Once they were done talking about the tunnel, Gu Lin Fang quickly mentioned the massive spirit gathering array at the training grounds.
Earlier when the system mentioned it, he found out that the array only worked with team practice and it was possible that the Xu clan was unaware of this natural resource!.
Due to it being damaged, you can't just sit and meditate for it to work.
According to the explanation of the world system, it's something that you need at least 10 persons to start up and they all have to be doing a set of moves within the natural formation.
Hearing these words from his mouth, everyone in the room became much more energetic.
"Unfortunately, I am not yet aware of what these moves are.
I'll need to perform an in-depth analysis on the array. "Gu Lin Fang lied through his teeth with a thoughtful expression. The set of moves came with the introduction of the array.
This calmed them down before Gu Lin Fang chose to ask, "Gu Bei He, any news on that one?".
Gu Lin Ju and Yu Xing looked at the two Elders.
Feeling uncomfortable, Gu Ji Hung awkwardly tries to explain "he has been quiet after asking about Ji Bei once".
"We told him, that Ji Bei went on a mission outside.
So he shouldn't be a problem." Gu Ji Wan added on the side with a smile.
Gu Lin Fang quietly watched their expressions with a bored face, honestly he was hoping for the boy to cause problems.
At this time, Gu Wei Fan came in and bowed before speaking, "My Lord, an Envoy from the City Lord mansion came visiting and wishes to see you".
Gu Yu Xing looked surprised,"City lord mansion?!".
"They're finally here", Gu Lin Fang muttered without any shock and decided to go to the main Hall.
The others followed behind him, with the two Elders looking at each other's eyes for a second.
Gu Lin Ju was curious than worried, since had the City lord mansion ever bothered with them?
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Gu Manor,
Main Hall,
A young man in a light green martial robe, stood calmly at the center of the hall. He looked at the surrounding carefully as he observed the place.
Boom...
A slight booming sound could be heard as Gu Wei Fan opened the heavy wooden door for his Patriarch.
Leading the group was a middle aged man with neatly packed hair and blood red eyes, he walked through the door in a domineering manner.
The envoy's heart was shaken as he felt a sense of oppression, the worst part was that he did could see the man in front of him but he couldn't sense any aura, it was like he wasn't even there.
"I, Shen Cao Tei, have seen Patriarch Gu" the Envoy quickly saluted, not daring to be careless at all.
All the cells in his body were screaming danger!.
What he didn't know was that Gu Lin Fang had initially thought this to be one of the usual face slapping scene were the city lord mansion would try to suppress his arrogance, So he chose to use his cultivation to pressure the person before he could start any nonsense.
'Sure enough, you wouldn't dare.
After all I'm known as a vicious person' Gu Lin Fang was amused.
Shen Cao Tei was now sweating bullets, he had been thinking of using the city lord mansion to threaten and gain some face but he then noticed Gu Ji Hung who was following behind Gu Lin Fang.
'Nascent soul realm!!, The Gu clan has two nascent soul experts!.
The information was wrong!' He suddenly felt like someone was trying to give him trouble by releasing fake news.
"At ease!" the now seated Gu Lin Fang spoke from the main throne with a smirk, he could almost smell the fear coming from the Envoy.
'Early stage Auroras huh?!'.
Shen Cao Tei cleared his throat awkwardly after exchanging pleasantries with the other people that Just arrived.
He brought out a royal blue scroll and said, "Firstly, I will personally like to congratulate you on your victory".
Gu Lin Fang raised an eyebrow at the way he phrased himself, ' Personally? Now that I think about it, the city lord is presently registered as hostile'.
Gu Lin Fang suddenly felt things were becoming more interesting, he said, "haha... Brother Shen, no need to speak so seriously".
'I might as well use this person!'
Shen Cao Tei smiled unconsciously before stretching out his hands, holding the Royal blue scroll.
And he quickly unfurled the. Scroll and said in big tone "I BRING YOU AN INVITATION FROM LORD NANGONG JIANG!!!"
Gu Lin Fang raised an eyebrow once again, wondering if this young man thinks of himself as an Eunuch.
Ji Hung and Ji Wan were the same, after all they had heard about this things before but the younger ones haven't, so they found the behavior strange...
Gu Lin Fang snorted under his breath as he began to understand what kind of man this city lord was.
'He probably refuses to believe that he's a puppet, a simple figure head'.
Still Gu Lin Fang said "Hoo? Do pray tell what this invitation is about!!!".
Shen Cao Tei continued awkwardly, "The sacred city is in chaos due to some unfortunate events and It is with deep sorrow I send out this 'Invitation'.
So I use this medium to summon all members of this great {Sun Desert} to the Sacred city's meeting ground, for us to discuss matters of our realm.
In three days, All leaders are to attend.
Nangong Jiang".
When he was done, Gu Lin Ju stepped forward and collected the scroll. She then walked towards Gu Lin Fang and passed it to him.
Gu Lin Fang read through it without any expression, no one knew what he was thinking, when he finished he tossed it to Gu Ji Hung.
"Brother Shen, you must be very thirsty.
Why don't you take this and buy some refreshments." As he spoke, he signaled his daughter, who in turn fished out some Bank notes and gave it to him.
Shen Cao Tei wanted to speak but was stopped by Lin Ju who repeated calmly, "refreshments.."
The young man was mesmerized for some reason and could only nod his head, Gu Lin Fang's voice came at this time, "oh brother Shen, you won't happen to know the real reason for this summon right?".
Shen Cao Tei's smile froze immediately. He began to weigh his options as he looked at the money in his hands, on the other side, the others began to sneer secretly upon seeing his dilemma.
At the end of the day, he chose to make friends with the rising clan as quickly as possible.
"It's the constant fighting between the clans in the passed few days and..." He paused before looking at Gu Lin Fang, "The City lord might want to use the opportunity suppress your Gu clan..."
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Somewhere not too far from {Iron Crow City},
"So what in the world happened?" Xu Shao Yun walked over to the Xu clan's matriarch and asked.
The woman was out of breath and was not always this timid, even when she was giving out commands as a new wife during her younger days.
Now she had shot a flare signal making Xu Shao Yun run back to help this time, there had to be something urgent.
"I… I…" the matriarch stuttered.
"We're being targeted by someone!" A surviving guard said.
"Targeted? What do you mean?" Xu Shao Yun asked while looking around warily.
This was a remote area without a single tree in sight, why would anyone target them here?
"I don't know what's going on, but since you and third Elder left this morning, there have been multiple figures that have been picking us off!".
"What??" Xu Shao Yun responded in shock.
After a few seconds of calming down, he could only stubbornly say "let's find somewhere to camp! First!".