A majestic hall that was over twenty meters tall stood silently in the center of the Turtle clan. The entire hall was yellow in color, having been condensed from earth in a very short amount of time by a Saint Ruler using their abilities to control the earth. Quite a powerful energy was hidden inside.
At this moment, several Saint Ruler elders of the Turtle clan gathered together in an extremely spacious hall within the hall. They were all worried, and the entire hall was filled with a heavy atmosphere.
"What do you think our Turtle clan should do now? Should we give up on all the crystal mines that originally belonged to us and leave this place, or should we continue to develop here and face the threat of the Tao family moving against us at any time?" The fourth elder sternly asked.
"No, I will never agree to give up on the crystal mines that originally belonged to our clan. Such a large amount of crystal mines is a great resource to our clan. They're the only thing we can rely on to rise up. If we give them up now, it'll be even more difficult to take them back in the future. And since the hall elders of the Poseidon hall have stepped forward to stop the Tao family from waging war against us, I don't think the Tao family will touch us so easily in the future, "the sixth elder objected as soon as the fourth elder finished speaking.
"Hmph, sixth elder, are you still hoping that the hall elders will stand on our side forever? The ancestor of the Tao family, Tao Zhengtian, has almost reached the peak of the 16th Star. He'll become one of the hall elders of the Poseidon hall sooner or later. Once he becomes a hall elder, he'll have no qualms about moving against us again.
When that time comes, it'll truly be the end of our clan, "the fifth elder coldly snorted. He was extremely disdainful of the sixth elder's words.
The fourth elder gently sighed when he heard the fifth elder's words. He said, "It's a pity that the ruler isn't here. If only the ruler were here. Only the ruler can decide the fate of our Turtle clan."
"The ancestor of the Tao family, Tao Zhengtian, is just far too powerful, and he's allied with the Moxi clan through marriage. This has caused the Tao family's power to flourish in the territory of the Poseidon hall. Coupled with the alliance of over a dozen large clans, the 15th Star and 16th Star experts they've gathered is not something our clan can compare to. Even if the ruler returns, we still won't be able to fend off the Tao family with our strength …" the seventh elder sternly said.
The fourth elder's face changed. He sternly stared at the seventh elder and growled, "Seventh elder, how can you judge the ruler like that? As elders of the Turtle clan, we can lose confidence in ourselves, but we can't lose confidence in the ruler because the ruler is the sky of our Turtle clan. He's the hope of our Turtle clan. Only a Turtle clan with the ruler watching over it can be truly powerful. We must firmly believe that once the ruler returns, our Turtle clan will be able to make up for our current situation."
The seventh elder immediately fell silent. He lowered his head and said nothing more. Although the ruler of the Turtle clan spent very little time in the Turtle clan, he had already established a great figure in the hearts of all the elders.
"R- R-" At this moment, a guard hurriedly ran in from outside as he called out.
The elders immediately stopped their discussion when they saw how hurried the guard was. One of them sternly stared at the guard and asked with a heavy voice, "What has happened? Have the experts of the Tao family come again?"
"No … No … Elders, King … King has returned. Old King has returned …" The guard gasped for breath as he spoke. His expression was extremely excited.
"What? The king is back?" Hearing this, the Elders present were overjoyed. One of the Elders even laughed loudly and said in a clear voice, "Elders, let us quickly go and welcome the King."
"No need, I'm already here." As soon as the elder finished speaking, Jianchen's deep voice came from outside the hall. Before he finished speaking, he, Nubis, and Tie Ta appeared in front of the elders. And behind Jianchen and the other two.
A large group of clansmen followed behind him. They all stopped outside the hall as joy and excitement filled their faces from the bottom of their hearts.
"Greetings, King!" The elders of the Turtle clan immediately bowed to Jianchen. They were all so excited that their voices trembled slightly.
Jianchen directly made his way to the throne at the very front of the hall and sat down. The elders stood in a row below him politely.
Nubis and Tie Ta were much more relaxed. They knew that Jianchen had important matters to attend to, so they did not disturb Jianchen. Instead, they strolled around the hall by themselves.
"Tell me what has happened. Why has the Tao family attacked the Turtle clan for no reason?" Jianchen coldly asked with a sunken face.
The fourth elder immediately stepped forward and politely said to Jianchen, "King, you must know that ever since our Turtle clan's strength skyrocketed, we've been working hard to reclaim the crystal mines that once belonged to us and were later taken away by other organizations. Originally, most of the crystal mines had already been taken back by our Turtle clan. Only a few of the larger mines of higher quality are still controlled by a few large clans. They've never been willing to return them to us. In order to oppose us, they've even formed an alliance with the Tao family. "
"The remaining mines that have yet to be reclaimed are far too important to our Turtle clan. At the same time, those mines originally belonged to us, so we never gave up on them. Because of this, the experts of our Turtle clan clashed with the alliance led by the Tao family many times, resulting in casualties on both sides. However, since we had five 16th Star experts, we were no weaker than the alliance of the Tao family. As a result, we were unable to do anything to each other. "
"However, this balance was broken a month ago. The Tao family has already formed a marriage alliance with the Moses clan, which is also a peak organization of the Poseidon hall. The Moses clan has two peak experts, one at the 16th Star and the other at the 15th Star. Their ancestor, who has reached the 16th Star, is no weaker than Tao Zhengtian. With the addition of the Moses clan, the alliance led by the Tao family has completely surpassed our Turtle clan. "
"Soon afterward, the Tao family sent an envoy to our Turtle clan. They said that our Turtle clan had recklessly stolen many crystal mines in the past few years with the support of several 16th Star experts, destroying the peace in the territory of the Poseidon hall. They also wanted us to hand over all the mines and compensate them for their losses. Otherwise, the Tao family will work with all the clans that we've bullied in the past to attack us."
The fourth elder's voice was filled with uncontrollable anger when he reached there. His eyes were about to spit fire. Even the other elders in the hall were extremely furious. Their faces had all paled from anger.
Jianchen's face sank even more as he sat on the throne. Heavy killing intent filled his eyes. He had also been angered by the actions of the Tao family.
Ignoring the fact that the crystal mines that the Turtle clan had taken back once belonged to the Turtle clan, just the fact that the Tao family wanted the Turtle clan to hand over all the mines had exceeded the limits of Jianchen's tolerance. Not to mention that they wanted the Turtle clan to compensate them for their losses in the past few years. This could no longer be described as arrogant. Instead, it was excessive, extremely excessive.
The fourth elder calmed himself down and continued, "How could our Turtle clan agree to such excessive conditions from the Tao family? In the end, three days ago, the alliance of the Tao family began a large-scale attack on our Turtle clan. Unfortunately, the alliance of the Tao family completely surpassed our Turtle clan. Even with Tai Dou, Qing Yixuan, Lan Jing, Xin Pian, and Mochas, we were unable to stop the Tao family's attack. In just half a day, the five 16th Star experts of our Turtle clan were heavily injured by the people of the Tao family's alliance. In the end, we only stopped the battle because a hall elder had arrived in time."
"Yeah, the Tao family originally wanted to use the alliance to wipe out our Turtle clan in the battle three days ago. If it weren't for the forceful interference of the hall elder from Poseidon's hall and protecting our clan, we might have already been wiped out by the Tao family. Ruler, we must avenge the enmity between us and the Tao family," the fifth elder said with righteous indignation.
"Ruler, our Turtle clan has suffered extremely heavy losses in this battle. Half of our clansmen have died, numbering over thirty thousand. We've also lost four elders, so we can't just let this matter slide," Jian Chen said with a deep voice.
"Ruler, please uphold justice for us …"
"Ruler, we must make the Tao family pay with their blood …"
All the elders in the hall gritted their teeth as they voiced their grievances. Their eyes burned with the flames of hatred.
"How many 15th Star and 16th Star experts do the Tao family have right now?" Jianchen coldly asked. He obviously wanted to avenge the Turtle clan, but he wanted to properly understand the strength of the Tao family before he went.
Jianchen did not take Saint Rulers seriously at all. He only cared about how many Holy Emperors the Tao family had.
The elders hesitated before the fourth elder said, "Ruler, the alliance of the Tao family currently has at least four 15th Star experts and at least two 16th Star experts. They are the ancestor of the Tao family and the ancestor of the Moxi clan."
"That's not right. I saw another expert who could match Tai Dou aside from the ancestors of the Tao family and the Moxi clan. That person is a 16th Star expert at the very least."
"I don't think any of you saw it, but when the battle erupted, there was another person whose strength I couldn't tell from the Tao family's alliance. He did not take part in the battle. I think that person is also a 16th Star expert," another elder interrupted.
Jianchen frowned. He also discovered that it was indeed rather difficult for these Saint Rulers to discuss Holy Emperor experts.
"Stop arguing. Call Qing Yixuan, Tai Dou, Lan Jing, Xin Pian, and Mochas over. I know they're healing, so get them over here immediately," Jianchen ordered.
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