101: Pre-war plans

“This tree is called the Five-Needle Pine. Take good care of it. Every now and then, provide it with precious materials like Five Elements Origin Crystals for it to absorb. You must take good care of it, as this concerns the Family’s great plan!” Xu Qing said with a solemn expression.

Qian Duoduo immediately became serious upon hearing this. “Young Lord, rest assured! I will take good care of it!”

Xu Qing nodded, gave him another instruction, and then left the Imperial Garden.

【Ding! Detecting that a Prodigy from the Prodigy Grand Competition has been assassinated. Please, Host, quickly move to annihilate the Thirteen Sects to deter the Hundred Domains Land.】

There was also a prompt from the System in the System message, indicating that the annihilation of the Thirteen Sects could only be brought forward.

“I wonder how things are going on Deng Changyun’s side?” Xu Qing frowned.

Afterward, his Divine Sense looked towards the Heavenly Weapon Hall. In a few months, the Heavenly Weapon Hall had already forged a hundred Profound Venerable-grade warships.

Each warship was equipped with twenty Origin Crystal Cannons. The power of each cannon was enough to kill a Profound Venerable expert. With twenty cannons firing in unison, even a Heavenly Venerable would have to give way by a third. It was also equipped with over a hundred God-Slaying Crossbows capable of harming Profound Venerables.

With such Sharp Weapons of war in hand, the Star Guardian’s combat power would be greatly increased.

Thinking of this, Xu Qing sent a message to Seven Kill Peak. Hai Dagui immediately went to the Heavenly Weapon Hall to collect the warships.

In the following days, Seven Kill Peak echoed with battle cries. Warships, each a hundred zhang in size, maneuvered back and forth in the sky, practicing according to a certain battle formation.

Time passed bit by bit. On this day, Xu Qing, who was in seclusion, opened his eyes.

A moment later, powerful figures poured into the main hall, and soon about a hundred people had gathered.

Among these people were the Lords of the Eight Halls and Six Lineages, led by Xu Ming, Divine Venerables like Wang Changfeng from the Profound Yellow Pavilion, the Seven Kill Lineage under Hai Dagui, and also Qian Duoduo.

In total, there were ten Divine Venerables, twenty-one Heavenly Venerables, and even more Profound Venerables, over fifty of them. Of course, this was not the entire Xu Family, but rather everyone eligible to participate in this meeting.

“We pay our respects, Young Lord!”

Everyone shouted in unison!

“Everyone, I trust you all remember the Prodigy attack incident from a few days ago!” Xu Qing asked.

Wang Changfeng stepped forward and said, “Young Lord, this matter was carried out by forces from the Hundred Domains Land. We were just thinking of teaching them a lesson!”

“That’s perfect! The reason I called you all here is for this very matter! I want to attack the Thirteen Sects and take down the Thirteen Great Domains in one fell swoop. In this battle, I want the forces of the Hundred Domains Land to know the might of my Xu Family!”

“All Halls and Lineages must cooperate with the Star Guardian’s actions. The first battle must be to annihilate several Sects with lightning speed before the various forces can react. Otherwise, once the Thirteen Sects react, our clan will easily fall into a protracted battle if we then try to annihilate them.” Xu Qing said with a serious expression.

The Thirteen Sects, when considered as a single Sect or a few Sects, were certainly no match for the Xu Family. However, once united, this force would be massive, because the Quan Family alone had eleven Divine Venerables, and the Fire Underworld Sect and Shenyi Sect together had no less than six Divine Venerables.

The entire Thirteen Sects combined had over thirty-five Divine Venerables and over three hundred Heavenly Venerables. If they were to fall into a protracted battle, Xu Qing feared that the forces he had previously annihilated would also join in.

Therefore, he would pay full attention to this battle. Once it devolved into a protracted fight, he would make a forceful move.

“Young Lord, I will coordinate all logistics! But wouldn’t simultaneously attacking the Thirteen Sects be a bit too rash?” Xu Ming frowned.

The other high-ranking members of the Xu Family also shared this thought.

“No need to worry, I have my own methods!” Xu Qing said.

Now that his Eight Nine Arcane Art had reached Second Revolution Perfection, comparable to an Elementary Imperial Weapon, not to mention that Xu Qing’s cultivation was only at the Early Stage of Divine Venerable, he dared to claim invincibility in the Hundred Domains Land.

Because in the Hundred Domains Land, not a single Divine Venerable was a Martial Artist of the Ten Great Supreme Dao. Wasn’t his confrontation with these people a dimensionality reduction attack?

“Since the Young Lord says so, then all logistics will be handed over to me!” Xu Ming immediately took charge.

Xu Qing nodded, “With Third Grandpa here, I am at ease!”

“Master, who will participate in this battle?” Yun Qian asked with anticipation.

“Naturally, you will!” Xu Qing smiled, “The location of the Thirteen Sects is the center of the Hundred Domains Land. The very core of it is the Guquan Great Territory, where the Quan Family resides. We can make this our final point of attack!”

“The primary targets to cut off are the God Realm Domain in the east and west, and the Starsea Domain. These two Great Domains border other Great Domains. Once these two Great Domains are controlled, we can then use them to block outsiders from other Great Domains!”

“Yun Qian, you will be the vanguard. Go and annihilate the Hall of the Gods for me. The only trouble with the Hall of the Gods is their Old Ancestor, but he is certainly no match for you!”

“Master, rest assured, with merely three Divine Venerables, Yun Qian will not disappoint you!” Yun Qian was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly accepted the task.

The Yao Race is warlike, and even the Heavenly Dragon Race is no exception.

Although Yun Qian had not displayed his strength, there should be no opponent for him in the entire Hundred Domains Land. Even a Half-Step Emperor would be no match for him; his true opponents were Emperors.

Xu Qing nodded and looked at Xu Ming, “Third Grandpa, once the God Realm Domain falls into our hands, you will personally go to guard it and dispatch clansmen to clear out the remnants of the Hall of the Gods. This can be issued as a Karma Hall mission!”

“Yes, Young Lord!” Xu Ming cupped his fists.

“As for the Starsea Domain, its controller is the Fallen Star Divine Sect, but it’s only a Late Stage Divine Venerable. The only trouble is the other four forces in the Starsea Domain. The Profound Yellow Pavilion will make a move to annihilate the Fallen Star Divine Sect. If the other four Sects dare to intervene, just annihilate them all!”

“Yes, Young Lord!” Wang Changfeng accepted the order.

Xu Qing then looked at the Seven Kill Lineage, “Hai Dagui, you will lead one-third of the Star Guardian to the Heavenly Rock Great Domain to annihilate the Heavenly Saint Gate and the Earth Rock Divine Sect; Zhu Haibo, you will lead one-third of the Star Guardian to the Wenlan Great Domain to annihilate the Wenlan Divine Sect and the Blood Sea Divine Sect.”

“Zhu Yuan, you will lead the remaining Star Guardian to the Tianxing Great Domain to annihilate the Shattered Star Divine Valley. I will have the Shadow Guards assist you!”

“Yes, Young Lord!”

The three cupped their fists and accepted the order.

“In this way, of the fourteen Great Domains under the Thirteen Sects, six will fall into our Sect’s hands. Once the Heavenly Rock, Wenlan, and Tianxing Great Domains are annihilated, the Star Guardian will merge into one force, directly targeting the Tiangang Great Territory to annihilate the Tiangang Divine Sect and the Black River Divine Sect. And Yun Qian, along with Wang Xuanming and Wang Changfeng, will lead a portion of the clan’s experts directly to the Tiansha Hall!”

At these words, Xu Ming frowned again.

“Young Lord, the Quan Family will not give us a chance. By then, the three Families will probably send troops from the six Great Domains. At that time, our forces will be too dispersed and easily wiped out!”

Xu Liang also said, “That’s right! Young Lord, why not use the Tiangang Sect as the battlefield to tie down the strength of the remaining six Families!”

Other high-ranking Family members also seconded the motion.

“Second Uncle’s idea isn’t without reason, but that’s based on the assumption that our enemies are only the Thirteen Families. Unfortunately, this time we’ve offended quite a few people. Once a few Families feel the pressure, they might seek outside help.”

“Dividing our forces now will inevitably disperse their forces. At the same time, the number of experts in each of our clan’s routes is not large, and with the need to hold positions, the number of experts they send out will certainly not be large. At that time, we will set up ambushes along the way, causing heavy losses to the Three Sects and reducing our own pressure.”

Xu Qing gave his explanation.

“Ambush?” Xu Ming was stunned, “Young Lord, where do we still have hidden troops? Heavenly Venerable-level experts are easy to talk about, but we don’t have many Divine Venerables.”

“Those who set ambushes value quality over quantity!” Xu Qing revealed a slight smile, “It will be enough for my little brother and me to make a move. Moreover, I am not worried at all about Yun Qian’s route. By then, I might even be able to visit the territories of the Three Families!”

Everyone was immediately overjoyed upon hearing this.

Although Xu Qing had just broken through, everyone who had witnessed Xu Qing’s methods knew that Xu Qing’s strength was terrifying.

And Xu Yuan was not bad either. For nearly half a year, he had been staying in the Family’s Combat Power Tower. That Combat Power Tower had combat records, and he had already killed over sixty Divine Venerables, including one Peerless Divine Venerable and nine Top-tier Divine Venerables.

His displayed combat power had already surpassed over ninety percent of the Divine Venerables in the Hundred Domains Land.