Ancient Boundary, West.

In an extremely large manor, almost all the remaining sect families of the ancient realm are gathered here.

This manor is the headquarters of the Dark Council.

The Dark Council is one of the most powerful forces among the remaining sect families in the Ancient Realm, even when the Xiao Family and the Tenglong Pavilion are in the Ancient Realm, the strength of the Dark Council can be among the best.

A hundred years ago, the Dark Council was also the most powerful force in the Demon Path in the world, and there was no one.

When they learned that the Xiao family had discovered the ancient world, they collectively entered the ancient world, and they did not continue in the mundane world like the Xiao family.

Although the families of these sects in the Tenglong Pavilion were willing to pursue the secrets mastered by the Xiao family and take the risk of withdrawing from the ancient realm.

However, the Dark Council had a different idea from the sect families of the Tenglong Pavilion, thinking that it was better to stay in the Ancient Realm and share the cultivation resources of the Ancient Realm by taking a huge risk to become an enemy of the Xiao Family.

With the withdrawal of the Xiao family and the Tenglong Pavilion one after another, how could the remaining sect worlds in the ancient realm be their opponents?

At that time, the Dark Council will inevitably be able to dominate the ancient realm like the Xiao family, occupying most of the cultivation resources.

The idea is very good, with the withdrawal of the Xiao family and the Tenglong Pavilion one after another, the fact has also developed as expected by the Dark Council, and under the meeting of allocating cultivation resources, it has an absolute advantage.

At the very least, half of the resources of the Ancient Realm have been controlled by the Dark Council.

It's just that the Dark Council didn't expect that in less than a month, the Xiao family would reappear in the Ancient Realm, and this news can be said to have caused an uproar in the Dark Council.

They couldn't figure out what the Xiao family had in mind.

Forced into desperation, the Dark Council immediately issued a convening order, informing people from other sect families to come and discuss.

In any case, the Dark Council alone would never be able to compete with the Xiao family, so only by uniting all the current sect families in the ancient realm could they have the capital to negotiate.

As for defeating the Xiao family, the Dark Council didn't dare to imagine it at all.

They only hope that they can find out the purpose of the Xiao family as soon as possible, and then they can come up with a plan to deal with it.

The other sect families naturally also received the news that the Xiao family had returned to the ancient realm, and their square was also in chaos, and when they received the invitation of the Dark Council, they naturally rushed to the Dark Council immediately without any delay.

At this time, in the hall of the Dark Council, the heads of all the major sect families had already gathered.

The leader of the Dark Council had a serious face and said in a heavy tone: "Everyone, the Xiao family has returned suddenly, and we don't know their purpose at this time, but now that the ancient realm has restabilized, and the interests we have already obtained cannot be easily let go, so I will summon you to come and discuss countermeasures together." ”

In fact, the Dark Council is also taking a great risk in doing so.

With so many sect families, not everyone may dare to be enemies of the Xiao family, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not reach the ears of the Xiao family if they show the attitude of the Dark Council so quickly.

Once such a situation really happens, it is inevitable that the Dark Council will be suppressed by the Xiao family in the end, and it is not impossible that it will completely decline because of this.

It's just that the Dark Council believes that these sect families have their own ambitions, so how can they be willing to hand over the benefits they have in hand?

What's more, the Dark Council learned that the Xiao family returned to the ancient realm this time, and they didn't bring many people, and it was very likely that there were only some things that they didn't take away, and they came back to get them.

It is precisely because of this that the Dark Council dares to be so direct.

"Chairman Chen, don't worry, we will definitely stand with the Dark Council and fight against the Xiao family together. ”

"That's right, the ancient realm is now in our hands, how can we allow the Xiao family to come back, and we can easily control it?"

"The Ancient Realm is not a place where the Xiao family can leave if they want to, and come back if they want to, we must unite so that the Xiao family will not dare to despise us anymore. ”

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Soon, most of the sect families showed their attitudes.

Obviously, they were not willing to give up the benefits they had gotten, you must know that with the withdrawal of most sect families such as the Xiao family and the Tenglong Pavilion from the ancient realm.

These vacated cultivation resources have all fallen into their hands.

It can be said that the cultivation resources in the hands of these sect families are at least double that of the Xiao family and Tenglong Pavilion and other sect families.

Even, many powerful sect families have even multiplied several times, which can provide them with the cultivation of future generations in just a few decades.

Especially the Dark Council, now has more cultivation resources than the Xiao family at the beginning.

Under such circumstances, these sect families would naturally not easily hand over their cultivation resources again, could it be said that they really had to surrender to the Xiao family's name for the rest of their lives?

Such a result is absolutely unacceptable to them.

Otherwise, the Dark Council was just an invitation, so how could they be so eager to come?

Speaking of which, I still know the thoughts of the Dark Council, and I want to unite with the Dark Council to fight against the return of the Xiao family and keep the cultivation resources that I have already obtained.

Seeing this scene, Chairman Chen of the Dark Council had a happy face, although such a result had long been expected by him, but when it was really in front of him, he couldn't help but get excited.

At least we can guarantee that they are more confident.

"Okay, with your words, I have full confidence in negotiating with the Xiao family. President Chen's face was solemn, and he said confidently: "Next, let's discuss, how to deal with the Xiao family?"

Although Chairman Chen already had a calculation in his heart, it was not very important to bring it up directly.

If you can come up with your own solution when all these sect families are helpless, then you will naturally be able to establish the status of the Dark Council in the alliance in the first place.

"Now that the purpose of the Xiao family is not clear, how can we have a countermeasure?" said one of the head of the sects with a slightly embarrassed face.

"Yes, our primary purpose is to figure out the purpose of the Xiao family first. ”

"I also agree that the Xiao family's strength is strong, even if we join forces, we may not be able to be opponents, at most we have the qualifications to negotiate, so we must figure out the purpose of the Xiao family before we can think of countermeasures according to the situation. ”

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Soon, other families began to express their opinions and put forward their opinions.

Obviously, although they have united with the Dark Council, in their hearts, they are still unwilling to easily offend the Xiao family.

This situation also made President Chen's face change slightly, but it was only fleeting, and he returned to normal, with a smile on his face, and said: "You are right, but we must also be prepared, the Xiao family suddenly came back, it must be calculated, if we wait for the Xiao family to strike first, then we will fall behind step by step and completely fall into an unfavorable situation." ”

"What's more, the Xiao family has lived with us in the ancient realm for so many years, don't you still know the Xiao family's ambitions?"

"According to my speculation, it's probably because the cultivation environment in the mundane world is too poor to adapt to at all, and in the end, I choose to return to the ancient realm. ”

Hearing this, the people of the other sect families were slightly stunned, but they didn't dare to agree with this inference of the Dark Council.

You must know that the people who returned from the Xiao family this time are only two or three young children, and the rest are all elders.

This alone is full of suspicions.

Naturally, they would speculate that the Xiao family's return to the ancient realm was mostly for some inheritance, otherwise, how could those young children stay in the world?

President Chen naturally saw the thoughts of these sect families, and couldn't help but smile indifferently, and continued to explain: "I know what you think, but I don't believe that the Xiao family will be so simple, they must have their own purposes. ”

"I suggest that we send an envoy to Xiao's house to inquire in person. ”

"Now that we have united, there is no need to be afraid of the Xiao family, it is better to put these things in the open and negotiate. ”

Hearing this, the people of the other sect families were slightly stunned, and began to discuss in a whisper on the side, is the proposal of the Dark Council feasible?

You must know that once this matter is put in the clear, it will be tantamount to completely negotiating with the Xiao family, and when the time comes, no one can control what the final result will be.

However, after careful deliberation, they soon discovered that it was not feasible to do so without knowing the true purpose of the Xiao family.

What's more, they feel that this is indeed the best way to do it at the moment.

At least, no matter what kind of purpose the Xiao family has, after it is put in the open, I am afraid that the Xiao family will have some concerns about what they want to do in secret.

Immediately, most of the sectarian families expressed their willingness to support the proposal of the Dark Council.

However, they were reluctant to send their own men to be messengers.

Because, when the envoy went to the Xiao family, he didn't know if he would encounter danger until he knew the purpose of the Xiao family, and since the Dark Council made a suggestion, the risk should naturally be borne by the Dark Council.

For such a result, Chairman Chen was also extremely helpless, and finally could only reluctantly agree.

Just as the Dark Council sent an envoy to the Xiao family, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a disciple of the Dark Council broke in: "President, the Xiao family sent an envoy to invite us to go to the Xiao family in three days to participate in the Ancient Realm Conference." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the invitation in his hand.

Hearing this, President Chen and the other people from the sect family all changed their faces, and took the invitation letter and looked at it directly.

The more I looked, the more ugly my face became.

In the invitation letter, although there was no direct threat, between the lines, there was a threat everywhere, that is, if the Dark Council did not participate in the Ancient Realm Conference, then it would become the first target of the Xiao family.