Xu Kang was actually taking a risk this time. He was gambling. This time Zuo Qiuwen didn't really want to take back their family's military power, so he agreed to Zuo Qiuwen's plan. If he won, he would get benefits and keep his military power. If he lost this time, he would fight to the death. At that time, the Third Legion might rebel. It was impossible for him to give up the hard work of his family for generations. Xu Kang believed that Zuo Qiuwen also understood this, so Zuo Qiuwen would not really take back their family's military power. That's why Xu Kang was willing to gamble because he thought his chance of winning was above level eight.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Kang said so this time, and the other three also responded. Xu Kang glanced at everyone and then said: "Okay, let's prepare. This time we must make good use of this method to make our family stronger and let those families who suppressed us before know our interests."

Several people responded, and Xu Kang waved his hand and asked them to prepare directly, and he also went to work. They got such a big treasure this time, of course they must make good use of it, and even the development direction of their family must be adjusted. Xu Kang must prepare well for these.

On the other hand, the heads of the big families who had previously united with Zuo Qiuzhi gathered together. They were also discussing this matter. After sitting together, they were silent for a while. After a while, a family suddenly said: "Do you think this is true?" Everyone looked at each other. They were also doubting this matter, but the conclusion they finally came to was what they least wanted to see, so they were silent. Now when they heard that person say this, they didn't know what to say.

After a while, another family head spoke up: "It should be true. Your Majesty will not lie to us about this matter. Moreover, the Xu family and several other families have surrendered to Your Majesty. It may be for this method of activating spiritual roots. Otherwise, they have no need to surrender to Your Majesty. Although we have suppressed them before, they have been developing and are far from reaching the point where they can't survive. If there is no huge benefit, they will definitely not surrender to Your Majesty. You must know that from the moment they surrender to Your Majesty, they can no longer be considered our own people, so I think this matter is true." Everyone nodded, and another person spoke up: "What we have to do now is to think about what to do next. Your Majesty has come up with such a move, so our previous plan is useless. If we force the palace now, we will be courting death. Don't forget that the Xu family has military power. If something really happens, once their army arrives, our families will also be in trouble. Therefore, our previous alliance with Prince Rui no longer counts. To be honest, Prince Rui's attitude towards us was not very good before. Even if we really help him to that position, do you really think they will let us go? Although the current emperor is suppressing us, he is not doing too much, so I think it is better to let the current emperor be the emperor. Anyway, with the background of our families, even if the current emperor suppresses us, we must be among the most powerful people in the empire, and His Majesty dare not do too much. As long as he does not want the empire to be in chaos, he cannot do anything to us, so next I think we can no longer pay attention to Prince Rui's solicitation. Prince Rui wants to sit in that position, Let him rely on himself, we should not get involved, otherwise, if the current emperor really wins, we will be finished.

The others all nodded, and a family head said: "The reason why Prince Rui wants to join us this time, in my opinion, is that he is forced into a corner. Everyone knows that the emperor found an excuse before and directly took away half of Prince Rui's military power. It was because of this incident that Prince Rui came to us, and also talked about the spiritual roots. He just felt that if he didn't take action, he would have no chance in the future. After all, the person who took over that half of the military power was Luo Jiaying, who came from the inner guard. Although there was a ghost in the inner guard, there was no problem with Luo Jiaying. If Luo Jiaying really controlled half of the military power of the garrison, Prince Rui would really have no chance at all, so he was anxious and wanted to take action, but he felt that he "We don't have much confidence if we do it ourselves, so he came to us. We used to think that with Prince Rui taking the lead and our strength, we could force the palace, but now it seems impossible, so of course we don't need to cooperate with Prince Rui anymore. The most important thing is to protect ourselves first, so I think we must be more united next time. Only when we unite, His Majesty can't do anything to us. Although doing so may prevent us from getting the method to activate the spiritual roots, even if they really have this method, they can't train a large number of masters in a short time. They need time, and what we have to do next is to get this method to activate the spiritual roots. Only in this way can we not be left behind and keep our position. Otherwise, no matter who is the emperor, they will not let us go. What do you think?"

Several people nodded, and then a head of the family said: "The status of our families is already high enough. Even if Prince Rui becomes the emperor, it is almost impossible for our family to move forward. Before, it was just because of the spiritual root issue that we didn't think about this. Now that we think about this, there is no need to cooperate with Prince Rui. If the royal family wants to fight internally, let them fight. It has nothing to do with us. We just need to remain neutral. Anyway, we are not without the strength to remain neutral." The others nodded again. What the head of the family said was right. If they want to remain neutral, they must have the strength to remain neutral. If you have the strength, you can say that you remain neutral. If you don't have the strength, what qualifications do you have to remain neutral? If you don't have the strength, when the two sides start fighting, you say you remain neutral, maybe the two sides will not touch you at that time, but as long as they decide the winner, the first one to be dealt with is you, so staying neutral also requires strength.

After several people finished discussing, one of the family heads said: "Everyone, let me say it again, our alliance must be united. Even if His Majesty wants to use the method of activating spiritual roots to divide us, we must unite. If we are not united, we will really be finished. I don't believe that those big families can keep the method of activating spiritual roots secret after obtaining it, so don't worry, we may get those methods of activating spiritual roots a little later, but we will get them sooner or later. Before we get the method of activating spiritual roots, we will first train family disciples with all our strength. Even if they get that method, they will not be invincible immediately. If that is really the case, then our Xingchen Empire would have ceased to exist long ago. So this time, even if His Majesty wants to use this method to divide us, we absolutely cannot agree. Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then they nodded firmly at the same time. They knew very well that if they did not unite now, they would be eaten up by Zuo Qiuwen bite by bite. If they did not want to be eaten, they must unite, and the premise of unity is that they must be able to resist temptation, otherwise they will really be finished.

After confirming this, they didn't say anything. After discussing for a while, they went back to their homes. This time, they were firm in their beliefs and must unite. This time, they were not joking. They didn't want to be eaten by Zuo Qiuwen, so they had to unite. So after they went back, they immediately arranged for everyone at home to be careful and not to participate in anything outside. Of course, if Prince Rui sent someone over, they would disappear. They would close the door and refuse visitors.

At this time, Zuo Qiuzhi was sitting in his study. In front of him, there were several people. These people were all his most trusted subordinates. Among them were some generals of the garrison. Although half of the garrison was now under the command of Luo Jiaying, Luo Jiaying had just arrived at the garrison and had not yet been able to control the people of those armies. Therefore, the generals in those armies still listened to Zuo Qiuzhi's orders. It was precisely because of this that Zuo Qiuzhi called them all over.

After everyone arrived, Zuoqiu Zhi looked at everyone and then said, "Something happened in the court today. His Majesty said that he had found a way to activate the spiritual roots, and he also rewarded this method to several families such as the Xu family. In other words, our previous plan is no longer usable. If we follow the previous plan, the Xu family will not follow. At that time, our plan will not succeed, so we must change the plan now."

When they heard him say this, everyone was silent. They really didn't know what kind of plan to change the plan. After all, the current situation is already very passive for them, so their plan is like this.

Zuoqiu Zhi looked at everyone and then said, "From the current means of His Majesty, he has begun to doubt me. If we don't make a final gamble, then what awaits us is probably death. Once we really don't have the military power in our hands, His Majesty will definitely not let us go. He will definitely take our lives, so we must fight. Do you have any opinions?" After Zuoqiu Zhi said this, he looked at those people. He believed that those people understood what he meant.

When those people heard what Zuoqiu Zhi said, their faces all changed. They really understood what Zuoqiu Zhi meant. What Zuoqiu Zhi said about giving it a final try simply meant that they had to fight to the death. If they failed, then all of them would have to die. Although they thought that it was not time yet, they did not refute Zuoqiu Zhi's words. In fact, they also thought that if they really did not give it a try, then they would be slowly killed. They might win if they gave it a try, but if they continued they would only die.

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