Over the past year or so, Wang Daojian's position had been consolidated.
The Zhang Family and the Xu Family had placed their main forces within Yan State.
Flying boats traveled back and forth between headquarters and north of the mountains in an unending stream, and more than half of the two families' members had now been relocated there.
Those elders from the two families who held real power all looked to Wang Daojian as their standard-bearer.
Cao Jing had no great ambitions and no power of his own, so he naturally listened to Wang Daojian as well.
Although Zhang Yue had the support of quite a few non-direct-line elders, he would not make an enemy of the Wang Clan. In all matters, he first sought Wang Daojian's opinion.
As Third Elder, Wang Daojian now wielded even more actual authority than the former Great Elder had.
He had established his prestige, and he also held a mid-grade Fifth-order Sword Puppet in his hands. Both the soft and hard approaches at his disposal were more than formidable.
Moreover, Wang Daojian was no greenhorn fresh from the mountains.
When he had been young, the Wang Clan had still been merely a Foundation Establishment family.
Later, when Wang Daoyuan took Jade Pine Mountain in Dragon Fall Ridge, Wang Daojian had been among the first batch of clan members sent there to stand guard.
At that time, Dragon Fall Ridge was crawling with Demon Beasts, yet there were no experts stationed there. They could only rely on a great formation for protection.
When it came to experience dealing with Demon Beasts, he was certainly no inferior hand.
Later, when he was stationed in the Five Elements Secret Realm and the Wang Clan began infiltrating the Blood Shadow branch, he had also been among the first