The Liang family's sphere of influence lay roughly surrounded by the Wang Clan, Yang family, and Meng Family—the Wang Clan to the east and north, the Yang family to the south, and the Meng Family to the west.
As long as the three families stood, the Liang family's only direction for expansion was the southwestern corner. Yet Qingli Market lay in that corner; no matter how bold the Liang family was, they would not dare swallow Qingli Market whole.
Though the Liang family acted overbearing and aggressive, they were in truth locked firmly in place by the three families.
If the Meng Family fell, the neighboring Liang family would undoubtedly reap the greatest benefit, while the Wang Clan would gain little. Once the Liang family acquired vast territory, their strength would multiply, and they would gain a route for westward expansion, placing even greater pressure on the Wang Clan.
The Wang Clan's consistent strategy had been to join hands with the old families nearby and resist the Liang family together.
Perhaps when Foundation Establishment Pills were auctioned in the future, after the Wang Clan secured one, if they had Spirit Stones to spare, they might even lend them to the Meng Family and help them obtain one as well.
As Wang Daoyuan strolled along the market's main street, his eyes were truly opened. Talents from many families were setting up street stalls. These prodigies normally could not even be bothered to study the hundred arts of cultivation, yet they were doing this sort of work now. He truly did not know whether they had come to earn Spirit Stones or experience life.
As he walked, he spotted a stall-keeping cultivator dressed in a green Daoist robe, embroidered with the mark of a poplar tree. Even a Purple Mansion family like