In the eyes of Patriarch Liu, when it cos to certain matters, either don’t start them or see them through to the end.
If you give up halfway, hesitant and indecisive, you’ll only be looked down upon.
Just like today’s coup attempt.
It’s akin to Patriarch Huang drawing his knife, wanting to stab Ghost Leader.
As a result, halfway through, Ghost Leader gave him a glare.
Then he put his knife away.
Not only did he fail to accomplish anything, he drew trouble to himself.
If he were tasked with handling this,
he would continue to articulate his viewpoints, with him as the spearhead, these small family heads would dare to follow suit.
Now that Patriarch Huang stopped speaking, other small family heads dare not speak either.
This way, Patriarch Huang has lost people’s trust; next ti he wants to rally such a group, he won’t have the chance.
Regarding today’s actions by Patriarch Huang, Patriarch Liu can only say: "More failures than achievents."
Seeing that no one dared to oppose him anymore, Ghost Leader surveyed those present, coldly saying: "I’ve called you here to make decisions."
"Not to listen to you complain."
"Right now, we’re on the sa sinking boat. We need to work together to have a chance to break through."
"Should anyone harbor other thoughts, it would ruin everything."
"Of course, if anyone thinks our ship is about to capsize and wants to join the officials, I won’t stop you. You can leave now."
"However, think it through. Since the uncanny invasion, consider what consequences your actions will lead to if you side with the officials."
After saying this, Ghost Leader deliberately cast his gaze towards Patriarch Huang, smiling as he asked: "Old Huang, do you think what I said makes sense?"
Under Ghost Leader’s gaze, Patriarch Huang felt a chill down his spine, sweating profusely.
His hands were trembling slightly, fearing he would face the sa fate as the one before him.
"I...."
"I have no objection. You are the Ghost Leader, so naturally, you decide!" Patriarch Huang replied, trembling.
He yielded!
From his capitulation, it is evident he lacks the qualities of a great leader.
Because he doesn’t have the traits to be a leader.
"Old Liu, what do you think?" Ghost Leader turned his gaze to Patriarch Liu.
In the Deceitful King Faction, aside from Patriarch Huang’s conciliatory faction, there’s also Patriarch Liu, who is dedicated to establishing Giant City.
"We need our own Giant City, that’s for sure!"
"From the very beginning, I never dismissed this point."
"However, compared to capturing a city, I prefer building one." Patriarch Liu maintained his stance, neither arrogant nor humble.
Ghost Leader’s eyes flashed sharply; sure enough, Patriarch Liu is much harder to deal with than that timid Patriarch Huang.
"Old Liu, you’re too stubborn!"
"The initial cost of building a city is too high! Capturing one would be relatively easier!" Zhang Yuandong spoke first, undoubtedly still aligned with Ghost Leader.
Yet, Patriarch Liu continued to argue his case with reason, remaining steadfast in his views.
"High investnt, low risk, low return is normal investnt logic."
"Low investnt, high return ans it will inevitably bring high risk."
"This investnt logic applied before the uncanny invasion, and still applies now."
"I won’t oppose your thods nor hinder you. But I also hope you respect my perspective."
"From start to finish, I’ll only use the Liu Family’s manpower and resources for this task." Patriarch Liu declared.
Just as Zhang Yuandong was about to speak again, Ghost Leader raised his hand to stop him.
"Old Liu, I’m not denying your viewpoint is correct."
"But your approach is too arduous!"
"Building a city isn’t impossible. If we had acquired the Xu Family’s Guardian Demon Alloy back then, I would support building a city."
"But right now, we don’t have Guardian Demon Alloy, what to do about it?"
"We and the officials are in a state of mutual hostility; they won’t possibly give us the formula for Guardian Demon Alloy." Ghost Leader spoke earnestly.
During the dialogue with Patriarch Liu, Ghost Leader wasn’t as contemptuous and aggressive as before.
Because, in Ghost Leader’s view, Patriarch Liu is on the sa level as him.
As for Patriarch Huang, a timid person like him doesn’t even qualify as an opponent.
Patriarch Liu fell silent, as during the initial negotiation with Lin Yuan, they didn’t make any substantial progress.
Now, with the officials and Deceitful King Faction at complete odds, the difficulty of negotiating for Guardian Demon Alloy has increased significantly.
After pondering briefly, Patriarch Liu solemnly said: "Three months, give three more months."
"If I still can’t obtain Guardian Demon Alloy, I’ll abandon this plan."
Three months is a deadline in Patriarch Liu’s mind.
If, within three months, he can acquire Guardian Demon Alloy,
they might have a chance to catch up and possibly complete the construction of Giant City before the next phase of uncanny invasion.
If it exceeds three months and still no Guardian Demon Alloy, then even if they get it later, it won’t be in ti to build Giant City.
Upon hearing Patriarch Liu’s words, Ghost Leader imdiately decided: "Alright! Three months it is."
"If, Old Liu, you can obtain Guardian Demon Alloy within three months, I fully support you in building the city."
"Furthermore, once the Giant City is built, I will voluntarily step down and let Old Liu take over as the Ghost Leader."
The Ghost Leader spoke passionately, but realistically, whether he would step down then was entirely up to him, wasn’t it?
After saying these words, the Ghost Leader had already regained control of the situation.
Patriarch Huang was intimidated by him and dared not cause any more trouble.
Patriarch Liu also reached an agreent with him, and besides, Liu Family hadn’t intended to cause any issues.
"To counter the official sanctions against us, I announce that starting today, Lin’an City will be under a state of alert."
"No one is allowed to go out without a pass."
"anwhile, we will begin counting the population, and as for outsiders, they will be killed without rcy."
"Additionally, I will form a patrol team, composed of Life Pattern Masters sent by each family."
"I will distribute the drafted docunts to everyone after the eting," the Ghost Leader said directly.
From the Ghost Leader’s words, it was easy to see that he had already thought through the response plan for the entire incident.
Today’s gathering was rely to have everyone execute his plan.
Everything was actually within the Ghost Leader’s expectations; the only surprise was Patriarch Huang bringing people to seize power.
However, fortunately, everything proceeded as usual; the indecisive Patriarch Huang did not cause him any trouble.
"Agreed!"
"Our Zhang Family will unconditionally follow the Ghost Leader’s orders!" Zhang Yuandong was the first to respond.
"We have no objections!"
"No objections!" echoed the other family heads.
In the end, even Patriarch Huang dared not oppose it and reluctantly agreed.
Seeing that everyone was in agreent, the Ghost Leader glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Let say this one last ti: we are all on the sa boat now. If the boat capsizes, we all die."
"Everyone is now working to stabilize this boat and sail it out of the storm. If anyone tries to capsize the boat and harm everyone, I will not tolerate it."
"eting adjourned."
It was obvious whom the Ghost Leader was talking about.
The eting ended, and everyone dispersed.
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At the Huang Family’s villa district.
Patriarch Huang sat in a chair, his fist clenched tightly, his face very grim.
Since returning from the Deceitful King Faction’s headquarters eting, he had maintained this expression.
It’s like arguing with soone outside.
At that ti, you failed to win the argunt, left speechless.
Upon returning ho, the more you think about it, the angrier you beco, feeling that you didn’t perform well at the ti.
Patriarch Huang realized it after returning ho.
Feeling that he was overwheld by the Ghost Leader, missing a golden opportunity.
You must know that the Deceitful King Faction is currently very turbulent internally.
The Ma Family, leading the radical faction, is preparing a plan to seize a Giant City.
The Liu Family is trying to connect with Peng City, hoping to exchange for the thod to slt Guardian Demon Alloy.
The Huang Family, at this mont, is also looking for their retreat.
Only when five fingers form a fist can they possess unimaginable fighting power.
When they disperse, they beco scattered like sand.
The Nine Cities Plan has completely disrupted all the plans of the Deceitful King Faction.
Now, the biggest issue for the Deceitful King Faction is that each family has its own agenda; hearts are not aligned.
Today was his best opportunity for seizing power. Today, he failed at seizing power; from now on, there would be no such good opportunity.
Originally, with scattered intentions, leading the group had beco difficult.
Todays uproar, failing to seize power, instead allowed the Ghost Leader to assert his dominance as a warning.
Now, in the short term, no one dares to cause trouble.
"Ah!"
"Gotta think of another way out!"
"Following the Ghost Leader’s aggressive approach, it leads to a dead end!"
"Moreover, he’ll likely create obstacles for in the future!" Patriarch Huang thought to himself.
With this in mind, Patriarch Huang imdiately gathered so direct family mbers to hold a eting and discuss the Huang Family’s way forward.
In the underground secret room of the Huang Family’s villa, the Huang Family mbers were conducting a secret eting.
Only those who were direct descendants and absolutely trustworthy were allowed to participate in this eting.
After all, once the content of this eting leaked, the radical mbers within the Deceitful King Faction would absolutely not spare them.
At this mont, Patriarch Huang had already conceived an idea.
That is to sell out the Deceitful King Faction to the officials in exchange for part of the rights in Demon Dragon City.
Demon Dragon City itself is a place where multiple powers intersect; having one more force doesn’t make a difference, nor does having one less.
Patriarch Huang believes that as long as he offers enough sincerity, the officials might accept them.
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