This was actually a declaration of war.
The Sage King!
The fame of this title on the Grasslands exceeded anything the people of the Central Plains imagined. Just as one knew the people of Chu State worshipped Taiyi without ever visiting Chu State, the tribes of the Grasslands all knew the Sage King was the ancestral deity of the people of the Central Plains, like the heavenly god of their own legends.
Not to mention that many people now living on the Grasslands had come from the Central Plains. Modu knew this perfectly well. His own features resembled those of the people of the Central Plains, and he certainly had their blood in his veins. He merely kept silent about it for the sake of unifying the Grasslands.
For on the Grasslands, only those who had migrated from the Central Plains possessed learning and technical skills. These things could strengthen a tribe, making it easy for them to attain relatively high standing.
Modu was naturally furious at Luo Ling's declaration of war, because Luo Ling had opened with the words "Xiongnu," the equivalent of pointing straight at Modu's nose and calling him a dog.
The tribes of the Grasslands had many names for themselves, but roughly a third called themselves Xia people, such as those like Modu whose features resembled the people of the Central Plains. Others called themselves Kun, and there were several hundred names altogether. After Modu united them, they all called themselves Xia people, or Xiongnu People; Xia and Xiongnu sounded much alike.
Yet as Modu read on, his anger faded instead. He passed the letter to those beside him and laughed loudly. "I once heard people from the Central Plains say this.
"The Luo Clan descended from the Sage King of the Central Plains, and their