Clan Leader: ...

He suddenly asked, "Do you really love Zhenyan Xue?"

Li Yuan replied, "She is my family, and you are my clansmen."

"People outside are cunning, but you...you don’t make me dislike you," the Clan Leader said.

Li Yuan said, "Because we need each other, because we belong to the same clan."

"Belong to the same clan...belong to the same clan..." The Clan Leader murmured, then raised his cup and laughed, "To belonging to the same clan!"

Li Yuan filled his wine cup, and they drank heartily together.

The wine was a bit sour, mixed with a milky tang, and it was hard to get drunk on it.

"We have a plant called Heart-Burning Flower, just pluck a petal and throw it into the wine, and both of us will be drunk."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Then the Grand Elder must let me try it, haha," the Clan Leader laughed, and then, riding the wave of the wine, added, "You are very special... You don’t carry the airs of those hypocritical people...

And you’re very strong, frighteningly strong. A strong person like you shouldn’t be deceitful."

Li Yuan shook his head solemnly and said, "I don’t like deceitful people."

The Clan Leader said, "So, do you really love Zhenyan Xue?"

They both fell silent for a moment.

The Clan Leader said, "She is not some special woman, just an ignorant girl who accidentally escaped the clan...

Her parents died in a snowstorm hunt, leaving her sad and distressed, not wanting to find a man, so she secretly ran out.

But she...after just running out for half a year, already married a strong person like you, and then returned to the clan."

"A needle in a haystack... You have this saying in Great Zhou.

Haha, a needle in a haystack, yet she happened to find one."

The Clan Leader sighed, then added, "Zhenyan Yuan, it’s just the two of us here, what do you really want to do? Be upfront with me.

Even if you want to lead the Zhenyan Clan to conquest and plunder, I won’t stop you.

Because we people of the Frozen Soil should live in the light and not continue to stay here.

Do you want to use us as tools to achieve your ambition?

No problem, we too have ambition, your goals and ours do not conflict."

He looked eagerly at Li Yuan, waiting for his answer.

They stared at each other.

Li Yuan paused, then solemnly said, "As you wish."

His mind was very clear.

He didn’t want to start a war or become the "boss" of the "Barbarian Invasion" after the "Chaos of the Central Plains."

However, he needed to use something first to unite these Barbarians.

Instead of foolishly reasoning with them, telling them what’s right or wrong, what’s dangerous or not, I think this or that.

Once he successfully united them, wouldn’t all the rights to explain still belong to him?

Sure enough, after he said this, flames flickered in the Clan Leader’s eyes, and he appeared eager for action.

Li Yuan said, "But if we want to move forward, we need to accomplish three things first.

The first is to understand how fire enhances strength, then actively use it to enhance, rather than passively;

The second is to understand the Immortal Tomb, this land is full of mystery, and I want to take a closer look;

The third is to unite the Frozen Earth Clan to avoid internal conflicts when we step outside."

The Clan Leader nodded and said, "The Frozen Earth Clan consists of Nine Clans, we worship fire and respect fire, so in the past, we called ourselves the Nine Flames. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

However, this name hasn’t been used for a long time, as everyone is just trying to make a living on the Frozen Soil.

But if you want to unite the Nine Flames, you need not just strength, but also recognition...

No one will recognize someone outside of the Nine Flames as the Commander of the Nine Flames, no matter how strong you are, it won’t work."

"I unite?"

"Yes, the people of Nine Flames only submit to the strong.

Your strength is the greatest I have ever seen.

Only you can unite the Nine Flames.

However, you need to gain the recognition of the other eight clans."

"How?" Li Yuan was not shy about humbly asking for advice.

The Clan Leader laughed heartily, then asked, "How did you become one of our clansmen?"

Li Yuan smiled wryly, "Surely not eight times, right?"

The Clan Leader lowered his gaze slightly, saying, "Wolf Mother... You only need to conquer one woman, the Wolf Mother."

Li Yuan curiously asked, "Wolf Mother?"

The Clan Leader said, "The Wolf Mothers of all generations possess miraculous power, they can easily tame Ice and Snow Giant Wolves, making these brutal creatures as gentle as lambs."

Saying this, he gently stroked a snow-white giant wolf by his side, then said, "The giant wolves of all clans were tamed and sent by her.

All the clans also respect her greatly...

However, no one can force Wolf Mother to become his woman, and no one can do it.

But I think you can try.

After all, a previous Wolf Mother once loved a man and bore him a child, only... their child did not become the new Wolf Mother."

Li Yuan said, "In some time, I am willing to try."

He knew that this was the best solution, although the hope was not great, it should still be tried.

If, by chance, the Wolf Mother is blindly in love with him, then gaining the recognition of the Nine Flames would be accomplished.

"Alright, but the Wolf Mother’s whereabouts are unknown, when she appears, I will let you know," the Clan Leader said, "Now... you are free to act.

As the Grand Elder, you are the second person, besides me, who can mobilize the younger generation’s power within the clan, whether it’s patrol, exploration, or hunting...

At the same time, your food will be provided directly, without the need for you to work hard to exchange for it, nor do you need to dig it out from the Frozen Soil yourself.

But the duty you must undertake is to face the strongest among them when the enemy appears."