"You have a keen eye. This is my first visit to the Main Family, and I'm not very familiar with it. Could I trouble you to tell me about it?" Fugaku said.
Surprise crossed the chubby young man's face. "That's unexpected. I didn't think the Branch Families down below could produce an expert like you.
"I thought their Clan Heads were the only strong ones."
Fugaku smiled. From the young man's words, he could tell that Main Family members looked down on the Branch Families as a matter of course.
"What makes you say that? I've visited quite a few Branch Families. None of their members were stronger than their Clan Heads, but plenty were stronger than me."
Fugaku was making it all up. Most of what he knew about the Otsutsuki came from Kikushiki.
Kikushiki had rarely left the Star Region of the Luo Tian Lineage, let alone met experts from other Star Regions.
The chubby young man chuckled. "I thought that, apart from the Five Heavens, all the Branch Family Clan Heads were misers. God Trees take so long to grow.
"Even the weakest Branch Family Clan Head needs a fully developed Eleven-Tails. A lot of people establish Branch Families just to make the whole family serve them alone.
"After reaching the Eleven-Tails, advancing again is next to impossible. It took the Elders of the Main Family countless years to reach their current heights.
"Looks like I shouldn't underestimate some of the families outside the Five Heavens. They left the Main Family planet ages ago, but they still have their share of experts."
The young man's words surprised Fugaku. In Kikushiki's memories, quite a few members of the Luo Tian Lineage were stronger than Kikushiki.
It seemed the Luo Tian Lineage belonged to the Five Heavens the young