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"As for why I think the clothes of the Spirit Hall are good, it's because the clothes of our family are made according to ancient methods, and the colors are dyed with plant juices during the processing. These things have been identified by experts from the Spirit Hall as unhealthy and harmful. The clothes made by the Spirit Hall are made by sending experts to synthesize various additives. They are more hygienic and healthier, and have no harm to human skin. There is another point..."
"Pa!" Zhuang Xingyu became angrier as he listened. Before Zhuang Wuyu could finish speaking, he slapped him and sent him flying, breaking several of his ribs.
"You bastard, the moon of the Spirit Hall is rounder than that of my Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, damn it! How dare you say that the untested synthetic extracts of the Spirit Hall are healthy, and that the plant pigments that the family has used for hundreds of years without any problems are toxic substances, get the hell out of here!"
Zhuang Xingyu was furious. Now that the last hegemony of the Spirit Hall was about to dissipate, there were still people kneeling to them. It seemed that their spines had been bent for a long time. He didn't know that the Douluo Continent was on a planet, and the moon in the sky was the same. As for the fact that the air in the Spirit Hall was better, that was even more nonsense! The Spirit Hall was located in the interior of the Douluo Continent, in a large basin, with poor air circulation; and the north of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was the Arctic glacier that had not melted for thousands of years, the west was the ocean, and there was also a warm current nearby. There was a moist breeze almost every day, and the air quality was definitely one of the best places in the entire Douluo Continent.
"Come here, notify the Jidao Legion to take control of the residences of the nine core elders. No one is allowed to enter or leave. I want to check it out myself. I want to see what these nine core elders are like in private!" Murong Yunxue and Zhuang Jingxing have now handed over the right to mobilize the legion to Zhuang Xingyu.
Zhuang Xingyu knew without thinking that the Nine Core Elders were definitely colluding with the Spirit Hall. The Nine Core Elders definitely had a lot of shares in the Spirit Hall's clothing and other businesses. In addition, the Spirit Hall must have given the Nine Core Elders other benefits. The family has increased the welfare benefits of the clan members by nearly 10 times in recent years. If there are any good things, the clan members will be considered. It can be said that the phrase "sharing weal and woe" has been fully implemented. However, some people are not satisfied and dare to collude with external forces.
Zhuang Xingyu was so sad. The family had survived the most difficult years. After there were no external conflicts, something unexpected happened inside. The family had cleared out a group of spies more than two years ago, but they were all outsiders and a very small number of outer disciples. He didn't expect that now there would be a core elder who dared to collude with outsiders.
Zhuang Xingyu had often gone deep into the grassroots of ordinary people to investigate and learn. This Zhuang Wuyu, relying on his older age, actually dared to deceive Zhuang Xingyu as a person who knew nothing about grains and only knew how to squeeze the fat of the people. He deserved to be beaten!
He, Zhuang Xingyu, represents the interests of the entire Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, and the only ones who can represent the entire family are his direct lineage and the ordinary disciples in the family who truly rely on labor to earn their food. These mosquitoes and tigers that undermine the family's credibility and suck blood from the family must be killed.
Chapter 128 Reorganizing the Family
The mansion of the nine core elders was knocked open with a "bang". "Marshal Lei Bao, what do you mean? Is there any misunderstanding? Why did you lead people to surround and force your way into my mansion?"
The nine core elders were very worried when they saw the First Division of the Jidao Legion suddenly breaking in, fearing that their affairs would be exposed. He naturally understood what the deployment of the Jidao Legion meant, and asked the commander of the First Division, Zhuang Leibao, with a smile.
"This is an order from me, and you know why. Search everything, don't let even a fly escape, and don't miss a single place." Zhuang Xingyu walked in and commanded the legion to start searching.
"Greetings, Young Clan Leader. I am innocent! Is there any misunderstanding here? It is very likely that foreign forces are trying to sow discord." The nine core elders bowed and saluted, thinking that their affairs might have been discovered, but they were constantly looking for opportunities to escape with the corner of their eyes.
"You are right. It was indeed the foreign forces who instigated the incident." Zhuang Xingyu said as he directly took control of the nine core elders. The other party wanted to resist, but he could not withstand Zhuang Xingyu's attack. He didn't even have time to struggle free his arms before his soul power was sealed.
The rest of the legion also took control of everyone in the mansion, and the relatives of the nine core elders outside the mansion were also brought in, but his eldest grandson Zhuang Panguo was not found. The files showed that Zhuang Panguo had left the family half a year ago.
Zhuang Xingyu carefully checked the other party's storage soul guide, financial statements, secret letters and other things, and finally sorted out the cause and effect.
It turned out that the nine core elders and the Spirit Hall had started to contact each other a year ago. At that time, the Spirit Hall saw that the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was getting stronger and stronger, and sent several batches of Spirit Hall people to act as spies, but all of them were not trusted or were killed, so they decided to directly lure some high-level clan members inside the other side to be their own spies.
The nine core elders were bribed by the other party with a large sum of money. The key reason was that the family was in a period of great construction at that time, and some materials needed for cultivation resources and the production of legion armor... A large part of the materials needed to be purchased from outside the family, and the nine core elders were responsible for part of the business. There were too many properties passing through their hands every day. They could not resist the temptation and embezzled the treasures belonging to the family and secretly turned them into their own treasures.
But he was also afraid of being discovered. He couldn't explain the source of the huge treasure within the clan, and he couldn't spend it, so he tried to transfer the resources out.
Then the Spirit Hall came on the scene and not only helped the nine core elders transfer their property, but also handed over 30% of the Spirit Hall's clothing business and some industries near Spirit City to the nine core elders, which led to their rebellion.
His eldest grandson Zhuang Panguo had joined the Spirit Hall half a year earlier to take over the transferred treasures and the assets given by the Spirit Hall.
But the Nine Core Elders were not stupid. He knew that the reason why the Spirit Hall gave him benefits was because the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was too strong and because of his identity as a core elder. Once he lost this identity, once he leaked all the secrets he knew, he would be nothing and he would have no value for his benefit.
Therefore, Zhuang Danyang can only rely on constantly discrediting the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and promoting the false beauty of the Spirit Hall to continue to obtain those benefits. In addition, he is still in the stage of transferring treasures and has not yet revealed the secrets of the Spirit Hall.
But those treasures that were moved away were a big loss for the family.
"Zhuang Danyang! Do you have anything else to say?" Zhuang Xingyu laughed in anger and slapped Zhuang Danyang's face hard with the evidence. He never expected that there would be someone in his family who had the potential to become Qin Hui or the Donglin Party.
"Young Patriarch, please forgive me. I admit my mistakes. It was all because of me who was bewitched and deceived by the Spirit Hall. My children are innocent and they were unaware. I am willing to take all the responsibility. We can take advantage of the situation and spread false information to the Spirit Hall. Please let them go!" Zhuang Danyang burst into tears when he saw that the truth was revealed.
"It's too late! I don't need a traitor like you." Zhuang Xingyu blasted Zhuang Danyang into pieces, then pointed at Zhuang Danyang's descendants and said, "Kill all of them, leaving no one alive."
"Yes!" For a moment, shouts of killing were heard everywhere. Zhuang Xingyu used his soul power to cover up the sound and prevented it from leaking out.
A quarter of an hour later, all of Zhuang Danyang's followers were eliminated except Zhuang Panguo who had already joined the Spirit Hall.
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, Zhuang Xingyu set them on fire and said, "Lei Bao, pour these ashes into the Sunset Forest to feed the soul beasts."
"I will obey the order." Lei Bao hurriedly collected the ashes and headed for the Sunset Forest.
Zhuang Xingyu then issued an order, "Come here, publish the family obituary: The old injury of the Nine Core Clan elder Zhuang Danyang relapsed, and the treatment by the soul master was ineffective. He died suddenly this afternoon. He left a will: I, Zhuang Danyang, was born in the northern border of the family. I want to be buried outside the Arctic Ice Field after my death, and there will be no funeral. The family decided to follow his wishes. The body will not be buried in the ancestral mausoleum, but will be buried outside the Arctic Ice Field, and there will be no funeral. Zhuang Danyang's descendants are all extremely sad, and they voluntarily resigned from all positions in the clan and went to the Arctic Ice Field to guard Zhuang Danyang's mausoleum."
Although Zhuang Xingyu wanted to inform the whole clan and even wanted to build a kneeling statue of Zhuang Danyang and let it kneel in front of the city gate forever, he couldn't do that at this stage. As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public. If the news of a high-ranking member of his family betrayed the clan, it would have a very bad impact and would be disgraceful. He only let the Soul Emperor level and above in the clan and the person who just handled the case know.
After the traitors were eliminated, the matter was not over yet. The Spirit Hall provoked this matter, and the family must fight back, otherwise how could they save face! And Zhuang Panguo must also be killed, and the stolen family treasures must also be recovered. More importantly, the entire family must be investigated to see if there are any similar people.
Zhuang Xingyu directly sent Zhuang Shushen to sneak into Wuhun City and kill Zhuang Panguo. These traitors must be killed.
Zhuang Jingxing, Murong Yunxue and others were also very angry when they heard about it, and they directly destroyed a main hall of the Spirit Hall that night. After the Spirit Hall learned about this, they knew they were in the wrong and did not dare to say anything, but just pushed the blame on the evil spirit master.
The family also began a comprehensive and strict investigation. Fortunately, only Zhuang Danyang's lineage rebelled, and the rest of the people were fine. The Zhuang Wei clan naturally received a lot of rewards.
This also sounded a wake-up call for Zhuang Xingyu. How can he restrain his subordinates from being tempted by the enemy? This is really an eternal problem. Human nature is unpredictable. It can only be solved by further improving clan rules, strengthening ideological education, and increasing the punishment for rebellion. So far, there is no permanent solution.
Zi Han asked in confusion, "Xingyu, don't you think that Zhuang Danyang and the others have a guilty conscience? The family gave birth to them, raised them, and provided them with so many cultivation resources every year. It can be said that everything they enjoy today was given to them by the family."
"Besides, our family is now the strongest in the entire Douluo Continent, but why are there still so many people kneeling to join the Spirit Hall? They can't see the situation clearly. Aren't they afraid that the family will settle accounts with them in the future?"
"Especially that Zhuang Wu Yu, he was so blatant, I don't understand why he is so shameless and stupid."
Zhuang Xingyu sighed and shook his head helplessly, "It's all due to interests. They are just using the clan flag to oppose the clan flag. There are a bunch of bad rats inside that faction. So far, there is no good solution. We can only kill them until they are scared. If one of them appears, the whole family will be implicated. We will also suppress his lineage and let them supervise and expose each other."
Chapter 129: Lightning attack on Longxing City, clearing out the affiliated forces of Haotian Sect
In the northern part of the Xingluo Empire, close to the Tiandou Empire, there is a city called Longxing City, where the Yu clan lives.
Longxing City was previously governed by a kingdom under the Xingluo Empire, and the Yu clan once had partial control over the city. However, after the previous war, the Xingluo Empire had actually controlled a lot of territory in the subordinate kingdoms, and Longxing City was one of them. The Yu clan naturally lost control of Longxing City, and their sphere of influence was greatly reduced.
Starting half a month ago, the Yu clan sent people to the city gate to welcome guests.
It turned out that today was the biennial gathering of the four former single-attribute affiliated sects of the Haotian Sect: the Power Clan, the Destruction Clan, the Defense Clan, and the Agility Clan.
After the Haotian Sect was closed, among the four subordinate clans, except for the Li clan, which stayed in Tiandou City for some reason, the other three clans all moved to the Xingluo Empire. Because among the original three major clans, the Qibao Liuli Clan supported the Tiandou Empire, the Landian Tyrant Clan remained neutral, and the Haotian Sect supported the Xingluo Empire. Therefore, these affiliated forces still had a lot of incense and friendship with the Haotian Sect, and the relationship was pretty good. Most of them chose to seek refuge and develop in the Xingluo Empire.
Compared to the lively gatherings in previous years, this gathering seemed particularly deserted. There was no grand outdoor celebration, but simply dozens of banquet tables were set up in the yard. There were few meat dishes in the meal, and the meat dishes served were simply cooked with common thousand-year soul beast meat. There was no famous wine, no delicacies from land and sea, which seemed extremely shabby. After all, no matter what, the patriarchs of the four clans were all Soul Douluo-level masters. It was such a big gathering, but there was only this little food.
Niu Gao, the chief of the Yu clan, raised his glass and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, my old brothers. This year's party is a bit shabby, but I have tried my best to prepare it. After this banquet, my Yu clan will have to tighten their belts for the next six months."
"Everyone knows the current situation. No one is having an easy time. Ever since the Jidao Yinyang Leopard Clan rose up and killed Tang Hao, the traitor of the human race, my Yu clan has started to have a hard time! Tang Hao's reputation has been ruined, and the reputation of the entire Haotian Sect has also been ruined. However, the Haotian Sect has been sealed, and others cannot find it, so they point the spearhead at us, the former affiliated forces of the Haotian Sect. But what they don't know is that I hate the Haotian Sect more than they do!"
"The Xingluo Empire is afraid of offending the Jidao Yinyang Leopard Clan, and has intentionally or unintentionally excluded our clan. It is difficult for the family's business to continue, and no one is willing to buy. When they heard that the shop was opened by the former affiliated forces of the Haotian Sect, they turned around and left. It's good enough if they didn't spit at us."
"Especially after the Haotian Sect was destroyed by the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the fact that all its members were soul beast spies was exposed, my Yu clan was implicated even more. In the past, we could still sell some things, but now even if we sell them at cost price, no one is willing to buy them. The family's turnover has not been a penny for half a month, and now we have to rely on our old capital."
Tang Hao's uncle, Bai He, the head of the Min clan, remained silent after hearing this. Because of the special relationship between his Min clan and the Haotian Sect, they were suppressed by the Spirit Hall and suffered heavy losses in the past. Now they are ridiculed by almost all the creatures in the Douluo Continent. Many people secretly say that his family is also a spy sent by the soul beast. But Bai He couldn't speak. He had to maintain his personality of being loyal and righteous. It was okay to scold Tang Hao in private, but it would be bad to do it in public.
"Old Rhino, you're going too far. Master, he, he," Tai Tan looked at the dissatisfied eyes of the others and quickly changed his words, "Tang Hao is one of the strongest people in the human race. He doesn't need to change his clan or court. I think this is a false accusation against the Haotian Sect by the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan."
"Old gorilla, the Haotian Sect is dead, why are you pretending? You are still kneeling? Who are you kneeling for? If you dare to kneel here again to insult the Haotian Sect, get out immediately! If you don't, I, Yang Wudi, will beat you away. Don't you think about who is responsible for our current tragic situation? Are you worthy of your dead clansmen?"
The leader of the Po Yi clan, Yang Wudi, didn't care about the friendship they had for many years and directly mocked Tai Tan. When the Haotian Sect abandoned them, his Po Yi clan was implicated by the Haotian Sect and most of the clan members died. He remembered every scene.
Among these people, Yang Wudi had the deepest grudge against Haotian Sect. In fact, he had some conflicts with Haotian Sect before the seal was lifted. The inheritance of the Poyi Clan was to make medicine, which was very mysterious, and Haotian Sect always wanted to snatch the prescription of the Poyi Clan. Yang Wudi was naturally unwilling to hand over the family inheritance to others, and the seeds of the explosion were planted decades ago.
Titan was furious when his scars were exposed. He was already hot-tempered, so he pointed at Yang Wudi and cursed, "You only talked about the bad things. Why don't you talk about the benefits that the Po Yi clan got from the Haotian Sect? Before the Haotian Sect was unsealed, you relied on the banner of the world's number one sect to open up a drug business that covered half of the Xingluo Empire and made a lot of money. Why don't you mention these things?"
Yang Wudi used his martial spirit, and the two sides confronted each other, "Haha! This is really funny. My Po Yi clan did make a lot of money back then, but was that money earned for myself? The Haotian Sect took 80% of the money, and I was left with 20%, which was barely enough to cover the cost and production expenses. I didn't get any benefits at all."
"Besides, I made money with my ancestral medicine skills. What does it have to do with the Haotian Sect? Back then, relying on my medicine skills, all the top forces in the continent sent me invitations. I could have survived anywhere, but I rejected their generous conditions and joined the Haotian Sect. I am loyal enough. In the end, I ended up like this. I got nothing and the basket was broken. The Haotian Sect owes me, but I don't owe it to the Haotian Sect."
Bai He saw the two men were about to start fighting, and hurried to stop them, "Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing, the entire Haotian clan has been destroyed, there is no point in discussing this, we should look forward, let go of things that cannot be changed. The four of us have been good brothers for many years, there is no need to hurt our brotherhood because of outsiders."
The Min clan is unlike the other three clans. The Po clan has excellent medical skills and can make a living by selling medicine; the Li clan can forge iron and maintain the normal practice of the family; the Yu clan is wear-resistant, has strong defense, and has a high level of construction. They usually help others design a garden or build a mansion, which can also meet the practice resource needs of family members.
The Min clan had no skills, only a fast martial spirit, weak combat power, and was unwilling to join other families, making it the poorest of the four families.
The main purpose of his visit this time was to ask for some money from the other three tribes. If Yang Wudi and his men started fighting and damaged the relationship, he would not get a penny, so he would naturally be the first to stop the fight.
Niu Gao quickly stood in the middle and pulled Yang Wudi and Tai Tan apart. "Today is a great day for our four families to reunite. Please give me some face and sit down to eat."
"Yeah, let's sit down and eat! After all, this is your last meal. You can set off after eating." An unfamiliar voice reached the ears of Niu Gao and the other three, scaring them.
Yang Wudi and the others looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in the room, sweating profusely, their legs trembling, and retreating again and again, "Xianbao Douluo! You, how could you be here!" (Xianbao Douluo is Zhuang Jingxing's title)
"Your Majesty, welcome to my humble home. I hope you can forgive me for not being able to come and meet you from afar." As the host, Niu Gao was much calmer. He probably guessed that the other party came to find fault because of his and the Haotian Sect's past connection. He pretended to be calm and took a step forward to show his value in order to survive.
Before he could open his mouth, Zhuang Jingxing used his ninth soul skill to kill him. The power of the soul skill remained undiminished and it directly killed Titan and the other three.
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Chapter 130: Siege of Lanba Academy, Killing Liu Erlong
After Zhuang Jingxing killed Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan, he walked out of the room. The army was also quickly harvesting the people from the four clans of Killing Power, Breaking Power, Defense, and Agility.
Before the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan launched a surprise attack on Longxing City, they naturally greeted the Xingluo Emperor. After all, this was the actual controlled territory of Xingluo, and the two sides were still in a cooperative state.
Emperor Xingluo naturally agreed with this wholeheartedly. The alliance between Haotian Sect and Xingluo was a thing of the past. Now that all members of Haotian Sect were destroyed, there was no need to offend the powerful Yin-Yang Leopard Clan just because of the four Soul Douluo families.
As for the reason, needless to say! The Li Clan is Tang Hao's diehard fan, the Min Clan's patriarch is Tang Hao's uncle, and the other Yu Clan and Po Clan are also among the strongest affiliated forces of the Haotian Sect. They must be in the same group with the Haotian Sect, whose members are all traitors of the human race. Leaving the Haotian Sect is just a show they deliberately staged, in fact, to establish more bases for training soul beast spies.
For the sake of human peace, they must be eliminated!
After confiscating the property of the Yu clan and exterminating the clan, Zhuang Jingxing led his men to quickly head to the Min clan and the Po clan, determined to eliminate them all within a day.
After Zhuang Jingxing wiped out the Min clan, he found a white box made of top-quality mutton-fat white jade in a secret room. The box was not big, only half a meter.
"Could this be the Min clan heirloom that Xingyu asked me to find: the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng!"
Zhuang Jingxing opened the box and saw a red ginseng, emitting domineering energy fluctuations, crystal clear, quietly placed in the jade box. There were many protrusions on the surface of the ginseng. If you look closely, you will find that these protrusions can be connected into a dragon shape.
"It's really a good stuff! I didn't expect that the Min clan, which looks so down and out, can have such a good treasure. Not bad, not bad." Zhuang Jingxing quickly took the thing back and planned to give it to his son for research.
The army carried away all the valuable things of the Min, Po and Yu tribes that could be moved. The remaining things that could not be moved were not damaged and left to the Xingluo Empire. After all, if you want to eat meat, you have to let others have a share of the soup.
It turned out that this business made money quickly. Even though the four clans had declined and the total number of direct disciples of the four families did not exceed one thousand, there were still a lot of fixed assets.
Coupled with the precious prescriptions obtained from the storage soul guide of Yang Wudi, the patriarch of the Poyi Clan, it can be said that this operation was quite fruitful.
"Everyone, be alert. Don't be negligent at any point. We must ensure that all enemies are wiped out." Zhuang Jingxing personally checked twice and only left after making sure that they were all eliminated.
At the same time, after informing Emperor Xue Ye in advance, Zhuang Xingyu personally led his troops to Tiandou City to clear out the Li clan’s base.
The only Soul Douluo in the world of the Li Clan: Clan leader Titan went to Longxing City. The rest were just some small fry without any resistance. In less than an hour, Zhuang Xingyu led his men to kill all the enemies and move away all the financial resources that could be moved.
Today is the reunion day for the four tribes of Li, Po, Yu and Min that happens every two years. Even those who did not go to Longxing City to attend the reunion have all returned to their families and gathered together. This makes it easier for the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Tribe to catch them all in one fell swoop, saving them the energy to search for them.
"The big fish have been dealt with, but there is still a small fish missing." Zhuang Xingyu set off for Lan Ba Academy to hunt down Tai Long, the grandson of Tai Tan. This guy was originally staying at the family today, but because Lan Ba Academy held a student competition today, the first place would be the chief disciple, and Tai Long did not want to miss it, so he went back temporarily.
Now that we have started to attack the four clans of Li, Po, Yu and Min, we must do it thoroughly and resolve the problem once and for all.
They couldn't be like the Spirit Hall, which was so stubborn about face that it suffered in the process. It had clearly broken off relations with the Haotian Sect, but it refused to destroy its affiliated forces. It had clearly destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant clan's land, but it refused to destroy the two young geniuses, Yu Tianheng, who stayed at the Tiandou Royal Academy, and Yu Tianxin, who stayed at the Thunder Academy, leaving hidden dangers for itself.
At this time, Lanba Academy was very lively. All the students gathered in a giant stadium with a diameter of nearly 300 meters. There were eight students in four groups on the playground, and they had already reached the stage of eight to four. The students who did not participate in the competition were in the audience seats nearby.
After knocking down his opponent, Tyrone was the first to advance to the final four. "Tyrone! Tyrone!", "Tyrone is awesome!", "First place!", the surrounding students shouted crazily.
"Champion!" Tyrone shouted his goal and enjoyed his own highlight moment, but he didn't know that this would be his last shout.
Seeing this, Liu Erlong on the rostrum nodded with satisfaction, "It's a promising prospect."