Chapter 1782: Forefather Xiahou (1/2)
While Jiang Chen was preparing for his trip with Huang’er, several of House Xiahou’s executives urgently plotted in secret in a hidden baseThey e
The forefather in question had closed his doors to cultivate for more than three hundred years It had been nearly a millennium since news of him had last circulated In fact, it was a mystery to the outside world whether he was still alive at all
“Xiahou Zong is dead?” A wizened, emotionless voice came fro forefather, Xiahou Ming
He was more than ten thousand years old There was barely anyone alive in the Eternal Sacred Land older than hie should’ve coo, and the emotions tied to ely affected
Xiahou Zong’s death astounded hireat deal
“Forefather, we juniors have failed in protecting Xiahou Zong We were incompetent!” Despite his status as the patriarch, Duke Xiaoyao was careful to be on his best behavior before the forefather
“Ah…” Xiahou Ming sighed wistfully “I divined Xiahou Zong’s fate and fortune once A calamity was fated to strike hiain, but none of you ever took it to heart He didn’t need to die If he had passed the ordeal, he would have risen into the skies and attained true greatness Now that he’s gone, House Xiahou’s fortunes will be severely affected”
Duke Xiaoyao was intensely distress “I have failed, Forefather Please punish , I would kill you on the spot But what good would that do for us? Moreover, you weren’t the ’s death At the end of the day, his fortunes didn’t run deep enough His nature hadn’t been teeniuses in the world of martial dao But his talent… what a sharet in Xiahou Ming’s aged voice
“What should the house do from now on, forefather? Do our plans proceed?” the duke couldn’t help but ask
“The arrow is nocked on the bohy should it not be fired? Matters here in Eternal Divine Nation must be resolved eventually Xiaoyao, any faction at the zenith of its strength, yet still unable to replace the sacred land, is destined to decline The sacred land will eventually suppress it to become a second or third-rate faction – or worse, cause it to disappear from history forever
“Remember, we cannot foresee the limits of our own future, but weyears of expenditure, the Eternal Sacred Land is on the verge of exhaustion We are beco weaker Do you not even understand this ’s eyes
“This junior understands” Of course the duke knew all this He had hesitated ’s death He wondered whether the house had enough luck left to challenge the Eternal Sacred Land
“What are you perplexed about, then? Xiahou Zong is a genius that comes once in ten thousand years, yes But House Xiahou hardly relies on a single youth for its strength If you’ve lost your fighting spirit because of his death, you disappoint htly as ever,” the duke affir us, Forefather”
“How are things everywhere else in the nation? The other factions?”
“Of the three sects and seven houses, seven out of the ten have formed a coalition in order to disrupt the current state of affairs and end the sacred land’s rule The sacred land’s dictatorshi+p will come to an end”
“Seven? So three have sided with the sacred land?”
“No no no, not at all Declined trash like House Yan can be taken out of the equation autoh they seem neutral, they are actually on our side They sith and resources to participate in a momentous matter like this” Duke Xiaoyao’s tone was filled with disdain for House Yan
“House Yan?” Xiahou Ming harru’s trouble was this house, yes?”
“Yes…” Duke Xiaoyao was rather e because of a House Yan girl”
“Wo could not understand even that ood reason to die at his ene’s tone carried a hint of displeasure still
“Our great work is at hand, Xiaoyao You must co awry, or all we have done will have been for naught”
Xiahou Ming instructed Duke Xiaoyao
“Don’t worry, Forefather We’ve kept everything quite secret If we destroy the sacred land, then the imperial family…”