Great Sui, Chang'an City.
By then, the Yuwen Clan had occupied over eighty percent of Great Sui's territory. In another month at most, they could wipe out the remaining rebel armies completely.
As the Yuwen Clan's Clan Leader, Yuwen Shang had also moved into Great Sui's Imperial Palace. Beautiful women surrounded him, but he was not as happy as he appeared to others.
That was because the Yuwen Clan had relied on outside support to destroy the Dugu Clan and Li Clan.
One source was the Holy Sect. After Holy Sect Master Wanwan united it, the Holy Sect had originally refused to support the Yuwen Clan, but for some unknown reason, it had suddenly begun helping them.
It was also the Holy Sect that had killed several experts of the Dugu Clan and Li Clan, including their Clan Leaders, throwing both aristocratic clans into chaos and giving the Yuwen Clan the opportunity to devour their holdings bit by bit.
Combined with the support they already had from the Great Venerable Ming Cult and their own Yuwen Huaji's considerable abilities, particularly his grasp of military strategy, this had given the Yuwen Clan a chance to unite Great Sui.
But now came the headache. The Great Venerable Ming Cult had actually helped them the most. By rights, he ought to appoint Great Venerable Xu Kaishan as Imperial Preceptor and establish a nation belonging to the Yuwen family with the cult's support.
But what was he to do about the Holy Sect? Its Holy Sect Master was a Martial Arts Myth, just like Xu Kaishan.
He had thought of a compromise: invite Great Venerable Xu Kaishan to serve as Imperial Tutor and Holy Sect Master Wanwan to serve as Imperial Preceptor.
That would also let the two Jianghu factions fight each other, allowing