A Failure's hopeful Journey

Chapter 125: Plan Of Action.

You Qiangda took You Xi Wang to the underground prison of the family mansion. They had the prisoner transported here from Croma city overnight. They did not want to risk the prisoner to flee from confinement. You Xi Wang entered a dim-lit room, where a man sat on a chair. The man had a dense beard, his eyes were still sharp as they lingered over You Xi Wang. His hands and feet were tied by special shackles. There were some traces of blood on his dirty clothes. You Xi Wang spoke, "First Grandpa, can we have some more light in here."

You Qiangda nodded and with a wave of his hand the intensity of the light increased. Now the prisoner and the captor both became clear to each other. You Xi Wang asked the first elder, "Who interrogated him?"

You Qiangda answered, "It was Wusheng."

You Xi Wang called You Wusheng with his Holo-Phone. The other party replied to be on the way. You Xi Wang in the meantime grabbed another chair and sat down on it, right across from the prisoner. He spoke, "Grandpa, how about you leave me here with this guy." 

You Qiangda spoke, "Xiao Wang, your First grandmother will flay me alive if I did that. Your last stunt in the gathering hall shocked those women. Thankfully, nothing happened or all of us brothers would have to kneel on the cactus for a decade." he chuckled, and You Xi Wang also could not help but laugh.

The prisoner was irritated, and he thought to himself, "Laugh while you can. My masters will turn this mansion into a graveyard in the morning. Then I would like to see what will you do."

How was he to know that he was under surveillance of You Xi Wang's system?

[Master, we have a problem.] the system's voice rang out.

You Xi Wang turned his attention towards it and asked, 'What happened?'

[This fucker seems to be a soul practitioner who hid well. He has been emitting soul waves silently and communicating with his people. They all will attack the mansion tonight.] the system spoke with urgency.

You Xi Wang's expression turned cold. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He instructed the system, 'Block his communication first, scan his memories to find out how many people are there, and how is there strength?'

[Affirmative.] the system worked. After the update, the system could hide its intrusion from the other party. It could also intercept the soul sense of other people. This guy was obviously less powerful than You Xi Wang. He focused on his soul cultivation and kept the physical practice at a low level to act as bait. 

You Xi Wang had to clap for the ingenuity of this plan. He turned to his grandfather and spoke, "We were played. This scum is a bait, thrown out by the dark dwellers to lead to us. They will attack tonight. Alert everyone."

When You Qiangda heard this, he was shocked but he asked nothing useless. He knew it was all true when he saw the shocked expression of the prisoner. He hurriedly sent messages to the other elders. They all alerted the people in the family. It was still evening they had over five hours to prepare. You Xi Wang also called everyone to be present in the main gathering hall. Soon the system was done scanning and You Xi Wang stood up from his chair. He spoke, "Thank you for your help, please help me send regards to King Yama."

He gathered a wisp of golden spiritual energy and inserted it inside the prisoner's body. His body was filled with dark energy, so the pain was something he could never imagine. He was refined while alive. His soul energy was already completely wiped out by the system, and given the pain, he was in, how could he have time to replenish it.

You Xi Wang left the prison cell. Just as he exited he found You Wusheng rushing to him. The person kneeled down and banged his head on the floor. He spoke, "Young Master, it is my fault. I did not expect such a deep play and led a calamity to our home. Please punish me."

You Xi Wang spoke, "Get up. Now is not the time for all this. Also, it was not your fault. How knew these sons of bitches were so intelligent. Get to the main hall and wait for your orders."

He left before You Wusheng could even stand up. You Qiangda spoke, "Wusheng, mistakes happen, but what's important is to learn from them. Come along now."

You Wusheng spoke, "Yes, first uncle." and followed You Qiangda, ignoring the horrible screams coming from the prison cell. You Wusheng was the son of the third elder. Shocking? (leave your comments about this introduction.)

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Inside the gathering hall, the atmosphere was very somber. You Xi Wang sat on the throne while the elders sat on their chairs. Other members of the family stood behind the elders. They were all silent. Suddenly, You Xi Wang chuckled, shocking everyone. Before anyone could ask anything, he spoke, "Isn't this funny. These creatures delivering themselves to us. Saves us both effort and travel time."

Some hot-blooded young members couldn't help but cheer some things like, "Yes, true young master." "Stupid pigs, coming to our house to get slaughtered."

They all received glares from their parents and shut up. You Xi Wang shook his head with a smile and spoke, "Okay, listen up everyone. You Fengxian, come forward."

You Fengxian came to the center of the hall. She stood tall and her eyes were burning. You Xi Wang spoke, "Although you might tear off my ear but do me this favor, big sis. You and other big sisters take the children of the house to either Tianlong technologies office or some other place for the night. Their security is your responsibility."

You Fengxian wanted to refute, but she heard a voice inside her mind, "Big sis, please do me this favor. I cannot think of anyone else right now." it was You Xi Wang who was asking her sincerely. Only now did she realize how much pressure he was suffering from. She nodded and left the hall after calling out to other women in the family. 

You Xi Wang spoke again, "Okay, there has been an update, We now have to face three primal souls, 15 core formations, and 30 spirit formations." the people in the hall gasped collectively. You Xi Wang spoke, "Yes, so now everyone below 8 levels spiritual formation, leave the mansion. Before you all start refusing, answer this. Do you think you can share the burden or increase it in this battle? If anyone of you suffers one scratch, the family will be aggrieved. You all are smart people, and you know that one second of lapse can lead to death. This is not a joke, so please think carefully before you answer."

The young people who were about to refuse swallowed their words back. You Xi Wang said, "Oh, come on, stop being big babies, nothing will happen to us. Have you all seen such a good younger brother, I am now giving you all an opportunity to have a night out. Your parents won't say anything." some young people could not help but laugh at this. It was true they do not have the freedom to spend the night out until they are adults. This is to prevent them from indulging in sinful acts. 

A middle-aged woman spoke, "Xiao Wang, if your brothers came home stumbling or if your sisters come home with a bloated belly. Regardless of your status, aunt will spank your butts to a pulp." You Xi Wang hurriedly spoke in a pleading tone, "Okay for the sake of my buns, you people do nothing silly, please." the people laughed when they saw his aggrieved look.

He paused and said in a calm manner, "If you came home with a bloated belly, then the male responsible will lose his third leg to my sword. If you came home stumbling, then you will lose the privilege of walking for a week." he had a smile on his face, but the young people in the hall were scared. This time the middle-aged people laughed. 

The woman who spoke earlier said, "Good boy, Xiao Wang." the laughter grew louder. You Xi Wang smiled and said, "Okay, leave now. We are tight on time."

The people left the hall after greeting their parents and other elders. The hall now had over 150 people, they were all elites of the family and couples of the family. You Xi Wang spoke again, "Big brother Shan Wang, lead the other core formation realm people to form teams with spiritual formation realm cousins. Those you are close with and understand their tactics better should stay together. You deal with the spiritual level troops. Prioritize to deal with them as quickly as possible and support the others. Also, do not go in for the kill until you are a hundred percent sure. Try to use trickery and deceit because these people do not deserve the honor. Third, when you are done cleaning them up, spiritual formations retreat and you can try to support the elders. Okay?"

You Shan Wang nodded and said, "Brat Wang, you better take care." You Xi Wang chuckled and nodded as the other party left. 

You Xi Wang looked at the elders left in the hall and spoke, "Grandpa Wanqiang, open up the treasury. Distribute the spirit restoring pills, healing pills to everyone. Do not hold back. Also, pass on the spirit weapons to them."

The sixth elder nodded and arranged a loyal man under his command to get things done. You Xi Wang spoke again, "The uncles and aunts are to team up and face the core formation guys. Grandmothers, you are in command. Prioritize depleting their energy, use poisons to speed up the process. Your safety is of greater significance than killing them. Please take care, okay?"

The first grandmother stepped to the center of the hall and spoke, "Xiao Wang, the grandmother is proud of you. We will do our best to kill them. Don't worry, we all have our fair share of battles. None of us are vegetarians. Right sisters." other seven women stood up and spoke in unison, "Yes." They all assured You Xi Wang and left with his uncles and aunts to prepare. Now there were only elders, You Xi Wang, and his sister were left in the hall.

Robert came to the hall and spoke, "Young Master, Lady Chen, Lady Ushijima, and Lady Watson are here. Should I lead them here?"

You Xi Wang nodded with a smile. He spoke, "Okay, old boys, time to stop suppressing your cultivation base. I know all of you are strong enough to make a breakthrough to the primal soul realm in one fell swoop. Do it before the battle starts and stabilize your cultivation base. Now is not the time to grow up."

The elders looked at each other and then at You Xi Wang in shock. Originally they were all Core Formation realm cultivators, but they converged their base and suppressed it to get a strong foundation. This was a secret only this band of brothers knew. Even their wives were told that their cultivation has regressed because of injuries accumulated. They all were once members of the defense forces. You Ziyou spoke, "Say brat, how did you know all this."

You Xi Wang laughed and said, "Because I am a genius." his sister giggled at this. She knew her brother could use soul sense, and uncovering this was not a problem for him. They were about to scold him when Robert came leading three beautiful women. 

You Zhichi stood up from her seat, but her brother's figure flashed and he appeared next to Chen Qianbei. He looked back at his sister with his tongue stuck out. You Zhichi also flickered and grabbed his ear. She spoke, "Huh, now tease this old lady."

You Xi Wang acted as if he was really hurt and even wailed exaggeratedly. He spoke, "Oh, Gods in heaven, see what has happened to my sister. She called herself an old lady. I knew this would happen one day."

You Zhichi pouted and twisted his ear, hard this time. Her brother wailed. It was real this time. After a few seconds, he begged her to let go, only then did the punishment ended. The siblings hugged Chen Qianbei, who smiled with affection. After greeting his mothers-in-law (s) You Xi Wang returned to the throne and spoke, "Granny Xin, you also try to break through, or if these old boys surpass you won't they bully you."

You Naixin was suppressing her cultivation, and she was also aware of her brothers. She spoke, "In their dreams, you give us three hours. That time will be fine." she then spoke to her brothers, "Old coots, follow this lady. The last one to breakthrough is a sack of shit." they totally did not care about the two ladies. Chen Qianbei was long used to this behavior as she was practically family. 

You Xi Wang told the three ladies about the changes and the plan of action after the elder left to breakthrough. Ushijima Choma spoke, "What will you do? I do not think, you want to give up such an opportunity." Camila was not that familiar with this son-in-law of hers, so she only looked at him with curiosity. You Xi Wang smiled and spoke, "My sister and I have called over our school teams. We have our own stuff to do tonight. Don't worry you will know."

They discussed a bit then You Zhichi asked Robert to pick up her team members from their home. Snow was also a member of her team. They were going to make a collective breakthrough tonight before facing the dark forces.

You Xi Wang spoke also did the same thing. He arranged for Susan to treat the wounded in the battle, and Emily was arranged for assisting Susan. 

You Xi Wang also called his master to inform him about the battle. Alester Book was shocked. He said he will come right away, but You Xi Wang stopped him by reminding him how pressure makes people grow. He wanted to use this to strengthen his family. Still, Alester Book appeared next to him said, "You fight to your heart's content, I will be here, just in case."

You Xi Wang could do nothing but agree and let the man sit in his room.