Lingzhang

Chapter 775 Subtle
Just like what Yue Hanzhang did in the past.

When he summoned the various moderate families to come and oversee the ancient battlefield, almost as soon as he finished speaking, a large number of ancestral kings crossed the starry sky and arrived, throwing themselves into this bloody battle, whose intensity had not diminished in the slightest.

This time it's the same.

Almost the instant Yue Hanzhang's decree was proclaimed to the public.

In the Yanzhou Starfield, above the Lingdu Sacred Realm, Liu Jingqiu appeared, preparing to add further authoritative recognition to Yue Hanzhang's decree in her capacity as an elder of the Three Departments of the Dao Alliance Headquarters.

But before Liu Jingqiu could actually speak...

The heads of the various gentle and aristocratic families, along with the Venerable Kings of the Outer Realm who followed their respective family's secret paths of cultivation, all responded to Yue Hanzhang's summons.

even.

Many people, eager to leave the current starfield boundaries of the Dao Alliance, could not bear the "slowness" of traversing the starry sky with their physical bodies. They opened Sumeru Passages one after another and frantically headed towards the ancient battlefield using Sumeru teleportation.

It's remarkable that such a call to action has garnered such widespread support.

It was because Yue Hanzhang had repeatedly pointed out a clear path to the moderate aristocratic families!
In the past, the main forces of various noble families and their ancestors were summoned to the ancient battlefield, allowing them to avoid the infighting and war among the stubborn noble families. This ensured that the stubborn noble families did not implicate the moderate noble families in the process of accumulating conflicts and blood debts.

And the same is true today.

When the flames of this internal strife spread out of control to the heads of the aristocratic families and to the secret Daoist masters of the various aristocratic families.

Even the most moderate and powerful families need a safe haven from this runaway vortex.

Just like the Tao family head who now looks regretful, he has a very pessimistic outlook on the future.

A similar pessimistic outlook also surfaced in the minds of the moderate aristocratic families at this moment.

They were not only deeply immersed in contemplation, but even somewhat wistfully reflecting on the root causes of the current uncontrollable infighting among the conservative families.

Where exactly does the root of the problem lie?

Finally, just like the point of regret for the head of the Tao family.

The moderate royal families quickly realized that the root of all this trouble lay in the fact that the stubborn royal families at the time chose to "sacrifice" the Xiguan royal family in order to reconcile the internal high pressure and thus shift the conflict.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

Ultimately, the internal conflicts and high pressure within the stubborn aristocratic alliance did not ease at all; instead, they intensified in this vicious cycle.

The internal pressure that was once irreconcilable needed to be released urgently. Now that the contradictions that are now irreconcilable have brought about extreme pressure, is there no need for release?
Whether sooner or later, the madness of the Wang family in Xiguan will eventually lead to a decisive outcome.

However, whatever the fate of the Wang family of Xiguan may be, it cannot change the fact that tensions are rising within the alliance of stubborn aristocratic families.

Even similar vicious cycles will repeat themselves several times within the alliance of stubborn aristocratic families.

Until the situation spiraled out of control and deteriorated to the point that those who had successively fallen into madness felt their scalps tingle.

At that time, the stubborn aristocratic alliance, whose temperature pressure was only one step away from exploding, would definitely have to find a way to release it!

When the time comes when action is absolutely necessary, what has already happened will happen again!

No matter how much the current head of the Tao family and the other stubborn aristocratic families regret it, when that day comes, there's a 99% chance they'll still have to redirect the internal pressure outwards.

Some things have become path-dependent, and some behavioral patterns are inertia that even powerful families cannot change.

At that time, the die-hard marginal families that were once divided and eliminated, those "traitors"; then the neutral families, those "fence-sitters"; and finally the moderate families, those "dissidents".

If you can't dodge in time.

The chaos that is happening today is the future of all of them!
Faced with such chaos.

Even a giant like the Xinghu Tao family, the head of a prestigious clan, showed such regret and helplessness.

Moreover, the kings of the moderate aristocratic families, who tend to be more composed in their actions, are even more so.

and so.

The moment Yue Hanzhang proclaimed the imperial decree, the moment he built a bridge, opening the door to another possibility before these revered kings.

They rushed over without stopping.

They even wished they could settle down in this ancient battlefield.

As for Yue Hanzhang...

He never considered things from the perspective of a moderate family.

Yue Hanzhang was simply carrying out his established strategy against the stubborn aristocratic families in an orderly manner.

When war was about to break out, he voluntarily left the stage to make way for them.

When the flames of war reach the common ancestral kings, let the ancestral kings of the moderate families leave the stage; when the flames of war reach the heads of the noble families, let the heads of the moderate families also leave the stage.

How intense was this internal strife?

Yue Hanzhang then proceeded with the simultaneous clearing of the area.

This is to ensure that there are not too many "onlookers" who could affect the performance of the die-hard family.

really.

Almost at the same time that the various kings responded to Yue Hanzhang's call, crossed the starry sky, and arrived at the ancient battlefield.

Originally immersed in regret, the head of the Tao family was startled by the unexpected turn of events. Then, as he watched the figures of the cultivators teleport away, he even instinctively showed a relieved expression at the same moment.

Yue Hanzhang and the moderate families' "cleanup" did indeed somewhat clear up the chaotic situation of infighting among the conservative families. Even...

Just moments later.

The chain reaction caused by this clearing operation has already manifested itself within the borders of the Dao Alliance—

Beside the sacred realm of Mengjiang, suddenly, the figures of the Outer Realm Kings appeared, carrying with them an aura of anger. Almost the instant their figures appeared, they walked to the side of each great star.

Holding the King's Decree in his hand, the Taoist aura emanating from the same source resonated intensely with those great stars.

The power of Sumeru was drawn in and penetrated into the origin of the great star.

A Sumeru passage was forcibly opened!

Just like what Shioh Xiaoyu had done, at this moment, the remaining kings of the Mengjiangwei family chose to cross the vast starry sea in the same way as him!

The moment Wang Xiaoyu chose to weld the accelerator shut.

When the head of the Wei family actually perished in this murder plot that the Wang family had planned for a long time.

Forced by circumstances, the princes of Mengjiangwei's family had no choice but to follow in Wang Xiaoyu's footsteps, falling into the same madness and recklessness.

As the Mengjiangwei family "increased their efforts," within the borders of Jizhou and in the sacred realm of Xiguan, the figures of various Venerable Kings also appeared one after another, and then, in the same manner, forcibly crossed the star sea.

After that.

This was accompanied by the successive gazes of the Tao family head.

At this moment, the sacred realms of stubborn aristocratic families activated their protective rune arrays at full power.

Whether they were heads of powerful families or revered kings who had secretly mastered the Dao, they all revealed their forms at this moment, opening up Sumeru Passages that connected the vast starry sea through the resonance of the King's Decree.

At this point, everyone has realized it.

The Wang family of Xiguan set a trap today!

The trap set up to imprison King Jin Gou and King Chai Fu was merely bait; their goal from the very beginning was to mobilize the head of the Mengjiang Wei family!

If it weren't for thorough preparations made beforehand, it would be impossible to explain why the three Venerable Kings met with such misfortune so shortly after Wang Xiaoyu crossed the river.

The sarcastic remarks and mutual rebukes between Wang Xiaoyu and Tao Jiazhu were merely Wang Xiaoyu taking advantage of the situation to make his own point.

The schemes of the Wang family of Xiguan shocked the conservative aristocratic families who revered the king, but at the same time, they also inspired them!
At this moment.

Isn't Wang Xiaoyu, who is isolated outside, just another head of the Wei family?
It is true that the various noble families and kings did not have any pre-planned schemes, but they could have acted in accordance with the current realities!

not to mention.

Wang Xiaoyu's madness had already instilled fear in the hearts of the various noble families.

Especially those noble families who already had blood on the Wang family of Xiguan, unlike the Tao family head's remorse, were also filled with pure killing intent towards Wang Xiaoyu and the Wang family of Xiguan, in addition to their fear.

The situation has deteriorated to a point of no return.

Only the swift annihilation of the Wang family can minimize their losses in this turmoil.

Yue Hanzhang's further clearing of the area allowed them to completely focus on completing this chaotic battle.

Some powerful families acted so decisively that they drew attention. They mobilized almost all of their forces in an instant, with the family head and many of the most powerful and influential figures setting out together.

Only a few weak cultivators on the verge of becoming Outer Realm Venerable Kings remained to preside over the protective rune array of the Holy Realm.

From beginning to end.

The various noble families took matters into their own hands.

No family or individual considered the attitude of any of the die-hard aristocratic patriarchs during this process.

At this moment, the storm of this out-of-control infighting truly began to stir.

finally.

All expression vanished from the face of the Tao family head; he simply remained silent and disappeared from the spot.

Also disappearing silently was Liu Jingqiu, who was gazing meaningfully at the ancient battlefield.

He suddenly discovered something very interesting.

It started with selling Dao Hai spiritual items.

It is true that Yue Hanzhang's actions consistently aligned with the interests of moderate aristocratic families.

However, this repeated issuance of orders to the moderates, and the fact that the ancestral kings of the moderate families obeyed these orders, was a stark reality.

The entire behavior pattern was inexplicably strange.

It seems that for the moderate families, the only true leader among them is Yue Hanzhang, who is always issuing orders and can always command a large following.

Looking at it now...

All of this is just an illusion created by the convergence of interests.

But what if it takes even longer?

When this subtle influence truly begins to produce a real and effective disciplinary effect in the minds of the ancestral kings of the moderate families?

Some things in this world, once they're fake, can become real!
(End of this chapter)