Xia Family Council Hall!
"Elders, everyone is now clear about the matter. The methods you mentioned just now are unlikely to work. I wonder if you have any better strategies?!"
Patriarch Xia Feilong stood at the end of the long table, his eyes swept over the faces of several family elders one by one. Today's meeting has been going on for nearly three hours. As for the whole meeting, there was only one thing to discuss, which was to discuss the strategies to deal with the meeting of the patriarchs of the three major families in Ziyue City three days later.
The three major families in Ziyue City are the Xia family, the Su family, and the Gao family. The business occupied by the three major families in Ziyue City accounts for about 80% of all the business in Ziyue City. Even in the dozens of counties under its jurisdiction, the three major families account for more than 30% of the business. And those small families and forces in Ziyue City are also attached to the three major families.
However, you must know that the Xia family has only been in Ziyue City for about half a year, and although they have established themselves now, their foundation is not stable after all. Although the Gao family and the Su family were captured by Xia Yan's power. I dare not know what to do to the Xia family. But secretly, there are still a lot of little tricks they did.
No family or power is willing to take out their own interests and give them to others for nothing. Of course, the Gao family and the Su family, the two big families in Ziyue City, don't want their own interests to be damaged.
Therefore, the Xia family is actually quite excluded in Ziyue City. The first reason why the Xia family can stand firm is Xia Yan's power. And the second reason is that the Xia family has a lot of money, Zhou Yun Trading Co. is behind it, and there is a Bai Hua who is very powerful in business operations.
However, relying on these alone, the Xia family is always at a disadvantage. Because, compared with the other two families, there is a certain gap in the military power of the Xia family. The patriarch of the Xia family, Xia Feilong, is only a late-stage spiritual master, which determines that Xia Feilong will always appear weak in front of the heads of the Su and Gao families.
Especially at the meeting of the three major families, this kind of weakness in the aura made Xia Feilong very uncomfortable.
But, there is no way.
Three months ago, the three major families held a patriarchal meeting. That time, the interests of the Xia family were obviously damaged, but they still had to eat Coptis chinensis. I can't tell the pain.
If a family wants to become truly strong, it cannot be achieved overnight. There is still a long way to go for the Xia family to truly become a super big family.
Of course, the background of the Xia family is extremely profound, even deeper than that of the four major families in the holy city. You know, the first patriarch of the Xia family was the Holy Emperor more than four thousand years ago.
Just having background is not enough!
The most urgent situation for the Xia family right now is to strengthen the middle power. At the very least, one or two spirit sects are needed to hold the formation. If Xia Feilong could step into the realm of the Spiritual Sect, of course he wouldn't give the head of the Su family and the head of the Gao family his aura.
Xia Feilong convened the elders meeting this time to discuss this matter and how to deal with it. If a good method cannot be found, then at the meeting of the three major families three days later, the Xia family may still suffer from being dumb like the previous meeting of the patriarchs.
"Patriarch!"
Great Elder Xia Lai's eyes flashed, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "Why not. Let's resolve the matter at the temple meeting! At the temple meeting, there were several deacons who were supported by Xia Yan. They will speak for us."
There were indeed three temple deacons back then, and they were single-handedly promoted by Xia Yan. Moreover, the steward of the temple can also be said to be Xia Yan's confidant.
Xia Changhe shook his head, "It can't be settled at the temple meeting, right? Moreover, the ore vein discovered this time was jointly mined by our three families. If it is put at the temple meeting, the participating forces, That's too much. The ore vein discovered this time is a big mine, who doesn't want a piece of it?!"
If it is put in the temple meeting, I am afraid that the loss of interests will be even greater, so it is better to solve it at the meeting of the three major families.
"The patriarch is right. Although Xia Yan is the master of the temple, the temple does not belong to our Xia family after all. We can't put everything in the temple meeting." Another elder nodded.
"Then tell me, what should we do? There are still three days until the meeting of the patriarchs of the three major families." The elder Xia Lai's breath sank, and he looked at the others impatiently, "Our Xia family, except for Xia Yan, Besides, in terms of force, it is much worse than that of the Su family and the Gao family. How can this gap be made up at once?!"
"Patriarch, you want to step into the realm of the Spiritual Sect. I'm afraid it will be impossible in a few decades." Xia Lai gasped, and he was also a little anxious, staring at his eyes.
"It's even more impossible for us to threaten everything in the name of Xia Yan, right? I don't know where Xia Yan is now. If one day, Xia Yan is gone, or unable to help our Xia family, what should we do? ?!" Xia Lai said continuously in one breath.
Although what he said was not pleasant, what he said was the truth. The current Xia family looks huge, but the backbone is still very weak.
Fifteen of the family's children have become spiritual masters after this period of hard training. However, they are all early-stage spiritual masters, especially mid-stage spiritual masters, so they are more than enough to deal with some small families, or some families in the county. But compared to families like Su's and Gao's, it's still far behind.
For a moment, the entire hall fell into silence.
"It's really not possible. If the senior cloaked man and the patriarch go to the meeting of the patriarchs of the three major families. If the senior cloaked man is there, he can overwhelm the two families with just a burst of momentum."
After a long time, the Fourth Elder's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said aloud.
Senior Cloakman helped the Xia family clear many obstacles. Every time the Xia family encountered something that couldn't be solved, as long as the senior cloaked man was asked to help, the obstacle would be eliminated the next day.
Several elders and Xia Feilong looked at each other, and their thoughts were similar.
"It's really not possible, and I have to do this." Xia Feilong sighed secretly, shaking his head.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
At this moment. There was a sudden knock on the door of the chamber.
"Master patriarch, elders and elders!"
Immediately, the guard's voice came in.
Xia Feilong's expression turned angry, and he scolded, "Didn't I tell you that everything should be discussed after the discussion is over, don't come to disturb our discussion now?!"
An hour ago, because the patriarch of a small family asked to see the patriarch Xia Feilong, the guards came to report. Xia Feilong and the others were originally panicked because they had no good countermeasures, so of course they were not in a good mood. Therefore, at that time, he would reprimand the guard a few words, and asked the guard to take the patriarch of the small family to the living room of the Xia family to wait.
But now, the guard came to disturb him again.
"My lord, it's my lord who is here! My lord, I want to see you and the elders." The guard outside the door turned pale when he was scolded by Xia Feilong, but he still gritted his teeth and said loudly.
"Um?!"
Xia Feilong and the elders were all shocked.
"My lord? Which lord?!" Xia Feilong changed his tone and asked immediately.
"Lord patriarch, it's Lord Xia Yan." The guard heard that the tone of the patriarch had softened, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, and continued.
"Xia Yan is back?!" Xia Feilong quickly walked towards the door of the hall, and several elders also quickly followed behind Xia Feilong. It has been about half a year since Xia Yan left last time.
Xia Yan returned to the family yesterday, but neither the patriarch nor the family's children knew about it.
The two daughters, Xiaoqing and Yuan Shan, became strong in the spiritual realm after using the Flame Golden Crystal and the One Yuan Pill. Xia Yan spent some more time refining eight bottles of spirit liquid with Pipa grass and some other medicinal materials.
Xia Yan came to see the patriarch, just to hand over the spiritual liquid to Xia Feilong, and then inquire about the development of the family.
"Crackling..."
The heavy door of the hall. It was pulled away by Xia Feilong at once. A guard stood in front of the door, and more than ten meters behind the guard was Xia Yan in a white robe.
"Xia Yan, when did you come back!" Xia Feilong opened his eyes, grinned and said to Xia Yan with a smile.
"Xia Yan!" Several elders also clasped their fists politely at Xia Yan. Although Xia Yan is the Palace Master of Ziyue City, he is still a child of the Xia family. In the family, the elders and patriarchs are Xia Yan's elders, so they do not greet him with the ceremony of the Palace Master.
"Patriarch, elders, how is the family going these days?!" Xia Yan smiled, cupped his fists slightly at Xia Feilong and the others, and asked at the same time.
"The family business is thriving and developing steadily on the whole, and it has completely established itself in Ziyue City." Xia Feilong said hurriedly after hearing Xia Yan's inquiry.
Although within the family, Xia Yan was not treated as a palace master, but he did not dare to entrust Xia Yan like he did to other family members. The tone of Xia Yan's speech is also extremely polite.
"Well, that's good." Xia Yan nodded, "The patriarch and the elders seem to be discussing some important matter? I heard from the guard that they have been in the meeting hall for three full hours."
Xia Yan turned his eyes and glanced over Xia Feilong and the elders. Although Xia Yan doesn't care about the family affairs, it is of course normal to ask casually.
"Well, it's actually like this..." Xia Feilong briefly explained the matter to Xia Yan.
The main root of the problem is that the Xia family has no support from other Spiritual Sect experts except Xia Yan. It is conceivable that a big family with a main city, such as Ziyue City, does not have the support of a strong spiritual sect within the family, and it is indeed a bit weak to the outside world.
"Oh?!" Xia Yan's eyes flickered, he nodded, and thought, "This is indeed a problem. Even the patriarch himself is still a great spiritual master in the early stage. Communicating with the Su family and the Song family obviously lacks aura."