I Can See Your Combat Power

“Hmm,” Wang Chan nodded with a smile, “That’s indeed the case. But Brother Xu, do you know? The Tang family’s Wancheng Treasure Ship has another name on the seas—the Ghost Weeping Warship. It is said to be a warship loaded with hatred and wronged souls; it sails along the coast destroying everything in sight. It never leaves any survivors nor boasts of its might, resembling malevolent spirits, leaving only corpses, flames, and ruins in its wake.”

“Isn’t it strange, Brother Xu, for the Tang Family, who possesses top-tier merchant ships, to not have a single world-renowned merchant? Do you know how many islands and towns the Tang Clan have annihilated under the guise of trading over the years?”

As his words fell, Wang Chan took out a blueprint from his sleeve and threw it to the elderly Xu Ying, speaking indifferently, “This is the ship’s blueprint acquired from the Ou Clan. For many years, besides Penglai’s Mo Family, only the Tang family in Xiling and the Mi Clan have placed orders. Now, with the Mi Clan extinguished, the Tang Family holds two treasure ships. If Brother Xu is interested, you might sneak aboard to see if the ship can activate its array and transform into something else.”

“What are you getting at by telling me this?”

“I just want to ask if the Xu Clan’s representative in Yuanzhou would like to prevent some truly pitiful people from seeking their revenge.”

Wang Chan sinisterly clapped his hands, and a group that had been standing outside the door pushed their way in. There were men and women, young and old, and even their skin colors varied, clearly coming from different regions. The one thing they had in common was the hatred in their eyes, the rage in their hearts, and an undeniable depth of blood feud that they could not conceal.

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“I went through considerable effort to gather these people together. Those standing before you, Brother Xu, are just a fraction,” Wang Chan said with a smile. “Yet, if you simply say that these scum aren’t to seek revenge against the Tang Family, I will make them forever silent, ensuring that this dark chapter of the Tang Family sinks to the bottom of the sea. Then, the Xu Clan in Yuanzhou will remain renowned across Longxi, known for their unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. How about it?”

Elder Xu Ying had no doubt about the veracity of Wang Chan’s words. When he was at his darkest and most helpless, it was Wang Chan who, through the power of the Dutian Heavenly King, had quietly brought hundreds of courtesans into Middle Ying City. It could be said that his role as the Xu Clan’s representative owed much to Wang Chan’s assistance.

Moreover, he understood just how astute the tactics of this Saint Child of the Wang Clan were. If it were anyone else gathering these wretched souls to take revenge against the Tang Family, it would be futile, but he had no doubt about the potential outcome of this endeavor with Wang Chan in charge.

He also had no doubt that with just a word from him, Wang Chan would kill all of these people, and his doing so was not out of loyalty, righteousness, or benevolence, but simply because he was Wang Chan’s friend.

Elder Xu Ying’s heart was in turmoil. He suddenly felt that he knew nothing about the Tang family in Xiling. Was Tang Luo’s concern for the people all an act? Was the name of benevolence in Longxi merely a cover for evil deeds? At this moment, he very much wanted to find his cousin and ask for clarification.

“Hmm, it seems you’re quite conflicted?” Wang Chan said with a smile, “In that case, I will decide for you.” Turning his head towards the diverse group in the room, he spoke lightly, “The Xu Clan’s representative in Yuanzhou does not approve of you seeking revenge against the Tang Family. So, you all will never get your revenge. Die.”

At the fall of his voice, those pitiful souls full of hatred used their spiritual power to sever their heart meridians. In a breath’s time, their lives came to an end, and they collapsed to the ground. Now, in the entire room, only Elder Xu Ying and Wang Chan remained alive.

“What are you doing?!” Elder Xu Ying, angry, stepped forward and grabbed Wang Chan by the collar, saying with hatred, “They just wanted to avenge themselves; what wrong had they done? By what right do you decide their lives and deaths, huh!?”

With his collar seized, the corner of Wang Chan’s mouth still carried a trace of a sinister smile as he chuckled lightly, “What life or death? They were but walking corpses. From the moment they saw nothing but ruins where their ancestral homes used to be and their kin turned to charcoal, they were already dead. They dared not start new lives because once they did, it would mean betraying those who had died tragically, betraying their own past. The only thing sustaining their will to live was this single affair of revenge, nothing more.”

“But what can a group of people with no home take revenge with?” Wang Chan stretched out his hand, pointing at the corpse of the young man lying at his feet and laughed. “Do you know why this young man was doomed to die so young? It’s because upon discovering the trail of the Ghost Weeping Warship, he used a secret blood technique to track it, trailing it for tens of thousands of miles along the coast, exhausting all his vital blood and Spiritual Power. A genius who transcended the mortal at thirteen, just like that, became a doomed wretch.”

Feeling the grip on his collar suddenly weaken, Wang Chan continued, “But what good is finding your enemy? Do you know what despair is?”

“When they realize their enemy is one of Longzhou’s top families; when they learn their adversary is the leader of countless strong warriors from the Fierce Realm, even backed by the top forces of a Grandmaster. From that moment on, they were already dead, for all that lay before them was betrayal and death, and the former is a hundredfold, a thousandfold more painful than the latter!”

“So, you’ve only done a good deed, these walking corpses were too afraid to live, too afraid to die. They are like a group of pathetic ants, hoping against hope for a miracle to occur. They wished for a divine power to descend from the heavens to help them avenge their humiliation and defeat.”

At this point, Wang Chan could no longer hold back his laughter, “Ah hahaha, ah hahaha!”

Amidst the corpses strewn all around, Wang Chan could not contain his mirth, doubling over with laughter as if he had come across some comically ludicrous matter.

Clenching his fists around the collar again, Old Xu from Ying tightened his grip until his veins bulged, and said in a cold voice, “What are you laughing at, what are you laughing at!”

“Ah hahaha, I’m laughing at how foolish these people are. They actually believed that the Dutian Heavenly King would smooth over an entity like the Longxi Alliance because of such an incident,” Wang Chan said joyfully. Then, lifting his leg, he kicked the corpse of the young man lying next to him, and exaggerated, “Even more ridiculous is that this descendant of a sinner actually thought that the Wang Clan in Tian Nan would, out of consideration for the deported criminal, take action to eradicate the Longxi Alliance. They’re truly too naive.”

“The Tang family in Xiling has just gone through a war, seizing seven cities in one go, a powerhouse with not just one Grandmaster as an external ally, cultivating an unparalleled younger generation. How many powerful fighters would need to be mobilized to take down such a force, how many lives would have to be lost?”

Wang Chan placed his foot on the head of the dead young man, and said to the raging Old Xu from Ying with a light chuckle, “Do you think anyone in this world would stand against the Longxi Alliance to aid a pack of homeless curs?”

The Wang Clan from Tian Nan were exceptionally skilled in the art of persuasion, to the extent that they could have written a treatise on it.

And so they knew that virtuous gentlemen must surely disdain wealth, so they could not tempt them with money. Instead, they could make them donate money;

When facing brave warriors, since they valued oaths over life itself, there was no need to threaten them with disasters. Instead, they could be persuaded to defend cities in peril.

As for a man of wisdom, well-versed in propriety and understanding the principles of affairs, there was no need to feign sincerity to deceive them. Instead, one could spell out the facts to them, guiding them to take the lead in making contributions and establishing achievements.

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