Chapter 39: Coalition Meeting (1)


    The months and seasons flew by. In the blink of an eye, another year had passed. The weather was still beautiful.


    In the Origin Qi Schr era, Origin Energy was everything.


    Anyone who controlled unnatural power could control the temperature, ensuring favorable weather for crops year after year.


    Commoners could only endure the oppression by Origin Qi Schrs if there were no natural disasters urring.


    Because of this, many important figures would often hold a feast to share their surplus of natural resources during spring.


    They would gather together during this time and distribute the resources, assign people to various missions, and analyze and deal with any past situations that had urred.


    In Clear River City, the Coalition Meeting, with the ten Bloodline Nobility ns at the center of it all, was the recement for such a feast.


    The Wang n was responsible for hosting this year’s Coalition Meeting


    The Wang n’s patriarch, Wang Zhanyu, was already three hundred years old. He was a Light Shaking Realm expert and maintained an excellent physique; without a doubt, he was the Wang n’s sturdy, irreceable pir.


    Clear River City wasn’t that big of a ce. A Light Shaking expert was already rare enough.


    With him present, Clear River City’s most powerful individual was on the Bloodline Nobility ns’ side.


    On that day, the many ns and nobility in Clear River City all began to gather in the Wang n’s main courtyard, which was near South Willow Lane.


    Carriage after carriage and procession after procession gathered on South Willow Lane.


    “Old Hong, it’s been a while!”


    “Oh, it’s Old Rong! How is everything?”


    “Ai, not the greatest. Things have been crazytely!”


    “Isn’t that right.”


    The Wang residence was filled with the mor of people greeting each other.


    And within the Wang n’s main hall, a small discussion only privy to the highest members of society had begun.


    There were a total of ten people in this discussion, representing the ten Bloodline Nobility ns, who possessed most of the strength belonging to the aristocratic families.


    The person sitting in the highest seat was the Wang n’s current Patriarch, Wang Peiyuan.


    Wang Peiyuan had grown a long, ck beard, giving him an extremely dignified appearance.


    He sat in his high position andughed, “We’re all old friends already, so there’s no need to make small talk. Let’s get started.”


    Everyone murmured in agreement.


    Wang Peiyuan said, “Well, let’s talk about the first matter. Three months ago, our business partners over in the West River Forest mentioned that they wanted to raise their prices. From this year onwards, all of the Origin Skills, furs, and other precious materials that we purchase from them will triple in price.”


    “Triple in price? How did they even think of that!” someone snorted.


    “They think that their earlier prices were too low. We can turn around the things they sell to us for a hundred times the price, so they think that tripling their selling price isn’t asking too much.”


    “What a joke! Thosemoners should be happy that they can even earn money, but they still aren’t satisfied! In my opinion, we shouldn’t even be giving them a single cent!”


    “You may say that, but those guys in West River Forest seem to have made up their minds. The vige there has rallied around them; if we don’t agree to their price increase, they won’t sell to us.”


    “Who else can they sell to if they don’t sell to us? We control Clear River City’s businesses.”


    “Of course they would sell it to other cities. You know that there are people who are jealous of us buying things from West River.”


    “Dammit. I knew those thievingmoners had someone behind them supporting them.”


    “That’s right. Someone must be giving them ideas. West River Forest is our source of ie, and we cannot let anyone else stick their hands in. I think that if we want to resolve this matter, we cannot agree to the price increases. We should send somepetent forces their way and pick out those who are making trouble, and the problem should go away on its own.”


    Everyone nodded in agreement.


    After a brief discussion, everyone agreed that they absolutely couldn’t agree to those thievingmoners’ impolite requests. If thosemoners refused to sell to them, then they would have to send some troops and do things the hard way.


    “The second matter is that a new group of pirates has appeared near Intersection Three. They are very rude and unreasonable;st month, boats belonging to two of our ns were taken by them. I sent some people to discuss things with them, but it seems like the discussions went nowhere. Unfortunately, we might be forced to resort to force to deal with them. We’ll do it by the same rules; every party will need to send out a few participants.”


    Since the Coalition Meeting had been established, a set ofplete rules and guidelines had already been developed. Very quickly, a clean-up group was prepared under the suggestions of each n’s n leader.


    The ns then proceeded to discuss a few more matters.


    “Alright, we only have one more issue remaining. Last year, a new Knowledge Executor came to Clear River City. This Knowledge Executor isn’t a simple person; he was able to immediately capture the Young Master and Young Miss of two ns, one of whom is still bedridden and is only alive today because of medicinal supplements. He then killed Sir Liu Wuya and forcefully took over the Origin Bureau, greatly decreasing our control over the government. Finally, he even pulled the Long Clear Gang into the mix. I heard that the Long Clear Gang is still notpletely under control yet?”


    Thest question was directed at Lai Wuyi.


    Lai Wuyi’s face reddened. “Wang Wenxin is like an untamable horse. He appears to respect us on the surface, but whenever I tell him to do something, all kinds of sloppiness emerges. If it’s not extremely inefficient, then it’s inplete confusion. The Long Clear Gang was saved by him single-handedly, and his influence within the gang is extremely high. I can’t casually switch him out, so the situation has dragged on until now. But you can all rest assured, sirs, that I will deal with the Long Clear Gang sooner orter.”


    Wang Peiyuan nodded. “The Long Clear Gang is the Lai n’s problem, and I was just asking out of curiosity. But Knowledge Executor Su is a problem for all of us Bloodline Nobility ns. It’s obvious that Knowledge Executor Su is siding with our enemies. As such, I propose that he be named an enemy of the coalition.”


    “Agreed!”


    “Agreed!”


    “Agreed!”


    A thunderous agreement broke out in the hall.


    Ever since Su Chen had taken control of the Origin Bureau, he had be an enemy of the ten Bloodline Nobility ns in Clear River City; this change was just making it official.


    “Then, Patriarch Lai and Patriarch Long, why don’t you give us an idea of Su Chen’s background. Don’t tell me that you suffered such huge setbacks yet still don’t even know what kind of person he is.”


    Lai Wuyi and Long Qingjiang felt their faces redden.


    The two of them nced at each other before Long Qingjiang said, “If that’s the case, then I can go first. Ever since my son went into hisa, I sent people to the Hidden Dragon Institute to look into this person’s origins. He was a student of Shi Kaihuang’s and delusionally wants to break through the bloodline restrictions, allowing those without bloodlines to ascend. He truly is an enemy of all Bloodline Nobility ns.”


    “Hmph, another arrogant, self-important dreamer,” many of the people in the roommented disdainfully.


    “This person was born in the Three Mountains Region in Northface City into one of the bloodline-less ns there. When he was twelve, he lost his vision in some bizarre ident, and his n gave up on him. However, this guy was extremely stubborn and didn’t give up, continuing his cultivation and iming first ce amongst his peers. Many people wanted him to give way, but they just couldn’t beat him.”


    “They couldn’t even beat a blind person? What a trash n,” everyone mocked.


    Long Qingjiang continued, “Yes, they really are just a bunch of trash. After being blind for some years, Su Chen somehow regained his eyesight. However, he chose to hide it and continued to pretend to be blind, which gave him many benefits. In the end, he stunned everyone in the Three Mountains Region entrance exam, reaching the top ten that year.”


    “So he is quite patient and cunning.”


    Long Qingjiang said, “Also, he was often schemed against because he continued to im first ce in his n even as a blind person, so he lost all faith in them and cut off his ties. Ever since entering the Hidden Dragon Institute, he basically had no more interactions with them.”


    “So there’s no point in using his family against him?”


    Even though threatening someone’s family members was taboo even in this world, there were always people who preferred these simple, effective methods.


    But against Su Chen, it seemed that this ploy wouldn’t work.


    Long Qingjiang said, “It wouldn’t be very effective.”


    “What a pity,” everyone sighed.


    “So this brat, apart from his lower cultivation base, doesn’t have any obvious weaknesses, whether that’s in rtion to his own temperament or to his family situation,” someone said. “No wonder he’s so hard to deal with.”


    “There’s one more thing that Patriarch Long seems to have missed,” Lai Wuyi suddenly said.


    “What is it?” Long Qingjiang didn’t understand.


    Lai Wuyi added, “He is also a recipient of a 2nd-tier Hero’s Medal.”