In the simple and elegant Chinese-style living room, seven people sat around a mahogany tea table.
There was no tea on the coffee table, not even a teacup.
However, a stick of incense, about the thickness of an index finger, was stuck in the center of the table and was burning, with wisps of smoke slowly drifting out and spreading throughout the room.
The people around the table looked serious, as if they were discussing something important.
"He's finally reappeared!"
"Isn't it a bit too much to hold an emergency meeting just for him?"
"It's no exaggeration to say that we should pay more attention to this. Don't forget that he wiped out the Liu, Wang, and Xiao families all by himself."
Suddenly, two people coughed lightly.
"Patriarch Bai, aren't our Wang family and Xiao family right here?"
"Yes, our two families are different from the Liu family. The entire Liu family was wiped out, while our two families were only killed in the branches in the capital."
Bai Mashan sat opposite him; he was an elderly man in his eighties, and his smile was very kind.
He chuckled and said, "Look at me, I'm getting senile, I just said it offhand, please don't take it to heart!"
He spoke politely, but his eyes revealed indifference.
The Survivors' Mutual Aid Alliance was formed by an ancient family. Apart from the Liu family, which was wiped out, the heads of the other seven families are all here.
The original heads of the Wang and Xiao families had long been killed, and few core members remained. The two families now consisted of branch members who had been assigned to various places.
Now, having inherited the original status and resources of the master family, they have become the master family themselves.
From this perspective, both families should be grateful to Xia Tianqiong.
The reason the heads of the seven families gathered here at this moment was because of Xia Tianqiong.
They had been secretly gathering information about Xia Tianqiong, and just now, news came from below that Xia Tianqiong wanted to join Xinglian.
Unsure of Xia Tianqiong's intentions and worried that he might be there to cause trouble, they held an emergency meeting.
Huang Kun, the head of the Huang family, sat there calmly, seemingly without any worry.
“Xia Tianqiong has no grudges against any of our families, so there’s no need to be so tense. I think we can take the initiative to accept him and establish a cooperative relationship.”
The other family heads had different expressions.
Some people frowned and pondered his words, some nodded as if in agreement, and others immediately spoke up to refute him.
"How can you say there are no grudges? Our ancient families have been allies since ancient times. We share the same fate, and we share the same fate. He not only wiped out the entire Liu family, but also killed so many people from my Wang and Xiao families."
He doesn't take our ancient family seriously at all, or rather, he's hostile to us. Given the chance, he'll definitely wipe out all the families present here.
The person who said this was Wang Qingxian, the current head of the Wang family.
At just over thirty years old, he was the youngest and most radical of all the family heads present.
His words were spoken with righteous indignation and with resounding force.
But in reality, he wanted to use the power of other families to avenge his Wang family.
Apart from the head of the Xiao family, the others present remained calm and unmoved by his words.
He even felt a little contempt for Wang Qingxian's words.
It should be noted that when the Liu family was destroyed, although it was suspected that Xia Tianqiong was responsible, the various families did not seek revenge against him afterward. Instead, they caused a lot of friction with each other because of the competition for the Liu family's resources.
This naturally includes the Wang family and the Xiao family.
Previously, Xia Tianqiong had killed all the core members of the Wang and Xiao families in the capital, but he did not take action against the branches scattered in various places.
According to the ancient family's past virtues, they should take this opportunity to divide the spoils among the Wang and Xiao families.
However, for some reason, no action was taken.
Instead, they helped the branches of these two families inherit the legacy and status of their respective main families, and also allowed them to participate in the formation of the Xinglian.
However, both of these families are currently at a disadvantage in terms of both strength and resources. Even combined, they cannot compare to any of the families present here.
Mo Qiankun, the head of the Mo family, suddenly spoke up: "Now it is the end of the world, and there are more and more strange things, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger."
We should unite with anyone who has the power, rather than treating him as an enemy; that would be very disadvantageous for us.
Huang Kun smiled and nodded, agreeing with this statement.
Xiao Shanke, the head of the Xiao family, looked at the two of them coldly and said sarcastically, "When the Liu family was wiped out, your Mo family and Huang family benefited the most. I'm afraid you made some kind of deal with that person in secret!"
"Master Xiao, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
Huang Kun's face turned cold, and his gaze swept over them with a chilling expression.
Actually, everyone knows the truth, but it wouldn't sound good to say it out loud.
After all, these ancient families are ostensibly allied, but helping outsiders against their own people is a shameful thing to say, and the Huang family doesn't want to bear that infamy. They only silenced the other families by giving up a portion of the Liu family's assets.
Bringing this up now is just dredging up old grievances.
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming tense, Cui Jiu, the head of the Cui family who had not spoken until now, suddenly said: "Let's not bring up the past. We need to consider whether to let Xia Tianqiong join Xinglian."
She was the only female head of the family present. She looked to be in her sixties, with a classic updo and a soft voice, yet she gave off a very composed feeling.
Judging by his aura alone, he was in no way inferior to the other male family heads present.
Sitting at the very front of the mahogany tea table was Hu Zizai, the head of the Hu family, who suddenly asked a question.
"Do you think Xia Tianqiong knew that Xinglian was founded by us?"
There was a two-second silence before Bai Mashan spoke up: "He probably doesn't know that we've been very discreet; only a few local leaders know about us."
Ancient families are always cautious in their actions and care a lot about their reputation.
Xinglian only appears to represent justice on the surface; in reality, they engage in many despicable acts and are even somewhat anti-human.
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