Chapter 3 - Action In Moon Cloud City

"Father, does this mean that the old geezer broke through? It's already a well known fact that Lu Ran was only able to achieve the Foundation Establishment realm with sheer luck as he only possesses mediocre cultivation talent.", Zun He, the man that told Zun Tai the news, was Zun Tai’s son.

"Yes", Zun Tai spoke, "The Lu Clan would not be this active otherwise. We’ll need to move forward with our plan and change our target."

Convene the elders of the clan together and send a messenger to the Huang and Lin clan to ask for a meeting as soon as possible.

Contact our spy in the Lu Clan and verify my suspicion.

Meanwhile back in the Lu Clan’s territory.

People started walking in full gear towards the Mountainous Wild Beast Forest.

Lu Ran sat on his Cloudy Dragon Horse with his sons and elders right behind him.

The whole situation looked very intimidating to the other people in Moon Cloud City.

A rogue cultivator mumbled, “humph, I would cry if I was someone from the 3 leading clans”.

It seems their doom is near, after all Patriarch Lu Ran has become a Core Formation expert.

The people around him gasped instantly and started looking at the old man in front.

Lu Ran shook his head inwardly, that man wasn’t even able to see Lu Ran’s cultivation and simply guessed that Lu Ran broke through.

Lu Ran wouldn’t give attention to someone like that.

In the crowd were people from the other clans with fear and confusion in their eyes.

With haste they started to report back to their respective clans.

Back at the Zun Clan’s main hall, Zun Tai received a report.

Zun Tai had also gathered the clan elders with him.

He mumbled, so it is as I suspected, Lu Ran has indeed become a Core Formation expert.

My suspicion of the resources was also right, it seems they want a monopoly of the Mountainous Wild Beast Forest.

I’ll have to gain support from the other clans even if I have my trump card.

Zun Tai smiled at the clan elders and laughed loudly.

Well, my beloved clan elders, it seems that we’ll lose a large portion of our income.

Do not worry, I already have a plan in place.

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A man with a menacing look in his eyes appeared and a sinister aura filled the room.

He had a hunched back, long purple nails and a burn mark on his right cheek.

The man had purple clothing with a hood covering his eyes.

This is the renowned Purple Yin Killer, a very known assassin in the Purple Sky Kingdom.

Many people have perished by his hands.

He will be assassinating the Lu Clan’s patriarch for us.

We’ll only need to hand over all the treasures of the Lu Clan after it is done.

The elders started clamoring loudly and fiercely voiced their arguments.

One such elder yelled, “Patriarch, we can handle the Lu Clan ourselves, there's no need to involve ourselves with such a monster”.

Another elder yelled, “He has also killed children of our clan. Don’t you care about that?”.

A different elder asked, “How did you even manage to contact him on such short notice?”.

The elders all looked at Zun Tai full with expectations.

Zun Tai spoke, do any of you have the skills or power to take down a Core Formation expert? I thought so, Zun Tai smirked.

I am going to have a meeting with the other Patriarchs as soon as possible.

We need to deal with the Lu Clan now or never.

Shortly after, the elders started to leave and 2 figures entered instead.

Both were radiating a fierce aura which could only give away their status.

These men were the Patriarch’s of the Huang clan and Li Clan.

The Huang clan’s patriarch Huang Ping was on the left as he held a long spear on his back.

Li Yuanjun was the Li clan’s patriarch and had a long blade with him.

Besides Huang Ping and Li Yuanjun were 10 fierce looking men.

These were their clan elders.

Zun Tai spoke, I assume you heard all of it already?

So are you with us or against us taking action against the Lu Clan?

Huang Ping snarked, listen up we don’t work for you nor do we actually have anything in common. Our clans have already decided we won’t be intervening at all.

Zun Tai was taken aback, he didn’t expect this, however his face didn’t show it.

He thought that the Huang and Lin clan would be easy to convince.

He composed himself and started thinking about his response when Lin Yuanjun spoke up.

What Li Yuanjun said surprised Zun Tai even more.

An angry look appeared in Zun Tai’s eyes and his aura rose making one’s hair stand up straight. His demeanor went from amicable to contentious really fast.

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