Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Chapter 1517 Independent City State (2)

chapter 1517 independent city state (2)

making his way through the bustling city that was now filled with people either happily preparing to sell off the demon beasts they had managed to kill or distraught that they had not been fast enough to kill off one of the demon beasts in time, xuan hao soon arrived at the xue family estate located at the center of the city.

looking from a distance at the massive estate that seemed to cover close to a tenth of the entire city, xuan hao could not help glancing over in the direction of the two other major clans and their estates located right next to the xue clan's estate.

although the three estates seemed similar in size, it was clear for anyone to see that the xue clan had occupied the core part of the city. almost like they were establishing themselves as being above the two other clans, something rather ironic considering their current circumstances of lacking a powerful enough cultivator to take over when the old ancestor who had established the xue clan in the past passed away.

in a sense, it could be considered a good thing for xuan hao, as the other two clans would almost certainly be unwilling to allow the xue clan to keep their current position at the core of the city after their ancestor passed away. giving him a potential opportunity to take advantage of the current situation to potentially recruit a second dao seed realm cultivator to the sect along with a large number of soul ascension realm cultivators.

of course, before any of this, he first had to make sure about the current state of things so as not to end up making any mistake.

to be this, he first wanted to just use his divine sense to try and understand the overall situation but given that the three clans all had dao seed realm cultivators watching over them, he didn't dare to carelessly use his divine sense inside of their estates. fearing that they might end up discovering him and potentially make his path to recruiting any of them significantly harder.

even if he was confident in being able to keep himself hidden, there was no reason to take any unnecessary risks. instead, it was far simpler for him to just find a few cultivators from the three clans and probe them for information regarding the relationship between the three clans.

although the higherups might want to keep any internal struggles or problems hidden from outsiders, it would inevitably leak down through the younger generation and manifest itself in the form of competition between the younger people of the three clans.

not that competition between the younger generation was unnatural in any way. in fact, it was rather normal.

but...

continuing to think about the current situation and how troublesome it might be to recruit the xue clan to become part of the star shattering set, xuan hao could not help feeling that it might not be worth the effort. after all, he was still not even sure if he wanted to recruit the xue clan to join the star shattering sect, as he had not really managed to examine more than the younger generation of the clan.

speaking of the younger generation of the xue clan, xuan hao didn't feel too optimistic about them, as they were acting in the typical arrogant manner one would associate with a clan that had been on the top of the pyramid for a long time.

thinking about the future of such a clan, xuan hao could already imagine what would happen to them when their sole backing disappeared...

the only thing that kept him somewhat optimistic about the xue clan was the fact that their older generation at the very least seemed competent considering that they had managed to still keep control of the majority of resources in the city, while also training their younger generation to the point where they stood above the younger generation of the two other clans.

if the older generation had also been lacking, he would have long since given up any hope of any thoughts regarding recruiting the xue clan.

for this reason, xuan hao soon found himself standing back in front of the entrance leading into the xue clan estate. planning to enter the estate to find their ancestor and decide after meeting the other party and potentially getting a better understanding of the xue clan in the process.

"get out of the way! how dare you block this young master!"

however, just as he was about to step forward and enter the xue clan estate, an arrogant voice called out from behind him, as a handsome looking young man arrogantly swaggered in his direction with a large number of servants and guards following closely behind him.

the words in question weren't directed towards him so to speak. instead, just being directed towards the crowd of people moving around on the street outside the xue clan estate, who all fearfully moved aside upon hearing the young master of the xue clan.

but...

even then...

xuan hao instantly decided against visiting the xue clan. instead, he decided that it might be a good idea to check out the other two clans before making any rash decisions on who to visit first, as he had a feeling he would only be able to meet with one of the three dao seed realm cultivators before being noticed by the other two.