Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16257

Chapter 16255: Annihilation of the Entire Family

Families The heads of all the powerful families looked at Wan Hai. Wan Hai glanced at them and then said, “His Majesty has only made one request: the number of officials from our families in the court cannot exceed one-third of the total number of officials. That’s all.”

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned at first, then fell silent. To be honest, was this condition excessive? It didn’t seem excessive, but it also seemed somewhat excessive. Previously, their families accounted for about 70% of the officials in the court, exceeding two-thirds. Now, it was as if more than half of them had been cut off. Their losses were enormous.

Wan Hai continued, “His Majesty also said that he won’t touch the positions of the city lords. They will remain the same as before, so everyone can rest assured. Furthermore, His Majesty also said that they are essentially aristocratic families, and he told us not to treat them as enemies. Because our aristocratic families have a common enemy: the sects. If the sects truly seize power and suppress our aristocratic families, then none of us will have an easy time. So, as long as we don’t go too far in the future, he won’t touch us.”

Hearing Wan Hai’s words, the crowd was somewhat surprised. Then, one of the family heads glanced at Wan Hai and said, “Alright, we agree to the conditions His Majesty has offered. But with so many people suddenly being cut down, how should those who enter officialdom be distributed?”

Wan Hai said, “Our… ” “Let’s discuss this together and decide. Oh, and there’s one more thing I need to tell you all, about the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. His Majesty said that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect won’t give up their conflict with us; they will continue to attack us. But His Majesty will no longer interfere in this matter. If the Myriad Laws Divine Sect attacks us, we can attack them in return, even annihilating them is fine. He won’t concern himself with this anymore. What are your thoughts on this?”

Upon hearing what Wanfa said, the members of those aristocratic families all revealed murderous intent in their eyes. They already knew that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had helped Gongliang Juewen a lot when he dealt with them this time, so Gongliang Juewen couldn’t possibly refuse if the Myriad Laws Divine Sect wanted to deal with them. Gongliang Juewen’s promise not to interfere in this matter was already the biggest concession he could make.

One of the family heads snorted coldly, “Do the people of the Myriad Laws Divine Sect think they’re strong enough to deal with us? They have no idea how strong we are! If it weren’t for His Majesty’s help, what are they? We could have dealt with them long ago. Now that His Majesty says he won’t interfere, that’s perfect, we can wipe them out.”

Wan Hai said in a deep voice, “That’s what I mean too. Let’s deal with the Myriad Laws Divine Sect first, and then we’ll talk about other things.”

Everyone nodded, and Wan Hai continued, “Alright, if everyone agrees, let’s discuss how many people each family will send to the court to serve as officials. In any case, our conflict with His Majesty is resolved. As for the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, we just need to prepare to deal with them.”

Everyone nodded, and then they began to discuss who would return to the court to serve as officials. They needed to carefully select them.

Furthermore, there was a reason why they accepted Gongliang Juewen’s condition that the number of aristocratic families among the officials in the court could not exceed one-third of the total number of officials. They felt that this condition was not significant. Previously, the number of aristocratic family members among the officials in the court was less than one-third, perhaps even less. After years of infiltration, they still managed to get aristocratic family members to account for 70% of the officials in the court. They could do the same in the future, allowing the number of aristocratic family members among the officials in the court to gradually recover. Therefore, they easily accepted Gongliang Juewen’s condition.

As for the Myriad Laws Divine Sect, they really didn’t take it seriously. Although the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had caused them some losses recently, in their view, the main force behind this attack was still Gongliang Juewen. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect had only helped a little. Now, the Myriad Laws Divine Sect had no territory or many disciples in the Divine Kingdom, making it too easy to deal with them.

Because they had considered all this, they truly didn’t take the Myriad Laws Divine Sect seriously. Their biggest desire now was to put an end to their conflict with Gongliang Juewen. Therefore, they easily accepted this reality. As for the annihilated Gongsun family, who cared? They were all dead. And the members of the five great families—they didn’t care either. The five great families were reduced to a mere handful of people; they were long gone and had no right to participate in such a meeting.

Meanwhile, Gongliang Juewen directly sent a letter to Qingxuan, informing him that the five city lord positions had been returned to the Wan family, and they no longer needed to send anyone.

When Qingxuan saw Gongliang Juewen’s notification, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and sighed. Such a good opportunity had been presented to them, but they hesitated, afraid of offending those powerful families, so they hadn’t sent anyone to take over those five cities. Now, the opportunity was gone; they would never have another chance to take over those five cities. It was such a pity. Qingxuan immediately informed the sect leaders of the other sects of the news. The sect leaders also felt it was a pity, but there was nothing they could do.

The next day, the representatives chosen by each aristocratic family returned to the court, and the conflict between the aristocratic families and the royal family was considered over. Peace was restored to the Divine Kingdom once again.

However, this peace was quickly shattered when another aristocratic family was wiped out. This time, it was a small family that had previously joined the five major families in attacking the Myriad Laws Divine Sect.

The annihilation of a small family wasn’t a major event in itself; what truly chilled the aristocratic families was that no one knew how it had been destroyed. The entire small family had vanished overnight, completely disappeared without a trace—not a single one remained. This was the most terrifying aspect.

In the city where that small family resided, there were other aristocratic families, many ordinary people, and many independent cultivators, but no one knew how the small family had been killed. No one heard a sound or saw anything unusual; the entire small family had simply disappeared. This was the most terrifying aspect.

If it were just members of that minor aristocratic family who had disappeared, the other families wouldn’t know who was responsible, as it could have been done by a sect or even the royal family. However, although the members of that minor aristocratic family had disappeared, a stone tablet had appeared at their family’s residence, inscribed with only eight large characters: “The Myriad Laws Divine Sect, seeks revenge here.”

These eight characters made it clear to everyone that this minor aristocratic family had been wiped out by the Myriad Laws Divine Sect. As for whether someone impersonated the Myriad Laws Divine Sect to do this, no one would do that, and the Myriad Laws Divine Sect hadn’t denied it either. Therefore, everyone believed that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect was indeed responsible.

But it was precisely because they believed the Myriad Laws Sect was responsible that they were so astonished. They truly hadn’t expected the Myriad Laws Sect to possess such power. They had actually managed to wipe out an entire aristocratic family silently. Although it was only a small family, this was only relative. Compared to the major aristocratic families, they were small, but they still had kingdom-level experts. They weren’t like those small families that needed to rely on other families for survival. They could even be city lords in that city. They were a small family among the major aristocratic families. For such a family to be wiped out so easily, without any warning, was what truly shocked the other aristocratic families.

Those families knew the Myriad Laws Sect used magic arrays, especially the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, which was their signature array. However, besides the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, the Myriad Laws Sect hadn’t used any other arrays, so they had always assumed that the Myriad Laws Sect only knew how to use the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array.

The annihilation of this minor clan this time made other clans suspect that the Myriad Laws Divine Sect might have used other magical formations. Otherwise, how could they have wiped out the minor clan so silently?

They sent people to investigate the minor clan’s residence and found that there were almost no signs of aggression. Most importantly, there were no signs of poison. It should be noted that among all traces, traces of poison are actually the easiest to find. If you use a poison like a sleeping potion, such a poison will more or less leave residue on the building. Ordinary people might not be able to detect it, but for cultivators, it is not difficult to find such poisons. If it is a poison that can kill a person directly, it is usually put in water or food. However, not all members of a clan eat or drink. You should know that they are cultivators and have things like fasting pills. Moreover, whether it is put in food or water, it will leave traces, and the traces will be very obvious and can be found with a simple investigation.

However, there was no trace of poison at the small family’s stronghold. No signs of poisoning, no signs of v*olence; the small family’s defensive array was completely intact. Yet, all the members of that small family had vanished, as if they had simply left their clan. This was the most terrifying aspect. After

careful examination by the major families, they discovered a suspicious detail: around the small family’s location, there were numerous traces of objects placed there. Connecting these points revealed another characteristic: they were almost all on the same horizontal plane. In other words, they were nearly level, with only minor differences. Given the sheer number of these points, the major families immediately thought of one possibility: a magic array. The Myriad Laws Divine Sect had used a magic array against the small family. However, they couldn’t determine what kind of array it was.