NOVEL NEXT Chapter 38
Chapter 38: The Decision Of The Mei Clan
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
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At that moment, it had been one year since Zhao Yuling had killed the Ultimate Demi-King of the Mei clan.
At the Lands of Zhuluo.
That was the poorest place within the Lands of Man, and was also the most chaotic place of all. It housed thousands of clans below the Third Level.
These clans, once arrived at this place, were all fated to be done for no matter what they were before this. It would be hard for them to regain their footing in society unless a miracle had occurred.
However, everything had its own way out. Some of the clans were born with the requirement of needing weird circumstances to cultivate. Hence, they seldom relied on resources and were more adapted to chaotic places like the Lands of Zhuluo. They were the kind of clan that could still manage to maintain their own state.
Of course, they could do little more than maintain.
After all, the condition in the Lands of Zhuluo was way too harsh!
The top five clans who were at the Third Level were the top five strongest organizations in the entire Lands of Zhuluo, and there were only five clans at the Third Level.
And the Mei clan was one of them.
They feasted on the desires of the souls of the living beings.
In the Lands of Zhuluo, there were plenty of weak little beings who lacked the protection of the powerhouses. One could describe them as being the unlimited supply of nutrition.
Yet, the number of living things was indeed plentiful but the quality was so low that it made the Mei clansmen feel suffocated.
Engulfing the desires of the living beings should ideally be their favorite thing to do. However, in the Lands of Zhuluo, most of the living things did not pique their desire to feast on them, just like humans gazing at feces, it only made their souls feel disgusted.
Those they were able to feast on were tasteless.
Of course, the poor taste was not the main issue. The main issue was that the more disgusting it tasted, the less it was going to be of use to them.
If it were not for that, there would be no difference even if the taste was slightly terrible.
If it was effective, after eating for some time, no one would even bother seeking out a different taste.
It was because the effect was too poor, that from time to time, the Mei clan were always longing for the times of hundreds of years ago.
Xia clan!
They were the clan at the same level and their souls tasted the best.
Even the most disgusting taste among the people of that clan was considered top-tier in the Lands of Zhuluo.
The ordinary people amongst them were even tastier than most postcelestials of most other clans.
Amongst them were also people with qualifications. It was rare to meet one in the Lands of Zhuluo. They had the same taste as the Precelestial beings.
As for those geniuses who had the qualification, and the prodigies, that sort of taste was nowhere to be found throughout the entire Lands of Zhuluo!
The powerhouses of the Mei clan were constantly longing for it.
Hence, after hundreds of years, when the higher-ups of the clan had announced that he had completely got rid of the higher-ups of the Xia clan from that time, and with a secret treasure possessed by the clan, he had managed to invade the tracking blueprint of the souls of the entire clan, the Mei clan could not wait and had chosen a batch of excellent descendants amongst the clan, and sent them to the territories of the Xia clan, which they had always been keeping a close eye on.
That was the strategy they had set on.
They had slowly devised that plan.
Using the Xia clan to train their excellent descendants to become a powerhouse.
One batch after another, and the cycle continued.
Until they were able to take down the Xia clan and take over the land.
They could not act as they did previously, having the entire clan making a move.
That would lead to a massive backfire, ending with both parties suffering great losses, and creating a scene of massive bloodshed.
That was the last thing they wanted!
This time, they had obviously shown patience.
Yet, with just tens of years having passed.
Bad news was delivered to them after the first batch of excellent descendants were sent off.
Those that entered the territories of the Xia clan, most of them had been exposed and slaughtered, and they even lost an elder of the clan.
In just tens of years, when the plan was just being executed, they had already received such a shock.
It was totally different from what they had predicted.
In the territory of the Mei clan.
In the palace where a meeting was taking place.
Dozens of silhouettes in black robes were sitting with their legs crossed.
Waves of evil aura were flowing around, making the entire palace roar and vibrate.
At the middle seat, Mei Ying, the current leader of the Mei clan, said with a deep voice.
“Yu Hen has died. Of the ten descendants that we sent out, only two remained. We were also exposed to the gaze of the Xia clan.”
“Everyone, what do you think we should do next?”
As soon as Mei Ying said it, the evil aura in the crowd of Mei clansmen became more intense and even revealed a murderous intent.
“We were exposed that fast, and Yu Hen was also found dead. I guess he must be the reason behind it. His presence was too strong. I’ve long ago said that it’s not confirmed that the Xia clan did not have any backup, and it was best not to let powerhouses who had exceeded their limits enter. He purposely turned a deaf ear to me, and was greedy to feast!”
“Alright, Yu Hen was dead, there’s no meaning to keep dwelling on this matter. What should we do next!”
“Should we give up with the scheme for now and wait…”
“Or we continue with it!”
“Wait? We’ve been waiting for hundreds of years! I can’t wait any longer. Why did Yu Hen insist on going over? That’s because he’s reached the limit for his life and if he can’t advance, that means death, and it’s the same for me!”
“But if we don’t wait, right now the Xia clan has already put up their guard. These few years, even though there was no news of any powerhouses amongst their clan, it seemed that they had never been in a very terrible state. Yet, they can’t just take it easy.”
“This clan is adept at concealing facts. Five hundred years ago, if it weren’t for us making a wrong judgment, and not expecting them to have so many powerhouses, we wouldn’t have ended up in such a miserable state.”
“Xia clan has to be wary of us now. We’ve forced our way too hard. What if we happen to let the history of hundreds of years ago repeat itself?”
The group of elders of the clan started discussing.
There were some of the Mei who had been waiting for this day for so long that they had long ago been unable to tolerate the thirst and hunger, and were not willing to give up easily.
Upon reaching their level, any ordinary souls of living things were not very effective to them.
They had reached the limits of their current realm. If they wanted to advance further, they need to feast on other existences of the same ranking.
However, when one had reached the same rank as them, it was not an easy task to hunt one of its kind!
Besides, each of them wanted to break through and they would require not merely one to feast on.
Hence, the prodigies who were able to exceed the ranks of the Xia clan had become their target to feast on.
They were able to defeat and catch them and the quantity was adequate.
If only they were able to catch a whole lot of prodigies of the Xia clan, the abilities of the Mei clan would immediately be raised to not just one rank above.
However, there were also some Mei who started later, and their duration of waiting was not that long. Hence, they still had the time to continue waiting.
When faced with the arguments, Mei Ying did not immediately give a decision but looked at the figure that had its eyes closed since the beginning.
“The honorable should have known about this issue, right? What does the old man think of it?”
The figure who was closing his eyes was an honorable who served Mei Ying. His name was Yu Xiu. His cultivation was trivial in comparison but he had a special status that none of the Mei would dare look down on.
Yu Xiu opened his eyes, looked at the crowd, and spoke.
“The honorable had long ago headed forth to the borders of the Xia clan to have a look. He said that that person of the Xia clan still exists on earth. Now that we’re exposed, we should withhold the plan for now.”
“But, the honorable had clarified about that person of the Xia clan. Even if he forced himself to enter a fake-death mode to delay the timing of his demise, at most, he could only stand for another thirty years.”
“At that time, the honorable will personally decide on the setup, make the Xia clan our slaves and have the Mei clan live on with dignity!” 1
His comment made all the Mei’s eyes littered. They suddenly become excited and the evil aura on them all stopped flowing out.
After so many years, the Xia clan, who were being banished to poor land, had become weaker as time passed by.
As for the Mei clan at the Lands of Zhuluo, they were able to maintain their clan’s abilities, and did not deteriorate.
Yet, even if that was the case, before the soul-tracking blueprints in the Xia clan were destroyed by the secret weapon, they would not dare to test the powerhouses of the Xia clan. After destroying that item, all they had to worry about was just that person.
Currently, they had clarified that the person had a fixed time of death.
That was 30 years!
‘Let’s grit our teeth, improve ourselves even more, and we still will be able to withstand it!
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