The Zhang Family had pledged allegiance to Yan Kingdom, and the Xu Family had done so long ago as well.
More than ninety percent of Blood Shadow's elders now supported Zhou Luan.
Only a small number of elders, such as Elder Han, had remained neutral from the beginning.
Such people would not deliberately favor any particular faction; they were the ones wholeheartedly loyal to Blood Shadow.
Unfortunately, the main body of Blood Shadow consisted of the Zhang and Xu Families.
With these two families pledging allegiance, along with some non-direct-line elders also siding with Zhou Luan,
Blood Shadow had already become something in the Wang Clan's pocket. The few remaining elders had no ability to stop it.
There was nothing more to be done.
They only needed to wait quietly.
Wait for the merchant guild to grow larger and slowly swallow up Blood Shadow's various branches.
Once all the branches became part of the merchant guild, Zhou Luan's side could propose completely merging Blood Shadow into the Wan Chuan Merchant Guild.
The Wang Clan's descendants would no longer need to go through so much trouble as they did now, following the rules to enter Blood Shadow Headquarters.
They would only need to enter the merchant guild, then come to Blood Shadow Headquarters in the name of merchant guild disciples to receive instruction. Only then could the Wang Clan digest the Myriad Beast Valley inheritance more quickly.
At that point, Yan Kingdom could truly be considered a top-tier power in name and substance.
Now that the Zhang Family had pledged allegiance, there was no need to keep stirring up trouble at the branches controlled by the Zhang Family on the Xu Family's side.
In the future, both the Zhang and Xu Families would enter Yan Kingdom. These two great families, with