The Nascent Soul Cultivator Nether Flood Dragon had brought from headquarters was still controlling the flying vessel.
The twenty-three Ming Family members brought from Cangshan Island all remained inside the cabin.
Nether Flood Dragon and Xuan Chen sat cross-legged at the bow.
Xuan Chen smiled. "Winning Cangshan Island's support is a good start.
"If we can also win over the Ming Family members on Ruyi Island, the strength in our hands will become quite considerable."
Nether Flood Dragon nodded as well. "Ruyi Island was the Ming Family's earliest territory in the outer seas, and it has been developed for more than twenty thousand years.
"There are many Ming Family members there. More than half of the distant branch members are on Ruyi Island and in the surrounding waters.
"The one in charge of the Ruyi Island branch now is one of my paternal uncles."
Xuan Chen's expression relaxed somewhat. "So things should go very smoothly on Ruyi Island?"
Nether Flood Dragon sighed. "You're thinking too simply. Although my uncle's father and my grandfather were blood brothers, their relationship was not very good.
"By rights, that branch should also have been part of the Ming Family's direct line. But back then, my grandfather expelled that branch from headquarters, and they could only be counted as a Ming Family branch afterward.
"My second uncle is closer to me, and he also has a good relationship with my father.
"Even so, there was still someone like Ming Shan, who disregarded the greater good.
"Our two branches have been separated for more than two thousand years. Whether they are still willing to listen to me is an unknown.
"So..."
The meaning was clear: if negotiations failed, they would use the Dragon Scale Dart to kill him, then leave behind a family member to take