Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16255

Chapter 16253 Reflection

“Everyone, regarding His Majesty’s reasons for annihilating the five great families and the Gongsun family, I think you all already know some of the information. What are your thoughts on this matter?” Wan Hai sat there, quietly observing everyone, his expression grim.

They had initially thought they would be the ones attacked yesterday, but to their utter surprise, it was the other four families who were attacked. This astonished everyone, and they hadn’t expected Gongliang Juewen to act this way. Wan Hai’s grim expression stemmed from the fact that the four great families were wiped out while coming to their aid; in a sense, he also bore some responsibility, hence his dark expression. The

other families also looked uneasy, but no one spoke. Wan Hai observed them without saying a word; he knew they didn’t know what to say either. They were now caught in a dilemma, and frankly, this incident had exposed the biggest weakness of their aristocratic alliance.

The aristocratic alliance is powerful; if the strength of all the aristocratic families were combined, their power would be formidable. However, as an alliance, even if each family summoned its members back to their clans and concentrated their strength as much as possible, they would still be individual families. They could only concentrate the strength of their own families; they couldn’t gather all their forces together unless they rebelled, in which case they could form a large army to attack the Gongliang family. But even if they did that, their families would still be vulnerable. If the Gongliang family took advantage of their army’s attack on the Gongliang family to send people to attack the ancestral homes of the other aristocratic families, they would still be in great danger. Therefore, although their alliance appears powerful and strong, their forces are too scattered, and they are at risk of being defeated one by one when facing an enemy.

But they currently have no way to change this, which is why Wan Hai’s expression is so grim. He believes that the other families are also helpless, which is why they remain silent.

After a long while, a family head finally spoke up: “Everyone, I remember our initial goal was simply to test whether the royal family’s ancestor was still alive, right? And the method was quite simple: to see how the royal family would react to us. Would they attack us directly without hesitation, or would they tolerate our actions? Obviously, this time they attacked us directly and even destroyed the Gongsun family and the five great families. It seems we have achieved our initial goal, haven’t we?” As

soon as he said this, everyone was stunned. Then they all looked at the family head, realizing they had forgotten about this matter.

The family head glanced at everyone and then spoke, “At first, we seemed to say that we would test the royal family’s reaction. If the royal family’s reaction was very strong, we would accept the loss and let the matter pass as soon as possible. But then it suddenly turned into a confrontation between us and the royal family. This confrontation doesn’t seem to benefit us at all, does it? When we destroyed the Creation God Cult, the situation was clearly very favorable, and we gained the greatest benefit. As long as we properly digested those assets, the strength of each of our families would become stronger. But I don’t know when it started, it seems that our goal suddenly changed and became a confrontation with the royal family. This doesn’t seem to be what we originally intended

, does it?” Everyone nodded again. Only now did they realize that this was indeed their initial thought, leaving them speechless for a moment.

The patriarch spoke again, “The information we received today was clearly released by the royal family. The royal family knows perfectly well that they can’t eliminate all of us. They need us—us, our sects, the royal family, the military, and the Myriad Laws Divine Cult—to form a vast network. The elimination of any party within this network would cause enormous turmoil, potentially breaking the network itself. Once this network breaks, the entire Divine Kingdom will descend into chaos, which would be detrimental to the royal family. Therefore, the royal family won’t truly eliminate all our families. What they perhaps want is a way out, a gesture from us. So, they’ve proactively offered us a way out. If we accept this, won’t the matter be resolved? Will the Divine Kingdom return to peace?”

Everyone fell into deep thought once more. None of them spoke; they felt that what the patriarch said… “Yes, that’s certainly how it should be,” the patriarch said, looking at everyone. “Now, I want to ask you all a question: what exactly do you want to achieve by fighting against the royal family? We received many benefits after we destroyed the Creation God Cult, and the royal family treated us very well because we helped them destroy it. But things have turned out this way. Our relationship with the royal family has deteriorated to this point. What exactly do we want to achieve by deteriorating our relationship with the royal family? This is what I’m most curious about. Can we replace the royal family now? After all, the royal family is also a powerful clan. If we destroy the royal family, who will become the new royal family? Have you all thought about this question? And if we fight the royal family to the point of mutual destruction, who will benefit in the end? Don’t forget, the Sect Alliance is watching from the sidelines. Their strength is by no means weak either.”

Everyone fell silent. They began to ponder: what exactly did they hope to achieve by opposing the royal family? To replace the royal family? As the patriarch had said, even if they succeeded, who would be the emperor? Wouldn’t they fight tooth and nail for the throne? Who would benefit in the end? The sect alliance had been watching the spectacle from the sidelines. Even if they seized the throne, what then? Would they still have enough power to oppose the sect alliance? If they couldn’t oppose the sect alliance, could they hold onto their thrones? Even if the sect alliance didn’t overthrow them, could they really control the entire divine kingdom?

Previously, they had been preoccupied with how to confront the royal family. Now that someone had laid out the full implications, they realized they had been doing something meaningless. They hadn’t even figured out their purpose in fighting the royal family, yet they had been constantly at odds. What were

they after? More privileges? In fact, these powerful families could do almost anything they wanted in the cities they controlled, much like local tyrants. The royal family turned a blind eye to this, not suppressing them too much. So what were they after with their current actions? They had already gained everything, yet suddenly they were at odds with the royal family. In the end, they would lose far more than they gained. And all of this stemmed from the greed of the five great families. They wanted to swallow up the territory of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect and destroy it, but their actions were not clean, and they dragged all the other families into the mess. This was what angered them the most.

In that instant, everyone seemed to have suddenly found an outlet for their anger. They suddenly realized that the real culprits were none other than the five great families.

Looking at everyone’s expressions, the patriarch continued, “Now we must think carefully about what we should do next. Should we continue to fight against the royal family, or should we back down? If we continue to fight against the royal family, what will we gain and what will we lose? If we back down, what will we gain and what will we lose? Let’s all think about this carefully.”

Wan Hai actually considered the question following the patriarch’s line of thought. He realized that continuing to fight against the royal family seemed to offer them no benefit; on the contrary, there were many disadvantages. Thinking of this, he immediately said, “I think it’s time to talk to His Majesty. What do you all think?”

Everyone was taken aback, then they all nodded. To be honest, after these days of fighting, they really didn’t want to fight against the royal family anymore. They realized that unless they rebelled, they had no way to directly attack the royal family, while the royal family could attack them under the banner of righteousness, which was the most terrifying thing.

If they don’t want to rebel, they can unite and negotiate with the royal family while their losses are still relatively small. Only in this way can they maximize their interests.

Although the royal family has destroyed several aristocratic families, both they and the royal family are well aware that destroying those families will not have a significant impact on the entire aristocratic alliance. Currently, the aristocratic alliance is not acting recklessly, and everything is still within a controllable range. If the aristocratic alliance is truly provoked, the divine kingdom will definitely descend into chaos. For example, if the aristocratic alliance were to close all the shops in the divine kingdom, chaos would ensue. Many people would not even be able to afford food. There would be nowhere to buy or sell rice, and there would be a severe shortage of daily necessities. Many people might not be able to buy anything they want. At that point, it wouldn’t be the aristocratic families that would cause a rebellion, but the ordinary people. Once the ordinary people rebel, the divine kingdom will truly descend into chaos.

This is precisely what makes aristocratic families so terrifying. They are so closely intertwined with the lives of ordinary people that even if the royal family wanted to deal with them, they would hesitate to act rashly. In the past, when a few aristocratic families were destroyed, other aristocratic families would take over their businesses and industries, so there wouldn’t be too many problems. However, if those aristocratic families really wanted to throw the divine kingdom into chaos, there would be too many ways for them to do so, and the royal family would not be able to bear the consequences.