novelpro #139 - Chapter 139 War, Unity and Compromise
#139 - Chapter 139 War, Unity and Compromise
"This..."
Although a hundred million resource points aren't much in the eyes of many veteran lords, especially legendary lords, Wu Wei was still surprised.
This was because, even though Su Yuanzheng controlled the entire Su family guild, this family head's resource points were still very tight.
After all, the Su family guild was expanding outwards every moment.
A guild wanting to become a family needs a large accumulation of resources.
There were too many aspects that required Su Yuanzheng to invest resources to maintain.
After all, the larger the war machine, the more energy it needs.
Seeming to see Wu Wei's hesitation, Su Yuanzheng patted Wu Wei on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Hahahaha, this is a gift, and gifts must be accepted, you absolutely cannot refuse!"
As mentioned before, Su Yuanzheng had never treated Wu Wei unfairly, giving him the exact same treatment as Su Yingxue.
Even the coming-of-age ceremony was the same.
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"Okay."
Wu Wei glanced at Su Yuanzheng and put away the card.
Seeing that Wu Wei didn't refuse, Su Yuanzheng felt satisfied.
"Since you are also going to the Royal Auction House, then we can go together."
"I'll go call the driver."
Also...
"You're also going to the Royal Auction House?"
Wu Wei asked.
"Of course."
Su Yingxue smiled.
"Like you, we are also going to bid for world coordinates."
The car arrived, and Wu Wei and Su Yuanzheng and his daughter got into the car together.
In the car, Su Yingxue supplemented Wu Wei, who didn't know much about the real world, with some basic knowledge.
"After all, the Su family guild needs to purchase more than fifteen world coordinates every year. Although some of the larger worlds will be abandoned due to the difficulty of conquering them, as long as they completely conquer and colonize one or more large worlds, these investments can be recovered. The other worlds will be used as additions to ensure the guild's development."
"This is the guild's operating model: expand and colonize."
"The more worlds successfully colonized, the stronger the guild's strength."
"Alliances and families are somewhat different. The powerful ones colonize fewer new worlds than guilds because they focus more on maintaining and nurturing their territories rather than plundering."
"Of course, this is also related to the target worlds of both sides."
"The target worlds that alliances and families attack are generally super-large worlds guarded by powerful forces. They are not interested in small worlds and are not willing to disperse their valuable forces."
"All lords are actually like creatures in nature."
"Powerful lords are like lions and tigers, at the top of the food chain, generally disdaining to eat prey like insects and mice."
"But insects and mice are precisely the food of those small predators."
"The weak and the strong are also strictly divided in the lord era, but the boundary is even stricter than in nature."
Hearing this, Su Yuanzheng added.
"Xiao Xue is right."
"But it's not complete."
"Because the top predators are actually the most tightly knit group of beasts."
"Like lion prides and wolf packs, they can only become the true rulers of an area by sticking together."
"Even if individual strength is strong, it is difficult to gain an advantage in front of the entire lion pride or wolf pack."
"This is why these top lords, even though each of them is powerful, still want to establish alliances, families, and guilds."
"Because only the power of unity can better protect themselves."
"So, even though they know that there are incompetent parasites in their families, they still condone such behavior as long as it doesn't shake the foundation."
"The lord era is not just about war; unity and compromise are important parts of the lord era."
"In the past, these were called politics, or at least part of politics."
"...."
Su Yuanzheng narrowed his eyes and said to Wu Wei.
"So, little Wu Wei, do you have any thoughts of joining other guilds, such as... a guild called the Su family guild?"
In fact, Su Yuanzheng had wanted to ask this for a long time, but one was because his daughter hadn't invited him, and the other was because he considered Wu Wei's own attitude, so he hadn't asked him.
And now, with such a wonderful topic unfolding, he felt that now was a good time to ask Wu Wei.
After all, only after letting the other party understand the power of unity can he give Wu Wei a reason to join the guild, right?
"emmm..."
Wu Wei narrowed his eyes.
"Not at all!"
As before, Wu Wei had absolutely no intention of joining any other guild.
Because in his opinion, joining a guild was not a good idea.
"Uh...."
Su Yuanzheng was stunned.
He didn't expect Wu Wei to refuse so simply, and he was a little embarrassed for a moment.
Although the Su family guild was the number one guild in Linjiang City, and countless lords were breaking their heads to join the Su family guild.
But the problem was that such a sign couldn't attract Wu Wei at all.
And Su Yuanzheng also knew that Wu Wei, who had a somewhat special personality, was unlikely to join any guild.
So, he quickly gave up this plan.
However, Su Yuanzheng was reminded of something.
He looked at Wu Wei and Su Yingxue and said.
"By the way, is the date of the graduation ball coming soon?"
"Are you two ready?"
Hearing this, Su Yingxue's eyes lit up immediately.
She had been looking forward to this day for a long time.
"Yes, but I'm not planning to attend...."
Wu Wei said truthfully.
"That's for sure. I didn't attend that broken ball back then because it was boring to death and wasted my time."
"I'm naturally not talking about the ball held by your school. I'm referring to an invitation to another ball."
Su Yuanzheng smiled, took out two envelopes from his arms, and handed them to Wu Wei and Su Yingxue.
"These were just delivered to the house today, a little later than expected."
"These are the invitations for the two of you."
"Invitations that only the top five in each lord trial can receive...."
"The War Academy's invitation!"