Shui Wuyue: All In!

Skywater City soon convened its first Skywater conference.

Led by Shui Wuyue and the Shui Family, it summoned every faction in the city.

Large or small, every faction answered the call and came to the Skywater City lord's residence.

Skywater City was different from other cities. The measures they had opened to commoners alone had raised their standing among them to the highest level.

At the city lord's residence, Shui Wuyue carefully stroked her phone as she looked at the more than twenty people at the meeting.

Four were elders of the Shui Family's main branch, and eight were elders of its side branches.

The rest belonged to the other minor factions in Skywater City.

Of course, none of these people were particularly strong. They were around the Soul Emperor level, and Soul Saints at the very most.

The four main-branch elders of her own family, on the other hand, were all Soul Douluos. They were the full extent of the Shui Family's foundation, and with him and her younger sister, that made a full six Soul Douluos.

Before, Shui Wuyue might have thought that, while Skywater City's strength could not be called the lowest among the five academies, it was definitely among the top three.

Only when Wei Lin arrived did she understand. Soul Douluos? It seemed they were only so-so.

And they themselves were Soul Douluos who had already fallen behind.

"City Lord Shui, did something happen to make you call an emergency meeting this time?"

A grave expression appeared on Shui Yihu's face as well.

As one of the Shui Family's hidden trump cards, they generally would not come out unless faced with a matter that threatened to wipe out the family.

This time, Shui Wuyue had called everyone out at once. It was hard not to suspect that Spirit Hall was about to make a move against them.

"I called you all here this time after Yun'er and I thought about it for a very, very long time before making our decision. It is also the gravest time. If any of you wish to leave Skywater City first, I will never stop you."

Shui Wuyue did not say directly what the matter was, but anyone could feel her helplessness.

She was not putting on an act. It was genuine helplessness, from the inside out.

At those words, a deathly silence fell over the room. Almost everyone clenched their fists.

In the end, two people still cupped their fists to Shui Wuyue and took their leave.

"City Lord Shui, although we don't know what has happened to Skywater City, we... have families to look after, so..."

"I understand. Leave as soon as you can."

Shui Wuyue was actually quite gratified. At the very least, of the twenty-two people in this meeting room, only two had chosen to leave. That was enough to show that Skywater City was quite united.

"Family Head, just say what you have to say. I was a poor man once. If not for the Shui Family, I could never have reached the level of a Soul Douluo. We swear to live and die with the Shui Family!"

"We swear to live and die with the Shui Family!"

"There's no need for you to go dying."

Shui Wuyue calmed everyone down a little. She was genuinely afraid that if this went on, the lot of them would dare charge straight at Spirit Hall.

"Then we're... getting ready to run? That's good too. At least we won't die on the spot."

Everyone present had already decided what luggage to pack.

"Stop imagining things. Listen to me first."

Shui Wuyue slapped the table helplessly.

For the first time, she felt that these elders of hers seemed not to have grown brains at all.

Honestly, why had she had so many firsts these past few days? It was all because of that young master of Tianshu.

"Actually, the former heads of the Shui Family left behind some information."

Shui Wuyue told them about Tianshu City, though of course she embellished it a little. After all... she had a reputation to maintain too, didn't she? ／(≧x≦)＼

(Shui Family ancestors: Why is it that, after being dead for so many years, we suddenly feel like the weight on our backs is getting heavier and heavier?)

"So the Shui Family ancestors chose not to go a step further, but instead chose to... shrink back!!!"

"Sinners! Sinners! If not for them, perhaps our Shui Family would already have a place in Tianshu! Never mind anything else, at least we could have a home!"

"I don't look up to them as idols anymore! Cowards!"

Seeing everyone's furious looks, Shui Wuyue awkwardly rubbed her nose. She couldn't help it. The blame was too great a pot to carry, and only this way could she pull these people together like strands of a rope. Ancestors, I'm doing all this for Skywater City, for the Shui Family. I hope you don't mind.

(Shui Family ancestors: ...The whole room is roaring with filial piety! Our dear descendants, you're killing us with your filial piety!)

Although this was a little improper, it was the most suitable approach. She couldn't just say outright, "Oh, I discovered there's another side to the Douluo World, way more awesome than our side. Let's all go lay bricks and send the children over."

Wouldn't that be treating them like idiots? Or making them think she had evolved into a lunatic?

Ancestors, if this can truly get the Shui Family into "that world," then it will all be worth it. When I go down there, I, your unfilial descendant, will apologize to you.

Shui Wuyue's gaze grew utterly resolute. The world said that the one from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was best at going all in, and had never lost a bet.

But... if he can go all in, does that mean I don't dare?

I'm going all in!

"Everyone, I know this is too cruel for you, but I've thought about it for a very, very long time. Rather than keep playing house on this continent, we might as well stake everything once."

"The family head is right. With such a wonderful world out there, we have to try, even if it takes everything we have. Not for ourselves, but for our children."

An elder of the Shui Family's main branch stepped forward.

"Everyone, if we didn't know, that would be one thing. We would all just be fish raised in someone else's pond, and all we could see would be this world of ours.

"But what about now? We understand that beyond this pond are rivers and seas, and the vastest sky we never even dared imagine. Are you content with that? Content to let your children, like us, be treated as mayflies in this pond?"

Yes, who could be content with that?

It was not just for themselves, but for their children too.

Everyone's eyes became utterly resolute.

They understood that they had fallen behind for a very, very long time. To enter that world, they would have to give everything they had, even their lives.

But... so what?

As long as one person made it in, that meant the Shui Family had broken even!

They could proudly say, "Our Shui Family is not a frog at the bottom of a well! We are not fish raised in someone else's pond! We have children who made it out!"

That was the resolve a family should truly possess.

Not for the family, but so their children could walk out of the world that had imprisoned them their whole lives.

"By the way, Family Head, how many Credit Points do we have? Do we have enough for the journey?"

The corner of Shui Wuyue's mouth twitched. She very much wanted to say that she had zero Credit Points, enough to crack a fried egg.

But could she say that? So, ancestors, she was sorry.

The meeting room fell silent for a moment.

Then another round of furious curses rang out.

"Cowards! Cowards!"

(Shui Family ancestors: Sigh~ For some reason, our iron intake today is absurdly high. It feels like there are hundreds of us now.)