The Qiu Family had long held a grudge against the Xu Family over the Chen Family affair. Later, they occupied the Chen Family's former lands, intensifying their daily friction with the Xu Family. Then they planned to sabotage the Xu Family's Foundation Establishment plans, tearing away all pretense and meeting them with blades drawn.
Only after Xu Xujun of the Xu Family successfully reached Foundation Establishment did the Qiu Family rein themselves in.
The Xu Family, meanwhile, had not immediately chosen revenge. Instead, they endured in silence, accelerated their development, and strengthened their foundations.
The prosperity of Azure Spirit Ward, in particular, filled the Qiu Family with envy and alarm. Their senior leadership knew full well that if they allowed the Xu Family to continue developing in peace, its progress would be extremely rapid.
Both sides, as well as the neighboring powers, understood perfectly well that the Xu and Qiu Families would inevitably fight one day!
Once the Xu Family's strength surpassed the Qiu Family's, the roles of attacker and defender would surely be reversed!
When that time came, it would be the Qiu Family that suffered crippling losses-or even destruction.
For now, however, the Qiu Family still held the advantage.
Thus, the Qiu Family began acting in secret, seeking to drag the Xu Family into the mire of war and deny them any chance to develop in peace.
The attack during this frontier reclamation was the opening act staged by the Qiu Family.
Lin Changheng had realized this, and the Xu Family High Council were no fools either. There were divisions within their ranks, and they had argued repeatedly in search of a better solution.
One faction, represented by Xu Qianzhan, favored war.
Their position was clear and direct: *Our lineage suffered beatings and humiliation before its promotion, and