Chapter 1701 - 309: Multiple Teams Crossing the River (Part 2)

Zhao Yi: "I think it should be people from On the River, because this job is done too meticulously, unlike the Jianghu enemies or forces coveting the foundation of my Zhao Family.

Mainly, this kind of operation, I can easily relate to.

No major forces supporting them, and they're few but elite."

Li Zhiyuan: "Hmm."

Zhao Yi: "As for whether Cui Xinyue and my parents could be replaced by the same team..."

Li Zhiyuan: "Cui Xinyue's performance style is very forced, and deliberately seeks a slack outcome. The performers on your parents' side are very involved and confidently add drama to themselves, seemingly enjoying it.

They are not from the same side."

Zhao Yi: "Mm, Li, you're the professional in this aspect."

Tan Wenbin: "So, this time, like the last time in Lijiang, it's also multiple teams moving On the River?"

Zhao Yi: "That's right, but there's a difference. In Lijiang, everyone was on the same starting line. But this time... other teams are clearly jump-starting.

To be precise, it seems they have been strategizing for a long time, and we were temporarily added in.

This also fits the style of this wave we received.

According to the pattern, we've just finished one wave, and the next wave should take a while."

Li Zhiyuan: "They have a time advantage, but we also have our own advantage."

Our advantage is Zhao Yi, a genuine member of the Zhao family.

Zhao Yi: "I now have a feeling that my Zhao family is a den of demons. I used to only use this perspective to analyze other forces or Secret Realms, never thought that one day, the training from my On the River days could be used in my own home.

But don't worry, as the future Master here, I will surely fulfill my duty as a host.

Even if it's a piece of rotten meat, I'll help everyone bite off the biggest piece of benefit."

Tan Wenbin: "Outer Team loyalty."

Zhao Yi: "Who else should we give it to if not ourselves? Why benefit outsiders?"

Li Zhiyuan: "We still need more information expansion. One, confirm the number of teams for this wave. Two, confirm their real intention from their perspective for this wave."

Zhao Yi: "I'll probe the Main House and Fourth House again for confirmation. As for the second point, I think it's inappropriate to startle the snake during this period."

Li Zhiyuan: "At home is considered startling the snake, outside is not."

Zhao Yi: "Li, are you planning to go fishing?"

The identity of a core member of the Zhao family is equivalent to an invitation to the ancestral home in the mountains. Some teams have already entered, but some may not have secured the invitation yet.

At this moment, if we could stroll outside, perhaps we'd attract a team out.

Li Zhiyuan: "If we can bump into a team, things would get much simpler."

Zhao Yi: "This team's scale is certainly not as big as last time in Lijiang, but we've already seen their quality, which is very high."

Li Zhiyuan: "I know."

Zhao Yi: "You can directly mobilize the Liang Sisters, they'll listen to you."

Li Zhiyuan: "Arrange for them to go to the old house in the mountains first, prepare the Array early for me since we know their target is there, so it's crucial."

Zhao Yi: "Alright, I'll notify them, anything else?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Take care."

Zhao Yi: "The ones who raised me are probably in Nantong drinking and playing games with your Grandmaster right now."

To a certain extent, Zhao Yi is very similar to Li Zhiyuan.

However, Li Zhiyuan has never known what emotions are from a young age, so he could only perform.

Zhao Yi awakened too early, just like Beng Beng from Big Beard's house, and his childhood memories remained vivid and never forgotten.

In fact, he was initially a normal child, with a higher need for affection during his suffering, but the utilitarianism and coldness of his family and parents gradually led him to strip away and detach from his feelings.

The kind of situation Li Zhiyuan was in was too extreme. In fact, Liu Jinxia's previous description of Li Zhiyuan as early-wise and emotionally detached is more suitable for Zhao Yi.

The entire Zhao family, only two people have Zhao Yi's true affection.

One is Old Tian;

The other is Zhao Wuyang.

Exiting the room, Zhao Yi licked his lips and immediately showed a cowardly expression, like Zhao Xu who had just been scolded by his father.

He first went to the Main House courtyard, intending to meet his eldest uncle was unlikely, so he went under the pretense of wanting to see Zhao Wen and Zhao Li.

Once inside, he immediately turned towards his eldest uncle's study, which was his office and the power hub of the Zhao family, usually bustling with endless meetings.

His eldest uncle had a strong desire for power, managing the family early on with their grandfather. If it weren't for his own birth, the eldest uncle should have naturally become the next Family Head.

However, when Zhao Yi reached the study area, he found it very quiet, with hardly anyone around.

After asking a house servant who was sweeping, he found out that his eldest uncle Zhao Jiuzhi was unwell and hadn't been managing affairs for five or six days. Now, all matters large and small within the clan had to be reported to the clan leader.

The old man's grand birthday was approaching, and things were already numerous. As long as he wasn't dead, he had to get up and work.

This illness came at a... very inappropriate time.

Zhao Yi could almost assertively believe that the Main House had also been replaced.

Leaving the Main House courtyard, Zhao Yi proceeded to the Fourth House.

Fourth Master Zhao of the Zhao family was obsessed with cultivation and disliked mundane affairs, but he married early, his wife being his early cultivation mentor, also a native of the Zhao family.

When he got his mentor pregnant, Fourth Master Zhao Hengcheng was only fourteen, and that was his nominal age, while his mentor was already over thirty.

The family certainly opposed this marriage, although historically it's not unheard of for young masters of large families to roll in the clouds with maids early on, and making them concubines after getting them pregnant is quite normal. But the age gap and the half-mentor-apprentice status made it truly absurd.