Ou Yezi hurried in from outside. Seeing him, Xu Kun quickly went up to greet him.
"Master!"
"Mm, good boy~" The moment Ou Yezi saw Xu Kun, his heart filled with joy.
"I heard that not long after arriving in the imperial capital, you gathered the six third-rate families and established a faction called Kun Sect?"
Xu Kun scratched his head sheepishly. "Just a small undertaking. Please don't laugh at me, Master!"
"How could that be called a small undertaking? The faction my disciple builds will surely one day stand above all living beings and represent the pinnacle of our human race!"
"How is it? Any difficulties integrating the faction?" Ou Yezi asked with concern.
Xu Kun shook his head. "With Senior Nephew Tao Hongjing's help, everything has gone smoothly!"
"Hongjing does have some connections. As the Pill Sect's chief senior disciple, his status can provide him with many conveniences!"
"Pu Yuan is an S-grade forging master. His grand ambition happens to align perfectly with Kun Sect's need to forge enough high-end battle blades!"
"However..."
"However what?"
Ou Yezi said gravely, "With Kun Sect's current strength, having a Saint guarding it, gathering six major families, possessing a mature industrial chain, as well as mid- and high-end forging and alchemy talent, its foundation already rivals that of a second-rate family in the imperial capital!"
Xu Kun nodded. "I suppose we've barely entered the second-rate ranks."
"Your performance in the Academy Tournament was seen by both Yu Ding and this old man. You practically ground the Sima Family's face into the dirt. The Sima Family is one of the foremost families in the imperial capital; only the Li Family can suppress them, but the Li Family... rarely involves itself in conflict!"
"Now that Kun Sect has just been established, and you have