Chapter 1396: 578 Yellow Court Banquet
The Li Clan is finished!
This news spread rapidly throughout the area surrounding Guhe Square within just a few days. Numerous cultivating clans and loose cultivators were shocked, and some were utterly startled.
Not long ago, the Li Family Immortal Clan was still suppressing the Lan Family Immortal Clan, even going so far as to threaten their annihilation with great arrogance.
How could it be that just a few months later, the Li Family Immortal Clan had been swallowed by the Lan Family Immortal Clan?
Rumors and tales about the changes within the Lan Family Immortal Clan in recent times began to circulate among various factions, especially the three consecutive terrifying celestial tribulations appearing within the Lan Family Immortal Clan, which aroused speculation and concern among many factions and immortals.
There were even rumors that the Lan Family Immortal Clan had caught the eye of some major power or Great Power, poised for a meteoric rise.
As for what major power or Great Power, it naturally had to be above the Taiyi Realm; even an ordinary Golden Immortal wouldn't be deemed a Great Power.
Guhe Square.
After Su Yu and others had control over several members of the Li Family Immortal Clan, they didn't stay any longer.
However, before leaving, Su Yu looked at Zhao Heshun and smiled indifferently, saying, "I've heard that members of the Dark Level of the Immortal Alliance must have a True Immortal Realm to preside over them? I wonder if the current Blue Lan Clan has such qualifications?"
Zhao Heshun's eyelids twitched with shock, thinking about the Dark Level members...
Although members of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance are divided into four tiers—Heaven, Earth, Dark, and Yellow—the Dark Level members are only the second tier, yet they are already considered core members of the Immortal Alliance. They have the right to participate in discussions on major events of the Immortal Alliance and the authority to nominate stewards to govern an area, such as the enterprise of Guhe Square. A Dark Level member has the authority to oversee and manage it.
If the Lan Family Immortal Clan were to become a Dark Level member, how could he, the Chief Steward of Guhe Square, manage to continue!
Yet, thinking of the strength Su Yu just demonstrated, Zhao Heshun forced a smile and said, "This matter, I must report to the Elder, and then the Immortal Alliance needs to review it."
After pausing, Zhao Heshun hesitantly looked at Su Yu and said, "I suppose when the time comes, fellow Daoist might have to personally go to Yinyue Immortal Mansion to meet with the elder."
Su Yu nodded slightly and said, "Very well, then I ask Steward Zhao to report it."
Just as Su Yu was about to leave, Zhao Heshun couldn't help but ask, "Dare I ask, fellow Daoist, who are you? Who is your master, and why would you support the Lan Family Immortal Clan?"
Su Yu stopped in his tracks and looked at him with some surprise, saying, "You said that wrong. I am one of the Lan Family Immortal Clan. Where did you get the idea that I'm supporting the Lan Family Immortal Clan?"
He shook his head lightly and said, "Please take care of the Lan Family Immortal Clan's affairs, fellow Daoist."
Then Su Yu took his steps and left.
As for unnecessary statements about doing it for the good of the Immortal Alliance? There's no need to say a word, as everyone knows the true nature of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance. Even though it still exists as an Immortal Alliance and has its binding forces, it is not strong.
The factions within the Immortal Alliance almost always operate independently and develop individually.
Just like the top three Immortal Clans of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance, they have never been a united whole.
Thus, whether Su Yu belongs to the Lan Family Immortal Clan is unimportant.
What's important is that the Lan Family Immortal Clan is a member of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance!
As long as the Lan Family Immortal Clan is a member of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance, whether it can advance to a Dark Level member must follow the rules: whether it has the presence of True Immortal Realm power!
If it does, it can become a Dark Level member, and no one can suppress it.
After all, this is the foundational rule for the existence and promotion within the Immortal Alliance. If you block someone else's path, who will obey you? To do so would be to dig into the very foundations of the Immortal Alliance.
No need for that.
The Lan Family Immortal Clan is not yet at that point; having an extra member would at most mean one more entity sharing the higher-tier resources of the Immortal Alliance.
So Zhao Heshun remained silent for a long time, ultimately taking a deep breath and swallowing his frustration and displeasure.
Endured it.
The key was that he couldn't quite grasp Su Yu's origins or background.
He couldn't see through Su Yu's strength or lineage. His methods were far more terrifying than Zhao Heshun had imagined, shrouded in mystery.
He wasn't even afraid of himself, the Chief Steward sent by the Immortal Alliance Elder, behaving so domineeringly and rudely. That was clearly not the behavior of an ordinary person.
If he really were to investigate clearly, the origins might not just deter their elder but potentially offend the entire Immortal Alliance.
So—
Gingerly, cautiously.
Zhao Heshun sighed with a faint murmur, "Since they want to advance, then let's report it up; after all, given the current situation, with the Lan Family swallowing the Li Family Clan and having that person preside, indeed they have the background qualifications for advancement."
Unable to provoke, he naturally had to shrink his head.
Even had the potential for future cooperation and alliances.
He meticulously reported his investigations after arriving at Guhe Square and his encounters with great detail, then awaited the response from the Elder and the Immortal Alliance.
....
The assimilation of the Li Family Immortal Clan by the Lan Family Immortal Clan proceeded smoothly.
When members of the Li Family Immortal Clan saw the current foundation of the Lan Family Immortal Clan, they all fell silent, shuddering in fear.
Over twenty immortals...
And as many as three Heavenly Immortal Realm immortal beasts with incredibly terrifying auras!
Any single one of those terrifying Heavenly Immortal Realm immortal beasts might be enough to annihilate the Li Family Immortal Clan, let alone having three.
Seeing this, it was truly a miracle that they, the Li Family Immortal Clan, survived despite their previous provocations.
All thanks to the Lan Family Immortal Clan and Su Yu having no intention to wipe out the Li Family Immortal Clan.
For after all, should such an immortal clan be erased, the number of dead creatures would not be insignificant; it was unnecessary.
After devouring the Li Family Immortal Clan, the Lan Family Immortal Clan leaped to become the dominant power in Guhe Square, seizing the pill medicine and herbal resource business and locations in Guhe Square.
Lan Family Immortal Clan.
When sisters Lan Hanruo and Lan Han'er came to report, Su Yu's expression remained calm. He merely nodded lightly and said, "You still need to prepare further. Expand the Pill Pavilion to Yinyue Immortal Mansion."
Even though the ambition of the Lan Family Immortal Clan to become a Dark Level member force requires the Immortal Alliance's approval, whether or not they have this member status isn't particularly important.
The Lan Family Immortal Clan's influence and reach must still expand. Having secured Guhe Square as a foundation, the next step would naturally be to set sights on Yinyue Immortal Mansion.
Once the Lan Family Immortal Clan can dominate Yinyue Immortal Mansion, they can further covet the position of Alliance Hierarch of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance.
But the position of the Immortal Alliance's hierarch is one aspect; another is that they need to unite the member forces of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance into a cohesive entity, which is very important.
As the Lan Family Immortal Clan absorbed and digested the foundation of the Li Family Immortal Clan, a message came back from Zhao Heshun.
"Two years from now will be the day of the Yellow Court Banquet. The Lan Family Immortal Clan can go to Yinyue Immortal Mansion to participate and discuss the matter of advancement with the elder."
Upon seeing this message, Su Yu thought for a moment and recalled what this event entailed.
Having targeted the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance before, he had a general understanding of this faction's functioning.
This Yellow Court Banquet may seem like just a gathering, but it is actually much more than that.
It is the day when core members of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance gather, and also the day when the eligibility of the lower-level members of the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance for promotion is scrutinized. It will be a lively affair.