Chapter 433: Chapter 429: Judgnt (Additional updates ask for monthly tickets, recomndations, kisses!)
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The Clan Chief Tang Zhi once said that a major war required the right ti, location, and people.
Although Tang Luo had not yet identified where all three elents were, he believed they would be present. But as the devastating flood that was soon to subrge Xiling drew near, it was unclear whether the other two elents were present, and there was certainly no advantage in location.
The Tang family and the Mi clan, both highly skilled in naval warfare, have their own shipyards besides the massive Wancheng Treasure Ship. Even during a flood, warriors could fight by clinging onto floating debris. However, if a warrior at the Mortal Realm was knocked into the water, it would an being far away from the battlefield. Although the Ascending Steps technique that the Tang Clan Mortal Realm warriors have could provide brief flight, most of those at the Mortal Realm could only hope to be lucky enough to find sothing to cling onto in the fast-paced floodwater.
If the Tang Clan was in this predicant, the situation would be even worse for other clans.
If the flood subrged the farmland, the impoverished minor clans wouldn’t know what to do. Hundreds of years of peace in Xiling had bred brutal violence that would explode as calamity approached, turning many warriors into irrational beasts. Then, Xiling would indeed be plunged into chaos.
Considering the Tang Clan itself, it had more than 300 branches alone, with even larger numbers in the main lineage branches. Each family had won, servants, and stewards who all needed protection, making it impossible to engage in war at such a ti.
However, properly arranging for all these people was an enormous task involving hundreds of thousands, plus the hundreds of thousands of people in the new city, which ant that the Tang Clan would have to arrange for nearly a million people in the midst of the flood. And this was still just the people directly under their rule.
Moreover, there were nurous followers of the Tang clan who also needed to be taken care of, adding another hundred thousand people.
There are many mountains to the north of Xiling. Tang Luo was not worried that these people had nowhere to hide from the flood, but arranging for such a large population, even if all the craftsn in the whole Xiling and warriors helped, was not sothing that could be done in a few days. Moreover, there were also the 30 Martial Ancestors being held outside of the Jianglin.
Initially, it was assud that this was the prelude to a large-scale battle between the two clans, but with the sudden arrival of a natural disaster, it was clear that this was not the right ti for a war. Furthermore, Tang Luo believed that the leaders of the two clans certainly would not overlook this situation.
The conclusion was that a war between the two clans was unlikely to occur in the short term.
“That’s a good thing.” Tang Luo sighed in relief, feeling as though he could finally rest after a long night’s anxiety.
By steadily developing with the massive amount of secret arts and resources they had gathered, the Tang Clan could easily overpower Mi Clan in ten years. Therefore, why rush into war?
Although his father Tang Sen was incomparably strong, he was only a warrior who just entered the Fierce Realm. He still has a long way to go in terms of power growth. As for him, he would be able to reach the Fierce Realm in at most a year and a half. If he also upgrades his Undying Battle Body to the fourth rank, he would be another unbeatable close combat warrior. Even without the destructive power of the Golden Rock Battle Body, he should nonetheless not be weak after awakening another divine ability. Wouldn’t it be great to fight then?
He had always had a negative attitude towards the current battle. The flood seed to have co to help him achieve his goal, to smooth out the impending turbulence in Xiling and separate the two clans.
However, with the imminent arrival of a natural disaster, preparations needed to be made. After all, he was not alone. The three thousand mbers of the Righteous Gang were all under his leadership. Adding in their families, the scale was probably tens of thousands. Fortunately, there were enough mountains in the north, and it should not be a problem for him to have a mountain as a base. After all, the young master Tang was quite influential in the clan.
Moreover, he had asked Gong Zheng to organize a caravan to stock up on grain last month. The ti was almost up, and they should be back soon. This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about the most scarce resource during a disaster – food. It was simply perfect!
“The Wind dia Departnt is such an important resource!” Tang Luo sighed in his heart. Disasters wouldn’t be truly terrifying if you could predict them.
Because you would have enough ti to prepare. Getting the news ahead of others ans a great advantage. You could first make arrangents for your families, and you might even have the capacity to help others.
All these advantages were brought by the information. Without the Wind dia Departnt that the Tang Clan invested huge resources in each year, how could they get the news of the flood thousands of kiloters away a few days in advance?
Tang Luo, who assud that a war in Xiling wouldn’t happen, planned to leave the Wind dia Departnt and go to the Martial Hall first. He had to make arrangents for his younger brother and the children entrusted to him by Lao Bai. After all, they had just received news of the flood, and the family had not prepared yet. He had to go to school first and occupy a room to settle these people. After all, he who cos first, gets first. He deserved it as he was of the second sequence!
The news of the imminent flood changed all the tasks of the Wind dia mbers in the hall. The rapidly sent ssages about the battlefield turned into pieces of paper being delivered one by one. Each one was corresponding to the master of each branch, proceeding thodically.
Compared to the chaotic battlefield information, the Tang Clan’s Wind dia Departnt was very efficient and experienced in delivering information related to the people’s livelihood.
In just a short while, all the letters were sent out, and the Wind dia mbers who had finished their work finally had a chance to chat.
As intelligence agents, they often had to hide their families. So exposed Wind dia mbers even had to hide their families, which ant that many of their family mbers were hidden very deeply and led secluded lives. This made so Wind dia mbers worried.
Because the order and priority of each clan’s arrangent and evacuation are different. For the Tang Clan, the Secret Arts Pavilion is the first, the main branch family mbers second, the clan warriors family mbers third, all departnts family mbers fourth, and finally the Martial Hall.
The Wind dia Departnt, along with other departnts, had a low priority of evacuation, being of the fourth sequence. The greatest fear is that the evacuation would be too late to avoid the flood. After all, most of their wives and children did not have magical abilities, and could easily be obliterated by a wave.
“I wonder if there are enough rooms in the school. My mother is of weak constitution and cannot withstand exposure to wind and rain,” a young mber of the Wind dia Departnt said, a worried expression on his face, to another mber at the neighbouring table.
“You fool, you are actually worrying about this.” The mber at the neighboring table sneered. “Do you know that in the past two years, many stone fortresses, wooden fortresses, and cave dwellings have been built on the eastern and western foothills of the North Mountain? Even just the North Mountain area alone can accommodate a million people for refuge. Our family mbers from the Wind dia Departnt have first priority in the fourth sequence. Even if we don’t get a place in a stone fortress, we should get a wooden one, right?”
“Right.” A mber of the Wind dia Departnt at another table chid in, “Ever since two years ago, the representatives of the three divisions started to collect grain and haven’t stopped since. There’s a ship returning each month offloading a large amount of new grain and salt. With the current reserves of our clan, we would be able to withstand even if the flood doesn’t recede and we need to start cultivating fields in the mountains.”
“Exactly. For the past two years, the Treasure Ship hasn’t set sail and the shipyard has persistently been building more boats, including ice boats! If the flood does not recede in the winter, turning the earth to frozen soil, we of the Tang Clan can still travel by ice boat. So relax, everything’s going to be okay.” Sotis worries and fears arise purely from lack of information. As the center of information for the Tang Clan, aside from the youngest mbers of the Wind dia Departnt worrying about the flood, the older mbers sneered, full of disdain. This wasn’t blind confidence, but because the information told them that for the Tang Clan, this flood would have almost no significant impact.
Tang Luo, who was already at the door, paused as he listened to the chatters of the Wind dia Departnt mbers and his face darkened as if ink was about to drip from it.
With such strangely precise preparations, it seed as though the clan had known about the flood two years ago. Otherwise, why would the Tang Clan, with the Wancheng Treasure Ship, build so many boats? Had they entered a boat race?!
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