The Fallen Ambitious (I)

In ages past, the Northern Lands were bitterly cold, and living supplies were scarce.

It was already a harsh and perilous land of freezing cold. On one hand, people had to withstand low temperatures and cold-borne plagues; on the other, they had to struggle against cruel nature.

To obtain the necessities of life, the people of the Northern Lands gave rise to a profession known as [Herbalists].

They ventured into the terrifying peaks of [Mother Earth], gathered precious medicinal herbs, and sold them to merchants from the Central Plains.

The merchants' greed drove the prices of precious medicinal ingredients down to rock bottom.

[Millennium Ginseng], [Tianshan Snow Lotus]... medicinal herbs worth a fortune today could initially only be exchanged for medical texts used by Plague Exterminators.

After years of unequal trade, an organization dedicated to protecting the interests of the Northern Lands people was born.

The major clans gathered together and formed an alliance.

When Xue Mantang was eight years old, she watched those people wage war against one another for profit at the Northern Lands Alliance's roundtable conference, her mind deep in thought.

Hideous and sinister, they displayed every ugly side of themselves.

The Plague Exterminators from outside carried the arrogance of the Central Heavenly Dynasty.

The Northern Lands' Plague Exterminators appeared united, yet their hearts were filled with constant discord. To obtain more resources, they were willing to sell their shared resources to the Chengyun Dynasty.

How foolish.

That was what the young Xue Mantang thought.

If one day she came to power, she would surely unify authority and turn the Xue Clan, turn the Northern Lands Alliance, into a truly independent force.

There was no balance of power in this world.

As long as one was sufficiently powerful and capable, one could take command of the massive