Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 286 — Criminal Camp
When the troops from the government and sect had moved, the other side of the Sky Cloud Temple was having a meeting.
The meeting was attended by high-ranking criminal warriors, most of whom were leaders of dangerous organizations or fugitives.
The Sky Cloud Temple made a huge encampment that could be inhabited by seven thousand troops, this encampment was made on their way to the war site.
"What should we talk about again, our troops are about to leave now..." One of the girls at the meeting grumbled, for this was their umpteenth discussion at this camp.
"Sister Yu, you shouldn't behave like that in front of others, even though in your view this meeting is boring but the delivery of information in war is very important!" Replied the old man who had been silent since, he stared intently at the grumbling girl.
"Hmph, you've been talking to each other since then and have been able to but what's the end, you're just being quiet."
"I'm just waiting for everyone to get together, this meeting won't start until they get here!" The old man hit the table in front of him hard, not hiding the anger on his face.
The old man was Huang Zhang while the grumbling girl was named Mou Yu, they were two of the four highest pillars in the Sky Cloud Temple, at the behest of Guo Zhengxa, they were appointed to lead this war.
Indeed in the room other than Huang Zhang and Mou Yu, there were several other warriors who had attended the meeting and they had yet to gather all.
Huang Zhang, the swordsman who had one hand, felt annoyed at having to partner with this money-loving girl.
Mou Yu looks like a girl in her 20s, wearing an all-black dress that makes her pretty face look graceful. Of course in the view of Huang Zhang who had been acquainted with Mou Yu for a long time, her beautiful face did not cover up if she was older than any grandmother.
"So Brother Zhang what information do you want to convey?" One of the last Swordsmen arrived asking, melting the atmosphere that felt awkward due to the feud of Huang Zhang and Mou Yu.
Huang Zhang sighed, ignoring Mou Yu who was now even sticking her tongue out at him.
Huang Zhang then relayed the information he had just obtained a few minutes ago. The information was about Xiao Fan who would be involved in the war later.
"Xiao Fan is a swordsman like me, his strength is high enough that he belongs to the ten strongest heroes of the Moon Empire, he we cannot underestimate in war..." Huang Zhang added.
The people who were at the meeting were almost 80% not from the Moon Empire, either, they were the leaders of the criminal organization that the Sky Cloud Temple had successfully recruited from other empires so it was only natural that they did not know Xiao Fan's big name.
"Why he's coming, it doesn't change the fact we're going to win." Mou Yu sneered.
"Can you beat him?" Huang Zhang looked coldly at Mou Yu.
"I can't beat that red-haired grandpa but I'm sure two of you can beat him..." Mou Yu pointed to several warriors at the meeting. "It should be two to three people could kill Xiao Fan if attacked simultaneously."
Huang Zhang clucked softly, he had made the mistake of bringing the girl in this meeting. The girl was too easy to judge the situation and did not think rationally.
Mou Yu's confident speech was actually quite understandable because in that meeting room, other than Huang Zhang who had reached the power of the Light Realm with 7 open meridians, it was only in the first place, there were four of them at the same level of strength.
Need to underline, someone swordsman Nature Light with 7 open meridians is very rare in the martial world and can be counted with fingers.
"Although the chances of victory are high we still have to reduce the number of casualties on our side. Xiao Fan might not be dangerous to us but not to our troops."
The reason Huang Zhang had made this meeting was to deal with Xiao Fan while in the battle later, however they should not ignore this information.
Mou Yu snorted, he did not comment anymore and let Huang Zhang carry out his plan, which the girl thought about now how she earned so much money from this war.
"Brother Zhang, I have something to ask you about this open war plan. The strength of our alliance is already very strong no, but why should we bother fighting against the government, why don't we just directly attack the Xiao clan secretly to take the heavenly fruit?"
"Regarding this there are two reasons, first the Sky Cloud Temple wants to see the extent of the power of the government and the sect now then secondly, secondly, this war also proves to the martial world that our alliance is getting stronger."
After the attack on the Imperial palace three years ago, the Sky Cloud Temple was temporarily absent from the martial world because it wanted to focus on gathering a lot of power by recruiting various criminal organizations in the four empires on its alliance.
The plan was successfully realized and now the Sky Cloud Temple had managed to unite 70% of the criminal organizations in the Northern Land Continent under their feet. This power is already immense in the martial world.
The reason Guo Zhengxa did not directly attack the palace back was because he wanted to ascertain the strength of his enemy party first, with this war, the Sky Cloud Temple would know how great the power of the allied governments and sects was.
After no further questioning and discussion, Huang Zhang ordered all the criminals in this camp to get ready to move.
It took two hours for the tents to be torn down and the criminal forces were ready with their weapons and heirlooms.
Huang Zhang took the lead, initiating the movement of seven thousand criminals towards the promised war site. The great strength and the great army showed that this war would end long.
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Both the government and the criminal organizations arrived at the same time in the vast prairie, where the war began.
Jiang Long squinted, looking from afar, watching the ranks of the criminal organization's army that turned out to be more than his troops.
"Although I had expected it I had to admit they were more than I expected..." Xiao Fan stroked his beard, looking at the huge enemy army.
Jiang Long smiled faintly. "It seems in terms of numbers, we lost, Senior Fan."
Xiao Fan nodded, "Until any time we will lose in numbers, criminals like them will never run out even if we destroy the organizations."
Although the power of government covers various regions there will not automatically be many good warriors. In the martial world, the evil warrior is much more numerous than the good swordsman.
"No need to worry Brother Long, you should know in war, numbers do not always determine victory." Xiao Fan patted Jiang Long on the shoulder slowly.
Jiang Long felt embarrassed that Xiao Fan could read his worries, he should not look as pessimistic as someone leading the troops.
As Xiao Fan and Jiang Long were still talking, without them knowing there was someone who descended from the sky and entered the ranks of the army. The movement of the person is so fast that no one is aware of it.