Realisation Of The Plan

The Zhao Clan was bustling with activity. Some were happy, some were gloomy. At this moment, a black robed figure, wearing a mask and a hood that clearly hid his appearance, leisurely strolled towards the entrance of the clan.

"Who?"

"Identify yourself." Thundered the guards of the clan. The figure glanced at them indifferently, he waved his hands and the guards were sent flying into the clan area colliding with the buildings.

"WHO dares to create trouble in Zhao Clan?"

"Who are you?"

One after another, a lot of clan members thundered.

The figure didn't reply but a burst of aura covered the entire clan at this moment. Every member felt suffocation under this aura. A majority of them knelt as they couldn't bear the aura. They knew that it was a casual display and if the assailant wanted then they would have died a long time ago.

The figure casually waved his hands and an energy wave split into two direction and disappeared. When it reappeared, two figures were caught in between the wave; one was Zhao Ling while other was Zhao Lin, the two foundation forging realm experts of the clan. The sight of two of their strongest figure struggling with just a casual move of this visitor, the faces of the clan members turned pale. By this time the group that Zhao Yun had encountered while n his way to the Zhao clan had long arrived, they were also kneeling with pale trembling bodies. In an inconspicuous corner, Zhao Ying and Su Wan were hiding themselves, watching the scene play out. They were amazed by the show, Zhao Yun was putting on.

"Sir, May I know what my Zhao clan did to offend you?" asked Zhao Lin.

"You just need to know that I'm here to wipe out your clan. As for why? You don't have the qualifications to know." An old voice sounded from the figure.

The entire clan was sunk into silence. Under the pressure only Zhao Lin and Zhao Ling were able to mutter some words, others couldn't even raise their head, let alone speak. The indignance and grievance in their eyes were plain for everyone to see.

The old man Zhao Lin bitter45ly closed his eyes. What can he do? In front of raw strength there was nothing he could say. As for the kingdom's rule? By the time even their neighbours got a wind of it, their clan would have been reduced to ashes.

"Senior could you please spare the young ones and women?" he pleaded one last time.

"Hahaha to leave the root after cutting the grass? Ain't my style." The old vice sneered.

This time the entire clan turned cold.

The figure lifted his hands and clenched his fists. The energy that was constraining the two started constricting, crushing the two. Zhao Lin merely closed his eyes awaiting death while Zhao Ling who was silent till now started struggling fiercely, his face twisted.

"WHO are you? How dare you kill me? I'm a servant of the Yao clan. If anything happen to me, you will meet your doom." He yelled.

Silence prevailed in the clan. The atmosphere changed slightly. No one expected, to hear such news at this moment. Anger burned within majority of clan members, especially Zhao Lin, Zhao Ying and Su Wan.

Yao clan was one of the top three major clans in the capital, with a golden core state cultivator at its helm. Their ambitions were great as they have spies even in minor family such as Zhao Clan.

'No wonder this bastard broke through foundation establishment realm so soon' thought the opposing clan members.

"OOH" there was an exclamation of surprise in the old voice. The figure in cloak gazed deeply at Zhao Ling and then loosened his energy on him allowing the latter to land on the ground.

Zhao Ling was clearly pleasantly surprised. He inwardly sighed in relief.

"Senior I'm a servant of Yao family."

"Senior I'm from Gu family."

"Senior I'm…."

Similar cries rose from different clan members. Others watched with eyes wide as one after another spies were revealed.

"Humph" a cold snort was issued.

"I don't have time to waste on this nonsense. Those who are not from Zhao Clan join that guy on my left." The figure responded in a cold voice.

Immediately, around twenty adults and sixty youngsters changed sides. Seeing this scene, Zhao Ying fell on his knees. More than half of the clan were spies? Such outcome was out of his expectations. Surprisingly, the thirteen elders on Zhao Ling side were also spies but from different sides. Even Zhao Ling's face turned a little ugly. The ancestor Zhao Lin watched all this with pain. His Zhao clan had fallen to such an extent.

Suddenly a figure walked out from the group, he was one of the six elder on Zhao Ying side.

He bowed and said, "Senior, who you are? What enmity do you have with Zhao clan? If your reason is valid, my imperial family won't interfere."

His words surprised everybody. Even imperial family had spies in their clan. The man acted politely because he knew that hanging two foundation establishment realm cultivators with mere energy was only possible for a golden core cultivator. Although, the imperial family which had two golden core cultivator with them, one being in middle stages at that, didn't fear golden core cultivators, they still maintained a lack lustre attitude towards them, so that not to anger them without good reason.

"Oh! So you are from the imperial family huh. Well stand there, I would naturally pay my visit to his majesty to state my reasons." The old voice replied.

The elder complied and went on to stand beside Zhao Ling. The latter frowned but did not speak.

"So the rest of you are from Zhao clan huh?" the man questioned.

The crowd nodded in response.

Then the figure turned towards Zhao Ling and others, "if you have men among them, then bring them with you."

The others frowned. They felt that something was amiss, but they cannot put a finger on what it was. They complied with the orders and son the Zhao Clan was only left with the ancestor Zhao Lin, Zhao Ying, Su Wan, five elders of Zhao Ying's camp and six other adults with twenty youths and forty servants, who were loyal to the clan.

The figure scanned the group coldly. His gaze rested on Zhao Ying whose expression was pained. In a cold voice he stated, "Anyone wants to join the other side?"

There was some hesitation in this group but after some time, firm determination took them ver.

"NO! We will live with the clan; we will die with the clan." This was the response everyone gave.

Expression of Zhao Ying and Zhao Lin eased a lot.

The figure chuckled loudly, "Good! Very good."

He raised his hands and condensed a lot of energy. Expressions of the traitors turned mocking as they sneered at the remaining clan members while the kneeling members turned deathly pale.

When the figure waved his hands, everyone in the clan closed their eyes excluding Zhao Ying and SU wan who unexpectedly, were more relaxed, as if a burden was lifted.

Soon the mocking faces of the traitors stiffened as a fist wave moved towards them. Without giving them time to react, the fist wave came into contact and exploded. Even after spreading among more than sixty individuals, the fist wave directly killed them all except, Zhao Ling and the elder of the imperial family.

A moment of silence took over the clan. Even ancestor Zhao Lin was dumbstruck. Just now they were prepared to die, but now. 'This reversal was too fast.'

Only Zhao Ying and Su Wan were unfazed, instead they had a faint smile on their lips, although they were surprised with this display of strength but, they were still happy with the outcome.

"Killing 50 people with just a casual wave, this thi-s this… middle stage golden core?" murmured the elder from imperial family, his face filled with bitterness and despair. He was confused, why did this senior killed the traitors? Thinking about the actions of the man from the beginning a horrifying thought emerged in his mind. Then he swiftly shook his head

"NO it's impossible. How can such small clan possibly have such existence? I've never heard of any such ties." The more he thought the more confused he became. After all he was an elder of the clan for so many years. If there was such an existence behind the clan, the imperial family would have taken certain measures a long time ago.

"WHY WHY? WHO are you?" even more hysterical was Zhao Ling, who was screaming madly.

"The Yao clan won't let you off. They would avenge me." He snarled.

"Oh! Then they are welcome to try." The cloaked person spoke. Surprisingly this time the voice was young. The man slowly took off his cloak and his mask. When everyone saw the person, they were struck dumb. The figure had a youthful face with traces of immaturity. His skin was fair and his built was tall and proportioned. His eyes were deep and black. It was as if they contained the galaxy. He was none other than Zhao Yun.

Ancestor, Zhao Lin's eyes went wide, he speechlessly turned towards Zhao Ying, only to see him and Su Wan smiling mischievously. 'This brat' he glared.

"I should've known." Murmured the elder from the imperial family. He slowly closed his eyes. Dead. He had sustained serious injuries, and was alive only due to sheer will power. When he saw Zhao Yun, he was too surprised to control his emotions, loosing control f his injuries, thus dying.

The one who was most surprised was Zhao Ling.

"How can it be you? How is this possible? How this little dog did become so powerful?" he spoke incoherently. Then suddenly he remembered something.

"Kun'er! Where's Kun'er?" he knew that Zhao Kun had gone to hunt Zhao Yun. Now Zhao Yun returned with such overwhelming strength, while his son did not. An ominous feeling built up in his heart.

"Oh Zhao Kun? Don't worry you would meet him soon." Zhao Yun replied calmly.

"NO NO NO!! My Kun'er can't die. YOU! It's YOU! I'll kill you" Zhao Ling rushed madly at Zhao Yun.

Unfortunately for him it was all t late now.

Zhao Yun didn't take him seriously. He punched in his direction. This casual punch was enough to take the man's life. Zhao Ling lied lifelessly on the ground. His eyes pen even in death. They were filled with hatred and resentment. Seeing him like that sent chill down the spine of everyone.

"Quick! Destroy his corpse NOW." Ling Yun's vice rumbled in Zhao Yun's mind. This confused the lad a little but he obeyed. He kicked forcefully at the corpse with his genesis Qi, turning the corpse into a bloody mist. For some reason he heard Ling Yun sigh in relief.

"I say old Yun, what happened to you?" he inquired.

"You brat don't know shit! The anger, hatred and resentment on that corpse were too strong. If left unattended, he would have turned into a ghoul, a creature with infinite potential. They just need to eat human beings to raise their strength. They are slaughter machines that kill in millions or even billions. The more they kill and eat, the stronger they get." Replied the old man.

This information sent chills down through Zhao Yun's spine. Just thinking of such possibility was horrifying. Thank goodness he had Ling Yun with him. This made him wonder, if this was the reason Ling Yun was the 'guide' chosen by the scroll?

Putting the matter back of his mind, he turned toward the approaching Zhao Lin, Zhao Ying and Su Wan.

"You little brat sure know how to act huh." Chided Zhao Lin, although his smiling face gave away the happiness he felt. Just now, Zhao Ying had informed him of Zhao Yun's encounter. That was all he needed to know.

Zhao Yun responded with a smile. He felt that it was time to consolidate the clan so he said to Zhao Ying, "Uncle, I need to seclude myself for a day, please calm down the clan members and do anything to keep whatever happened today within our walls. Send someone to bring my parent and grandpa Zhang back and also prepare carriages, food and rations along with money along with other resources. Sell everything that can be sold within a day. Once I come out of seclusion, we need to leave the kingdom."

These series of orders confused Zhao Ying. "Little Yun, with your strength, why do we need to leave?"

"It is precisely because of my strength that we need to leave. I'm not afraid of the Qin kingdom, but for now I cannot draw too much attention. I will be in the shadows for now. As for how we would gain attention, you would know soon. For now, do what I said, and search for a place where we can easily buy natural resources. Also do all that discreetly. We need at least three days before anyone can find out." Saying that he left the group and vanished. Now that he had cleaned up the clan, he needed time to consolidate his gains and formulate a plan for the future.

The group exchanged glances then smiled wryly. Nevertheless they went into performing the orders. Zhao Ying calmed down the clan, giving them vague information about Zhao Yun. Zhao Lin personally went out to escort Zhao Fan and Guan Rou while Su Wan went ahead to gather all the resources, and sell the Zhao clan properties. She sold these properties to her brother, who was the only person in Su clan she cared about. This way Su Clan would benefit a little and thus her brother's position would rise. Secondly no one would know about it as her brother would keep it a secret for three days.

In this way, the Zhao clan, who had experienced too much in a single day, turned busy all of a sudden. From outside the clan appeared peaceful but inside, a single united front was born.