"Everyone, I'm sure you all know our current situation very well."
"Other than me, a Level 96 Peak Douluo, the only ones in the entire clan with Titled Douluo-level combat strength are Tianzhen and Wuxie, whose Angel Martial Soul Fusion Skill is the Six-Winged Elemental Angel."
"For our branch, this is a tremendous disgrace, and it's the root of our Radical Faction's weakness."
At Qian Wuyou's words, the other twenty members of the Angel Family lowered their heads one after another, completely afraid to meet their clan leader's eyes. Only Qian Wulu and the sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie were unaffected.
"I'm sorry, Clan Leader! We old fogeys have been holding everyone back..."
There was no helping it. It was no wonder they felt so ashamed.
The truth was, their strength didn't match their seniority.
They were all of the "Xun" generation, the same generation as the previous Pope, Qian Xunji. At most, they differed by a few years in age.
Leaving the eighteen-year-old Qian Wulu, from the younger generation, aside for now,
whether it was Qian Wuyou, their clan leader, or the sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie, they couldn't measure up to the younger generation in either talent or strength.
This was truly enough to leave them, members of the "Xun" generation, so ashamed that they wanted the ground to swallow them up.
It was one thing for the "Tian" generation sisters, Tianzhen and Wuxie, to be more talented and stronger than them.
But Qian Wuyou belonged to the "Wu" generation, two generations below them, and was much younger as well.
And yet?
At such a young age, Qian Wuyou was already a Level 96 Peak Douluo, holding up the entire Radical Faction by himself.
By contrast, these elders of the "Xun" generation had lived for decades, yet not one of them possessed the strength of a Titled Douluo who could steady the situation.
Their elders should have been protecting the clan and fending off outside enemies. Instead, the burden of holding everything together fell to a clan leader two generations younger than them, and they had to rely on two juniors' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Six-Winged Elemental Angel, just to field Titled Douluo-level combat strength.
At the thought of it, the "Xun" generation members were so mortified that they wished they could dig a pit and bury themselves in it.
It was humiliating. Truly humiliating.
"All right! There's no need for you all to be like this!"
"What's past is past, and what's now is now. The most important thing for you now is to train like your lives depend on it."
"I called you here today to discuss how to raise your Soul Power Levels. Ideally, every one of you will break through to Titled Douluo."
Qian Wuyou waved a hand, soothing the "Xun" generation members.
"Clan Leader, we'll follow your arrangements!"
The twenty members of the "Xun" generation responded in unison.
Since Qian Wuyou had called them to a meeting, it meant he had already made thorough preparations.
If it meant they could quickly break through to Titled Douluo, what was the harm in risking their lives a little?
Besides, they had all signed the second-layer Life Contract. As long as they weren't killed by divine power, they would be Ageless, Immortal, and Indestructible.
"Good! Then I'll get straight to the point!"
"I'm sure everyone knows that, aside from rare natural treasures and fortuitous opportunities, Soul Bones are the only way to help a Soul Master quickly break through their Soul Power Level!"
"Especially high-year Soul Bones—Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones!"
Qian Wuyou nodded and slowly laid out his plan.
The Immortal Herb opportunity had already evolved their martial souls and raised their Soul Power Levels from Level 70 Soul Saints to Level 82 Soul Douluo.
To keep raising the Soul Power Levels of the twenty "Xun" generation members quickly, the only reliable shortcut left was Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
And as luck would have it, the enormous haul of resources they had seized from Heaven Dou City was richest in Soul Bones.
Though this arrangement would conflict somewhat with the clan rules he had established earlier, there was no other choice.
The Radical Faction lacked Titled Douluo-level combat strength, so for now, they would have to pull off the cheeky trick of getting on the carriage before buying a ticket.
They could distribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to the clan members in advance, but those members would have to make up the contributions they had borrowed ahead of time later.
"Clan Leader, thank you for trusting in us and nurturing us!"
At Qian Wuyou's arrangement, the twenty members of the "Xun" generation all stood and bowed.
"Now that it's settled, go back and get ready. Tomorrow morning, everyone is to report to the Clan Treasury."
Qian Wuyou waved his hand, bringing the meeting to an end.
After the twenty members of the "Xun" generation had left, only the siblings Qian Wuyou and Qian Wulu, along with the sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie, remained.
Just then, Qian Wulu pursed her lips before finally speaking.
"Big brother, your idea is a good one."
"But this 'get on the carriage before buying a ticket' plan of yours is going to drain all the Soul Bone resources we seized from Heaven Dou City in one go..."
Tianzhen, Wuxie, and the twenty members of the "Xun" generation made a total of twenty-two Angel Family members.
Even if each person received only a few Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, that was still an enormous number.
If the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hadn't been so wealthy, no faction on the continent could have produced this many Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones at once just to hand them out.
Of course, Spirit Hall and the Angel Family were exceptions. As colossal powers with ten thousand years of history behind them, they still had reserves of that scale. It was just that they had already established their own household, and those vast resources had nothing to do with them anymore.
"Little sister, there's no need to fret over these resources!"
"Like the saying goes, how can you reap rewards without putting anything in?"
Qian Wuyou smiled lightly.
Those resources had all been seized, after all. Naturally, he didn't mind spending them lavishly.
"All right! You're the clan leader, big brother. You make the call!"
Qian Wulu pouted in a huff. Her own big brother didn't handle the household accounts, so he really didn't know how precious every grain of rice and drop of oil was!
Qian Wuyou naturally understood his younger sister's concerns.
In the end, his little sister just hadn't changed her way of thinking. She hadn't caught up with his broader perspective at all.
If he took twenty-two Titled Douluo out with him, would he still have to worry about getting cultivation resources and Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones?
Besides, the Extreme North beyond the Ice God Secret Realm was vast and rich in resources. No one had ever developed this treasure trove, and no faction had dared lay claim to this frigid, bitter land.
The Extreme North seemed like a frozen wasteland, with howling winds, no sign of people, and frozen earth everywhere. Its environment was harsh beyond measure. But Qian Wuyou knew that it concealed abundant resources and mineral veins.
Once the members of the Radical Faction were strong enough, they could develop the resources and mineral veins throughout the entire Extreme North.
The resources they were spending now might seem like a lot, but compared to the enormous returns they would bring in the future, they were nothing.
It was precisely because he knew what the Extreme North was like that he had chosen the Ice God Secret Realm as the clan's new home in the first place.
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