With the ability of the Six Fan School's Wind-Chasing Patrol, it was actually very easy to sneak into the Su Family. Although the Su Family's strength was similar to the top forces, its system and management were a mess.
Because the Su Family had just emerged and there was no one who was good at this aspect to manage, everything seemed to be very chaotic.
Ordinary sects would at least classify some of the internal affairs of the sect, but the Su Family was different. The direct descendants of the Su Family were directly in charge. They had a large number of followers and servants and controlled a large number of resources. However, the resources that belonged to the entire Su Family were not much. This was simply unimaginable to other forces.
Although the collateral descendants of the Su Family had changed from workers to stewards, they still did not receive any good treatment. They were still bullied by the direct descendants, even worse than when they were in Ningyuan Hall. The reason was very simple. It was because Su Xin killed Su Mingyuan.
There were not many people in the Su Family who had foresight, and Su Mingyuan was one of them.
Although he was much worse than the Sect Masters of the other big sects in the Jianghu, in the Su Family, he could only pick the best among the short. At least he performed well.
When Su Mingyuan was the Family Master, he was preparing to develop the Su Family in the direction of the other sects. In the end, he was killed by Su Xin before he could develop further.
With Su Mingyuan's death, the only one who could compete with him in strength and prestige was Su Mingli.
Therefore, when the Su Family's Old Ancestor was recuperating in seclusion, Su Mingli naturally became the Family Master of the Su Family.
He was originally in the conservative faction in the Su Family, so now that he was the Family Master, he became even more extreme.
When Su Mingyuan was the Family Master, he at least treated everyone equally. As long as the Family Master was capable, the collateral descendants could also take up important positions and get the rewards they deserved.
But now that Su Mingli was the Family Master, everything was based on bloodline. As long as one was a direct descendant of the Su Family, he could get a lot of cultivation resources even without doing anything.
Although the collateral family disciples were disciples of the Su Family, they were no different from the hanger-ons and servants. The only difference was that they were in charge of the hanger-ons and servants. At most, they were one level higher than the hanger-ons and servants.
Su Mingli didn't care about the grievances of those branch family disciples. He wasn't an idiot, he knew that doing this would cause those branch family disciples to resent him, but at the same time, he would also gain the support of the direct bloodline descendants.
The Su family had always been managed by the direct descendants, so Su Mingli didn't need to consider the thoughts of the collateral descendants. As long as he had the support of the majority of the direct descendants, there would be no problem.
At this time, in the Su Family, Wei Zhangdong and the others had already successfully infiltrated the Su Family. They didn't even have to spend much effort.
Previously, because of the Su Clan's plan, Su Xin had chased all the sects in the Northern Plains Path towards Wutong Mountain. This caused a large number of warriors to choose to rely on the Su Clan.
However, after the Battle of Wutong Mountain ended, Su Xin relaxed his pressure on Northern Plains Path. Most of the martial arts forces returned to their original sects.
However, there were some who didn't leave. Most of them were rogue cultivators and they chose to rely on the Su Family.
However, these people were much weaker than the original ones. Moreover, the Su Family had lost many warriors in the Battle of Wutong Mountain. Therefore, the Su Family began to recruit a large number of hanger-ons without any scruples.
Wei Zhangdong and the others were on Divinity Level, so it was easy for them to blend into the Su Family.
The current system of the Su Family was so simple that it made one's hair stand on end.
Ordinary sects would at least investigate the personality and character of the person when recruiting a hanger-on and find out the person's background.
However, the Su Family didn't care about anything. As long as one's ability was passable, one could directly enter the Su Family and become a hanger-on.
Wei Zhangdong and the other two even made an impeccable fake identity, but they didn't use it. That made Wei Zhangdong and the others feel like they were punching cotton.
After Wei Zhangdong and the other two joined the Su Family, they all became Su Zhongyuan's hanger-ons.
Back then, Su Zhongyuan acted against those martial arts sects at the foot of Wutong Mountain without authorization, causing a large number of martial arts sects to unite and resist, and even drew out the Dugu clan. His crime was not a small one.
However, later on, Su Xin made a bet with the Su Family. One of the terms of the bet was Su Zhongyuan's life. The Great Ancestor of the Su Family agreed, which immediately made Su Zhongyuan bitterly disappointed.
Later on, the Great Ancestor of the Su Family seemed to know that he had done something wrong, so he told Su Mingli not to punish Su Zhongyuan and to treat him better.
Su Zhongyuan was originally on Su Mingli's side, so Su Mingli gave him a lot of things.
Among the direct descendants of the Divine Transformation Realm bloodline in the Su Family, his subordinates were the most powerful. Most of the powerful hanger-ons were under his command, and Su Mingli gave him a lot of cultivation resources every month.
Even so, Su Zhongyuan still had some resentment in his heart.
He could not forget that under the threat of the Dugu clan and Su Xin, the Great Ancestor of the Su Family actually used his life as a bet. This feeling of having one's life in the hands of others was very uncomfortable.
Because of this, Su Zhongyuan's personality had become more and more irritable. His hanger-ons and collateral disciples did not dare to provoke him easily.
In the Su Family of Wutong Mountain, Su Zhongyuan was reprimanding his hanger-ons and several collateral disciples of the Su Family in the Divine Transformation Realm.
"Idiots! Trash! I told you to go down the mountain to collect some offerings, but you can't even do it. What else can you do? "Su Zhongyuan pointed at a group of people and began to curse. Wei Zhangdong and the others watched from afar.
Although they had only been in the Su Family for a day, they had already inquired about everything with their abilities. They knew why Su Zhongyuan was angry. The reason was that Su Zhongyuan wanted to send people to the sects and clans at the foot of Wutong Mountain to collect offerings. To put it bluntly, it was something like protection fees.
This so-called offering did exist in ancient times. At that time, the good and evil were not as clear as they were now. The weak were prey to the strong, which was very cruel.
Therefore, it was very normal for small sects to offer offerings to large sects.
The problem was, what time was it now? Tens of thousands of years had passed, and the Su Family was still playing this old game?
If someone did this kind of thing now, unless they were from the Devil Path, such overbearing behavior would be met with disdain by the people of Jianghu.
But now, Su Zhongyuan was brazenly doing it, and the Su Family didn't stop him.
Even after Su Mingli heard about this, he did not say anything.
In his opinion, the Su Family had indeed done something wrong when they forcibly absorbed those small sects and clans last time. Those people were driven to desperation, so they joined forces.
Therefore, this time, it was not a big deal for Su Zhongyuan to use a more gentle method to collect offerings. This kind of thing had happened in ancient times.
The most important thing was that Su Mingli did not think that this was too much. Their Su Family was the strongest faction around Wutong Mountain. If they collected some offerings and something happened to them, the Su Family would also help them. This was a mutually beneficial thing, was it too much?
However, if Su Mingli's thoughts were to be known by those small sects, they would definitely spit on Su Mingli's face.
The activities of these small sects were usually within this area, so what could happen? At most, there would be some friction with the surrounding martial arts factions. At that time, if they were to give you offerings, who would you help?
Moreover, if there was a strong external enemy, just like what happened to Su Xin, at that time, the Su Family would not even be able to protect themselves, so how could they protect them?
The most important thing was that although the offerings that the Su Family wanted weren't much, they had to be paid every month.
These small sects were not rich to begin with, but the Su Family still played this game. Were they trying to force them to death?
One had to know that something like collecting offerings was simply unheard of. Even the demonic path sects had never done such a thing.
Even such a powerful dynasty like the Zhou Kingdom had never collected taxes from those small sects.
Back when Su Xin was in Jiangnan, Liu Fengwu sent his disciple, Yin Ji, to seize power. Taking advantage of Su Xin's absence, he came up with something like a tax. In the end, he drew a tiger but ended up like a dog.
The sects in Jiangnan didn't even pay attention to him. In the end, Yin Ji had no choice but to compromise, and let those sects and aristocratic families hand over even a single pill as a tax. In the end, he became a laughing stock.
Although this was Yin Ji's idiotic action, the imperial court had considered this before. However, before they could implement it, they themselves felt that it wasn't feasible, and directly scrapped this plan.
Now, who did the Su Family think they were? They dared to ask for offerings from us. Whoever gave it to us would be a true idiot.
Therefore, Su Zhongyuan sent a few collateral descendants and a group of guests to go down the mountain to collect the offerings. However, they didn't even receive a single cent.
Because of this, Su Zhongyuan called all of them over to reprimand them. It would be more accurate to say that he scolded them.
The most important thing was that Su Zhongyuan did not scold these people in his own house. Instead, he directly scolded them in public, which made these warriors' faces show shame and anger.
This was especially true for the guests recruited by the Su Family.
Although they were guests of the Su Family, they were not servants of the Su Family. What right did he have to humiliate them like this?
All warriors had dignity. Some even wanted to attack on the spot, but they were stopped by their companions next to them.
They were all warriors in the Innate Realm. Wasn't it suicide to have a conflict with the Su Family in Wutong Mountain?
However, before they said anything, one of the collateral descendants of the Su Family in the Divine Transformation Realm could not help but speak.
After all, they were also martial arts masters in the Divine Transformation Realm. Although they were nothing in Ningyuan Hall, they were still considered top figures in the outside world.
Most importantly, they were also part of the Su Family's bloodline. In the end, Su Zhongyuan treated them as slaves. How could they endure such humiliation?
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