The Meeting

Inside the Hyde Clan conference room!

"Everyone here is a pillar of the clan. Tell me what you think!" Vincent sat at the head of the table and addressed the members of the Hyde Clan.

"Clan leader, I think this is simple. We just need to gather the suitable children in the clan and let Mr. Zhao Nan choose from among them!"

One of the Hyde Clan elders spoke up to Vincent.

"Agreed. We just need to gather the clan's children who are of the appropriate age."

After that elder spoke, another member of the Hyde Clan voiced his agreement.

Vincent listened to the two men without saying a word, instead turning his gaze to a member of the Hyde Clan's main branch.

Feeling Vincent's gaze, the man understood what he meant and spoke directly. "I don't think that's appropriate. The Hyde Clan is, after all, one of the Four Ultimate Warriors. If the younger generation we put forward is too lacking in talent, people will think even less of our Violet Flame Warrior lineage.

"I suggest that we first select suitable juniors from within the clan, then recommend them to Mr. Zhao Nan!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, several elders from the Hyde Clan's main branch and those on friendly terms with it voiced their agreement.

For a while, the entire conference room erupted into heated discussion.

Vincent listened to the commotion below without trying to stop it.

There was no other reason: he stood to benefit as well.

After all, taking a powerful master would improve any branch's standing in the clan.

The Hyde Clan had been around for five thousand years.

Over those five thousand years, the Hyde Clan had spawned countless bloodline branches. Vincent had attained the position of clan leader not because he was particularly powerful, but because he was skilled at forging weapons.

The Hyde Clan had not had a junior awaken their bloodline in a full eight hundred years.

That was why everyone was vying for the chance when Zhao Nan came to take on a disciple.

Vincent had called the meeting hoping to use the main branch's advantage to make the other branches back down.

But clearly, Vincent hadn't anticipated how important it was to have a powerful master.

Even with the main branch's firm opposition, the other branches still refused to let the candidates be chosen privately. They insisted that their own juniors be given an equal chance to stand before Zhao Nan.

The argument in the conference room continued, but Zhao Nan paid it no mind as he rested in his guest room. His main reason for coming was to obtain the bloodline abilities of the Four Ultimate Warriors.

Of course, finding a talented disciple would be even better.

After thinking it over for a long time, Zhao Nan had decided that his Path of Transcendence did not lie in the Laws' Profound Mysteries or in Fusion Profound Mysteries. It lay instead in the innate divine abilities of the divine beasts.

In short, Zhao Nan intended to follow Orloff's path.

But unlike Orloff, who sought to leave the Coiling Dragon World through his own research, Zhao Nan would rely on the system.

Zhao Nan knew full well that his approach might be wrong, but at least it was a path.

After all, Linley's success had depended on far too many coincidences.

It wasn't that his talent in four elements was especially remarkable; it was his Soul Mutation that made the difference.

As a transmigrator, Zhao Nan couldn't possibly knowingly take such a risk.

In short, Zhao Nan didn't believe he had the courage to stake his life on it!