In the years Zhang Qingyuan had been away,
Zhang Changyang, who had remained behind to guard the place, was After All not strong enough to intimidate those fellows with ulterior motives.
No one who could cultivate to such a level was a fool.
Especially the family powers that had risen through business and management.
Watching their own foundations decline amid competition, some began taking the initiative to learn from the Moon Liên Islands.
They started with systems of administration.
When Zhang Qingyuan had drawn up a development plan for the Moon Liên Islands years ago, Zhang Changyang had also sent some of its governing principles back to the Zhang Family, drawing great attention from the Lineage.
In recent years, the Zhang Family of Huashan County had steadily recovered, and its strength had increased. Part of that was because Zhang Qingyuan's fame had soared, making Li Hongbo, the First Boss of Lianyun Stockade, wary enough to secretly cease his suppression.
Yet at the same time, the Lineage had been able to rapidly recover and grow stronger during that opening largely because of the institutional development direction Zhang Qingyuan had laid down back then.
The Zhang Family could see the value of institutional development; naturally, others could see it as well.
They learned the management systems,
then continued to infiltrate, secretly stealing the Secret Techniques used for mass production on the islands.
While covertly targeting and suppressing the Moon Liên Islands, scattering the attention of the cultivators guarding the islands,
they also sneaked about in the shadows, preparing to steal back, piece by piece, the crucial secrets that allowed the Moon Liên Islands to develop and improve.
Without Zhang Qingyuan stationed there, no matter how tight the defenses were, there would always be a way.
And that was indeed the case. During