Luo Yunqing was also so ruthless, willing to sacrifice even himself. This exceeded the King's expectations.

Previously, the King had felt that as long as strategy was used cleverly, even if he was in absolute disadvantage, there would be no problem, he could still defeat the opponent. But now he discovered that in the face of absolute power, strategy couldn't play a decisive role. At most, it could only wear down the opponent's strength a bit more.

Strategy also needed power to cooperate. Without corresponding power, even the most brilliant strategy would seem pale and powerless.

He had originally arranged a series of schemes. As long as things proceeded according to his thoughts, there wouldn't be too many problems. But he hadn't expected that the direction would be different from the start, Luo Yunqing had directly pulled the rug out from under him.

"Do you really not care about your life? Don't you even cherish your children's lives?" the King said somewhat helplessly.

"Death isn't frightening. What's frightening is being afraid of death and delaying important matters. Besides, we might not necessarily die. Can you kill us all at once?" Luo Yunqing said calmly. Even in such circumstances, his expression remained unchanged.

If both sides started now, the Luo family members inside could resist for a period of time, while the reinforcements outside could quickly kill the guards in between. This was essentially a contest of time, the Luo family's core members wouldn't be completely wiped out, only a portion would be sacrificed.

Of course, as family head, Luo Yunqing would definitely be the primary target for assassination. Therefore, when he gambled on this timing, he wasn't betting on whether he would be lucky enough to survive, but betting that his people would suffer few losses after this matter.

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Right now, Luo Yunqing hadn't acted immediately because he was waiting for the King. Indeed, if he gave up now, there would be no need to gamble on this matter, and things could return to what he had previously imagined, making up for it with minimal losses.

"Do you really want to do this?" the King asked with a frown.

"You know my character. I can't possibly admit defeat. Either you all die with us, or you continue living wealthy lives. You should be able to believe my words," Luo Yunqing said coldly. His tough attitude shocked everyone else.

"In that case, don't blame me. You forced me to this," the King said with a dark expression, seemingly making a shocking decision.

"Then let's act," Luo Yunqing didn't say much more and directly waved for his people to attack.

"Wait!" the King shouted. He hadn't expected Luo Yunqing to be so decisive, not even asking questions. How could he reveal his trump card like this?

"Have you changed your mind?" Luo Yunqing asked.

"I will not submit to you. Even if I don't want this kingdom, I'll make your Luo family become history," the King said through gritted teeth. "Do you know that the Luo family's glory is long past? If our Flowing Stone Kingdom hadn't taken in the Luo family back then, the Luo family would have had no place to stand long ago."

"First, when we came to Flowing Stone Kingdom, Flowing Stone Kingdom didn't give us any help and required us to pay protection fees every year. Second, the royal family at that time wasn't your clan. During our Luo family's time in Flowing Stone Kingdom, we've already seen several royal families change," Luo Yunqing said. His words made people understand that there was no debt of shelter, and even if there had been, it wasn't to the current royal family.

"If you only want to say this, then it has no meaning. You should reveal your trump card," Luo Yunqing looked at the King and said.

"Fine, you forced me to this. Actually, I've already cooperated with Haoran Sect. If you swallow my position now, you'll become enemies with Haoran Sect. You know what the consequences of that are," the King said.

"Haoran Sect?" Luo Yunqing frowned. The appearance of this name would immediately put them at a disadvantage. Haoran Sect was a giant, a sect that had long dominated as number one among the orthodox factions.

Among the orthodox factions, three sects were far superior to the other sects. The other seven of the ten great sects combined couldn't match any one of these three. Among these three sects, the strongest was more than the total of the other two, with almost no suspense in power comparison.

The strongest sect was Haoran Sect. Even the Luo family in its heyday couldn't contend with it, let alone now.

However, Luo Yunqing didn't quite believe the King's words. How could Haoran Sect take notice of a small country like Flowing Stone Kingdom? This made him very doubtful and unwilling to believe.

"You couldn't have thought of this, right? Everyone has their own connections and opportunities. I once saved an important figure from Haoran Sect. At that time he was just a small person, who could have thought there would be today? Now his daughter is here with me and has decided to help me deal with you," the King said.

"..." Luo Yunqing fell silent. Undeniably, everyone indeed could have such opportunities, which he couldn't deny. If this was really the case, then today's matter might be troublesome.

"Is that so? Just based on your words, do you think I'll believe you?" Luo Yunqing frowned slightly. The current Haoran Sect was something the Luo family couldn't and couldn't afford to provoke.

However, just based on the King's words, it was impossible for him to give up like this. He needed to clarify whether this matter was real, and if it was real, how much influence this important figure would have on Haoran Sect, this was also what he needed to understand.

"I know you won't believe it, but Haoran Sect's Young Miss is right here. She's been watching us..." the King said. "As long as I give the signal, she'll appear immediately!"

After the King finished speaking, he made several hand gestures, then stared at Luo Yunqing. His expression seemed to say: just wait and see, you'll have big trouble soon.

However, after some time passed, he found that what he had imagined didn't happen, no one appeared at all.

Could it be that she couldn't see?

So the King made some more gestures, but the result was still the same, the Haoran Sect Young Miss he mentioned still didn't appear.

"...Are you bluffing?" Luo Yunqing looked at the King, feeling the opponent was being ridiculous.

"Impossible. The Young Miss must not have seen it. I have another method for emergencies..." the King said with embarrassment, taking out a small object and putting it to his mouth to blow. The sharp sound immediately spread throughout the nearby area.

"What are you blowing for? What happened..." After a while, a young girl's lazy voice came over. Everyone saw a young girl slowly walking over with a young man.

This young girl seemed to be the Haoran Sect Young Miss the King mentioned, and that young man, in the King's understanding, should be this Young Miss's servant. Their forms of address were like that too. This Young Miss seemed to like bullying this servant, but their relationship seemed good.

This was also something that made the King a bit jealous. To have such a master, even if this young man was a servant, his status and position weren't something he could compare to.

The King saw that when Luo Yunqing and others saw this Young Miss approaching, their expressions were very rich, their mouths hanging wide open as if they had seen ghosts.

"Haven't you solved this matter yet? How useless, actually disturbing our conversation," the young girl said very unhappily. Her words seemed to tell everyone that she should have just been talking with this young man, it was because of the conversation that she didn't see the King's signals. Even though the situation was so tense, she still very much disliked the King disturbing her.

"Young Miss, they don't believe you're from Haoran Sect," the King immediately said.

"This is the Haoran Token! You should all know how many of these tokens exist. If I can hold this, it shows my identity is very noble and important. You should quickly surrender and listen to him," the young girl took out a token. This was the world-famous Haoran Token, only ten existed, and those who could possess them had simple, important identities.

When the young girl took out this Haoran Token, Luo Yunqing knew that what the King had said before was true. Today's matter would be difficult to handle. At this moment, he was staring at that young man, his eyes full of doubt.

Doubt about what? The King was also a bit strange. At this time, you should be looking at Haoran Sect's Young Miss, what are you looking at a servant for?

Just then, that servant, no, that young man, suddenly spoke: "Wait, what surrender? What are you all doing here?"

"We should be the ones asking you that. What are you doing here?" Luo Yunqing looked at that young man, showing a strange expression on his face. Not only him, quite a few Luo family members were like this, all staring at that young man with very strange looks.

"Why are you asking him? If you want to change the current situation, you should ask the Young Miss," the King was very puzzled, not understanding why Luo Yunqing was asking that young man. This was a bit off-topic and showed poor priorities. Even though the situation was somewhat tense, it wouldn't make him like this.

"Yes, you should ask me about anything. I'm the one who decides your fate. Why ask him? Do you think he'll plead for you?" that Young Miss said.

"Possibly..." Luo Yunqing said.

"Well, I'm currently their person..." the young man said at this time, stating that he belonged to the Luo family.

"What?! You're their person?" that Young Miss and the King said simultaneously, but that Young Miss was merely surprised, not shocked and afraid like the King.

If this young man was the Luo family's person, then this matter would be hard to say. The relationship between this young man and this Young Miss was quite extraordinary.

(End of Chapter)