The Yan Family, the Yi Family, the Long Family, the Zhao Family...
The same scene played out, one after another, among the Eight Great Clans of Capital City.
A fresh intelligence report on Yue Xiaofei landed on the desk of each family's leader.
Their reactions were remarkably alike.
They keenly realized that Yue Xiaofei, this unpredictable factor, had grown into someone worthy of their attention-someone they might even need to actively court!
He was no longer merely a War King who could fight, or a junior whom Elder Xu admired.
He was now the uncrowned king of the southern Underworld!
He represented a rising power with an established base of his own!
Simply suppressing someone like him was no longer the best option.
The best option was to court him, invest in him, and make him one of their own!
But how could they win him over?
With money?
The Azure Alliance under his control possessed wealth rivaling a nation's.
With power?
He was a National Treasure himself, someone even Elder Xu had to salute.
After turning it over in their minds, these old foxes who had lived for decades, some for a century, all arrived at the same answer: the oldest and most effective method.
Marriage alliances!
Urgent orders swiftly issued from the heart of these colossal powers.
The Yan Family.
"Hello? Qingsi? Drop everything you're doing right now, book the earliest flight, and return to Capital City!"
An icy female voice, as cold as a snow lotus on a frozen peak, answered, "Grandpa, I'm negotiating a thirty-billion acquisition right now. I can't leave."
"Who gives a damn about thirty billion!"
The old man on the phone swore, a rare occurrence for him. "I'm giving you a three-trillion assignment! Come back immediately!"
The Yi Family.
"Yuanyuan, put that