Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16242

Chapter 16240. Decision

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen’s words, Qingxuan was taken aback. He then gave Gongliang Juewen a deep look before saying in a low voice, “Your Majesty wants to deal with us and those aristocratic families together? Aren’t you afraid of causing chaos in the world?”

Gongliang Juewen snorted coldly, “Chaos in the world? Do you think I should bow down to you just to prevent chaos? You overestimate yourselves. Do you really think you can cause chaos in the world? It doesn’t matter. Even if chaos does break out, I can conquer this land bit by bit.”

Qingxuan’s eyes narrowed. He gave Gongliang Juewen a deep look before saying, “Your Majesty just wants us to do nothing? Does that mean Your Majesty’s previous order not to allow anyone to join a sect is invalid?”

Gongliang Juewen snorted coldly, “Similar orders have never been issued before… ” “What? And what was the result? Have you heard about it?”

Qingxuan was taken aback when he heard Gongliang Juewen say this. Then he remembered that, as Gongliang Juewen said, there had been an order from the Divine Kingdom that ordinary people were not allowed to join sects at will. However, no one had ever listened to it. Although this order was somewhat strict, in the past, if they wanted to recruit someone into a sect, they would usually bring their entire family to the sect to take care of them. This was partly to relieve the disciples of their worries and partly to gain more people. So, although Gongliang Juewen’s order sounded very strict, there were many similar orders that they had never followed. Therefore, it was hard to say how much binding force this order would have on them.

Gongliang Juewen continued, “What I’ve always wanted is actually very simple: no one can threaten the Gongliang family. Before that, I can make some concessions, allowing the aristocratic families to develop and your sects to grow stronger. But once you cross that red line, I will attack you. Whoever crosses that red line, I will attack. Previously, your sects crossed that red line, so I attacked you. Now that the aristocratic families have crossed it, I will attack them. If you think that by uniting you you can…” “If you dare threaten me, you’re mistaken. I will not bow down. I’ve made myself clear. The choice is yours. You can go back now. In a while, I will take action against those aristocratic families. What you do then is up to you. You can leave now.”

Upon hearing Gongliang Juewen’s words, Qingxuan was taken aback. He then gave Gongliang Juewen a deep look, stood up, bowed to him, and said, “This humble subject takes his leave.” After saying that, he left the room and took the teleportation array back to Tianxuan Sect.

As soon as he returned to Tianxuan Sect, he immediately sent letters to the other major sects. The sect leaders of the major sects also rushed to Tianxuan Sect immediately. They all knew very well that Qingxuan must have something important to discuss with them at this time, so they came immediately.

After the sect leaders of all the sects arrived, Qingxuan looked at everyone and said directly, “Today, I had originally planned with Gongsun Xing to deal with the royal family together. This time, His Majesty not only dismissed Gongsun Xing from his position as prime minister, but also expelled 30% of the aristocratic family disciples from the court. Furthermore, he issued an order that people from the Divine Kingdom are forbidden from joining any sect, with the penalty of extermination of their entire family and collective punishment. Therefore, Gongsun Xing planned to join forces with us to deal with His Majesty and force him to submit.”

Everyone nodded; they knew this. Xuan looked at everyone and continued, “But just now, His Majesty summoned me again. He openly told me that this time he’s targeting those aristocratic families because they’ve crossed a line and started threatening the Gongliang family. Therefore, he must deal with them. If we do nothing during His Majesty’s crackdown on the aristocratic families—if we don’t help them or cause trouble—His Majesty will allow disciples from our various sects to re-enter the court. What do you think about this?”

Upon hearing Xuan’s words, the sect leaders… Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they immediately began to discuss. After a while, one sect leader spoke up, “I don’t think His Majesty’s words can be trusted. His Majesty is just trying to appease us

so he can defeat us one by one.” Many sect leaders nodded in agreement, but another sect leader said, “I don’t think so. We didn’t actually need to participate in this matter. It was those aristocratic families who came to us, so we participated. Those aristocratic families seem to have gotten a bit arrogant. They benefited the most from dealing with the Creation God Sect last time. They probably think they can challenge His Majesty now, which is why they want to deal with the Myriad Laws God Sect. To be honest, this is indeed a test for His Majesty, but even if His Majesty backs down, those aristocratic families will still benefit the most. They are in the city and have better control over those cities. The only benefit we get is that we won’t be suppressed by His Majesty anymore. Compared to them, that’s far less.”

Qingxuan then spoke up, saying in a deep voice, “His Majesty told me that he absolutely will not…” He lowered his head, already prepared for a full-scale war. “If we don’t participate in this, His Majesty will only target the aristocratic families, and will allow our disciples to rejoin the court. Because the deaths of members of those families will create many vacancies, His Majesty needs people. If we participate, he will wage war against us.” These were His Majesty’s exact words.

The sect leaders fell silent. After a long while, one sect leader spoke up: “If His Majesty is truly prepared for a full-scale war, then we cannot participate this time. Frankly, what benefit would participating bring us? Even if we defeat His Majesty, what would happen? Could our sects become emperors? If not, wouldn’t that ultimately benefit the aristocratic families? And if someone from one of those families becomes emperor, wouldn’t they suppress us afterwards? Rather than being suppressed by the new emperor, we’d rather maintain the status quo. If our disciples could rejoin the court, that would be better for our future…” “This development is also very beneficial.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they all nodded. Qingxuan then spoke up, “To be honest, what we promised those aristocratic families this time won’t have a significant impact on the overall situation. What we promised them was to move some people from outside the city to our various sects. Think about it, what impact does this have on the overall situation? If we hadn’t received His Majesty’s promise before, we would have done it, but if we do it now, it’s a bit of a loss. We only gain some people, but we also offend His Majesty and lose the opportunity to let the disciples of various sects re-enter the court. We clearly only did something that doesn’t have a significant impact on the overall situation, but we offended His Majesty and lost a benefit. For us, it is indeed a loss. But if we really do nothing, it’s equivalent to offending those aristocratic families. Our relationship with those families in the future will probably not be good, and it will be unlikely that we can cooperate like this again.”

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with not cooperating with those powerful families. What benefits have we gained from cooperating with them? The experts of the Myriad Laws Sect are still around, and they will definitely retaliate against us later. It will also be difficult for us to hold onto the properties in the city that we have acquired. Even if we hold onto them now, have you all thought about what we will do if those powerful families want our properties in the city in the future? Their foundation is in the city, while our foundation is not in the city. It will be much easier for them to acquire those properties in the city than for us. In the end, we might end up losing both our assets and our resources.”

“His Majesty told me he’s giving us a chance. He’ll be taking action against those powerful families in a few days. It’ll be up to us then. If we do nothing, his promise will stand. If we act, he’ll deal with us too. So, there’s no need to make a decision immediately. Go back and discuss it with your subordinates before making a decision.”

“Sect Master Qingxuan, I don’t need to discuss it with anyone else. We won’t participate this time. If you insist on participating, we won’t send troops. I hope you understand.” The speaker was a sect master from a major sect. His words immediately silenced the room. They were an alliance, and normally they acted together. If they stopped acting together because of this, their alliance would slowly fall apart, which was not a good thing.

Master Qingxuan glanced at the sect leader, then looked at the others before speaking: “Our sects have been suppressed by His Majesty for a long time, which has made us more united. We have always acted together. Even if we don’t participate in this matter, it won’t have a significant impact on the overall situation. Are we really going to stop acting together for such a small matter? Everyone, the reason we are strong, the reason why His Majesty and the aristocratic families are wary of us, is primarily because of our unity. Once we are not united, we are finished. We might end up as a piece of meat in the mouths of the royal family and those aristocratic families. His Majesty is determined to fight this matter to the end, but those aristocratic families are not yet determined. And everyone should remember that those aristocratic families are also an alliance, and an alliance even looser than our sect alliance. If they are truly facing His Majesty’s pressure, will some of them betray us? Will some of them surrender to His Majesty? These are all things we must consider. Therefore, I also think that we should not participate in this matter. What do you think?”