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Chapter 1479 - Chapter 1479 Chapter 726 The First Lesson of the Final

Chapter 1479: Chapter 726: The First Lesson of the Final Chapter_2 Chapter 1479: Chapter 726: The First Lesson of the Final Chapter_2 “Gentlemen, you are mistaken,” he declared. “To shoot the people, you must first shoot the horse. We must pick the strongest to intimidate them. As long as we subdue the Liu Family, the other prominent families will not dare to act rashly! Chuanyuan’s Liu Tianwang, the one with three grandmasters in his family, that’s all past glory. Everyone knows that this Heavenly King might already be spirit-depleted or even dead. I don’t believe a martial path with such imbalances in Yin and Yang and incompleteness in the Five Elements can prolong a life to six or seven hundred years. Let’s target the Liu Clan for intimidation!”

“You’re right, strike their elite forces! I’ve encountered the Liu Family’s merchant ships in the overseas waters before. This so-called number one great family of Longzhou, their strength is just mediocre, all hyped up. It’s time to wake these people up and stop them from parading around as the number one noble family of Longzhou, thinking they have no adversaries below the sect level.”

The Tang Family, which established its clan through martial arts, never lacked warriors. Even if the whole world were enemies, even surrounded by powerful foes, they never lacked the courage to fight with their backs against the wall.

Thus, it was only the Third Elder who started the conversation, but representatives from branch families responded as well, which also represented the voice of the majority of the lower and middle echelons of the Tang Family. In short, four words:

Fight them!

Whatever great families of Longzhou, whatever noble families and sects, none of that worked here with the Tang Family, either I kill you, or you kill me.

The thinking of martial artists has always been this direct and simple. In their world, there’s nothing that combat can’t solve. If it can’t be solved, then it simply means you’re not strong enough. If you lose, you might as well die.

Such individuals are particularly effective in combat, but as for managing a family…

That’s why this council meeting didn’t include the city sect heads; it’s not that they weren’t ranked high enough, but they couldn’t accept this.

But even if they couldn’t accept it, they must. There’s nothing to argue about. The Martial Hall simply had to follow the commands issued by the highest authority of the Tang Clan without delving deeper into reasons.

This North Mountain council meeting was the final decision about this battle, and no objections were allowed.

The silence of the other twelve elders along with the family head made the voices of the noble family representatives discussing the matter grow fainter and ultimately silent.

And the Third Elder, Tang Zhenghao, looking at the unresponsive round table, also grumbled as he sat down. He was not happy.

Before this, the three youngest had said they would support him, but now they remained silent, worse than those branch representatives!

“So, I will continue…”

After waiting for the council to quiet down, the family head, Tang Zhi, spoke calmly, “The elders mentioned that the Rune Spirit Stabbing Technique Secret Art sent from Ying City is extremely effective. Combined with the Drawing Spirit Method, it perfectly conceals the body surface runes of the Undying Battle Body, and it’s now fully implemented among the Main Branch Disciples.”

Concealing body surface runes means even if the core disciples die in battle, they won’t expose the Tang Family’s biggest secret.

This should have been a cause for celebration, but upon hearing this, sorrow deepened in the eyes of the elders around the round table.

“…After the complete implementation, the Secret Arts Pavilion will be the first to retreat into the Minor Spiritual Realm in June. Disciples who have not yet completed the Rune Spirit Stabbing Technique, and those who have completed but are unwilling to stay in the Lingjiang Seven Cities, will also be able to pass through.”

“…According to the intelligence sent back from the Evil King Domain, with the addition of Dutian Heavenly King to the patrol, the rebels will be suppressed within a few months. Hence, the head of the Xiao Clan can only buy us two to three more months. By then, the Evil King Palace will dispatch their elite forces to spearhead the strike against the Alliance.”

“At that time, the Four Great Families of Longzhou and the Bounty Alliance will respond simultaneously. Thus, the absolute latest deadline is the end of June, anyone remaining in Lingjiang Seven Cities will be a warrior.”

At this point, Tang Zhi paused and then slowly stood up, bowing to the audience, “Thank you, gentlemen, for cooperating with this plan. After July, Tang Zhi will join you in a blood battle against the invaders!”

This energetic promise elicited cheers from the representatives of the branch families, while the thirteen elders on the round table showed expressions of pity.

“Family head.”

The Great Elder, Tang Siyuan, spoke somberly, “Retreat into the Minor Spiritual Realm with the elders.”

“What, does the Great Elder think little of Tang Zhi’s modest skills?”

Tang Zhi laughed heartily as he said this to the Great Elder.

“Indeed, I do.”

The Second Elder, Tang Hongjun, stroke his snow-white beard lightly and spoke indifferently, “The Tang Family does not lack elite transcendents, but few can see the big picture amidst the fog barrier, who can unravel the tangled threads within a mess. The Tang Family’s large ship still needs you to steer it!”

“To accommodate great resentment, there must be some remaining.”

The usually reticent Fourth Elder, Tang Zhengyuan, suddenly spoke, “If the family head is not commanding the center army, how can those children understand these painstaking efforts?”

“Fourth Elder, I have faith in the children.”

Tang Zhi smiled, “They are all good kids, they won’t disappoint us. In that pile of ashes, it’s not rubble that shines…”

“That’s right, it’s the phoenix!”

…

Kun Island is vast, as if it’s a floating land.

It’s so stable even on the Endless Sea that it amazes everyone.

During the initial few days, the students newly joined to the Marshal Star Pavilion (the most talented disciples of the current generation of the Tang Family), lingered on the edges of Kun Island out of curiosity, gazing into the endless sea. Some even brazenly wished to dive into the sea to linger, fortunately restrained by their companions.

But as the novelty wore off, the sailing became quite boring, because the scenery of the sea was all the same.

Well, that might not be strictly true, as the seascape changes every moment. But for those standing on Kun Island, it all looked similar.