What a lucky world!

Chapter 234 Everyone has his own agenda
Things get interesting.

Zhang Mu drummed his fingers on the table and asked Zhan Tianlu, "Did we suffer any casualties?"

Lu Tianlu replied: "Three brothers died and twelve were injured."

Zhang Mu's face darkened for a moment, and he said, "The deceased brothers will be properly buried and their compensation will be provided. Any additional allowance will be paid from my personal allowance."

"The injured will also receive double compensation so they can recover properly. I will also pay the extra amount personally."

"Chief..." Lu Tianlu started to speak, but Zhang Mu interrupted him, "After all, Yicong's horses are my personal matter, so let's just deal with it this way."

After saying that, Zhang Mu ordered again: "Go, invite the Seventh Master back to me. I have something to ask him."

Lu Tianlu bowed in response and quickly ran out of the pavilion.

Zhang Mu closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

The Lu family's behavior was a bit puzzling.

First of all, his Qianyuan Wuzhai has never provoked Zhanjiabao. Even if he wants to provoke it now, he hasn't made a move yet, right?

Then, how dare they?

It is true that Zhan Tiankui, the lord of Zhanjia Fort, is at the Judan realm, but this is not enough to make them so arrogant.

After all, no matter how bad Zhanjiabao was, it should have received the news of the Qianyuan battle. Not to mention the old man with the magic sword, even Sha Tonghai was a real Judan realm, and he also used spiritual soldiers, but he died on Qianyuan Mountain.

Why did the Zhan family think that they could provoke Qianyuan Wuzhai just for two hundred horses?
While he was thinking, Bai Jingqi came back and asked curiously, "Master Zhang, do you have any other instructions?"

Zhang Mu gestured to Bai Jingqi to sit down, and then told Bai Jingqi about what happened in Zhanjiabao.

"What do you think?"

Bai Jingqi also looked confused when he heard this.

A family is different from a martial village. In order to ensure the right of way, it is not uncommon for martial villages to fight against each other, but what is more important for a family is inheritance and stability.

If there is no goal that must be achieved, when facing an opponent of the same level and the consequences may cause irreversible damage to the family, the family will be more inclined to keep quiet.

"In my opinion, there are only two most likely situations." Bai Jingqi put the Bai family in the situation, thought for a while, and said.

"Tell me in detail." Zhang Mu said.

Bai Jingqi nodded: "First, the strength of the Zhan family has increased dramatically, and they are able to deal with the retaliation from Qianyuan Wuzhai."

"Every family in the county is well aware of the situation of the Qianyuan War."

"In other words, the Zhan family believes they can completely suppress the Wuzhai in terms of high-level combat power."

Zhang Mu nodded. "According to the information released by Qianyuan Wuzhai, I am still in the late stage of the Condensation Realm. I have a spiritual weapon in my hand, which can exert the combat power of the early stage of the Condensation Realm."

Bai Jingqi smiled and said, "That's right. It's equivalent to a person in the early stage of the Judan realm taking charge."

"So, I think the most likely scenario is that Zhan Changhai has made a breakthrough!"

"Although Zhan Tiankui is in the early stage of the Judan realm, he has been in this realm for many years after all. He is old and wise, so he should not be underestimated."

"Now if Zhan Changhai makes another breakthrough, I feel like I'll have the confidence to challenge Qianyuanshan."

Zhang Mu nodded, agreeing with Bai Jingqi's judgment.

But why would he, Zhanjiabao, provoke Qianyuanwuzhai for no reason?
"This is my second point." Bai Jingqi continued his analysis. "When there is no conflict of interest, there are only two reasons why a family would rashly go to war with another faction."

"Or, they are just knives in other people's hands."

"Or, you have something they must have!"

Zhang Mu stood up and looked at the long mountain range of Qianyuan Mountain.

Speaking of the knife in his hand, Zhang Mu's first reaction was that Du Mu Gongzi.

If it were him, would he fully support the Zhan family to fight against his Qianyuan Wuzhai, or would he just treat it as a spare pawn and watch the fire from the other side of the river?
But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Mu was more inclined to the latter.

The reason was simple. If Qianyuan Mountain was destroyed, the entire Taiping County's trade routes would be thrown into chaos. At that time, his father's duty would be to dispatch troops to various prefectures to protect the traffic. The key point was that they could not control these traffic routes and would eventually have to hand them over to the local government.

So, this is a time-consuming, laborious and thankless job.

Previously, Sha Tonghai was trained to be the successor, but now that the Qianyuan War has just ended, no one can take over the plate in the hands of Qianyuan Wuzhai.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Yang Xuan will take the lead in this matter.

That is the second purpose Bai Jingqi mentioned.

Qianyuanshan has something that Zhanjiabao must get, and for this thing, he will not hesitate to fight with Qianyuanshan!
Zhang Mu thought for a moment and looked at Bai Jingqi. Bai Jingqi nodded at Zhang Mu, and they both said the same word in unison -

"Spiritual soldier!"

Yes, Zhang Mu and Bai Jingqi both believed that the Zhan family’s goal was to obtain spiritual soldiers!
Spiritual weapons are hard to come by, even yellow-level spiritual weapons, not counting the wealthy and powerful outsiders like the Yang family, the entire Taiping County can only produce a handful of spiritual weapons.

According to rumors outside, Zhang Mu possessed one.

People will eventually grow old, get sick and die, but spiritual weapons are different. They can be passed down from generation to generation!
Didn’t Bai Jingqi say before that the most important thing for a family is inheritance?

If one or even two generations in a family have poor martial luck, as long as there are spiritual soldiers, it means that there is always a fighting force of the Judan realm in the family.

To put it a little exaggeratedly, for a famous family, it can be said that it has covered the bottom line of the family!
"Zhanjiabao is not a famous family, but a humble one."

"Zhan Tiankui and Zhan Changhai are both people with outstanding martial arts luck."

"If Zhanjiabao has two people in the Judan realm, but still can't lead the family's luck to a breakthrough..." Bai Jingqi chuckled, "I guess the last loophole is this spiritual weapon!"

"As long as the family has spiritual weapons and the family's luck is complete, it can immediately leap from a humble family to a famous one!"

"So... you're targeting me?" Zhang Mu rubbed his brows. "That's right, the rest of the spirit soldiers are in the hands of the Gallbladder Condensation Realm, and I'm the only one who's still in the 'Late Condensation Realm'!"

"You should pick the softest persimmons!"

Master Bai Qi looked at Zhang Mu and said with a smile, "The Zhan family's main business is wine. If the village chief is willing to help, my Bai family can take over his winery and split the profits 50-50 with the village chief."

"June 4th!" Zhang Mu said lightly.

"Okay!" Bai Jingqi agreed readily.

Zhang Mu nodded and said, "You can discuss the specifics with Shisan Niang, but for now, please help me gather intelligence on the Zhan family. The sooner the better."

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Taiping County City, Sunset Peak.

A pigeon landed in the small courtyard at the top of the mountain. A maid took the message off the pigeon's feet, unfolded it and took a look at it, then quickly walked into the house.

In the room, the governor, Young Master Yang Xuan, was playing chess with a middle-aged scholar.

"What's the matter?" asked Master Dumu softly.

The maid knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, Zhanjiabao has taken action."

"Yeah!" Yang Xuan nodded lightly.

The scholar sitting opposite Yang Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Young Master, do you have any new plans?"

"It's not really an arrangement. The last time Zhan Changhai came to see me, he casually mentioned a few words. It's just a casual move." Yang Xuan made a move, forming a big dragon that completely strangled the scholar's chess piece. Then he clapped his hands, as if wiping away the non-existent blood on his hands.

"I'm afraid the Zhan family is no match for the Qianyuan Wuzhai. Do they need..." the scholar asked tentatively.

Yang Sun waved his hand: "I know, but don't pay attention to it."

"This Taiping County has been peaceful for too long."

"My father's garrison hasn't been fully paid for six months."

"It's time for an unplanned force to make a move and make those family heads and adults nervous."

(End of this chapter)