For the Sigma Family, the half-mountain they had acquired eighty years ago could be put up for sale, and even the price was negotiable.
It couldn't be helped. Their own Supreme had gotten into trouble. Since that was how they had obtained the property, they could simply hand it over the same way.
What they found unbearable was that after the other side bought half the mountain, they also wanted to buy the rest.
That truly could not be sold. Imperial families also placed great importance on family values, and the bond that tied those values together was, naturally, their ancestors.
The Blade's Edge People valued this especially highly. Selling off ancestral property meant the family had genuinely fallen into decline, a betrayal of their ancestors.
As for the buyer, it was said to be the Tata Family from Central City, which also had a Supreme overseeing it.
That family was primarily involved in transportation and mining. It held shares in multiple trade groups and possessed extensive connections and resources.
Before Qinghu advanced to Supreme, the Sigma Family truly had not been worthy of being the Tata Family's opponent.
However, Qinghu had been quite young when she advanced, and her rise had been exceptionally rapid. Before long, she was recognized as a powerful Supreme.
Under those circumstances, the two families could at least contend with each other.
Moreover, the Tata Family's Supreme, Adol, was more than forty years older than Qinghu.
If the Tata Family did not produce another Supreme and nothing unexpected happened, they definitely would not be able to keep up with the Sigma Family fifty years later.
But now, the situation had become rather delicate.
The spectators knew quite a bit of the inside story, yet no one understood why the Tata Family was making things so