"The Mo Family?!"
At the name, Xiao Ding's expression grew grave. He had thought an outside mercenary group had brought in reinforcements to consolidate control over Stone Desert City, never imagining that the Mo Family was behind it.
"The Mo Family? Are they a big family?"
Back in the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan had never concerned himself with clan affairs, nor had he shown the slightest interest in gossip about the major powers.
Even if someone asked him to name the great families of the Jia Ma Empire, he would only have known two: the Nalan Family, to which his fiancée belonged, and the Mittel Family, the empire's largest merchant organization.
"They are, relatively speaking. The Mo Family is one of the Four Great Families of the Northeast in the Jia Ma Empire. Their first elder, Mo Cheng, was once a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect, but later left to manage his family.
"But all these years, he has never severed his ties with the Misty Cloud Sect. He pays them an enormous tribute every year, so instead of being hunted down by their enforcement squad after leaving, he actually received a position as an outer sect steward.
"Although the position isn't official, it allows him to act in the Misty Cloud Sect's name under certain circumstances. And over the years, the sect has largely kept one eye open and the other shut."
Xiao Ding explained the Mo Family's background to Xiao Yan. Overall, they were only a second-rate power within the Jia Ma Empire, but their ties to the Misty Cloud Sect made many great families reluctant to touch them.
"Heh. So they're scum playing the fox that borrows the tiger's might. Unfortunately for them, they've kicked an iron plate this time."
Xiao Yan's expression was cold. In