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Chapter 1212 - Chapter 1212 Chapter 505 Professional

Chapter 1212: Chapter 505: Professional Chapter 1212: Chapter 505: Professional In this world, there are no absolutes. While you plan, others are also scheming, and history is the ultimate outcome of these schemes in action.

The wheels of progress roll forward, and the great figures are unwilling to fall behind. If today the Tang Clan had only sent a mediocre person to Chaochang, he might have quietly waited for the arrival of Minister Tang.

But Tang Yao was no mediocre person, therefore the first thing he thought of was how to find his own value in this complex situation.

The conflict between the Cloud Summit council and the Xiang Family presented him with the best opportunity to intervene in the affairs of Chaochang.

Even Xiang Ange, who had made significant promises, did not expect the Tang Clan’s move to be so… decisively ruthless.

“Let Xiang Guang bring people to press on, order the camp heads in the East Three Paths to encircle and cooperate with the twelve Martial Ancestors of the Tang Clan to take down the rebels of the Cloud Summit council in the shortest time!”

Ordered commands were issued from the Xiang Family’s mansion to the various battle divisions, but a persistent gloom lingered on the face of the Yanyun Grandmaster.

“The Merchant Alliance is nothing but bumbling wolves and jackals, whereas the Tang Clan of Longxi are the true tigers. To reject the jackals and scheme with the tiger for its hide, how would you instruct me, clan leader?”

“The Grandmaster has sparred with Longxi’s Pride, what do you think?”

“Within ten years, he cannot compare to our sect!”

“And what of the Longxi Alliance now dominating Longjiang?”

“The great tide is unstoppable.”

“Since the rise of the Tang Clan of Longxi cannot be stopped, why go against the tide?”

Xiang Ange gazed towards the distant east at the disappearing towers, speaking pensively.

“I fear that once Longxi starts, it will be uncontrollable, becoming a second Cloud Summit Council.”

“Solid alliances always disintegrate from within.”

Xiang Ange picked up a paper from the desk, which had been corrected several times and handed it to Xiang Yan, asking, “Grandmaster, what do you think of the candidates listed here?”

“Xiao Zheng? Tang Yao?”

Xiang Yan put down the list, puzzled, “Clan leader, what is this for?”

“Do you think these two are unfit to serve as council members of the Cloud Summit?”

“Xiao Zheng, being the top businessman of Longzhou in nearly a decade and his father being the Fire-Stealing Grandmaster, makes him barely suitable to be a council member. But this Tang Yao?”

After hesitating for a while, Xiang Yan expressed his deepest concerns, “Do you think he can contend with Longxi’s Pride?”

“He can.” Xiang Ange smiled and nodded, “Ye Qingcang was a great hero, yet because he underestimated this young man, he lost the millennia-old towers. Grandmaster must be cautious, if Tang Luo is a tiger, this young man is a strikingly venomous snake, a slight misjudgment could have dire consequences.”

…

The downfall of the Cloud Summit Council came so swiftly that Tang Luo hadn’t even realized what was happening when Yun Xiu, with a face of utter defeat, had already taken refuge in the Spirit World Passage and was reporting the situation at the Cloud Summit Tower.

“This morning, the team from the Tang Clan that arrived at the Cloud Summit Tower consisted of twelve guards, all of whom were Martial Ancestor level experts. They suddenly attacked, and before the tower’s formation could even activate, it was already overwhelmed.”

“…On the platform of the Cloud Summit Tower, Tang Baichuan sent Tang Yao away and then began to attack the remaining eleven merchants. This man’s skills are exceptionally high. Only the Luo Family Lord and Master Ye could barely hold him off. The other clan leaders either had their Xuanji Jade taken or were injured upon just coming into contact, and currently, it looks like even Master Ye and the Luo Family Lord won’t last much longer.”

Although Tang Luo had long been aware of his clan’s warriors’ prowess, the sight of the merchants’ alliance being reduced to a sieve still seemed utterly bizarre to him: “Where are the Martial Ancestor level experts of the merchants’ alliance? They are just watching helplessly?”

“The people gathered in the Cloud Summit Tower are all the wives and relatives of the merchants’ alliance. The Martial Ancestors don’t even have time to rescue them, let alone organize a counterattack. The few who found Tang Martial Ancestors were either killed or wounded, not even able to use their Xuanji Jade.”

Yun Xiu recalled the scene when she hid in the passage, still frightened: “The Martial Ancestors of the Tang Clan of Longxi really know how to fight. Whether it’s individual strength or cooperative tactics, even their family’s unique techniques seem purely designed for slaughter. With Sky-picking Hand as defense and Extreme Mang Finger in attack, in any given area, if any strong person from the Fierce Realm shows even a slight flaw, they would be taken out in a barrage. Before I left, the Cloud Summit Council side had already lost over a dozen Fierce Realm level fighters, and now no one dares to show their face.”

Of course, they were skilled in combat, Tang Luo knew without looking that these Martial Ancestors appearing at the Cloud Summit Tower were all from the Tang Clan’s escort team.

These experts, who treated razing cities and pulling up camps as easily as eating and drinking, were best at this kind of siege warfare and small-scale team fighting.

The real tough characters tempered by blood and fire. Just twelve Martial Ancestors, but if the Cloud Summit Council’s members came in waves, no amount would be enough for them to handle.

“Let’s think of another plan, the Cloud Summit Council is finished.”

Tang Luo no longer had the energy to be angry. He had been scheming for a long time, but the clan lord had already prepared an escape route.

He could understand, after all, to the Tang Clan, collaboration with anyone was just that, collaboration; the focus was on the benefits.

If the Cloud Summit Council had offered more, then tonight would have been a joyful banquet, but if negotiations fell through, the current scene would not be surprising.

It seems Tang Yao had already thought of two plans before he came here, it was really damn meticulous!

Tang Luo felt extremely frustrated, but Yun Xiu had already started to think about retreating. She shook Tang Luo’s sleeve and said softly, “Maybe… let’s just leave it?”

“Leave it? Leave what?”

“Stop planning against Chaochang…” Yun Xiu shook Tang Luo’s sleeve, whispering, “With the Xiang Family already dominating, and now with the support of the Longxi Alliance, the one branch of the Tang Clan alone showing such combat strength, I don’t want you to take any more risks. Let’s just leave Chaochang, shall we?”

“What are you worried about?” Tang Luo held Yun Xiu’s somewhat cold hand and pressed it against his face, speaking softly, “Worried that with the Tang Clan’s involvement, the affairs of Chaochang will become more complex, and I won’t be able to fulfill my promises?”

“No.” Yun Xiu squinted, her cold fingers pinching Tang Luo’s cheek, speaking in a sweet voice, “I am afraid that you, in trying to fulfill your promises, might overlook the most important things!”

“Underestimating me!” Tang Luo, despite having his cheek pinched, still appeared very stubborn, “Don’t look at these Martial Ancestors of the Tang Clan being so fierce now. If I were to go out now, I bet they wouldn’t dare to make a move, believe it or not!”

“I believe it, I believe it.” Yun Xiu released her fingers and rubbed Tang Luo’s cheek, cooing as if to a child, “My dear brother is the mightiest!”

“Heh heh..” Tang Luo grinned stiffly, pulled Yun Xiu’s hand away, and turning his head to comfort her, said, “Don’t worry, the Tang Clan getting involved in Chaochang is a good thing, and our plans can still go ahead as usual.”

“But now the Cloud Summit Council is gone, even if I disguise myself as Yun Xiu, what’s the point?” Yun Xiu was somewhat puzzled.