The Sixty-Fifth Indeterminate

  The Quan Gate was destroyed, and whether it was a sect or a noble family, they all began to suspect each other. The noble families involved in this matter secretly released some information, saying that it was the good deed of a certain noble family. If only one noble family said it was their doing, it would not stir up any waves at all. But with three noble families saying the same thing, and with the Knife Sect and Sword Sect pointing fingers at each other, this wave will soon rise.

  If the Knife Sect and Sword Sect didn't point their spearheads at the Shangguan family along with those other families, they would definitely not be able to escape suspicion. The Shangguan family had always been low-key and rarely interacted with other families, occasionally participating in family auctions. That's why the Shangguan family was specifically mentioned - because their assassination techniques made each of the families fearful, especially their killer organization.

  The Killer Organization, no matter who the opponent is, as long as the client can afford the price or offer something that moves them, they will take on the task and carry out the assassination without fail. This time, three big families are stirring up waves, and the Upper Official Family cannot help but show their face. Although the Upper Official Family's Killer Organization is very powerful, once they face several large families and all the sects, the Upper Official Family will end up being destroyed just like the Fist Sect.

  Above the official family also released a message on the way, saying that they only took money to do things, and the real master was the Dongfang family. It is said that the Dongfang family wants to expand and constantly seeks opportunities to swallow other families. Facing the house owners below, the owner of the upper official family mistakenly said: "If my upper official family is destroyed, the next target will be you, don't think that what you have done my upper official family doesn't know!"

  This time, all the family heads of the hidden world families participated in the family head meeting, including the various sect masters who were also present. Their purpose was simple: they demanded that the Shangguan family give them an explanation.

  When Shangguan said this, he stared at the three family heads present. How to say it, as a killer organization that started from the Shangguan family, if there were no traitors in other families, then he would truly be a failed family head. Of course, it's not ruled out that there are other traitors within his own family. From ancient times to the present, what has never been lacking is internal spies. No matter who it is, everyone has a price and a bargaining chip. As long as you offer certain benefits, the other party will willingly become your spy.

  "Shangguan old ghost, what do you mean by this? When did I ever let you kill the Quanzong Sect? Don't spit blood at people." The East House Master scolded upon hearing Shangguan House Master's words.

  "A decent person doesn't do shady things, and if you dare to do it but not dare to admit it, what are you? A coward or a turtle? I ask the masters of the families present here, what is there in the Fist Sect that's worth our Officer family taking action? The Fist Sect has no grudge against us. I believe everyone present knows that our Officer family has never interfered with Jianghu affairs. We only do business for money. If you want to blame someone, blame the Dongfang family! Of course, since this deal is not going through and the Dongfang family can't come up with the money, it's likely that several families have joined forces against us. You can go ask the master of the Dongfang family about it!" Officer family's master said with a smile on his face, staring at the three guys.

  This time, the Dongfang family didn't expect to frame the Shangguan family and end up being brought back. The Shangguan family acknowledged this matter, but the mastermind was indeed the Dongfang family. Since the Shangguan family admitted to it and revealed the mastermind, no one would believe the Dongfang family's explanations anymore. However, what everyone didn't expect was that the Dongfang family didn't even bother to explain themselves, they just sat up, laughed loudly, and with an air of superiority, pointed at each of the sect leaders saying:

  "This is what I did, how about it? You think you can take me down with your sects too? Tang Yan that little brat, I've made up my mind. Who dares to vouch for him? The outcome will be the same as the Fist Sect! Don't blame me for not warning you, offending our Fang Dong family never ends well!"

  "Tang Yan is a guest we invited from the South Palace, you old ghost from the East, watch your words, others may fear you but our South Palace doesn't!" Nan Gong Wang said to the arrogant master of the Eastern House.

  "Alright, alright, King Nangong, don't blame me for not warning you. Half of the empire's military power is in our Eastern family's hands, and the Leng and Ouyang families also support us. I advise you to stay out of this matter and focus on being a good king. Otherwise, you should be able to imagine the consequences!" The head of the Eastern family said to King Nangong.

  "Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing. It's just the destruction of a sect, do we need to turn over our thousands of years of friendship because of this?" said the master of the Situ family.

  "Hmph!" Nangong Wang and Dongfang's master snorted in unison before sitting back down in their original seats.

  Go to war? Hehe, Dongfang and South Palace King don't want to go to war. After all, the Purple Dragon Soul is the guardian beast of the South Palace family. Once the war starts, they won't be able to gain any advantage. Before the master of the Dongfang family finds a way to seal the Purple Dragon Soul, he will not be so stupid as to confront King Nan Gong head-on. However, saying this out loud can also serve to suppress King Nan Gong's arrogance, which is a good thing.

  Of course, the Eastern Patriarch also didn't want things to turn out this way with the Southern Palace King. After all, his son had always been infatuated with Southern Palace Xiangxue, and it would be best if they could get married. This way, the Eastern Patriarch's status in the empire would rise greatly, and he could control everything in the empire with just a wave of his hand. After the Southern Palace King's death, the throne would fall to Southern Palace Xiangxue, and if she had a child... If Southern Palace Xiangxue were to die unexpectedly, the entire kingdom would belong to Eastern Yu and his son, and the Southern Palace Dynasty would be renamed as the Eastern Dynasty.

  "Situ old ghost, what do you mean by this? Is it that only your noble family is allowed to set fires, but our sect is not even allowed to light lamps?" The leader of the Dao Sect jumped out and scolded the master of the Situ family.

  "Haha, don't be angry, don't lose your temper, harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth. What's most important now is that the Knife Sect hasn't suffered any losses, and none of you here have suffered any losses either. I believe the Dongfang family will take out some 'harmony money' to distribute among everyone as a token of apology. Dongfang Lao Gui, isn't that right?" The master of the Situ family, who had been doing business for generations and was renowned for their wealth, said with a smile.

  "Money is a small matter, but you must give an account of yourselves. Who knows that after saying this today, when you go back, you won't stab us in the back? I'm telling you, even if our sect can't defeat your aristocratic families, we can still unite and destroy one or two of them! The Sword Emperor is the most sinister person, and when he gets angry, he smashes the tea table while scolding."

  "Harmony, harmony, I believe the Eastern House Master will no longer attack your sect," said Situ Old Ghost with a smiling face.

  With this old man around, anything can be said easily. Even if they get angry, they wouldn't dare to scold the old ghost of Situ. Don't underestimate the Situ family's business skills, which have been passed down for generations. He has many connections on the road and even the king has to give him a slight smile. What's more, it's the Dongfang family; in this world, nothing is unsellable, only unaffordable. If old ghost Situ wants to, the Dongfang family will disappear like the Quanzong Gate, but he didn't do that.

  Since the matter has been kicked to the Dongfang family, they must also make a gesture. The harmonious money and wealth of one sect have reached tens of millions of gold coins in travel expenses. And guarantee not to move their sect, for the affairs of the Fist Sect, the Dongfang family will give an account to the families of the Fist Sect disciples. However, Old Dongfang still has that one sentence: Tang Yan must be settled, whoever opposes him will end up like the Fist Sect.

  Even so, the sect masters present didn't bother to look for trouble anymore. However, they weren't kind-hearted either. Since this matter involved the hidden world families, the various sect masters could only let their own ancestors take action. One sect master alone wouldn't be enough, but uniting together was a different story altogether. The Dou Sect, some sects still had it, in the forbidden lands, who didn't want to get a share of the immortal medicine and the treasures inside the ancient tombs? Any one of them could make a family rise to power.

  Who doesn't know that Tang Yan crippled Dongfang Yu, if Tang Yan fell into the hands of the Dongfang family, who knows what they would do to him? Even if the sect didn't guarantee Tang Yan's safety, the family would secretly protect him. Now the Dongfang family is very powerful, it's not bad, but if several families were to put pressure on him together, it would be different. For now, Tang Yan hasn't arrived at the Imperial City yet, and those families with ideas in their minds don't want to confront the Dongfang family so early, especially the Murong family.

  How is Tang Yan?

  He was as calm as ever, despite now being a four-star Grandmaster. Every day, every hour, he would close himself off to practice his skills. Occasionally, he would go out into the wilderness to spar with Lei Lao and Nan Gong Bei Yao. His strength grew greater by the day, becoming so powerful that it left Nan Gong Xiang Yue feeling both shocked and delighted. She was shocked because she feared that Tang Ye would reach the Saint level in a short amount of time, at which point no one would be able to control him. She was delighted because the stronger he became, the safer he would be when entering the forbidden grounds in the future, and also because of her relationship with Tang Ye.

  "Good boy, you're not bad at all! You've mastered the Thunderbolt Technique's fourth heavenly level in just one day!" said Old Lei, seeing that Tang Yan's hand was like a thunder rod, covered with dense, finger-thick lightning.

  "Is that so? Then let's try this!" Tang Yan slapped him with a palm, and a massive handprint chopped towards him. However, the handprint Tang Yan slapped out didn't have any purple energy, only crackling lightning.

  "Damn it, Purple Dragon Seal: The Purple Dragon's coming-of-age ceremony has also been learned by you little brat, there's no justice, truly no justice!" Lei Lao scolded, not expecting Tang Yan to learn the Purple Dragon Seal so quickly.

  "What a pity! If only there were four more seals behind!" Tang Yan laughed loudly and said.

  The power of the Purple Dragon Seal is proportional to one's personal strength, and a four-star Grandmaster can only cast it three times at most. Tang Yan wouldn't have learned it so quickly if not for the old man in the dragon ring guiding him on the side, as learning any martial skill was never difficult for Tang Yan.

  The things that happened in the Quanzongmen, Tang Yan also knew through Lei Lao's words. Lei Lao also told Tang Yan that he couldn't keep sending him to Du Di like this, and he couldn't wait for Tang Yan to change his mind either. After all, the Quanzongmen needed him to take charge, so today Lei Lao practiced with Tang Yan on one side while explaining the essentials of the world's palm techniques to him on the other, allowing Tang Yan to benefit greatly.

  Tang Yan had also promised Lei Lao that if one day he entered the forbidden land and obtained something from it, he would personally send one or two items to Lei Lao. This made Lei Lao feel very comforted, and before leaving, he once again reminded Tang Yan to be careful of the people in the East World Family.

  "Little brother, why don't we just not go to the Imperial Capital?" Zi Lan said with concern for Tang Yan's safety.

  "It's nothing, it's the Dongfang family, if they dare to come, I'll wipe them out!" Tang Yan said confidently to Zilan.