Hearing Zhou Ting's reply,

the middle-aged man from Sakura Country smiled even more broadly.

"In other words, you have already obtained the Divine Artifact in the ruins."

Zhou Ting smiled and nodded,

then pointed at Zhou Feng nearby.

"It's right on my son."

This scene left all the family members present utterly confused,

with no idea what was happening.

Zhou Feng's face was gloomy, as if he had already anticipated something,

and he looked coldly at Zhou Ting.

"Father."

He questioned him back-to-back:

"Why are there people from Sakura Country in this teleportation array?"

"What on earth are you trying to do?"

Zhou Ting reached out a hand toward the middle-aged man from Sakura Country

and introduced, "This is Mr. Saito Mikado."

"He is my friend from Sakura Country. This time, he came specifically to pick up our Zhou Family to settle down in Sakura Country."

Zhou Feng's expression grew even uglier.

"You want everyone in our Zhou Family to go to Sakura Country?"

Zhou Ting nodded, his gaze seemingly looking at an ignorant child.

"Don't you understand yet?"

"After today, hundreds of thousands of people in Donghai City will die under the beast tide."

"If the military investigates and finds out in the future that the cause of the beast tide is related to our Zhou Family, do you think our Zhou Family will still have a foothold in Great Xia?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the surrounding Zhou Family members instantly lost all color.

What?

The beast tide... was actually related to the Zhou Family?

Zhou Family's eldest, Zhou Tai, could no longer hold back. He pointed at Zhou Feng and shouted with a trembling voice, "Third brother! What on earth is going on here? What kind of stupid thing did you do?!"

Zhou Feng ignored his foolish eldest brother,

his gaze locked firmly onto his father.

He had thought he had already seen through all his father's schemes,

but he was indeed still too naive.

At this moment, this elderly father finally began to reveal his true killing move.

"So, you planned to take all the family members to defect to Sakura Country from the very beginning?"

"Is this your real plan?"

Zhou Ting nodded very calmly.

"For the continuation of the Zhou Family, I have no other choice."

"I have no choice..."

"I can only rely on the Heaven-Suppressing Seal in your hand to join Sakura Country."

"At that time, our Zhou Family can likewise become nobles within Sakura Country."

"Bullshit!"

Zhou Feng let out a suppressed roar.

"Have you lost your mind in your old age?!"

"This is treason!"

"Do you want everyone in the Zhou Family to be traitors who can never hold their heads high for the rest of their lives?!"

This roar, like a thunderclap on flat ground, directly startled all the younger generations present into a shiver.

Is this still that third uncle who was submissive and even somewhat cowardly in front of Liu Yuru on ordinary days?

Why does it feel like a different person?

Seeing this, Zhou Family's eldest, Zhou Tai, wanted to scold, "How are you talking to Dad?", but as the words reached his lips, seeing Zhou Feng's gloomy eyes that almost wanted to devour people, he forcibly swallowed them back.

Zhou Ting smiled instead of getting angry.

Looking at Zhou Feng, he once again dropped a shocking statement:

"So what?"

"Let me be honest with you, Sakura Country and Kimchi Country have long joined forces in secret. Even the Freedom Federation has set its sights on Great Xia. In recent years, they will launch a comprehensive Classer war against Great Xia. With Great Xia's current national strength, it is simply impossible to resist!"

"The fall of the country is only a matter of time!"

These words once again shocked all the Zhou Family members into speechless silence.

Their faces were pale, and they were at a complete loss, as if the sky was about to fall.

Zhou Ting didn't even look at them, continuing in a cold tone:

"Therefore, for the future of the Zhou Family, I have to make plans early."

After saying this, he finally cast his gaze toward all the family members, his voice suddenly rising.

"Alright, let's start moving!"

"All Zhou Family members listen up, line up now and enter the teleportation array one by one!"

"The opposite side of the teleportation array is Liangzhou City. Mr. Saito's friends are already there to receive us."

However, as Zhou Ting's voice fell,

the garden fell into dead silence.

Not a single family member was seen moving their steps for a long time.

Even his eldest son, Zhou Tai, who had always been completely obedient to him, rarely didn't move this time.

Zhou Ting's expression gradually sank. Looking at his family members, his voice carried an oppressive feeling of an impending storm.

"What?"

"Are you even refusing to listen to my words?"

However, everyone still silently lowered their heads, and no one dared to meet his gaze.

Just at this moment, Zhou Family's second son Zhou Ming's youngest son, a teenager who looked only in his teens, timidly raised his head, looked at Zhou Ting, and said with a crying voice, "Grandfather... I don't want to leave, I don't want to be a traitor."

With someone taking the lead, the others also seemed to have found an outlet, echoing one after another.

"That's right, Master, we were born in Great Xia and grew up in Great Xia, we don't want to go to Sakura Country!"

"I don't want to be a traitor either! We'd be condemned behind our backs for a lifetime!"

"Patriarch, think twice!"

Hearing these rising and falling voices, Zhou Ting trembled with anger. He slammed the armrest fiercely, let out a cold snort, and interrupted everyone's chatter.

"You... you actually all want to defy my will!"

"Good! Very good!"

He laughed out of extreme anger, and a cold gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Now, you only have two choices!"

"Either enter the teleportation array!"

"Or stay here and die together with the entire Donghai City!"

At this time, Zhou Family's second son Zhou Ming, who was usually the most gloomy and reticent, also silently stood out.

He bowed deeply toward Zhou Ting.

"Father, I know you are doing this for the continuation of the Zhou Family."

"But no matter what, I will not defect to Sakura Country."

"I, Zhou Ming, dare not consider myself a good person. Behind the scenes, in order to fight for the position of patriarch, I have also used quite a few dirty methods."

He raised his head, with not a shred of fear in his eyes.

"But making me a traitor, I can't do it!"

"If you insist on forcing me, please forgive your unfilial son. Let me and this Donghai City be buried together!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the family members behind him seemed to be infected, and actually knelt down together in unison!

"We are willing to stay and live and die together with Donghai City!"

Resolute shouts gathered into an invisible force, fiercely impacting Zhou Ting's long-cold heart.

His chest heaved violently. Obviously, he hadn't expected that besides Zhou Feng, all the family members were going against him.

"Rebellious sons! You are all a bunch of rebellious sons!"

"You've rebelled... You really have rebelled..."

He kept muttering in his mouth, his whole body stumbling a few steps.

"You won't even listen to my words..."

"You!!"

Zhou Feng stepped out at the right time, saying in a cold voice:

"Father, you see it too."

"We people of the Zhou Family also have backbone."

"Taking ten thousand steps back, even if we defect to Sakura Country, can the Zhou Family rest easy?"

"What they value is nothing more than the Heaven-Suppressing Seal in my hand."

"Once the Heaven-Suppressing Seal falls into the hands of the people of Sakura Country, our Zhou Family will also lose its value of utilization. By then, our fate will only be even more miserable!"

Zhou Ting's brows furrowed tightly, his expression complex, remaining silent for a long time.

In front of the teleportation array, that person from Sakura Country named Saito Mikado had evidently lost patience.

He picked his ear, a cruel smile hanging on his face, and suddenly spoke.

"I say, Mr. Zhou Ting."

"It seems your plan is not going as smoothly as you expected."

"In that case, why don't I help you out!"

Just as his voice fell, brilliant light erupted within the glowing teleportation array!

Figures, like ghosts, were instantly teleported over!

As many as fifty ninjas dressed in black tight-fitting clothes and wearing bizarre Hannya masks on their faces silently appeared in the garden!

Each of them exuded a cold and bloodthirsty aura, and the Katanas at their waists flashed with a chilling, gruesome gleam under the light of the teleportation array!

A massive intent to kill instantly enveloped the entire Zhou Family old residence!