Chapter 72: The Gathering (Beginning)

"Clean up the place" Gu Lin Fang ordered calmly as he walked back to the main carriage.

Jiang Qin ordered Gu Qin Feng to gather the horses with some NPCs.

While everyone was busy, Gu Ji Wan walked towards Gu Lin Fang, "The Young Master and Young Miss are yet to return, do we need to send people to search for them or do I go personally?".

Gu Lin Fang looked at him calmly before looking at the clan page he had been staring at for a few minutes now, Gu Lin Ju's health and Qi bars had stopped fluctuating and was slowly recovering at a calm pace, there were no problems with Gu Yu Xing either.

To be sure, he actively triggered the [Situational awareness] trait and found that they weren't far from the group, Gu Lin Ju was even sleeping, "They'll be here shortly".

Gu Ji Wan didn't know how Gu Lin Fang was so sure but he chose to wait and see for now, he bowed slightly and withdrew.

At the same time, Gu Lin Fang looked at a particular direction in the bamboo forest and a black cloaked figure walked out lightly.

Everyone became alert upon noticing him, his bloodied hands did not help matters either.

"Stand down" Gu Lin Fang's voice immediately broke through the tensed atmosphere before he adding, "He's one of us".

They sighed in relief and went back to what they were doing, the cloaked figure knelt down on one knee and said, "little one has seen Master".

"At ease, did you succeed with what I asked?"

"Yes"

"Do you remember what you are to do when we get there?"

"Yes"

"Good, Good... You have done well" Feeling amused, Gu Lin Fang ordered the figure to find a horse before turning back to his user interface.

Earlier he had gotten a bunch of notifications the moment he unleashed the full form of his bloodline condensation.

Presently, a lot of people would have been made aware of the Gu clan's bloodline strength and would begin trying to guess, curry favor, some might even intend to marry into the family or something but that isn't Gu Lin Fang's present concern...

[Ding!: The Gu clan's ranking has been promoted to Rank 8 in the {Sun Desert faction}. They would be rewarded with 150 medium grade spirit stones, 50% experience bonus (1Day), Talent pill x10, Lucid Ganedoma x 5, Clan techniques registration, Clan uniform design.

All would be placed in the Patriarch's inventory.]

[Due to the Clan's development, all major unassigned positions are to be filled up as soon as possible.

°Patriarch (1/1): Oversees all Clan matters, responsible for war, war bid, ally communication, overall planning and decision making that concerns the whole clan.

Bonus: +20% overall stats and cultivation speed when on the said Clan's property, +10% to overall stats when next to the matriarch.

°Matriarch (0/1): Oversees all internal Clan matters, responsible for the workers, resources etc... Answers only to the Patriarch.

Bonus: +10% overall stats and cultivation speed when on the said Clan's property, +10% to all stats when next to the Patriarch.

° Grand Elder (0/1): Oversees the Elders and is allowed to make certain decisions when the Patriarch isn't available.

Bonus: +10% cultivation speed when on the Clan's property and 10% comprehension.

°Elders (0/4): Oversees external and internal issues sets good example for clan members, they are in charge of clan missions and handing out Special Escort missions. they keep in contact with ally's for major activities. In time of war, They are also in charge of war strategies.

Bonus: +10% cultivation speed and +5% Attack speed when on the Clan's property.

°Hall Leaders (0/6): Enforces rules on their respective departments within the clan. They teach and are also responsible for recruitments.

Bonus:+8% cultivation speed and +10% evasion when on the Clan's property.

°Dharma Protectors (0/8): they are in charge of the Clan's protection.]

[Ding! Clan reputation has increased to 'well known' within {Iron Crow City} and 'fairly known' in the {{North}.

This has Increased the Clan's chances of generating elites.

Keep up the good work]

[Ding! Your name has made it to the top 500 in the Tianjiao List, Your name shall linger silently in the realm...

You have been rewarded with a double experience card (3 days), Marrow washing Dan x12,   it will be placed in your inventory]

"My Lord" while going through these notifications, a voice broke through Gu Lin Fang's thoughts.

Upon looking up, he found out it was fatty Zhu. The latter quickly explained his findings and brought the unconscious lady forward with a face that was dripping with flattery.

"Take her to the Manor, give this to The Martial Hall elder, Ji Hung, he'll know what to do."

"Yes!" Acknowledging Gu Lin Fang's order, fatty Zhu cupped his fist before taking away his prisoner with his horse.

Five minutes later, Gu Yu Xing arrived with Lin Ju and they set out for the boathouse while listening to Yu Xing retell the story of what transpired.

'hmm arrays'

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Along the way, they ran into an escort coach and his group, they seemed to be escorting some kind of ore.

Gu Lin Fang found it interesting but not enough for him to stop, the escorts practically lost half a life just seeing their approaching group.

Upon arriving at the boathouse, everyone was left behind to watch the horses and carriage, except for Gu Ji Wan, Gu Yu Xing, Gu Lin Ju, Gu Qin Feng and the cloaked figure.

They boarded a boat in order to cross the lake directly.

Gu Lin Ju woke up, but have been awfully quiet, Gu Lin Fang was using part his daily cultivation quota while controlling the shadow guard. The player on the other hand was marveling at the view while Gu Yu Xing and Ji Wan followed Gu Lin Fang's footsteps to cultivate.

It didn't take long before they arrived at the Island, they wasn't any movement around, so Gu Lin Fang directly went to the main building.

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The atmosphere in the Main hall was a bit solemn, Nangong Jiang hadn't arrived and Gu Lin Fang's group weren't there yet.

The chivalrous faction and the dark clans sat opposite each other, the Wei clan's end of the hall was practically empty, which means they weren't going to show up to this gathering.

Almost everyone seemed tense due to the earlier argument that was instigated by Cui Shu Lan and his group, all in an attempt to rile the dark clans up.

Although Huang Yao Dao, the Patriarch of the Huang family was stopped by Cui Shu Lan himself, he didn't mean to give up on the issue.

It was so obvious that they were staging a play.

Bang!

The massive doors of the hall were suddenly opened, attracting everyone's attention.

Upon see who had entered, Lu Yi Jun locked onto Gu Lin Fang, his eyes, full of killing intent.

The Elders of the Wu and Lu family, although they were afraid of Gu Lin Fang on a normal day, It was an entirely different story when they're backed up by the chivalrous faction.

At this moment, Gu Lin Fang and his party somehow seemed to be at the center of the hall upon entering.

The players watching Gu Qin Feng's broadcast were shocked by the amount of Bosses in the hall!.

"Woah!! that woman...!"

A player called out excitedly, and some others nodded one after another in understanding.

Gu Lin Fang frowned, his eyes swept across the hall, his face turned gloomy.

They didn't prepare any seats for them, definitely on purpose.

Before he could do anything, a deep solemn background song began to play, it was obvious only himself and Gu Qin Feng, who could hear it.

The sound of heavy footsteps came from the other side of the hall as the song's intensity was slowly building up.

Immediately, the owner of the footsteps came into view, it was a middle aged man with a thick build, he was dressed in golden robes but it couldn't hide his muscles.

'So the BGM was for him...'

Boom!

[Ding! City Lord Nangong Jiang has used [Dominance] Lv 4 on you!]