradiction between the main vein and the branch veins can no longer be eased.
If we go by status, Ji Mo must first meet the clan leader, after all, the clan leader is the real person in charge of the clan.
But now, the entire Ji family has long been divided, and the main branch and the branch are incompatible. If you meet the main branch first, it will make the branch feel uncomfortable. If you meet the branch first, it will not be in accordance with etiquette and will make the main branch uncomfortable.
What's more, this time the invitation was from the oldest patriarch and the fourth elder. Going to either of them would offend the other party.
At the moment, the most reasonable situation that Ji Mo could think of was to meet the Fourth Elder. First of all, it was the Fourth Elder's people who invited him first. Secondly, the main branch had already assassinated him once. Although the main branch would not admit it, this was an established fact. Compared with the main branch that assassinated itself, the branch branch was more friendly to him, although this was only from the perspective of exploitation.
Rather than flattering and assassinating the main branch, the best option is to completely abandon them and join the branch. In this way, he would slap the main branch in the face in front of everyone, and at the same time accept the invitation of the branch, completely abandon the possibility of wavering and join the branch. With this token of allegiance, the Fourth Elder might be happy and give him more protection.
After all, since the assassination, Ji Mo no longer has the right to choose. All he can rely on is the protection from the branch and the cooperation of the Kun family.
But is this really the best choice? Entrusting one's fate to a branch clan, becoming a complete pawn of the branch clan, living in their shadow, where a single thought can determine one's life or death.
Perhaps after enduring for many years, some adventure will allow you to break through the restrictions of the branch, become the elder of the branch, and enjoy the rest of your life.
But is this really what he wants?
No, what is the difference between living like this and dying? If you cannot control your life in your own hands, if you cannot even decide your own destiny, is such a life really meaningful?
Did he really have time to waste? In the short term, he could no longer find the truth about his parents' death. He wasn't so convinced about the ghost's assassination of his parents. He didn't believe the Nine-Tailed Fox would deceive him, not because the fox was honest, but because it was too powerful to do such a thing. Of course, this didn't prove that the ghost had nothing to do with his parents' death. Perhaps the so-called ghost was also a link, and it was indeed he who killed his parents in the end.
However, he had more important things to do now. Faced with the sudden invitations from the main and branch branches, Ji Mo's last thought of hiding in the Ji family and secretly investigating was wiped out.
He could no longer stay in the Ji family. The danger was too great. In other words, he could no longer stay in Baishui Mountain. Ji Mo had a premonition that asking him to go back this time was definitely not a good thing. It was very likely that they were just looking for a reason to imprison him and let the true teachings left by his father disappear completely.
Ji Mo raised his eyes and looked at them jokingly: "The clan leader and the four elders both want to see me. Why don't you discuss it together and decide who I should go with first, and then we can go?"
Ji Mo's words succeeded in making the two people, who were already in a bad mood, even more angry. It was like a frosty chill shot from their eyes into Ji Mo's soul.
A distant voice appeared in Ji Mo's mind. It was the elder of the main lineage speaking.
"Season's end, are you kidding me?"
"Let the clan leader wait for you? Let us discuss it? Where do you get such courage?"
It was as if a tangible chill penetrated Ji Mo's soul, and his body became cold and stiff, as if death was imminent.
The methods of the elder of the main line were not sophisticated, all he said were threats. Rarely, the elder of the branch line did not refute, as he also felt offended by Ji Mo.
As Ji Kongming's most loyal follower, Ji Mo's offense made him look at him coldly. If it weren't for himself and the arrangements of the four elders, Ji Mo would have become a cold corpse by now.
Shadow snorted coldly: "Too arrogant."
It was as if a real pressure was gathered on Ji Mo, and he wanted to use his own pressure to press Ji Mo to the ground, but he couldn't get up.
Ji Mo simply raised his hand nonchalantly, and with a light wave of his palm, the biting cold and heavy pressure disappeared. As if by instinct, an illusory crown condensed from his head, and the sun and the moon appeared alternately in the crown.
The sudden setback made the two elders' faces even gloomier.
The two elders gritted their teeth and exclaimed in unison, "Good boy."
The sudden tacit understanding even made the two elders stunned for a moment, and then they showed expressions as if their mother had died.
But Ji Mo was very surprised. This surprise was not fake. The biting cold and pressure brought by the elder were so powerful that Ji Mo felt very uncomfortable. Although uncomfortable, he could still bear it. He did not expect that the Sun and Moon would instinctively feel the external stimulation and spontaneously appear, and then resolve everything, making the uncomfortable Ji Mo feel like he was in spring breeze.
Although Ji Mo had received the inheritance, he had no understanding of the [Sun and Moon Shine Together] left by his father. After all, no one told him how to use it, and there was only a brief explanation in the inheritance.
The effect of [Sun and Moon Shine Together] is nothing more than reducing all external stimuli, just like turning on a defensive halo, reducing the damage you receive and increasing your intimacy with nature.
But he didn't expect that the effect would be so strong. The pressure from the elders at the third level was completely ineffective.
At this moment, Ji Mo also knew why the patriarch and the four elders wanted to meet him. Thanks to this powerful effect, Ji Mo gave up the idea of joining a branch clan.
Even if they surrendered, they would either be imprisoned or squeezed dry of all their value. How could they not be envious of the powerful [Sun and Moon Shine Together]?
I must escape, I absolutely cannot stay, I must stay away from Baishui Mountain, otherwise I will not even have a chance to survive!
As for Lin Miaomiao, he could only think of another way. He just hoped that she had arrived at the Kun family and received shelter.
Otherwise, Ji Mo can only find a way to sneak attack the Ji family and rescue her.