Hearing this shout, both the Commander, Shi Long’s and the Head Stewards Zhao Zan’s faces fell. With a simple sweep of their Divine Sense, they could see that the people that were shouting outside belonged to the two Clans, Xiao Clan and Yin Clan.

From the look of things, they had brought over their entire Clans. With this line up surrounding the Mansion, it didn’t require a seer to understand what they wanted to do. The both of them looked at Li Wu for the order. Li Wu stood up and started leading the way to the gate.

The two Nascent Soul Experts followed half a step behind in a very respectful manner. When they reached the gate, they were greeted by the entire lined up Guard. Each of them were adorning the same pitch black armour and were looking towards the gate with a cold gaze. When Li Wu arrived, they all saluted him by banging their right arm on their heart in unison.

Li Wu nodded his head and strode in front of the gate, with the two experts in tow. With a simple push, he opened the gate. Waiting him on the other side were two middle aged men. The one of the two said, “Hand over the Ancient Bamboo Mansion and scram before we crush you.” Hearing this, Li Wu furrowed his brows. “Aren’t you afraid of Da Hui’s revenge?” The man then answered with a wide grin, “The old man left this World. No matter what, to descend for a simple Mansion….” Hearing this, Li Wu let out a deep sigh. How could he not see who was really behind this? Da Hui had gone and extorted the Royal Decree from the King himself, now that he was gone, what better way to wash away this humiliation than to take revenge on him, the person he left behind.

These two Clans had been sent as the probing party. If they could take this Mansion without any problems, then that meant that the old man truly left and Li Wu was on his own. If the Da Hui hadn’t really left then they could say that these two were acting on their own volition. Li Wu simply turned around and said, “Kill them all, leave no chicken or dog alive.”

Hearing this grim order, the Guards simply answered in unison, “Yes Young Master!” before they all released their Golden Core Realm Cultivation and flew out. Realizing the true cultivation of the six hundred Guards, the two Clan Master’s pupils dilated as their heads flew up not even a second later. The Guards were extremely swift and before Li Wu could even walk the twenty meters back inside the Mansion, the Guards had already locked down the entire City.

The two Nascent Soul Experts followed behind Li Wu and followed him back inside. In less than an hour, the two Clans had been razed to the ground with not even a chicken or dog being left alive. All of their treasures had been brought back to the Ancient Bamboo Mansion. All of the other citizens of the Ancient Bamboo City felt their legs give out as they stared at the two Clans former Mansions. No one dared to believe that in less than an hour, two great Clans that had fought for supremacy in this City for generations, had been reduced to nothing more than rubble.

The City Lord had been completely dumbstruck by the level of the Guards. At the same time, a chill crawled up his spine as he thought to himself, “If simple Guards are at the Golden Core Realm, and Captains are at the Peak of the Realm, does that mean that the Commander is a Nascent Soul Expert?” As this thought passed his mind, he didn’t waste a second before he hurriedly reported this to the King. If this was true, then this could turn extremely bloody. Their Kingdom was a small one that had only a single Ancestor on the Nascent Soul Level.

The rest of the experts and Ancestors of the Clans were at most Supreme Core Formation Experts. However, as his thoughts progressed, his feet suddenly froze. He had been watching the Mansion like a hawk and when Li Wu walked out, the feeling that the Head Steward gave was no weaker than the feeling the Commander gave him. If the Commander was a Nascent Soul Expert, then was the Head Steward one as well? Once this question entered his mind, his mind became blank as he stood there frozen. Suddenly, he took a deep breath and said to his steward, “Pack up all of our valuables and have the Mansion prepare to move.”

The Steward was surprised as he asked with round eyes, “May I ask why Sir?” The man looked at him seriously and said, “If I am not mistaken then provoking the Ancient Bamboo Mansion will mean the downfall of the Kingdom. Make preparations to leave, should the Royal Family decide to continue provoking the Mansion, then our Zhi Clan Members are not going to follow them to the Yellow Springs.” Hearing this, the Steward’s mind was blank for a second before the man accepted the order and started making preparations to leave.

However, the City Lord didn’t get far before a ten year old child with an indecipherable gaze stood in front of him. Behind him stood two middle aged men with a cold gaze. The City Lord froze for a moment but immediately recovered himself and cupped his hands in greeting, “Young Master Li, what a pleasant surprise.” Then with a smile he asked, “For what does this insignificant official deserve the visit of Young Master Li?” Li Wu gave him a smile and said, “Don’t think I don’t know your schemes Zhi Fang. Let me ask you this instead, with the strength of the old men buried below this Mansion, why are you serving such a weak Royal Family?” Hearing this, Zhi Fang’s eyes narrowed as he said with a smile, “This lowly one is afraid that this minor official doesn’t understand what Young Master Li is talking about.”

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Li Wu then looked outside the window and said with a distant gaze, “Nearly ten thousand years ago, in a certain Earth Realm, a certain Clan lived in seclusion from the World. However, across the Thousand Earth Realms, there was no one that didn’t know the illustrious name of the Night Walker King’s Zhi Clan.”

After saying this, he turned his gaze back to the man in front of him and said, “However, five thousand years ago, the Clan was met with a Calamity when a certain Prince from a Heaven Realm Clan took a fancy to the First Young Miss of the Zhi Clan.” Li Wu became quiet after speaking this far and gave a cold smile to the man. Zhi Fang however had dropped his sly smile and looked at Li Wu with a cold gaze.

Li Wu then gestured for them to move to a more private room and Zhi Fang lead the way to their Mansions Secret Room. Inside this room, Li Wu and his two escorts were immediately surrounded by hundreds of men dressed in all black wearing different masks covering their faces. All of their cultivations were at the Peak of the Core Formation Realm and nearly a dozen Auras were no weaker than the two Nascent Soul Experts behind Li Wu. Seeing this, Shi Long’s and Zhao Zan’s face fell, however, Li Wu still had the same smile on his face. Just as Zhi Fang was about to say something, an ancient voice echoed out underground, “Stand down.”

Hearing this voice, Li Wu’s eyes flashed and he looked towards the deepest parts of the room. Suddenly, three silhouettes appeared in everyone’s vision and Zhi Fang gave a deep bow with cupped hands and said, “Ancestors.” The three men ignored him and walked right in front of Li Wu. They dropped onto one knee and cupped their hands, “Benefactor.” Seeing this, all of the Zhi Clan’s assassins pupils turned to the size of pin needles.

Their hearts begun thumping as they knew that there was only on person they would give this sort of respect. They were all core members of the Zhi Clan and they knew their Clans roots and their Clan’s Calamity. Li Wu nodded gently and said solemnly, “You may rise.” Hearing this, the three men stood up and looked at Li Wu. Li Wu then sighed deeply and said, “Are you guys willing to follow me?” Hearing this, silence pervaded the room.

The three Ancestors looked at each other and one of them said, “Pardon my rudeness Benefactor but as a person that stood at the Apex of the Domain with unfathomable cultivation, what can our lowly Clan do for Benefactor?” Hearing this, no one thought that he was being too humble. Li Wu’s gaze turned distant as he said, “You should know that I am currently undergoing the Rebirth Tribulation.” The old man nodded his head and Li Wu continued, “Until now, I have always been been a vagrant cultivator without a Sect or a Clan to back me up. Until now, my own personal strength had been enough to eclipse everything that came my way.”

He took a breath as he continued, “However, now things are different. Once I pass this Tribulation, our Domain will go to war. No matter how much confidence I have in myself, I alone can’t do everything.” Hearing this, the entire room was startled. Shi Long and Zhao Zan looked at each other and then Zhi Fang. Li Wu then said, “So, as I journey back to the top, I will build my own backing. A backing that no one will dare to underestimate.”

He then turned his gaze back to the three men and said, “Five thousand years ago, I sowed Karma by saving your branch and helping it hide in this Mortal World. Now, I am reaping Karma by asking you guys to trust your lives to me and follow me to the Apex. Follow me and no one will dare to even look a your clan with a low brow.” Hearing this, the blood of everyone in the Room started boiling. Both the Shi Clan and the Zhao Clan were the same as the Zhi Clan.

Long ago, due to one reason or another, their Clan had faced a Calamity. The one that had saved their Clans from extinction was Li Wu. Li Wu then added two sentences, “If you follow me, you will never have to be afraid of anyone threatening to exterminate you. In the future, you can even take revenge against the Heavenly Long Clan for destroying your Clan that day.” No matter who, if they heard that someone wanted to exterminate the Heavenly Long Clan of the Heaven Realm, they would think that the person was insane.

However, none of the people in this room thought so. They knew who Li Wu really was, a person that was considered as the strongest in the Realm before he underwent this Tribulation. If there was anyone that was qualified to say these things, it was him. However, he had one more non official title given to him by the Major Powers of the Domain, “One Man Army”.

This non official title was given to him because no matter who or what he faced, he always stormed in alone and even though he had many friends, he never asked for help. There had been times when others had gathered their forces and rushed to his aid only to be sent away by him.

Now, a person like that was building a force of his own, how could these people not be excited at the thought of belonging to this force.

Li Wu then said, “Since all those geezer are pushing me to create a force, I will build the strongest Imperial Clan this Domain has ever seen.”