Chapter 383: Emerging from Seclusion—"Please Keep Subscribing!"
"The great calamity is everyone's calamity!
The Xu Household must face it too!
Besides, the Xu Household's former patriarch, Xu Dezhao, explicitly said that quality mattered more than quantity among those relocating. A few hundred people would suffice.
Priority would go to disciples skilled in beast taming and spirit beast rearing."
Those words splashed down like cold water, shattering several unrealistic fantasies.
Everyone fell silent.
But putting themselves in the Xu Household's shoes, they had to admit that Zhao Qingyan had a point.
After seven full days of repeated arguments, compromises, and weighing talent and contributions against the lineage's future needs, a final list was at last hammered out.
The list included the two Earth Spiritual Root geniuses, Zhao Yeshuang and Zhao Yemo, along with some of their close relatives, as well as another Earth Spiritual Root genius who had already reached the Foundation Establishment Realm and his relatives.
There were also two or three young Foundation Establishment cultivators, a group of dependable Qi Refining disciples, and young boys and girls with promising talent.
And several dozen people proficient in beast taming and spirit beast rearing.
Altogether, they numbered a little over five hundred.
Once an agreement was reached with the Xu Household,
they would depart with the lineage's inherited texts, precious spirit beast cubs, and eggs.
Of course, the Zhao Clan also kept plenty of copied texts.
The Zhou, Qin, Li, and Wang clans had all managed to make their decisions.
With nearly a thousand years of heritage, the Zhao Clan naturally possessed unity as well.
At this critical moment, they were all willing to leave the hope of survival to the younger generation.
Thus, most of those on the collateral branch's roster were young.
The only older person was Zhao Qingyan.