"Greetings, Eleventh Elder." Chen Zhendong cupped his hands slightly, his expression somewhat cold and haughty.
"This is Wan Tiemu, lord of Wan Family Fort." Zhou Bingzhong pointed to an unremarkable-looking man wearing a gold-threaded cloak.
"Family Head Luo Feiyang. His family has banks in a hundred major cities throughout Black Tortoise Domain." The fellow wore a wealthy gentleman's cap and looked like someone who could charm people on all sides.
"Chai Zhao, master of Guangpu Manor, is an expert in health cultivation.
"Each of these four family heads has forty to fifty thousand clansmen under him, along with students, disciples, guards, household servants, and laborers.
"Including the workers they employ, each commands no fewer than a hundred thousand people." This was a plump, fair-skinned middle-aged man.
How big was Hundred Spirits City, anyway? It had only a little over three million people.
The four great families accounted for five or six hundred thousand of them. No wonder they were called the four great families. They could be described as Hundred Spirits City's four colossal powers.
Although they had not activated their power, Tang Wen now had his super Heavenly Eye, fused with Telekinesis Threads.
Thus, he could tell that all four possessed late-stage Spirit-Congealing strength, or even perfection-stage strength.
"Hehe, all eleven elders of our Black Tortoise City possess exceptional martial prowess.
"Hundred Spirits City also has a rule. Every City Administrator who comes here
"must pass through the Hundred Spirits Formation jointly practiced by our four great families.
"That rule cannot be broken." Chen Zhendong stroked his beard and smiled with a seemingly easygoing expression.
"Yes, yes. It's a longstanding rule." Wan Tiemu nodded.
"No one can change it, whoever they are! Otherwise, I fear the tens of millions of people under Hundred Spirits City's jurisdiction won't agree," Luo