"Has the Exorcising the Dragon Gang already come this far?"
After Xie Minghe had given a detailed account, half true and half false, Wang Daiji sat stunned for a long while before slowly speaking. "Forgive my bluntness. I thought it perfectly ordinary that someone of Zhang Sanlang's abilities should ride the wind and raise waves, and only natural that he should carve out some territory. Given time, he might even soar like a dragon spreading its wings. But in less than three years, he has over a dozen commanderies and two Grandmasters-and neither of them is Bai Sanniang or Wu Dalang... isn't that rather beyond belief?"
"I understand what you mean, Vice Minister Wang." Across the desk, Xie Minghe merely stroked his beard and smiled. "What concerns you isn't the territory or the troops, but the two Grandmasters. After all, cultivation has had the saying since ancient times that three can overcome one of the rank above. With these two Grandmasters in hand, if Bai Sanniang or Wu Dalang crosses that threshold, it will mean a qualitative change. Then even a Great Grandmaster who abandoned his tower to come over might not be able to suppress them. That would be tantamount to the Exorcising the Dragon Gang having its own supporting pillars... am I right?"
"Exactly." Wang Daiji answered sincerely. "It's too fast."
"Then I won't hide anything from you either, Vice Minister Wang. There are supposedly some qualifications to this. In one case, it was actually accomplished through Lord Black Emperor's formation from the Northern Demon-Suppressing Guard, and might not be a true Grandmaster. They say that after Zhang Sanlang established himself in Hebei, a Commander of Fate from the Northern Demon-Suppressing Guard personally brought some people over, then returned alone," Xie Minghe said seriously. "But the other case