Chapter 1375: Treacherous Undercurrent (2/2)
As Gong Sun Bo finished, the leaders of High Sun Family, Wu Chang Family, You Chao Family and Suiren Family applauded, grinningly praising Gong Sun Bo for his brilliant idea.
Those leaders started giving our their words. In front of everyone else, they promised to treat those warriors and their families well, that they will have farmlands, houses, livestock, and all living supplies. With all the resources possessed by those powerful families, those warriors would definitely live a bountiful life from now on.
Ji Hao sneered.
The army under Si Wen Ming’s command was tremendous. It could even be considered as the largest human force since the beginning of history.
Warriors in this army mostly came from clans destroyed by the flood. In the past few years, they fought against water-kind creatures every single day. They flattened mountains, and expanded gorges. Each day, they would consume a great amount of energy. Therefore, all of these warriors had grown iron-like muscles and an unbreakable spirit.
Before the flood, many of these warriors were ordinary Junior Magi or even Novice Magi. But through years of working hard and bloodshedding, some of them had made the breakthrough and become Senior Magi. This army under Si Wen Ming’s command was not only great in scale, but also, every single warrior in this army was exceptionally strong, with especially rich battling experiences that ordinary warriors could never compare with.
The flood-control mission lasted for years. Those powerful families never sent out one single warrior. Instead, they only dug out some stale crops from their storages and gave to Emperor Shun. But when the flood was gone, these families immediately attempted to carve up Si Wen Ming’s army!
”This army…” Emperor Shun started talking. But, the leader of High Sun Family impatiently interrupted again, ”We all understand that Si Wen Ming is a capable kid. His ‘All Streams to the Final Land’ formation is drawing the four wastelands, and within three months tops, the four wastelands will be connected with Midland.”
”Therefore, Emperor Shun wants to send this army into Northern Wasteland and wipe out all of Gong Gong’s remaining force.” The leader of High Sun Family continued with a smile, ”You can leave this to us. As we are taking over the army, we surely need to send strong forces to bring them in anyway. As for cleaning Northern Wasteland, we will do it.”
Ji Hao almost laughed out loud.
‘What a wishful thinking. The flood-control mission was accomplished with blood and severe efforts. For that, you didn’t even touch it. Yet, for cleaning the Northern Wasteland and swallowing up the territories that belonged to Northern Wasteland clans, you have already started to drag this fleshy piece of meat into your bowls.’ thought Ji Hao.
The core forces of these powerful families mostly centered on Midland. If they could truly swallow Northern Wasteland…What would they do as their strengths started soaring?
Emperor Shun shook his head again in helplessness. He wanted to say something, but those were tens of powerful families with combined powers, and over sixty percent of all earls and marquises were now on their side. Under the circumstances, their decisions were basically the decisions of the alliance of human clans.
Even Emperor Shun couldn’t easily overthrow their decisions, unless he turned against them openly and officially!
How could emperor Shun ever do that? Yu Dynasty had still been covetously waiting in the north. If the alliance of human clans burst into internal conflicts, the non-humankind would mercilessly throw the humankind into hell.
Sighing slightly, Emperor Shun said a few words.
Ji Hao didn’t hear Emperor Shun clearly, because a jade talisman in his inside pocket suddenly turned burning hot, as an emergency message was delivered —Outside Yao Mountain City, a large mysterious army was approaching speedily.