MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 1284 - 261: The Approaching Storm
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Branch started banging the table and benches again: "Look, look, I said from the start, we should handle such matters, yet you all disagreed. Look now, a month has passed, and Second Brother hasn’t made any progress either. I tell you, hand the remaining Qin Long Guards and that kid Qin Hong over to me, and in less than half a month, I’ll get it done for you!"
"Hehe, Old Five, your branch specializes in sneaky things. Letting you handle such matters would mean our Sky Family can never hope to obtain that Training Method in this lifetime. You better shut up, or your Third Brother doesn’t mind beating you to death at the ancestral shrine today."
The Third Branch spoke calmly, but the other branches knew well that if the Fifth Branch dared to babble further, the Third Branch would definitely follow through.
The Fifth Branch knew this too, and immediately became silent, speaking no more.
Then, the First Branch’s expression grew serious, and he struck the table heavily, saying, "Now that Rongtian’s Master has announced a complete seclusion, I think Rongtian’s Master has already touched upon the usage of some mysterious forces of heaven and earth, and has begun making breakthroughs in strength."
To this, the Fourth Branch nodded slightly, smiling: "If Rongtian’s Master makes further breakthroughs, it might not be a bad thing for us."
At this time, the seventh branch that had remained silent spoke: "Is it really a good thing for us if Rongtian’s Master makes further breakthroughs? Fourth Brother, our Sky Family’s ancestors divided into seven branches, each managing some affairs. Was it truly just to ensure the family’s continuation? Wasn’t it also to pave the way to seize control of the world?! If Rongtian’s Master makes further breakthroughs, then our Sky Family will forever only kneel at his feet, always a servant to Rongtian’s Master!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire room fell into silence. Fortunately, this was within their Sky Family’s ancestral shrine; if said outside, they would surely be exterminated.
Indeed, under the Domain Master’s rule, every powerful family harbors ambitions of rising, but they lack the strength to rise.
Moreover, the Sky Family does not seem to possess immortal legacies like the Qi Family and Lei Family. They have yet to understand the true mysteries of ascending the Martial Emperor Realm.
"Alright, regardless, Second Branch, Third Branch, you must pick up the pace. As for the Fourth Branch’s demands, I can’t satisfy them, but I’ll negotiate with those families to share some research results. If one family can’t complete it, then unite several families together. At the very least, we can’t fall behind those families in the Western Battle Zone. Ma Rentu once pioneered a new path in Martial Arts, and it’s possible they may progress faster than us. If any family in the Western Battle Zone first acquires the Secret Technique, it would be a nightmare for us."
Rongtian Domain is divided into five Battle Zones: besides the eastern, southern, and northern zones, there is the Central Battle Zone directly managed by Rongtian’s Master.
Due to successive wars six hundred years ago, the eastern, southern, and northern zones have faded, and it’s difficult to find colossal families like the Sky Family and Duo Family within the Battle Zones.
Thus, the Duo Family and the Sky Family are the two dominant families in the Rongtian Domain’s battle for supremacy.
Upon hearing the news of Ma Rentu’s survival, the Sky Family instantly stirred because he is the ruthless person capable of stabbing Rongtian’s Master’s chest. The Sky Family truly lacks a top combat power to contend with him.
That’s why the Sky Family is urgent to uncover the secrets within the Qin Long Guards.
Meanwhile, far away in Photon City, Lu Hong was listening to A San’s report.
"Reporting to City Lord, Photon City’s thirty thousand soldiers supporting the Western Battle Zone were slaughtered within Upper Valley in the Western Battle Zone. Most soldiers were killed with a single sword strike to the throat; signs of combat are not evident. It seems they were instantly killed by many Martial Arts Sect members, thus making the thirty thousand soldiers’ resistance not appear intense. Additionally, Young City Lord Qin and his three thousand Qin Long Guards are missing, suspected to be captured by certain forces. I’ve arranged for someone to search quickly."
Listening to A San’s report, Lu Hong nodded and said, "There’s no need to search for Qin Hong and the Qin Long Guards; they were certainly taken by the major families coveting my Training Method. Even if you search, there won’t be any useful information. Let’s stop here. Next, dispatch all the spies to be planted within the major family forces. I don’t need to know their core secrets. You only need to regularly report their major movements.
Upon hearing this, A San hesitated and asked, "City Lord, are we not searching for the Young City Lord?"
To this, Lu Hong smiled slightly: "Is there a need to search? I’ve planted a Divine Soul Mark in him; his trace has never escaped my sight. If I want, I can locate his precise position within an hour. Alright, you’ve been running around a lot lately, go back and rest, try to breakthrough the Second Transformation soon; without it, your usefulness is ultimately limited."
"Understood!"
As A San retreated, Lu Hong rose, standing atop the pavilion of the City Lord Mansion, overlooking the vast Photon City, feeling somewhat emotional. Lu Hong could have saved the three thousand Qin Long Guards, but doing so would render his sending Qin Hong to the Western Battle Zone meaningless. The three thousand Qin Long Guards were the bait Lu Hong cast out, and someone among them was instructed by Lu Hong to voluntarily expose the Spirit Cultivation Method at the critical moment.
Lu Hong is not worried about exposing the cultivation method, as grasping the skills required for Spirit Cultivation can’t be comprehended in a few words. Additionally, what gets out at most reaches the Second Transformation, while the third transformation regarding the sublimation of Spiritual Power, and other crucial cores, still only belong to Lu Hong.
Once these families taste the sweetness, it’s time for Rongtian Domain to descend into chaos.
But surprisingly for Lu Hong, before Rongtian Domain became chaotic, Tuzong Domain, three domains away, was the first to experience turmoil.
Undeniably, the world is vast, heroes abound.
Within Tuzong Domain, a family’s core disciple, an exceptionally gifted Heavenly Son, is extremely attuned to Spiritual Energy...
The moment Spiritual Energy arrived at the continent’s dark side, it was captured by him. An Innate Spiritual Body, even without cultivating Spiritual Energy, it naturally enters his body, transforming into Spiritual Power cultivation.
Moreover, the Spirit Gathering Cup that fell from Eight Desolations Heavens seems to have landed near Tuzong Domain, making its Spiritual Energy concentration over three times that of Rongtian Domain.
An Innate Spiritual Body, the super-concentration of Spiritual Energy, created a monster that even Tuzong Domain people couldn’t believe.
A twenty-one-year-old Martial Emperor Master, and Perfect Martial Emperor!
Six years, merely six years, turned a small family disciple from a suburb into a super powerful Martial Emperor master.
And this small family, being observed by this Child of Destiny within his body, passed down the Spirit Cultivation Method, although much inferior to Lu Hong’s systematic meditation, is still somewhat of a legitimate cultivation method.
Although this Child of Destiny has no Spiritual Power skills, he has abundant Spiritual Energy. Unfortunately for them, Tuzong’s Martial Emperor, the oldest among the Twelve Domains, is nearing the end of his life.
The Child of Destiny later challenged the old Martial Emperor, exhausting him to death.
Once the old Martial Emperor died, Tuzong Domain plunged into chaos. The top families in Tuzong Domain saw the speed and power of enhancement from cultivating Spiritual Energy and started to find all means to capture and entice members of the Child of Destiny’s family to make them hand over the cultivation method.
Those Child of Destiny’s small family members, accustomed to hardship since childhood, couldn’t hold themselves and handed over all the mastery of Cultivation Techniques.
Now, complete chaos reigns in Tuzong Domain, a spirit cultivation frenzy breaking out rampant. Each family is absorbing Spiritual Energy to strengthen themselves, and they engage in mutual warfare, vying for power.
As for our Child of Destiny, although reaching the Martial Emperor level, sadly, he’s alone, nobody fosters him. He proclaimed himself emperor, with families paying lip service. The Child of Destiny indeed ascended to the Domain Master’s position in Tuzong Domain, but his orders couldn’t even reach the Imperial Palace, and still, the families are battling for supremacy.
