The Zhe Family's Patriarch looked at the crowd and said, "As I said before, we shouldn't cooperate with Zhao Hai for the sake of benefits. Everyone should know that Zhao Hai's group has just defeated the Holy Courtyard, they are currently in the limelight. Moreover, they are an alliance of several city-states. Even if we join them, we would only be a member of their alliance. Moreover, we would be joining them later, making it even more impossible for us to enter their core circle. In this case, how much benefits can we get?"
What benefits do we get? "When everyone heard the Patriarch, they nodded. During this period of time, they also learned about the Alliance Against the Sacred Academy. They knew that the Alliance Against the Sacred Academy was an alliance. Everyone's relationship was almost equal. Even if they joined the alliance, it was impossible for them to have a higher status than the others. Most importantly, they joined later. In this case, they wouldn't be able to get any benefits.
The Patriarch glanced at the crowd and saw their expressions. In fact, he said these words because he didn't want everyone to join the Alliance Against the Sacred Academy. This was because he had a grudge against Zhao Hai. He always wanted to take revenge. How could he ally with Zhao Hai? What he said was just an excuse. And he had already prepared these excuses. Even if the Sacred Academy didn't lose, he would still use these excuses to persuade everyone not to ally with the Sacred Academy.
Now it seems like his words were successful. However, he still wanted to add fuel to the fire. Therefore, the Zhe Family's Patriarch said, "Let's talk about the Holy Courtyard. Although the Holy Courtyard suffered a big loss, their foundation wasn't damaged. They still have the strength to fight. Moreover, the Holy Courtyard still has a lot of cities under their control. Now that the Holy Courtyard was defeated, they might strengthen their control over those cities. Therefore, their war against the Holy Courtyard Alliance can be said to have just begun."
After saying this, the Patriarch paused for a moment before he continued, "The reason why the Sacred Academy lost against Zhao Hai was because they didn't have the cooperation of ground troops. If they had the cooperation of ground troops, then the one who would lose would be Zhao Hai's group. This is because they had the advantage in numbers. If they had the ground troops, then they would be able to fully utilize the advantage of their experts and have the ground troops restrain Zhao Hai's forces. This time, Zhao Hai's group was able to win. I think everyone knows that Zhao Hai relied on the ground troops to defeat the Sacred Academy. I think the Sacred Academy should have discovered their weakness by now."
The other Patriarchs nodded. They knew about the war between the Sacred Academy and Zhao Hai's group. They knew that in the beginning, Zhao Hai was on the defensive. Moreover, they relied on the cooperation of ground troops in order to resist the Sacred Academy's attack.
Later on, when the Sacred Academy divided their forces, they immediately concentrated their forces and defeated the Sacred Academy's experts one by one. In the end, the Sacred Academy had to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.
It can be said that the Sacred Academy's failure was due to the lack of ground troops. If they had the ground troops, then the Sacred Academy wouldn't have been defeated.
Seeing everyone nod, the Zhe Family's Patriarch continued, "Now that the Sacred Academy has suffered a loss, they know the importance of ground troops. They will certainly increase the number of their ground troops. However, the Sacred Academy doesn't have any ground troops. What can they do? There's only one way, and that is to control the city-states under their control and recruit troops from them to fight against the Sacred Academy Alliance. Because of this, they need ground troops as well as support the most. If we join the Sacred Academy at this time, then the Sacred Academy will certainly treat us well. Our Yalong City is the largest city-state in the entire Spiritual Weapon Realm. If we join the Sacred Academy, then the other city-states will certainly be motivated. The Sacred Academy will certainly see this point, so they will certainly be grateful to us for joining them.
When the Patriarchs heard the Zhe Family's Patriarch, their bodies couldn't help but shake. Then they all fell into contemplation, weighing the pros and cons to see if the Zhe Family's Patriarch's words made sense.
In the end, they thought that the Zhe Family's Patriarch's words made sense. Because of this, they unconsciously nodded. When the Zhe Family's Patriarch saw this, he secretly let out a sigh of relief.
In fact, the Zhe Family's Patriarch was afraid that these people wouldn't agree with his words. Although what he said sounded reasonable, it wasn't entirely true. The most important point was the Sacred Academy's attitude.
The Sacred Academy wasn't a benevolent organization. The Zhe Family's Patriarch's words were pleasant to hear. Now that they joined the Sacred Academy, they might be put in an important position. However, this was only a possibility. In the past, the Sacred Academy would collect taxes from the city-states. Now that the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance was here, naturally, they wouldn't pay taxes to the Sacred Academy. But now that they joined the Sacred Academy, it was impossible for the Sacred Academy to not collect taxes from them. This was because if the Sacred Academy didn't collect taxes from them, then they would have to live off their savings.
It's just that the Patriarchs of the other clans had been blinded by the Zhe Family's Patriarch's words. They didn't think of this point.
In fact, the Zhe Family's Patriarch's words were just to coax the other Patriarchs. Just think about it, if the Sacred Academy really wanted to control the city-states to fight against the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance, then it would be equal to fighting for hegemony. How could the other clans agree to give the Sacred Academy Alliance their territory? Even if the Sacred Academy Alliance agreed, they could only say that the Sacred Academy Alliance was stalling for time. Once the Sacred Academy Alliance defeated the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance, they would turn around and deal with the Patriarchs.
However, since the Zhe Family's Patriarch didn't mention this point, the other Patriarchs didn't think about it. They were now completely attracted by the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance's Patriarch.
When the Zhe Family's Patriarch saw that the time was right, he immediately said, "Because of this, I want to join the Sacred Academy. Everyone, I'm not doing this because Zhao Hai has enmity with the Zhe Family. I'm doing this for everyone's benefit."
Everyone nodded. At this time, a Patriarch opened his mouth and said, "Old Zhe, I agree with what you said. But what about the Long Family? Don't forget that the City Lord of the Lesser Dragon City is still the Long Family. "
The Zhe Clan's Patriarch smiled and said, "This is easy. Everyone in the Spiritual Weapon World knows that we are in control of the Yalong City-State. Who cares about the Long Family? If we don't have a City Lord in name, then who will be the City Lord?" Zhe Clan's Patriarch smiled and said, "First, the Long Family has a Breaking River Realm Ancestor. If we deal with the Long Family, then everyone will suffer losses. Second, it's precisely because of the Long Family that the Yalong City-State exists. To put it bluntly, if there isn't a City Lord in name, then who will be the City Lord? Everyone here, no matter who becomes the City Lord, I'm afraid the others won't be convinced. Therefore, the City Lord is still necessary. If we destroy the Long Family, then our alliance will come to an end. Are we going to appoint another City Lord? But who? Are we going to ask the Sacred Academy to send someone? If the Sacred Academy sends someone to be the City Lord, then would they still let us manage the Lesser Dragon City? Therefore, the City Lord is still necessary. "
When everyone heard the Zhe Family's Patriarch, they couldn't help but chuckle. The Zhe Family's Patriarch was right. If the Long Family wasn't present, then they would've already fought. The Lesser Dragon City would've been divided into countless smaller cities. Even if they were stupid, they should know that an alliance of several smaller cities wouldn't be as persuasive as a large city. Because of this, they didn't oppose the Zhe Family's Patriarch.
The Patriarch looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, we can only unite. Moreover, we have a City Lord in name. Only then can we fight for more power in the Sacred Academy. If we separate, then we'll be finished. Whether it's the Sacred Academy or the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance, we can't contend against them. Therefore, we need to unite."
Everyone nodded. Then the She Clan's Patriarch said, "If everyone agrees to join the Sacred Court, then we need to discuss our next step. What do you think?"
Everyone was silent for a moment before one of the Patriarchs said, "I think we can send someone like the Sacred Academy Alliance to express our goodwill. Then we'll see how the Sacred Academy reacts. If the Sacred Academy is willing to accept us and our conditions, then we'll join. If the Sacred Academy doesn't agree, then we can join the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. Although joining the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance wouldn't bring us much benefits, we can still maintain our independence. Therefore, we shouldn't rush to express our stance.
Everyone nodded. They were now a rare commodity that could be sold at a good price. Therefore, they shouldn't be in a hurry to join the Sacred Academy.
When the Patriarch saw everyone's expression, he couldn't help but feel disappointed. He absolutely wouldn't cooperate with Zhao Hai. But now that everyone wasn't in a hurry to join the Sacred Academy, he couldn't say anything. If he said anything, then he would be opposing everyone. He didn't want to do that. Therefore, he could only agree.
The family heads discussed for a while and finally decided to send someone to contact the Sacred Institute to see if the Sacred Institute would agree to their conditions. If the Sacred Institute agreed to their conditions, then they would follow the Sacred Institute to deal with the Anti-Sacred Institute Alliance.
However, what they didn't know was that all of their actions were known by the Long Family. The Long Family hadn't been idle these past few years. In the past, the Long Family was very strong. However, they were strong in terms of external strength. In other words, they were strong in terms of external strength. The Long Family was very strong, their army was very strong, and they had a lot of experts in their family. These were all 'hard' forces that could be used in the open. As for 'soft' forces, they didn't pay much attention to them.
If the Long Family paid attention to soft forces in the past, then their Patriarch wouldn't have been killed. But now, the situation was different. The Long Family had been developing in the dark all these years. Because of this, they paid special attention to secrecy. Because of this, the Long Family's secret forces were very strong. And this secret force included spies, assassins, and the like. Because the Great Clans controlled the Yalong City, they were very arrogant. Naturally, they didn't have much defense in this aspect. This allowed the Long Family to take advantage of this opportunity. Now, the Long Family had spies in the Great Clans. No matter what happens, the Long Family would immediately know about it.
So how could the Long Family not know about the gathering of the Patriarchs? However, because the matters that the Patriarchs were discussing were very important, the Long Family didn't know about the specific details.
When Long Tianlin received this news, he couldn't help but frown. Then he turned to the old man and said, "Great Grandfather, what do you think those fellows are discussing? Will they join the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance? If they do, then it will be very disadvantageous for us. Our weight in the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance will be greatly reduced. "
The old man replied, "Young Master, there's no need to worry. If the Family Alliance really wants to join the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance, then they wouldn't have gathered to discuss it. I'm afraid that they would immediately meet the messenger sent by Zhao Hai. Therefore, I don't think that things are that simple. We should monitor them. Maybe we'll get some unexpected gains."
When Long Tianlin heard the old man, he couldn't help but stare. Then he said, "Great Grandfather, you mean that the Family Alliance might contact the Sacred Academy? Will they? "
The old man smiled faintly and said, "We'll know once we see it. If they don't contact the Sacred Academy, then we'll find a way to destroy the relationship between the Family Alliance and the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. Young Master, I think we should poison the messenger first. We shouldn't let him find out. If the Family Alliance and the Sacred Academy Alliance really do form an alliance, then once the messenger dies, we'll inform the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. At that time, the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance will immediately deal with the Family Alliance. If the Family Alliance doesn't contact the Sacred Academy, then it means that they want to join the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance. At that time, we'll kill the messenger and the Anti-Sacred Academy Alliance will misunderstand the Family Alliance. In any case, it's very advantageous for us."
Long Tianlin's eyes lit up, then he nodded and said, "Great Grandfather, you're right. Alright, we'll send people to do this. We can't let the messenger live. Right, Great Grandfather, what about Yu Mo?"
The old man replied, "We can't touch Yu Mo. His situation is very special. He's a chess piece that Zhao Hai arranged in the Inferior Dragon City. If Yu Mo dies, then Zhao Hai would immediately turn hostile. Therefore, we can't touch Yu Mo. Moreover, we don't know how many spies Zhao Hai has in the Inferior Dragon City. If we rashly deal with Yu Mo, then Zhao Hai wouldn't be polite to us."
Long Tianlin nodded and said, "Alright, then we won't touch Yu Mo. If we can't endure a little, then we won't touch Yu Mo."
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