Persuading Shouxi

Meng Haoran of the Xinghua Village Meng Family smiled and said, "Elder Shouxi, the old saying still stands: neither I, Meng Haoran, nor the Xinghua Village Meng Family ever fights a battle unprepared. Since our Xinghua Village Meng Family has decided to establish ourselves in Qinghe Commandery City and fight for a breath of pride for both ourselves and your Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family, the Baili Family, then Elder Shouxi, please rest assured, as should the Baili Family behind you!"

The goal of every member of the Xinghua Village Meng Family was not simply to live within Qingyang County Territory. They wanted to gain a firm foothold in Qinghe Commandery City. What the Xinghua Village Meng Family sought was a better Ranked Family life; a mere Ninth-Rank Cultivation Family or Eighth-Rank Cultivation Family could no longer satisfy their needs.

By now, every Ranked Family knew that the position of Yu Emperor in the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty would inevitably be claimed by either the Empress or His Highness the Crown Prince. When that time came, no cultivation family would be able to escape the vortex of chaos; all would be swept into that turmoil.

No one could remain untainted while standing alone.

If the Xinghua Village Meng Family failed to seize this opportunity to properly strengthen its foundation and power, then when chaos erupted in the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, whether commanded by the Empress or His Highness the Crown Prince, the Xinghua Village Meng Family—with its current low-ranked status—would become nothing more than a so-called cannon-fodder cultivation family, placing the fate of its Lineage in another's hands.

This was something Meng Haoran of the Xinghua Village Meng Family could never accept.

Hearing this, Baili Shouxi, an elder of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family, the Baili Family, suddenly rose to his feet