Chapter 126 Other Forces (1/2)
Chapter 126 – Other Forces
”A Clan?”
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”What is a clan?”
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”Da heck is this!?”
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Fifteen bewildered reincarnators received the same announcement. Most of them did not have a clue about the existence of a Clan from the system, let alone the Clan Contract.
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The system menu updated and more details appeared. Clan Contract and its details could be read from the menu now.
”The system is hiding this from me!?”
Liu Ping stomped his foot. He walked to his bed and sat down to focus on reading the details.
'I can form a clan contract with any reincarnator instantly, but one reincarnator can only recruit one native per year. I need five members to form an official clan and get the clan quests. Clan pool…'
'Shit! That Tong has gone further than me.'
'No, it doesn't matter. Our status is a world apart. He won't be able to reach me that easily now. History has changed. There will be no alliance against Dong Zhuo! There will be no Emperor Xian!'
'For now, I have to take advantage of the clan quest ASAP.'
”System, can I recruit Wang Li into my Clan with her status?”
[Haha! Nope! Members of the Clan Contract must be consent. But she has no soul, so nope!]
His breath became short and quick from the irritation. Liu Ping clenched his fists as he tried to think.
'I can't trust any reincarnator. I have to recruit a native here.'
'But one person a year is too slow.'
'FOOk! Fine! One person a year it is. I don't have a choice!'
”System, how can I recruit a native? What's the procedure?”
[One, the potential native member must swear allegiance with the Clan Leader.]
[Two, the potential native member must drink a drop of your blood… Whoops, in your case you don't need to do this. So just make the person loyal to you and press the recruit button on the menu, then it's done.]
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Xia Pi City, Xu Province, Zhongyuan Region.
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A young man and a young lady sat side by side on a rock nearby a pond. At first glance, it looked like the two were flirting couples. But if they looked at them closely, their expression was solemn.
”We've made a mistake. We shouldn't form only the Soulmate Contract. We should have formed the Clan Contract instead..”
”No, we should form all contracts that the system has, so we won't miss anything.”
”You're right.”
”But from the looks of it, we can only have 4 members this year, including us.”
”Hmm, this is painful. We don't know what the clan quests are.”
”Well, you shouldn't feel that way. If this is similar to mobile games, the system will make us do something like occupying cities or counties for rewards. Or maybe worse.”
”I hope you're right.”
The young man gazed toward to horizon as he thought. He spoke what in his mind for the lady beside him.
”We're at disadvantage. Zhang Tong changed the fate of the Yellow Turbans. Liu Ping will take the throne in a matter of time. But we can't break free from Tao Qian. If the Yellow Turban Uprising doesn't happen, my father will not get any promotion or get sent to be the governor of Changsha City.”
The young lady closed her eyes.
Her slender fingers flickered the small zither she had on her laps. As she played the zither, she gave the man a bit of advice.
”Relying on the Yellow Turban events or historical events won't help. There's more than one way to get your father promoted.”
”Hmm?”
”One, we hunt small fry pirates, thieves, and bandits. But it will take years to get noticed, which isn't efficient. Two, we march to Ganling City to subjugate Zhang Yan and his goons.”
The man frowned. He did not want to attack Zhang Yan for many reasons. The city was too far away and they did not have enough intelligence inside the city.
”Is there a third option?”
”Yes, rebel against the Han Dynasty once the famine starts. If we use the same trick that Zhang Jiao used in history, we can gather the troubled peasants for our cause.”
”That's impossible. My father and Huang Gai will kill me if they heard that.”
”Fourth option, both of us surrenders to either Zhang Tong or Liu Ping.”
”That's also a no. None of them can be trusted.”
”Fifth option, we change the history. Instead of following the customs of this world, we'll boldly go to Jianye and take the entire southern provinces. Then you'll be known as the little conqueror in the place of Sun Ce.”
”That's too... bold. I don't want to expose our identities to the world yet. There are still many otherworlders lurking. There are, like, 16 of them?”
”It's 17 now.”
”Huh?”
”I don't know why, but the number increases by one. Maybe someone has just been born into this world?”
”Ugh, forget it then.”