Chapter 761: Council Conflict
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Chapter 761: Council Conflict
Sage wasnt close enough to the main battlefield to hear what was being said, but it was pretty apparent that the Fu Clan was attempting to negotiate with the Chong Clan. The Fu Clan had somewhat pained looks on their faces, likely because of their losses so far as well as the concessions they were offering to the Chong Clan.
It was unfortunate that Nascent Souls were so observant and powerful since it meant Sage couldnt just send in an insect or bird to act as his eyes or ears for this exchange. Why wasnt he involved in this chat in the first place? It came down to loyalty. She didnt say it explicitly, but Sage could feel a very cautious attitude from the Chong Matriarch. Sage had previously killed the former Patriarch who was essentially an even match with the Matriarch. She had been equally matched with the leader and that fact had made the Patriarch worried about her. That worry had slowly worn down and infringed upon the treatment of her Xie faction which eventually led to the loss of the Patriarchs position. The Matriarch seemed very wary of such a situation repeating itself. He was kept at arms length and she certainly didnt want to give him more opportunities to gain more support or power.
She seems quite happy that I am from a Branch Clan and not one of the main factions. Its just too bad that she doesnt have any idea how powerful we have actually become.
In summary, Sage was left out of the important discussions and left with incomplete information, but he was close enough to be called in as backup to help tilt the balance of power. In fact, he felt it was quite likely they would call him in to tangle with one of the level 70s. They would probably try the Generals horse racing strategy to avoid sharing any glory and call for him only if that didnt work or to respond to any tricks the Fu Clan might pull out. Sage found the story of the Generals horse racing strategy interesting as it was very similar to something hed heard from Earth, but obviously under a different name. In a set of three horse races, the general sent his worst horse to face his opponent's best horse. Then the general set his best horse against the opponents second best and his second best against the opponents worst horse. In this way the General won best two out of three. It was also a military technique, sacrificing the weakest to occupy the enemys strongest. The Chong Clan might send a few of their weaker Elders to just occupy the Fu Clans strongest while the Matriarch took on the weaker members one on one.
Of course, he was only speculating. Sage didnt know much about the strengths, weaknesses, or tactics of the Chong Clan or Fu Clan Elders with the exception of one. This deficiency of knowledge was not for lack of trying, but the Nascent Souls of most Clans and Sects worked very hard to keep their secrets from being shared. Most of the common knowledge about them related to their lives before they became Nascent Souls. The Chong Clan didnt deign to share their information about the Fu Clan Elders, so Sage could only go with the flow. It wasnt like he would need to know these details if he really brought his full forces to bear.
All of this speculation only took Sage a moment to process, the Soul Clone was free to spend days theorizing and even discussing these concepts with some political advisors. In the outside world, he was completely focused upon trying to discern every little detail he could from this distant conversation. With two minds acting as one, he could truly experience the world in slow motion as an outside observer. He almost felt like he could now play out his own life as a video game, and this sudden inspiration shifted his perspective. He realized it was like a first-person virtual reality version of a turn-based game, except there were no actual turns or pauses. In fact, the time ratio was so exaggerated that it almost approached the level of a play by mail game. Every second in the real world was more than eleven minutes for the Soul Clone. This time dilation was exaggerated even worse when he used Foresight, not just giving him a huge amount of time to deliberate upon his actions, but also to see the possible future outcomes of those actions. It was almost like he could mouse over his enemies and see the probability of success for the actions he was going to attempt and the amount of damage he might inflict.
This change in his thinking helped him better integrate these two different minds that were merged as one. In the past hed always primarily lived as his outside body and only got the Soul Clone involved in the middle of combat. It was more like he was jumping between worlds with different rates of time. Now, with this new way of looking at things, the outside world became more like an avatar while the mind in the Soul Clone took over the actual decision making. He was no longer living in two worlds and swapping between them. It was much like his true mind was now within what he considered to be his clone. For a moment he became worried about the state of his emotions, but at the same time, he became many times more confident of his strength.
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Chapter 761: Council Conflict
Sage wasnt close enough to the main battlefield to hear what was being said, but it was pretty apparent that the Fu Clan was attempting to negotiate with the Chong Clan. The Fu Clan had somewhat pained looks on their faces, likely because of their losses so far as well as the concessions they were offering to the Chong Clan.
It was unfortunate that Nascent Souls were so observant and powerful since it meant Sage couldnt just send in an insect or bird to act as his eyes or ears for this exchange. Why wasnt he involved in this chat in the first place? It came down to loyalty. She didnt say it explicitly, but Sage could feel a very cautious attitude from the Chong Matriarch. Sage had previously killed the former Patriarch who was essentially an even match with the Matriarch. She had been equally matched with the leader and that fact had made the Patriarch worried about her. That worry had slowly worn down and infringed upon the treatment of her Xie faction which eventually led to the loss of the Patriarchs position. The Matriarch seemed very wary of such a situation repeating itself. He was kept at arms length and she certainly didnt want to give him more opportunities to gain more support or power.
She seems quite happy that I am from a Branch Clan and not one of the main factions. Its just too bad that she doesnt have any idea how powerful we have actually become.
In summary, Sage was left out of the important discussions and left with incomplete information, but he was close enough to be called in as backup to help tilt the balance of power. In fact, he felt it was quite likely they would call him in to tangle with one of the level 70s. They would probably try the Generals horse racing strategy to avoid sharing any glory and call for him only if that didnt work or to respond to any tricks the Fu Clan might pull out. Sage found the story of the Generals horse racing strategy interesting as it was very similar to something hed heard from Earth, but obviously under a different name. In a set of three horse races, the general sent his worst horse to face his opponent's best horse. Then the general set his best horse against the opponents second best and his second best against the opponents worst horse. In this way the General won best two out of three. It was also a military technique, sacrificing the weakest to occupy the enemys strongest. The Chong Clan might send a few of their weaker Elders to just occupy the Fu Clans strongest while the Matriarch took on the weaker members one on one.
Of course, he was only speculating. Sage didnt know much about the strengths, weaknesses, or tactics of the Chong Clan or Fu Clan Elders with the exception of one. This deficiency of knowledge was not for lack of trying, but the Nascent Souls of most Clans and Sects worked very hard to keep their secrets from being shared. Most of the common knowledge about them related to their lives before they became Nascent Souls. The Chong Clan didnt deign to share their information about the Fu Clan Elders, so Sage could only go with the flow. It wasnt like he would need to know these details if he really brought his full forces to bear.
All of this speculation only took Sage a moment to process, the Soul Clone was free to spend days theorizing and even discussing these concepts with some political advisors. In the outside world, he was completely focused upon trying to discern every little detail he could from this distant conversation. With two minds acting as one, he could truly experience the world in slow motion as an outside observer. He almost felt like he could now play out his own life as a video game, and this sudden inspiration shifted his perspective. He realized it was like a first-person virtual reality version of a turn-based game, except there were no actual turns or pauses. In fact, the time ratio was so exaggerated that it almost approached the level of a play by mail game. Every second in the real world was more than eleven minutes for the Soul Clone. This time dilation was exaggerated even worse when he used Foresight, not just giving him a huge amount of time to deliberate upon his actions, but also to see the possible future outcomes of those actions. It was almost like he could mouse over his enemies and see the probability of success for the actions he was going to attempt and the amount of damage he might inflict.
This change in his thinking helped him better integrate these two different minds that were merged as one. In the past hed always primarily lived as his outside body and only got the Soul Clone involved in the middle of combat. It was more like he was jumping between worlds with different rates of time. Now, with this new way of looking at things, the outside world became more like an avatar while the mind in the Soul Clone took over the actual decision making. He was no longer living in two worlds and swapping between them. It was much like his true mind was now within what he considered to be his clone. For a moment he became worried about the state of his emotions, but at the same time, he became many times more confident of his strength.
Chapter 761: Council ConflictSage wasnt close enough to the main battlefield to hear what was being said, but it was pretty apparent that the Fu Clan was attempting to negotiate with the Chong Clan. The Fu Clan had somewhat pained looks on their faces, likely because of their losses so far as well as the concessions they were offering to the Chong Clan. It was unfortunate that Nascent Souls were so observant and powerful since it meant Sage couldnt just send in an insect or bird to act as his eyes or ears for this exchange. Why wasnt he involved in this chat in the first place? It came down to loyalty. She didnt say it explicitly, but Sage could feel a very cautious attitude from the Chong Matriarch. Sage had previously killed the former Patriarch who was essentially an even match with the Matriarch. She had been equally matched with the leader and that fact had made the Patriarch worried about her. That worry had slowly worn down and infringed upon the treatment of her Xie faction which eventually led to the loss of the Patriarchs position. The Matriarch seemed very wary of such a situation repeating itself. He was kept at arms length and she certainly didnt want to give him more opportunities to gain more support or power. She seems quite happy that I am from a Branch Clan and not one of the main factions. Its just too bad that she doesnt have any idea how powerful we have actually become.In summary, Sage was left out of the important discussions and left with incomplete information, but he was close enough to be called in as backup to help tilt the balance of power. In fact, he felt it was quite likely they would call him in to tangle with one of the level 70s. They would probably try the Generals horse racing strategy to avoid sharing any glory and call for him only if that didnt work or to respond to any tricks the Fu Clan might pull out. Sage found the story of the Generals horse racing strategy interesting as it was very similar to something hed heard from Earth, but obviously under a different name. In a set of three horse races, the general sent his worst horse to face his opponent's best horse. Then the general set his best horse against the opponents second best and his second best against the opponents worst horse. In this way the General won best two out of three. It was also a military technique, sacrificing the weakest to occupy the enemys strongest. The Chong Clan might send a few of their weaker Elders to just occupy the Fu Clans strongest while the Matriarch took on the weaker members one on one. Of course, he was only speculating. Sage didnt know much about the strengths, weaknesses, or tactics of the Chong Clan or Fu Clan Elders with the exception of one. This deficiency of knowledge was not for lack of trying, but the Nascent Souls of most Clans and Sects worked very hard to keep their secrets from being shared. Most of the common knowledge about them related to their lives before they became Nascent Souls. The Chong Clan didnt deign to share their information about the Fu Clan Elders, so Sage could only go with the flow. It wasnt like he would need to know these details if he really brought his full forces to bear.All of this speculation only took Sage a moment to process, the Soul Clone was free to spend days theorizing and even discussing these concepts with some political advisors. In the outside world, he was completely focused upon trying to discern every little detail he could from this distant conversation. With two minds acting as one, he could truly experience the world in slow motion as an outside observer. He almost felt like he could now play out his own life as a video game, and this sudden inspiration shifted his perspective. He realized it was like a first-person virtual reality version of a turn-based game, except there were no actual turns or pauses. In fact, the time ratio was so exaggerated that it almost approached the level of a play by mail game. Every second in the real world was more than eleven minutes for the Soul Clone. This time dilation was exaggerated even worse when he used Foresight, not just giving him a huge amount of time to deliberate upon his actions, but also to see the possible future outcomes of those actions. It was almost like he could mouse over his enemies and see the probability of success for the actions he was going to attempt and the amount of damage he might inflict. This change in his thinking helped him better integrate these two different minds that were merged as one. In the past hed always primarily lived as his outside body and only got the Soul Clone involved in the middle of combat. It was more like he was jumping between worlds with different rates of time. Now, with this new way of looking at things, the outside world became more like an avatar while the mind in the Soul Clone took over the actual decision making. He was no longer living in two worlds and swapping between them. It was much like his true mind was now within what he considered to be his clone. For a moment he became worried about the state of his emotions, but at the same time, he became many times more confident of his strength.
