Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 370: Chapter 78: The Struggle of Destiny! The Wind Rises in Fallen Eagle Gorge_3

“What if they don’t take the bait?” asked the old ancestor Zhou Bo.

“If they don’t take the bait in this situation, they will have to wait at least three years to make a move once city lord Xiahou returns from his duty. After all, the Piercing Cloud Cannon that Xiahou gave me wasn’t given for nothing.” Wang Shouzhe laughed, “The longer they delay, the stronger the Wang Family’s In-laws Alliance will become. If they continue to delay, perhaps Old Ancestor Beichen will have already successfully advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm. They can’t afford to delay~~”

“Shouzhe, you really have them calculated to a T.” Old Ancestor Zhou Bo admired, “If Zhou Xuan had had your brains back then, he wouldn’t have ended up the way he did.”

“Ah~ I didn’t have a choice, I was forced into it.” Wang Shouzhe also sighed, “As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, one is afraid of well ropes for ten years. The Huangfu Clan is like a venomous snake, lurking in the darkness, ready to strike at any moment. How could the Wang Family be at ease? Instead of going to all lengths to guard against them, it’s better to take the initiative.”

Wang Shouzhe too was filled with emotions. If the burden he carried on his shoulders wasn’t as heavy, he wouldn’t want to be constantly worrying. Wouldn’t it be better to cultivate in peace, and spend time playing with his children?

Unfortunately, the tree wants tranquility but the wind does not cease.

In any world, peace doesn’t come simply because you wish for it. If you want to truly become strong, you can only take the initiative to control your own fate.

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That night.

The Main Residence of Huangfu’s Family in Changning.

In the study room, the exquisite palace lamp embedded with Spirit Stones emitted bright white light, illuminating the entire room as if it were day.

Huangfu Jinhuan sat at a large ancient wooden desk, reading a secret letter.

The letter was sealed with black wax, a special seal that prevents forgery was stamped on it. A simplified line of the shape of a fish, which seemed to be some sort of special code, was drawn at the signature place.

Huangfu Jinhuan seemed careless when he opened the letter.

However, after only a few glances, his eyes lit up. He became more and more excited as he read on, and after a while, he slapped the letter on the table in excitement and stood up.

“Good~ good~ good! This is a heaven-sent opportunity!”

These days had been extremely frustrating for him.

The Yinsha Sect’s hidden forces operating in secrecy, and all the side branches of the Huangfu Clan had been eliminated, even the fixed assets of the previous Ma Huangfu’s Family fell into the hands of the Wang Family.

The prestige of the eminent celestial Huangfu Family in Changning took a nosedive. Their former partners have all taken a cautious stance towards them, keeping a respectful distance. Even those ninth-rank small families, who used to visit frequently, have all disappeared without a trace.

The once bustling main house has become deserted.

All these seemed to be signaling the once-glorious celestial family is gradually declining.

But who else could know that the Huangfu family is not without the power to fight back. He was just waiting, waiting for a good opportunity to strike back.

Now, the opportunity has come.

Unable to contain his excitement, Huangfu Jinhuan ran to see old ancestor Hua Ye to report this good news. His carefully laid trap had finally come to fruition.

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Several days later.

On a windy night of a moonless sky.

At the bottom of Fallen Eagle Gorge, the river was flowing rapidly. The waves constantly slapped against the hillside, making a “pat-pat-pat” sound. The harsh wind blew over the top of the hill, it was impeded by trees and rocks, and the sound of the wind became a low, choking howl like a ghost crying.

Amid this eerie atmosphere, three masked figures appeared atop the cliff – a spot said to be only accessible to eagles – out of nowhere.

The man at the very front stood with his hands behind his back.

His face was covered, but the signature red hair exposed his identity without a doubt. Even a blind man would recognize him as Old Ancestor Hua Ye of the Celestial Huangfu Family.

His decision to wear a mask showed his casual and dismissive attitude. Or perhaps, it showed the confidence of a guaranteed victory within him. The act of wearing a mask was merely a formality.

“Jinning, Jinyu.” Old Ancestor Hua Ye looked down at the production base in the valley, his voice filled with a hint of fervor and contempt, “According to the intelligence, this secret production base of the Wang family’s In-law Alliance always has a Spirit Platform Realm Cultivator from the Alliance stationed here. The current person in charge is Chen Junyao from the Chen Clan of Donggang.”

Elder Junyao is the second Old Ancestor of the Chen Clan of Donggang. He is relatively young and has not even reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Platform Realm. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is already a formidable Old Ancestor.

However, in the eyes of the Celestial aristocratic families, a mere initial stage Spirit Platform cultivator is truly not considered much.

No wonder Old Ancestor Hua Ye exudes a hint of disdain when he mentions him.

He continued, “In addition to this, Wang Shouzhe secretly came to be in charge. This is a golden opportunity. You first take control of Wang Shouzhe, then capture some of the key production managers, and you will be able to temporarily control this production base and extract the secrets of cement and foreign glass production at the fastest speed.”

“Yes, Old Ancestor.”

The two other masked elders seriously replied.

Both of them had white hair, and their voices carried a hint of the twilight years, as if they were even older than Old Ancestor Hua Ye.

These two elders, one was called Huangfu Jinning and the other was called Huangfu Jinyu, both of them were Old Ancestors of the Jin-generation from the Celestial Huangfu Family.

Celestial aristocratic families are not the same as those of the eighth or ninth rank.

The foundation of an old seventh-rank aristocratic family is extremely terrifying and unfathomable.

These two Jin-generation Old Ancestors, along with those who had separated to establish their own clans in Qianma Town, like Huangfu Jinyuan, were of the same generation.

They were once the pillar materials of the Celestial Huangfu Family, and Huangfu Jinning even served as the Family Head for several decades.

However, they are now old, with only ten to twenty years of lifespan left, and no hope of impacting the Heavenly Human Realm, so they have retreated to the second line and become the family elders.

Under normal circumstances, they would spend the rest of their years in the family until their lifespan was exhausted.

This is the normal transition and replacement in a Celestial aristocratic family.

After all, cultivators of the Heavenly Human Realm have a lifespan of nearly four hundred years. Under normal circumstances, Celestial aristocratic families replace their Old Ancestors every two hundred or so years.

Apart from a few lucky ones from the direct line, the vast majority of people do not have the qualification to become heaven-human seeds and do not even have the opportunity to impact the Heavenly Human Realm.

Even those like Huangfu Jinyuan, who has better aptitude, had no choice but to go the way of separation, worked hard for a lifetime, and still didn’t have the opportunity to impact the Heavenly Human Realm in the end.

On the contrary, the Old Ancestor Beichen of the Xu Family of Changning has a great fortune and has accumulated opportunities to impact the Heavenly Human realm.

“Jinning, Jinyu.” Old Ancestor Hua Ye looked up at the starry sky and sighed, “I know that you may feel that you have been wronged in your lives. If the Huangfu family was approved by the Purple Abode, you might have a shot at ascension to become Celestials.”

If they had been cultivated as Heavenly-Human seeds from a young age, Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu would have at least a thirty percent chance of entering the Heavenly Human Realm.

The late founder of the Ma Huangfu’s Family in Qianma, Huangfu Jinyuan, had a probability of sixty to seventy percent, which was not much inferior to Old Ancestor Hua Ye in his youth. But how can it be so in the face of the great trend?

“But the path to the Purple Abode Realm isn’t the same as ordinary paths. Now there is an excellent opportunity in front of our Huangfu family, and you must seize this chance for our descendants.”

“Old Ancestor, we understand.” Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu’s expressions were firm, and there was a gleam in their eyes, “For the future of the Huangfu family, we will do our best and not let down the heavy trust of the Old Ancestor.”

“Go on then~” Old Ancestor Hua Ye waved his hand lightly, his tone relaxed and confident, “Unintended plans can’t compete with intentional ones, especially with me sitting here in control.”

“This will surely succeed.”

Just as his words fell.

“Boom!”

Beneath the Fallen Eagle Gorge, a surge of water hit the cliff, splashing water flowers seven or eight feet high.

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