The Mist Yun Sect Had Arrived

"It's terrible... it's terrible, Patriarch! The people from the Mist Yun Sect are here!"

Suddenly, a person outside the Council Hall shouted into it.

Then a man rushed in, entered the hall, and looked at Ya Fei and Mittel Tengshan, who were sitting at the head of the table, with a panicked expression. "It's the Mist Yun Sect! People from the Mist Yun Sect have arrived! They're right outside the door! There are so many of them!"

"This..." Everyone was astonished.

His face immediately turned pale.

"It seems... what was bound to happen has finally happened, but I didn't expect it to be so soon!" Mittel Tengshan sighed.

Everyone was quite frightened. They knew better than anyone how powerful the Mist Yun Sect. Even the royal family of the Jia Ma Empire didn't dare to provoke them, let alone their Mittel Clan. Only Hai Bodong could be considered to be at the peak of combat power, while the others were just small fry below the Dou Wang. How could they possibly compete with the numerous Dou Wang, Dou Zong, and two Five-Star Dou Huang, Yun Yun Gu He Nalan Yanran was not even at the peak of the Peak Dou Wang level.

Of course, they didn't know that Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Gu He were no longer with the Mist Yun Sect. Two of them went to the Flower Sect in Central Plains, one was taken to Tager Great Desert by Qian Ye, and Yi Bu and Han Feng were currently imprisoned in the Snake-People Tribe.

Although the three were not from the Mist Yun Sect, the Mittel Clan was no match for the Mist Yun Sect.

The main reason was that Yun Shan was too strong. In the original book, Xiao Yan had to intervene to save the Mittel Clan and eliminate Yun Shan.

Without Xiao Yan's help, Hai Bodong, a Dou Huang alone, would suffer a crushing defeat.

Hai Bodong may be fine, but the Mittel Clan members are not so lucky.

"Old Hai, what do you think is our strategy for dealing with this enemy?" Ya Fei asked Hai Bodong first, after all, he was an elder and the one who had helped him become the head of the family. She could disregard others, but she couldn't disregard his.

Most importantly, the enemy has already come knocking on our door, so we can't let Hai Bodong contribute more.

Hai Bodong pondered for a moment and said, "Ya Fei, now that you are the head of the Mittel Clan, you should be in charge of everything."

"Okay, then let's proceed as planned." Ya Fei said decisively. Everyone nodded, having no objections. After all, the other party had already come knocking on their door, leaving them nowhere to hide but to face it.

She then glanced at Yao Ye: "Princess, what do you think?"

Yao Ye glanced at Qian Ye before saying, "Now that the Imperial Advisor and I are here, we naturally won't stand idly by. We'll cooperate with your battle plan. Let's go out together and see how many people they have, what their strength is, and whether Yun Shan has arrived."

"Then thank you so much, Your Highness and the Grand Preceptor." Ya Fei smiled. Having two powerful figures to help was better than having none. Of course, she was also worried that if they were defeated and the princess was harmed, the royal family's anger would surely be vented on their Mittel Clan.

Ultimately, we can only play it by ear; if we can't win, we should try our best to protect the princess and get her back safely.

"Let's go!" Ya Fei stood up and called out, and the group followed her out of the manor.

Yao Ye and Qian Ye walked at the very back. Yao Ye asked, "Grand Preceptor, do you think Yun Shan will come?"

"That's hard to say." Qian Ye said that Yun Shan did not appear in the original book, mainly because Elders Yun Du and Yun Sha had already advanced to the Dou Huang level, and more than a dozen Dou Wang elders were also present, so he did not attend in person.

But the original book is the original book, and my own transmigration has already disrupted the original balance. No one knows whether it will create a butterfly effect.

"They still don't believe in your strength, but what I don't understand is, you're Nine-Star Dou Zong, why do I have to tell them you're just Nine-Star Dou Wang?"

Qian Ye reached out and patted Yao Ye on the back. "It seems you still don't see things clearly enough!"

Yao Ye: "What do you mean?"

"Think about it and you'll understand. The Mittel Clan isn't an ordinary family; it's one of the three great families of your Jia Ma Empire. On the surface, they're legitimate businessmen. Leaving aside Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, he's practically a normal person, like Elder Mittel Tengshan and the other elders, including...♡👽 🍬🍬"

"When Ya Fei was still a young girl, her family sent her to work at the Utancheng Mittel Auction House. Those high-ranking elders and their disciples must have bullied her quite a bit, right?"

Yao Ye nodded. "I have heard about that. It is true that the Mittel Clan's business has been getting better and better in recent years. Their business has spread all over the country, and they can be said to be richer than a country. After gaining wealth and status, their elders and family members have indeed become arrogant and their behavior is not very good. They have done a lot of things like bullying men and women. There are also a lot of internal conflicts within their family."

"That's natural. As the cake gets bigger, so do our desires. There's a saying that goes, 'A man's greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.' Though a person is small, their desires are not. Once greed takes hold, it's endless and they can never satisfy their inner desires."

"So, in order to get a bigger slice of the cake, some people might even want to monopolize it, which leads to conflict, jealousy, and hostility towards each other."

"Take your royal family for example, I'm sure you've had your fair share of palace intrigues, haven't you?"

"Oh..." Yao Ye blushed; family scandals shouldn't be aired in public!

"Then, Imperial Advisor, what do you mean?"

Qian Ye: "I'm hiding my strength not for any other reason than to make them feel threatened. Think about it and you'll understand. If you told them I was Nine-Star Dou Zong expert, they would think I could take down the entire Mist Yun Sect by myself, and even Yun Shan wouldn't be a match for me."

"Then can they still put up a desperate fight? They'll think, 'Since I'm Nine-Star Dou Zong, I can handle this by myself, why should I make them risk their lives?'"

"If I don't take action and do my best to help them deal with the Mist Yun Sect by then, they will blame me for not helping them. Even if I eventually manage to deal with the Mist Yun Sect for their family, it will only end in a difficult and unpleasant situation. Why should I do that?"

"I don't owe the Mittel Clan anything, why should I fight for them and end up with a bad reputation?"

"And your royal family isn't planning to help them either, is that enough to show that whether it's an individual or a group, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, everyone will weigh the pros and cons. Whether to help or not depends on whether it's worth it. As the saying goes, when you're poor, no one cares in the bustling city; when you're rich, even distant relatives come to visit. When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. When you're successful, you're surrounded by sycophants and flatterers. When you're down on your luck, even a dog might bark at you in disgust, reminding you that you're weak. Even a dog can look down on you and bully you."

"Leaving aside your royal family, let's talk about the other two families, the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan. You see how close they usually are to the Mittel Clan, but in the end, they didn't even send a greeting. They even avoided them like the plague, pretending not to know anything. They completely ignored them."

"And you're the same. If you didn't know I had the strength of Nine-Star Dou Zong, you probably wouldn't have dragged me into this mess with the Mittel Clan today, would you?"

"Hehe!" Yao Ye couldn't help but laugh. She was usually so serious and never smiled, but she never expected to show such a girlish side.

"Grand Preceptor, I truly hadn't considered what you just said. Hearing you say it now is like a wake-up call. Luckily, you warned me beforehand, otherwise you might be forced to act as their shield now."

"You know that much!" Qian Ye gave Yao Ye a light tap on the head. "Besides, the Mittel Clan members are used to being pampered. It's not easy for the Mist Yun Sect to stand up for them and teach them a lesson, to make them suffer a bit and dampen their arrogance. I think this is not only good for their internal family conflicts, but also for the balance of power in your Jia Ma Empire, isn't it?"

"Haha... that makes perfect sense. It seems that my great-grandfather and I were right to appoint you as the Imperial Advisor," Yao Ye laughed.

"So we don't need to help them too much later. We can just watch from the sidelines. Once they've fought enough and are tired, we can step in, play the role of the righteous one, and reap the benefits without lifting a finger. They'll even have to thank us for our help. Why not kill two birds with one stone like this?"

"I think your royal family thinks the same way, right? Whether it's the Mittel Clan or the Mist Yun Sect, you're afraid of either of them becoming too powerful?"

"Yes, yes!" Yao Ye nodded in agreement. "That's true. For an empire, especially a small place like our Jia Ma Empire, any power that grows stronger poses a threat to the royal regime."

"Of course, there are also advantages. Take the Mist Yun Sect for example. The existence of the Jia Ma Empire. If the Jia Ma Empire were to lose the Mist Yun Sect, the consequences might not be internal strife, but external threats. After all, the neighboring Chu Yun Empire has long been eyeing our Jia Ma Empire with covetous intent. Therefore, the royal family's tolerance towards the Mist Yun Sect is not without reason. Rather than a primary and secondary relationship, it is more accurate to say that they are mutually exploiting each other. The Mist Yun Sect is using the power and influence given to them by the royal family, and the royal family is also using their strength to intimidate foreign invaders."

Qian Ye smiled and said, "So you can defeat the Mist Yun Sect, but you don't want to eradicate them completely, much less drive them out and help others?"

Yao Ye: "Yes, it's not that we can't live without the Mist Yun Sect, nor that the Mist Yun Sect can't live without us. We're just joining forces for the sake of mutual benefit. It's basically a win-win situation for everyone!"

"However, if the Mist Yun Sect were to disappear from our Jia Ma Empire one day, I am certain that without the Mist Yun Sect as an arm, let alone anything else, the Chu Yun Empire itself would definitely invade our Jia Ma Empire. There is no doubt about that. Unless a force immediately comes to our aid, and one that is no less powerful than the Mist Yun Sect, to balance this situation, the Jia Ma Empire will be in grave danger. If the Chu Yun Empire joins forces with several other major powers, it will be even more dangerous."

Qian Ye was aware of this. In the original book, the Chu Yun Empire had joined forces with several other forces to attack the Jia Ma Empire, but they were driven back by Xiao Yan's forces. More importantly, Little Fairy Doctor was one of his people; otherwise, the Jia Ma Empire would not have won this battle so easily.