C29 Proposal
The three heads from Zu, Qing and Yuntian were looking around their surroundings. Ximen Tao and the elders of Ximen Village at their side, the ancestor at the back, and the Ling Family at the front. They were now pincered and trapped by the group.
They were now starting to regret their decision to attack the Ximen clan. They have been planning for the longest time to conquer the Beast Plains. They even made some secret alliances with each other for many years.
When they heard that the Ximen Family genius returned from the Forbidden ruins and brought back a heaven-grade Martial skill, they were overwhelmed with greed and lost their composure.
They thought that Heaven-Grade Martial skill was a good opportunity to start their quest in conquering the Beast Plains. They knew that the Ximen Family were planning something similar.
They already know about the Ximen-Ling alliance, but they were confident in their three-way alliance. But what they didn't expected was that the Ximen Family have been scheming so hard, that their ancestors from the former generation were still alive and kicking while hiding from the outside world.
They could feel that the old fogies, who came with the ancestor of Ximen Clan were not weaker than them. They even dreaded that they couldn't sense the cultivation of the ancestor.
From their experience, This could only mean one thing... The ancestor was a stage above them, meaning, he was a 4th stage Xiantian. They are only apart by one stage, but they knew the gap of this one stage was very huge. They felt that they were like sitting ducks, begging to be massacred by this ancestor.
But before the massacre could start...
*Swoooshhh!!!!!* another newcomer came. Three old men arrived... but this time, they were alone flying in their soul weapons. The three-way family heads then kneeled and greeted them.
"Ancestor"
Yes... this was the ancestors of the Zu, Qing, and Yuntian Family. But they weren't as strong as the Ximen Ancestor.
Since the cat was now out of the bag, the ancestors of the three-way alliance didn't bother to hide anymore.
The old man standing on a blazing staff opened his mouth and said.
"Old man Ximen Tsui, didn't know you were still alive after all these years. Why don't I invite you in our humble abode to drink some tea?" The ancestor from the Zu Family jokingly said.
"You invade my territory, killed my people, ruined my face, and you still think I have time for some tea?" the old man said in an angry voice, but strangely his face was still looking calm.
He then released his 4th stage cultivation to pressure everyone in the area, except for the cultivators in the Ximen side.
When the invaders felt the pressure, they couldn't help but felt their knees weaken. They were having a hard time just to stand up. Only the three ancestors, and three heads could barely stand up.
'Tskk! How the hell did this old man broke through the 4th stage, Ive been in the peak of 3rd stage for decades, and I still cant see myself breaking through. This must be because of the treasures their young genius got from the forbidden ruins.' Th ancestor from the Zu thought.
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The Xiantian Realm Stages were divided every three stages. Namely... Low tier, Middle tier, High tier Xiantians. Breaking through the 4th stage of Xiantian, was like crossing a huge wall and very hard, but the improvements to your strength was a huge margin compared to the former tier.
Seeing that their talks came to no conclusion, the two groups continued to battle. Obviously... the invaders cant even hold a couple of minutes before they started falling.
They were now greatly outnumbered. The 20 vs 30 had now turned around. The three peak 3rd stage Xiantian ancestors couldn't even hold a candle against Ximen Tsui.
The battle created more destruction in the surrounding area. The three ancestors used their best moves, but it was useless against Ximen Tsui's sword. Each random blast of the ancestor's attack could potentially kill a 1st - 2nd stage Xiantian realm on the surrounding area.
The three heads from the Zu, Qing, and Yuntian were also having a bad situation. They were now being attacked by the five old man that came with the ancestor. The battle of the Xiantians continued for another hour.
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After an hour...
The three invading families were now left with at most, ten members. They lost a lot of manpower in this encounter. They were really regretting their decision to come here. Alas... There were no pill for regrets.
The three ancestors and the the remaining survivors of the invasion were now on the ground, resting with their one knee. Their body was now covered with their own blood.
They looked at Ximen Tsui with anger and shame. They battled for an hour, but Ximen Tsui didn't even broke a sweat in defeating them.
They all thought 'Is this where I will die?' But they heard a voice that made them feel hopefull.
"There's no need to cry over spilt milk. I could let you live... If you surrender and serve the Ximen Clan, together we could rule the Beast Plains in one banner!" Ximen Tsui didn't directly killed them, but gave them a proposal.
They thought about it for a few seconds and the ancestor from the Yuntian said.
"There's no way we could do that. The Zing Family wont allow the Beast Plains to be united." Truthfully... There were 6 sacred families reigning over the Beast Plains, but the sacred families knew that the true overlord of the Beast Plains was the Zing Family.
But strangely... They didn't unite the Beast Plains in one banner, and only manage their own territory. So the other sacred families governed their own territories, and so the people thought that there were 6 Sacred Families in the Beast Plains.
"You might be correct right now... But in these upcoming years, our coalition could grow stronger and our forces could overtake the Zing Family, especially with the treasures Long'er brought from the Forbidden ruins" Ximen Tsui replied.
He knew that they couldn't rule the Beast Plains alone as long as the overlord Zing Family stands. So he wanted to ally all the other Sacred Families together and rule them all to wipe the Zing Family out of the Beast Plains.
When the Three invading Families heard this, their ears perked up. They were quite curios about the treasures Ximen Tiaolong gained at the forbidden ruins. They saw the Heaven-Grade Martial Skill and they were impressed by the power of it. They were hoping he had some similar treasures, or better yet, stronger treasures than the Heaven-Grade Martial Skill.
"What about the witnesses? If the people from Zing Family tried to investigate and learned of our alliance, they would annihilate us and our families before we even start to make a move." The Yuntian ancestor asked.
"You don't need to worry about that, as long as the there are no witnesses there wont be any problems right?" Ximen Tsui said and he looked to the 10 Xiantian experts from the intermediate village that backed them up.
When the Xiantian elders from the intermediate villages heard this, their ears perked up.
Ximen Tsui then waved his sword towards them, and a strong gushed of winds emerged from his sword that was heading towards the Xiantian's heads. The 10 Xiantian couldn't react fast enough, and they were cut down by Ximen Tsui.
Seeing this fiasco made the others gulped. 'Killing without any remorse' they all thought.
They felt a little bit of pity towards the people who helped the Ximen Family, but then again, circumstances like this always happens in their environment. So they sooner forgot about it and continued on their discussions.
They wanted to discussed about their plans and their terms about the coalition, but the Ancestor from Ximen Family told them.
"Let us first retreat now, since we still need to finish up cleaning the situation. Lets discuss about the terms later. You can go and recover your bodies first" Ximen Tsui told them.
When they heard this, they all nodded. They were starting to retreat, but they suddenly heard a voice.
"Retreat?... you can go now?... discussing the terms later?... Who decided that?!!" They heard a voice, then they saw two cracks suddenly appearing in the air above them.