Ruan Hongyi, with his hair slicked back and wearing a Zhongshan suit, set down his teacup and gazed out the window. "Which mighty figure? Naturally, that old immortal from the Chen Family."
Fatty Guan Mingjie narrowed his beady eyes. "So you meant the Chen Family's Grand Elder."
"What, can the Grand Elder kill someone with a cane?"
Ruan Hongyi said with a grin, "The ignorant are fearless."
"But I can't blame you for that."
"After all, our Undercity has only been in operation for a short while. It's normal that you don't know much about the Chen Family."
"The Chen Family, or any other family, for that matter."
"For example, the Han Family of Qingmu City. These prestigious clans either had already dominated their respective regions before the Giant Beast Calamity arrived..."
"Or they rose rapidly after the Giant Beast Calamity."
"But whether they had deep foundations passed down through generations..."
"Or became fabulously wealthy overnight and gained immense influence..."
"These prestigious clans that remained known to the public after the Giant Beast Calamity were, without exception, beneficiaries of the calamity."
"Through one opportunity or another, they learned of the existence of [Guixu] ahead of most people and learned that the calamity would appear at some point in the future."
"So they used that information to seek all kinds of benefits for themselves and their families."
"Some entered [Guixu] to cultivate early. Before the calamity arrived, before the outside world had an environment suitable for cultivation, they had already reached the Advanced level inside [Guixu], or even achieved Mystic Mastery."
"Others used all kinds of information advantages to stockpile the resources that would be needed after the calamity and make market plans in advance. Thus, when the calamity erupted and the Undercity needed all kinds of supplies, they harvested tremendous