Sword Among Us

Even though Happy was the connection that allowed Beautiful Robes Faction to completely fuse with Mu Clan and no problems arose, there were nearly ten thousand members in Beautiful Robes Faction, while Mu Clan had fewer than three thousand. On top of that, Thunderous Battle was not a member of the University of South China. There was a high possibility thus that some students would be resistant to the idea of having him as their leader. That was something that was rather troublesome.

Also, Xuancheng was quite far away from Baokang. They needed to travel for a day or two, so the difficulty and danger of it was something that needed to be pondered over.

“Right now, we don’t have any faction emblem, and the people from Class One Hall will not dare to chase after us without careful consideration. We will move as free people. We should not advance in a large group and give Class One Hall a chance.”

Happy had long since expected the dangers, so he suggested the plan to move to Baokang as people who were not affiliated to anyone.

“Once we merge with Mu Clan, to make things easy for management, Mu Clan will establish a hall called Beautiful Robes Hall. All of our friends will join it. Phoenix Dances will be its hall chief and manage it.

“Thunderous Battle will not perform any direct management of Beautiful Robes Hall for the time being, but we will still share our resources with each other. The halls cannot be at odds with each other!”

The people in the house filled with hope for the future after discussing all that and relaxed.

Happy’s plan took care of the Beautiful Robes Faction members’ emotions. With the protection by the alliance of the five sects along with the elites from Chivalry Sect and Mu Clan, even if Class One Hall used up all their manpower, they might not be able to gain any benefits.

With that safeguard, Beautiful Robes Faction could not only develop without worrying about anything else, they could also help Mu Clan strengthen their presence. They would be able to obtain resource points in nearby cities as well.

Everyone believed that since Happy stated everything with certainty, Thunderous Battle would definitely have no problem with it.

Before leaving the base in high spirits, they even began to plan various matters in excitement

Phoenix Dances, Glutinous Rice, the Three Lonely Wolves, Tea Words, and some other higher ups stayed back.

The high-spirited atmosphere gradually returned to calmness born from rationality. Phoenix Dances had already wiped off the tears on her face and while sitting across from Happy with a straight back, she looked into his eyes.

“Is there really no problem? If we merge with Mu Clan, won’t Class One Hall use this chance to attack Mu Clan? If that is likely to happen, we should not cause trouble to Thunderous Battle.”

The ease on the Three Lonely Wolves and the others’ faces vanished as well, replaced with graveness.

Even though it seemed like the merging of two large sects could make them stronger and able to fight against Class One Hall, in truth, Beautiful Robes Faction did not have a lot of fighting power right then. If Class One Hall was determined to destroy them, there was a possibility that Mu Clan would become their next target!

Happy analyzed the situation with a calm voice. “Don’t worry. Even though Mu Clan doesn’t have a lot of fighting power, we have a lot of powerful fighters. There is Thunderous Battle, Little North, the thirteen staff-using monks, as well as other powerful players from Shaolin Temple and Wudang Sect. We also have people from Murong Clan and powerful players from the three local sects. If Class One Hall wanted to succeed, they would have to mobilize all their forces…”

He paused for a moment before he continued. “Besides, Vast Martial City is not far away from Baokang. If Class One Hall wanted to mobilize a large force, they would not be able to do it in secret.

“And if they really did something like that, I would immediately rush over. If Class One Hall does not want its vitality largely damaged, they should not take any action recklessly within a month’s time.”

“Then what about a month later?”

Tea Words keenly captured the meaning in Happy’s words.

Happy scowled.

“I can’t really say after one month. It will be the world of Life and Death Realm. If Class One Hall has an absolute lead in the game with players who reach it and Mu Clan hasn’t become strong enough by then, Class One Hall will definitely that moment when they are at their strongest to attack Mu Clan. But this is something that has nothing to do with whether you join Mu Clan or not.”

“This means that Beautiful Robes Faction only has one month.” Phoenix Dances frowned.

Even though Dream Clouds had sent Happy a messenger pigeon as a symbol of peace earlier, he knew her methods very well. Attacking while they had the advantage was something professional gamers would definitely choose to do, so she would not hesitate when the time came!

It was not only Mu Clan and Beautiful Robes Faction who had to develop, but Happy as well. If after the month he was overtaken, Class One Hall might still attack Baokang.

Mu Clan was in a very dangerous situation.

*****

The destruction of Beautiful Robes Faction, the annihilation of Class One Hall’s branch in Vast Martial City, the murder of Class One Hall’s giant, Barren Murderer, along with hundreds of elites having their corpses strewn over the land were all news that shook the game!

Happy’s killing stirred up a great wave of pride and heroic spirit that encouraged the people to live the way they wanted.

But when countless martial artists craned their necks to pay attention to the development of this matter, Class One Hall and Happy’s intense clash did not happen as they expected.

Over the next few days, Happy did not continue to attack Class One Hall!

Instead, he stayed in Vast Martial City like before and continued to challenge the royal mausoleum. His actions were incredibly calm.

Class One Hall also reacted very strangely after they lost the elites from an entire branch and a heavyweight fighter who was a vice hall master. The death of Barren Murderer, who was the fifth on the Dragon Rank, made it seem as if someone had jumped out to slap Class One Hall in the face, and that was all.

Class One Hall had mobilized three branches for revenge after Beautiful Robes Faction had destroyed one of their normal branches. Yet when a large group of elites and a vice hall master were killed off, they actually acted in a calm manner. They did not rebuild their branch in Vast Martial City, and none of their people even got close to the royal mausoleum.

Both sides lived together in harmony.

This peace lasted for more than half a month, and countless martial artists were incredibly disappointed.

Beautiful Robes Faction gradually faded from people’s sights, and the matter about Barren Murderer’s murder also became not as significant after more than half of the Dragon Rank was occupied by Life and Death Realm players.

Everyone noticed that a new era was about to arrive!

Life and Death Realm meant new encounters and a whole new World of Martial Arts, along with more unknown territories they could explore.

While everyone went all out to train to reach Life and Death Realm, Baokang became stronger quietly. Once Beautiful Robes Hall was established, Mu Clan, which originally had less than three thousand people swiftly established three halls and now had more than sixteen thousand men.

Among them were the people from Beautiful Robes Hall, which numbered to eleven thousand.

They were the people who were originally from Beautiful Robes Hall, along with people who did not join it in the past but had chosen to act alone. Their strength level was varied. Some of them managed to reach Blessed Realm, which was of normal standards, but the hall was not lacking in elites who were trying to reach Life and Death Realm either.

Mu Clan also managed to attract more Wudang Sect, Shaolin Temple, and Murong Clan disciples to join them during that period of time. They filled up a War Hall with more than three thousand people.

The remaining two thousand were players who focused on occupations. Most of them were herbalists, ironsmiths, and tailors, with only around a dozen merchants…

*****

On that day, Thunderous Battle rushed into the first forging room impatiently with his face filled with excitement.

“Haha, Heartless Iron, bro! Congrats! You’re definitely going to get the title of the best forgemaster in Mu Clan!”

“It’s all thanks to you cultivating me.”

Heartless Iron might act cold and be a man of few words, but he knew that Thunderous Battle had recognized his worth. If Mu Clan had not provided him with a large number of middle-grade and high-grade masterpieces so that he could become a Forgemaster, he would have been able to reach that level only after another month or two.

“Clan master, you mentioned before that as long as I become a Forgemaster, you will give me a surprise. I’d like to know whether that means that I can begin attempting to make third-echelon equipment.”

Heartless Iron could not suppress the excitement in his heart. With sparkling eyes, he stared at Thunderous Battle, who was smiling.