Chapter 5 Northwest Pattern
"Bell... Bell ......"
The sound of a bell ringing suddenly came from Mingjiazhuang, which directly interrupted the conversation between the two brothers. Listening to the bell, the faces of the two brothers couldn't help but become solemn.
"Six rings of the spirit bell!It seems that something big has happened in the village?" Ming Xuan stared at Ming Feng, who couldn't see joy and sorrow beside him, with a hint of confusion in his tone.
The spirit bell is the emergency signal transmission of the Ming family, and the six rings are the signal that summons all the high-level spiritual cultivators of the Ming family. As long as the bell rings six times, they must rush to the Ming family martial arts school as soon as possible.
"It's not a big deal, it's just a group of troublesome clowns from Zhuangzhong!" the corners of Ming Feng's mouth rose slightly, and his tone was full of disdain.
"In recent years, my Ming family has developed too rapidly, and some people have already had the intention of taking action against my Ming family. However, because I haven't figured out the details of my Ming family, I'm always afraid to test in secret, and I finally can't sit still today. ”
Although Ming Xuan has been cultivating day and night over the years, and has never cared about anything in the family, he still has a good idea of the general trend of the family. Naturally, he understood that the "some people" mentioned in Ming Fengkou referred to the other three major forces in the Northwest - the Guo family, the Zeng family, and the Shaying Alliance.
The Guo family and the Zeng family, like the Ming family, are a family force. The Sand Shadow Alliance is a force formed by the gathering of outlaws, led by two sworn brothers, who are strong and powerful, and the realm is the spirit king, known as the "two kings".
In the past two years, the competition between Guo, Ming, and Zeng has become increasingly fierce, and it can be said that they have reached a tense situation. Sha Ying Meng also took advantage of this gap to attack the three major families, and often robbed and killed the goods of the three major families.
And the biggest headache for the three major families is that they know that these things are done by the Sha Ying Alliance, but they can only dare to be angry and dare not speak, at most they only suppress it a little, and they don't dare to really use the core strength of the family to fight to the death with the Sha Ying Alliance. Because everyone understands that when both sides lose, it is also the time when they perish.
It is precisely because of this that the Sand Shadow Alliance dares to become more and more rampant. But they also knew that there was still a certain gap in the real strength competition with the three major families, so they didn't dare to go too far, at most, they just robbed and killed some painless people and goods of the three major families. They are also afraid that the three major families will be really in a hurry, and what awaits them at that time is only destruction.
"Big brother, how many of the three major forces have come?" Because Ming Xuan was not strong, he couldn't sense the specific situation in Mingjiazhuang in the distance, so he had to ask for help from the big brother beside him.
"Guo and Zeng!" Ming Feng still carried his hands behind his back, and there was no trace of fear in his tone, but there was a strong battle intent on his body.
"Is it just the Guo and Zeng families? This is also reasonable! After all, the Sand Shadow Alliance is a group of outlaws, and they only value their immediate interests, and it is unlikely that they will interfere in the struggle between the three major families. Ming Xuan nodded slightly.
"Sand Shadow Alliance, hum!" Ming Feng smacked fiercely, then turned his head to stare at Ming Xuan and said solemnly: "Xuan'er, you really think that the Sand Shadow Alliance is just a group of stragglers, then you are very wrong. The fact that the two kings of the Sand Shadow Alliance were able to integrate a group of outlaws for their own use and form a fourth force that was not weaker than the three major families, already showed that the two of them were extraordinary. At the same time, the two kings know how to mediate between the three major families to obtain benefits, and every time they grasp the degree of loss of interests of my three major families, so that my three major families can only suffer dumb losses, which shows that the two kings are not simple!"
"As for why the Sand Shadow Alliance didn't come with the two major families this time, there are no more than two reasons. First, the Guo and Zeng families are just a group of insignificant characters as you think, and the friction between the Guo and Zeng families and the Shaying Alliance is more intense than my Ming family, and the Guo and Zeng families have already made a lot of enmity with them, and they disdain to form an alliance with the Shaying Alliance; ”
Listening to Ming Feng's analysis, Ming Xuan couldn't help but be in awe of Ming Feng in his heart, and only now did he realize that his control of the general trend was not at all. At the same time, the eldest brother can become the patriarch of the family, and it seems that it is not entirely because of his father, but because he does have the ability to lead the family.
While admiring Ming Feng in his heart, Ming Xuan still had a trace of doubt in his heart, and couldn't help but ask: "The first reason is understandable for Xuan'er!, but the alliance is such a good thing, it stands to reason that the Sand Shadow Alliance has no reason to refuse?"
"Oh, since Xuan'er thinks that the alliance is a good thing for the Sand Shadow Alliance, why don't you tell me what's good?" Ming Feng asked with a warm smile as he looked at Ming Xuan.
Ming Xuan naturally knew that the eldest brother was deliberately testing himself, so he thought carefully for a moment before slowly speaking: "Sha Ying Alliance's own strength should be regarded as the weakest among the four major forces, and it can join forces with Guo and Zeng, once it suppresses my Ming family, on the one hand, it can get a piece of the pie and expand its own strength." On the other hand, the Sand Shadow Alliance can also use this alliance to transform from a rogue identity to a formal force, and be recognized by other forces, which is more conducive to future development. ”
"Not bad!" Ming Feng bowed slightly, affirming what Ming Xuan said, "You said that these two points are indeed very tempting for the Shaying Alliance, especially the latter point, which is even more tempting, once it becomes a recognized formal force, it can recruit talents and grow rapidly." But have you thought about it, the Sha Ying League has made frequent moves against the Guo and Zeng families in recent years, and the intensification of the contradictions is far deeper than that of my Ming family, once they join forces to annex my Ming family, if the Guo and Zeng families bite back against the Sha Ying Alliance, can the Sha Ying Alliance resist the two joining forces?"
Ming Xuan was stunned at first, lowered his head and pondered for a moment again, then scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Xuan'er really didn't think about this!"
Looking at Ming Xuan's embarrassed expression, Ming Feng didn't pay attention to it, but smiled meaningfully and continued to speak: "What I just said is only one of them, and the second is that the Sand Shadow Alliance is very likely to play another wishful thinking. That is to deliberately let go of my Ming family, Guo and Zeng families to fight to the end, and then he Shaying Alliance only needs to use a very small amount of strength to control the entire battle situation, so as to seek the greatest benefits, and it is not impossible to even annex my three major forces at one time. ”
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However, while Ming Xuan was surprised in his heart, he couldn't help but have another trace of doubt in his heart: "It stands to reason that if you want to achieve this kind of balance, you must be evenly matched by both sides to achieve it." If one side is obviously much stronger than the other, the war is over before it even begins, and he still has a chance to take advantage of it. What really puzzled Xuan'er was, how did this Sand Shadow Alliance know that my Ming family had the strength to compete with Guo and Zeng?"
"Well, this analysis is very good!" Ming Feng's tone was full of satisfaction, obviously agreeing with what Ming Xuan had just said.
"Alas!" Ming Feng couldn't help but sigh, "This is the really terrifying part of the Sand Shadow Alliance, and its control of the general trend has reached the point of subtlety. The hidden strength of my Ming family is that many people in the family don't know about it, but this Sand Shadow Alliance can detect it, and the reason for this is really hard to understand. And I vaguely feel that when the Sand Shadow Alliance robbed and killed the goods, it deliberately avoided my Ming family many times, which also had a lot to do with it. ”
Speaking of this, Ming Feng paused, and his face couldn't help but have a trace of doubt: "But I have also been in contact with the two kings before, and it doesn't look like such a thoughtful person, right?"
"Big brother suspects that there is another master behind the Sand Shadow Alliance, and even the entire Sand Shadow Alliance is just a puppet force, and what really controls it is the hidden force behind it?"
"Yes, this is also what I'm most worried about! If that's what you said, then judging from the current situation, the hidden forces behind the Shaying Alliance obviously know the strength of the three major families well, and it is even more clear that my Ming family has the capital to compete with Guo and Zeng. Once this conflict really breaks out, it is very likely that my Ming family will be used as a gun by the other party, and it may even fall into a situation from which it will never recover!" Ming Feng said helplessly, and the thick worry on his face was also revealed.
Looking at Ming Feng's expression, Ming Xuan naturally knew the seriousness of the matter, and was silent for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
Just after the two brothers were silent for a moment, Ming Feng swept away the worried look on his face and said: "Since the storm is inevitable, no matter what the final result will be, my Ming family has endured until now, and it is time to show the sword." Anyone who stands in the way of my Ming family must die!"
In the end, an unprecedented domineering aura emanated from Ming Feng's body, accompanied by bursts of violent aura fluctuations. This momentum also directly forced Ming Xuan to take a few steps back, and he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.
Then I saw Ming Feng floating into the void on the edge of the cliff in Ming Xuan's stunned eyes, and his figure flickered, and he quickly flew in the direction of Mingjiazhuang.
"Ling Xuan stepped into the void, the spirit... Spirit King Realm?" Ming Xuan's heart set off a turbulent wave.
Ling Void stepping into the void is a sign of entering the Spirit King realm, and it is impossible to stay in the void for a long time below the Spirit King realm. Therefore, Ming Xuan was so surprised when he saw Ming Feng walking in vain, because this also indicated that Ming Feng had stepped into the realm of the Spirit King.
In addition, in the past twelve years, it was the first time that Ming Xuan had seen his eldest brother show his strength in front of him. I only remember that when I fled twelve years ago, my eldest brother was still a low-level spiritual cultivator who had just stepped into the realm of spirits. In the blink of an eye, he has crossed the two realms and stepped into the realm of the Spirit King, becoming a strong man who can really stand alone.
This result couldn't help but make Ming Xuan sigh and be lonely for a while, it seems that for the sake of the family's enmity, the eldest brother has borne no less than him over the years.
"By the way, Xiao Xuan, there is something I forgot to tell you. When you failed to condense your spiritual eye yesterday, in addition to me guarding you all night, there was another person who also secretly guarded you all night. That girl's breath concealment technique has reached the realm of Dacheng, and if it weren't for my careful perception, it would be really difficult to find. But that girl seems to be very confident, and I still think I haven't found out!"
Just as Ming Xuan was shocked, a sound from Ming Feng came into his ears.