Watching Wang Daoyuan and Zhou Luan laugh heartily, the two little ones understood nothing and simply giggled along foolishly.
Zhou Luan asked, "What should we do next?
"Should we continue using means to strike at the Zhang Family, or set it aside for now?"
Wang Daoyuan smiled. "No rush. The advantage is on our side now.
"What we need to do is proceed step by step.
"Handle everything according to Blood Shadow's rules, and do our best to satisfy those neutral elders.
"The more matters you accomplish, the greater your prestige will become in those elders' eyes.
"Once your prestige surpasses Zhang Dingming's, most of the neutral elders will come over to our side.
"Then we can find a way to hollow out Zhang Dingming's authority.
"After today's affair, other elders will soon imitate the Xu Family and seek to establish branches in Yan.
"As for the Lineage recommending talents to the headquarters, that can be put aside for now.
"It will not be too late to make recommendations after the Linhai and Luoxing branches have been established."
Zhou Luan nodded. "I'm only afraid Zhang Dingming will devise some underhanded scheme to disrupt our arrangements."
Wang Daoyuan did not take it seriously. "What trouble can he possibly stir up?
"With me here, if he dares resort to force, I'll be grinning from ear to ear.
"That would be the perfect chance to kill Zhang Dingming and suppress the Zhang Family openly and justifiably.
"If he wants to use authority to crush others, can his authority surpass yours as Shadow Master, together with the Second Elder and Third Elder?
"As for resources, the Xu Family and some of the elders support us, and you are the Shadow Master.
"Most of Blood Shadow's resources are in your hands.
"Even if we cannot