The next day, a Du Family martial artist posted a notice outside the family's gates, offering generous rewards to recruit retainers. Houtian and Xiantian martial artists were welcome, and if a Divine Palace Realm retainer came forward, the Du Family was even willing to offer one of their heirlooms to secure their services.
The Martial Arts World in Jiangning Prefecture immediately caught on. A battle between the Du and Zhang Families was all but inevitable.
Both families had been in Jiangning Prefecture for a long time—two or three hundred years, at least. Their generations-spanning feud had cost both sides many lives, and it had long since become a bitter grudge that could only end with one side's destruction.
The Du Family patriarch's breakthrough to the Half-Step Primordial Spirit Realm, together with Du Chen, the Du Family's illegitimate son, making a stunning name for himself, had thoroughly provoked the Zhang Family.
As their sworn enemy, the Du Family knew exactly what the Zhangs were thinking. They could attack at any moment.
So this time, the Du Family decided to strike first and recruit powerful retainers.
The Du Family had several fewer Divine Palace Realm martial artists than the Zhang Family. Without enough strength, once the fighting began, their patriarch—a Half-Step Divine Palace Realm expert—would have no confidence in facing several Divine Palace Realm opponents at once. The Du Family would be doomed to lose.
After looking over the notice, some local martial arts factions in Jiangning Prefecture shook their heads and left, planning to tell their family members to stay indoors for the time being, lest they get caught up in the struggle between the two factions.
The other three second-rate factions wouldn't dare try to profit from the Du and Zhang Families' battle for survival. Both sides would be fighting