The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2510 Blood Oath

Everyone present nodded slightly. The chaos in Dingfu had indeed exceeded the bottom line.

Fang Yun continued: "I need your help, or rather, I want to make a deal with the semi-saint families present. I hope that from now on, the five major families of Jingguo will support me, and my reward is the 30-year mining rights of minerals in some areas of Shihan Ancient Land, the management rights of the five cities of Xuemang Realm for a thousand years, and limited half-price divine objects, including semi-saint treasures."

The breathing of everyone present became heavy, even the knowledgeable family heads or the elders of the Holy Academy were no exception.

No matter when and where, weapons, armor and mechanisms are one of the forces that maintain the foundation of the family, and the rich minerals in Shihan Ancient Land have always been a strategic resource that the human race must compete for.

As for Xuemang Realm, it is an ancient land coveted by every family. It is very similar to the Holy Yuan Continent in all aspects and has been tacitly recognized by the Holy Academy as a technology reserve base and one of the future refuges.

The divine objects that Fang Yun brought back from the Burial Valley made the holy families jealous. Many of them, even the Kong family had very little or no stock.

Whether it was minerals, the Blood Mang City or divine objects, they could greatly enhance the power of the family.

These could allow a family to last longer and were related to the rise and fall of a family.

For any family, maintaining prosperity does not rely on ordinary wealth such as gold, silver and treasures, but what is needed is exactly what Fang Yun can provide them.

However, Fang Yun's requirements were not small.

Full support, which meant that the five major families would completely ally with Fang Yun, and as long as it did not harm the core interests of the five major families, Fang Yun would be the first in everything they did.

They believed in Fang Yun and understood Fang Yun's way of doing things. If they really wanted to form an alliance, Fang Yun would not overuse them, because Fang Yun was a person who liked mutual benefit and win-win, especially for allies.

However, as a family, they could not bet on anyone, and they were born not to trust anyone.

In history, there are too many noble families who lost everything and declined drastically because of a wrong bet, and have not recovered until now, such as the noble families who bet on Xiang Yu and Sun Quan.

Fang Yun's opponent is too strong, so strong that even the five great families can hardly fight against him.

Fang Yun seemed to see through the doubts of the five great families and said, "This deal is limited to the territory of Jingguo. In other words, I need the five great families to support me unconditionally in Jingguo. As for other countries, other noble families, and even the Holy Academy, you don't have to show up. I can't afford such a high price."

The people of the five great families looked at the elders of the Holy Academy sitting next to Fang Yun.

Outside Jingguo, the five great families are not the opponents of any hall, not to mention that so many halls are standing behind Fang Yun openly or secretly.

If it were a few months ago, the noble families would suspect Fang Yun of being a bully, but everything that happened in the past few months proves that Fang Yun has formed a solid alliance with the Criminal Hall, the Work Hall, and the Agricultural Hall, and the three halls cooperate with Fang Yun everywhere.

The support from the Medical Hall and the War Hall is slightly weaker, but at least they will not become Fang Yun's enemies.

To a certain extent, the cooperation between the five great families and Fang Yun is basically equivalent to cooperation with the Criminal Hall, the Work Hall and the Agricultural Hall. Even if the future benefits are not great, the losses are within an acceptable range.

What's more, the Zhang Heng family, one of the five great families, is destined to form an alliance with Fang Yun, because the Zhang Heng family is a giant in the Work Hall that is as famous as the Mohist School.

Moreover, Fang Yun is already the last hope of Jingguo.

If Fang Yun fails, the five great families will have to join other countries. Even if the countries will welcome them with open arms, it still cannot change the fact that they are dogs without a home.

The family can be defeated in the war, but it will never surrender without a fight.

The five great families did not reply immediately, but secretly communicated by letter.

Soon, tea was served, and everyone discussed secretly while drinking tea.

After a full hour, Zhang Hu, the head of the Zhang Heng family, agreed first and expressed his willingness to form an alliance with Fang Yun. As long as Jingguo does not fall, the alliance will be permanent.

The Chen Sheng family was the second to agree, because they had to.

Chen Sheng was the only and last semi-saint of Jing State, and the conflict with the semi-saints of various countries was the most serious. Unlike other families, even if the conflict with the families had faded many years ago.

If Jing State could not be saved, the countries and families that had a grudge against the Chen Sheng family would never give up, and the Chen family would inevitably fall to the bottom. What's more, the Chen family's foundation was difficult to compare with those ancient families. If Fang Yun helped, even if the failure could slow down the decline.

The Cui Sheng family was the third to agree, because Jing State could be said to be jointly founded by Cui Sheng and Jing State Taizu, and they were most reluctant to see Jing State destroyed. Therefore, the Cui Sheng family had been secretly supporting Fang Yun, and there was a unified voice within the Cui Sheng family. If Fang Yun had a conflict with the royal family, they would try to stand on Fang Yun's side. There were even people in the Cui Sheng family who were willing to support Fang Yun's enthronement, as long as the country's name remained unchanged.

The Gongyang family then agreed. The Gongyang family is the orthodox Confucian family. The semi-saint Gongyang Gao was taught by Confucius' disciple Zixia, and later by Dong Zhongshu. Their status in Confucianism is second only to the family established by Confucius' disciples. Even if they fail, Fang Yun's enemies will not target them too much.

Finally, there is the Ban Gu family. When the three heroes of the Ban family established the Ban family in the Han Dynasty, they inherited the radical foreign policy. Both Ban Gu and Ban Chao had participated in foreign wars. As a family of historians, although the Ban family is not as powerful as the Gongyang family, it is more pragmatic, so it has always appreciated Fang Yun.

Since the heads of the five great families all agreed, Fang Yun and the heads of the five great families faced the temple and swore an oath of blood in front of the guests.

Before the family banquet ended, Fang Yun took out some treasures that were very abundant in the Burial Valley but very rare in the Shengyuan Continent and gave them to everyone who came. The precious Shengsheng Fruit and Yanshou Fruit were just for show.

However, Fang Yun secretly gave Chen Sheng’s family a little more things, and they were all divine objects that were effective against semi-saints.

The next morning, the five great families of Jingguo jointly announced that in view of the very serious situation in Jingguo, for the well-being of the people, for the development of Jingguo, and to resist the demon world, the five great families fully supported the crackdown by the Strict Strike Division and fully supported the reform of Jingguo.

This news swept across the Panorama Kingdom like a tsunami.

In the Shengyuan Continent, the status of the Saints’ families has always been higher than that of the royal family.

Many things were publicized by the royal family and no one paid attention, but once the Saints’ families made a statement, the significance was far greater than that of the royal family.

Even though Fang Yun threatened and bribed the Council of State yesterday, no family left the palace.

Today, within an hour after the five great families issued a statement, the families that surrounded the palace dispersed, and some families even cleaned the ground before leaving.

The court officials must follow the rules and regulations, and the law has always been not to blame the masses, but the great families are different. They do not need evidence or laws. As long as it is necessary, they will use all means to deal with the enemy.