The Lin Family knew nothing of the undercurrents in Northern Azure City. Liu Bai had considered them, but he did not take them to heart.
In the end, this was still a world where strength reigned supreme. Even if some people were dissatisfied with what the Liu Family had obtained, as long as they displayed sufficient strength, those people could only obediently accept it.
After the Northern Azure Dean had made his position clear, Liu Bai no longer believed that any other person or force could prevent the Liu Family from gaining a foothold in Northern Azure City.
By the time the several hundred members of the Liu Family emerged from Northern Azure City's Teleportation Array, the news had already reached every top force in the city.
Before the Liu Family had even returned to their new home, information on the strength of its members had already been placed on the desks of the major families.
"Tch, aside from Liu Bai, the Liu Family only has one early Heaven Fusion Realm cultivator. Their strength truly is pathetically weak!" A senior member of the Lin Family, one of Northern Azure City's five great families, tossed the information scroll onto the table and spoke disdainfully.
"A family like this actually dreams of occupying one-tenth of Northern Azure City's territory. I really don't know what they're thinking."
Although everyone knew that the land had been personally allocated to the Liu Family by the Northern Azure Dean, they did not dare complain about the dean. Thus, they could only turn their attention toward the Liu Family.
This so-called one-tenth of the territory did not merely consist of land. It also included all kinds of shops and businesses upon it, all of which now belonged to the Liu Family.
Quite a few of those businesses