Chapter 679: Chapter 612: Starshine Huang Family Chapter 679: Chapter 612: Starshine Huang Family Starshine Floating City…
Perched high above, the Floating City suspends in the sky, its magnificent form pressing down upon the Inner City, seemingly becoming the sky of the Inner City itself, the absolute core of Starshine City.
Below the body of the Floating City, there is a sort of massive chanical feel, those thick and hefty gears and pendulums continuously moving as if they were part of a factory or necessary components in activating an anti-gravitational system.
Above the Floating City, on the other hand, wraps a special structure resembling a Mobius Ring around the central tower; there are buildings in all sorts of directions, yet they appear spaced out and seldom are any tall skyscrapers.
In contrast with the densely-packed Inner City, above the Floating City could be described as vastly spacious, each having large private areas.
The Starshine twelve families are distributed around the Mobius Ring, much like the twelve positions on a clock.
The top four ranked families each occupy the 0, 3, 6, and 9 o’clock positions.
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The Huang Family, despite having suffered successive heavy blows leading to a rapid decline in their family strength, still held their territory unchanged and nominally remained the third-ranked family.
On this day, on the backside of the Mobius Ring, supported by doubled gravitational forces, even if one stood inverted on the ring, they would still stand as if on solid ground; inverted gardens, inverted people, water poured out naturally ‘rising’ into the flowerbeds.
However, because of gravity neutralization, there was no difference in perception between standing upside down and standing normally for the human body.
An elderly man dressed modestly was watering in one of the gardens, his eyes appearing dim and indifferent.
Only occasionally he would cover his mouth and cough twice, seemingly not in the best of health.
“Great-grandfather, the news has co from over there.”
A man with a bit of scholarly air about him and a youthful appearance respectfully entered the garden and reported from a distance with a bow.
And this seemingly young scholar was none other than the current Clan Leader of the Huang Family, Huang Tianming, while the elder appearing to be in poor health in front of him was the once top expert of the Huang Family.
An accident had nearly claid his life, and though he had luckily escaped and survived, he had suffered a chronic illness as a result.
Rumors claid his strength had plumted dramatically.
But overall, he still upheld the Huang Family’s face.
“Mm, handle the arrangents yourself, no need to report everything to .”
“Great-grandfather, they have agreed to offer the ‘Spirit Realm Essence’ as a reward; if you were to obtain it, there could be a chance for recovery.”
Huang Tianming spoke with a sense of urgency.
But at that mont, the elder turned his head to gaze at the reflection of the central tower, as if through the reflection he could see another opposing location, and he slowly sighed,
“To recover and go through it all again?
Now, you are the Family Head, I’m no longer as strong as you, I can’t make this decision.”
Hearing his words, Huang Tianming sighed as well and then uttered,
“This ti is indeed perilous, but we are not directly involved; we are rely hiring their services.
Moreover, at most, the Xing Family will try to incapacitate a few of the Suns’ experts, as they did in the past, still rembering past affections.”
The old man did not say a word and slowly continued watering the garden.
“That’s why I take the liberty to ask to borrow the family’s Sacred Object from Great-grandfather.”
“Heh, you think the Xing Family doesn’t exterminate to the root out of past affection…”
The old man seed to laugh at himself, then his gaze gradually turned cold,
“If it weren’t for the deterrence of the Sacred Object, I would never have been able to return; now is not the ti to hand it over to you.
Just get through this ti.
If you really can lead the family out of these troubles, then naturally, it will be left in your care…”
Huang Tianming did not say anything more, only spoke in silence,
“The other party also wants so Anti-Divination, detection, and survival Skills.”
“They’re ready to risk their lives, that’s not unreasonable; just make sure the contract isn’t exploited…”
Even though the elder was sowhat disappointed, feeling that his own clan had been too deeply indoctrinated by the Xing Family, he still handed over two items to him at this critical juncture.
After receiving them, Huang Tianming knew Great-grandfather was not inclined to be further involved, so he bowed and retreated.
The elder sighed once more and looked again in the direction of the central tower’s reflection.
Belonging to the families furthest apart, holding the Fla of Civilization of Starshine City, why then are they so intolerant…
An ergence of another Saint would indeed be a blessing for Starshine City, alas…
But if the family exerts its efforts, it must do so in a unified direction.
Since a decision has been made, even if he harbored discontent in his heart, he could not drag his feet.
Sotis, even a mistaken path can be turned into a thoroughfare if united efforts carve through mountains, but internal disputes can make even the correct path lead to a catastrophic overturning and falling off a cliff.
I’ve grown old, and the ravages of the Abyss have worsened after that injury.
I don’t have many decades left to live.
The younger generation will have to forge their own path…
…
“Old fool…”
After leaving the courtyard, Huang Tianming’s expression quickly darkened.
He was, of course, aware of the Xing Family’s doings, which had brought the current plight upon the family.
But in fact, by aligning closer with the Xing Family and following their lead, our Huang Family has always reaped the second greatest benefits, and there’s nothing wrong with that!
I am still far from possessing the strength that would make them wary of , let alone even having that opportunity.
“Hmph, he was sched against and injured, his foundation shattered, filled with resentnt, thus he doesn’t want reconciliation.
But what I’m doing now is indeed the correct choice.”
He simply didn’t realize that as long as our foundation rests in Starshine City, escaping the control of the Xing Family is impossible.
They hold the Fla of Civilization, so what if our family also has its heritage?
If we must depend on others anyway, why not listen to them fully?
If Starshine City’s power were united, we could have claid a considerable territory in the State Capital long ago.
“All I do is for the family, for Starshine!”
Looking at the object in his hand, he felt it was almost ti.
“The Assassin’s League, although its reputation has always been decent, cannot be left unguarded against.”
Although he did not believe that the Assassin’s League would turn on them, Huang Tianming did not want to leave the choice in their hands.
Maintaining enough strength to deter any crooked thoughts from the other party was the best option.
Control must always be maintained in his own hands!
“Tianyi, Tianxing, co with .”
Huang Tianming summoned his most loyal brothers in the family directly through a secret ssage.
It was precisely because of their united support that he was propelled to the position of Family Head!
Their support was also the reason this confidential high-level family eting was successful.
“Big brother, is it about the situation with the Assassin’s League?”
“Indeed, we need to guard against them.”
Tianyi and Tianxing turned into two streaks of light and instantly appeared by Huang Tianming’s side.
“That Star Killer possesses the Duel Space; he is indeed troubleso.
But I am not afraid of him.”
Huang Tianming sneered coldly.
Even a wrecked ship contains several pounds of iron.
Though our great-grandfather was gravely injured by that series of attacks and several strong elders were left dead or wounded, and the other two who survived were disheartened, even so, my own strength is not weak among those at the Catastrophe Level; only a few in the backbone generation can surpass !
The Star Killer of the Assassin’s League, although powerful, isn’t a threat to .
With my second and third brothers assisting , this is just an ordinary secret transaction.
“In fact, we just needed to firm things up a bit.
The Assassin’s League has already taken on the job, and backing out now would be a loss for them.”
Huang Tianxing chuckled, not feeling any sense of unexpected developnts.
Catastrophe Level negotiations have beco routine; duels, friendly bouts, etings to exert pressure and assert dominance; they’ve experienced all these scenarios and are quite seasoned.
“Where is the eting place?”
“The Gray Mist Zone, to be on the safe side…”
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