After the elders and patriarch of Huaiyuan Hall had discussed matters and confirmed the Heaven-Piercing Sect's plot within Great Xia, all that remained was to deliberate on Huaiyuan Hall's strategy for dealing with it.
And when it came to a response strategy, Huaiyuan Hall had the Devouring Party to thank. Back when the main force of the Huaiyuan Hall family had migrated from the Weiyi Subcontinent to You Province in Great Xia, it was precisely because they had taken into account the Devouring Party, a formidable enemy in Great Xia. Still unsteady on its feet, Huaiyuan Hall had been cautious at every turn, afraid of falling into the Devouring Party's schemes. After arriving in Great Xia, the grain seeds planted in the lands Huaiyuan Hall had reclaimed in Sun River Prefecture had all come from Huaiyuan Hall's reserves in the Weiyi Subcontinent.
Therefore, if there was any family in Great Xia today that dared claim its grain seeds were completely reliable and had not been contaminated by demonized grain seeds, Huaiyuan Hall would certainly count as one.
Back then, Huaiyuan Hall's caution against the Devouring Party had unexpectedly become its capital for facing Great Xia's crisis today. The ways of the world were truly unpredictable, enough to make one sigh. "When I once read the ancient books of Great Xia, I came across the Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue. In the thirteenth year of Goujian's reign, Yue falsely claimed to have suffered a disaster and borrowed ten thousand shi of grain from Wu. The following year, Yue had an abundant harvest. King Goujian of Yue selected the finest grain, steamed it, and returned it to Wu. When the King of Wu saw the fine grain, he was delighted and distributed it among the people for planting. In