In the Council Hall, Wang Qiuhong was holding a clan meeting.
Because of Wang Mingren's warning, Wang Qiuhong had mainly done three things over the past eight years. First, he encouraged childbirth to expand the number of cultivators. Second, he purchased large quantities of various strategic supplies and raw materials, while the Alchemy Hall, Artifact Crafting Hall, Talisman Hall, and Array Hall frantically produced all kinds of Cultivation Resources—Medicinal Pills, Talismans, Dharma Artifacts, puppet beasts, and so on. The Wang Family's clan treasury was piled full of strategic supplies. Third, he increased the intensity of the clansmen's training, especially the drills for the Puppet Array.
The Wang Family now had more than fifteen hundred cultivators. These were the clansmen in the Red Moon Sea Region: five hundred with outside surnames and one thousand surnamed Wang. Through marriage alliances and recruitment, the outside-surname cultivators had already been thoroughly integrated into the Wang Family. There were more than one hundred and fifty Foundation Establishment Cultivators, among whom over thirty were outside-surname Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
The outside-surname cultivators were mainly responsible for hunting demonic beasts or fighting external battles. Most important positions were held by Wang Family disciples. Outside-surname cultivators who had mastered a skill all received decent treatment.
There were more than thirty Wang Family cultivators hidden within the Cloud Sea Sect, controlling every vital department of the Cloud Sea Sect. Of course, to outsiders, their surname was not Wang.
The Cloud Sea Sect had also stockpiled large quantities of strategic supplies, contracted its forces, and developed its own strength.
With powerful military force as deterrence, the Wang Family leased more than a dozen small islands from its surrounding neighbors to farm and raise fish, expanding its sphere of influence.
A tremendous peal of thunder rang out. Wang Qiuhong's heart jolted, and