The Liang Family's inheritance had existed for less than three hundred years. Even counting all its clan members together, they numbered fewer than ten thousand. Only by controlling numerous peripheral forces dependent on the family had the Liang Family barely managed to command a force of fewer than thirty thousand combat cultivators.
That was not even as many as the combat forces the Luo Family and Zheng Family had each dispatched this time.
The "Green Immortal Vine" Luo Family had sent out more than fifty thousand combat cultivators this time, while the "Golden Bull" Zheng Family's force of over a hundred war chariots had likewise transported more than fifty thousand combat cultivators.
In terms of manpower and the number of combat cultivators alone, the Liang Family already lagged far behind those two families.
As for supplies, resources, and accumulated foundations, the Luo Family's cloud ship and fifty flying boats clearly appeared to have been built by the Luo Family itself. With the accumulated heritage of several thousand years, even without a Nascent Soul True Lord supporting them all this time, the Luo Family had piled up enough time, resources, and talent to produce that cloud ship and those flying boats.
Then there were the Zheng Family's hundred-plus war chariots and Golden Bulls. Though most were merely products rejected or phased out after the imperial court had made its selections, anything presented for imperial selection was undoubtedly top-grade among its peers even if it was ultimately eliminated—indeed, a standard mastered only by many aristocratic clans and powerful houses.
As for the Liang Family, they did not even possess such a standard.
Liang Zhaohuang sighed inwardly. The one comfort was that the Liang Family had established its footing in Liu Province for nearly fifty years, and these disparities were gradually being closed.