RNP Chapter 1436 The New Eight Great Families
Chapter 1436 The New Eight Great Families
The start time of the alliance meeting was postponed from Si time (around 10 a.m.) to Shen time (around 4 p.m.). The leaders of various forces who received the news did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. They also understood that with the emergence of two more immortal strongmen in the Ghost Market, some plans did need to be adjusted.
At the same time, they also need some time to digest the impact of this information on the entire alliance structure in the future.
At this moment, in the imperial city, which was originally the largest city in the Mountain and Sea Realm, representatives of several forces were strolling on the central street without any prior arrangement.
You must know that it has only been a few days since all the men of the Great Xuan Dynasty were withdrawn from this city. The city, which was thought to be temporarily deserted, is actually more lively than before.
The Ghost City's mobilization arrangements in this regard were quick enough, and the city was also used as the base for the alliance center. All forces were assigned an area, which could be used to maintain commercial activities or as a branch for contacting the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Except for the extinct Zinong Xie family, the other eight great families in the past have gathered together in this city again, which is a rare occasion.
As representatives of the corresponding families, they are also eligible to participate in the upcoming alliance events, but their ranking sequence is obviously very low. Only if the seven families join forces can they be compared with the Great Xuan Dynasty, Dao Realm, Buddha Land Desire Realm Alliance and the Northern Border Palace.
It is almost noon now, and representatives of the seven major families have already booked the top floor of Zuixianlou on the central street. They are welcoming the new eighth family to officially join their camp.
"Everyone, you are polite."
Gongsun Xin, the new patriarch of the Gongsun family, who was the first to seek refuge with Qin Fan and was driven out of the imperial city and was on the verge of falling into decline, has finally got what he wanted.
He himself might not have expected that in just one year, the situation in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm would change again and again. The former Pseudo-Celestial Realm powerhouses were people that they all had to look up to, but today, even he, a guy without the blessing of a destiny body and with average martial arts talent, has managed to reach the Celestial Realm.
The Gongsun family also worked diligently during this year. The old man Gongsun Xing, who was forced to abdicate, tried his best to make use of his remaining energy and devoted countless efforts to the missionary cause of Wuyou Sect.
Because of his outstanding contributions in the early days, he was fortunate enough to be appointed as the Vice-Pontiff.
The current Gongsun family is still not qualified to be ranked alongside the other seven families, but because of the old man's foresight, the heavy bet he made has paid off, and the position of vice-pope has also given the Gongsun family some capital that other families value.
Of course, the fundamental reason why the Gongsun families could truly form a new group of eight great families with the other seven families was a sentence that Qin Fan mentioned unintentionally.
Because the original sentence was spread several times, even Gongsun Xin himself did not know the details, but the general meaning is:
The Xie family of Zinong is no longer around. The seven great families are much more monotonous than the eight great families, so let's fill another position. I remember that the Gongsun family has also been passed down for a thousand years. Although their performance is nothing outstanding, they are diligent and honest. Let them take the position.
Then Gongsun Xin received a joint invitation from the heads of the seven great families. God knows that when he saw the invitation, as a great master of the celestial realm, he was so excited that he almost went insane and became mentally disturbed.
He stroked every black word on the invitation over and over again, and his tears flowed uncontrollably for the entire afternoon.
The memory of being driven out of this magnificent city is still clear in his mind, and the day of pride has come earlier than expected.
At this moment, looking at the past, he was flattering his face and trying his best to get close to others, but he might not pay attention to his Seven Clans Leader. He really wanted to say, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west."
But in the end, the reservedness in his bones as a member of a noble family made him maintain a just right polite smile and sit in the seat that had been left empty for him.
"Everyone is here, let's get down to business."
Li Chungang, the representative of the Quanzhao Li family, really had no demeanor of a noble family in this box. He casually pinched his nose and looked at the other representatives who were obviously wearing invisible masks, feeling quite bored.
Originally, he shouldn't be involved in such matters, but recently the sisters Li Qiu Shui and Li Canghai have been quarreling with each other because they both have their eyes on the position of clan leader.
The previous clan leader was an extremely steady person with a moderate style of doing things. Upon seeing this, he naturally abdicated immediately and left the mess to Li Chungang to solve.
As the saying goes, the position of patriarch must also adapt to the changes of the times.
In the past, there was the huge pressure of Daoyu, and the relationship between Quanzhao Li and it was too close, so finding a clan leader who was not so strong, or deliberately picking out a clan leader who looked ordinary and was good at talking in circles, would be in line with the needs of the clan.
But now the situation has completely changed. Although the Quanzhao Li family is still dependent on the Dao domain, there have been some conflicts between the two sides in the past due to the severing of the chain of merit, and the Li family also hopes to seek some changes.
This led to new ideas about the selection of the clan leader after discussions within the clan.
In order to continue to maintain a certain degree of affinity with the Dao Domain and to be as independent as possible, for this initial policy, two women, like Xue Wuxia, who were already outstanding in all aspects, were deliberately selected as candidates for the clan leader.
Now the two women are still in the stage of canvassing for votes, so some major matters can only be shouldered by Li Chungang, the main force.
After his speech, the field remained silent, which made Li Chungang feel quite bored.
"Why? Do you want me to start? The key is that I don't know much. Let me start with your Yuan family, which was the first to join us."
Li Chungang noticed the momentary embarrassment on Gongsun Xin's face and quickly added.
“Ahem, I didn’t include your family in the calculations before. It was a slip of the tongue. I should have said that you were the second family to defect to the Ghost Market. And since you have a close relationship with some masters in the Ghost Market, you should be able to guess some of their next plans.
Especially the Wanshou State that was recently merged into Southern Xinjiang. Tsk tsk tsk, a state with an area equivalent to six or seven states. Isn't that a kid from your family in charge of that place? Let's start with this one."
Yuan Shisanxian, who had also resigned from the position of clan leader and was originally one of the thugs in the Ghost Market, has now been eliminated. All he does all day is arrange blind dates at home and urge people to get married or have children. He sighed helplessly.
"You don't know how bad the relationship between the Yuan family and Suiyun is. I have no way of getting any information from him, but recently he has taken the initiative to indicate that the South will enter a stage of comprehensive development.
Didn’t some small and medium-sized forces flee directly after receiving the intelligence?
Don't say that you didn't send anyone, especially this new member. With your grandfather's connections, you can follow the spread of the Wuyou Sect's beliefs and make arrangements."
"Ahem!" Gongsun Xin interrupted with a few coughs, "Senior, please do not slander us so casually. The spread of the faith in the sect is far more important than the nearly one thousand people in my Gongsun family. My father has always devoted himself to the Wuyou Sect and dared not show any selfish motives."
"Tsk~" Yuan Shisan glanced at Gongsun Xin and said nothing more.
Logically speaking, as the first and second families to surrender to Qin Fan, the communication and interaction between the two sides should be much closer than with other families. But the fact is, because the Ghost Market has developed too fast, it has always lacked backbones who have been cultivated since its weak period and can be regarded as the mainstay.
The position in this area was divided up by the two major families that won the first place. On the surface, they didn't dare to make any tricks, but secretly, they fought hard for the competition for an important position.
Yuan Shisanxian naturally strongly disagreed with letting the Gongsun family become the new eighth family.
But there is no way, these words were spread by Qin Fan. Now that he has grown into a true overlord in the Ghost Market, Qin Fan’s words are like an imperial decree.
Although the Yuan family still has some affection for the Ghost Market and Qin Fan, compared to the Gongsun family, which had already provided some cooperation and assistance before the Ghost Market was established, the other party's friendship in this regard is obviously deeper.
It would undoubtedly be an extremely foolish act to waste this little bit of friendship in order to prevent the other party from getting promoted at this time.
At this moment, Yuan Shisan could only hate his own lack of talent and worry about his previous lack of vision.
For the Quxi Yuan family, there have been several opportunities in the past where they could take advantage of the storm caused by the ghost market and ride the wind and waves, but the key is that they failed to seize the opportunity every time.
First, Yuan Shisanxian had always valued Yuan Chengzhi very much, and thus ignored Yuan Suiyun, who was more scheming and resourceful. This resulted in Yuan Suiyun's current powerful position, which not only made it impossible for the Yuan family to bring any help, but he also had to consider avoiding suspicion and could only get a small share of the profits.
Secondly, the Yuan family had been infiltrated too deeply. Compared with the completely wiped out Zinong Xie family, their situation was much better. However, they had also experienced a serious internal strife before, and they had personally killed several former elders and some clansmen who had been brainwashed to the point of unconsciousness.
This is not considered a great achievement, it just barely achieves the effect of making up for the loss.
Finally, he complained that he appeared too early and did not keep up with the version update. His original owner, Yuan Shisanxian, was not considered a top figure in the Wen-style martial arts.
Even though he is famous enough, he is nothing in terms of martial arts, especially compared to people like Xiao Qiu Shui and Yan Kuangtu whose combat power seriously exceeds the standard. His Yuan Shisanxian can only be classified as the top-level level, but above that there are three levels: super-top-level, demigod and god-level.
Then he was no longer in the mood to continue plotting against the newcomer. All he could think about was how his Yuan family had ended up in such a mess.
Just because Yuan Shisan didn't say anything didn't mean the atmosphere in the box would become dull again.
At this moment, Hua Manlou, the new patriarch of the Yueling Hua family, took the initiative to speak.
"Everyone, we chose to gather here, on the one hand to welcome the new companions, and on the other hand to sort out and resolve the conflicts during this period because of the turbulent times that have ended, and then continue this deep friendship that has lasted for thousands of years.
Some goals are too far away to be discussed now.
Even if we want to argue, we must think clearly about who wants to see this situation or not.
Otherwise, the more you do, the more mistakes you make.
Especially during this period of time, when the grievances between us have not been fully resolved, this kind of cooperation is bound to lead to stabbing in the back, which will really hurt the harmony.
Am I right? "
In the box, because of Hua Manlou's words, everyone fell into silence for a while.
The newly joined Gongsun Xin adheres to the principle of saying less and not speaking at all, and just listening, because he knows very well that due to his status as a newcomer, and his own strength, seniority, experience and other factors, any blind suggestion will only be laughed at.
But what they didn't expect was that Hua Manlou, who was also a newcomer in a sense, was very bold and good at speaking, and even left all the elders speechless.
And they began to quietly wait for the good show to begin, because this internal gathering of their eight great families was actually also a reshuffle of power. The invisible verbal confrontation and battle of brains would also determine who had more say.
At this moment, everyone actually concedes that the eight great families should choose to unite and work together to advance and retreat together. Those who have more say have influence and power in their hands that far exceeds the support that a single family can provide.
Originally, among the eight aristocratic families, the Hua family was of a mediocre level. The newly emerged Hua Yaoyue was strong enough, but because of her age, she would inevitably be bullied by others because of her seniority, and these aristocratic families loved this.
Now that he has been replaced by the younger Hua Manlou, Gongsun Xin can actually imagine how harsh the criticism this handsome young man will face next.
'One, two, three, four, seventy-five, seventy-six.'
Gongsun Xin, who had been silently counting numbers and boldly guessing that within thirty seconds, Hua Manlou would be spitting in the face, was now completely confused.
He first looked at the Yunyue Shi family, which was rumored to be the most powerful of the eight great families, but he saw that the head of the family, Shi Guanyin, frequently looked at the scene outside the Zuixian Tower through the gap in the window of the box.
Then there was Duan Siping, the patriarch of the Linlang Duan clan, whose tone was always gentle and polite but whose words and sentences were exceptionally sharp. He suddenly opened the folding fan in his hand, nodded in agreement, but did not say a word.
As for Li Chungang, there is no need to worry about it. With the temperament of this old sword god, he would not blame a junior.
Before this great strife began, the comprehensive strength of the Quanzhao Li family, the Yunyue Shi family and the Linlang Duan family were among the top three of the eight great families. The Shanqing Huang family and the Yueling Hua family were in the middle two, and finally the Zinong Xie family, the Quxi Yuan family and the Huanjia Fang family were the bottom three.
Now Gongsun Xin was a little confused. How did the Hua family suddenly become so prominent?
Or do the people present really believe the empty talk that the other party says?
Just when he was in doubt, Li Chungang suddenly spoke.
"Young man from the Hua family, I have recently heard a rumor and would like to get confirmation from you, that is, is the King of the Northern Territory really from the Yueling Hua family?" (End of this chapter)