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From Meng Zhao's understanding, the Xun Family and the Ding Family were both rather overbearing in their conduct, regarding themselves as the only ones worthy under heaven. Over the past three years, around twenty-three forces had been directly or indirectly crushed by those two families.
Of them, twelve had been outside forces that had developed at breakneck speed and were just about to hit their peak when the two families conspired against them. Behind the downfall of roughly five of those families, the Zhuo Family had also secretly played a hand.
By comparison, the Zhuo Family conducted itself in a much gentler manner, and its methods were more roundabout. Unlike the other two families, it did not drive people to utter ruin. They were the sort who could be reasoned with.
If Meng Zhao was choosing friends, then naturally he would choose the Zhuo Family. Comparatively speaking, he was far less fond of the Xun Family and the Ding Family.
After hearing his explanation, Liang Muqiu and Lü Yue also approved of his idea of using the Xun Family to block the Ding Family's pressure. It was like using magic to defeat magic, technology to defeat technology—a fine use of one force to counter another.
That same day, the three of them settled all the details. They also came to a certain understanding regarding Yang Cai's position within the Meng Family.
For the short term, he was merely an Innate Master supported in the Meng Family's main hall. Under ordinary circumstances, he would not be deployed.
What he ought to do was train diligently, improve his cultivation, and enter a stronger realm of martial arts as soon as possible. Only once he possessed terrifying strength and the means to suppress an entire clan would it be the true time