"Zhao Kuishan, Zhao Hongyan, and Zhao Beichen pay their respects to our lord!"
The three bowed in unison, their bearing humble.
Xu Xuan nodded slightly.
"Rise. From now on, simply follow Grand Elder Yang Zhenyue's orders."
Xu Xuan could not be bothered to say more to them. Cultivators from the Yang Family would come to take over their affairs afterward.
He left the Zhao Household.
Then he rode his qi straight to the Sun Household, which specialized in crafting talismans.
The Sun Household's patriarch, Sun Changyuan, was at the eighth level of Qi Refining and was more tactful and cautious.
Through reports from his spies, he had already learned what had happened at the Zhao Household.
Now, seeing Xu Xuan arrive in person, bringing the might of Foundation Establishment with him, he had already guessed the outcome.
Thus, he had begun waiting outside the residence early.
Together with Clan Elders Sun Wenjin, Sun Bolin, and the other Qi Refining Practitioners, he respectfully welcomed Xu Xuan into the hall.
Before Yang Ye could speak, Sun Changyuan bowed of his own accord. "Senior Yang, your honored presence brings glory to our humble Sun Household."
"I already understand your intentions, Senior."
"Our entire Sun Household is willing to submit and obey the Yang Family alone!"
This did save him some effort.
Looking at Sun Changyuan, who knew which way the wind blew, Xu Xuan said mildly, "Patriarch Sun is a clever man."
"In that case, open your divine sense."
Xu Xuan looked at Sun Changyuan.
At those words, the expressions of Sun Changyuan and the Qi Refining Practitioners behind him changed.
Opening their divine sense and allowing another to invade it.
That was tantamount to placing their necks beneath someone else's butcher's blade.
Sun Changyuan hesitated for only an instant before stepping forward