Chapter 189 Someone Has to Sacrifice

Leaving aside Su Ming and Duan Xiaofei, the others were more or less surprised by Gao Xu's appearance.

"The person sent by the Xu family turned out to be you?"

Li Jing was the first to express doubts.

no way.

Look at the people from the other four families. Whether it is the Li family, the Duan family, the Lu family, or the Bai family, they all sent out senior hunters from their own family.

Even if it is Duan Xiaofei, who claims that he is just a side branch, his surname is also Duan.

Su Ming, the so-called member of the Yun family, is mysterious and makes people wonder whether he is a native member of the Yun family or a strong man recruited from outside.

But it was clear that Gao Xu was recruited from outside the Xu family. He was not a member of the Xu family, and his surname was not Xu. His representing the Xu family in this secret mission inevitably gave people the impression that the Xu family did not attach much importance to this mission.

This is what Gao Xu said about this.

"The 'evil' people are about to attack the Xu family's territory. Compared with this secret mission with an unknown future, our family naturally attaches more importance to the upcoming war."

Gao Xu's expressionless explanation was not a casual excuse.

At the very least, the senior professionals of the Xu family would definitely prefer to stay in the clan to fight rather than be sent out on missions.

Xu Wen would hand over this task to Gao Xu without hesitation, not without considerations in this regard.

Of course , "As a replacement, Miss Yanyan will also accompany us on this mission."

Gao Xu pointed at Xu Yanyan who was standing beside him.

"Please give me your guidance, sirs."

Xu Yanyan spoke very respectfully, completely unlike her usual eldest daughter demeanor.

After all, among so many people at the scene, she was the only three-star hunter, a lower-level professional.

And the senior professionals are people that even people from big families have to respect. The senior professionals present at the scene are all from top families of the same level as the Xu family. As the eldest daughter of the Xu family, Xu Yanyan has no confidence at all here.

The senior professionals present did not pay much attention to Xu Yanyan. They just glanced at her and accepted this statement.

"I didn't expect that I would have to go on a mission with you this time. It's been a long time since we've met."

Duan Xiaofei patted Gao Xu's shoulder with ease, looking full of emotion.

"You are the one that people didn't expect, right?" Gao Xu said expressionlessly, "Have you always been against any arrangement made by our family for you? Why did you obey so obediently this time?"

"What can I do?" Duan Xiaofei spread his hands and said helplessly: "The old man has already spoken, I can't refuse even if I want to."

Gao Xu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Su Ming, who was standing by, raised his eyebrows slightly.

Looking at how familiar Gao Xu and Duan Xiaofei are, it seems that they have a close relationship.

But if Duan Xiaofei and Gao Xu had a good relationship, why did he speak up for me just now?

You know, the relationship between me and Gao Xu, even if it can't be said to be a deep hatred, is also a big grudge. Duan Xiaofei didn't add insult to injury, but he spoke for me?

Could it be that the weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken with bad intentions? It seems that I have to be a little careful about this guy.

While Su Ming was thinking this, Li Jing started to make trouble again.

"Now that everyone is here, do we have to decide one thing first?"

Li Jing's words shifted everyone's attention to him.

"What is it?"

Duan Xiaofei asked curiously, without showing any sign of humiliating Li Jing just now, and acted as if nothing had happened.

Li Jing snorted coldly, then spoke.

"Even if we go on a mission together, there has to be a leader, right?" Li Jing asked, "Who will be the captain of this mission?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere among the crowd changed.

"Huh?" Duan Xiaofei seemed to be not afraid of the trouble and said meaningfully: "According to what you said, you want to be the captain and give orders to the senior hunters of the major families?"

This is completely adding fuel to the fire and making the situation even more tense.

Li Jing said as if it was a matter of course: "We can't just be a group of scattered sand. If a mission goes awry due to the willful decisions of some people, I think it will be hard for you to explain to your respective grandfathers, right?"

That is true.

It was obvious that this mission was not ordinary. The pillars of the major families had all personally stepped forward to assign the mission. If it was not completed, it would definitely not be counted as a credit.

When the time comes, when the old man in the family starts to reprimand them, even if they are senior professionals, they will have no choice but to accept the punishment.

Li Jing saw this point clearly and took the opportunity to make this suggestion.

Unfortunately, not everyone can accept someone riding on their head.

"I don't like being told what to do."

Lu Yang, who seemed a little taciturn, was the first to express his opinion.

Bai Xuefei, who was some distance away from the crowd, also spoke.

"There is no need to elect a leader. Just lead your own team."

Bai Xuefei obviously also held an opposing opinion.

They are not widows and widowers. Although they are not like the Xu family who sent all the eldest daughters out, the family still arranged some companions for them to use.

Therefore, it is not just as simple as selecting a captain, but also selecting a commander-in-chief of the operation, so that the troops sent by each family must follow his instructions.

Wouldn't this just allow the people of one family to ride on the heads of the other four families out of thin air? Anyway, whether it was Lu Yang or Bai Xuefei, they were unwilling to let themselves and their people listen to the instructions of people from other families.

Unless, they can be the one to command everyone.

They don’t want to be ridden on, but if they are ridden on someone else’s head, then they won’t object.

"I don't mind." Duan Xiaofei said as if it had nothing to do with him: "I am not like you guys, I have a large number of people to dispatch. If someone can lead me to complete the task easily, then I would like to save some energy."

Duan Xiaofei didn't like being ordered around by his own family, and he was in no mood to order his own family around. So, in this mission, he was the only representative of the aristocratic family who was alone and had no subordinates with him.

Oh no, if you are alone, there is someone here.

"Ditto." Su Ming shrugged, but said nonchalantly: "However, if others want to command me, it is hard to guarantee whether I will obey, especially if someone is ready to take advantage of his seniority and thinks that he will naturally become the leader here."

How could Li Jing not know who Su Ming was alluding to?

Immediately, Li Jing was ready to get angry.

"Okay." Gao Xu frowned and said, "Let's forget about the captain's matter. We each have our own situations. We just need to take care of each other and clarify the guidelines for our joint actions."

"I think that even if we really choose a leader here, you will not be convinced, let alone obey the other party's instructions."

"Right?"

Gao Xu's speech made Lu Yang and Bai Xuefei nod their heads.

"whispering sound."

Li Jing was a little unhappy, but seeing that the overall situation had been decided, he no longer had any wild thoughts. He just glared at Su Ming, obviously taking note of the matter.

In response, Su Ming gave Li Jing a big smile.

Fortunately, the mask covered Li Jing's face so he couldn't see Su Ming's smile, otherwise he might have been irritated again.

Seeing that everyone had finished discussing, Xu Yanyan spoke cautiously.

"So when do we leave?"

This sentence made everyone look at each other.

Then Gao Xu spoke.

"For this secret mission, we need to make sure the enemy has come out of the ruins first, and then take the opportunity to enter the ruins." Gao Xu said: "How to choose the time to set off is indeed a problem."

"Yes." Duan Xiaofei nodded and said, "We can't wait until they reach the door before we slowly set off, right?"

In that case, by the time they enter the ruins, the battle here will probably have been decided.

"If not, when should we set out?"

Facing the serious matters, Bai Xuefei also joined in the discussion, frowning and saying, "We don't know when the 'evil' people will come, so we can't prepare in advance, right?"

The timing of departure should not be too early or too late.

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If it was too early, they might have broken in before the "evil" people even left the ruins, and the result would be tantamount to delivering food.

If it's too late, as mentioned above, by the time they enter the ruins, the cucumber dish will be cold.

"Is there no way to confirm the whereabouts of 'Sin'?" Li Jing said, "Since everyone knows they are at the ruins, and we also know where the ruins are, wouldn't it be better to send someone over there to keep an eye on them?"

It was the taciturn Lu Yang who raised objections to Li Jing's statement.

"No." Lu Yang said in a tone that lacked enthusiasm: "We will be discovered in return."

Everyone nodded.

It is easy to imagine that since the "evil" people have designs on the ruins under the royal tomb, they would definitely have placed spies around the ruins to watch.

In addition, now that the "sinful" ritual has been disrupted, the Wang family has taken advantage of the chaos to resist, and the ruins have collapsed again, there must be chaos over there.

The people from "Sin" must be hunting down the Wang family members everywhere now. There may be a large number of manpower and spies both inside and outside the ruins.

Arranging people to keep an eye on it would not only fail to work, but it would also expose the fact that we already knew about the "evil"'s intentions and the existence of the ruins, thus losing the initiative.

"How about using spiritual arts or alchemical tools for long-range tracking and reconnaissance?"

Seeing that his first plan failed, Li Jing came up with another one.

"No." Lu Yang said bluntly: "There will be no lack of defense over there."

It is better to say that the people on the other side are experts in this area.

As people who roll around in the underground world, if a group of underground professionals did not have means of counter-reconnaissance, they would have been dead long ago without even their bodies being found.

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. What do you think we should do?"

Li Jing became annoyed after being opposed and refuted again and again.

"Why not gather all the fighting power of the six great families right now, take the initiative and block the ruins directly."

As soon as Li Jing said this, everyone present looked at him with something strange in their eyes.

That look was like looking at a big fool.

"Strike first to gain the upper hand?" Duan Xiaofei laughed and said, "Are you sure that we won't be ambushed and killed?"

Originally, the power and strength of "Evil" were something that people were afraid of.

Even the Wang family was purged, how could the major families think that they could easily defeat the other side? Not to mention, as for the ruins, they are still in the stage of exploration and have no idea of ​​its details. They only know that the "evil" is holding a cruel ceremony there.

Then, who can be sure that if he runs over so rashly, he will not end up walking into a trap, not only failing to stop the enemy, but also being dealt with in one fell swoop using that unknown ritual?

To sum up, the major families are actually afraid to act rashly and dare not to attack the "evil" underground professionals.

They are more inclined to set up an ambush in their own territory and wait for the "evil" people to step in, so that the advantage will be on their side.

Moreover, if we wait for "evil" to take the initiative to attack, then "evil" will have to split its forces into two groups. One group will go to fight, while the other group will have to leave a lot of people at the ruins, which will weaken a lot of strength out of thin air.

In this way, Longyao City will have a greater chance of winning.

If they were not worried that "Sin" would fight to the death after being ambushed and defeated, and take away or destroy all the secrets in the ruins, or even use the mysterious rituals in the ruins to do extremely unfavorable things to Longyao City, causing a major crisis in Longyao City, the six major families would not want to send anyone on this secret mission.

It won't be too late to explore the ruins after we concentrate our forces to eliminate the "evil" guys, right?

The only fear is that if the other party is defeated, both sides will be destroyed.

Thus, this secret mission came into being.

This also made Su Ming feel that he should do something in the ruins.

Otherwise, facing the largest mercenary organization in the underground world, a small city like Longyao would not be able to gain much advantage.

Now, there are too many things to be cautious about in Longyao City.

If one thing goes wrong, Longyao City might really be doomed.

Thinking of this, Su Ming felt that he had to help these idiots again.

At that moment, when everyone was at a loss, Su Ming suddenly spoke.

"I have a way of getting close to the 'evil' people."

When these words came out of Su Ming's mouth, everyone present was stunned at first, and then looked at him.

"you?"

Li Jing looked a little disdainful.

"Is there a problem?" Su Ming met Li Jing's gaze and said calmly, "Compared to the Li family who rely on their seniority, the Yun family still has a lot of good things in their inventory."

Hearing this, Li Jing got furious for the umpteenth time.

But the others were delighted.

"Indeed." Bai Xuefei couldn't help but say, "If it's the Yun family, it's normal for them to have some extraordinary items with miraculous effects."

That is one of the twelve high-level families of the Yunliu Chamber of Commerce, and even the leading Yun family.

With the financial resources of the Yunliu Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to worry about not being able to find some useful things.

"I can prevent the 'evil' people from discovering our whereabouts and allow us to approach the ruins in secret."

Su Ming said this under everyone's gaze.

"But someone has to make a sacrifice and cooperate with me."

As soon as these words came out, Su Ming immediately looked at someone.

The same goes for the rest of the people.

"What?"

Li Jing stood there in a daze.

A sense of malice enveloped him.

(End of this chapter)