After the turmoil at the Four Seas Auction House, Qin Ya returned to the Heaven-Reaching Tower. He requested a batch of medicinal herbs from the World Medicine Association and went into seclusion to begin Refining the Muddy Water Black Lotus.
And while Qin Ya was in seclusion, a storm was brewing over all of Lieyang City.
Setting aside the series of disturbances Qin Ya had caused, a single topic now dominated the conversations of merchants and commoners in every street and alley of Lieyang City: the summit of the Three Great Noble Families!
Along the southern coastline of the Celestial Dragon Sea Region lay over a hundred cities of varying sizes. From among these cities arose the three clans that dominated the region: the Shangguan Family, the Ouyang Family, and the Mu Family. These Three Great Noble Families met once every ten years to discuss the allocation of power and territory among the hundred cities.
