The central hall of the Golden Palace.
A round table meeting on the ninth floor, the top floor.
The room is decorated primarily in gold, featuring a vintage round wooden table inlaid with gold thread and nine chairs.
The head seat in the very center was empty. To the left were four seats: an elderly woman with an orange peel-like face, a middle-aged man with a mountain-like build, a thin and gloomy young man, and one empty seat.
These three people are the three elders of the Golden Palace.
[Cursed Woman] Witch Granny, [Mountain God] Fu Yue, and [Throat-Sealing Guest] Ghost Blade.
The empty seat belongs to Chen Wusui.
The four seats opposite were occupied by the heads of the four major organizations of the Dragon Sect.
Dragon Scale Society - [Eight-Sided Marquis] Luo Xuan, Cuiwei Courtyard - [Library] Chang Feng, Tianzhou Pavilion - [Faceless] Zi Gui Ti, Dragon Soul Army - [Black Yama] Wan Bu Xun.
Of the thirteen core members of the Dragon Sect, Xue Wuwang and Huan Bo are still in the Black Prison of the Zhu Clan base.
The group remained silent, waiting for the person at the head of the group.
...
After washing up and treating the wound on her back, Chang Le put on her underwear.
Looking at her pale face and white hair in the mirror, she couldn't help but laugh at herself, feeling utterly listless and like a lonely ghost in human skin.
She raised her hand and activated her supernatural power, instantly changing her appearance.
The ice and snow are gilded, and the gender is indistinguishable; Fu Jiu.
Chen Wusui bowed slightly: "Young Master, please."
The conference room door opened, and Chang Le walked steadily to the head seat under everyone's gaze, stopping there. All eight people stood up.
"Gentlemen, Chang Le is late." Chang Le bowed slightly.
The men bowed in return, saying, "Greetings, young master."
After everyone took their seats, Chang Le said, "I will be going to the conferment ceremony in Hua'an City in a couple of days. After that, I will continue to participate in the training at the Tower of Heaven. When the training is over and the time is right, I will come back."
However, both the management's attitude at the Zhu Men base and their awarding of the medal indicate that the region is unwilling to let me return. I suspect they will use various means to keep me during this Sky Tower training camp. In any case, my return will be a troublesome matter.
Therefore, I have asked everyone to take time out of your busy schedules to come here today. Firstly, I have been far from home for many years and have longed to reunite with you all. Secondly, we are here to discuss and decide on various matters concerning the Tower of Heaven after its completion.
"The current situation is that in the Northern War, the extraterrestrial alien, Biyin, was defeated by me. I absorbed 80% of its original energy, and the remaining energy was collected by the region and found to be quite substantial. In addition, I successfully infiltrated the God-Making Faction, which has aroused suspicion among the authorities, who may suspect that I may have fusion-related abilities."
"Currently, in the region, Hua Lihan, Hua Yuezhi, Hua Anning, Wei Jinyan, Wei Kunyu, and Qi Suifeng know about my fusion ability. I am not sure about Gu Yujing, Shen Xiu, and Si Yehong. They also participated in the Northern Frontier Campaign, but they did not witness me absorbing and fusing Biyin."
"It's worth mentioning here that after the incident with Fu Guang, Ying Huaixia, the young master of the Ying family, suffered a decline in cultivation, the Ying family weakened, and the Qin family became the dominant family."
The relationship between the management council, led by the Qin family, and the major aristocratic families in the region is not as harmonious as it used to be; they clearly have disagreements on the issue of 'integration'.
"In addition, the reaction of Qin Xian, the young master of the Qin family, when he saw me earlier indicates that the management committee is still uncertain about my ability to merge. The Hua family, the Wei family, and the Gu family have other plans and have jointly suppressed this news."
"As a result, the situation I face has changed compared to back then. In the past, the management association was closely linked to the major families, forming an impenetrable wall, but now they have chosen different paths."
Based on my current conversations with Hua Lihan, it seems that Hua Lihan, Gu Lianghan, Wei Kunyu, and others are inclined to delegate authority to the next generation. However, Gu Yujing, Wei Jinyan, and others are not as enthusiastic and determined about integration as the older generation.
"So, the main obstacles that will stand in my way are the Management Council and the powerful families that side with the Management Council, as well as the old enemy of the Central Plains, the Meli Federation. Needless to say, the God-Making Faction will definitely get involved. What we need to solve is the problem of them using me to launch an attack."
Chang Le stopped after finishing his story.
Luo Xuan slightly raised his hand to indicate, and asked, "I have a question. Young Master, are you now certain that the God-Making Sect knows about your fusion ability?"
Chang Le thought for a moment and shook his head: "There's a 99% chance I don't know."
"That's right. At that time, the core members of the God-Making Faction on Beixun Whale Island knew that I had a weak fusion ability. Among these people, Donggui, Naihe, Igor, and Kazmir died in battle, while Salgano and Pulan were executed."
They must have informed the God-Making Faction before the battle that I possessed a powerful devouring ability. Because afterwards, Elder Lu Sheng, a member of the 'moderate faction' within the God-Making Faction, approached me to test my fusion abilities.
“Lu Sheng was captured and later died due to the backlash of his superpower. I only revealed my fusion ability when he was captured, but from the time he learned of my ability until his death, he had no chance to send such important information back to the God-Making Faction.”
"Furthermore, if the god-making faction knew my secret, given their obsession with integration, they probably wouldn't have remained indifferent for so long."
In fact, Lu Sheng probably already guessed that she possessed the ability to fuse, but it is unknown whether he was eager to monopolize the ability, had disagreements with other members of the God-Making Faction, or was genuinely kind-hearted and helped her cover it up out of consideration for their past relationship.
In short, Lu Sheng did not send his speculations back. Otherwise, given his status, even if it was just a speculation, the God-Making Faction would have invested a great deal of manpower and resources to verify the truth of the matter.
Luo Xuan nodded: "In that case, we'll have more options at our disposal."
Changfeng continued, "Our current plan mainly targets the Management Council and its affiliates, the God-Making Faction, and the Meli Federation. As for the major families, we don't yet have a concrete plan because we're not fully aware of their intentions."
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