After Xiao Yan left with Amethyst, the entire Xiao Clan obeyed his commands. After all, the promised sixth-rank magical beast had truly arrived.
Their first targets were the other two great families. Just as expected, the moment the Amethyst Winged Lion King stood before them, both families surrendered in their entirety.
The heads of the Jia Lie Family and the Oba Family personally came to the Xiao Clan to negotiate peace, adopting thoroughly humble attitudes.
Xiao Yan had no intention of driving them into a corner. Since both families were willing to submit, he negotiated on that basis. Their shops, mineral veins, and medicinal herb stores would all be consolidated under the Xiao Clan's management.
The Jia Lie Family and the Oba Family would obey all his arrangements unconditionally.
The terms were rather harsh. The two family heads exchanged a glance, but ultimately nodded.
Next, Xiao Yan took out a map of the Jia Ma Empire and spread it across the table. Wutan City had been colored a fiery red. He picked up a pen and circled all the surrounding towns.
Not long ago, he had still been a useless failure whose engagement had been broken off, the laughingstock of the entire city. Now, he could stand here and decide the fate of the surrounding towns, commanding Wutan City's three great families.
Is this what power feels like? Xiao Yan thought, somewhat moved.
He assigned people to occupy those towns separately. These settlements, which had formed around the Magical Beast Mountain Range, had no actual rulers. If anyone could be counted as one, it would only be a large mercenary company.
And those mercenary companies were excellent sources of soldiers he could absorb into his ranks.
Meanwhile, after completing another transaction with Xiao Mei, Li Chen arrived at the