Late at night, Sun Moon City, Zhao Family!
"Thirteenth Elder!" Zhao Ying, Zhao Weishan, and the rest of the Zhao Family's elders greeted the bald elder respectfully.
Although the Zhao Family was an existence that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Water Cloud Holy Land, Four Directions Merchant Group, Night Formation Guild, and Windward Formation Guild in Tianqi County, the Zhao Family's foundation was still too small.
Compared to the other forces, the Zhao Family's foundation was still too short. It was only a hundred years, and its foundation could not be compared to the other forces.
In the entire Zhao Family, other than the Zhao Family's Laozu, the Zhao Family's Patriarch, Zhao Tianjue, and his twelve siblings, there was basically no other top combat power.
However, the Zhao Family's Patriarch, Zhao Tianjue, and his twelve siblings, who were the first to twelfth elders of the Zhao Family, were basically in closed-door cultivation and rarely showed themselves. Therefore, the person who usually presided over the Zhao Family's affairs in Sun Moon City and other places was the bald elder in front of them, the Zhao Family's Thirteenth Elder, Zhao Qing!
During the day, when Zhao Qing received the news that Zhao Fanghu and Zhao Fangying's Indestructible Golden Bodies had been destroyed on the Duel Stage, he immediately put down the matters at hand and rushed over from other cities.
"I already know what happened!" Without any superfluous words, Zhao Qing walked to the front of the main seat and sat down. Then, he spoke directly to all the Zhao Family's elders.
Zhao Weishan took a step forward, cupped his hands, and asked in a low voice, "Then may I ask Thirteenth Elder, what should we do next?"
"We can't afford to offend Greed!" Zhao Qing tapped the armrest of the chair with his finger, and then he pondered and said, "Because once we provoke Greed, with Greed's style of doing things, everyone in our Zhao Clan will be killed. Not a single one of us will survive!"
Hearing Zhao Qing's words, Zhao Ying, Zhao Weishan, and all the other Zhao Family's elders were silent.
Greed was a tyrannical force that dominated the entire Qingyun Lower Continent. There were countless True Martial Level Eight experts in the force, and there might even be terrifying experts that surpassed True Martial Level Eight.
If Greed wanted to destroy the Zhao Family, it would be as easy as crushing an ant.
"However, although we can't afford to offend Tan Lang, it's not like we can't kill or capture that little girl called Mo Xiao!" Zhao Qing's face revealed a trace of viciousness as he spoke.
"We … Are we really going to make a move on Mo Xiao?" All the elders felt their scalps go numb as Zhao Weishan stuttered.
"Yes!" Zhao Qing said with a gloomy expression, "She knows how to break our Zhao Clan's indestructible golden body. If we don't capture her, what if the Watercloud Sacred Land or the Four Directions Financial Group win her over? What if they pry the method to break our Zhao Clan's indestructible golden body out of her mouth?"
"If it really comes to that, what should our Zhao Family do? Although we won't be exterminated, we will definitely be threatened. Then, we will become a steel knife in the hands of others. Moreover, it will be the kind of steel knife that will be thrown away at any time after it has been used up and has lost its value! "
"Are you really willing to become an obedient dog under someone else's feet?"
"But perhaps we can be on good terms with her. We don't really have to go against her!" An elder from the Zhao Clan raised the question.
"Is that so?" Zhao Qing glanced at the elder from the Zhao Clan before he sneered, "We've already shed all pretenses of cordiality with her on the battle stage today. Even if we throw away our dignity now and lower ourselves to apologize to her and plead for mercy, do you think she will treat us with sincerity?"
"Friendship between people usually requires time to get used to each other, not to mention that we are now in a state of hostility. How difficult is it to turn from an enemy to a friend? How much time and effort do we need to put in? "
"More importantly, do you think we have the time now?"
"The people from the Watercloud Sacred Land and the Four Directions Financial Group aren't fools. They'll definitely try to befriend her before we do and try their best to pry her secrets out of her mouth. If we try to adjust our relationship step by step, I'm afraid that her secrets will be exposed before we can even establish a relationship with her!"
"When that time comes, it'll be too late to say anything!"
"Therefore, I can't completely entrust the fate of our Zhao Clan to a strange little girl. We have to take control of our own destiny and take the initiative instead of being led by the nose like a stupid old ox!"
"Thirteenth Elder's words are reasonable. We agree!" Zhao Ying nodded and said.
"We agree!" With Zhao Ying taking the lead, most of the elders from the Zhao Clan spoke hesitantly, whether they were willing or not. Only a small number of elders did not say anything. They just smiled bitterly.
This was a dead end where they could neither advance nor retreat. It was hard to say which method was better. They only hoped that the decision made today would not be the root cause of the Zhao Clan's extinction!
"I know that there are still a considerable number of you who don't agree!" Zhao Qing glanced at everyone and said indifferently, "However, I'm not saying that we'll go against Greed right away. Moreover, I believe that as long as we operate well, this matter might become an opportunity for our Zhao Family to rise!"
"Thirteenth Elder, what do you mean?" Zhao Ying was puzzled and could not help but ask.
"Shift the blame!" Zhao Qing's eyes were gloomy as he said word by word, "Shift the blame of capturing Mo Xiao and killing Mo Xiao to other forces. Then, borrow the hands of Greed to destroy the other forces. In the end, our Zhao Clan will reign supreme in Sun Moon City and dominate Tianqi County!"
"Hiss — —!" All the elders from the Zhao Clan could not help but gasp when they heard Zhao Qing's words.
"But Thirteenth Elder, Greed's people are not fools. Because everyone knows that if Mo Xiao is arrested now, our Zhao Clan will definitely be the biggest suspect. How do we make Greed's people believe that it was done by other forces?" It was the same elder from the Zhao Clan who raised the question again.
"Nothing is impossible in this world!" Zhao Qing said firmly, "The key is how we operate."
"Thirteenth Elder's method is?" The elder from the Zhao Clan hesitated and asked.
"I won't tell you the method first because this matter is too important. Now is not the time to say it!" Zhao Qing said faintly, "Next, you don't have to ask so many questions. Everything just needs to be done according to my instructions!"
"Yes, Thirteenth Elder!" Zhao Ying, Zhao Weishan, and all the other elders from the Zhao Clan said in unison.
"Alright, let's disperse!" Zhao Qing stood up and walked outside.
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