Otherworld Advance Team-Chapter 1797 - 1790: The Mountaintop Storm Approaches

The Wen Family grew alongside the Dongsheng Empire’s regime, and over two hundred years later, this literati governance alliance has become a deeply entrenched and complex organization.

Thus, when mentioning the Wen Family’s influence, in a narrow sense, it refers to those members of the literati governance alliance, but in a broader sense, it encompasses all those opposing the Wu Family’s influence, including cultivators, especially rogue cultivators.

However, when referring to the Wu Family’s influence, both narrowly and broadly, it refers to groups profiting from the cultivation system, including noble families and sects.

Due to the attack incident, Baiyue Xing lost all interest and hurriedly returned to his residence with Feng. Seeing the two return suddenly, Tangmo asked in confusion, "Why are you both back?"

After Baiyue briefly recounted their encounter, Tangmo also fell into contemplation, eventually looking at Baiyue and asking, "Do you think they were targeting us?"

"I think..." Baiyue hesitated for a moment, glanced back at Feng, and said with a frown, "For some reason, I feel that person was aiming for Feng."

"Aiming for her?" Tangmo was taken aback for a moment, then also looked at Feng.

"Me?" Feng tilted his head, somewhat puzzled.

"Think carefully. After they diverted those three guards, didn’t they come straight for you?" Baiyue asked sternly.

"It seems so."

"Then it must be," Baiyue nodded and continued, "If I were the attacker, I should have attacked the weakest link first, which would be myself, not Feng, who is difficult to quickly defeat from any distance."

"What was the point of such a senseless attack," Tangmo asked in confusion, "Just dealing with one person resolved your crisis. It seems they didn’t arrange any backup or even consider that this person might fail."

"Could it be that Feng’s identity was exposed?" Baiyue asked hesitantly.

"Identity?"

"Did you forget? Feng might be of the Royal Family of the Dongsheng Empire..." Although speaking in Tasta language, Baiyue instinctively lowered his voice.

"But who would target the Royal Family? How about we send Feng into the palace?" Tangmo suggested after thinking it over.

"No, I don’t want to!"

Hearing this, Feng immediately exclaimed in a panic.

"Don’t frighten her," Baiyue glared at Tangmo and said irritably, "Based on our current information, it’s clear that revealing Feng’s royal identity is not advisable."

"Then we’ll have to wait for Luo’er and the others to return and analyze the situation."

"That’s all we can do." Baiyue nodded helplessly.

Meanwhile, the surviving attackers returned to a dark hideout and met with the initiator of the attack, an old man.

After listening to their report, the old man smiled reassuringly, "As expected, she has indeed learned the Royal Family’s techniques and has mastered excellent swordsmanship. This raises our chances of a successful coup by another ten percent."

"Shall we bring the Princess back now?" one of his subordinates tentatively asked.

"No rush, the Emperor’s Sect surely won’t sit idly by. Let’s stabilize our position first, and then bring her in on a chosen day," the old man said.

"Ichuan Fei won’t last much longer; when that happens, the Wen Family’s internal chaos is inevitable, which will be our great opportunity for a coup," another person said.

"The Wen Family has become a monster; merely dealing with the Yichuan Clan might not completely uproot the Wen Family. Your Highness, what do you think?"

"I have my arrangements for this matter; you can rest assured. I will not break my promises to you; each of you will receive the share you want," the old man said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Upon hearing his words, everyone bowed gratefully.

"There’s no need to be so polite. I managed to establish a foothold in the Capital City thanks to you all. Without you, I might have been targeted by the Emperor’s Sect as soon as I stepped out. Haha, they even sent people along the teleportation formations to the Western Continent to find the Princess."

"We have people inside the Emperor’s Sect and the Gongxin Association. I thought the Wen Family was formidable, but they’re just a leaky sieve, riddled with holes."

"Do not underestimate the Wen Family. Once they complete their military reform and resolve the two major issues that plague the Imperial Court, they will address these problems. So, we have limited time and must act before the Wen Family makes their move."

"In any case, we have to thank Huayu Xuan. Without him providing the Princess’s whereabouts, we might not have a legitimate reason for a coup."

"Huayu Xuan, hmph, just an opportunist. Once we seize full power, the first thing to do is eliminate this kind of indecisive guy."

"Huayu Xuan and Ichuan Fei have a bond forged through life and death, yet he is willing to betray for so-called benefits; it’s laughable. Such a person is just an ingrate who would sell everything for a bone."

"That’s enough; our major task is not accomplished yet, so let’s speak less," the old man waved his hand, "Although Huayu Xuan is shameless, he still holds substantial power. At this stage, we should treat him courteously."

Once Luo’er and the others returned to the mansion, Baiyue and the others informed them of what happened today. After discussing for a while, they still couldn’t ascertain the situation, only knowing that Feng might be related to the once missing royal prince, Bailong An.

With no other options, they could only remind those staying at the mansion to be careful and not to go out casually.

As the Wen Family is about to launch a massive military action, with the Wu Family’s influence lurking throughout Shengjing, the entire atmosphere suggests an impending storm.

Under such circumstances, staying obediently within the well-guarded mansion is the safest option. frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

As time passed, Cheng Ziang and Hu Daoke would attend to Jiuyun Shuang’s invitation periodically, heading to the barracks outside the city for inspections and guidance.

The military forces of the Dongsheng Empire were quickly gathering outside the city. The Kunzhou and the new army were all ready, just waiting for the Imperial Court to issue a decree to officially attack their primary concern.

For ordinary people, this might just seem like a regular campaign.

After all, the Wu Family’s ruling over the Kyushu Empire is much like the Roman Empire, emphasizing conquest over production.

I came, I saw, I conquered, a famous quote from Caesar, which also coincidentally became the action creed of the Wu Family.

However, this campaign launched by the Wen Family is evidently quite different from usual.

On one hand, they need to prove their military strength to ensure the Wu Family submits to the Wen Family’s rule.

On the other hand, they need to pacify the Empire’s borders and subjugate the Rong Di.

Once these two major issues are resolved, the Wen Family’s Imperial Court will formally establish a tribute system, using the monarch-subject relationship to bind the surrounding Rong Di and consequently cease the thousands-of-years-old external expansion.

In other words, once the Wen Family accomplishes all its objectives, it will cease expansion and conquest, focusing instead on internal production, which goes against the thousands-of-years-old tradition of the Kyushu Empire.

The entire population will be registered, slaves and commoners nationwide will be equalized. The country will no longer have insiders and outsiders, and the people will no longer have social status gaps.

Those from the Demon Clan who have integrated with Kyushu for a long time will also become commoners, thereby liberating their productivity.

For the Wen Family, they do not fear the Demon Clan as others do, because those who do not need cultivation do not need to worry about their bloodline being contaminated.

All Wen Family members long for the East Prosperity Nine States to return to normal.

What is normal to them?

For them, normalcy means that force is no longer the primary measure of society; cultivators are not nobler than others, nor have the right to harm non-cultivators; this is normal.

Since magic naturally exists, magic, or rather, spiritual energy, should be a crucial medium to enhance productivity rather than a weapon for a few to bully the weak.

This is the ideal that the High-peak people from the Western Continent and the Earth people have always practiced and is also the dream long pursued by the Wen Family people from the Eastern Continent.

After two weeks, the new army outside the city had fully assembled, all weapons and equipment were crafted and distributed to each soldier.

In the sky, the capital that the Dongsheng Empire prided itself on, the Kunzhou, gathered in the skies outside the city, several hundred Kunzhou assembled together, presenting an awe-inspiring spectacle.

These ancient creatures like the Overturning Beast, existing before the Ancestor Era, could never have imagined being used by the East Continent people for military actions one day.

Cheng Ziang and Hu Daoke were once again invited to the military camp to review the new army that had been fully established. He provided many valuable suggestions to the new army, and each suggestion was effectively implemented, finally presenting in front of him.

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