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Chapter 1447 - 648: General_2

They only know that as long as there is the Sky-reaching Pillar, the family will exist!

The Ten Pillars are the foundation of Thunder City, they are everything to them!

As everyone felt anxious...

"It turns out it was just a misunderstanding!"

General Pan suddenly laughed heartily, relieving the originally tense atmosphere.

Everyone collectively sighed with relief.

General Pan waved to Fang Zai on the city wall.

"Since you are the proxy ruler of the mansion, managing the entire city, come down for a chat, I have a few tasks for you to take care of."

Ah?

Am I going to meet General Pan?

Fang Zai was stunned.

Back when he pursued Fang Yu, he was so imposing, but now he was so nervous.

That was the Great General from the capital, commanding a vast army, and if he went down, any slight mistake would leave him with no chance of returning alive.

His pleading gaze turned to the Family Heads of the Ten Major Families, only to be met with indifferent and cold looks from them, carrying a warning, pressuring him to hurry down.

As if afraid the general below would get impatient and notice flaws, the An Family Head pushed Fang Zai from behind, directly pushing him off the city wall.

Luckily, Fang Zai was not weak, and despite the sudden fall, he did not appear too embarrassed.

Just looking up at the tall horses before him and the sturdy soldiers clad in black armor, he couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.

Escorted by a few soldiers, he arrived before General Pan.

"General Pan..."

General Pan frowned, "Since you are the proxy ruler, you should have the demeanor of the ruler. Why are you speaking so weakly, lacking confidence!"

"I’ve long heard of General Pan’s name, meeting you today makes me naturally anxious, dare not be presumptuous..."

"Hahaha! You’re good with words, I like it! But ultimately, you must understand, officials are officials, civilians are civilians! Those people cannot ride on the heads of officials, otherwise, they will lose their heads." Pausing for a moment, General Pan extended his hand, "Come! Hop onto my pig’s back, I have tasks for you to carry out!"

"Yes! Yes!"

On the city wall, the An Family Head looked at Fang Zai’s tense appearance, indeed losing face for Thunder City.

But there’s nothing to be done, the people from above only recognize officials, not civilians. This is why the local families, even if they rule towns, have never thought of eradicating the Foolish Underworld.

The Foolish Underworld can decline, become weak, even lack people, but it must exist! It must always exist! Otherwise, if the investigation comes from above, the local families would be in big trouble.

"At least we got through this." The Song Family Master said in a low voice.

"It’s only temporary, both of us know Nan Ruweng’s situation, him ’going but not returning’, how will we explain to the ones above?" Ru Family Master spoke worriedly.

"Just stage another rescue play, do you truly think that fellow below cares about the life or death of the Foolish Underworld’s master? He wants only our submission! Our little tricks, how could the old ones in the capital not see through them." Zhang Family Master said coldly.

"He is acting, we are acting too, he knows we are acting, we must cooperate in his act. If there’s the slightest mistake, he can stop acting anytime and flatten Thunder City!" Patriarch of Bo Family said gloomily, eyes filled with coldness and madness.

Power is the foundation of everything.

Others can flip the table anytime, while they only can react passively.

The situation is stronger than them, they have no choice but to bow down.

At this moment, all of them hoped the repair of the Ten Pillars could be completed quickly.

"How’s the repair of the Soothing Spirit Pillar?" Ru Family Master suddenly asked.

Swish——

All the Family Heads’ gazes immediately turned towards the An Family Head.

"Just one last step, the monks from the Temple of Many Buddhas were not cooperative, but Lord Duan has resolved the issue. Since we don’t know the intentions of the capital’s army, before leaving, I made sure the repair work continued over there, if all goes smoothly, tonight should be..."

An Family Head suddenly stopped speaking.

Because below, Fang Zai had already separated from the army and was climbing the city wall.

"This matter can be discussed later, let’s first see, the capital army isn’t going to eliminate Demon Emperor Lan Yuhe or raze the Demon Capital, rather they circled around to come to Thunder City, what on earth is their intention!"

Although saying so, the other family heads’ expressions showed subtle changes.

Repairing the Ten Pillars, at such a crucial and important time, doing it without all of us present feels like the An Family might have selfish motives!

Even with external enemy pressure, thinking of overturning the situation by repairing the Ten Pillars, it leaves a knot in the heart, quite displeasing.

And Patriarch of Bo Family, thought even further.

Holding the [Original Evil Stone], soon to merge with the pillars, becoming a moving Mourning Pillar, why should he stand equal with them? Why truly repair the Soothing Spirit Pillar?

Just that the capital army is looming over the city, he had no choice but to check the situation first, did not expect the An Family would try to sneak past, quietly pushing the repair progress of the Soothing Spirit Pillar.

At this moment, Patriarch of Bo Family thought a lot but still held back his mind to watch and wait for developments.

"Lord An, esteemed Lords..."

Returning to the city wall, Fang Zai first saluted the Family Heads, then under their urgent gazes, reported in a low voice.

"Esteemed Lords, General Pan has come to Thunder City for two things. The first is to acquire a few items in the city, the second is to have the esteemed Lords...activate the array of the Sky-reaching Ten Pillars."

What?!

Everyone was taken aback.

Activate the Ten Pillar Array?

What is this about?

Although they all activated the Ten Pillars at the moment, creating a thunder cloud covering the whole city, ready for anything, but this was not the full force of the Ten Pillars, and the joint array of the Ten Pillars indeed has not been activated.

Because activating the thunder cloud can be seen as a warning and precaution, but activating the array nearly declares confrontation, deploying maximum firepower to combat the enemy.

They were not intending to confront the capital’s army, so naturally, they hadn’t gone that far, only prepared in advance as a precaution.

Now for someone likely an enemy to ask them to actively activate the Ten Pillar Array, this truly left many puzzled.

"Could it be...the fatty’s arrogant attitude was actually to provoke us, to activate the array? Or his army to directly charge, entering the city, we would have no choice but to activate the array..."

Someone spoke, leaving many deep in thought.

Their desire was for the Ten Pillar Array, truly beyond their expectations, and having them directly attack the city...that can be done, they cannot possibly hold back and not activate the array in response, but such conflict is no good for them or Thunder City.

"The items then? What items does General Pan want?"

Fang Zai listed them all, not many, just five almost discarded artifacts.

These are called discarded artifacts because these five, upon acquisition, were practically like dead objects, having no effect.

Tracing back to their source, these five artifacts were once held by the Foolish Underworld, only to be seized by the Ten Major Families using various methods, becoming their playthings.

Now, the people from the capital want them, it’s practically returning them to their original owner.

While others were baffled, the An Family Head appeared thoughtful and slowly spoke.

"The officials...have hidden things indeed."

Once this was said, someone immediately asked.

"What do you mean?"

An Family Head looked at everyone.

"Some things might not be useful in our hands, nor in the hands of the Foolish Underworld of Thunder City. But in the hands of those above, their function is significant. Maybe they dismantled the items initially, leaving a piece here, while in the capital...the key parts were retained. At any time of need, retrieve them to exert their effect!"

Those present were not foolish and immediately understood the implication of the An Family Head’s words.

"No wonder those items are simply collecting dust in my warehouse, seemingly useless, yet were named and requested by the general from the capital."

"I even thought that thing in the Foolish Underworld’s hands was overused, had become useless, borrowed to play, and never noticed its use."