Even now, more than ninety percent of the forging center's production capacity was occupied by the Dongxia Lineage. As of today, they had only delivered a total of 8,600 pieces.
Yet the day after the first batch actually arrived, Diting that bastard placed another order for a hundred thousand...
It was not until Huai Shi finally could not stand it any longer that he called Xue Ya.
And Xue Ya only asked him two questions:
"Who is the most important figure in the Dongxia Lineage today?"
"Whose absence would immediately cause the Dongxia Lineage's operations to break down?"
"I don't need to spell it out. Make a ranking yourself, and you'll understand."
At the top of the list, naturally, was Xuanniao, the Lineage Master.
Right beneath her was the strongest archaeologist, Chu Hai, the natural enemy.
But who came next? White Emperor Child? No matter how well White Emperor Child could fight, did East Xia lack fighters? Qilin was awesome, sure, but East Xia would keep running without him.
Bai Ze? In a sense, that freakishly good luck was indeed East Xia's strongest asset without question. But unless East Xia truly could not survive otherwise, why would they rely on luck to get by?
Diting? Qiongqi? Or that Chaos who had suddenly emerged from nowhere? Or Candle Dragon, who had retired for who knew how many years?
None of them.
The final answer was a little brother who had been overlooked by everyone for ten thousand years.
Or solidify my body; the clouds' colors are mine.
—Yan Qingge
As East Xia's fifth-rank Tengshe, he also bore the title of Crowned One: Gouchen.
For a long time, Yan Qingge had been regarded by many as the shame of the fifth rank because his combat ability was simply too pathetic. After all,