Chapter 126
Chapter 126 – Other Forces
"A Clan?"
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"What is a clan?"
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"Da heck is this!?"
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Fifteen bewildered reincarnators received the same announcement . Most of them did not have a clue about the existence of a Clan from the system, let alone the Clan Contract .
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The system menu updated and more details appeared . Clan Contract and its details could be read from the menu now .
"The system is hiding this from me!?"
Liu Ping stomped his foot . He walked to his bed and sat down to focus on reading the details .
"I can form a clan contract with any reincarnator instantly, but one reincarnator can only recruit one native per year . I need five members to form an official clan and get the clan quests . Clan pool…"
"s.h.i.+t! That Tong has gone further than me . "
"No, it doesn"t matter . Our status is a world apart . He won"t be able to reach me that easily now . History has changed . There will be no alliance against Dong Zhuo! There will be no Emperor Xian!"
"For now, I have to take advantage of the clan quest ASAP . "
"System, can I recruit w.a.n.g Li into my Clan with her status?"
[Haha! Nope! Members of the Clan Contract must be consent . But she has no soul, so nope!]
His breath became short and quick from the irritation . Liu Ping clenched his fists as he tried to think .
"I can"t trust any reincarnator . I have to recruit a native here . "
"But one person a year is too slow . "
"f.o.o.k! Fine! One person a year it is . I don"t have a choice!"
"System, how can I recruit a native? What"s the procedure?"
[One, the potential native member must swear allegiance with the Clan Leader . ]
[Two, the potential native member must drink a drop of your blood… Whoops, in your case you don"t need to do this . So just make the person loyal to you and press the recruit b.u.t.ton on the menu, then it"s done . ]
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Xia Pi City, Xu Province, Zhongyuan Region .
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A young man and a young lady sat side by side on a rock nearby a pond . At first glance, it looked like the two were flirting couples . But if they looked at them closely, their expression was solemn .
"We"ve made a mistake . We shouldn"t form only the Soulmate Contract . We should have formed the Clan Contract instead . . "
"No, we should form all contracts that the system has, so we won"t miss anything . "
"You"re right . "
"But from the looks of it, we can only have 4 members this year, including us . "
"Hmm, this is painful . We don"t know what the clan quests are . "
"Well, you shouldn"t feel that way . If this is similar to mobile games, the system will make us do something like occupying cities or counties for rewards . Or maybe worse . "
"I hope you"re right . "
The young man gazed toward to horizon as he thought . He spoke what in his mind for the lady beside him .
"We"re at disadvantage . Zhang Tong changed the fate of the Yellow Turbans . Liu Ping will take the throne in a matter of time . But we can"t break free from Tao Qian . If the Yellow Turban Uprising doesn"t happen, my father will not get any promotion or get sent to be the governor of Changsha City . "
The young lady closed her eyes .
Her slender fingers flickered the small zither she had on her laps . As she played the zither, she gave the man a bit of advice .
"Relying on the Yellow Turban events or historical events won"t help . There"s more than one way to get your father promoted . "
"Hmm?"
"One, we hunt small fry pirates, thieves, and bandits . But it will take years to get noticed, which isn"t efficient . Two, we march to Ganling City to subjugate Zhang Yan and his goons . "
The man frowned . He did not want to attack Zhang Yan for many reasons . The city was too far away and they did not have enough intelligence inside the city .
"Is there a third option?"
"Yes, rebel against the Han Dynasty once the famine starts . If we use the same trick that Zhang Jiao used in history, we can gather the troubled peasants for our cause . "
"That"s impossible . My father and Huang Gai will kill me if they heard that . "
"Fourth option, both of us surrenders to either Zhang Tong or Liu Ping . "
"That"s also a no . None of them can be trusted . "
"Fifth option, we change the history . Instead of following the customs of this world, we"ll boldly go to Jianye and take the entire southern provinces . Then you"ll be known as the little conqueror in the place of Sun Ce . "
"That"s too . . . bold . I don"t want to expose our ident.i.ties to the world yet . There are still many otherworlders lurking . There are, like, 16 of them?"
"It"s 17 now . "
"Huh?"
"I don"t know why, but the number increases by one . Maybe someone has just been born into this world?"
"Ugh, forget it then . "
"We will choose the second option?"
"We don"t have a choice, huh?"
"Indeed . But please be careful . I doubted that Liu Ping will promote your father"s rank if he is aware of us, so we have to do this undetected . We will not use our skill in this operation . "
"Fine . I"ll go recruit my father into the Clan . Can you recruit Huang Gai or Cheng Pu?"
"No, I"ll recruit Aunty Wu . "
"My mother? Why?"
"Once we have both Sun Jian and Wu Guotai into our clan, it will be easier to rope in Sun Ce since we are relatives . Once Sun Ce joins us, Zhou Yu will follow us automatically . Then other officers will not go anywhere but slowly joining us, one by one . "
"Good . Let"s get going then . I"ll plan a strategy for the a.s.sault . "
"Please tell your father to gather more intelligence about personals in the northern plains, too . We might hit a jackpot and pick up someone famous . "
"Someone famous?"
"Historical figures . We are in the year 182 at the moment . Most of the famous figures are still young . It"s a good time to scout talents . Who knows, maybe we can find someone like Zhao Yun or Guo Jia there . "
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Outskirt of Ganling City, Ji Province, Southeast of Julu City .
Zhang Yan and his bandit subordinates roamed around the woods in search for someone in the forest . Most of the bandits had fresh wounds all over their bodies . Some of them were missing an arm or a leg .
"Brat! Come out! You can run but you can"t hide!" Zhang Yan shouted .
There was no answer or a sound to respond to Zhang Yan"s taunt . Every bandit felt gooseb.u.mps .
Zhang Yan turned around and shouted to a young man who sat idly on a tree while he gazed into a distance .
"Dammit! We lost him again!? Hey, boss! Please help us! Stop daydreaming already!"
Irritated by the sudden call, the young man threw a branch nearby at Zhang Yan . The branch pierced the ground as if it was a knife .
"Shut the f.o.o.k up! I"m trying to concentrate! Leave me alone!"
The young man continued to read the details of the Clan Contract in front of him . He clicked his tongue after he read the requirements to establish an official clan to receive the clan quests .
"I can"t recruit these morons . They are too weak and too useless! I guess my playtime around here is over . Time to ditch this place . "
"Where should I go?"
"The Yellow Turban Rebellion hasn"t happened yet . I think I should join Liu Bei and drag them into my clan members . Maybe I can be their fourth brother . "
The young man leaped from the branch and disappeared from the area, leaving Zhang Yan and his goons behind .
As soon as Zhang Yan noticed that his boss suddenly abandoned them, he cursed .
"f.o.o.k you! You hypocrite! How dare you leaving us behind!? I was blind for believing in you!"
His subordinates were panicked seeing that their boss left . They asked Zhang Yan in a trembling voice .
"Boss Zhang, what"s next?"
"Retreat to Ganling! What else!?"
Hundreds of injured bandits fled back to the city with reluctant . They already cornered the young man that they were pursuing . Because of their boss indecisiveness, they had to retreat .
Within the forest, a young teenager in ragged clothes was panting while he was crouching behind a bush . He peeked around to ensure that there was no one else .
Seeing that he was left alone, the teenager collapsed on the ground .
"That was too close . I was lucky . "
"I don"t know why that monster chose to leave, but I"m thankful . "
The teenager attempted to a.s.sa.s.sinate Zhang Yan many times after he took over Ganling City . However, the mysterious boss of theirs was too strong . The teenager had to run for his life many times in these short few months, but he managed to sabotage Zhang Yan Army many times as well .
Today, he fumbled and almost got himself killed by the mysterious boss of Zhang Yan . He was glad that he survived .
"I have sent so many letters to every neighbor lords, but why didn"t they reclaim the city?"
"Is it because of that person?"
The teenager was scared of their boss . He clashed with the person head-on once, but he lost from his unique way of fighting .
Gazing at a letter under his bosom, the teenager hesitated if he should send this letter .
"I heard he was looking for me . But…"
"Can he be trustworthy?"
"They said he is an immortal . But no sane person should claim that he is an immortal . "
"But the battle at Anping was the best proof…"
"Dammit! Stay cool! Stay sharp! Stop your useless thinking!"
He got up and kicked the ground, running away from this forest .
"I"ll place my bets on this then . "
"If you are righteous as they said…"
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Nanpi City, Official Residential Areas .
Te Langpu glanced at the system menu and chuckled .
"Stupid baits . I won"t fall for it . Go ahead and fight each other to your heart contents . "
"I"ll enjoy my life here . "