"But whilst we have managed to confirm that Chu Zong is truly dead and Chu Huang seems to have lost his Saint Stage powers, the mysterious figure seems to be the one who would support Chu Yang in continuing the reign of the Imperials…" The man added;

"Good, a piece of good news at last…"

"Alright, North Commander, find out the origins of those kids…"

"South Commander, tip the Guan Empire over that edge…"

"West Commander, continue to watch every moves the Imperials make…"

"East Commander, you now have a new mission!" Patriarch Xi commanded successively!

But just as he was about to dish out his mission for the East commander, they walked into the reception area, and all the commanders greeted with a slight bow;

"Old Bai, I hope you have been well?"

Xi Kong greeted his peer despite being half the old man's age;

"Hehe, yeah I have… Except for recently that I have been having some slight headaches…"

Patriarch Bai replied as he sat down in the seat Patriarch Xi just offered to him;

"Eh? That is not common… What might be the cause of this headache of yours?"

Patriarch Xi asked whilst Patriarch Bai decided not to speak, and Patriarch Xi understood what he was getting at as he waved away the North, South and West Commanders who backed out of the room with a bow, before returning to Patriarch Bai and continued;

"He is the only one here now, and should our conversation leak out of this room, then I will wipe out his bloodline… you may speak, Patriarch Bai…"

The East Commander shivered and blanched as he comported himself and stood to the left of Xi Kong with a submissive posture…

"We have lost our men at the Land Of Stones, and in fact, Shaoxing'er just told me that the puppet we left to finish up things has been destroyed…"

"What!?" "Do we know who it was?"

Patriarch Xi was already feeling restless when he heard this news;

"She claimed it to be a youth who by her description turns out to be, that little kid we killed…"

"Unh!?" "There is no way he is still alive…"

"Of-course I thought the same… Perhaps he has a twin or something…"

"I don't think so, because I have never heard of him having any twin, and in fact I have sent men to continue tracking the little girl that was always with him…" Patriarch Xi replied before adding;

"Plus, what are the odds that he would have a twin who would also be in the land of stones as well?"

"I also think it is not plausible, but what can we do?"

"Are you sure he was the one she saw?"

"There's no way Shaoxing'er wouldn't know the person who cause her to suffer loss…"

"She can be very difficult at times, so if she said she saw him, then she did…" Patriarch Bai reaffirmed;

"Well, that is bad news because not only does he know we were the one who killed him; if we are to believe that everything we said then has been heard by him, then he will know about our plans…" Patriarch Xi commented;

"Yeah, and that is exactly why I came to you…"

"According to our plans, the rest of us are not to make any public moves during these period to prevent any suspicions, so we will be relying on you to help fix this problems…"

Patriarch Bai delivered the message he has been sent;

"I will need some incentives for doing this…"

"We knew you would say that, and He has decided to reward you greatly if you can make this go away…"

Patriarch Bai replied as Patriarch Xi looked towards the East Commander;

"Well, now you have your mission…"

"First, you send three troops to go capture that girl and bring her back… If that kid tries to do anything funny, then we would use her as leverage…"

"Secondly, once you are done choosing the specific troops to send, head over to the Land of Stones and investigate what really went wrong over there…"

"As you wish Patriarch Xi!" The East Commander bowed before leaving to carry out his missions…

"So, how are things going on with the Shen Clan and Chun Clan?"

Patriarch Xi finally turned to his peer and brought out a spirit wine from his spatial ring before pouring some for Old Man Bai;

"Good… Their Patriarchs are already up and running, but they are still trying to adjust to the bodies they have been given…"

"Yeah, and you are the only one who refused to choose one of your most talented members…"

"There is no way I am doing such… Asides from the fact that my old body is far stronger than theirs, I also trust my own body to do my bidding rather than someone else's…" Patriarch Bai responded with a slight chuckle;

"Yeah, I know, but you will miss the vitality and physical boundlessness that comes with being a youth once again…"

"You know, I can look much younger than you if I wanted to, but unless it is absolutely required, I don't want to be inside another meat sack…"

"What about the issue with the Chun Clan's hierarchy?"

"Oh, that is going on well, and we have yet to find a suitable meat sack for him… Apparently, he is a very selective and peculiar person…"

"Will they be able to find one on time?"

"I am very sure they are making good sure of that…"

"Generally, everything is on the right track… Just do your part extremely well, and we will succeed…"

"Yeah, I know… They have been too focused on our clan to really know what is going on within other clans, and I plan to keep it that way…" Patriarch Xi sipped from his cup as he replied…

"What are the situations with the other Empires?"

"It's all under control, and I have also told my men to speed up the mission…"

"Fantastic… When we are done with them, we will be the least of their worries, and that would be the perfect time for us to deal the fatal blow…"

"Speaking of worries, what about the rest of the Super Clans?"

Patriarch Xi brought up the matter with an expression of importance…

"The Cui Super Clan as usual are nowhere to be found, and I doubt even the Imperials know where they are, thus, I don't think they would be interfering into such matters, so we will leave them be as long as they keep themselves holed up in their hideout…"

"What about those nomads?"

"You mean the Long Super Clan?"

"Well, they are currently having their own internal troubles and I think it is too big a problem for them to be interfering with our plans…"

"That's a relief, as long as those two aren't interfering, our chances of success just got improved significantly…"

"Yeah, I know, but we still have the issue of the Tong Super Clan, Kun Super Clan, and the Jin Super Clan…"

"What is it with them?"

"Though they haven't explicitly made any moves to ally themselves with the Imperials, but they are the most righteous of amongst us all, and whilst they don't like doing battle, they are still a force to be reckoned with…"

"That's true, especially that Jun Clan that is a clan filled with insane arsenal of martial arts, divine abilities and cultivation techniques…"

"Yes, after all, their new heir had just finalized his arrangements with the heir of the 'Desert Treasure Pavilion' for the merger of both their clans…"

"They are truly making bold moves of their own unh?"

"Yes I am afraid so; the sixth and eight strongest Super Clans of the Empire merging could result in a power no weaker than the Tong Clan in the least…"

"Moreover, they have an elder of their clan as the Sect Leader of the Desert Sun Sect which would ensure steady stream of talents entering their ranks…"

"This is an issue that really needs to be addressed; if we consider the fact that they are the most likely to ally with the Imperials…"

"We cannot allow the merger happen…" Patriarch Xi's expression were already solemn at this point…

He knows how the Jun Super Clan operates, they do not have too many high ranked officials, but they have officials in almost every single establishments in the Empire who were in positions that couldn't be scoffed at either…

An example is the Sect Leader of the Desert Sun Sect, and that is just an Elder of their Clan… Furthermore, they are clans whose strength was derived from the vast arsenal of cultivation techniques and divine abilities in their libraries…

Moreover, according to the rumors, their vast array of techniques was enough to run the top 5 strongest sects within the empire without having any hiccups; and now they are planning to ally with the only clan that has the largest array of weapons and treasures;

The Desert Treasure Pavilion…

Mixing a vast array of cultivation techniques, divine abilities and marital arts with a vast array of weapons and treasures, also including a steady source of talented youths, there is no need to think too much about the grand scheme of the Jun Super Clan, and since the heir of the Treasure Pavilion is a female, this means it is more of a takeover than a merger...

Then that would mean the Jun Clan is about to see a sharp rise not only in power, but potential strength and wealth…

"So, how do you plan on preventing the wedding from happening?"

"When do they plan on making it happen?"

"In three months, and they plan on celebrating it by having at least two to three of their talented members entering the Imperial Seeding Tournament's top ten…"

"What!?" "They truly have a great ambition indeed…"

"They already have a large number of talented youths with mind boggling techniques, and arts…"

"If the Desert Treasure Pavilion supports these kids, entering the two of their members entering the top ten would be a walk in the park…" Patriarch Bai revealed;

"Damn, we are having more hiccups and thorns than we can afford to overlook…" Patriarch Xi held his hand into a fist;

"But where are Patriarch Shen and Patriarch Chun when we need them!?" Patriarch Xi Kong asked agitatedly...