Zhao City became Marshland.
The temple burned to ashes.
Ji Zhao and the Luo Clan's prestige naturally suffered a heavy blow, but it was hardly as serious as all that.
Just as someone had naturally raised this issue when they first decided to migrate, Luo Jin's answer had been as follows-
"When a clan starts flaunting itself, it only proves that it has begun to need these things to bolster its standing and maintain its so-called dignity.
But lies are certain to be exposed. What sort of downfall will the clan face then?
What did the Luo Clan experience when Luo State fell?
Zhao City was burned down, and no one beneath heaven was permitted to worship the Sage King. Yet even a calamity like that-what did it amount to?
When Sage King Zhao appeared bearing wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, the Luo Clan's name resounded throughout All Under Heaven once more.
What determines your position is never what you once were, but what you are now; not whether you were once powerful, but whether you are powerful now.
The Luo Clan is now at its weakest in all its history. We face an unimaginable tribulation; even our clan's survival is in question.
Even if we stayed in the Central Plains, we would have no power beyond our limits with which to sustain affairs there.
From ancient times to the present, overt and covert attempts to probe the Luo Clan have never ceased. They come from every quarter, from enemies and friends alike.
The cleverest people in the world are all watching the Luo Clan. We can deceive them for a time, but not forever. Sooner or later, they will see our weakness.
Especially after we are forced to face the tribulation, that weakness will become exceedingly obvious.
Once we