After completing his sect assignment and seeing off the Xiao sisters, Liu Changxu, worried about his family in the Southern Sea, stepped up his preparations to return there.
To that end, Liu Changxu rested on Jade Green Peak for only a little over ten days before returning to his lineage with his wife and children.
As soon as Liu Changxu returned, he summoned the Liu Household's senior members to discuss matters in the Peach Blossom Grand Hall.
The senior members had already reached a consensus on the matters to be discussed while Liu Changxu was away on his sect assignment, so the discussion was soon concluded.
There were two important items on the agenda. The first was Clan Head Liu Changshun's abdication. Liu Changshun declared that he would no longer serve as Clan Head and nominated Liu Changyan to succeed him, earning the unanimous approval of the senior members present.
Liu Changxu understood perfectly well the little schemes his clansmen had in mind, but his younger brother's succession as Clan Head was a good thing, after all, so he went along with it.
The other matter was deciding who would accompany Liu Changxu to the Southern Sea.
Since the Liu Household had already claimed territory in the Southern Sea and established a firm foothold there, a great many clansmen signed up this time-over five hundred in all.
However, although many had signed up, whether they could go to the Southern Sea still depended on the senior members' approval. Not everyone could leave.
After selection by the clan council, only two hundred and seventy were ultimately approved to go to the Southern Sea.
Two months after the clan meeting ended, the Liu Household held a grand ceremony in Peach Garden City for Liu Changyan's succession as Clan Head, inviting numerous friendly