Strongest Replication

Chu Zhengxuan, who had entered the main hall, went straight to the seat on the left side of the main hall. After he sat down, he gestured for everyone to sit down as well, and then asked Chu Tianyun.    

"Patriarch, has the three great families's team set off?"    

"I just received news that they are currently holding an oath assembly in the palace's military parade!" Chu Zhongtian replied respectfully.    

"It must be Qi Yalong's trick. What's the use of him doing this?" Chu Zhengxuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard that three great families was holding an oath ceremony.    

After that, Chu Zhengxuan asked, "How's the preparation of the Chu Family going?"    

"All the people above the Qi Refining Stage Intermediate, as well as the Qi Refining Stage warriors from the subsidiary powers are gathered at the first line of defense. The remaining women, children, ordinary family members, and alchemists are left in the family." As the commander of this battle, Chu Tianyun knew the situation like the back of his hand. He didn't even need to recall to answer Chu Zhengxuan's question.    

However, after Chu Tianyun answered the question, he thought for a while. In the end, he still continued, "Third Uncle, through Third Elder and Eighth Elder's strict monitoring and the last statistics. In the face of this crisis, almost sixty percent of the subordinate forces had already rebelled. Thirteen members of the branch families quietly withdrew from the family three days ago."    

"Very good!" Chu Zhengxuan was not angry at Chu Tianyun's report. Instead, he showed a satisfied smile on his face, which confused Chu Tianyun.    

"I wonder if anyone in our direct line of descent chose to betray us or escape on their own?" Chu Zhengxuan, who had a smile on his face, asked.    

Chu Tianyun thought about it for a while and finally nodded. He said, "Ninth Elder's group left the family station last night. As for their specific whereabouts, I don't know for the time being."    

"Besides that, did anyone choose to defect or escape?" Even if it was a direct descendant who fled, Chu Zhengxuan did not get angry. Instead, he continued to ask.    

"There's no one else. Those who are able to stay and fight are basically loyal to their families." Chu Tianyun heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Chu Zhengxuan wasn't angry or sad.    

Chu Tianyun could accept the betrayal and escape of the subsidiary powers and branch families of Chu Family. After all, those people didn't have a deep understanding of their families. They weren't able to get enough help from their families, so it was normal for them to betray and flee.    

However, Chu Tianyun couldn't accept the fact that Ninth Elder, the direct descendant of the family, had escaped with his entire family. Ninth Elder was the elder in charge of the family's intelligence, although he was ranked ninth in the elder of the inner sect. But his real power is in fourth place. Furthermore, the Chu Family had always taken good care of Ninth Elder and his family.    

"Not bad. I thought that there would be more people who would choose to betray their family when faced with the siege of the three great families. There was only one branch of the ___, thirteen branches, and the people of the sixth floor who chose to betray their family. Your performance has made me feel gratified." Chu Zhengxuan stood up and faced the inner clan and outer clan elder in the hall. He nodded his head in satisfaction.    

After that, Chu Zhengxuan continued, "You may know this, but not long ago, the brightest pearl of our Chu Family, Chu Zhongtian... When he returned to the sect and faced the threat of extinction... He told me..."    

"The alliance of the three great families might be a crisis of extinction for the Chu Family, but at the same time, it is also a chance for us to be reborn from the ashes. It is also a chance for us to get rid of the traitor in our family."    

" Tian said that when our family is facing a crisis, those people who chose to betray and flee... They were greedy by nature. They would take whatever benefits they saw. They were timid people who would hide when they saw a disaster. Such a clan member will definitely become a vermin that the clan will find hard to get rid of in the future."    

"Tian said that in the face of a crisis that could potentially wipe out the entire clan, those who could choose to fight side by side with the clan, regardless of their own safety, would definitely become the pillars of the clan in the future. They would be the most loyal clan members and companions of the clan."    

"So, I have decided to wait until we get through this crisis. Those who participated in the battle and survived will obtain astonishing cultivation resources. Not only will all subsidiary powers obtain abundant cultivation resources, they'll also obtain even more territory"    

Although Chu Zhengxuan's words had stirred up the blood of all the elders present, they considered the cruel battle that would follow, and their blood, which had yet to boil, instantly cooled down to a freezing point.    

Chu Zhengxuan did not care about the low-spirited reactions of his clansmen and the subsidiary elders.    

This was because Chu Zhongtian had once told him that the ones who would truly decide the outcome of this battle were not these Body Refining Stage elders, but him, a peak Essence Gathering Stage expert and Chu Zhongtian, who was about to break through to the Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Period.    

"I am the Hu Yi, I request an audience with the patriarch!" Just as everyone was in a low state of mind, the voice of the captain of the team, Hu Yi, came from outside the hall.    

"Come in!" Chu Tianyun, who had returned to his throne, said.    

"I pay my respects to patriarch and Patriarch!" The Hu Yi only greeted Chu Tianyun and Chu Zhengxuan when he entered the Meeting Hall, but he ignored the other elders.    

Regarding this, none of the elders present had any objections. This was because the Dark Tiger was an elite team secretly nurtured by the Chu Family. They only accepted orders from the patriarch and Chu Zhengxuan.    

"Hu Yi, how's the situation?" Chu Tianyun asked.    

"In reply to patriarch, the thousands of warriors from three great families and tens of thousands of warriors from the dozens of major powers in Lu City have officially set off for the family's first line of defense." The Hu Yi replied with some excitement.    

"If that's the case, let's go and meet the enemy together!" When Chu Tianyun heard that the three great families had started fighting, he immediately stood up and ordered the people in the hall.    

"Third Uncle, patriarch, Tian isn't here yet?" Just as everyone was about to leave the hall and fight the three great families, Chu Fann suddenly said.    

Chu Fann, who was in charge of allocating the war resources and arranging the first line of defense, knew very well that the main force of this war was Chu Zhengxuan and Chu Zhongtian.    

At this moment, Chu Zhongtian's absence had made Chu Fann somewhat worried.    

"Tian is currently at the breakthrough point. No one should disturb him. After he breaks through to the Stage, he will go straight to the first defense line." Although Chu Zhengxuan spoke with a calm attitude, his tone was firm and unquestionable.    

Before coming to Meeting Hall, Chu Zhengxuan had made a special trip to Jingya Pavilion. Although the guards of Jingya Pavilion were loyal to their duty, when faced with the true leader of Chu Family, he didn't dare to forcefully stop them and allowed them to come to the secret chamber.    

Although he couldn't use the divine sense after breaking through to the Essence Gathering Stage, he could sense an unusually strong aura slowly rising in the secret chamber through his sensitive senses. He immediately knew that Chu Zhongtian was at the critical moment of his breakthrough, so he reminded Chief Guard. Apart from him, no one, including the patriarch, was allowed to enter the Jingya Pavilion.