Of course, Xiao Hua had already left Zhongling Mountain Villa by then and knew nothing of Zhong Tianyao's actions. Xiao Hua had thought it was already quite good that the Zhong Family and the Qin Family could split the Fei Family between them. How could he have known that Zhong Tianyao's strategy from within the command tent was far beyond anything he could fathom, even exceeding his own estimations?
Since the Zhong Family's sphere of influence had greatly expanded, they naturally had to tighten their control over the Fei Family and half of the Qin Family. Thus, quite a few Zhong Family disciples were dispatched.
Zhong Haoran could not speak and was treated as a mute, but he was, after all, a disciple at the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation. He too was sent to stand guard at one of the Qin Family's territories. Zhong Zhan, Zhong Pei, and Qin Ji were the disciples under his command there!
Although Zhong Haoran had been disheartened in matters of the heart and mocked by many senior and junior brothers, even after arriving at the Qin Family territory, some disciples who had gained authority would occasionally mock him over his former feelings for Zhong Peihan. Yet Zhong Haoran did not care. Instead, his heart for the Dao grew ever firmer, and his mind ever clearer.
Like the Fei Family, the Qin Family had risen through artifact refinement. They also possessed some cultivation techniques, and after being annexed by the Zhong Family, those techniques naturally flowed into the Zhong Family's hands!
However, the accomplished direct-line disciples of the Zhong Family did not think highly of these techniques from outside clans. Thus, Zhong Tianyao ordered the disciples stationed at the Qin and Fei Families that they could select whatever techniques they liked to cultivate. Where