Network of Relationships
The skipped entries already said a lot. Even if the information the Dou family had was not entirely accurate, it at least proved they had done research before compiling the family tree—and fairly thorough research at that. If they had only been trying to claim a connection, they wouldn't have singled out Wan Ping's once-famous second younger brother and left him out.
However, the Wan family had lived in the Moon Horn Principality for a very long time. They had even settled here before the principality had fully taken shape, and considered themselves citizens of the Moon Horn Principality. The new surname, Wang, belonged to a family with a long history in the principality. The Wan family's ability to occupy land in a small border city was also thanks to their powerful connections.
Xu Huo walked along the outside of the Castle with the young tourists. He couldn't sneak inside: the defenses were tight, and there were plenty of Players within. Any resulting conflict wouldn't be easy to settle.
The Dou family's family tree had some credibility. Some members of the Wan family were connected to the Gao family, whether or not that connection came from blood ties. Even if the Dou family's research had been mistaken and they had wrongly concluded that the Wan family was connected to the Gao family, there had to be some history behind that impression.
The "Imperial Treasure" might be a token used to contact an organization, and that organization was likely connected to Official Peng's descendants. Perhaps even descendants of the Gao family were involved. Even if descendants of Official Peng and the Gao family made up only a small portion of the organization, they should have been its source. At present, nothing in the Yu Kingdom came closer to