Chapter 334: Spirit Hall's Response
Looking at the blood-red ginseng inside the jade box, Yang Wudi swallowed hard. After a moment, he forced a bitter smile and said, "I knew you old bird were hiding some treasure from me. So it was this. No wonder."
"What? Is this ginseng really that precious?" Bai He asked curiously when he saw the change in Yang Wudi's expression.
Although Bai He knew the ginseng in his possession was valuable, he had never known exactly how valuable it was.
"It is more than just precious." Yang Wudi steadied himself and explained, "This is the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, known as the empress among ginsengs."
He then touched the box he had just taken out and said, "What I have here are the roots of a Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King. The Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King is the king among ginsengs. If even a few roots from the king are already treasures, then imagine how precious the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng is as the empress."
"You have the complete Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. It is only slightly inferior to a full Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King, and naturally far more precious than just a few roots from one."
Tai Tan and Niu Gao, who had been listening intently from the side, both looked surprised.
"That does sound incredibly valuable."
Yang Wudi nodded and said, "Let me put it this way. With the roots of the Ten Thousand Year Ninth Grade Ginseng King, the complete Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and the refining methods of our Breaking Clan, as long as you cultivate diligently, I can guarantee that you will have a chance to break through to the Titled Douluo realm within ten years."
"That powerful?" Tai Tan and Niu Gao could not help exchanging looks.
Yang Wudi would provide the medicinal ingredients, and Bai He had already shown his support by contributing even more. If these medicines, once refined by Yang Wudi, could truly help them break through to Titled Douluo, then letting Yang Wudi take the position of Clan Master was not impossible.
Moreover, among the four of them, Yang Wudi's combat power really was the strongest.
Even though Tai Tan and Niu Gao's spirit power ranks were both higher than Yang Wudi's, if they truly fought him head-on, they would not necessarily be his match.
With that in mind, both Tai Tan and Niu Gao finally nodded in agreement.
"Fine. Then after the four clans merge, Old Goat will be the Clan Master."
With the matter of the Clan Master finally settled, a trace of a smile appeared on Yang Wudi's usually stern face.
"Since the Clan Master has been decided, the next matter is the location of the clan."
"Our Breaking Clan has a fairly extensive network in the Star Luo Empire, so why don't we move the new clan there, directly into the Star Luo Imperial Capital? With the Star Luo Empire backing us, we won't have to fear Spirit Hall."
"The Star Luo Imperial Capital?" Hearing Yang Wudi suggest this, Tai Tan thought for a moment, then shook his head. "I don't think that would be good for long-term development. We should go to the Heaven Dou Empire instead. Our Strength Clan is already based in Heaven Dou Imperial City, so we would not need much effort. We could simply expand the current manor of the Strength Clan."
"What is wrong with the Star Luo Empire?" Yang Wudi raised a brow. "Just now, when Spirit Hall and the Sacred Dragon Sect came to our door aggressively, it was the Star Luo Empire's people who stepped in and forced them back."
"Old Goat," Tai Tan said seriously, "for any clan force, development in the Star Luo Empire hits a very obvious ceiling. The Star Luo imperial family is too overbearing. They do not allow forces they cannot fully control to grow too strong within their borders."
"So while they may appear to support us now, once we develop to a certain degree, what awaits us is not support, but suppression."
"You just said these medicines might let us break through to Titled Douluo within ten years. But the Star Luo Empire will never allow a force it cannot dominate to remain inside its territory once it grows that strong. At that point, we would only have one path left, fully submitting to the Star Luo Empire. If that happens, would the clan still truly be ours?"
Tai Tan's words immediately silenced Yang Wudi.
He had to admit Tai Tan was right. Looking at the matter from the perspective of the clan's long-term future, the Star Luo Empire would indeed become a serious problem.
"The Heaven Dou Empire is different," Tai Tan continued. "Power there is much more dispersed, and the imperial family cannot control everything. That is why sect forces can develop much more freely in the Heaven Dou Empire."
The Strength Clan made its living through blacksmithing, yet among the Four Single Attribute Clans, it currently had the best development. This was largely because it was based in the Heaven Dou Empire. Tai Tan understood that point more clearly than anyone else.
"Then we will go to Heaven Dou Imperial City."
Yang Wudi ultimately agreed.
After all, Tai Tan had already supported him in becoming Clan Master. Now that Tai Tan had voiced an opinion on the clan's future location, Yang Wudi naturally could not simply ignore him. More importantly, Tai Tan's reasoning made sense.
As for the Breaking Clan's network in the Star Luo Empire, although abandoning it was regrettable, it was not unbearable.
After all, the true foundation of the Breaking Clan lay in its pharmaceutical skill. As long as that remained, it could rebuild its network anywhere. It was not an irreparable loss.
With the two most important matters, the Clan Master and the clan's future base, finally decided, the four of them continued discussing many other details. Only after everything had been broadly settled did they return to their respective homes and begin preparing for the move.
Just as the Four Single Attribute Clans were busily preparing to unite and establish a new clan, the three groups sent out by Bibi Dong also returned to Spirit Hall one after another.
"The Star Luo Empire officially intervened and protected the Breaking Clan? Understood. That is enough. You have worked hard, Ninth Elder."
As she spoke, Bibi Dong waved her hand, signaling the Ninth Elder that he could withdraw.
The Breaking Clan was nothing more than a minor force. Even if the Star Luo Empire had chosen to shelter it, that was not enough to warrant Bibi Dong's continued attention.
"What about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?" Bibi Dong then shifted her gaze to the Eighth Elder. "Did you discover any unusual movements?"
"Your Holiness," the Eighth Elder bowed slightly and reported, "from what I observed, everything at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan appeared normal. There were no signs of heightened alert, and they seemed completely unaware of Elder Ju's situation."
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, hmph."
After hearing the Eighth Elder's report, Bibi Dong could not help sneering.
As Clan Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Ning Fengzhi looked capable on the surface, but in her view, he was merely mediocre.
Not only had he failed to notice the many Spirit Hall spies planted inside the clan, but he had even accepted Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, as his disciple. Of course, those things could be excused to some extent. After all, Spirit Hall had deliberately been plotting against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, so it was normal that Ning Fengzhi had been kept in the dark.
But in Bibi Dong's eyes, Ning Fengzhi's greatest flaw lay in the younger generation.
Among the younger generation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, there were no truly outstanding successors. Once Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were gone, who would hold the clan up then?
Because of that, Ning Fengzhi was nothing special in her eyes.
Bibi Dong was fully confident that when the time came for the Soul Hunting Operation, destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would not be difficult at all.
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