Settling Grudges with Wine

Good grief! Yang Shan could only exclaim in amazement! This Xiao Ding was a damn talent!

Not only was he openly trying to turn enemies into friends, but he was also secretly attempting to provoke conflict between Yang Shan and Huo Zhi.

He kept a straight face on the surface while secretly transmitting his voice, leaving behind no evidence at all.

Yang Shan even felt the urge to recruit Xiao Ding to work under him.

Xiao Ding's ability to assess the situation was probably nearly maxed out.

However, Yang Shan was basically certain that Xiao Ding would not be poached by any other force, Players included.

Judging by Xiao Ding's current performance, among the Xiao Clan's younger generation, he was the "brain."

Xiao Ding's excessively outstanding strategic ability even made Yang Shan suspect that this was some kind of "support enhancement" granted because the Xiao Clan's younger generation was too weak.

Among the Clan Leaders of the Ancient Eight Clans, apart from Xiao Xun'er, none of the others had appeared yet.

Other than Xiao Xun'er and Hun Feng, who was described in the original novel as having a God Grade Bloodline, the remaining Clan Leaders should only possess Ninth Grade Bloodlines.

A simple comparison made the difference obvious. The Xiao Clan currently had only four prodigies, while the Flame Clan already had seven.

Huo Zhi was young, but she possessed a Ninth Grade Bloodline! Given more time to develop, once the gap in their levels had narrowed to almost nothing, the Flame Clan's younger generation would have two Ninth Grade Bloodlines holding the fort.

Huo Zhi possessed the eighth-ranked Red Lotus Karma Fire on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Meanwhile, Clan Leader Huo Xuan had obtained the sixth-ranked Eight Desolations Destruction Flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking in the original novel's