Chapter 400
byIn the main hall of the Bamboo Joint Gang, Pang Chi and Mu Nandou looked at the two people behind Yang Kai with stunned expressions.
“Do you have any objections？” One of the people who looked like he was about to die snorted coldly, and a powerful spiritual consciousness suddenly swept out.
Feeling the power contained in this spiritual consciousness, Pang Chi and Mu Nandou’s expressions changed drastically, and they finally realized that these two dying guys were by no means mediocre.
Just this extraordinary spiritual consciousness was enough to sweep away all the small forces in the entire North City District.
Quickly restraining their expressions, they nervously waved their hands and said, “Dare not, dare not！”
“Go！” Yang Kai waved his hand.
Before the two iron tower-like men behind him even made a move, Pang Chi and Mu Nandou were wrapped up by a force and instantly disappeared from the great hall, leaving only a faint smell of blood in the air.
After Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu disappeared, Yang Kai smiled slightly.
It had been five days since he got the two of them to follow him.
The two Blood Servants were originally severely injured and should have been healing on the bed, but Yang Kai completely ignored their physical condition as if he couldn’t wait for them to die earlier, taking them with him wherever he went.
And in these five days, Yang Kai didn’t talk to them even once, nor did he give them any instructions.
But to Yang Kai’s relief, he didn’t sense the slightest bit of impatience or unwillingness in the expressions of Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu.
Now, the strength they could display was less than 30% of their peak, but it wouldn’t be a big problem for them to wipe out those small forces in Zhongdu City.
There was no time left. Yang Kai originally wanted Pang Chi and Mu Nandou to slowly nibble away at those movable small forces, but the battle for the throne was about to begin and he couldn’t wait any longer.
In desperation, he could only send out the two Blood Servants to ask for their help.
Standing up, Yang Kai said to another high-ranking member of the Zhujie Gang who was serving beside him, “Take me to your treasury.”
“Yes！”
The Bamboo Joint Gang had nibbled away at two small forces and also purchased a lot of materials for refining pills and weapons as Yang Kai had requested. Now all of them were stored in the warehouse.
Yang Kai walked in and took a turn, then walked out again. Immediately, there were many good things in the Black Book Space.
Counting the large batch of materials that Yang Zhen from the Elder Hall had sent over five days ago, Yang Kai’s storage now had a small scale.
The efficiency of the Elder Hall was quite high. That day, Yang Kai just said to exchange all his remaining contributions into materials. The matter was already done that night.
Looking at the rich materials on those two carriages, both Yang Kai and his two elders at home were really surprised.
Those materials were all good things above the Heaven Rank, and even one-tenth of them were of the Mysterious Rank. Half of them were for refining pills and half for refining weapons！
Youdaoplaceholder0, the Yang Family had profound heritage. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to come up with so many materials.
Yang Yingfeng simply didn’t expect that after Yang Kai exchanged for two Blood Servants as escorts he could actually still have such a large amount of contributions left.
Yang Kai himself also didn’t expect it.
The father and son were stunned for a while before they came back to their senses. Now these things were also all placed in the Black Book Space.
“Let Pang Chi continue to collect materials. When the quantity is enough, send them to War City for me.” Yang Kai instructed and left with his hands behind his back in big steps.
War City！ It was a city specially built by the Yang Family for the battle for the succession. It was only a hundred miles away from the Central Capital.
“Yes!” The senior of the Zhujie Gang said in a deep voice replied.
After Yang Kai left, he suddenly felt a bit confused. Why did this young master just walk around the storage room and then come out？ It seemed that he didn’t take anything.
Looking in furtively, this person was suddenly so scared that his soul almost flew out and his guts split.
The materials that were originally placed in the storage room had actually all disappeared without a trace at this moment.
This… this is really a disaster！
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Three days later, the Sacrificial Platform of the Yang Family.
A majestic building stood there. The ground was flat and smooth, and a big red soft blanket had already been laid. The Sacrificial Platform was towering and magnificent. Two huge stone pillars went straight into the sky. On the stone pillars, various patterns such as dragons soaring and phoenixes ascending to the ninth heaven were carved, vividly.
There was not a cloud in the sky, the blue sky was like a wash, and the wind whistled in, blowing the blood-red big flag of the Yang Family, making a clanging and fluttering sound.
Nearly a thousand Yang Family martial artists, wearing unified black tight-fitting clothes, gathered around the huge Sacrificial Platform.
A thousand people, breathing in unison and with the same breath. With each breath, it seemed that they could stir up this piece of heaven and earth.
Right below the Sacrificial Platform, the eight direct descendants of the younger generation of the Yang Family who had already bathed and changed their clothes had a solemn expression. Standing with their heads bowed in order of seniority, they looked up at the direction of the Sacrificial Platform.
A loud and forceful voice came： “The head of the Qiu family, Qiu Shoucheng, has arrived！”
“The head of the Ye family, Ye Kuangren, has arrived！”
“The head of the Meng family, Meng Xiping, has arrived！”
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The once-in-a-few-decades battle for succession in the Yang family was almost the largest and most lively event in Zhongdu and the whole world. Naturally, the people of the other seven great families in Zhongdu would not be negligent. All of them were led by their own family heads and arrived at the scene in person.
Some disciples of the Yang family led these guests to the arranged seats and let them sit down and drink tea while waiting.
Half an hour before and after, the heads of the seven great families all arrived.
A cyan light flashed, and the head of the Yang family, Yang Yinghao, together with several grand elders whose strength had reached above the Divine Wanderer Realm, appeared at the sacrificial platform.
As soon as they saw the host appear, Qiu Shoucheng and the others stood up one after another and performed the fist-cupping salute.
Yang Yinghao returned the salute and shouted loudly： “Today is the day for our Yang family to offer sacrifices to heaven and ancestors. Thank you all for coming to support. Please sit down！”
Qiu Shoucheng, Ye Kuangren, Meng Xiping and the others nodded slightly, with shining jingguang (splendor) in their eyes and sat back in their seats.
Yang Kai’s gaze was fixed on Yang Yinghao. According to seniority, this person should be his eldest uncle. His real age was probably only a dozen years older than Fourth Master Yang.
But now, Yang Yinghao looked gray-haired and already seemed to be in his twilight years. Even on his face, there were deep wrinkles one after another.
Before the great decisive battle in the Dark Cloud Evil Land, he wasn’t like this. At that time, he was also in his middle age. Although not young, he wasn’t this old.
The reason for this was simply because he was injured by the Yin Nether Ghost King and the Absolute Extinction Poison King in the great decisive battle in the Dark Cloud Evil Land. After returning to the family, he used the Yang Family’s Life and Death Reincarnation Art to expel his own injuries at the cost of thirty years of his own lifespan.
The position of the head of the Yang Family is of utmost importance. Therefore, even though he knew that the price of thirty years of lifespan was too great, Yang Yinghao had to first ensure his own integrity.
This wasn’t simply the sequelae left by simple injuries, but the most direct stripping of life.
Yang Yinghao already appeared extremely old.
It was precisely because he didn’t know how long he could still live that he was in such a hurry to recall all the direct descendants of the Yang Family and launch the battle for the heir.
Yang Zhao and Yang Kang looked at their father, and their hearts felt a wave of sadness.
Yang Yinghao, however, had a calm expression and simply described the rules in the battle for the heir.
Whether it was an open shot or a hidden arrow, or a cunning plot, whoever could laugh to the end would be the victor of the battle for the heir.
“Have you all taken note？” Yang Yinghao asked, looking at the eight people standing below. Everyone nodded in unison.
“Then offer sacrifices to the heavens and ancestors！” Yang Yinghao waved his big hand and shouted in a deep voice.
All kinds of matters had already been prepared properly. In front of the solemn and majestic sacrificial platform, the censer was curling with smoke, and a hard-to-find sixth-order monster beast was carried up. Yang Yinghao killed it, and the blood spilled on the sacrificial platform.
Sacrifice to the heavens with blood and sacrifice to the ancestors with a beast！
The ceremony was very cumbersome. Under the guidance of Yang Yinghao, the eight young people of the Yang family completed their tasks meticulously.
During this whole process, the powerhouses of the seven great families also had their eyes shining brightly, secretly observing the performance of the eight people. Observing whether the allies chosen by their sons and daughters were suitable and whether the enemies were powerful.
Finally, after worshipping the ancestors of the Yang family, the whole ceremony was finally completed.
“This time, it’s either you die or I die. You better take care of yourselves！” Yang Yinghao sternly admonished and waved his hand, shouting： “Set off！”
Eight extremely handsome cloud-treading steeds whistled over and stopped in front of the eight people. The eight young disciples of the Yang family each turned over and got on their mounts.
The wind stopped. The atmosphere in the air suddenly seemed a little stagnant, and even the breathing of a thousand people suddenly stopped.
The eight people looked at each other on the left and right and all smiled slightly.
Even if they are brothers and sisters, once they leave Zhongdu, they will be enemies！ I will not show mercy.
Neither will I…
“Big brother is leaving first！” Yang Wei said in a deep voice. As soon as his voice fell, the Cloud-Treading Steed already galloped away like a flash of lightning.
“Follow！” Yang Zhao chuckled.
Eight Cloud-Treading Steeds galloped on the Yang family’s special passage, rolling up a cloud of dust all the way vying with each other.
“I’m going and watch the excitement!” Kang Rui, the head of the Kang family, hehe laughed and waved his hand. His pure true essence wrapped his entourage and disappeared like lightning.
“Let’s go together, let’s go together！” Gao Mo, the head of the Gao family, followed closely and left.
“I’ll go too！” Kang Zheng, the head of the Kang family, was not to be outdone.
In an instant, the people of the seven families left cleanly and all disappeared.
“No manners！” Yang Yinghao snorted coldly, blaming these old guys for leaving without saying hello to him.
All the way in a mighty manner, eight Cloud-Treading Steeds underground and seven groups of people surged in the sky. In just a moment they had already gone out of the South Gate.
Outside the South Gate, it seemed even more lively than at the Yang family’s Sacrificial Platform. Countless forces of all sizes were eagerly looking forward. They knew that today was the day when the battle for the throne began, so of course they had been waiting here early to go to the battle city together with the Young Master Yang they followed.
Outside the entire South Gate, there was a dense mass of heads. Even several miles away, there were still people secretly observing.
“Which Young Master are you guys from Changyang Valley going to follow this time？” Acquaintances started to greet each other.
“Of course it’s the Sixth Young Master Yang Shen.”
“Don’t go. He’s definitely going to lose. Come with us to the Flying Cloud Village and follow the Second Young Master Yang Zhao. The Second Young Master is much more promising than the Sixth Young Master.”
“Really？”
“Naturally it’s true. Come here, let me tell you. I know a lot of inside information.” The two of them hooked shoulders and went aside to whisper.
Third-rate small forces like the Long Sun Valley and the Flying Cloud Village simply had no way to establish any friendship with the direct descendants of the Yang family. Before the start of the battle for the throne, they also had no chance to meet the young masters of the Yang family and could only wait here. They knew even less about the ins and outs. Most of them would follow whichever young master they liked the look of, or if invited by a friend, they would go along with them.”
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