174 Chapter 174 (2/2)

Out of the frying pan into the fire, now he was faced with all the influential figures from his clan. Besides that there were also the Huo and Feng Clan people with them. Everyone was staring at him, he could tell by their piercing gazes that they were here for some answers.

”Um, let us move to a more quiet location first, then we will discuss the plan of action...”

Everyone nodded and they returned to the same place that they were previously in. Matt was surrounded by people from the elder generation from all sides. It just showed how much they were relying on him now, everyone even showed up to escort him to the meeting room and didn't just send their retainers for that task.

At the meeting room, he stood at center stage, all eyes were on him. If this happened two years ago, he would probably be a staggering mess but things were different now.

”Fellow Clan members, people from the Huo and Feng families, we face a big dilemma.”

”Do we stay and fight, or do we leave and try to escape?”

”Before I make a decision, I would like to hear your thoughts on this.”

He moved his hands behind his back, wondering what these native cultivators thought about the whole thing.

”Patriarch, do we have any other options than fleeing?”

”Yes, how can we oppose the Dark Palm sect...”

”Maybe we could seek refuge in one of the other large sect territories?”

”You fool, you think the other sects will just take us in and risk offending the Dark Palm sect?”

”Even if they allow us to stay, we will be nothing but slaves!”

”I say we fight!”

The conversation of the Zhang Clan members was mostly leaning towards escaping in some way. The only person that was for staying and fighting was Zhang Zhi. The other clans didn't have much to say, they didn't dare give input to someone that was at the nascent soul level even if they were given permission. The only ones that said something were the young Hou clan lord and the Feng Matriarch.

”I say that we stay and fight, it would be shameful to run.”

Huo Qiang was down for a fight, as long as he had his senior brother to back him up he felt like they could do it.

”I trust that Senior Dong will make a just decision, the Feng Clan will stand with the Zhang Clan.”

Feng Liena took a follower's stance, in her eyes the man called Zhang Dong would make the right decision and she would put her faith in him.

Matt nodded a couple of times, the opinions varied. It looked like the older people in the room were more inclined to flee or seek some kind of compromise, while the younger people like Zhang Zhi and Huo Qiang were all for fighting it out. Some of them like Feng Liena were unsure and left the decision to him.

Matt moved his hand up into the air, everyone in the meeting room quieted promptly.

”I have heard your opinions, now let us discuss something.”

”Firstly, I have managed to dispatch two of the nascent soul elders from the Dark Palm sect, Wu Ming is dead and the man called Zhu has been crippled and won't be a problem anymore.”

He gave a short recap of what he was doing for the past few days, mostly just giving information about the state of the sect they were going against.

”The problem lies in the lack of information, we don't know how many nascent soul cultivators the sect has. For now they might be busy with the Demon subduing sect, but there is no way of telling when they will knock on our doors.”

The people in the room were quite happy to hear that their leader managed to take out two nascent soul elders from the Dark Palm sect. One was even in the middle stage which gave them much hope for the future. Though their morale plummeted after they heard that the enemy was able to send out five other nascent soul monsters from which their Patriarch had to flee.

”I think that there must be a limit to how many nascent soul elders the Dark Palm sect can realistically send out.”

”That is true, they can't leave their main territory unprotected. If the other sects found it out, they would surely organize an invasion of their own.”

”If we manage to hold out the initial attack, or even defeat some of those Grand Elders, we might not have to lift a finger afterward.”

”Yes, but what if the other big sects decide to crush us along with the Dark Palm sect...”

Another discussion occurred, it wasn't a far stretch to think that if they managed to hold out for a while news to the other sects would spread. They might organize an attack to squash out a weakened enemy. Still, they could do nothing and just be at their enemy's mercy with no hope of winning.

”But Patriarch, how can we hope to last the brunt of their attack. Do you feel confident in battling five nascent soul cultivators, what if they bring more?”

All eyes were on him, it would be reassuring if their biggest fighter could just massacre their enemies but his chances of winning were slim in their eyes.

”I...I'm not sure... but I might not be the only one battling them...”

Zhang Dong glanced at Feng Liena and Huo Qiang, the two not sure what this was about.

”But first, we must create an official alliance with our allies... this isn't a battle of the Zhang Clan, we are all in this together. I wish for us to come together not as a coalition of clans, but as one sect... I wish to create a sect that will seek independence!”

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