Chapter 388: The world was shaken! "Bonus chapter delivered—please keep subscribing!"
"No longstanding enmity?"
Sima Chengdao suddenly gave a low, hoarse sneer, like a night owl's cry. "Fellow Daoist Liu, let us not speak in riddles before those who know the truth.
"Did you really think we knew nothing about the Zhao Clan moving its entire collateral branch to Dongxi?
"We also know something of the situation in your Great Liang.
"Though the Zhao Clan's main branch remains in Great Liang, its fortune already belongs to the Xu Household. Having them there is no different from not having them at all.
"They may not be a true Golden Core Aristocratic Clan.
"But they still stand at the very pinnacle beneath that rank.
"That upheaval in fortune must have given Great Liang's national fortune a bitter cup to swallow."
Beneath his imperial crown, Liu Qiankun's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
But he did not refute it.
The three clans had dominated the Land of Imprisonment for over a thousand years.
Though they did not know every detail about one another, they could still guess at some of the trump cards each possessed.
It was precisely because of this three-way balance of power.
That the Land of Imprisonment had remained broadly stable throughout the past millennium.
Seeing this, Cao Jiyi pressed his advantage. "The Xu Household's chances of surviving this Millennium Calamity are probably far higher than those of any of our three clans!"
"If they emerge unscathed while our three clans suffer grievous losses.
"Do you think the Xu Household would let this heaven-sent opportunity to settle old scores and expand through annexation slip away?"
"Would either of you let such an opportunity pass?"
Cao Jiyi said, "To be frank with you both, if my Cao Clan had the chance to unite