Jiang Feng, who was in secluded cultivation, had no idea that his affairs had already alarmed the empire's two great imperial clans.
One was the Yuchi Clan, to which the current emperor, Yuchi Zhengde, belonged.
The Yuchi Clan held political power, so naturally they did not trust the other twelve imperial clans. Long ago, they had secretly dispatched personnel to infiltrate the fiefdoms of the other twelve clans by various means, gathering vital intelligence from every region.
The other was the enfeoffed imperial clan of North Martial Prefecture, the Puyang Clan.
Though the thirteen imperial clans presented a united front to the outside world, competition between them had never ceased.
After all, fortune turned like a wheel. Which clan head could become emperor depended entirely on capability.
And whoever became emperor would certainly favor their own clan in secret, seeking greater benefits and development for it.
Therefore, a clan head who did not want to become emperor was surely not a qualified clan head!
And clansmen who did not support their own clan head in becoming emperor were not qualified clansmen either.
To place their clan head upon the imperial throne, they had to ensure their clan possessed sufficient strength to help the clan head increase his cultivation. Or else, they had to discover outstanding talents within the clan and nurture them at any cost, so they could replace the current emperor.
In short, all manner of competition existed to strengthen themselves.
The Yuchi Clan and the Puyang Clan had already begun secretly plotting how to draw Jiang Feng into their own clans.
Within Auspicious Residence, Jiang Feng received Nanfei's lavish hospitality.
Shen Xiaohe and Azure Ox shared in the good fortune as well.
After Azure Ox drank a cup of Yulan Golden Nectar, its cultivation smoothly advanced from the