The eight towns under Wangyue's rule were divided north and south along a diagonal from northeast to southwest, with the Eastern Region mountain range and Wangyue City as the boundary.
The four northern towns were Flowing Cloud, Emerald Creek, Northern Crow, and Xiting.
The four southern towns were the familiar Willow Leaf, White Stone, Clear River, and Feng Ling.
The Yang Family was closest to White Stone Town, with Willow Leaf Town farther west.
Clear River lay to the northeast, while the farthest was Feng Ling in the extreme south.
The Yang Family's position across the three southern towns was now exceedingly secure, but its influence throughout the entire Wangyue region was still nowhere near what the Li Family had once commanded.
On one hand, this was because they had no Perfected Cultivator overseeing the family. On the other, their Lineage was not large enough, nor did they have enough vassal lineages.
At the Li Family's peak, they had no fewer than twelve vassal lineages spread throughout Wangyue.
The Yang Family, meanwhile, had only taken in clans of other surnames and had yet to gain any lineage as a vassal.
Elder Yu had discussed this matter with Yang Lingqing long ago.
That had been when the Yang Family had just obtained the talisman arts inheritance, and Chen Yang had refined the first batch of talismans.
Being able to supply talismans was immensely attractive to many Qi Gathering Realm lineages.
Yet, constrained by the family's weak strength at the time and their lack of any powerful backing, Yang Lingqing had judged that the time was not yet ripe.
On one hand, she feared that doing so would make them the nail that stuck out, drawing the eyes of countless forces. On the other, she feared exposing their complete talisman arts inheritance.