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Chapter 1475 - Chapter 1475 Chapter 724 Resignation_2

Chapter 1475: Chapter 724: Resignation_2 Chapter 1475: Chapter 724: Resignation_2 As both member of the Human Race, is it just for a bit of profit that you would exterminate an entire family? What kind of heart do the upper echelons of the Tang Clan possess?

“A bottomless greed, nobody thinks they have enough treasures. Simply erasing a name of a person thousands of miles away on a sand table, turning it into a mere mound of earth, a group of yelling strangers, what need is there to develop any conscience?”

Tang Luo calmly said, “Since Mr. Du Sha knows this, what do you plan to do next?”

“If it were ten years ago, Du would join the coalition against the Tang Clan, ceaseless till death!”

Du Sha’s expression returned to calm, but the words he spoke were chillingly cold.

The man known as a hero suddenly felt an ironic sting; he had once thought the Tang and Mi families of Xiling were merely overbearing, but different from those clans who grew powerful at the expense of others, treating human lives as worthless.

Yet today, he suddenly realized that the deeds of the families Tang and Mi were indeed a million times worse than those of the most heinous clans he knew.

And such a family, devilish in nature, was revered in Lingjiang as saints and paragons of virtue and justice. Wasn’t that laughable?

“Mr. Du Sha is impatient for justice, it’s not surprising he would make such a decision.”

Tang Luo’s fingers lightly tapped on the armrest of his chair, and he softly said, “Sometimes I feel the Tang Clan deserves death, yet this is the place that nurtured me, as long as there’s a glimmer of hope, I can’t let it vanish. I hope you can understand that.”

“Moreover, not everyone in the sizable Tang Clan is directly covered in blood, though saying this may sound like an excuse. But what family in the world is purely black and white? Regardless of size, they all harm some people, and protect others.”

“The Tang Clan acts only for itself.”

Du Sha brutally interrupted Tang Luo, his voice cold, “It’s nothing but emotionless pillaging and killing, wielding the butcher’s knife against clans far weaker than themselves, such atrocities, no matter how many good deeds follow, cannot be glossed over.”

Tang Luo fell silent; indeed, just as Du Sha had said, he had tried many times to make excuses for the Tang Clan, but with the transformation of the Wancheng Treasure Ship into the Ghost Weeping Warship, he truly couldn’t find a perspective to justify it.

Because it wasn’t competition, nor vendetta, merely a slaughter based on greed, targeting a clan countless times weaker than the Tang Clan.

The direct truths spoken by Du Sha left Tang Luo unable to respond, leaving only silence.

What was certain was that knowing the Wancheng Treasure Ship was actually the Ghost Weeping Warship, Du Sha would not lend a hand to the Tang Clan ever again.

The room quieted down again, so silent that even breathing sounds were absent.

The dim space concealed Du Sha’s anger and also masked Tang Luo’s awkwardness.

After a long silence, Longxi’s Pride lifted his head and asked, “You said earlier that had it been ten years ago, you would have joined the army of the Longxi Alliance, but what about now?”

“I apologize, but Du is unable to continue serving as the First Star General at the Marshal Star Pavilion and will leave Aran Mountain effective today.”

Du Sha had long resolved, “Please find someone more capable for the role, Pride.”

“Please reconsider, sir, the Marshal Star Pavilion is not only my effort but also yours. Ten years of time, how many decades does a person have in life?”

Sighing, Tang Luo spoke persuasively, “I know you currently harbor great animosity towards the Tang Clan, but please don’t let it affect the Marshal Star Pavilion. Although we share tasks with Lanshan City Martial Hall, Marshal Star Pavilion operates independently from the Tang Clan. The support we receive is entirely provided by the Righteous Business Group, and as you know, the Righteous Business Group deals only in farm tools, with a clear and clean source of funding, absolutely untainted by bloodshed!”

Longxi’s Pride spoke with righteous indignation, but the resolute Du Sha simply countered dispassionately, “Five years ago, the Righteous Business Group was already unable to afford the enormous expenses of Marshal Star Pavilion. Cui Dayou, riding on your favor, has been withdrawing money at will from the treasury in Lanshan City for various purposes including, but not limited to, medicinal soups and baths for physical conditioning, daily consumption of lean meat snacks, and resources for secret martial techniques! All these, how can one claim they are unrelated to the Tang Clan?”

“Uh…” Tang Luo was taken aback, then waved his hand and said, “These were all repaid using my clan’s resources and shouldn’t be considered as support from the Tang Clan.”

“In Du’s view, there is no difference.”

“The difference is huge!”

Tang Luo spoke seriously, “The problems of the Tang Clan and those of the Longxi Alliance, each needs to be resolved. To resolve these matters, merely acting on sentiment won’t do; one must start from within.”

“Of course, perhaps in your view, an evil family like the Tang Clan deserves to perish as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.”

“However, in reality, even if the Tang Clan were gone, the situation wouldn’t improve, as new clans would emerge whose actions may not necessarily be more benevolent than those of the Tang Clan.”

“Even if we truly were to destroy before rebuilding, with the current strength of the Longxi Alliance, it would only shatter the landscapes of Longzhou West, and the so-called vanquishers would definitely not emerge victorious!”

Du Sha fell silent. His decade-long career as a hero had shown him all too often how avengers embraced as heroes eventually turned into the very evil they sought to eliminate.

Therefore, he knew that what Tang Luo said might very well be true, but he still couldn’t convince himself. The evil dragon of the future remained unseen, and he had before him an exceedingly vile one; he did not wish to be tainted by association.

“It’s not about being tainted by association, but about guiding change!”

Directly addressing what was in Du Sha’s heart, Tang Luo said lightly, “Once, I tried to get the Tang Clan to abandon their Ghost Weeping Warship project for the Wancheng Treasure Ship, but I failed! Do you know why I failed?”

Du Sha shook his head.

“It was because my proposal had no benefit involved. Though the looting involved in the Wancheng Treasure Ship no longer enticed the Tang Clan, it was a hard-to-resist temptation for the core tribes of the Longxi Alliance.”

Tang Luo continued calmly, “So, they made a compromise, tossing out what was useless to them in exchange for a staunchly loyal coalition of sixteen clans! The Tang Clan is no longer affiliated with the ship, but the Ghost Weeping Warship continues and escalates, precisely because of this.”

Du Sha’s eyes blazed with fury, “The Ghost Weeping Warship involves members of the sixteen clans of the Longxi Alliance as well?”

“People are never satisfied, but they all walked into a misunderstanding.”

Tang Luo spoke lightly, “Slaughtering the weak does not make one powerful. Beyond the first century of accumulation, the Tang Clan could have abandoned the treasure ship, but they saw no better path, so they clung desperately to this sole means of becoming stronger.”

“Not just the Tang Clan, most clans in the world do the same, treating everything as combat and cooperation as competition. As long as this ideology persists, the slaughter will never cease!”

Du Sha’s upright spine collapsed as he suddenly realized that perhaps a ‘clean’ clan didn’t exist.

“Thus, the Marshal Star Pavilion is another attempt! Commoners are not worthless ants; the foundation for rising clans lies hidden among these ordinary people.”

“The Marshal Star Pavilion might just be the revolutionary work that could change the future landscape of Xiehe!”

Looking earnestly at Du Sha, Tang Luo added, “Every student here is well aware of their background, and you have seen their potential. Though their names are not yet prominent and are like pearls covered in dust, one day, they will be very different.”

“On that day, the clans including the Tang Clan will see the power of ordinary people, and they will understand that the greatest lies hidden in the ordinary. Only then will clans genuinely begin to treat the common folk well, giving them a bit of respect.”

Du Sha had always thought the Marshal Star Pavilion was just Tang Luo’s attempt to gather some exceptionally talented individuals from countless refugees and then form a group of fighters under his command.

But today, he was startled to discover that he had never truly understood the Marshal Star Pavilion.

Could this organization, born of refugees and wandering warriors, truly change the way clans viewed common people in the future?

“It will!”

Tang Luo said earnestly, “It doesn’t even need deliberate guidance; just let the members of the Marshal Star Pavilion shine naturally. Once they become stronger, some ‘intelligent’ clans will naturally seek to uncover their past and attempt to entice them. At that time, they will realize that talent has no connection to lineage, that the most ordinary families can produce the greatest geniuses, and that even the noblest bloodlines are often mediocre.”