196 Chapter 196 (1/2)

”Give me a full report on the situation... I can feel that we are being watched...”

Matt could sense that there were some nascent soul elders far away but still close enough for him to sense some of their spiritual essence. They were probably keeping watch on the small locked off area, ordered by their elders. Zhang Kuo stepped forward, everyone in the room looked to him as he was going to give the report.

”As the Sect Leader says, we have sighted some of the nascent soul elders from all of the three sects that were here previously. Each one of them left a senior behind, probably to keep watch over us.”

”Regarding the Dark Palm Sect, their main sanctuary is being attacked by the combined forces of the three sects. They have not yet fallen but they stand no chance against the combined strength of those three large sects.”

They still had some spies that were outside Spirit Spring City that could relay some information through their communication jades. The demonic sect that was here the other day was now on the defensive. They were huddled up behind their defensive formations and fighting for their life.

”We are not sure what is happening inside as it was far too dangerous for our spies to go in closer, we can only speculate on what is happening.”

”Hmm... they'll probably last a bit before they fall, what about the people that evacuated into the forests?”

”They are safe and are being guarded by some of our sect members, they have enough food and water to last them a couple of months.”

Zhang Dong nodded, his people weren't in any danger at the time being which was reassuring.

”What about the city?”

”Spirit Spring City has mostly been destroyed... the Dark Palm sect bombarder everything with their cannons. The city has been leveled, there is nothing left to salvage, besides rubble.”

The Zhang Clan members were unhappy, to say the least about this turn of events. They had spent the past two years upgrading the whole city infrastructure to the peak, they had hospitals, police stations, and even a fire station all in working condition. They knew that rebuilding everything would cost a lot and their Patriarch had burned through every single spirit stone that they had saved up.

”So only the Zhang Clan main compound remains...”

Zhang Dong shook his head, not happy that two years of work went down the drain just like that. He wouldn't be getting any spirit points from his system from Spirit Spring City anymore if it was like this. He was now contemplating moving his base of operations elsewhere, somewhere with more spiritual energy.

Feng Liena interrupted while smiling at Zhang Dong, who nodded at the proposition with gratitude.

”Red Lotus City? That place is too small, we can just go to my Qingliang City!”

Huo Qiang shouted out while smacking his broad chest with his large hand, if his senior brother wanted a new base of operations he wanted his home to be it.

”Ah Qingliang City, is it?

Surprisingly his father didn't reject the idea, instead, he moved his hands over his chest in a cross shape and nodded.

”I agree, what better place for the new sect than in Qingliang City!”

”Red Lotus City has a better location and it's closer to the Zhang Sanctuary as well, I think it would be a better option!”

Feng Maling interjected on Liena's accord as she could see that her granddaughter was fuming with anger after Huo Qiang interrupted her.

”Patriarch, why should we move, we can just rebuild the old city and make it better and stronger than it ever was! Like a Phoenix, it will rise from the ashes!”

This time Zhang Zhi shouted out, some of his clan members also nodded as they were hesitant about just leaving their old home behind. The main sanctuary of their clan was still intact and it was even protected by a very powerful defensive formation. Not even nascent soul seniors could muscle their way into it.

Matt put his hands together while nodding at the propositions. To spend resources and rebuild, or to move on to greener pastures? He wasn't sure but he was leaning into another direction then the three main forces in this room. A small shouting match ensured where the Zhang Clan, Feng Clan, and Huo Clan were trying to convince Zhang Dong of seeing it their way.

”The United Element Sect, what is it?”

He asked, interrupting everyone in the room.

”It's a gathering of our three clans?”

One of the older members called out while the others nodded.

”Is it? I don't think this sect will have a future if we are just that...”

”Do you wish to conscript more people into the sect, Sect Leader?”

Another elder asked.

”That's a given, you saw those large sects, we pale not only in the number of nascent soul cultivators, but we also have fewer core formation experts and our foundation establishment juniors aren't enough.”

”I don't think we should move into any of those two cities, and neither should we remain here, we need a more suitable spot.”

”Where would we find such a location, Senior Brother?”

Feng Liena asked a bit saddened that her proposition was denied.