Rural Romantic Life

Chapter 388 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

Xuan Jueshe guessed that the other seven great families had probably already discussed their countermeasures in advance, and the purpose of sending a representative to her was to finalize the agreed-upon strategy.

After all, she was the only one among the eight great families and four prominent families present who had broken through to the level of a martial arts grandmaster.

The honest-looking young man, Qinglong Mingtai, nodded and said, "Sister Jue Mei, as you can see, our seven great families have already devised a plan. We're approaching you now because we want you to make the final decision. After all, among the eight of us present, you're the only true martial arts grandmaster and the strongest fighter!"

The members of the other six major families also nodded in agreement.

Xuan Jueshe did not interrupt, but waited for Qinglong Mingtai to give his countermeasures.

Qinglong Mingtai immediately continued, "Senior Sister Jueshe, we're preparing to follow Senior Sister Xiaoman's method to seize the rare spiritual herbs from the Phoenix Ancient Tree!"

"After all, Senior Sister Xiaoman's Wang family has a history of success!"

Wang Xiaoman did not wait for Lu Yang. Instead, when Qinglong Mingtai sent someone to discuss with her, she agreed to join forces with the other seven great families to seize the spiritual herb.

When you have a large number of people, the chances of success are much greater.

Wang Xiaoman revealed a stunning smile, speaking with an ethereal grace, "Peerless Senior Sister, we plan to use a method our Wang family used before. We'll wait until all the demon beasts are fighting amongst themselves, desperately vying for the spiritual herb, then we'll take advantage of the chaos and attack from one direction, carving out an opening. Then, with you leading the way, the eight strongest beings from the Great Worlds will go together to seize a single spiritual herb!"

"I believe your family has already spent a great deal of money to prepare a jade talisman for each of you in advance for this trip to the secret realm, right?"

This trip to the Phoenix Secret Realm is different from previous years. All eight great families have invested heavily in advance, all in order to obtain the most important treasures at the crucial moment in the secret realm.

The Wang family, in particular, had almost everyone possessing a jade talisman, which they planned to use when they were vying for the spiritual herbs later.

A glint of light suddenly appeared on the spatial ring on Xuan Jueshe's slender jade finger, and then a jade talisman with a faint golden light appeared in her palm. This was an offensive jade talisman that could increase her attack power. Combined with her own first-level martial arts master power, under the blessing of the jade talisman, the maximum attack power she could unleash reached the third level of martial arts master.

When the prodigies from the other major families saw Xuan Jueshe take out her jade talisman, they all followed suit.

Wang Xiaoman also took out an offensive jade talisman and earnestly asked Xuan Juese, "Senior Sister Jueshi, since you've taken out this jade talisman, does that mean you've agreed to our strategy?"

Xuan Jueshe had no better solution than to use the Wang family's successful method. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "I agree!"

"However, once we obtain the spiritual herbs, how will the members of our eight great families distribute them?"

Wang Xiaoman smiled faintly, her sexy lips curving upwards, and said, "Distributing the spiritual herbs is actually quite simple. We can use this spiritual herb, along with other precious medicinal materials, and find a skilled alchemist to refine a batch of precious pills for us. Then we can distribute them very well!"

This was also the distribution method that the seven great families had discussed in advance. Upon hearing this, Xuan Jueshe felt that this distribution method was indeed the best and most effective one.

She finally concluded, "In that case, let's wait for the opportunity and then act accordingly!"

Just as the members of the eight great families were discussing how to seize the spiritual herbs on the Phoenix Ancient Tree, the members of the five major sects in the ancient city also gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Their visit to the secret realm this time was also due to the fact that this secret realm was different from those of previous years, and they had made a lot of preparations in advance.

Soon, they finished discussing and came up with a solution, which was almost identical to the solution that Wang Xiaoman and the others ultimately decided on.

After all, they had better ways than that.

On the other side, Yu Ming withdrew his sharp gaze from the huge cloud of spiritual mist at the very top of the Phoenix Ancient Tree and couldn't help but ask Teng Chong, who remained expressionless beside him, "Brother Chong, how do we plan to seize the spiritual herb? Will we join forces, or will we act alone?"

Although Yu Ming sensed the terror of the four demon kings, especially the enormous black serpent, they were prepared. In addition, both of them had broken through to the level of martial arts grandmasters, and with the powerful attack methods prepared for them by their families, they were confident that they could easily seize some spiritual herbs in the battle for resources.

They could even obtain the most precious spiritual herb on the ancient Phoenix Tree.

A cruel, mocking smile suddenly appeared on Tengchong's lips as he said, "Later, we'll naturally act separately, relying on our own abilities!"

"However, before we take action, we will refrain from intervening for the time being. Instead, we will wait for those insignificant ants to make their move, and then strike at the crucial moment!"

"This will save us a lot of effort!"

Their location in Tengchong was quite secluded, and no one else noticed them. So they were preparing to play the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

They only need to watch a good show first, and wait for those ants from the five major sects and eight great families in their eyes to carve out a path before they can truly step in and determine the fate of the world.

Upon hearing this, Yu Ming raised an eyebrow instantly, then a cruel smile appeared on his lips: "Haha, Brother Chong, I didn't expect your method to be so brilliant! Let's watch a good show first before we make our move!"

"I really hope these ants can kill more demonic beasts, or even entangle those four demon kings; that would be perfect!"

"When the time comes, we'll strike at the crucial moment and be able to seize a large number of spiritual herbs from the Phoenix Ancient Tree by surprise!"

"Even the most precious spiritual herb isn't out of the question..."

After setting up the formation, Lu Yang did not immediately activate it. Instead, he assisted Longzhu in directly taking the entire Phoenix Ancient Tree. If he had done that, it would have likely caused many demonic beasts to go berserk and attack indiscriminately.

This caused them to suffer enormous losses.

He didn't care about the others; he was mainly worried about Chu Yuyao and a few other important people.

He quickly returned to the mountain peak where Chu Yuyao and the others were. Seeing Wang Xiaoman suddenly return from outside, he couldn't help but say, "Xiaoman, I've already set up the formation. You don't need to actively try to seize the spirit herbs. Now you just need to leave Phoenix Grassland immediately!"