The Zenin Clan's main hall was steeped in the aroma of wine.
Lu Ping was about to get up and head to the "Cursed Tool Vault" to look through the notes when the old clan head seated at the head of the table suddenly set down his cup and slowly spoke.
"What, you finally came back, and you won't have a few drinks with this old man?"
"Since you're in the mood, I won't stand on ceremony."
Lu Ping naturally understood that there was more to the old clan head's words. He did not simply want to drink with him.
Sure enough, after pondering for a few seconds, Naobito Zenin took a horn wine cup decorated with colorful carvings of the Ten Shadows from a cabinet and placed it on the table.
As he poured wine into the cup, he asked, "Lu Ping, what do you think of the current Zenin Clan?"
Lu Ping's heart stirred. Just as he had expected, the old clan head had thoughts about the Zenin Clan, but he also wanted to test Lu Ping's views.
"As one of the Three Great Families, the Zenin Clan may not compare to the Gojo Clan, which produced someone with the Six Eyes, but compared with the steady, conventionally inherited techniques of the Kamo Clan, it is neither outstanding nor lacking."
Lu Ping spoke calmly, yet he did not lay bare the crucial point: once an anomaly like Satoru Gojo met with misfortune—or even died of old age—the leadership of the Three Great Families would immediately pass to the Zenin Clan, which possessed more sorcerers.
Though this clan was feudal enough, that very feudalism was also its main source of strength.
"Go on." After filling the cup, the old clan head pushed it toward him.
"Unless... the Zenin Clan