"What exactly happened?"
He Pingsheng stared at Qiao Huizhu.
Qiao Huizhu said, "Junior Brother, don't get worked up yet. It's not as serious as you think..."
"Have some tea!"
"But let me say this first: once you hear it, you mustn't get worked up!"
"You haven't broken through to the Divine Lord Realm yet. Right now, we're still no match for the Peng Family!"
He Pingsheng nodded. "Don't worry, Senior Sister. My greatest strength is knowing how to lie low!"
"Hehehe..." Qiao Huizhu chuckled, reassured.
"Here's what happened!" Qiao Huizhu continued. "Our family is a four-star lineage, isn't it?"
"Right now, we're the only four-star lineage on Fuyu Mountain!"
"But there's still a five-star lineage above us..."
"That's not right!" He Pingsheng immediately jumped to his feet. "When I bought the lineage at the City Lord's Manor, they clearly agreed that we were a gold-star lineage! All gold-star lineages fall directly under the City Lord's Manor's administration and aren't subject to harassment from higher-ranking lineages!"
"No..." Qiao Huizhu shook her head. "How could it be that simple?"
"They deliberately didn't explain everything clearly to you back then!"
"It's true that gold-star lineages aren't exploited by the lineages above them. But the problem is, if a five-star lineage is also a gold-star lineage, then we fall under that five-star lineage's authority!"
"Fuck..." He Pingsheng couldn't help swearing.
What absolute dogs!
Those bastards at the City Lord's Manor only told me half the story.
In the end, I'm still being kept under the thumb of a lineage one rank above mine.
"All right... go on!" He Pingsheng picked up his teacup and took a sip, temporarily suppressing his indignation.
"Not far from our Fuyu Mountain is a larger mountain called Heavenly Demon Mountain. There's a five-star gold-star lineage there-the Peng Family!"
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