Chapter 36 Nine Families The three old and fierce Wu family cultivators led more than a hundred Taoists to meet Wu Yong in a mighty procession. Hundreds of dragon horses and spirit horses stepped onto the river bank, and a murderous aura filled the entire river bank. Jin Rong - Chief Steward Jin has served as the chief steward of the Wu family for three hundred years. At this time, he was holding Wu Yong's soul lamp in both hands, riding on the green-scaled dragon horse, and slowly coming towards Wu Yong. This made Wu Yong's mouth twitch. He had originally planned to flee with two battalions of soldiers after completing the task. Unless the Zhao family dared to enter Dongjun and block the door of the Wu family, there was really no way to deal with them. Now, all the members of the Wu family have arrived, and they didn't use the communication token to communicate with Wu Yong in advance. If the Zhao family suddenly launched an attack, not to mention the initiative, I'm afraid that the Wu family's assets would be emptied! "Is Second Master all right?" The old man in the lead dismounted from his horse and bowed slightly towards Wu Yong. "I'm fine, but... Manager Jin, why are you here?" Wu Yongxu asked softly, supporting his hand. "Hearing that the Second Master was suffering, I took the initiative to lead all the cultivators in the mansion here!" The old man looked around, his heart sinking. When they saw the many hazy shadows standing on the cloud platforms in the sky, focusing their energy on Wu Yong, even the three experienced old Gangsha cultivators couldn't help but gasp. With one alchemy mage, he could still negotiate with them. With two alchemy mages, he could try his best and risk his life to carve out a way for Wu Yong to survive. But now, six or seven great alchemy mages have gathered together!
What should I do? Obviously, this is beyond their capabilities. "Second Master always thinks that we old guys are taking advantage of our age and that we are greedy for the precious grain in the mansion, but we don't know how dangerous the world is. What do you think now?" "The son of a rich family should not sit in the hall. How can you put yourself in danger at will? Come back with me and study the Taoist scriptures carefully." Another old cultivator of Gangsha walked out from Jin Rong's side and rebuked Wu Yong without any hesitation. The Taoist servants, with the three old stewards as the core, were deeply rooted. After Wu Yong came to power, he liquidated the finances and streamlined the Taoist servants, which inevitably affected their disciples. This is a reference to Wu Yong! If something goes wrong, they will have to save the situation. So what if they embezzle some resources and precious materials? Wu Yong raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and glanced at the cultivators. When the words came to his lips, he calmed them down with gentle words: "If nothing goes wrong, I will study Taoism after returning. I am sorry to have troubled you all." "Please ask the stewards to lead the palace guards and the cultivators of the He family to board the dragon boat of the Sea Nation to avoid the attack for a while." Wu Yong didn't want to argue with these old cultivators at this moment! He turned around and waved to the guards around the market town, signaling them to follow Ying's Sea Kingdom dragon boat and retreat. "I have my own evil camp to protect me, and 125 thunder soldiers and thunder generals to guard the formation. No ordinary alchemy practitioner can get close to me. I have to settle this matter with Zhao family." "You guys should leave first, so that I can have nothing to worry about!" It's not that Wu Yong doesn't want to leave, but the Zhao family will not let him leave so easily. However, if the Wu family cultivators leave first, Wu Yong will have more room to advance and retreat. If he wants to leave alone, the other party may not be able to stop these two camps of rampant grass gods. When the guards heard this, they stared at Wu Yong with burning eyes. It was this man in front of them who became ruthless, took the Grass God and led the rampant soldiers to wipe out the three ancestors of the Zhao family in one blow, which greatly inspired people's hearts. Now, in this turbulent situation, he is not afraid at all, but is just worried that they will be affected. "Master, don't worry about us. Please protect me well." The guards bowed deeply to the gods of the Evil Camp and the Thunder Camp, then turned and left. When the guards, along with Wu Xuan and the four generations of the He family's grandparents and grandchildren, reached the riverside, they urged the three old Gangsha cultivators who had come to support them to lead the way. When retreating to the Sea Kingdom's dragon boat, the guard leader curled his lips and introduced Wu Xuan and the He family's grandparents and grandchildren, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally: "General Manager Jin, General Manager Lai, and General Manager Sun can easily mobilize millions of Dao baht from the treasury. After the master came to power, he checked the government's expenditures and found a shortage of nearly 5 million Dao baht." "The apprentices of the several managers were corrupt and took bribes. Those found out were all killed by the master and hanged outside the manor."
If you say they are loyal, they are indeed loyal, traveling thousands of miles just to get Wu Yong back. If they were disloyal, they would not even call Wu Yong "Zongzi" or "Master" until now, but just call him "Second Master" as if he were a young master. He was stubborn and self-willed throughout the whole process, and did not communicate with Wu Yong or anyone in the guards when he came to Danyang to help! Anyway, after Wu Yong came to power, he relied more on Wu Lie, Wu Changhai and the commanders-in-chief of these new people who had signed the Taoist contract. At least the newcomers were a blank slate and did not have so many bad habits. As he watched the Wu family's Taoists begin to retreat to Ying Ji's dragon boat, the Zhao family's ancestor's eyes became increasingly cold. If Wu Yong hadn't known something and stood still, he would have been unable to resist and would have taken forceful action! "A battalion of arrogant gods dares to be so domineering. This is truly against the will of heaven." "Zhu, Liang, and Ma from Black Mountain, Ying, Wu, and Zhou from East County, the Taoist priest Xu Yin from the Patrol River Office, and the old immortal from the county government. Well, well, have they finally surfaced?" "Jingde, activate the guardian soldiers and horses that the Dao Court has bestowed upon my clan. Select three hundred Dao soldiers and two hundred in regular training. I must compete with them today!" "If I don't kill one or two of his alchemy practitioners today, I will be considered incompetent!" The founder of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhen, had a grim look on his face, and actually ordered the Zhao family to use all their strength to give it a try. Hearing these angry words, Zhao Jingde did not move, but just stood there and bowed deeply to Zhao Zhen. "Grandfather, please don't be angry. Just listen to Jingde's words. If you think Jingde's method is useless, it's not too late to take action again!" Zhao Jingde endured Yuanzu's wrath, forced himself to remain calm, and quickly recounted all the terrible things. "The Wu family was just a chess piece pushed onto the chessboard. My grandson had already made an agreement with him, but who knew that the Third Ancestor would chase him and humiliate him repeatedly, causing him to fight to the death and cause a disaster!" "But even if we kill Wu Yong, what can our Zhao clan gain? I think we will gain nothing. Even our Second Ancestor and Fourth Ancestor may be at risk of perishing in the fight." "The Wu family is a distant relative of the Xun family of Yujing. Under the arrangement of the old lady Xun, they still owe the Xun family tens of millions of Daozhu. If the Wu family is really to be extinct, the old lady of the Xun family of Yujing may come to Danyang to destroy our family." "Isn't this exactly what those families are thinking?" Old Lady Xun of the Wu family went through many twists and turns for many years and borrowed more than 26 million Daozhu from her maternal clan, the Yujing Xun family, before she was able to buy that branch of Fusang wood. If this huge debt is not settled in one day, whoever kills Wu Yong in the game between the states and counties will be held responsible for it within three months, or even double the amount, because it is the debt of the third-rank family - the Xun family. In this way, it can also be regarded as a kind of protection for Wu Yong. After all, how many people can bear the consequences of tens of millions of Daozhu? Even if they can, who wants to touch this hot potato? "The source of this dilemma is nothing more than the three families of Black Mountain in Jiangbei, Zhu, Ma, and Liang, and the river patrol officer. The four families want to take advantage of the millions of Daozhu flowing into Zhujiang every year." "With my great-grandfather's ability, it would be better to take advantage of their unpreparedness and forcibly kill one of their alchemy practitioners to serve as an example to others!" Zhao Jingde spoke eloquently, analyzing the main and secondary contradictions one by one. "The river patrol historian is appointed by the Dao Court. Even if he is killed, he will be held accountable by the Dao Court. In two years, a new Daoist historian will take over." "Although Xu Yin is difficult to deal with, he is still within the range of being manageable. If we kill him, it will be unknown whether the next one will be a dragon or a tiger! Therefore, my grandson thinks it is better not to move." "As for Black Mountain, the three families in Black Mountain County have been fighting among themselves for hundreds of years, and each family only has one or two old and weak people left. However, a few years ago, the Zhu family produced a true cultivator who achieved the highest level of elixir, and he forcibly unified the three families." "I think that my great grandfather, the second grandfather, and the fourth grandfather could have eliminated the Zhu family's alchemy practitioner intentionally or unintentionally. Then Black Mountain would have collapsed without a fight. Xu Yin alone would not be able to cause any trouble." "What's more, the Jiang Patrol Officer Xu Yin was the mastermind behind the assassination of Wu Yong." It seemed that the eight families were surrounding the Zhao family, but in fact, the only ones who had substantial conflicts of interest with them were Heishan and the Jiang Daoshi. Without the leader of Heishan, Heishan would be like a headless fly. As long as the relationship with Wu Yong is properly handled, Dongjun is neither near the river nor the sea, and the Ying and Zhou clans will have no room to take advantage of the situation, the threat from the three families in Dongjun will be eliminated! "Hmm? My dear grandson, that makes sense!" The Zhao family's ancestor was suddenly startled and stared at Zhao Jingde with a strange look in his eyes.
After hearing his analysis, it seems that this situation is nothing to worry about? Nine great families, eleven alchemy masters, the real enemies of the Zhao family are only Zhu Ji of the Zhu family and He Yin on the river. "The second and third brothers have been best friends since childhood, I'm afraid." Zhao Zhen said hesitantly. I'm afraid he won't let Wu Yong go! "Hmph! The Third Ancestor even lost his golden elixir for his own selfish desires, and also caused the three families of Dongjun to take advantage of the situation to intervene. Is the Second Ancestor going to follow in his footsteps?" Zhao Jingde looked grim. The third ancestor of the Zhao family said in front of Wu Yong, who is Zhao Jingde and what does his words mean? In Zhao Jingde's opinion, the old man deserved this disaster because he ignored the family's interests for his own selfish desires! Perhaps he had an idea of how to break the impasse, Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "After I take back the Third Brother's golden elixir from that arrogant god, I can rest and recuperate and stabilize my alchemy practice." "Great-grandfather, instead of spending so much resources to restore the Third Ancestor's cultivation, it is better to help your grandson form a top-grade golden elixir. After all, it will be soon." Zhao Jingde frowned in objection, but when he caught a glimpse of the cold light on his ancestor's face, he suddenly shut up. Although Zhao Zhen was his great-grandfather, there were some things he really shouldn't say in front of him. After all, a cultivator family was no different from an ordinary family. "Alas, Jingde, you are too impatient. I will be happy if you can form the elixir soon. By then, you and I will have two elixir masters from the same lineage, which will be a good story in the whole Dongzhou!" "You are very smart and rational! But maybe, sometimes, you can be a little more passionate and have more compassion for your people." Zhao Zhen sighed softly. The Wu family has their own troubles, and the Zhao family has their own difficulties. "Just as you said, I will order the second, third, and fourth brothers to get rid of the Black Mountain guy first." "You go and have another discussion with Wu Yong. I think the Wu family has a strong foundation. The two battalions of rampant gods are truly top-notch protectors. Their clan is also very small. If possible, you can give one of your daughters to him as a marriage partner and use him as a support." Twelve alchemy practitioners from nine families, either openly or secretly, gathered on both sides of Danyang. Wu Yong was just wondering why the Zhao family had stopped their activities when he saw a group of purple clouds flying down from the cloud platform. It floated in front of Wu Yong in a few breaths. "It's you?" "Zhao clan's eldest son!" Wu Yong suddenly had an idea. Zhao Jingde's coming again at least meant that things had taken a turn for the better. Perhaps there was room for easing? "The eldest son of the Wu family!" Zhao Jingde bowed slightly to Wu Yong and looked closely at the two camps of rampant soldiers. Among the Five Thunder Soldiers, the leading Thunder General has already revealed his abilities as a Yin God, and the other Thunder Generals and military supervisors are no less capable than the Great Gangsha. They are the most balanced among the Five Thunder Soldiers, and after forming the Tianluo Formation, each Thunder Soldier can barely display the combat power of a sorcerer-level. In the Three Evils Camp, the Lord of Blood Evil was also a practitioner comparable to that of the Alchemy Dao, and the Skeleton Demon was trained with the secret method of the Heshan Dao, and his Taoist skills were not inferior to Zhao Jingde. With two battalions of guardian soldiers by his side, Zhao Jingde indeed deserves the honorific title of "Son of the Clan"! The two were talking when they suddenly felt the sky darken and clouds covered the sky, followed by several loud shouts. "You dare!" "Asshole." "The old ghost of the Zhao family." As if the sky was collapsing, the clouds in the sky fell layer by layer. Groups of purple clouds suddenly descended from the sky, covering an area of Danyang within a hundred miles.
Wu Yong and his companions at the bottom could not see what was happening in the air, but they could imagine that fighting had broken out. A huge wind pressure exploded from the sky above the prefecture, the river water was surging, old trees were uprooted, the residents' houses in the suburbs of the county were all blown away, and the doors and windows of the market town were directly destroyed by the blast. The mood of the stall owners in the market who were affected today was up and down. In less than four hours, three major battles broke out one after another. This might be a grand spectacle that can only be seen once in a lifetime. "What the Third Ancestor did was not approved by the clan. He just acted on his own will." Zhao Jingde narrowed his eyes and looked at the fluctuating purple clouds, saying solemnly. Wu Yong just chuckled when he heard this: "Yes, yes, I know. He even said that what you said is irrelevant. But I don't have any other choice. If he doesn't die, then I will die!" Zhao Jingde didn't even turn his head, leaving the door wide open. Even though the Blood God Son, the Skeleton General, and the generals of the Thunder Camp were standing behind him and could use their killing moves to kill him at any time, he was not prepared at all. Instead, he said to himself: "I don't agree with the Second Ancestor and the Third Ancestor's approach, so I proposed to the First Ancestor that we kill the First Cultivator of Black Mountain first to serve as a warning to others. Once he dies, the three families in Black Mountain County will collapse without a fight." "And you, the river patrol officer, should know that the pirate was his man, and the one who assassinated you was also his man. Only his barbaric cultivators from Jiaozhou would dare to be so shameless!" "Wu Yong, let's negotiate peace!" Zhao Jingde suddenly turned his head, stared at Wu Yong, and said firmly. “How can we talk? You can’t control your second and third ancestors at all. One moment we talk about peace, and the next moment they come with magic weapons to take my head.” Wu Yong shook his head and laughed. Having already suffered a loss once, how could Wu Yong dare to trust him easily? Zhao Jingde was speechless. It was indeed the fact. He was also anxiously waiting for the outcome of the struggle above. Even though he was only half a step away from condensing the pill, he was unable to participate. After all, although Zhao Zhen was also a Taoist practitioner who had been making top-grade elixirs for hundreds of years, the other party had also condensed a top-grade golden elixir. It would not be easy to kill the Zhu family's mage despite the obstruction of nearly four or five alchemy masters. If this succeeds, the Zhao family's crisis will be resolved in an instant. If it fails, I am afraid that the Zhao family will be attacked by all. Success or failure is fifty-fifty! Ang will start posting twice a week on weekends. The last few chapters are actually pretty bad, but they are laying the groundwork for the appearance of the Changbing and the subsequent Dongzhou forces. Try to simplify the following If it is difficult to understand the God of Grass, you can imagine. In fact, the heroic spirit is immortal and the evil spirits are indestructible. (End of this chapter)