"Xian'er, this time you made contact with three frontier lords and ushered them into the sect. If they successfully establish themselves and expand the vassal forces under their command, the weighty responsibility of maintaining our alliances and keeping up relations will fall on your shoulders."
"Do not underestimate this mission. It will be your capital for building seniority in the Elders' Council, perhaps even for achieving outstanding results. It will also be political capital for our Yu Household."
While watching the ceremony, an elderly man in sumptuous robes privately transmitted his voice to Yu Youxian, earnestly instructing her.
He was Yu Youxian's great-grandfather, Yu Hao, the Yu Household's Puppet Master Grand Artisan.
The Yu Household had three Core Formation cultivators. Yu Youxian's father and her third great-uncle were both among the sect's ten great elders, but its true pillar had always been this Puppet Master Grand Artisan with his advanced attainments.
With the Yu Household's wealth and foundations, as long as it had a Grand Artisan, producing more Core Formation experts was simply a matter of water flowing into a ready-made channel.
Besides Yu Youxian's father and third great-uncle, it actually had quite a few high-level fighters kept hidden away. Thus, all the Yu Household's efforts and energy were now devoted to nurturing its next Grand Artisan.
Beyond that, it cultivated descendants like Yu Youxian and developed outside allies.
Hearing this, Yu Youxian could not help asking, "What if these frontier lords never listen to advice and insist on going their own way?"
Yu Hao said, "As Rogue Cultivators who managed to cultivate to the Master Artisan level on their own, they must have something exceptional about them."
"They all have their own views and interests. You need not rush things. Just watch how matters develop."
"If events later prove