at night.
Including the new disciples who had just joined the sect, there were dozens of tables set up inside and outside the hall of the Wu Mansion, which contained about four to five hundred people. Looking around, half of them were new disciples who had joined the sect for less than half a year.
The descendants of the Ji family are even rarer, and each of them looks sickly and weak.
"Alas, the Ji family is the divine envoy guarding Feitian Ferry, and they live on the spiritual energy bestowed by heaven and earth. Now in the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy is thin, and their health is getting worse and worse. If they were not nourished with medicine, I am afraid that so many bloodlines would not be preserved." Old man Wu Xingxiao sighed, and his face was full of regret when he talked about the family he married into. At that time, he chose to marry a girl from the Ji family in order to preserve the Ji family bloodline.
Unfortunately, the laws of nature are cruel and human power is limited. The children who inherited most of Ji's genes are still in poor health.
"This is also why I fought for Ah Heng's place in the Immortal Mountain. Although life in the mountains is hard, without the many miraculous elixirs that Senior Medical Immortal has given him, Ah Heng wouldn't have made it this far."
Wu Heng was in very poor health when he was a child, and after much thought, he felt that only the fairy mountain could save him.
The person sitting on the side pursed his lips when he heard this, but said nothing. After all, the memories of testing medicine in Xianshan and the ten years of hard struggle for survival were still vivid in his mind, and he couldn't let it go for the time being.
Ye Lan didn't force him. He just looked at Wu Xingjie and changed the subject, "No one in the Ji clan can fight. So what does Island Master Wu think of these newcomers?"
Wu Xingjie's legs had just recovered, so he couldn't walk for long, so he was still in a wheelchair. Now that he was happy, he felt much better. Upon hearing this, his smile faded a little. After some thought, he shook his head and said, "I'm not up to the task."
These four simple words brought silence to the table.
Ye Lan didn't respond.
Wu Xingjie understood what she meant and said with a wry smile, "I was blinded by hatred before, and I felt like I had lost hope in life, so I neglected many things. In fact, given the Wu family's current situation, we have no chance of winning against Peach Blossom Island. Miss Ye should be well aware of this."
If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have ordered herself like this.
"We can fight, and we can win." Ye Lan corrected her statement. After all, it was just a small island. Even if the Wu family had no soldiers, she could wipe it out by herself. But if the Wu family wanted to go on their own, "the Wu family would suffer heavy losses."
Perhaps this bloodline that has been accumulated with great difficulty will be dispersed in one day.
Everyone at the table stopped eating and the atmosphere gradually became heavy.
The people of the Ji family did not say a word. After all, they now had to rely on the Wu family's medicine to survive, so they had no say at all.
As the current head of the Ji family entrusted by the head of the Ji family before his death, Wu Xingxiao also felt guilty towards the Ji family and remained silent.
Wu Xingjie held the wine glass tightly for a long moment before he sighed and said with relief, "Everything started with me, so I should solve it. I shouldn't involve my clan members."
This statement means that he is planning to give up the war.
Ye Lan looked up at him, seeing that this man who was once full of vigor and talent and peerless in talent had grown white hair and his temperament had changed so much after suffering from illness in the past ten years. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel regretful.
"We can fight, but we need to take a long-term view." She directly expressed her thoughts.
Retaking Peach Blossom Island is one of the purposes of her trip, so she will not let Wu Xingjie go to die alone.
It is the most foolish act for a living person to die for hatred.
Wu Xingjie wanted to say something more, but Wu Heng beside him held his hand.
"Dad, Ye Lan means that there are more ways to take back Peach Blossom Island than just going to war."
Wu Xingjie was stunned for a moment, with a look of confusion on his face.
Ye Lan picked up some food and said slowly, "I've said before that the Huang family, who are now in power on Peach Blossom Island, are so anxious to get Wu Heng back that they're even willing to confront the Medical Immortal. Something must have happened."
"Well, as long as we can find the key to the problem, perhaps we can disintegrate them from within." Wu Heng followed her line of thought and turned to look at Wu Xingxiao. "Grandpa, do we have any personnel stationed on Peach Blossom Island?"
Wu Xingxiao was stunned by the question, and then shook his head in confusion. "Why place someone there? Our Wu family is upright and honest, and we wouldn't do such a thing."
Wu Heng: “…”
He finally understood how unreliable this war was.
Not to mention Wu Xingxiao, who was completely absorbed in the study of medicine and turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside.
Wu Xingjie became famous at a young age. Although he created a Peach Blossom Island, he never encountered any difficulties. The only hardship he encountered was when his legs were broken and he was taken advantage of. This blow led to a decade of complacent life in the backyard.
To sum up, this father and son had no combat experience at all and were just charging forward recklessly.
To put it bluntly, no matter how good or powerful a team is, it may be defeated by these two.
Ye Lan was embarrassed to speak, so Wu Heng made the decision immediately.
"Until a countermeasure is agreed upon, the Wu family had better not act rashly or let the news leak out."
Although Wu Xingxiao and Wu Xingjie were somewhat reluctant, they were still filled with relief when they saw the young man who could already hold up the sky, and decided to listen to him this time.
After dinner, Ye Lan tried to divine what happened on Peach Blossom Island, but found that he could not find out the secrets because he was already involved.
"So what should we do now?" Wu Heng had finished his meal early to discuss this matter with her. Perhaps it was because he had returned home and felt a sense of belonging, but the boy seemed to have suddenly grown up and matured. Not only did his mind work faster, but he also learned to think carefully. "No one in the Wu family is suitable for war."
At least not now.
Not only did they have no experience, but they were also facing an island.
They escaped from the mysterious island and knew the dangers and difficulties involved. Things were not as simple as Wu Xingxiao and his son thought.
Ye Lan sat at the table and drank a sip of tea, then quietly asked, "So what do you think?"
For the sake of his father and grandfather, Wu Heng had really thought about it and didn't hide anything at the moment. "I want to go back to the island first. The Huang family I met last time weren't very powerful. Even if something happens, I can handle it and get away alone. Once we understand the situation, it won't be too late for us to take action with internal and external support."
After he finished speaking, he realized that Ye Lan opposite him was smiling, his lips pressed against the rim of the cup, his eyebrows lowered in the wisp of smoke rising from the tea, and his smile seemed somewhat... relieved?
"It's true that the disciple surpasses the master. You are much better than your father." She sighed.
Wu Heng blushed a little at the praise and stammered, "Not really. This matter is much simpler than what you handled before."
He actually learned everything from Ye Lan, both in his way of dealing with things and in his logical analysis.
"Well, it's a good thing to be calm and patient when encountering things." Ye Lan nodded in appreciation and also made a promise, "Don't worry, I won't let your father be in danger."
She had finally rescued the person, and she would not watch him die.
After the two discussed, they dispersed, and Ye Lan called Xiao Yunting that night.
"I'm going to Peach Blossom Island."
The man on the other end of the phone guessed something, "Are you alone?"
"Well, I'm alone."
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