Urban Invincible Overlord

"Didn't they say that with the armies of Heaven and Penglai Realm pressing on the borders, and the Divine Continent being in need of manpower, they would give us a chance to redeem ourselves?" Wang Changchun said somewhat unwillingly.

Zhuge Cang chuckled coldly and said, "Do you really believe such deceitful nonsense? If we had been the ones to win in the end, and Helian Zhan and Wang Chunyang were imprisoned here by us, would you use them in the future?"

Wang Changchun's throat moved a few times and he said, "In times of crisis, naturally, they would be used."

"Would you dare use them? Trustingly use them?" Zhuge Cang mocked.

Wang Changchun's face flushed, and in the end, he couldn't answer Zhuge Cang's question, sighing, "So, should we just wait here for death?"

"If it weren't for so many people in the Zhuge family, what would death mean to me, Zhuge Cang? Living in disgrace now is just because there is a shred of hope in my heart, wanting to see more of my family's descendants." Zhuge Cang sighed deeply.

He did not regret his decision back then. The current outcome was simply the victor's glory and the loser's disgrace.

If it weren't for the Ji Family and Zhang Family being too timid and disgraceful, betraying us with a single strike and causing the three-family alliance to panic, how could we have fallen so easily on our side?

Even if defeated, it wouldn't have resulted in such a heavy loss.

But the harm caused to the younger generation in the family by these outcomes made Zhuge Cang feel a little uneasy.

A family legacy of a thousand years, how could it be completely destroyed because of the wrong decisions made by their generation?

Therefore, the only thing he couldn't let go of in his heart now was the family's legacy.

Wang Changchun, although he didn't have as deep feelings for Giant Sword Manor as Zhuge Cang did for the Zhuge family, also had his own family members. Hearing Zhuge Cang say this, he thought of his own family's future. Imagining that their days would not be as good as they had been in the Hidden Sect World, and they might even be targeted and bullied by disciples from other sects and aristocratic families, he felt a pang of guilt and self-blame.

Just as the two were silently worrying about the future of their respective families, both of them suddenly looked up at the heavy iron door.

A sharp scraping sound came from the iron door as someone pushed it open from the outside.

Light shone into the room, and both Zhuge Cang and Wang Changchun squinted their eyes slightly.

In their sight, over a dozen figures walked in.

Wang Chunfeng, Wang Chunyang, Helian Zhan, Zhao Wannian, Gong Haichao, Ouyang He, as well as the Vice Sect Leader of the Poison Sect, and Ouyang He's younger brother, Ouyang Long. Finally, there was the Ji Family head, Ji Bangying.

Except for Sect Master Zhang from the Zhang family who didn't come, almost all the powerful figures capable of making decisions from the five Hidden Sect families were present.

Wang Changchun's heart sank, realizing that something bad might happen.

Zhuge Cang also suspected this, his heart sinking to the bottom, but he maintained his demeanor as a strong man, smiling and said to everyone, "Hahaha, Brother Wang and I are mere prisoners, yet you all collectively come to visit us; it's really quite the honor."

Wang Changchun, who was decades younger than Zhuge Cang, instinctively felt that his and Zhuge Cang's time of death had come, seeing such an array, and his mind began to crumble, glaring at the group with a slightly pale face, sternly saying, "What do you all intend by coming together?"

Wang Chunfeng, at the forefront, glanced at the two of them before focusing on Zhuge Cang, and said, "Brother Zhuge, we've come to discuss important matters with you."

Zhuge Cang and Wang Changchun were both shocked and stood there dumbfounded.

They both had prepared for the worst, thinking these people had come to send them to their graves. They didn't expect Wang Chunfeng to say something like this.

After a brief moment of surprise, Zhuge Cang uncertainly asked, "What did you just say?"

Wang Chunfeng said earnestly, "You heard correctly. We came to discuss important matters with you."

Beside them, Wang Changchun froze.

He realized that they had said twice they wanted to discuss important matters with Zhuge Cang but hadn't mentioned him.

His heart tightened, not knowing how they intended to deal with him.

At the same time, he felt secretly indignant. Could he, still in his prime, be less useful than this old man Zhuge Cang?

Zhuge Cang, on the other hand, wasn't concerned about Wang Changchun not being mentioned. He curiously asked, "As a mere prisoner, a huge criminal to you, what right do I have to join you in discussing important matters?"

Wang Chunfeng said, "This matter concerns the future position and survival of the Hidden Sect. Even if you don't consider it for yourself, wouldn't you think about your more than a thousand descendants of the Zhuge family?"

Zhuge Cang's expression changed, a fleeting ferocity in his eyes, assuming Wang Chunfeng intended to threaten him with the lives of the Zhuge family's members, he replied, "Wang Chunfeng, isn't it shameful for the Langya Wang family, claiming to be righteous, to be so despicable as to threaten me with my family's lives?"

Wang Chunfeng shook his head, "Brother Zhuge, you've misunderstood. We didn't come to threaten you, but to discuss a very important matter."

Zhao Wannian stated, "That's right, it concerns the legacy of various major sects and families in the Hidden Sect and is of utmost importance."

Ji Bangying added, "The future of the Hidden Sect rests on Brother Zhuge's decision."

Ouyang He snorted, appearing a bit impatient, and said, "Everyone, in my view, even without him, Zhuge Cang, we have the capability to let the Hidden Sect's position transcend secular laws."

Helian Zhan chuckled and said to Ouyang He, "Brother Ouyang, to subdue the enemy without fighting is the best strategy, let alone our true enemy is the alliance of Heaven and the Penglai Realm."

Ouyang He snorted again and remained silent.

Zhuge Cang and Wang Changchun listened to their conversation, hearts stirring.

Especially Zhuge Cang, his eyes flashed keen light as he glanced at a few people and said, "You want to take over the Divine Continent?"

Helian Zhan said, "The Divine Continent was ours all along, why take it? What we need to do is reduce internal conflicts in the Divine Continent to preserve strength for dealing with Heaven and the Penglai Realm in the future."

Wang Chunyang said matter-of-factly, "Our Hidden Sect families and sects have always stood above, and now entering the world, our position needs to be maintained, yet secular laws are extremely unfriendly towards us. So, we can only continue to transcend the mundane."

"That's right, how can we let those ordinary people govern us?"

"If our ancestors knew we would be bound by secular rules after entering the world, wouldn't they rise from their graves to scold us for not being dutiful?"

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Everyone voiced their opinions.

Clearly, in their hearts, there was no difference between human society and the animal kingdom.

The rule of survival of the fittest; the capable reign.

Such a vast world should naturally be governed by these martial arts strongmen, not ordinary people rising above them.

Zhuge Cang finally understood their intention, suddenly bursting into laughter, "Hahahaha… At first, you all criticized our three families for interfering with the secular, and now aren't you doing the same?"

Zhao Wannian replied coldly, "Your three families were wrong by acting without informing us. The forces within the Hidden Sect should unite as one, instead of acting selfishly like your three families. Otherwise, we would have controlled the Great Divine Continent long ago, instead of being restrained and suppressed by secular rules now."

Zhuge Cang didn't concede, coldly snorting, "Hmph, just the victor's glory and the loser's disgrace. If I had won, not only the Divine Continent would be under my control, the benefits of the world would only need to be shared among five families, not divided among eight families."

Wang Chunfeng smiled calmly, saying, "So you lost, lost because you were too greedy. The Eight Great Forces of the Hidden Sect should unite as one to be invincible. Zhuge Cang, considering the Zhuge family's merit in guarding and maintaining the Hidden Sect's array, we now give you a chance to redeem yourself."