Chapter 371: A decision—"Please subscribe!"
"Grand Elder, I saw the Copper Mountain Qin Household, the Taiyuan Li Household, and the Langya Wang Household here today. Were they invited?"
Elder Xiao suddenly asked.
Xu Mingyuan looked at him and said mildly, "Elder Xiao, speak your mind. There is no need to beat around the bush."
Elder Xiao's eyes flickered. He immediately cupped his fists. "Then I will speak frankly. Have those three households become vassals of your Xu Household, Grand Elder?"
"Yes."
Although he had been sixty or seventy percent certain his guess was right,
hearing Xu Mingyuan admit it himself made it feel entirely different.
"The Xu Household already wields such power. Why go this far?"
"Are you questioning me, Elder Xiao?"
Xu Mingyuan paused, then continued, "Both sides agreed willingly. What is wrong with that?"
"If there is nothing else, you two should return to the Central Alliance. I still need to speak with my father shortly."
Elder Liu and Elder Xiao exchanged a glance.
They had only come to witness Xu Chuan emerge from seclusion. Now that they had learned about the Qin Household, Li Household, and Wang Clan, they had no intention of lingering.
They immediately rose to take their leave.
"Grand Elder, Grand Supreme Elder, we will take our leave."
Xu Mingyuan nodded slightly.
Lei Xiaoyun was secretly astonished as well.
Those three households were far from weak.
Before the Immortal-Martial Alliance was founded, they had already possessed the foundations of third- and second-rank aristocratic clans.
Their rapid development over the past few decades had brought them on par with what the Jiang, Lei, and Lin households—the Three Great First-Rank Aristocratic Clans—had once been.
Of course, their own three households had also produced a stream of geniuses over the years.
With the Lei Clan at their