"So, what you’re saying is... the Shen Family is just doing the dirty work?" Tang Fei asked.
"Exactly so," Shen Boyu replied frankly.
Not entirely innocent.
After all, the reason Zhong Daolong let the Shen Family lead the extermination of the Tang case was because he believed the Shen Family could handle it well.
And they did even better than he imagined.
When a whale falls, all things thrive.
Once the Tang Family fell, the Shen Family would be well-fed, securing the top position among the Empire’s noble houses.
The Shen Family indeed seized this opportunity tightly, not only wiping out the Tang Family but also implicating those family forces that usually opposed them...
The extermination case did not only annihilate the Tang Family.
"Heh..." Xuanyuan Mingjing couldn’t stand it anymore and said sternly, "Just washing their hands clean of it."
"At that time, with the Shen Family in charge, who could force them to spare anyone?"
"Brother Xuanyuan understands martial arts practice but is unfamiliar with worldly affairs," Shen Boyu sighed. "If the Shen Family had acted like that, what would Zhong Daolong have thought?"
"If he mistakenly thought the Shen Family and the Tang Family were in cahoots, or even just sympathetic, they would have faced catastrophe."
"So, once the Shen Family received the order, not only did they have to act, they had to do their best. To ensure Zhong Daolong was absolutely satisfied, so he would consider the Shen Family one of his own."
"His own kind... The ones who subverted the Zhong family’s imperial power were those he thought as his own," Xuanyuan Mingjing mocked.
"Brother Xuanyuan, I say the Shen Family was not completely free to act, and you must feel dismissive of this."
"But looking at the Tang Family’s fate...we just didn’t want to become another Tang Family."
"Was it wrong to do so?"
This time, it was Xuanyuan Mingjing’s turn to be silent.
Even Tang Fei felt that Shen Boyu’s words were reasonable.
Because he knew very well that Zhong Daolong was as wary of the current Shen Family as he was of the past Tang Family...
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He was reluctant to entrust the nation’s crucial instruments to Crown Prince Zhong Tianque, partly because he was still in his prime and could continue to oversee things for many more years.
Another important reason was his concern that Zhong Tianque might not be able to control the situation?
Therefore, before abdicating, he would either destroy or render useless the Shen Family.
This was also why he placed Tang Fei in the Monitoring Bureau, allowing him to stir the waters.
He knew Tang Fei’s identity and his hatred toward the nine great families.
So, he let Tang Fei be the vanguard, breaking those families apart before he swoops in to finish.
What he didn’t expect was Tang Fei suddenly flipping the table.
And the Shen Family was no pushovers either, directly controlling Zhong Tianque, letting the situation spiral into chaos.
Finally, to eliminate all enemies, they directly leveled Phoenix Palace with explosives.
In terms of ruthlessness, who could compare to the Shen Family?
Unfortunately, what they hadn’t anticipated was the betrayal of Phoenix Palace’s Grand Steward Chen Tianlei. Not only did he help Tang Fei capture Zhong Daolong and the Zhong Royal Family, but he also escaped in advance to the old lands using a secret passage.
Forcibly extended the survival chances for Tang Fei and his companions.
History is written by the victors.
Now the Shen Family evidently dominates, so they hold the final right of interpretation over personal actions.
And if Tang Fei wishes to survive, to seek revenge, he must eliminate the Shen Family.
Starting with taking down the Great Grandmaster of the Shen Family.
Xuanyuan Mingjing thought so too.
He didn’t like to talk because he knew that with different stances, things are expressed differently.
In this world, language can’t solve problems.
It only heightens contradictions.
"You have your path, I have mine. You have your reasons, I have mine." Xuanyuan Mingjing, detached and aloof, said coldly, "Since neither can convince the other, let’s resolve this with our respective paths."
"Xuanyuan Mingjing, do you really think you can kill me?"
Shen Boyu was no longer polite and addressed Xuanyuan Mingjing by name.
Both were Great Grandmasters, why should he always put on an aloof face?
As if he actually feared him.
"How would we know without trying?"
With a wave of his hand, Xuanyuan Mingjing summoned a bamboo sword from afar, which flew straight to his hand.
By the coast, there were red sea almonds, and this bamboo sword was a sea almond branch.
With the bamboo sword in hand, his entire aura underwent a drastic transformation.
It seemed like a simple almond branch, but in his hands, it looked like a peerless weapon.
Shen Xinglan’s grip on one of the top ten ancient divine weapons, the Taia Sword, didn’t seem particularly impressive.
Glancing at Tang Fei, he said, "Go help that little girl."
In a battle between Great Grandmasters, he was redundant...
Lu Siyu was facing Shen Que and their blockade alone, and it looked extremely dangerous.
She didn’t practice cultivation and solely depended on the agility of her flying boots to dodge and escape.
The vast East Sea meant if she was fast enough, she could lose them behind her.
But she couldn’t just keep fleeing toward the heart of the sea...
The pitch-black sea was full of the unknown, who knew what would happen at sea’s center?
If her flying boots’ energy source were to run out, she might fall into the East Sea and drown.
But if she continued to circle near the coast, she couldn’t safely shake off Shen Que and their pursuit.