Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  This caused many of the sects who had originally offered their help out of courage and uprightness to be incredibly proud of their wisdom at that time.

  In less than three days, Lovely Land set up hundreds of their branches, and the situation at the entire northern side of the server became stable.

  Including Beijing, practically all the cities fell into Lovely Land's control.

  *****

  Even though Blood Robes and Barren Murderer led tens of thousands of people had arrived at the branches in the south, the failure of the battle in the north caused Class One Hall, Blood Alliance, and the twelve Beijing sects to all suffer great losses to their foundation of strength. All the people in the branches had been paying attention to the entire process of the fight, and their morale was low.

  Over the past few days, the south never launched any large-scale projects. In fact, they even had to put a stop to some of the operations they had to target Wind Assault Tower.

  The battle situation in the north had directly affected the south.

  The subtle change in atmosphere caused the local sects to isolate Class One Hall. In fact, a lot of them secretly contacted Wind Assault Tower.

  Evil Emperor did not show up again.

  The foreign elites Wild Wolves drew from various countries also left the Chinese server. All signs seemed to be hinting that Evil Emperor intended to give up on the Chinese server, or rather, his plan in conquering the Chinese server this time had already failed.

  *****

  "Has Evil Emperor truly left the Chinese server?"

  When One Emperor heard this news at Wandering Know-it-all's mansion in Beijing, even though he had been prepared to hear this news, he still could not help but quirk his eyebrows. He subconsciously put on a serious expression in order to verify the news.

  Wandering Know-it-all smiled. "He has already gone out to sea since yesterday, actually. I originally refused to believe that he would admit to defeat so readily, and I was worried that this was just a way for him to be numb to the threat he posed. That's why I never notified you, but now… I can be certain! Heheh… Congratulations!"

  "I should be the one congratulating you. After the battle at Beijing, all the heroes in the Chinese server know just how terrifying you can get when you descend into madness, even though you're the manifestation of a master scholar."

  When he remembered Wind Chimes' performance yesterday night, One Emperor put on a rare smile. He also saw a hint of embarrassment from Wandering Know-it-all's eyes.

  "Stop shifting the topic. You know what I'm talking about when I congratulated you." Wandering Know-it-all coughed and used the motion of drinking wine to cover up the embarrassment on his face.

  "What?" One Emperor pretended to be dumb.

  "You have always been a solo player. How does it feel to be the vice sect master of Lovely Land over this period of time?"

  "Happy is the one managing the matters at Lovely Land. I'm just a vice sect master in name." One Emperor looked away.

  "You don't say." Wandering Know-it-all could not help but roll his eyes. "An elite like you has always been supposed to be used as a fighter. He can't possibly ask you to use your mind after asking you to use your physical strength. Happy is not that sort of capitalist." When he said this, he stopped talking for a moment. His tone then changed in a very subtle way.

  "I saw the people from Lovely Land calling you vice sect master yesterday, and you answered to it very naturally. By the looks of it, you're enjoying your current status after being in contact with others over this period of time. You're no longer as cold as before. I'm really happy seeing how you changed."

  "...How was I like before?" One Emperor shook his head helplessly.

  "How should I put it?" Wandering Know-it-all thought about this and put on an expression that meant he was recalling what happened. "You're really cold. The first time I came into contact with you, I thought you were a killer. Then, when Phantasmal Shadow, you, and I became familiar with each other because of Wild Wolves, you became more like a human."

  "Thanks for the judgment."

  Wandering Know-it-all smiled frankly. "You're welcome. But you're even more like a human now. This is the first time you're drinking with me, and I have to say, I'm really envious of Happy."

  "Hmm?" One Emperor could detect the underlying meaning in Wandering Know-it-all's voice.

  "We've known each other for a long time, but two of us have never been able to make you appear so much like a human. But how long has Happy appeared? He only contacted you a few times, and now, you're already Lovely Land's vice sect master."

  One Emperor quirked an eyebrow and declined to make any comments for a moment before he said faintly, "He's the first person I admire ever since I entered World of Martial Arts. He's also the only person I acknowledge in terms of strength and now stands above me. Two years ago, he only caught my interest. Now, he's an opponent I want to challenge."

  Wandering Know-it-all nodded in silence.

  He had to admit that Happy's current strength was already incredibly terrifying. This sort of opponent was fatally attractive to One Emperor, who had stood proud and aloof for several years.

  "Speaking of which, this is rather unbelievable. Happy could be said to have lived a legendary life over the few years he was in the game. He climbed to the peak before he sank to the bottom. Now, he rose to power once more, and he's standing at an even taller place than before. The journey and the problems he had to face might be something that no ordinary person could experience."

  One Emperor nodded slowly.

  "Right now, all Wild Wolves have retreated. They might be thinking about giving up on Class One Hall completely. I believe that soon, Lovely Land's branches will fill up the entire Chinese server and will take Class One Hall's place as the largest sect!

  "Speaking of which, Phantasmal Shadow is quite unfortunate in that sense," Wandering Know-it-all said faintly.

  One Emperor subconsciously frowned and continued with the conversation. "In less than a month, Wind Assault Tower was reduced from the strongest sect to a sect that is only slightly stronger than a normal sect. It is, indeed, a highly lamentable fact."

  "This time, Happy is the greatest contributor to us being able to completely get rid of the disaster brought to us by Class One Hall and Wild Wolves. It's only logical that he has everything he currently has."

  When he heard Wandering Know-it-all's seemingly unwitting words, One Emperor turned his head around and cast him a discreet glance before he shook his head and smiled. "I know what you mean. In truth, I was worried about Phantasmal Shadow finding the situation unfair, and Happy had actually taken the initiative to talk to me about this in the past."

  "Oh?" Wandering Know-it-all looked dumbfounded. "He knew that you were interested?"

  "In truth, I'm very curious as to why he seems like he knows everything." One Emperor cast him a profound glance and said, "He said that Lovely Land will only be in charge of helping Wind Assault Tower get rid of the remaining forces of Class One Hall and set up branches in the south of Changjiang. We will not take any part in taking their resources."

  "Why do I feel as if this person is becoming more and more terrifying? He has just defeated Class One Hall, and he has already thought of so many things." Wandering Know-it-all gasped in amazement.

  One Emperor shrugged and had a faint look of resignation on his face. "I've asked him about this before, and he told me that after he became comatose, he thought of many things. He even said that he will definitely come to regret it if he let a problem run away, because it will just mean that he is breeding a calamity in the future."

  Chapter 1110 - Clan Master, Sect Master

  "The battle at the Chinese plains is far from over!"

  After all the former members of Beautiful Robes Faction joined Lovely Land, Happy said something that caused all the higher ups of Lovely Land to become dumbfounded.

  "Sect master, we've been doing quite a lot of things over the past h
alf a month. We already worked together with Wind Assault Tower to destroy all of Class One Hall's branches in the south, and their members have been reduced to less than one hundred thousand people from its original one million. Blood Alliance has crumbled, and it is now made up of only a dozen small sects; it's only gasping for its last breath now. There's no need to even mention the twelve Beijing sects. Wind Assault Tower will definitely not spare these traitors. Those famous elites can't even get out of their cities. I heard that a group of people have chosen to delete their characters and replay the game. Right now, the entire Chinese plains is divided equally between Lovely Land and Wind Assault Tower. Even if Wild Wolves wants to take action, no one will dare to work together with them."

  "That's right." Someone agreed to this among the crowd in the hall.

  "We have Wandering Know-it-all around, and Dream Clouds as well as Blood Robes won't be able to do anything else. The leader of Wild Wolves has lost twice in your hands, and he doesn't have the right to continue remaining arrogant in the Chinese plains, that is, unless Evil Emperor doesn't want to have a good life and continues causing trouble to us."

  Quite a number of Lovely Land members agreed to those words. For a moment, public opinion varied, but all of them agreed on the fact that Lovely Land had currently gained its footing and that Class One Hall and its allied forces only had remnants remaining. It was only a matter of time before they were destroyed. As of current, their most important task was to set up a system, and the revenge fund could be cancelled. They had to set up a sect system that would be effective over time and was stable.

  The cries for Happy to set up a sect system was the loudest.

  The other was the appointment and dismissal of certain people in the sect.

  The hall was as loud as a market right now.

  Ji Feng and One Emperor were the only ones in the crowd who did not say anything.

  The former frowned because he was staring at the unfamiliar faces, and he seemed to be hesitating. He appeared to want to say something, but did not know where to begin.

  One Emperor sat at the seat to the right of the seat of honor. His fingers moved back and forth his longsword, which was placed on the tea table. It seemed like he did not hear the words of the people in the hall at all, and it was as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

  When Happy saw that everyone was acting as if the world was at peace now and they spoke and acted as if they could share the world together with each other now, Happy could not help but frown, and he lamented in his heart. 'There're plenty of elites here, but there aren't many who can see far into the future. It's no wonder why Dream Clouds originally said that Lovely Land is just a bunch of misfits.

  'Even though our combat strength is pretty decent, Lovely Land is still sorely lacking when it comes to harboring the lofty ambition and magnanimity of those who have the world in their hands…'

  Happy could not help but remember the world three years later.

  Mu Clan was an organization where all its members were giants, because aside from having Happy, it also had Silver Wolf, Thunderous Battle, and other people who were both good with fighting and strategizing. These people maintained the clan with everything in their power. Little North and Wind Chimes supported them by the side, and he also had Momo, Ancient Wind, Responsible Hero, Rampaging Dragon, Phoenix Dances, Tea Words, Wandering Know-it-all, Black Rose, and Red Coral helping him.

  Mu Clan had an ample supply of both top-class elites at the front line or its reserve forces at the second line.

  That was why Mu Clan was as sturdy as a cornerstone!

  But as for Lovely Land…

  Happy believed that aside from Ji Feng, One Emperor, and Tea Words, he could not find many others who could provide obvious help to him. After all, he believed that Ji Feng was pretty up to standard, there was no need to even doubt One Emperor's strength, and Tea Words could bring the most accurate and detailed information for Lovely Land because of his relationship with Head Hunters.

  They were like scattered sand!

  Even though Lovely Land currently had more than one million members, even though they had more than four hundred branches in the north, and even though this large organization was already incredibly huge, when Happy compared Lovely Land to Mu Clan, he could clearly see where Lovely Land was lacking, and also where its fatal weakness was.

  Most of Lovely Land's members were solo players or were former members of other sects, such as people who quit Wind Assault Tower, were Ji Feng's former subordinates, or were elites from other sects.

  These people might have shown decent strength in combat, and when they gathered together, they formed a magnificent sight, but the potential they brought about was also incredibly clear. All sorts of good and bad people were mixed together, and they were scattered sand.

  These people might be united when they faced invaders and could direct all their energy at one target, but what about now?

  Happy kept quiet at the seat of honor while he quietly observed the familiar yet unfamiliar faces gathered below him. The wariness and uneasiness in his heart grew stronger.

  He used some tricks when he fought against Dream Clouds.

  Through their headquarters outside the city, he managed to fix every members' combat strength in one place, and he used a very simple method to show their strong offensive side while he also intentionally made Dream Clouds ignore the details of the sect.

  Through a few ingenious machinations, he expanded his advantage, and one of it was by making him and One Emperor personally lead the battle, because he was worried that these people would not be able to perfectly complete their task and reach the effect he expected.

  If it were not for Happy's painstaking arrangements, when they actually engaged each other in battle, this ununited group of people would lose horribly.

  This was the real reason behind why Happy had to quickly stop Lovely Land's crazed expansion speed and force it to stay at the north of Changjiang.

  Happy did indeed have the heart of someone who d.e.s.i.r.ed to become strong, and he did want to expand Lovely Land.

  Mu Clan's success also did not stop Happy from having the thought of completely controlling the Chinese server. Of course, he would do it in a different manner compared to Dream Clouds.

  Hence, Happy did not mind forming more branches when he defeated Class One Hall, and he also did not mind occupying more resource points and even conquering the entire Chinese plains!

  But Lovely Land's swift expansion and lack of a strong foundation caused Happy to feel uneasy.

  To the outsiders, this was a promise Happy made with the Iron Triangle Alliance, and he was taking care of Wind Assault Tower this way.

  But only Happy himself knew that if he did not hurry up and stabilize Lovely Land while it continued expanding and just let it continue growing, there was a high possibility that Lovely Land's next enemy would be Wind Assault Tower! In fact, their next enemy might even be themselves!

  *****

  "Sect master, why don't we make an announcement to get rid of the revenge fund system we spontaneously created? Or we can make it so that the revenge fund will only be given to core Lovely Land members now?"

  After the ground discussed matters for a while, they sent Ji Feng to make a conclusion.

  But Ji Feng's wit and view of the overall situation was much clearer than the others in the hall. Even when he was pushed forward to make a conclusion, he did not immediately make it seem as if he was a meritorious statesman. Instead, he acted cautiously. "Sect master, if you think it's feasible, we can refer to the systems Class One Hall and Wind Assault Tower used and set up a system that is suitable for Lovely Land."

  His mind had wandered for a moment, but now, Happy returned to the present. His gaze gradually gathered on Ji Feng's face.

  Ji Feng said nothing, but while Ji Feng lowered his head in slight uneasiness, Happy waved his hand and announced, "We can cancel the original revenge fund. Vice Sect Master Ji, make
a name list and list out all the core members of Class One Hall. We'll then make a new list for a new revenge fund. Have their bounty set at two million, and the people who can benefit from it is still anyone who kills them."

  Even though he agreed to the group's opinions, Happy's subsequent words also showed his methods in handling the matter, along with how he would not allow others to question his abilities.

  "Sect master, there's also the matter about the appointment of personnel in the branches…"

  Once they settled a huge matter, Ji Feng quickly presented the second problem.

  These problems were all problems that Lovely Land had to solve quickly!

  Before Ji Feng finished speaking, Happy waved his hand to interrupt his words. "We don't have to be in a hurry to appoint personnel to manage the positions.

  "Lovely Land is made of heroes who joined us out of righteous ardor. Every person is very good, but since it has not been long since we joined, we don't know each other too well. If we start appointing these people, it will be unavoidable for us to be careless. That's why, before we appoint anyone, we will need to set up a special elder council. They will be in charge of monitoring and examining all the central members of Lovely Land. Then, we can choose those who are the most suitable to take up the positions."

  Ji Feng's eyes lit up. "Sect master, are you saying that we will first set up an elder council? But what about the name list for the elder council?"

  "Wandering Know-it-all will take up the post and choose them. He will ensure that these people will treat all the Lovely Land members equally, and they will be fair and just."

  "Wandering Know-it-all?" Everyone was shocked by the major news Happy just dumped on them. "Sect master, will Wandering Know-it-all join Lovely Land?"