Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Zhao Wu: Today, the Luo Family shall be destroyed!!_1
Apart from the Luo Family, the Jing Family, although a bit surprised by the news,
didn’t find it completely impossible.
The “cake” within Qingshi Town, as well as the “cake” outside of it, was so big.
Therefore, if the Zhao Family wanted to maintain their status as the legitimate authority,
they couldn’t possibly implement a policy of completely annihilating their subordinate clan forces.
And since that was the case, what did the Jing Family have to worry about?
The Jing Family was relatively indifferent to this news.
But the Hu Family, standing alongside the Zhao, Luo, and Jing families as one of the four major families of Qingshi Town,
was at this moment clapping and cheering.
Qingshi Town, the Hu Family Ancestral Land.
Inside the room where the Hu Family Patriarch was staying,
there sat Hu Da, the current Family Head of the Hu Family, in a seat of honor.
On his face, besides a smile, there was only a sense of relief.
Before, when they approached the Luo Family to propose a political marriage between the families,
Luo Ping, the Luo Family Patriarch, outright refused them.
Not giving Hu Da the slightest face.
At the time, Hu Da thought to himself that he wanted to witness the Luo Family’s rise and fall,
He wanted his Hu Family to be the fisherman benefitted from the fight between the Luo and Zhao families. He intended to play a game where the sandpipers and the clams grapple, but the fisherman gains.
And now, although Hu Family could no longer play the role of the fisherman,
it didn’t affect Hu Da’s excellent mood in the least.
“Father, I never thought that being refused a marriage alliance by the Luo Family would turn out to be a good thing”.”
“If that marriage had gone through at the time, it would now be a bit troublesome for our Hu Family…”
Inside the room, the silent and standing Hu Min, Young Master of the Hu Family, suddenly spoke up.
“You’re right, fortunately the marriage did not take place, otherwise…”
As he spoke, Hu Da’s face showed a deep sense of relief from a dilemma.
If the marriage had indeed taken place,
the Hu Family would have been irrevocably tied to the Luo Family, like grasshoppers on the same rope.
Then the Hu Family would surely become a target for the Zhao Family.
Even if the Hu Family expelled the member married into the Luo Family,
and declared they had absolutely no connection with the Luo Family,
the Zhao Family, for the sake of the marketplaces in the hands of the Hu Family and for the enormous interests, would surely take advantage of this perfect opportunity to make a move against the Hu Family.
Utterly suppress the Hu Family once and for all.
“What follows is the Zhao Family’s rise to power; if old man Yue Jun has any sense, he will become a puppet in the hands of the Zhao Family.”
“Back when the four major families coexisted within Qingshi Town, our Hu Family could still secure our assets.”
“Now… I’m afraid it will be somewhat difficult.”
As Hu Da said this, he suddenly raised his head, and with a serious and solemn expression, he instructed his son Hu Min in front of him, “Once the Zhao Family Patriarch returns to the Zhao Family Clan territory, you and I will go to the Zhao Family Clan land together.”
“The market, as it stands now, is like a hot potato for our Hu Family.”
“We, the Hu Family, can hardly hold onto it anymore.”
“It’s better for us to take the initiative and sell the market to the Zhao Family at a low price, rather than waiting for someone from the Zhao Family to make the first move.”
“Let the Zhao Family owe the Hu Family a favor.”
Hu Da’s words echoed in the room.
Hu Min seemed to not fully understand the meaning behind his father’s words.
“Father, why must our Hu Family’s markets necessarily be handed over to the Zhao Family?”
“If our Hu Family is to hand over the markets, then what about the gambling house of the Jing Family…
The nature of the market and the gambling house are completely different.” Hu Da directly interrupted his son Hu Min, “Hu Min, remember, you only need to do as I say, I do not want such a situation to arise a second time.”
Hu Min: “Son, I have remembered…”
After the Zhao Family had dealt with the matter concerning the old town mayor Yue Jun,
Zhao Wu, the Patriarch of the Zhao Family, and Zhao Hong, the second elder of the family,
These two cultivators whose cultivation was both at the Perfection of the Bone Refinement Realm, along with nearly fifteen hundred armored youths,
rushed towards the direction of the Luo Family Clan territory.
The streets above were enveloped in swirling dust and smoke.
The orderly sound of footsteps thundered continuously like the roar of thunder.
Now on the streets of Qingshi Town, it seemed, apart from the group from the Zhao Family,
all the townspeople had already hidden themselves in their homes.
Or perhaps, in some corner.
Even those with greater courage dared only to stay far away, silently spying.
“Big brother, are you sure you want to make a move against the Luo Family now?”
“I heard that the third youngest of the Luo Family camped near the superior Qingshi mine veins, Luo Yong,”
“had already rushed back to the Luo Family ancestral land in Qingshi Town before we locked down the town.”
At the vanguard of the grim procession, Zhao Hong, the second eldest of the Zhao Family clad in a dark red armor and girded with a sharp blade,
suddenly turned his head and quietly asked his big brother Zhao Wu.
Clerics of the Bone Refinement Realm continuing the battle and eradicating the Luo Family, naturally, posed no issue.
But those merely an arm’s strength away, dressed in armor, the youths,
would meet their end at the Luo Family’s if they had not rested well,
which would undoubtedly be a significant loss for the Zhao Family’s subsequent development.
“I know all this.”
Zhao Wu silently turned his head and said in a low voice to Zhao Hong, “But if the Luo Family does not perish, I will not be at peace.”
“The Qingshi mine resources in the Luo Family’s hands are extremely important”
“not only to our Zhao Family but also to the entire Qingshi Town.”
“So, rather than extinguishing the Luo Family another day, it’s better to take action today.”
The Zhao Family had no desire to conceal their movements.
Actually, even if the Zhao Family wanted to,
within Qingshi Town’s not-so-large area, it would be impossible to hide from the eyes of the other family powers.
In Qingshi Town, at the Luo Family Clan land.
Inside the room of the Luo Family Patriarch.
At this moment, Luo Ping, the current head of the Luo Family, seemed somewhat restless.
Beside him, his son Luo Chuan, on the other hand, was exceedingly calm.
While drinking the hot tea in his hands, he awaited the Zhao Family members’ arrival leisurely and quietly.
“Big brother.
Following the sound of incoming footfalls,
suddenly, a familiar voice reached the ears of everyone in the room.
It was the voice of his third younger brother, Luo Yong, ostensibly the strongest person in the Luo Family.
“Third brother, what’s the situation?”
“Has the Zhao Family truly brought more than one thousand five hundred armored youth directly toward our Luo Family Clan land?”
Luo Ping, seated in the principal seat, stood up immediately upon seeing Luo Yong enter the room,
and asked with a somewhat panicked expression.
“More than one thousand five hundred armored youth, that’s true.”
“The Zhao Family bringing people toward our Luo Family Clan land, that’s also true.”
Luo Yong, looking at Luo Ping whose face was full of panic, then glanced at Luo Chuan, who seemed unusually calm beside him,
sighed helplessly, and spoke in a low voice.
Just as Patriarch Luo Ping seemed about to say something,
Luo Chuan stood up from his side, stepped in front of his father,
and cutting off what Luo Ping was about to say, calmly looked at his third uncle, Luo Yong, and said in a low voice, “Third uncle, if we were to resist the Zhao Family with the strength our Luo Family shows on the surface, how long could we hold out?”
Although Luo Yong was somewhat stunned by Luo Chuan’s actions,
he still gave a rough reply, “Using the strength that our Luo Family shows on the surface, we could hold out for at most three hours.”
“If we mobilize the hidden strength within the clan, we could last up to five hours at most.”
Luo Chuan, “Then, if there were a cultivator of the Organ Refinement Realm stationed within our Luo Family ancestral land, what would the situation be like?”
“A cultivator of the Organ Refinement Realm stationed here?” Luo Yong’s eyebrows couldn’t help but slightly furrow as he stared at his nephew, asking in a low voice, “What do you mean by that?”
In response, Luo Chuan smiled without saying a word.
He simply turned his head and looked toward where the courtyard of their venerated ancestor was located.
At that moment, it seemed everyone present understood something.
They grasped the true meaning behind Luo Chuan’s words just now.
