Zhou Luan looked indignant. "Before you came here, Zhang Dingming had always been trying every possible way to hollow out my authority.
After you came, he finally reined himself in a little.
Now that we have the chance, we need to let him know how formidable I am as the Shadow Master. What should we do to deal with him next?"
"Leave him alone for now. If we want to gain complete control of Blood Shadow, we must ensure that no serious internal conflict breaks out.
The Zhang Family and Xu Family have foundations stretching back tens of thousands of years. Throughout all of Blood Shadow, from the headquarters to every branch, and even among some spies scattered across various places, they have their people.
Most of the hall masters were also promoted by them.
Among the middle and lower ranks, the two families likely hold more than eighty percent of the power.
The Xu Family voluntarily yielded. As long as we win over Xu Qinghe and the others, we can make use of the Xu Family's strength.
The Zhang Family's power is no weaker than the Xu Family's, if not stronger. If we truly charged in head-on, taking down the Zhang Family would also cost us dearly.
And once that happened, this portion of the Zhang Family's forces would be completely gone, and Blood Shadow's intelligence-gathering ability would lose nearly half its strength.
Recovering from that would probably take several hundred years."
Zhou Luan was still somewhat angry. "I truly wish I could settle the Zhang Family immediately."
She was a Fire Attribute cultivator, and most Fire Attribute cultivators were rather hot-tempered.
Even Wang Mingchen had been like that in his childhood. Only after Wang Shouye personally taught him did his temperament gradually become steady.
On top of that,