Chapter 803: Chapter 670: Grandmaster Tang Is Also Bewildered (Super Chapter)
As long as there are enough top-tier puppets for him to dismantle, with his level as a puppet-making grandmaster, cracking them is not a problem.
But Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous still refused, "Taking down the ’Treasure Pavilion’ might be easy, but it would ruin the reputation of our Seven Lustrous Federation. Afterward, which power would dare do business within our federation’s territory?"
"Nevertheless..." the Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous changed his tone, "Finding some reasons to disrupt the ’Treasure Pavilion’s’ business and restrain their development is all too easy. Anyway, on our turf, we can’t tolerate the mere Human Race running wild."
Cabinet Elders from the Seven Lustrous Clans were indignant.
The Human Race’s Tao Sect affected their interests, leaving them without enough cultivation resources, which could cause them to fail to break through to the Holy Tier before their life limit arrives!
— Even if they originally had no chance of breaking through to the Holy Tier.
Some radicals even thought about going to war with the Tao Sect, showing off the muscle of the Seven Lustrous Federation.
Yet there were some rational ones.
Green Lustrous Clan’s Great Cabinet Elder spoke, "It’s unwise to go to war. Look at the Western Cliff Heart Empire’s war with the Eight Kingdoms; Cliff Heart Empire lost three quarters of its land, and even Divine Domain Realm experts have fallen, while the Eight Kingdoms, despite having the upper hand, have also suffered significant losses.
Let’s not forget the Tao Sect has top-tier Divine Domain Realm experts. If we go to war, we all face the risk of falling."
Indeed!
Many Cabinet Elders now realized that the Tao Sect’s high-level combat power was by no means inferior to theirs. As Cabinet Elders with high status and authority, they had no need to contend with the Tao Sect; if they fall, they’d lose everything!
"Fools, they’re already on our backs, how can we pretend not to see!"
An Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan said angrily, "Besides, the Tao Sect reduced the transmission array fees, offending not only our Seven Lustrous Federation but almost all the elite powers on the continent.
For instance, powers like the Cliff Heart Empire, Crystal Stone City-State, and Wenting Valley are currently mired in the vortex of war. But top-tier powers like White City and Green Hill Mountain’s Fox Clan can still afford to take action. We can unite these forces to impose sanctions on the Human Race’s Tao Sect!"
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Green Lustrous Clan, with a green halo, was speechless, only sulking there.
During the Seven Lustrous Federation’s highest meeting, resolutions to leverage against the Tao Sect were passed, numerous orders were issued, and the colossal Seven Lustrous Federation began to gradually move into action.
Watching this scene, an unknown elder of the Red Lustrous Clan had an inexplicable glimmer in his eyes.
...
Tao Calendar, First Year, May.
The Seven Lustrous Federation immediately issued various measures to restrict leaving, not specifically targeting the Human Race, but since the Federation is the top-tier force on the continent, usually it’s outsiders who seek to enter; those leaving, for now, are only the Human Race.
This measure scared off many high-tier Awakeners and Stepping Void Realm experts from the Human Race who wanted to leave.
They didn’t have the ability to slip away right under the Federation’s nose.
The next month,
On the plains north of the Celestine Mountain Range, numerous medium and small powers responded to the measures of the Seven Lustrous Federation.
For a while, the growth rate of Tao City’s population slowed.
First Year, July.
A Human Race tribe located in the Celestine Mountain Range, while migrating to Tao Sect as a whole, was attacked by unknown forces, with only a dozen people surviving.
First Year, August.
The eight branches of ’Treasure Pavilion’ within the Seven Lustrous Federation started withdrawing one by one.
"Hahaha, human cowards!"
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous laughed heartily as he drank Immortal Brew, "It’s a pity the ’Treasure Pavilion’ withdrew too quickly; couldn’t get those top-tier puppets."
He turned to ask his clansmen, "What’s the reaction over at Tao Sect?"
"Elder Yan of the Tao Sect’s Outer Sect is still in seclusion. Our people cannot enter the sect, nor has anyone come out. Except for a few outer sect stewards occasionally going in and out, the whole sect seems sealed off."
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous sneered.
Backing down now? Too late.
"That mixed-race Beastman Clan team has returned, right? Reward each of them ten thousand high-purity source crystals."
"Uh..." The Red Lustrous clansman thought for a moment, "Seems like there’s no news of them yet."
"With the numerous mutant beasts in the Celestine Mountain Range, they might have encountered some Unity Realm mutant beasts. Fine, when they return, let Beast One meet me."
...
The following month, First Year, September.
People from the Red Lustrous Clan rushed into the Great Cabinet Elder’s mansion.
"Master Great Cabinet Elder, there’s news of the Beastman Clan mixed team."
"Oh?"
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous was sipping Immortal Brew, his tone indifferent.
"That team... that team of Beastmen, all, all died!"
The glow of the Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous stopped flickering.
"Is it the elders of the Tao Sect taking action?"
It must be an inner sect elder; the outer sect elder is only at the Unity Realm, while my secretly trained team includes five Beastman, all at the Unity Realm, with Beast One even at the Unity Realm Peak, just a step away from the Divine Domain Realm.
Although it’s speculation, the Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan is almost certain.
The top-tier fighters of the Tao Sect are numerous, but their mid-level combat power seems limited... Those highly gifted Human Race talents need at least a thousand years to mature.
"Uh..." The Red Lustrous Clan member shook his head again.
"It seems... there are several forces in Tao City taking on the ’Extermination of Beast One’ mission, and, and according to my subordinates’ investigation, some of those forces also collaborated with our Seven Lustrous Federation to sanction the Tao Sect."
Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan: "???"
...
First Year, October.
The highest meeting of the Seven Lustrous Federation was held again.
The cabinet elders discussed new strategies and prepared to invite top forces like White City to join the game.
In the same month,
In Seven Lustrous City and other major cities, ’hundreds of Human Race disappearing mysteriously’ incidents occurred one after another.
Dozens of such incidents happened on the same day, and the Seven Lustrous Clans sent Stepping Void Realm individuals to guard the ordinary Human Race, yet they still vanished into thin air before their very eyes.
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan threw a tantrum at the highest meeting, but the Great Cabinet Elder of the Green Lustrous Clan’s attempts at persuasion were in vain.
First Year, November,
The cabinet elders of the Seven Lustrous Clans discovered that the number of incoming strong individuals had drastically decreased recently, and tax revenue in major cities like Seven Lustrous City fell 30%-50% compared to the same period last year.
"Investigate, find out the reason quickly!"
"It must be that Tao Sect has used some strange plots!"
Their investigation focused on the main group, the Stepping Void Realm.
Within just two days, the investigation results were presented before them.
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan quickly scanned them with spiritual power.
[Seven Lustrous City doesn’t have a ’Treasure Pavilion’? Not coming next time.]
[What are these junk puppets being sold in Seven Lustrous City? Is there no shop whose puppet quality can match ’Treasure Pavilion’? It’s making the gifts I send be thought of as inferior goods!]
[Our Clan Leader ran all over the Red Lustrous main city and only managed to buy two Divine Weapons?? (question mark face), and the price was 50% higher than at the ’Treasure Pavilion’...]
[I used to think Seven Lustrous City was one of the most prosperous cities on the continent, but now it seems like a rural backwater without even a ’Treasure Pavilion’ branch!]
[I shouldn’t have thought I could buy ’Treasure Pavilion’ products within the Seven Lustrous Federation, forget it, sell all real estate within the Federation and develop in Tao City instead, otherwise prices might rise there again!]
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan looked bewildered!
Disrupting the business of the Treasure Pavilion, forcing them to withdraw, thus restoring their puppet business... Isn’t this a strategic victory?!
How...
This script is all wrong!
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Green Lustrous Clan’s gaze towards him was full of green light.
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan quickly tried to remedy, "Schemes are fictitious, only strength matters. I’ve already contacted White City and other forces. As long as negotiations succeed, we’ll jointly deal with the Tao Sect, then..."
...
First Year, December,
The Great Cabinet Elders of the Red and Orange Lustrous Clans and other powerful individuals went to White City to meet with the Divine Domain Realm of the White Feather Clan.
On the same day,
With celestial music playing, the Divine Domain Realm of the White Feather Clan descended from Cloud City aboard a Flying Boat.
The Great Cabinet Elder of the Red Lustrous Clan felt the Flying Boat looked familiar, glanced at it...
Isn’t it a product of the ’Treasure Pavilion’!
...
Kowloon Mountain, Tao Sect.
Tang Yu had been in seclusion for a long time, refining ’Source Extraction Crystal’ to enhance his Origin.
The enhancement of the Origin is shared by all Avatars, each Avatar’s Origin growing more substantial, allowing him to condense more Avatars.
When he was about to return to Green Shadow to start the great Avatar manufacturing enterprise...
"What? Most of the real estate in Tao City has been sold? The prices keep going up but can’t stop the enthusiasm of those in Stepping Void Realm and Unity Realm from buying? What on earth is happening?"
At that moment, Grandmaster Tang was a bit confused.