Chapter 789: Chapter 788: The Shock of Yang Fei and Two Others
Helian Rong watched as several figures departed, her expression slightly moved, she then heard her father’s voice transmission, "Don’t you stir up trouble."
The Hidden Sect World is relatively traditional; even though it consists of martial artists who aren’t particular about minor details, Helian Rong is still a woman, and mingling with several grown men, certainly did not sound good when spread around.
Helian Rong was somewhat rebellious in front of her father, but today, for the first time, she didn’t contradict her father. Instead, she chose to stay silent and remained behind.
After Yang Fei, Xu Jian, and Wang Lei left, Helian Zhan and others then discussed how to handle the people and disciples of the Zhuge, Duanmu, and Giant Sword Manor families.
In the end, they opted for a lenient approach.
They decided to confiscate the assets of the three families, reduce the resources they originally controlled, distribute them among the powers that participated in this siege, and decided to seize the current resources of the three families.
Thus, while the Duanmu Family, the Zhuge Family, and Giant Sword Manor survived this ordeal without extermination and managed to preserve the lives of their family members and disciples, they inevitably paid a heavy price for triggering the civil war within the Hidden Sect.
From then on, it was unlikely that these three families could easily rise again.
From top-tier families, they were immediately demoted to second-tier families, and their overall strength might even further decline due to suppression over the coming years.
If they wished to rise again, it would require an emergence of an extraordinarily talented genius from within the family and a great opportunity in a grand era, otherwise, they would continue to weaken until eventually fading from notice.
Three days later, Yang Fei, Xu Jian, and Wang Lei arrived at the teleportation gateway.
Due to the civil war within the Hidden Sect, many of the family members stationed here had withdrawn, but Mo Li remained here, loyally performing his duties.
Though he had only met this principled senior a few times, Yang Fei held a deep respect for him.
This man did not participate in the civil strife nor take sides but steadfastly upheld his beliefs, staying at the teleportation gateway, a sure sign of integrity and virtue within the Hidden Sect World.
Mo Li, seeing these young men, felt great admiration as well, seemingly seeing his younger self in them.
The news about the great battle at Qingtian Sect had been broadcasted through eagle messages, and Mo Li had known early, without needing to inquire from the men.
However, learning that Yang Fei and the others had gone out to negotiate with the outside world about a major invasive maneuver by the Hidden Sect, Mo Li solemnly emphasized, "Yang Fei, you must handle this matter with caution. With Heaven and Penglai Realm entering the world, their covetous desire towards the Divine Continent has not changed for a thousand years. This is a critical moment. There must not be another internal chaos between the Hidden Sect and the Divine Continent."
Yang Fei nodded, "Senior, rest assured, the junior will definitely try his best to promote a harmonious situation between both sides."
Mo Li nodded and said, "Go, time is pressing. The quicker, the better."
Yang Fei agreed, taking Wang Lei and Xu Jian into the teleportation channel.
Earlier, those two from the Military Department had already gone out to pass the information, so after Yang Fei and the others emerged, they did not face any attack from the special weapons of the Military Department outside.
However, seeing the well-prepared special formation, they understood that the Military Department still very much feared the Hidden Sect, always maintaining high vigilance, ready to defend against any sudden onslaught from the powerful martial artists of the Hidden Sect World.
The precedent set by the Zhuge, Duanmu, and Giant Sword Manor had instilled great fear in the leadership of the Qin Family.
The secular world’s nobility harbors a natural fear deep inside towards the superlative martial artists of the Hidden Sect World.
Even though Qin Huai’an had now stepped into the threshold of the Divine Travel Realm and Qin Yanyang had directly entered the Divine Travel Realm, the high-end combat power of the secular Martial World was still significantly weaker compared to the Hidden Sect.
Qin Huai’an still stationed himself here, and upon receiving the news of Yang Fei’s return, he promptly came out to meet them.
"How did it go?" Qin Huai’an asked as he saw the three men.
Yang Fei first called him grandfather, and Xu Jian with Wang Lei also greeted Qin Huai’an, showing their respect.
Qin Huai’an nodded to them, acknowledging their greetings.
Yang Fei responded, "The Zhuge family, Duanmu family, and Giant Sword Manor have been utterly defeated. They are finished!"
Qin Huai’an’s eyes lit up with delight, "Good, that’s good."
He then realized something was off, "Wait, didn’t they form alliances with two other families? Their allies are even stronger, how could they have lost, and lost so quickly?"
Yang Fei explained, "The Ji Family and Zhang Family turned against them at a critical moment, delivering a fatal blow to all three families."
He then briefly described the situation.
Qin Huai’an exclaimed excitedly, "So you’re saying your master now has significant influence in the Hidden Sect World?"
Yang Fei thought for a moment, then nodded, "It should be decent. At least Helian Zhan and Wang Chunyang remember the favors he did them in the past. Coupled with the Zhang Family’s absolute loyalty to the Taoist Sects, and since the majority of smaller families and sects in the Hidden Sect World derive their cultivation techniques from the Taoist Sects, and the last time I made the Taoist and Mysterious Sect cultivation techniques public, it should establish some good karma and garner some seeds amongst the over nine million people there."
Qin Huai’an nodded, "That’s right. From what you say, the vast majority in the Hidden Sect World are grateful to the Taoist Sects. As long as matters regarding the Taoist Sect are not kept hidden anymore, gradually the influence of the Taoist Sects will grow."
Yang Fei said, "Logically, yes. Oh grandfather, I’ve come out this time because there is something important to discuss with you."
"What is it?" Qin Huai’an asked.
"The existence of the Hidden Sect Plane World might be uncertain, but the Hidden Sect World has already decided to fully integrate into society. Regarding their integration, they’ve made some demands on how the two worlds should interact, and they hope Divine Continent can offer a satisfactory plan. Grandfather, we now must provide them with a plan that will satisfy them so that we can gain their support and bring an end to this fragmentation of Divine Continent as soon as possible," Yang Fei urged earnestly.
Qin Huai’an nodded gravely, then suddenly remembered something, "Oh, there’s something I forgot to tell you. The night you entered the Hidden Sect, Ning Shucheng from the Ning Family made a surprise move, capturing all the members of the Chu Family and handed them over to us. That same night, forces from various factions in Imperial City took action and gained control over Imperial City. Shortly after, the Military Department swiftly took control of the Central Battle Zone, and then the Ning Family also announced that the East Combat Zone had rejoined us. In the past few days, Divine Continent has been restored to unity."
"What?"
"Really?"
"Is that even possible?"
Yang Fei, Xu Jian, and Wang Lei were all stunned, each showing different reactions.
In just a few days, such significant events had occurred?
First, the internal strife within the Hidden Sect was resolved, and now the secular division of Divine Continent was perfectly solved?
Such swift changes were unbelievable!
Although it was incredible news, listening to it still made the three feel somewhat unaccustomed, as if they were hearing a tale.
Deep inside, Yang Fei even felt a faint sense of loss.
He had thought that by leveraging his own and his master Huang Chengcheng’s familiar faces in the Hidden Sect, he could convince the Hidden Sect forces to support Qin Yanyang and hasten the unification of Divine Continent.
In doing so, Qin Yanyang would be grateful to him, potentially easing her anger and reconciling with him over time.
Now, however, he had merely taken a brief trip to the Hidden Sect, and by the time he emerged, the Qin Family had already achieved absolute victory, accomplishing unity within a few days. These past few days, major reforms had been undertaken across various departments, completely transforming the face of Divine Continent.
One could say that Divine Continent had truly entered the era of the Qin Family.
But then, Yang Fei’s heart tightened again.
Given Qin Yanyang’s temperament, could she still negotiate well with the Hidden Sect?
Could the significant integration of the Hidden Sect into society still proceed smoothly?