Chapter 683 – The Honorable Martial Constellation (2 in 1 chapter)
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: TN and DeAndreR
Gold Saints, this name had a pressure of Mount Tai, causing people to choke and be unable to breath.
The atmosphere in the Wu An Star was as heavy as lead, the recently transferred over Saint Unit were inpreparation, even the usually leisure Tang Chou had a solemn expression. If Tang Tian’s conjecture were to trulyhappen, it meant that all of their arrangements had to be pushed over.
No one felt that using their methods to fight against a standard army was able to fight against Gold Saints.
No one knew how strong a Gold Saint was, and thus the pressure was naturally unprecedented.
Different from how others were feeling, Tang Tian was brimming with fighting spirit, like a wild beast brimming withthe thirst to fight to show off its strength.
Although they did not receive any reports, but Tang Tian was sure that the Gold Saints would find them, because thematter was too important.
He patiently awaited for the arrival of his enemies.
While the entire Heaven’s Road was fixated on the auction in the Ursa Major Constellation, the Aquarius King wasworried.
He rubbed his temple: “Have you investigated it?”
The Chancellor of the Guards smiled bitterly: “Nope, when the target died, there were no movements. He was killedby some sort of blade, and when he was killed, no one sensed it at all.”
“How do I account to the Honorable Martial Group?” The aged Aquarius King said helplessly.
A clan elder of the Honorable Martial Group that had participated in the Aquarius Palace banquet was murdered,and upon being discovered, he was long dead.
The Aquarius King was glad that everyone’s eyes were stuck to the Ursa Major Constellation, if not, this matterwould definitely shake Heaven’s Road, and the Aquarius Constellation would be covered in dirt.
The Chancellor of the Guards hesitated: “We suspect that the murderer was the target’s acquaintance, if not, withthe target’s
;strength, no one could kill him so silently. Could it be an internal strife of the Honorable Martial Group?”
“Do you think that reason can convince the Honorable Martial Group?” the Aquarius King’s tone became unhappy.
The Honorable Martial Group had exerted a large pressure on him, and even sent out their army, and if AquariusConstellation could not find the murderer, they would take action. The Aquarius King was clear that the other partywas just expressing their stance. In history, there were many times that friction had occurred between theHonorable Martial Group and the 12 Ecliptic Palaces, but never once did they initiate an attack on any of them,other than the Leo Constellation.
To many outsiders, they believed that Lei Ang, with his bad temper, was the one to initiate and was responsible forthe war between the Leo Constellation and the Honorable Martial Group.
The Chancellor of the Guards also knew that the Honorable Martial Group would not accept his suggestion, andsaid: “I think the Honorable Martial Group is just finding a way out of the situation, why don’t we look for a convictto bear the burden, then we will compensate them further.”
This solution made the Aquarius King satisfied, their thoughts were the same. The Aquarius Constellation and theHonorable Martial Group did no
t have any grievances, and they had worked together many times, especially interms of trading and business.
The Aquarius King ordered: “Go and talk to them, no matter how much it requires, just pay it, do not complicate theissue.”
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The human traffic was extremely flourishing, on one of the high rise buildings that shot to the clouds everywhere, aroughly 30 year old man looked down at the crowd that resembled ants. If Jing Hao was here, he would recognizethe man, he was Clan Elder An, the one who had recruited Jing Hao into the Honorable Martial Group in the past.
“Master, this is the Aquarius Constellation’s reply, they said….”
His subordinate stopped his report abruptly, seeing the Master raising his hand, he immediately swallowed hissaliva.
“It doesn’t matter what the Aquarius Constellation reply.” The man did not even turn back, and muttered: “Lei Angand the rest will believe that we will definitely attack the Ursa Major Constellation.”
The Clan Elder Ann revealed a faint smile, but this smile was not warm at all, but a formless pressure that wouldpress down on people’s shoulders.
The current Honorable Martial Group was no longer as mighty and prestigious as the past.
The moment the Temple surfaced, it meant that the Honorable Martial Group had lost its control over the situation. The Temple, being the much stronger powerhouse, caused the Honorable Martial Group’s authority to drop drastically. The true reason for their heavy losses were consecutively losing to the Ursa Major Constellation.
The once Honorable Martial Group that was overflowing with power, was somewhat thinning out.
The authorities of the clan elders had lessened, but Clan Elder An was an exception. In the current situation, ClanElder An went against the current and quietly rounded up a group of talents, causing his position to rise in theHonorable Martial Group, and he hasd already become the top person of the Honorable Martial Group.
“Temple is thinking of that as well, but I am going to advise them against it.”
Clan Elder An’s words cause all his subordinates to reveal looks of reveration. The Temple had the superior positionand all of the saints in there looked down on the rest, not even putting the Honorable Martial Group in their eyes, tobe able to convince the Temple, only the Master had that kind of influence.
Calmly analyzing the situation, he unknowingly thought of the most crucial point, and after generously sharing it inthe meeting, the wind blew in his favor.
~After bitterly planning for over ten years, my plan is finally able to come to fruition.~
He did not know how to express his own emotions, ~anticipation? Eager? But why is there a mix of fear in it?~
~What am I afraid of?~
After calming himself down, he continued.
“I told the other masters, why the need to attack and occupy the Ursa Major Constellation? Just for that waterway?We do have one already, we just need 10 years, 10 years and ours will naturally open. If we were to fight the UrsaMajor Constellation and seize the waterway, then we do not have any reason to stop the Great Army from comingin.”
His subordinates all showed suspicious expressions, because in their eyes, the mission of the Honorable MartialGroup and the Temple was to welcome the Great Army. This reason, how could they convince the Temple and theother major figures?
ABut although Clan Elder An was young, he had a high authority, and although they harbored their suspicions, noone dared to say anything.
They got rid of their thoughts and calmed themselves, awaiting their Master to uncover the riddle.
“As long as we put in all our efforts, we can definitely seize their waterway. But if the Great Army comes, then whatare we to do? At the moment, we have not taken down any constellation. Out of all the entire Heaven’s Road’swealth, we only have a pitiful amount in our hands. What have we done? Nothing. We can only be left forgotten, thehigher ups will just throw in a bit of tiny favors and grace to us, and leave us alone.”
All of his subordinates realized what he meant, and started nodding their heads.
~That’s right! Master is right! If that’s the case, they could understand their future. It was said that everyone in theSacred Saint Galaxy were all saints. Just based on that point, it made everyone feel immense pressure.
“That’s why we are here!” Clan Elder An turned and look at his subordinates, with a smear of berserk in his eyes: “Look at the ground beneath your feet! This is the wealthiest constellation of the entire Heaven’s Road, it is said that they hold an eighth of the entire Heaven’s Road wealth, how rich are they! As long as we take them down, the wealth will be ours! With that wealth, we can create even stronger armies, we can groom even more Gold Ranked Martial Artists, and we can do even more things.”
All of his subordinates were infected with his berserk, they started breathing rapidly, their eyes turning bloodshotand killing intent soaring into the sky.
“Money should be controlled by the Honorable Martial Group, the ancient 12 Ecliptic Palaces are already withering,we need to bring a new order into Heaven’s Road, an order encompassing all of the Honorable Martial Group.”
Clan Elder An spoke slowly.
“Let’s begin.”
All of his subordinates bowed and quietly left the room.
Clan Elder An stood by the window, looking out in a daze. He finally understood what his fear was, the hundredyears of structure, would soon be completely destroyed, and everything was because of him. That strand of fearcame from his enormous plan, and like a Pandora’s Box, even he did not know what would appear after.
A man will be afraid of the unknown.
As chaos surfaced, amongst the intense shouts of murder, citizens all around were filled with fear and panic. All theguards who were caught unprepared were immediately plunged into confusion, in front of the elites of theHonorable Martial Group, they gave way at once.
The saints in the city flew into the sky, they were enraged, their killing intent soaring as well. But very quickly, theirfaces of rage completely disappeared, replaced with faces as white as paper.
Figure after figure gradually appeared in the sky, in all directions, they surrounded the saints.
The enemy saints were actually double theirs!
Clan Elder An who was on a high rise building watched the entire scene without any expression, his face void ofhappiness or smiles. As flames emerged in front of him, it revealed the statue like face of his.
Anxious reports came one after another.
“Reporting! The garrison army was defeated, the captains and above are all killed.”
“Reporting! The Treasury is in our control!”
“Reporting! The Eight Great Aquarius Families are in our control!”
“Reporting! The Aquarius Palace has been surrounded, we are constraining all the leftover resistance!”
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Clan Elder An remained calm, the disturbance outside was not able to cause any ripples in his heart. The entire plan,was made completely by him, a plan to move the Temple.
In truth, when the Sacred Saint Galaxy had requested for them to investigate suspicious targets, Clan Elder Anguessed that it was Tang Tian and the rest. After that, when the Ursa Major Constellation publicly announced theexistence of the Sacred Saint Galaxy, it confirmed his conjectures. After that, Clan Elder An also judged, that thepathway they had was not truly broken through yet.
Because Tang Tian did not have a successful organized army.
Tang Tian, as the Bear King, had an unprecedented future, so how could he not have an army protecting him? It wasnot reasonable. Unless the waterway they had was not sufficient for a large group to move, and only in that situationwas it possible for him to not have any army protecting him.
When the entire Honorable Martial Group and Temple’s higher ups decided to send Gold Saints to attack the UrsaMajor Constellation, Clan Elder An stood up and convinced the Temple. Despite knowing right from the start thatthe Ursa Major Constellation posed a bigger threat than the Leo Constellation, he endured it.
Because he saw the Temple’s worries.
The Temple originated from the Honorable Martial Continent, but after 500 years, their founder had long passedaway. In the entire Temple, all of them were Heaven’s Road people, and towards the mysterious and foreign SacredSaint Galaxy’s Honorable Martial Continent, they became even more respectful. This reveration was formedthrough a long period, from the founder right from the start, and thus the and the Honorable Martial Group becamethe frontlines of the the Honorable Martial Continent Great Army, and generation after generation, they held thismission close to their hearts.
But, when the day was truly nearing, everyone in the Temple realised that they were not prepared. How would theHonorable Martial Continent treat them? How would they treat Heaven’s Road?
In their minds, the Honorable Martial Continent was just a symbol for them to be loyal to, they had no clue to howthe real Honorable Martial Continent was, as no one had been there before.
When he saw that point, he found out that the major figures of the Temple were all feeling uneasy.
He began to incite the Temple, pushing out his long drawn plan.
And instead of handing the entire expedition over to the Honorable Martial Continent, why not put it in his ownhands. Instead of having Heaven’s Road submitting to the Honorable Martial Continent, it was more appropriate forthe Heaven’s Road people to govern the Heaven’s Road, no matter how much they had to give in the end, they couldstill preserve a part for themselves. If it was still not enough, the more territories they attacked, the moreachievements they would receive when it came to evaluating merits.
The majority of them in Temple were convinced by Clan Elder An, and they were used to being set up high in theorganisation, and to having the final say. Deep in their hearts, they had the slight hope that the Honorable MartialContinent would not arrive. They could imagine about their lives in that future, and the position they were enjoyingin the present that would be taken away, as they were merely sideline characters in the entire the HonorableMartial Continent.
For their intense uneasiness with their power, the Temple became silent for a period of time, and in unison theyagreed to Clan Elder An’s plan for the [Honorable Martial Constellation].
Clan Elder An, who obtained the support of the Temple, became the chief Clan Elder of the Honorable MartialGroup, and the entire Honorable Martial Group became led by him, with him implementing the plan of [HonorableMartial Constellation]. Clan Elder An thus became the Honorable Martial Group’s most powerful and famed ChiefClan Elder in its history.
To be able to move the Temple, Clan Elder naturally had his work for [Honorable Martial Constellation].
To him, other than the Leo Constellation and the Sagittarius Constellation, the other constellations were weak and degenerating. Used to their easy and comfortable lives, it allowed the nobles of the 12 Ecliptic Palaces to lose their cautiousness and sense to danger, they became domesticated sheeps and pigs, basking and indulging in their pleasures. This long time of bad practise had fermented and grown, becoming a deep-rooted problem. What was even more terrifying was that the upper society was already dividing up all the resources, they were exploiting their authority and taking hold of as much land as they could, causing the middle society and lower to be plugged.
Beneath their beautiful robes, their bodies had started to deteriorate.
Clan Elder An firmly believed that with just a light strike, the awe inspiring figures of the 12 Ecliptic PalacesConstellations would burst like bubbles, and shatter in flames and ashes.
Upon taking down the Ecliptic Constellations, the Honorable Martial Group will destroy all the degenerates andvigorously promote their own talents, locking the Ecliptic Constellations in their own hands. So even when theHonorable Martial Continent arrived, it would not be easy to take away the fruits of their labour.
And the ultimate objective of [Honorable Martial Constellation], was to subdue the 12 Ecliptic Palaces and formthem into one body, forming the never before heard Ultimate Great Constellation!
This Ultimate Great Constellation which they named as [Honorable Martial] would have an increased energyconcentration far deeper than anyone would know, sufficient to compare against the Sacred Saint Galaxy!
The Temple was moved by the ambitious plan, to recreate a great constellation comparable to the Sacred SaintGalaxy was an extremely attractive plan. If it could be fulfilled, then the Honorable Martial Constellation would beable to contend against the Sacred Saint Galaxy, and they need not bend their knees!
In the entire Temple, they started to strategize according to the [Honorable Martial Constellation] plan. They stillhad 10 years of time.
Clan Elder An’s first blade was aimed at the Aquarius Constellation.
The richest and wealthiest constellation of Heaven’s Road, held riches that caused others to be extremely jealous,but their military affairs were relaxed. The Aquarius Army held extremely lavish equipment, yet they lacked thewillpower to fight. The most laughable matter was that in the entire Army, they were extremely committed to theirown businesses, each army holding their own industry and business.
Because of their own actions for their own means, it confirmed the sayings in Heaven’s Road: Aquarius Martialartists only knew how to use money to defeat their enemies.
To endure the words that had been passed down in history, the tenacious Aquarius Army had long dissipated withthe passing of time. Even the higher ups of Aquarius Constellation were not willing to talk about their legendaryarmy that held glorious achievements, because it was truly too bitter to think about it, all of them lavish dressed fatold men were disgraced to even think about it.
In Clan Elder An’s eyes, the Aquarius Constellation was like a domesticated and fat pig.
As long as he took it down, they would hold the biggest wealth in Heaven’s Road, who would stop him?
Facing the flames, Clan Elder An laughed silently, as though he had gone crazy over the fire.
~Pandora’s Box has been opened, and with this, it will turn the winds of Heaven’s Road. How many people canperform such a magnificent feat? How exciting is this, so many people are eager to see what happens, how many ofthem has their lives in my hands.~
~Heh, the taste of power and blood is so beautiful!~
The disaster in the Aquarius Constellation shook Heaven’s Road.
The Honorable Martial Group and the 12 Ecliptic Palaces had remained passive for so many years, although theHonorable Martial Group frequently meddled with their internal affairs, but on the surface, they always gave face.
But when the peace was broken, when the Honorable Martial Group tore off their pretense, the entire Heaven’sRoad was speechless.
After the temporary silence, the remaining Ecliptic Palaces were immediately plunged into panic, all of themcondemning the Honorable Martial Group’s actions. On the contrary, their archenemy the Leo Constellation wasactually extremely quiet.
The entire Heaven’s Road was discussing the Honorable Martial Group’s actions.
The Honorable Martial Group stated that they had no intention of changing the situation of Heaven’s Road. Thereason they had proclaimed for attacking Aquarius Constellation was that their clan elder was murdered in theAquarius Constellation. They had requested for the Aquarius Constellation to investigate the reason for murder,but were firmly rejected.
The Aquarius Constellation was overrun with rivers of blood, and every day there would be public beheading of thenoble families. In front of the Aquarius Palace, the boards were as red as blood.
But Clan Elder An’s actions proved that he was not just a brainless slaughterer.
He claimed that the Honorable Martial Group had no intention of altering the Aquarius Constellation’s traditions,after they have established order in the Aquarius Constellation, the Honorable Martial Group will completelyretreat out of the Aquarius Constellation, and hand over the Aquarius Constellation to the new Aquarius King.
The Aquarius Constellation’s fate should be decided by its citizens, as the old ecliptic order had become completelycorrupted, he wanted to build a brand new order, a brand new Honorable Martial Ecliptic Order.
He promoted the ambitious lower ranking officials vigorously, causing them to obtain high positions andresponsibilities, and earning him countless support. After that, he organized for the Aquarius Constellation to beginchoosing a new Aquarius King, and announced that it was time for them to retreat.
All of these actions caused the other constellations to firmly believe that Honorable Martial Group was just takingthe chance to plunder them.
So much so, that a few strategists predicted that the battle between the Honorable Martial Group and LeoConstellation had made them lose capital, and urgently needed a new source of wealth, and the AquariusConstellation was the place that satisfied them.
This plundering made the Honorable Martial Group full. A beast that was full, before it had completely digested allof its food, would not be interested in any other prey.
In order words, although the Honorable Martial Group’s slaughter seemed unsightly, they would not have theintention to become enemies with the entire 12 Ecliptic Palaces. Because once the 12 Ecliptic Palaces form analliance, it was enough to cause even the Honorable Martial Group to feel fear.
The majority of the people believed in that, and loosened their tensed minds. Furthermore, the Honorable MartialGroup sent out many diplomats, further proving that the Honorable Martial Group did not wish to become enemieswith the 12 Ecliptic Palaces.
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Leo Constellation, King Palace.
Lei Ang finished reading the report and snorted: “A bunch of fools, to not even understand the diversion that the Honorable Martial Group is playing at. The Honorable Martial Group’s big movements are truly strange, why are they ignoring the waterway?”
Andre reminded him: “Could it be that they are merely creating a diversion?”
Lei Ang’s gaze landed on Duan Qing, the commander of the 36th Army, because Duan Qing had led the 36th Armyto ambush the Honorable Martial Group’s 9th Gold Branch, which led to its destruction, and severely injured the7th Gold Branch that wanted to seek revenge, causing his name to soar.
But very few people knew of Duan Qing’s illustrious family background. HIs father, before Lei Ang had become LionKing, was already a personal guard, and together, they fought brilliant battles. But it was a pity that he sacrificedhimself in one of the battles.
Lei Ang was one who remembered comradeship, and cherished and took care of his comrade’s son. Duan Qing’sbrave and careful personality was a chip off the old block, earning Lei Ang’s adoration and trust.
“Not likely.” Duan Qing said: “They chose the Aquarius Constellation which had always been more on their side. If they were creating a diversion, they should be attacking us or our allies.”
The other generals nodded.
“I suspect that their goal should be the Ecliptic Palaces Constellations.” Duan Qing’s eyes flashed a look of worry:“They must have a plan.”
“Do we need to support the other constellations?” the commander of the 4th Army, AhGu TeWeng said as hecracked his knuckles, eager to take action.
“Why should we?” the Lion King sneered, a look of ridicule appearing on his face: “All of those people who are unableto accomplish anything but destroy even more things, are best to be killed by the Honorable Martial Group.Although we do not know why the Honorable Martial Group is beginning to move on the 12 Ecliptic Palaces, but ifthe shop is too big, they will not be able to take care of it.”
The few generals were all skilled in strategy, and hearing Lion King’s words, their eyes lit up.
~That’s right, the more constellations Honorable Martial Group attacks, the more scattered will their forces be, toLeo Constellation, it will be a good thing.~
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Wu An Star.
Tang Tian looked at the news of the destruction in Aquarius Constellation in shock, he did not understand whyHonorable Martial Group did not attack the Wu An Star, but attacked the Aquarius Constellation?
~Unreasonable! Too illogical!~
“Why are they making a move on the Aquarius Constellation?” Sima Xiao revealed a harmless smile: “Simple, selfpreservation. They feel that the Honorable Martial Continent coming to Heaven’s Road is already final, and they arenot even a direct descendant of the Sacred Saint Galaxy, what would happen to them? First take what they can, so inthe future discussions, they have some bargaining chips. As long as three to five Ecliptic Constellations are in theirhands, they have value to negotiate.”
No one was as familiar to the dark side of a human’s heart than Sima Xiao, after a few glances of the reports, he wasable to guess everything.
“Aren’t they dispersing their armies like that?” Tang Tian pointed to the report.
Sima Xiao rolled his eyes, ~What a fake, truly faking it! Your schemes and plots are too scary, to run to my face andact naive and stupid, do you truly think that I am an idiot? Are you trying to cheat me? Please, Even if you want tocheat me, please choose your words wisely.~
“A pity, the Gold Saints are not coming anymore.” Tang Tian was feeling sad.
He was prepared to fight with the Gold Saints, but they were not coming, it was like punching into the air, causingTang Tian’s entire body to feel extremely terrible.
~Who should I look for to fight?~
Sima Xiao saw Tang Tian’s killing intent and sensed something amiss, over the past few days, he had come tounderstand Tang TIan’s personality.
He decided to take the initiative, and change targets.
“If the Gold Saints do not find us, we can go and find them!” Sima Xiao’s tone was filled with allure: “I know where aGold Saint is standing guard, what about it? Do you want to fish him out? It’s a heaven sent opportunity!”
Tang Tian’s eyes lit up: “Where, where?”