Chapter 433

Chapter 433: Layout

The letter was densely covered with a large paragraph of text.

Zhou Luo stood there, reading it from top to bottom.

What was described above was about this Great Battle between the Qinyuan Sect and the Chimagong Sect.

The trigger of the Great Battle could still be traced back to when Zhou Luo killed Qi Chuan over a dozen years ago.

Later, the Chimagong Sect used this as a pretext to launch the battle against the Qinyuan Sect.

The location of the war was precisely at the Longfeng Mountain range.

Now, this Great Battle had lasted for over a dozen years, with both sides investing significant military strength.

But both sides also knew they couldn’t escalate too far, so they mainly aimed to train their troops, frequently engaging in friction, and there weren’t many casualties.

However, in the past year or two, for unknown reasons, the Chimagong Sect’s offensive suddenly became fierce.

Not only did they deploy many figures at the elder level, but the number of disciples kept increasing too.

This caused the originally stable situation between the two parties to collapse instantly; the Qinyuan Sect retreated step by step, even losing the Longfeng Marketplace.

Under these circumstances, the Qinyuan Sect naturally couldn’t bear it, so they immediately began deploying troops and summoning sect disciples.

According to Zhou Chang Le’s letter, almost everyone in the Heavenly Alliance was called up, and not only that, several of their top leaders also had to participate in this Great Battle.

He felt the matter was quite unusual, so he wanted to ask Zhou Luo for his opinion.

After reading that letter’s content, Zhou Luo fell into deep thought.

The Chimagong Sect suddenly invaded on a large scale with such arrogance; it must have had support behind it.

Otherwise, judging by the strength of these two sects, if they truly fought to mutual destruction, both would only suffer grave losses.

The Qinyuan Sect definitely realized this too, so they had to display a strong stance.

But when Zhou Chang Le said the Heavenly Alliance disciples all joined the war, it made Zhou Luo suspicious.

Currently, the Heavenly Alliance’s power was growing greater, basically to the point where direct disciples didn’t dare provoke it.

Presumably, those high-ranking sect members were definitely very unhappy about this.

In recent years, if not for Zhou Luo’s connection to the Wan Gu Sect, they would probably have disbanded the organization long ago.

Now that they happened upon this matter, the Qinyuan Sect leaders likely saw a chance to dismantle or weaken the Heavenly Alliance.

Zhou Chang Le was surely thinking of this too, which was why he asked for his opinion.

Zhou Luo stood there and began thinking seriously.

Just then, for some unknown reason, Zhou Changtian arrived by his side.

He looked up, stretched out his small hand to tug at Zhou Luo’s clothes, and a tender voice arose, “Father, is it Chang Le brother’s letter?”

Zhou Luo shifted his gaze, looked down at the little lad, and nodded slightly, “Father has important business; go see your younger brother and sister.”

He thought the little lad was just curious about the letter’s content, so he spoke to him earnestly.

But unexpectedly, Zhou Changtian still looked up, his small face serious, and said, “Father, is the Heavenly Alliance in trouble?”

Upon hearing that, Zhou Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the little lad with surprise, “How did you know?”

Zhou Changtian said shyly, "Father said it was important business, and since Elder Brother Chang Le sent it over, it must be related to the Heavenly Alliance."

"Earlier, Mother mentioned the Heavenly Alliance has been developing splendidly, and I started thinking it would eventually encounter problems."

"That’s why I mentioned this to Father."

He slowly spoke his words. Though his voice was youthful and his pace unhurried, his reasoning was clear, and he expressed himself precisely.

Zhou Luo hadn’t expected his little one to come up with such an extended explanation, and the fact that it was all based on his own deduction was even more important.

So then, he scooped him into his arms and asked, "Why did you think it would encounter problems?"

Zhou Changtian assumed a thoughtful expression, furrowing his small brows like a little grown-up as he pondered.

After quite a while, it seemed like he suddenly remembered something, his eyes brightening with confidence as he declared, "Because the Qinyuan Sect isn’t our Zhou family’s!"

He spoke very earnestly, but the content sounded more like stating the obvious.

The Qinyuan Sect was naturally not the Zhou family’s.

However, Zhou Luo didn’t see it that way.

He gazed at the little one with deep eyes, a flicker of surprise and doubt crossing his heart.

He understood perfectly well what the child meant by those words.

What surprised him was that this little one had now even learned to condense his speech, giving the most fitting answer.

Could he truly be a prodigy?

It was worth remembering that Zhou Changtian was only ten years old at this moment.

Someone else at ten years old would probably still be running wildly all over the courtyard. Even if they had embarked on the path of cultivation, they would likely still be spending their days in dull, tedious seated meditation.

But Zhou Changtian was different. Clearly, he had seriously pondered these matters.

Even though they appeared utterly unrelated to him, and he couldn’t possibly access any more detailed information.

This made Zhou Luo realize this little one was far from ordinary.

Holding a trace of hope in his heart, he smiled and asked, "Then how do you think we should solve this difficulty?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Changtian shook his head and said, "Father, I don’t know what exactly to do."

"But since the Qinyuan Sect isn’t the Zhou family’s, wouldn’t making it the Zhou family’s solve it?"

Clearly, constrained by his limited perspective and access to information, the ten-year-old could only offer an answer that seemed rather childish.

Zhou Luo didn’t feel particularly disappointed.

Because if the child had genuinely presented a detailed plan, Zhou Luo would have suspected the little one was possessed.

Moreover, the child’s words happened to align perfectly with Zhou Luo’s own thoughts.

"Make the Qinyuan Sect the Zhou family’s."

Zhou Luo had previously considered this idea himself.

Regarding this Great Battle, the Chimagong Sect intended to commit all its strength to crush the Qinyuan Sect in a single push.

So why not seize this opportunity to strengthen the Heavenly Alliance and send some of our disciples to occupy important positions within the sect?

Perhaps due to wariness of the Heavenly Alliance, even Zhou Changle and Zhou Changqing had not been appointed to any powerful positions like elders within the sect. Instead, they were in places with little authority.

Now, with a great war inevitably causing casualties, this might be the best chance for the Heavenly Alliance to expand.

Chaos is a ladder to power.

Zhou Luo recalled a phrase from his previous life and wrote it into his reply letter.

This letter only roughly outlined his thoughts. Before taking action, he still needed to thoroughly understand exactly who was backing the Chimagong Sect behind the scenes.

Therefore, after having the letter delivered by a servant, Zhou Luo also left the Zhou Fu, heading straight for the Yao Chi Pavilion.

Over the years, Zhou Luo’s primary source of information had been Hong Xiu at the Yao Chi Pavilion.

As a chain establishment famous alongside the Tian Xia Restaurant, the Yao Chi Pavilion’s background had always been quite mysterious.

But by chance, Zhou Luo discovered that they also traded in intelligence.

Hence, he later made multiple purchases from Hong Xiu to acquire necessary information.

In hindsight, it had to be said the Yao Chi Pavilion’s intelligence was remarkably rich and varied, and its accuracy reached about eighty percent.

It was truly unknown which faction stood behind the Yao Chi Pavilion.