Chapter 353 - 168: Open Strategy, the Decision of the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture_2
The atmosphere in the room gradually became more oppressive.
"The same argument again?"
He murmured to himself in a low voice.
Xu Yicun couldn’t help but silently stand up.
The icy aura emanating from his body was bone-chilling.
The expression on his face, however, grew increasingly silent.
He walked step by step towards the door of the room, hands clasped behind his back.
Until he reached the doorway.
Xu Yicun suddenly came to a halt.
After a long silence, he let out a slight sigh.
"Luo Family..."
"Ke Family..."
"If things are really as such, it seems I truly have no choice but to play the fool and step onto the path that the Luo Family has laid out for me."
Xu Yicun said this in a somewhat helpless tone.
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It seemed he really had no reason to move against the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family.
The Great Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder.
And many of the Xu Family elders.
For their own interests, they naturally would not agree with him moving against the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family.
After all, it was the son of the Family Head who died.
It wasn’t the sons of those elders, was it?
What did this matter have to do with the elders?
And even though Xu Yicun knew deep down that the assailant must be someone from the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family, and could only be from the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family,
he had no evidence. Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Without evidence, even though he was the Family Head of the Xu Family,
it would not be appropriate for him to bypass those elders and mobilize the family’s power to move against the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family.
So, under such circumstances,
even though he knew of the Luo Family’s schemes,
and even though he knew the calculations in the heart of the Luo Family,
it seemed he still had no choice but to follow the route the Luo Family had drawn for him.
"Issue the order."
"Recently, the people of the Ke Family have been too rampant in Wan Mountain Valley, reckless and unbridled, even wantonly slaughtering my Xu Family’s servants, completely disregarding my Xu Family."
"So, I have decided..."
"Starting today, I will launch an attack against the Xunyang Prefecture Ke Family."
The man in black heard these words, paused for a moment, and couldn’t help but ask, "Family Head, if the elders oppose..."
Xu Yicun let out a cold laugh.
Then he replied, "For the sake of the family, what right do those elders have to oppose?"
Xu Yicun, though he was the Family Head,
previously had no excuse to act. But that was besides the point.
But now, as he had found an excuse,
even if that excuse had been provided by the Luo Family,
he would still use it.
...
In a flash,
several days had passed by.
During these days,
the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture had openly declared war against the Ke Family of Xunyang Prefecture.
Throughout Wan Shan Prefecture, countless armored elites.
And numerous resources.
All ceaselessly advanced toward Changli Prefecture, under the control of the Ke Family.
Since Xunyang Prefecture was located behind Changli Prefecture,
the best target for the Xu Family of Wan Shan Prefecture to attack the Ke Family,
was indeed the lands of Changli Prefecture.
Of course, these armored soldiers and resources were not the most important assets of the Xu Family.
The Xu Family could claim a top spot in overall strength among the territories owing to a monopoly they held—one of the three legendary horses of the Da Feng Dynasty, known as the Mo Jade Kirin.
This was the same horse that the Luo Family had once snatched from the Tang Family.
When the Ke Family of Xunyang Prefecture, on the other hand, received news of this,
the situation on their side gradually became more complicated.
...
In the Xunyang Prefecture, Ke Family estate,
inside a heavily guarded room,
the current Family Head of the Ke Family, Ke Xiaowen,
was now silently sitting on an armchair.
In front of him stood a young man.
The young man’s name was Ke Wencheng, the second son of Ke Xiaowen, the Family Head of the Ke Family.
"What has happened?"
"What exactly is going on?"
From the main seat, Ke Xiaowen looked at Ke Wencheng who stood in front of him, head slightly bowed and silent,
and could not help but feel a growing fury inside him.
The current situation in the Da Feng Dynasty was extremely complicated.
The lands of Qingcheng Prefecture were like a powder keg.
Whether it was the New Emperor Feng Wumian, the Second Prince Feng Wuhen, or the powerful Luo Family which commanded three prefectures,
at this very moment, they were all closely watching Qingcheng Prefecture.
And the Ke Family, although they had managed to seize Changli Prefecture by some cunning and had barely received assistance from the side of the New Emperor Feng Wumian,
this did not mean that the Ke Family was satisfied with the status quo.
The Luo Family was strong; the New Emperor was strong; Feng Wuhen was strong.
But now, the Ke Family
was also not far behind these three powers in strength.
The Ke Family now wielded control over two prefectures.
The force of their armored warriors alone amounted to at least one to two million, and if pushed, they could muster three to five million.
Bone Refinement, Viscera Refinement.
The Ke Family had its share of central forces within these two realms.
Even in the Blood Cultivation Realm, the old ancestor of the Ke Family,
they had one as well.
Previously, due to ill fate and a slight shortfall in overall strength,
the Ke Family did not aim for that level of ambition.
But now, as their overall strength had risen,
Ke Xiaowen, the current Family Head of the Ke Family, naturally dreamed from time to time about the scenario if the Ke Family were to conquer the world.
He imagined himself, Ke Xiaowen, ascending to that supreme position.
What kind of scene would that be?
However, before the lands of Qingcheng Prefecture could fully ignite the war within the Da Feng Dynasty,
before the Luo Family could pour most of their forces into Qingcheng Prefecture as a battlefield,