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Chapter 1211 - Chapter 1211 Chapter 504 Boldness

Chapter 1211: Chapter 504: Boldness Chapter 1211: Chapter 504: Boldness As for the former Sect Head Tang Baichuan who accompanied them, he was solely focused on drinking and eating without even lifting his head.

After three rounds of drinks and five courses of dishes, and even several encores of the singing and dancing, there was still no progress on the matter everyone truly wanted to discuss.

Although everyone was prepared for the start with sky-high demands and settle for much less, Tang Yao unexpectedly did not play by the rules, making the big shots on the platform of Cloud Summit Tower feel incredibly stifled.

Seeing that Tang Yao was about to be drunk if they kept drinking, several of the big shots finally lost their patience and revealed their intentions.

“Military aid?”

With flushed cheeks and bleary eyes, Tang Yao drunkenly chuckled at them, “How many do you want to borrow?”

“We want to borrow an elite force sufficient to clear out the Eastern Three Passes!”

Staring at the seemingly drunk Tang Yao, Hu Jiujiang of the Hu Family’s Ink Faction said without betraying any emotion.

At present, Xiang Guang’s threat from the West Camp approaching close at hand is just an apparent spear; what is truly formidable from the Xiang Family is sealing off the fifteen other strategic passes with the remaining three camps.

While the Xiang Family blocks the grain routes of the Cloud Summit Congress, they also amass heavy troops to pressure them from nearby, leaving the twelve elite merchants no room to advance or retreat.

Although Ye Qingcang has proposed several times to unite their forces and crush the Xiang Family’s frontline West Camp, he has not received enough support.

After all, such a decisive battle means lives will be lost, and when a standoff is possible, who would be willing to fight to the death?

Merchants always seem indecisive in these evenly matched decisions because they have far too many gains and losses to calculate.

But if it’s a case of many against few, of the strong bullying the weak, the opponent will learn what cruelty means.

“Clear out the Eastern Three Passes?”

Drunk as a lord, Tang Yao stood up and wobbled over to the edge of the Cloud Summit Tower platform. He looked around for a while and finally chose a direction, pointing with his finger. Then he turned around and boisterously asked, “Is Hu Boss referring to these three strategic passes leading out from the East City?”

“Exactly!”

Hu Jiujiang’s eyebrows leapt up in delight. He hurriedly went up to him, and although he couldn’t see the distant scenery clearly in the night, he pointed towards the east in imitation and said, “Clearing these three strategic passes would be nothing but a minor effort for the Master of the Tang Clan. If it’s accomplished, Hu owes the Master a huge favor and will not hesitate to follow any order from the Master in the future!”

“A favor?”

Tang Yao turned back around in surprise, pressing his forehead against Hu Jiujiang’s, his breath reeking of alcohol as he said directly into the other man’s face, “The friendship with Heqing’s Hu Ink… for Tang… is utterly worthless!”

Already suppressing his discomfort, Hu Jiujiang’s face turned ashen as he saw that there wasn’t a hint of drunkenness in Tang Yao’s eyes!

Flipping his drinking vessel onto the ground, Tang Yao burped as he walked to the forefront of Cloud Summit Tower and brushed aside the dishes on Ye Qingcang’s table, sitting right on top of it as he stared directly into the eyes of Master Ye, “Master Ye wants military aid, then you need to show some sincerity. Spare me the nonsense about favors and friendship from now on.”

Ye Qingcang looked down at the chaotic table and Tang Yao’s rampant demeanor, then chuckled, twirling a ring on his finger, “It seems that Master Tang is quite confident, thinking the Cloud Summit Congress cannot do without you?”

“Burp~~” Tang Yao let out a belch, then waved his hand at Ye Qingcang, “There’s nothing indispensable. Master Ye is so strategic and far-sighted that even without the help of the Tang Clan, you naturally have ways to clear the Xiang Family’s elite from the Eastern Three Passes.”

“Then Ye is baffled. If you know it’s not about being indispensable, why act so arrogantly, Master Tang?”

“Because Tang suddenly feels, as the head of the South City Commerce Association and a member of the Cloud Summit Congress, I should appear more inflated. Being too cautious and timid, others won’t take me seriously.”

“Oh?” Ye Qingcang held the green jade ring in his hand and said to Tang Yao with a faint tone, “Sect Head Tang has quite the appetite, seeking a councilor’s seat is not enough, you also want the entire South City’s Chamber of Commerce?”

“Want?” Tang Yao raised an eyebrow, extending a finger and gently waving it in front of Ye Qingcang, “Master Ye misunderstands, this was promised to the Tang Clan by the Xiang Family Head. Tang is merely here at Cloud Summit Tower to inquire how much Master Ye is willing to offer the Tang Clan.”

High places are bitterly cold, and on this tower so close to the vault of heaven, the warm atmosphere that had just abounded suddenly turned chilly. Everyone’s gaze focused on Tang Yao at the forefront, almost as if they were looking at some kind of monster.

Longxi’s Pride had just fought a battle with the Yanyun Grandmaster, and for the Xiang Family to not loathe the Tang Clan to the bone was already magnanimous enough, yet they even agreed to concede such substantial benefits–it made people wonder if this young man was trying to swindle them.

The path of commerce is unpredictable; every family head couldn’t help but think this. Yet only Ye Qingcang knew, the confidence in Tang Yao’s eyes was not feigned.

“So, does the Tang Clan intend to ally with the Xiang Family to confront the Cloud Council?”

“Hey, it’s not such a rush. Don’t we need Speaker Ye to make an offer first?”

Tang Yao reached out, grabbed a peanut and tossed it into his mouth, chewing, “If the offer is suitable, the alliance with the Xiang Family doesn’t need to happen.”

“And if the offer is unsuitable?”

Ye Qingcang’s face was expressionless.

“Hmm…” Tang Yao scratched his face, puzzled, “Master Ye wouldn’t be so unwise, would he?”

“Refusing Tang Clan substantial profits equals being unwise?”

Ye Qingcang chuckled, “Does Sect Head Tang really think this matter is impossible without you?”

“That’s why I say, you businessmen are decent enough at trading, but when it comes to fighting and killing, your mettle falls far too short!”

Tang Yao stood up with great regret, turned his head to Tang Baichuan and said, “Lord Bai Chuan, it seems Speaker Ye still believes waiting for the strong ones from Da Lin to arrive is a better deal, seems like we can’t reach an agreement.”

Ye Qingcang was incredibly astounded, unable to believe that his greatest reliance had just been revealed so easily.

And while Ye Qingcang was still in shock, Tang Yao had already retreated to Tang Baichuan’s side, standing with his hands behind his back, the picture of docility.

“Sect Head Tang, what does this mean?”

Ye Qingcang’s face turned ashen, faintly feeling that things were slipping beyond his control, yet not knowing where exactly things had gone wrong.

It wasn’t the brash and unrestrained Tang Yao who answered Ye Qingcang, but Tang Baichuan, who had wiped his mouth and stood up.

Watching as the Martial Ancestor’s figure illuminated with the light of the Xuanji Jade, he then handed the Spiritual Power-filled gem to Tang Yao, and under the moonlight, a golden palm appeared, exploding into a blaze of golden brilliance.

At nearly the same moment, the eleven family heads on the Cloud Summit Tower felt a terrifyingly massive energy brewing extremely close by. The thousand-year-old building trembled violently from the ferocity of the Spiritual Power, accompanied by the desperate wails of Wind Media, “Enemy attack, enemy attack!”

From his vantage point on the balustrade, Hu Jiujiang saw clearly. Around the Cloud Summit Tower appeared four golden palms large enough to cover Xumi, all targeting the tower beneath their feet.

The golden giant palms shattered the walls of the Cloud Summit Tower with ease, the blast waves collapsing the load-bearing walls and beams. Screams and wails echoed from the collapsing mid-section of the tower.

The Martial Ancestor of the home camp hadn’t even had time to react when the top-tier Xuan-level combined attack was already upon them. And in the first moment of the attack, their thoughts were not of counterattacking, but of rescuing their kin and families from the chaos!

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