Mr. Cheng and his wife knew it in their hearts and they already had countermeasures. Before coming, they had already come up with various plans. Once it was confirmed that there was a change in the Lin Family, they must strive for the best interests of the Cheng Family.

For the sake of morality, the Cheng Family could maintain the alliance relationship, but the Lin Family must pay the corresponding compensation.

From their perspective, after the Lin Family's strength had been greatly reduced, it had no ability to protect its vested interests. Instead of being taken advantage of by other families at the clan conference, why not give the benefits to the Cheng Family in advance?

Madam Cheng coughed lightly, and Cheng Kunan took the hint. He was just about to make a statement when Lin Wan took the lead and said, "Uncle Cheng, I’d like to introduce some friends to you."

"Oh, I wonder who these capable people are."

Lin Wan chuckled, "Uncle Cheng, they are truly capable people. They are the former friends of the Lin Family, the Sheng Family of South Seas!"

As soon as she said it, Third Grandaunt and others stood up and greeted them, "Well, I’m afraid Miss Lin is wrong. The Sheng Family is a thing of the past. We’re the Shen Family now. Nice to meet you, Mr. Cheng!"

Mr. Cheng and his wife were shocked. They had already seen Third Grandaunt and others and thought they were invited by the Lin Family to help, but they had never expected that they were the Sheng Family.

Mr. Cheng and his wife hurriedly got up to greet them and swallowed all the words they had just wanted to say while keeping saying that they didn’t dare to accept their greeting.

The Sheng Family and the Lin Family were former allies. The two families had risen and fallen together, and their friendship was much more solid than theirs. They were true friends who were willing to do anything for each other, unlike their friendship maintained by interests.

The clan conference was just around the corner, and the Sheng Family suddenly appeared. They were undoubtedly here to support their old friends, but it was unknown if they had anything to do with the Lin Family accident.

Cheng Kunan asked politely, "May I ask who is your householder?"

The Shen Family made a way for Shen Xingyue. She bowed with cupped hands and said, "My name is Shen Xingyue. Nice to meet you, Uncle Cheng!"

The householder of the Shen Family turned out to be a woman, too. Mr. Cheng and his wife thought it was amusing. They looked at Lin Wan and Shen Xingyue and wondered whether the two girls were the best friends.

What they didn’t know was that the relationship between the two girls was very average. They were rivals in love instead of the best friends.

Madam Cheng asked knowingly with a smile, "Miss Shen, did your Shen Family come to South Seas this time to participate in the clan conference?"

Shen Xingyue replied generously, "Yes, we are here for two purposes. One is to participate in the clan conference to announce our Shen Family’s presence, and the other is to make an alliance with the Lin Family. From now on, we will rise and fall together as allies."

They were right. Mr. Cheng and his wife were secretly grateful that they hadn't rushed into a showdown to break up with the Lin Family. There was still room for maneuver.

As the saying went: A lean camel was bigger than a horse. After the Lin Family had suffered a lot because of its internal fights, but with the help of the Shen Family, the result was uncertain.

The Shen Family had kept a low profile for so many years, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Instead of re-dealing with other families, they might as well continue to be allied with the Lin Family, and maybe they could get more benefits.

It seemed that it was the most mutually beneficial choice for the Lin Family and the Shen Family to rekindle their friendship. Their sincerity in cooperation was not to be questioned.

But how was the strength of the Shen Family? Mr. Cheng and his wife wondered. It might not be as good as they thought.

The couple came up with the idea of testing them, but they couldn’t do it in front of the host in public.

Lin Wan read their mind and said generously, "Today is the time when allies are introduced formally. I have a proposal. I wonder if I should say it."

Mr. Cheng and his wife blushed. They smirked and said nothing. Shen Xingyue replied, "Miss Lin, you’re so polite. You are the host and we are the guests. Just go ahead!"

"Okay, in order to better cope with the clan conference, I propose that the three of us have a fight to better show the true strength of each family."

Madam Cheng answered first, "This proposal is good. We agree."

Shen Xingyue smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Alright, let's have a fight. How do you want to fight, Miss Lin?"

Lin Wan responded, "The three of us are all allies and friends. Of course, it will stop at where it should. We can't hurt our friendship. What do you think?"

Naturally, the Shen Family and the Cheng Family had no problem with it, and they agreed.

Lin Wan continued, "Let's do it this way. Each of us will send two groups of corpse puppets, ten in each group. Then we will send ten warriors each. The warriors of one family will fight against the corpse puppets of the other two families. Within half an hour, the one with the most killings and the least casualties wins."

The other two families applauded together. It was indeed a good idea. Fighting corpse puppets with warriors was fair, and it wouldn’t hurt their friendship. Although there would be casualties, it was way much better than the warriors of three families fighting each other.

If the warriors of one family were injured by the corpse puppets, it would only show that the family was not good enough and it couldn't blame the opponent for being merciless. This method could not only decide the winner but also manage to avoid the enmity between the two sides. It was indeed a wonderful idea.

The three families decided to temporarily adjourn the meeting and go back to prepare.

Early tomorrow morning, they would have a fight at the Grand Plaza of the Lin Family. After the fight was over, they would discuss how to rise and fall together at the clan conference.

When Lin Wan and the others returned to the villa, Lin Kun shouted after entering the door, "Brother, I will join you tomorrow and kill them all."

Li Mu said disdainfully, "Come on. I'll do it alone. None of you is going to make trouble and distract me."

Shen Zixing immediately echoed, "Yes, don't make trouble. Just me and Ming'er. Brother Mu, the three of us will fight together tomorrow."

Li Mu raised his hand and patted her on the head. He couldn't help but scold, "Silly girl! Do you forget your surname? I don't need your help. You will play on behalf of the Shen Family tomorrow. Do you hear me?"

...

The surface of Butterfly Wing Sword was carved with patterns while the back of it was jagged. The total length of Butterfly Wing Sword was 76 cm with a blade of 56 cm. The width was 9.1 cm, and the thickness was 0.7 cm. The weight with the sheath was about 4.8 kg, and the weight without the sheath was about 4.6 kg.

The blade was forged with high-performance manganese alloy steel, and the exclusive blade with fire pattern was in a straight blade shape, which was exactly like a board knife. The shape made the sword sharper.

This was the weapon that Mrs. Hong specially selected for Li Mu. Little Brother Li wanted to fight with the entrenching shovel and thought there was no need to prepare a weapon at all.

It was not that he was hypocritical, but he really liked the entrenching shovel. He thought that the weapon had a wide range of uses. It could cut, stab, saw, and plane. Apart from its plain shape, it was simply the best weapon for hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Lin Wan, however, firmly disagreed with him using the entrenching shovel to fight the enemy. Under Li Mu's repeated persuasion, she could agree with her husband's decision to fight on stage alone, which was already her biggest concession. She refused to agree to his strange request.

Unlike Li Mu, a late warrior, Lin Wan had received orthodox training since she was a child. As the apprentice of well-known masters, she naturally couldn't accept Little Brother Li's unorthodox ways.

In her mind, the entrenching shovel couldn't compare to a big sword no matter how powerful it was. A sword was a serious murder weapon, and it was much better than the entrenching shovel.

On this issue, Mrs. Hong and Lin Wan were of the same opinion. The two women insisted on asking Li Mu to change weapons. He had no choice but to compromise.

However, in the process of selecting weapons, the three of them disagreed again.

Lin Wan wanted her husband to use a sword and felt that the shape of a lonely swordsman could bring out Li Mu's elegant taste.

Li Mu resolutely rejected the proposal. He didn’t know how to use a sword.

He wanted to use an ax, which was heavy, powerful, and highly damaging. Not only was it handy, but it was intimidating.

The two women were in unanimous opposition again. If he fought with an ax, this look would be so funny. He was not going to chop wood anyway. It was absolutely a no-no.

In the end, Mrs. Hong's opinion prevailed. She suggested using a sword, which was handy and decent. What was more, it was more suitable for an unorthodox player like Li Mu.

Lin Wan and Li Mu agreed, and the three of them began to choose swords. They finally chose a wide-faced straight sword.

It was fate. Little Brother Li kept selecting and couldn’t decide which one to choose, but when he saw this sword, he fell in love with it at a glance.

Mrs. Hong kindly reminded, "Li Mu, this sword is too heavy to be used as a weapon. Are you sure you want to choose it?"

Li Mu grabbed the handle of the sword, weighed it with his hand, and responded with a smile, "This weight is just right. It matches my strength. That's it."

Since it was his favorite weapon, the two girls had to agree and gave him the wide-faced straight sword.

Early the next morning, the three families gathered at the Grand Plaza of the Lin Family.

In just one day, an open-air platform about two meters high had been built. The warriors of three families were standing on three sides while the householders of the three families were sitting on the rostrum in the center.

Among the three families, the Cheng Family had the largest number of warriors. They had twenty corpse puppets and ten warriors.

The Lin Family was the second with twenty corpse puppets and one warrior. The lonely warrior was naturally Little Brother Li.

The Shen Family had the smallest number of warriors. They only had one corpse puppet and two warriors. Big guy, Shen Zixing, and her sister waved to Li Mu.

There was a lot of discussions on and off the stage. Apart from Little Brother Li, everyone else thought that the Shen Family was so arrogant. It was going to fight the other two families with only one corpse puppet and two warriors. It obviously didn’t take the other two families seriously.

Lin Wan and others felt the same. They had seen the two sisters fight twice, once in Jiu Feng Gou and the other in a dream.

As for the battle in Jiu Feng Gou, they had appeared too late to see the whole show. They had only seen Little Brother Li and the two sisters fighting against the big guy and hadn’t seen their other heroic feats.

Although the performance of the two sisters in the dream was amazing, it was a dream, after all. If one dreamt of flying in the sky, did he really know how to fly? Thus, one’s fighting skills in the dream were not to be taken seriously.

Mrs. Hong and Lin Wan were quite afraid of the sisters and just thought that they could grow into terrible existences in the future, but they never thought that they were amazing now.