Become a king right from the start, beginning with receiving rewards from all the heavens.

Whether it's Zhang Danfeng or Xia Zhaoyan.

Neither of them considered simply finding a place to serve as Bai Yujing's residence.

After all, with such a dazzling entrance, the high-class image must be maintained.

"Your Highness, this is our chosen target."

"It's in the Cangshan area, there's a powerful clan there."

"They occupy the core of Cangshan Mountain, where the spiritual energy is most abundant, and have continued for tens of thousands of years!"

Cangshan...

Information about Cangshan Mountain instantly flashed through Xia Zhaoyan's mind; it was the largest mountain range in Xia Prefecture.

Spanning hundreds of thousands of miles from east to west, it starts from Changzhou, passes through Xiazhou, and extends to Shengzhou.

It can be said that Cangshan is a very famous mountain range even within the vast territory of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Within this mountain range are countless cultivation forces, large and small, including sects and powerful families.

Even the most powerless forces have a history spanning thousands of years.

However, Xia Zhaoyan really didn't know much about the specific power dynamics there.

With so many forces at play, he had no time to investigate them all.

"Which specific faction is it?"

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"Your Highness, it is the Cangshan Ancient Clan!"

Ah!

Xia Zhaoyan might not know much about other forces, but he knew the Gu family all too well.

It wasn't because they were powerful, but quite the opposite, because their strength didn't match the fame of their surnames.

"The Gu family, heh..."

"You guys certainly know how to pick your targets!"

"Aren't you afraid their main connections will come knocking on your door?"

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"Your Highness, we have analyzed the situation and believe that the main branch of the Gu family would not take such a great risk to travel tens of millions of kilometers from the Northern Continent to stand up for a branch here."

"Perhaps the natives of this world are subconsciously afraid of the main branch of the Gu clan, but after analysis, we believe that the Gu clan has long since abandoned its branches in various places."

"Otherwise, why haven't the geniuses of their branch lineage gone to the main lineage to awaken their special physiques over the years!"

Xia Zhaoyan listened without objection. Speaking of the Gu family, one must mention the Great Wu Dynasty, the overlord of the Northern Continent.

The royal family of Da Wu was established by the Gu family, and tens of thousands of years ago, an internal strife broke out within the royal family.

This led some members of the royal family to leave Da Wu and seek new residences in various continents.

The ancient family of Daxia migrated here 50,000 years ago.

It's unclear what benefits they offered to the royal family to persuade the Great Xia to allow them to settle in Xia Prefecture.

This branch later relied on the Great Wu behind it and continued to act arrogantly in the Great Xia, offending many forces.

They became even more brazen, extending their reach into the officialdom of Cangnan Prefecture.

The Cangnan branch of the Heavenly Punishment Division was secretly controlled by the Gu family!

It's not that no one has ever coveted the other side's territory, but because of the Great Wu Dynasty behind them, they all ultimately chose to give up.

After all, they often use their status as the Great Wu royal family to intimidate people.

Furthermore, the Great Xia royal family's attitude was ambiguous; powerful forces felt it wasn't worth it, while weaker forces dared not act.

"Don't say that, although the Gu family is not powerful, it is famous, which is just right for us in Baiyujing to establish our authority."

"The Great Wu Dynasty behind him..."

Speaking of the Great Wu Dynasty, it is a power that truly spans three cycles of reincarnation!

The strongest of the first generation of ancestors in the royal family, with the cultivation of the late stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm, sacrificed rebirth as a price and tore apart a wisp of the Heavenly Dao's 'body' with a full-force attack.

They obtained a drop of Heavenly Blood and then injected it into the bodies of their descendants.

From then on, members of the Gu family born into the clan would have the opportunity to awaken a special physique!

This special physique is known as the Heavenly Martial Overlord Body, which allowed the Great Martial Kingdom to span three cycles of reincarnation without being completely destroyed.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhaoyan immediately asked.

"How long has it been since this branch of the Gu family sent a genius to the Great Wu Dynasty?"

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"Your Highness, if we hadn't investigated carefully, the outside world would have been completely unaware that this branch of the Great Xia dynasty hadn't sent any geniuses to the Great Wu for over two thousand years!"

"Therefore, we deduced that either the ancestor of this branch who remained in Dawu had a problem, and Dawu therefore completely severed its connection with the branch."

"Either the Great Wu royal family itself has run into problems..."

More than two thousand years have passed... A smile appeared on Xia Zhaoyan's face.

"The Gu family really knows how to hide things; the outside world has no idea about this at all!"

"However, nothing stays hidden forever. It is precisely because we dared to target them that we investigated this situation in detail."

"Hehe... I guess the resources for awakening physiques are starting to run out!" Xia Zhaoyan thought maliciously.

After all, the Heavenly Martial Overlord Physique of the Gu family is too domineering and makes people very envious!

Within the same realm, unless one is a true body cultivator, a true essence cultivator is no match for them.

With this confidence, Da Wu extorted a lot from Da Xia in the early days of Da Xia's founding.

As a prince of the royal family, he was certainly aware of this.

"Hehe...that's what I thought too."

"Otherwise, why would the Great Wu royal family abandon such a valuable talent pool as their branch?"

Every fifty years, the major branches of the Great Wu royal family would send their most talented members to the royal family.

It allows one to awaken their physical constitution and enjoy a better cultivation environment within the royal family.

"Your Highness, regardless of the theory, the Gu family branch is now a piece of juicy meat!"

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"So, how strong is this branch of the clan now?"

Even a lion needs to use its full strength to hunt a rabbit, let alone a powerful force with a long history.

Although the other party is just a branch, who knows if there are any powerful figures hidden in the clan?

"Your Highness, Zhang Han personally went to Cangshan yesterday to infiltrate and conduct reconnaissance."

"Their strongest member right now is only a Grandmaster at the peak of the cultivation realm!"

"Among the twelve Grandmaster clan elders, there are only a little over a hundred people at the Purple Mansion and Innate Realm levels combined."

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"No way!" Xia Zhaoyan was instantly shocked. How could a powerful clan with such a long history be so weak?

"They don't even have a single person at the Dharma Aspect Realm?" This greatly disappointed him!

Destroying such a force will not bring much hope of survival!

Xia Zhaoyan discovered that with each of his sacrifices...

The system seems to be gradually improving the quality of life; this is not his illusion, but rather what is actually happening.

"Something's not right with the Gu family!"

"Their situation gives me a strange feeling..."

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Xia Zhaoyan immediately stood up and looked up at the sky with wide eyes!

This left the people around him completely bewildered, wondering what was wrong with His Highness!

"Don't you think the Gu family's situation resembles some kind of curse?"

"Or is it a backlash?"

boom!!!

A thunderous roar echoed in Zhang Danfeng's mind as he was reminded by His Highness's words.

The previous investigation had left them all feeling quite puzzled.

Among the ancient clans that are famous throughout the continent, there is only one Grandmaster at present.