Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16175 Initiative
"I'm wondering, what would it take for the city lord to target us? Right now, the Creation God Cult and the Myriad Laws God Cult are locked in a life-or-death struggle, which seems to have nothing to do with us. Under these circumstances, the city lord has no reason to target us, right? Does he have some other trick up his sleeve?"

“We also have some connections with the Creation God Cult. Do you think they might use this to their advantage?”

"It's possible. If the city lord tells the people of the Myriad Laws Cult that we are colluding with the Creation Cult, will the people of the Myriad Laws Cult take action against us? That's really hard to say."

"That's unlikely. Right now, the people from the Creation God Cult are already fighting to the death with the people from the Myriad Laws God Cult, while our families have been holding back all along. Under these circumstances, the people from the Myriad Laws God Cult won't believe that we have any connection with the Creation God Cult."

"What if someone acts under the guise of the Creation God Cult or the Myriad Laws God Cult?"

"Are you saying that the city lord might use the names of the Creation God Sect and the Myriad Laws God Sect to act directly against us?"

"It's not impossible. If the city lord really does that, what should we do?"

Everyone fell silent. After a long while, Gao Chengwu said with a grim expression, "If the city lord really has no shame, he might actually do it. Although our families have been operating in Jin Sui City for many years, to be honest, we don't have any powerful backers. If someone really takes care of us, I really don't believe anyone will stand up for us. If we die, we die. Even if someone uses us to attack the city lord in the future, we will just be an excuse. We are really dead. So if the city lord really does this, we really don't have any good solutions. Now we can only concentrate all our strength to protect ourselves."

"Could we change our approach?" a family head suddenly said. Everyone turned to look at him, wanting to hear what he meant. The man glanced at everyone and then said, "Gentlemen, we don't have any backers right now, but we can find one for ourselves. Isn't there a ready-made one right now?"

Everyone was taken aback again, then looked at him with some confusion. He glanced at them and then said, "The Myriad Laws Divine Sect, huh? The Myriad Laws Divine Sect was brought out by His Majesty to suppress the Creation God Sect, so their power is not weak. However, they lack the support of some locals. If they can get our support, then they will have a better foothold in Golden Year City. Right now, they don't have any allies. If we can support them, then we will be their allies. In that case, if they really develop in the future, wouldn't we have a backer? A backer who can challenge the Creation God Sect? Such a backer should be powerful enough, right?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all fell silent. After a while, the patriarch finally spoke up: "This is indeed a good idea, but it is also very risky. If the Myriad Laws Divine Sect is defeated by the Creation Divine Sect one day, the Creation Divine Sect will not let us go. At that time, our families will probably be finished."

Upon hearing his words, everyone else nodded in agreement, turning to look at the family head, eager to hear what he would say next.

The family head glanced at everyone and then said, "So this is a high-stakes gamble. If we win, we will not only have a powerful backer, but our family will also grow stronger. However, if we lose, our families will probably be finished. Of course, if we don't gamble, we will probably be finished soon. If the city lord really wants to deal with us, we will probably be finished very soon."

"But right now everything is just speculation, and the city lord may not actually be going to deal with us."

Everyone fell silent. Then Gao Chengwu suddenly spoke, "We also have disciples of our family in the army. Immediately send a message to those disciples, asking them if there are any unusual occurrences in the army. If so, we will prepare immediately." Everyone nodded. Just then, a knock came at the door. Gao Chengwu immediately said, "Come in." With his voice, a servant pushed open the door and entered, his face filled with anxiety. He opened his mouth to speak, but upon seeing the room full of people, he immediately shut his mouth. Then he said, "Master, I have important news to report."

Gao Chengwu could tell from his expression that he didn't want to talk about this in front of so many people, so his face darkened and he said, "Just say it."

The servant hesitated for a moment, but seeing Gao Chengwu's somewhat gloomy face, he dared not be negligent and immediately said, "According to the head of the family, the disciples of the family in the army just sent back a message, which was sent back using an invisibility gu. There were only two words: danger."

Gao Chengwu's expression changed drastically. He suddenly stood up and immediately said to the others, "As you all heard, our family's disciples have sent word back. The Invisibility Gu is a peculiar Gu worm that I obtained. The mother Gu is being raised at home, while the offspring Gu were taken to the army by our family disciples. The offspring of this Gu worm usually go dormant, but once they wake up, they will immediately return to the mother Gu's side. I told them not to use the Invisibility Gu unless absolutely necessary. Now that our family disciples have sent word back, it means that the city lord may really be going to attack us. We must act now, or we'll just have to wait to die."

The expressions of the others also changed. One of the family heads said, "It seems that our disciples in the army have been detained by them."

Everyone nodded. This was the only explanation. Otherwise, there was no way to explain the current situation. Many of their family members were in the army, but no news had come back. Their life tablets were not broken, which could only mean that they were being controlled and could not even commit suicide. That was why they had not received any news.

Gao Chengwu said in a deep voice, "Immediately gather everyone from each family, and we will all head towards the direction where the Myriad Laws Divine Sect is located. When we get there, we will say that we are here to mediate. We must act quickly. We need to let everyone in the city know what we are doing. At this time, letting everyone know what we are doing is much more important than waiting for others to come to our door. Once the city lord sees all of us appearing in the city, he will find it difficult to make a move. Otherwise, he will not be able to explain to the world. You must know that those big families are not allowed to attack small families like us. This has always been the rule, and he does not dare to easily break this rule. After all, our Divine Kingdom also has laws. Even if he is a member of the Shang family, he cannot act recklessly."

Everyone nodded, and then they didn't stand on ceremony. They clasped their hands in a fist salute to Gao Chengwu and left. As soon as Gao Chengwu stepped out of the room, he shouted, "Someone, give the order: everyone in the family must assemble!"

A servant immediately responded and went to relay the order. The next moment, all the disciples of the Gao family gathered together. Gao Chengwu immediately said, "Everyone, follow me to the Myriad Laws Divine Sect." Although the Gao family disciples did not know what was going on, they could not disobey Gao Chengwu's order, so everyone followed Gao Chengwu and flew forward.

At this moment, Shang Baiyi was listening to his servants report the situation. Upon hearing that the members of those families had all gathered and were heading towards the Wanfa Divine Sect, his expression changed. He then said in a deep voice, "Weren't they not moving before? Why have they suddenly started moving now? What do they want to do?"

He did indeed intend to deal with the various families, and he had already made preparations. He had ordered his men to detain all the family members who had been stationed in the army; those people were practically dead now. He had also mobilized his forces, ready to take direct action against the families. However, he hadn't expected that members of the families would suddenly emerge from their own ranks, disrupting his plans. He had originally thought that the families wouldn't interfere, and that as long as they didn't move, he could simply send men into the city to wipe them out. But now that the families had moved, his plans had completely failed. Now everyone's attention was focused on the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. If he were to attack the families there, everyone would know about it, and then he would be finished.

Thinking of this, Shang Baiyi's face turned somewhat ugly. He did want the wealth of the various families, but he was also very clear that if he openly eliminated several families, the smaller families in the other cities would definitely cause trouble. It was the rule that the large families could not easily attack the smaller families. The smaller families would pay tribute to the large families every year, which was like paying protection money. If they were still arbitrarily wiped out by the large families after paying protection money, then why would the smaller families pay protection money? At that time, the conflict between the smaller and larger families would escalate, and he could not bear such a crime.

That's why he wanted to take advantage of the fact that everyone's attention in the city was focused on the Myriad Laws Sect, to lure people into the city and wipe out all the families. When someone found out about this, he could simply say that he didn't know anything about it, that he was mediating the conflict between the Creation God Sect and the Myriad Laws Sect, and that he didn't know who had wiped out the families. Even if some people suspected something, he could deny it and there would be no way to get to him. But now, all the families had come out of their homes and appeared before everyone. If he still attacked these families under these circumstances, everything would be exposed. If something really happened then, it would be a big deal. Even the Shang family might not be able to protect him, or even protect him at all. After all, for a large family, sacrificing a family member is nothing to hesitate about.