The three great women had hesitated for a while. They looked at each other and decided to give Tong-Kuang the answer. Qun-Cai stepped forward and cupped her fists, then said…

"The ones who sent us here to check on your Young master were the Jia-Mo Allies!" Qun-Cai said firmly…

"The Jia-Mo Allies!?"

Tong-Kuang was startled to hear the answer but could get back to Qun-Cai after a second. He could guess that it must be someone from the influential clan, but he did not expect that two of the influential clans would join hands to do this…

"What else do they need from us, apart from checking on our Young master?" Tong-Kuang asked another question…

"They also want us to destroy you from within, sir!" Qun-Cai answered immediately…

"I see!"

Tong-Kuang actually expected to hear such an answer. He thought that it was nothing strange for those clans to order the three women to do so. He also believed that the three great women spoke the truth because they realized what was better for them…

He thought that three great women probably did not get much wage from the Jia-Mo Allies. But they would gain much more from the Tian-Tang clan. With the clan, they got to improve their energy levels. They got to practice the mid-level fighting technique too…

The three great women knew that they had the right to benefit from the Tian-Tang clan. When they contemplated that they could gain more from the clan, they decided to tell the truth to Tong-Kuang…

"Alright! You can go now." Tong-Kuang said calmly…

"Yes, sir!"

When they finished the conversation, the three great women walked out of the room instantly. Once they were all gone, Dan-Chun-Gu, Fu-Tao-Qi, Lang-Guang-Kuang, Wu-Xiao, Yan-Yu, and Ji-Zhung-Gong came out to join Tong-Kuang…

"What do you think about this, big brother?" Fu-Tao-Qi asked…

"Judging from their facial expression, I don't think they lied to you," Dan-Chun-Gu said…

"Well, I think you don't suspect them because they're women," Wu-Xiao uttered in her tiny voice…

"But I agree with big brother! I don't think that they're lying." Yan-Yu said immediately after Wu-Xiao…

"That's right! I agree too. Teehee." Ji-Zhung-Gong also turned to agree with Yan-Yu…

"What about you, brother Tong-Kuang?" Dan-Chun-Gu turned to ask Tong-Kuang who was sitting quietly in the chair in the middle of the room…

"We can't be sure of anything and make any decision for now. We must wait and see. Alright, I want all of you to do your best tomorrow. Let's not disappoint our Young master on this." Tong-Kuang said firmly…

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone started to scatter to do their duties after hearing Tong-Kuang's last sentence. Things had been well for the past two months. Nothing harmful happened in the clan. The clan, instead, gained more and more power during the time…

And when the troops started to get stronger, the clan needed more resources. So, Kong-Shi sent a caravan to seek for new Cave of the Immortals. The caravan successfully acquired two new Caves. They were the Caves of the Fan and Ping clans…

However, the two Caves were only small Caves of the Immortals. So, the production was not a lot enough, so there were not enough Qi energy stones for the warriors. As a result, Kong-Shi decided to send out a troop to the forest in the northern area. It just happened to be the area that was owned by the forest bandits…

At the grand meeting hall of the clan…

"Our troops are ready, brother Kong-Shi!" Hai-Gu said with delight…

"Great!" Kong-Shi nodded at Hai-Gu and turned to Tong-Kuang who sat next to him and said, "I'll have to ask you to take care of this for us, Tong-Kuang." Then he patted Tong-Kuang's shoulder and smiled at him…

"Yes, Master. Don't worry, I'll take over the Cave of the Immortals there." Tong-Kuang said while cupping his fists and said to Kong-Shi politely…

"Come on, don't be too official with me. You're like my family." Kong-Shi rushed to tell how he saw Tong-Kuang as his family when he saw how polite Tong-Kuang was with him. Kong-Shi thought that he would have been the one who had to be very polite to Tong-Kuang if Tong-Kuang did not work for Zheng-Fu…

"No, sir, I can't. But I'll do my best in this mission. I won't let you down, sir." Tong-Kuang got up when he finished the sentence. He cupped his fists to say goodbye for the journey. Then he left the grand meeting hall instantly…

"I'm jealous that Zheng-Fu has Tong-Kuang as his right hand," Hai-Gu said after Tong-Kuang left the room…

"That's right! Master Tong-Kuang was calm and polite. He's not arrogant at all even though he has a very high energy level. He's never been a snob." Hai-Gang said in agreement after Hai-Gu finished the sentence…

The rest of the Elders also agreed with Hai-Gu and Hai-Gang. They secretly felt jealous too. Mo-Zi, at this point, did not seem to have any duty to take care of. He just now became the leader who had the duty to merely listen to everyone…

However, Mo-Zi did not take the new turn of his role seriously. He liked it the new way because it was for the best of his clan. So, he let Kong-Shi and Tong-Kuang take care of what they needed to do for the clan…

Thud!

"I called you up today because we'll go to the forest up in the north of the clan. It is where the bandits are at. The journey today might cause you injury or even death. So, I'd like to ask all of you to be prepared." Tong-Kuang said in a powerful tone of voice…

"Injury?"

"Death!?"

"Why do we have to go there, Master Tong-Kuang?" The playful tiny man in the group asked with curiosity…

"We're going to take over the bandits' Cave of the Immortals. Anyone who could kill all of their leaders and the bosses would get something special from me." Dan-Chun-Gu who was next to Tong-Kuang stepped into the conversation instantly…

"Something special!?"

After the warriors heard that, they changed their faces from confusion to show their eagerness to fight instantly. They felt that after having been practicing for many months, they would like to test the new energy levels that they got…

This journey was actually something pleasant to them. Besides, they could get a special prize from killing the bandits' bosses as well…

"Yah!"

The group of 300 warriors started to cry out enthusiastically. Most of their energy levels ranged from the third to fifth levels of the Foundation Building stage. The warriors with lower energy levels must stay at the clan and keep on practicing. The leader of this journey was Tong-Kuang. Yan-Yu and Ji-Zhung-Gong acted as his assistants…

When the troops and everything needed were ready, the journey began instantly. The whole thing was done quietly because they started to move at night…

Gallop! Gallop! Gallop!

The horses' footsteps continued to sound along the journey for so many lis. It took only a day and a half from the Tian-Tang clan to the forest in the north. The troops decided to start the journey at night because they planned to reach the forest at the right time…

At the Jia clan's Great Elder's room…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

"We got the news, sirs!"

A skinny man ran into the room with exhaustion. He cupped his fists and prepared to report what he knew…

"Why are you in such a rush? Don't you know what time it is!? If it's not something important, I'll have you punished!" The Great Elder of the Jia clan said with anger because he was in the middle of something important…

The skinny man did not know that and interrupted him. There was a wooden partition between the bed and the hall of the house, so the skinny man did not see anything…

"I'm sorry for interrupting at this time, sir. But I have something important to tell you." The skinny man tried to breathe and apologized at the same time…

"Well, then! Tell me what is it!?" The Great Elder asked seriously…

"About two shichens ago, my spy reported that a troop of hundreds of warriors came out of the Tian-Tang clan and headed to the forest in the north, sir." The skinny man rushed to report the news out of fear of getting yelled at…

"What!? A troop of hundreds of warriors!?" The Great Elder's face turned pale instantly because of shock. He knew right away that it was not normal for hundreds of warriors would come out at this time of the night. The mischievous thing that the clan had done earlier made him feel tense…

"Quick! Get Elder 2, Elder 3, and Elder 5 instantly! Tell them I want them at the grand meeting hall immediately." The Great Elder rushed to order the skinny man to get the other Elders to the meeting…

"Yes, sir!"

"What's their plan, now? Why did they send out hundreds of warriors at this time of the night?" The Great Elder said while feeling worried. He had to clasp his head tightly…

After he ordered the skinny man to summon the other Elders to the meeting room, everyone rushed to gather at the meeting point immediately. Finally, the Great Elder, Elder 1, Elder 2, Elder 3, and Elder 5 met up in the meeting room. Elder 4 was not invited because he did not agree with the mischievous plan that the group did…

Thud!

Everyone sat down in their seats. Elder Jia-Zhong-Tu sat as the chief of the meeting. The rest was sitting around him…

"Why do you need us at this time, Great Elder?" Elder 2 asked with wonder…

"That's right, it's very late. What seems to be so important that you need us now? I was about to do some exercises." Elder 3 also asked with a puzzled eye…

"I need you to come here now because someone told me that the Tian-Tang clan had sent hundreds of warriors out to somewhere a few shichens ago," Jia-Zhong-Tu said with a serious facial expression while looking at everyone in the room…

"Hundreds of warriors!?"

When the Elders heard that, their faces started to turn pale instantly…

"And where did they send the troops to?" Elder 5 asked too…

"I heard that they are heading to the forest in the north," Jia-Zhong-Tu answered…

"The forest in the north!?"

"Why do they go there? There is an infamous bandit group there. Their troops are as powerful as the influential clans'!" Elder 2 asked another question…

"I don't know why they go there. But I've sent someone to find out. It won't take long for us to get the answer." Jia-Zhong-Tu answered while rubbing his chin…

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