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Chapter 488 The Situation of the Dynasty

"Aunt, no, Aunt, I can't make this decision." Kong Hui sat down opposite Kong Nan. Although she had doubts, she didn't dare to ask Kong Nan what had happened.

Kong Nan knew his Daoist partner's temperament, so he didn't talk much about this with Kong Hui and gestured for Kong Hui to stay.

Kong Hui shifted her gaze to Cui Qingwan, who was sitting next to Kong Nan, and asked, "This young lady seems to resemble a member of the Kong family. What is her relationship with Auntie?"

Kong Nan nodded: "He is destined to be with my Kong family; he is my apprentice."

Kong Hui looked at Cui Qingwan again, searched in her spatial ring, and found a set of spirit armor: "This is what I had someone make for me before. I found the color quite nice, so I gave it to you, Miss."

Cui Qingwan glanced at Granny Kong again, and Granny Kong nodded before Cui Qingwan took the soft nail.

Kong Nan stared into the void and asked, "You and I both know what kind of person your uncle is. There are some things I can't ask him, but as a direct descendant of the Kong family, Huihui, do you know how His Majesty has treated the Kong family all these years?"

Kong Hui sighed, "His Majesty is old and senile, and the princes below are controlled by the Duan Ye family. None of them are capable of taking charge of the overall situation. The royal family has long lost the possibility of ruling. The current Great Qin Dynasty is more like the Duan Ye Dynasty. The Duan Ye family has been suppressing us military families for years, probably because they want to take control of the dynasty's military power."

Lin Zhao's expression turned somewhat strange upon hearing this. Why weren't these two, aunt and niece, discussing this issue so openly?
To everyone's surprise, Kong Nan looked in her direction upon hearing this and asked, "Miss Zhao, what do you think?"

Lin Zhao paused for a moment, then asked, "Was it the Duan Ye family that proposed the challenge for the position of a super dynasty?"

Kong Hui looked at her in surprise: "The Duanye family has not made a statement on this matter. It was proposed by several military families. Firstly, they want the dynasty to have more resources, and secondly, they want to take this opportunity to get rid of the situation of being suppressed by the Duanye family."

Lin Zhao was even more surprised: "So His Majesty of the Great Qin Dynasty did not approve of this operation?"

"The powerful members of the royal family nodded, while His Majesty, having ruled for many years with great effort, has spent these years in the palace comforting himself with beautiful women, and has not commented on these matters."

Lin Zhao: "...You might as well just say he's obsessed with beautiful women."

Kong Hui shrugged.

Although she also looked down on this kind of monarch, unless the Kong family wanted to rebel, Kong Hui would not say anything to the rulers of the Qin Dynasty.

Lin Zhao pondered for a moment, "How many powerful figures are behind the royal family?"

In this world where strength reigns supreme, Lin Zhao finds it hard to believe that a royal family member who has lost power can still maintain their position without a strong foundation.

Kong Hui said, "There is a Great Perfection Tribulation Transcending cultivator who is currently in seclusion, attempting to break through to True Immortal. There are also two Great Perfection Tribulation Transcending cultivators and three other Tribulation Transcending experts."

With that kind of strength, this family is indeed capable of occupying a high-ranking imperial position.

However, compared to a super dynasty, it is still far inferior.

The Qing Dynasty once had three true immortals.

Of course, this cannot be said to be the case. The Qing Dynasty was once ranked among the top three super dynasties.

If the Great Qin Dynasty's Great Tribulation Perfection cultivator truly reaches the True Immortal level, while not necessarily competing with the top super dynasties, he certainly has the qualifications to secure his position as a super dynasty.

"What about the Duanye family?" Lin Zhao asked. Kong Hui glanced at Kong Nan, and seeing that she didn't intend to stop him, she said directly, "As a founding family, the Duanye family has three experts at the Tribulation Transcending stage."

Lin Zhao understood: "Don't all the other families combined have three members at the Tribulation Transcending stage?"

Otherwise, how could the entire Jiang clan have been suppressed by one family for so long?

Kong Hui's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. She nodded and said, "Our Kong family has an ancestor who is in the middle stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, and the An family has an ancestor who is in the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm. The strongest members of other families are at the Great Perfection of the Integration Realm."

In other words, all these clans combined couldn't defeat the Duanye family, unless the royal family disapproved of the Duanye family.

However, now that the emperor, who is in charge of the royal family, favors the Duanye family, it can be said that the Duanye family is the royal family in secret. How could these bigwigs of the royal family possibly take action against the Duanye family?

Those powerful figures above the Tribulation Transcending stage don't even bother with other political struggles unless their power is challenged.

These clans were able to disregard the attitude of the Duan Ye family and forcibly begin conscription to compete for the position of a super dynasty, all thanks to the support of the royal family during their tribulation-transcending period.

Otherwise, the entire Qin Dynasty would have to defer to the Duan Ye family.

Lin Zhao said bluntly, "Although we rank among the top three in terms of hard power among the several high-level dynasties vying for the position of super dynasty, the opinions of the dynasty's strongmen are divided, and the ruling families are uncertain. It is probably impossible to win the position of super dynasty under such circumstances."

Kong Hui sighed: "What can we do if we don't fight for it? The dynasties bordering Qin are all eyeing Qin covetously. If they take the position of a super dynasty and obtain its resources, the Qin dynasty will be finished."

The Emperor may not care about the state of the Qin Dynasty, but the generals and their families who seized the throne cannot afford to be indifferent.

Lin Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is both easy and difficult to resolve. What are the cultivation levels of those three Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators from the Duan Ye family?"

"One is in the mid-stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, and two are in the early-stage of the Trib

Lin Zhao said, "So, if you had one more expert at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, you could take down the Duanye family?"

Kong Hui looked at Lin Zhao with a wry smile: "Do you know how many experts there are in the Tribulation Transcending stage?"

The other clans also wanted to take down the Duanye family, but unfortunately, a Tribulation Transcending stage expert was an absolute uncrowned king in any force. If a family or force had one Tribulation Transcending stage expert, even if that expert did nothing, they could still remain among the top-tier forces.

If there were a true immortal, that would be an extremely powerful force.

In the cultivation world, strength is paramount. Sometimes, even thousands of years of power struggles cannot compare to a real fight between these powerful individuals.

Lin Zhao said, "My lord only said that if there is another expert with the strength of the Tribulation Transcending stage to help, would those two Tribulation Transcending stage experts be willing to lend a big hand to the Duanye family?"

Kong Hui glanced at Lin Zhao and thought to herself, "What are you doing thinking about the Tribulation Transcending Stage when you're just a minor cultivator?"
But in front of her aunt, she could only follow Lin Zhao's train of thought and answer, "Of course."

The major military clans have been suppressed by the Duanye family for many years and have wanted to kill them for a long time.

The experts from the Duanye family had a solution, but the problem with the royal family remained unresolved. This was something that Lin Zhao, an outsider whose knowledge of the Qin Dynasty was limited to hearsay, couldn't possibly figure out.

Kong Nan thought for a moment, "I remember the Third Prince of the Dynasty was quite good. How is this child?"