The Aftermath and the Capital's Decision

Repeat every single detail of the conflict you had with them, without missing a single word.

In Capital's Dragon Ascension Commercial District, General Feng, his face icy, watched the departing figures and questioned Liu Anhua and the others once more.

Although the conflict has ended and been resolved, its impact lingers.

Meng Hu, who had been feigning unconsciousness, got up from the ground with a grim expression; his face was ashen.

If word gets out, he will lose face.

However, Cao Fengqi's strength also made him wary and shocked.

"Explain!"

Liu Anhua's grandfather and the others glared at their younger generation and reprimanded them with unpleasant expressions.

Today's events appeared to be a simple conflict, and were ultimately resolved seemingly peacefully.

However, this incident dealt a significant blow to Capital's prestige.

"Grandpa, it's about..."

Seeing her grandfather and General Feng with their serious expressions, Liu Anhua dared not hide anything and told them everything.

"Dad, I didn't say a word, really, not a single word."

With tears streaming down her face, Xiao Yue choked out to her father, feeling utterly wronged.

She felt wronged; she hadn't done or said anything.

"That's outrageous! Cao Fengqi went too far! My daughter suffered such harm without saying a word."

Upon hearing the specific reason, Lieutenant General Xiao clenched his fists tightly, his face filled with anger.

"Times have changed, this is the real dandy, the real unscrupulousness."

General Zhang had rushed over after receiving He Wenyue's message, glanced at Liu Anhua and the others with a flicker in his eyes. "You offended his wife with your words, and he didn't waste any words with you, he just attacked directly. This shows his confidence in his own strength."

"What a useless piece of trash."

Upon hearing this, Meng Hu looked at his son with a sense of resentment.

Damn it, my useless son...

This whole thing had nothing to do with him, but he insisted on showing off, and now look what happened—he's even dragged his own father down with him.

"Xiao Liang is right. This is Capital, and that guy is indeed too arrogant."

General Feng frowned slightly and looked at He Wenyue and Yin Quan, asking, "Xiao He, was he invited by you?"

"Yes, Lieutenant General Cao was quite gentle and easy to talk to when he was with us."

He Wenyue nodded. "His wife is our junior sister, and we'd like to ask her to help us forge weapons."

"Gentle? Hmph!"

Lieutenant General Xiao looked at his daughter and gave a cold snort.

"This matter isn't a huge deal, but it's not insignificant either. Cao Fengqi has slapped our Capital in the face."

"After this incident, who will still respect Capital?"

Lieutenant General Liu spoke with a stern face.

These words caused General Zhang, who was standing to the side, to nod slightly.

Although Lieutenant General Cao had a good relationship with them.

Although Capital has three distinct circles today, it is still essentially a unified whole.

In the past, Capital was able to command the entire Great Xia.

There was also a saying that was always true: Capital officials were one rank higher.

This means that even among officials of the same rank, those in Capital are of higher rank than those in other places.

But now, lieutenant generals from other places can slap the faces of generals from Capital.

This made them somewhat uncomfortable.

"In this day and age, everything is based on strength. If you want to establish the prestige of Capital, you must demonstrate your power."

"Only by being strong can we gain the respect of others; otherwise, no one will obey us."

General Feng slowly began to speak, his gaze falling on General Zhang and Meng Hu: "Notify all generals to hold a council meeting."

General Zhang and the others nodded slightly.

"Is Cao Fengqi really that strong?"

"Suspected to possess a level 10 battle pet, wow, an 18-year-old kid, actually possesses such terrifying strength."

"They are indeed strong, but they are far too reckless, completely disregarding us."

In less than twenty minutes, they arrived at the floating Genjima Island in Capital.

In the main hall of the highest council in Capital, 65 generals gathered.

Upon hearing General Feng's account of what had happened, the generals' faces showed surprise and a hint of anger.

Things are different now.

General Feng looked at everyone and said, "If we in Capital want to take the lead, we need to demonstrate the strength that will command the respect of all the protected areas."

"Level 9 combat power is no longer enough for Capital to hold its own, even if my current strength is comparable to level 10 combat power."

General Xue, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke from the far right of the conference table.

"Um??"

"Old Xue, your Transcendent Sequence experience points have reached level 10 combat power?"

His words caused General Feng and the others to freeze in surprise as they looked at him.

Clearly, they were unaware of this.

"Yes, it's just me and Old Xu, while you guys are all in groups of three. My proficiency in my extraordinary skills is high enough, so naturally I need to improve them."

General Xue spoke very frankly.

These words caused a moment of awkwardness to General Feng and his group.

"At this moment, we are one family."

A general spoke slowly.

Back in Capital, there were degrees of closeness and distance among them, but if they continued like this now, Capital would be even less likely to gain the respect of the people.

"During yesterday's meeting, I had a vague feeling that there were powerful figures in Demon Capital who were no weaker than me, and now, with the addition of that Cao Fengqi..."

General Xue looked at them with a solemn expression and said, "If our Capital wants to continue to lead the way, we need a few more level 10 combat power experts. I suggest we discuss this carefully and, if anyone has the proficiency in the sequence skills of extraordinary professions, concentrate resources to train two or three level 10 experts."

For a level 10 powerhouse, it's not enough to just have enough souls to cultivate them; the proficiency of their extraordinary skills in the Transcendent Sequence must also be up to par.

Simply put, some extraordinary skills, when fully unleashed, can temporarily increase one's strength by three times.

However, if one's proficiency with a supernatural skill is low, this skill may only increase one's strength by two times.

So even if you have level 10 attributes, you might still be defeated by a level 9 powerhouse.

Such a forced elevation to a higher level is a waste of resources if it is not stable.

After all, reaching the Fourth Sequence consumes too many souls.

Even the entire Capital shouldn't be wasted like this.

Are there level 10 experts in Demon Capital too?

"It seems we need to focus our efforts on increasing our level 10 combat strength."

Faced with this pressure, the generals in Capital nodded in agreement.

At this point, we can no longer form cliques; we should unite.

"Now that our strength has increased, we need to establish our authority. Should we start by taking action against Cao Fengqi?"

Meng Hu spoke, his eyes gleaming.

"No, even if we produce two or three level 10 experts, we can't use them to establish our authority. We are all people of Great Xia, the pillars of Great Xia."

"We can't kill him just because of this, otherwise the impact and potential dangers would be too great. Besides, if we really anger a level 10 expert, it won't do us any good."

His words were immediately rejected by the generals!