Xu Kang was actually taking a risk this time. He was gambling. This time Zuoqiuwen didn't really want to take back their family's military power, so he agreed to Zuoqiuwen's plan. If he won, he would get benefits and at the same time keep his military power. If he lost this time, he would fight to the death, and at that time it was possible that the Third Legion would rebel. It was impossible for him to just hand over the hard work of generations of his family. Xu Kang believed that Zuoqiuwen also understood this, so Zuoqiuwen would not really want to take away their family's military power. That's why Xu Kang was willing to gamble because he thought his chance of winning was above eight.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Kang said this this time, and the other three all responded. Xu Kang glanced at everyone and then said, "Okay, let's get ready. This time we must make good use of this method to make our family stronger and let those families who suppressed us before know our benefits."

Several people responded, and Xu Kang waved his hand and asked them to start preparing, while he also went to get busy. They got such a big treasure this time, of course they had to make good use of it. Even the development direction of their family had to be adjusted. Xu Kang had to prepare these well.

On the other hand, several heads of the big families who had previously allied with Zuoqiu Zhi gathered together. They were also discussing this matter. After sitting together, they were all silent for a while. After a while, a family suddenly said, "Do you think this is true?" Everyone looked at each other. They were also doubting this matter, but the conclusion they finally came to was what they least wanted to see, so they were silent. Now when they heard what that person said, they didn't know what to say.

After a while, another family head spoke up, "It should be true. Your Majesty will not lie to us about this matter. Moreover, the Xu family and several other families have surrendered to Your Majesty, probably for this method of activating spiritual roots. Otherwise, they would not have needed to surrender to Your Majesty. Although we have suppressed them before, they have been developing and are far from being unable to survive. If there were no huge benefits, they would never surrender to Your Majesty. You must know that from the moment they surrendered to Your Majesty, they can no longer be considered our own people, so I think this matter is true."

Everyone nodded, and another person spoke up, "What we need to do now is to think about what to do next. His Majesty has come up with such a move, so our previous plan is useless. If we force the palace now, we will be courting death. Don't forget that the Xu family has military power. If something really happens, once their army arrives, our families will also be in trouble. Therefore, our previous alliance with Prince Rui no longer counts. To be honest, Prince Rui's attitude towards us was not very good before. Even if we really helped him to that position, do you really think that Will they let us go? Although the current emperor is suppressing us, he is not doing too much, so I think it is better to let the current emperor be the emperor. Anyway, with the background of our families, even if the current emperor suppresses us, we must be among the most powerful people in the empire, and His Majesty dare not go too far. As long as he does not want the empire to be in chaos, he cannot do anything to us. So next, I think we can no longer pay attention to Prince Rui's solicitation. If Prince Rui wants to sit in that position, he can rely on himself. We should not get involved. Otherwise, if the current emperor really wins, we will be finished."

The others all nodded, and a family head said, "In my opinion, the reason why Prince Rui wants to unite with us this time is that he is forced into a corner. Everyone knows that the emperor found an excuse to directly take away half of Prince Rui's military power before, and it was because of this incident that Prince Rui came to us, and he also talked about the spiritual roots. He just felt that if he didn't do it, he would have no chance in the future. After all, the person who took over that half of the military power was Luo Jiaying, who came from the inner guard. Although there was a ghost in the inner guard, there was no problem with Luo Jiaying. If Luo Jiaying really controlled half of the garrison's military power, Prince Rui would really have no chance at all, so he was anxious and wanted to take action, but he felt that he was not sure if he took action, so he came to us. We "I used to think that with Prince Rui taking the lead and our strength, we could force the emperor to abdicate, but now it seems impossible. Of course, there is no need for us to cooperate with Prince Rui. The most important thing is to protect ourselves first. So I think we must be more united next time. Only when we unite, His Majesty will have no way to deal with us. Although doing so may prevent us from obtaining the method to activate the spiritual roots, even if they really have this method, they cannot train a large number of masters in a short period of time. They need time, and next we have to get this method to activate the spiritual roots. Only in this way can we not be left behind and keep our status. Otherwise, no matter who is the emperor, they will not let us go. What do you think?"

Several people all nodded, and then a head of the family spoke up: "The status of our families is already high enough. Even if Prince Rui becomes the emperor, it will be almost impossible for our family to move forward. We didn't think of this before just because of the spiritual roots. Now that we have thought of this, there is no need to cooperate with Prince Rui. If the royal family wants to fight among themselves, let them fight. It has nothing to do with us. We just need to remain neutral. Anyway, we are not without the strength to remain neutral." The others nodded again. What the head of the family said was right. If they want to remain neutral, they must have the strength to remain neutral. If you have the strength, you can say you remain neutral. If you don't have the strength, what qualifications do you have to remain neutral? If you don't have the strength, when the two sides start fighting, you say you remain neutral, maybe both sides will not touch you at that time, but as long as they decide the winner, the first one to be dealt with is you, so remaining neutral also requires strength.

After several people finished discussing, one of the family heads spoke up, "Everyone, let me say it again. Our alliance must be united. Even if His Majesty wants to use the method of activating spiritual roots to divide us, we must unite. If we are not united, we will really be finished. I don't believe that those big families can keep the methods of activating spiritual roots secret after obtaining them. So don't worry, we may get those methods a little later, but we will get them sooner or later. Before we get the methods of activating spiritual roots, we will first train our family disciples with all our strength. Even if they get that method, they will not be invincible immediately. If that is the case, then our Star Empire would have ceased to exist long ago. So this time, even if His Majesty wants to use this method to divide us, we absolutely cannot agree. Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then nodded firmly at the same time. They knew very well that if they did not unite now, they would be eaten up bit by bit by Zuo Qiuwen. If they did not want to be eaten, they had to unite. The prerequisite for unity was that they must be able to resist temptation, otherwise they would be really finished.

After confirming this, they didn't say anything else. After discussing for a while, they went back to their homes. This time they were firm in their belief and they must unite. This time was no joke. They didn't want to be eaten by Zuo Qiuwen, so they had to unite. So after they went back, they immediately arranged for everyone at home to be careful and not get involved in anything outside. Of course, if Prince Rui sent someone over, they would also disappear. They would close the door and refuse visitors.

At this time, Zuoqiu Zhi was sitting in his study. In front of him sat several people, all of whom were his most trusted subordinates. Among them were some generals of the garrison. Although half of the garrison were now under the command of Luo Jiaying, Luo Jiaying had just arrived at the garrison and had not yet been able to control the people of those armies. Therefore, the generals of those armies still obeyed Zuoqiu Zhi's orders. It was for this reason that Zuoqiu Zhi called them all over.

After everyone arrived, Zuo Qiuzhi looked at everyone and said, "Something happened in the court today. His Majesty said that he had found a way to activate the spiritual roots, and he also gave this method to the Xu family and several other families. In other words, our previous plan is no longer applicable. If we follow the previous plan, the Xu family and the others will not follow us. At that time, our plan will not succeed, so we must change the plan now."

When they heard him say this, everyone fell silent. They really didn't know what kind of plan they were going to change. After all, the current situation was already very passive for them, so their plan was like this.

Zuoqiu Zhi glanced at everyone and continued, "Judging from His Majesty's current methods, he has begun to doubt me. If we don't make one last attempt, then death will be the only thing waiting for us. Once we really lose the military power, His Majesty will never let us go. He will definitely take our lives. So we have to give it a try. Does anyone have any objections?" After Zuoqiu Zhi said this, he looked at those people. He believed that those people understood what he meant.

  When those people heard what Zuoqiu Zhi said, their faces all changed. They really understood what Zuoqiu Zhi meant. What Zuoqiu Zhi said, that they should fight hard one last time, was nothing more than that they should fight hard. If they failed, then all of them would have to die. Although they thought that it was not time yet, they did not refute Zuoqiu Zhi's words. In fact, they also knew that if they really did not fight hard, they would be killed slowly. Fighting hard might win, but waiting would only lead to death. (End of this chapter)

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