As for the South City Wang Family, the businesses they ran within the city had always been cloth, garments, and hats.
Whether in Forgotten River City itself or in several of the surrounding cities, the South City Wang Family possessed considerable influence.
And that influence allowed them to acquire fine spirit brocade far more easily than the several Cultivation Families within Forgotten River City.
Even the robes worn by disciples of those Cultivation Families were made from satin bought at the South City Wang Family's cloth shops, then taken to the Wang Family's tailor shops for tailoring.
As for the other seven great secular families, compared to the South City Wang Family, none of them necessarily fell short.
If all eight great secular families could be brought under his control, it would mean controlling every vital artery of Forgotten River City.
But if he wished to contend against the six great Cultivation Families within the city, secular power alone was still far from enough.
After all, each of the six great Cultivation Families had a Guiyi Realm cultivator holding down the fort.
...He had to make a move himself.
Chen Yan understood this clearly.
He had already met the Zhao Family's patriarch, Zhao Yuanren.
And in Zhao Yuanren's eyes, he was merely a Martial Spring Realm cultivator not worth mentioning at all.
But this situation would not last for long. If necessary, he would reveal his true current cultivation realm.
As for why his cultivation realm had suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds...
He only needed to use the same excuse as Pu Wenyu, claiming he had taken pills capable of suppressing his cultivation realm, and that would be enough to muddle through.
Besides, his cultivation realm was evenly matched with Zhao Yuanren's and the others'. They were all Guiyi