Long Kun

Seven days later, Xuantian City.

This day was the birthday banquet of the Tu Household's patriarch. A great number of Gu cultivators had come from all over to attend, including no shortage of Gu King-level powerhouses.

The Tu Household could only be considered a mid-sized Lineage within the Xuanyuan Empire. Its patriarch was merely a Mid-Stage Gu King, with limited influence. The reason the Tu Household had been able to invite such a vast number of Gu Kings to offer birthday congratulations was that it had been among the first Lineages to submit to the Great Jin Empire.

With the Tu Household acting as an insider, the Great Jin Empire swiftly conquered this stretch of land. The Tu Household thus earned the Great Jin Empire's deep trust.

As the Great Jin Empire was being besieged by many nations and fighting on multiple fronts, it suffered from a severe shortage of manpower. It therefore handed this territory over to the Tu Household to govern. The Tu Household rose with the tide and became a Lineage everyone here had to curry favor with; no other Lineage dared provoke it.

For the Tu Household's birthday banquet, how could the renowned powerhouses of the surrounding region dare not attend?

Thus, a birthday banquet held by a small Lineage drew many famous powerhouses who condescended to come. Even if they did not give the Tu Household face, they still had to give the Great Jin Empire face.

Having made the right choice, the Tu Household rose overnight. Not only did it gain control over an entire region, but the Great Jin Empire also rewarded it with a large number of puppets. Its strength surged overnight. The Tu Household could no longer be called a mere nouveau riche; it already possessed the absolute strength to suppress