Chapitre 73: Chapter 72 Pledge

Shen Qing lowered his head and poured himself another bowl of wine. He stared at the bowl brimming with liquor in his hand, silent and speechless.

He now vaguely understood why the Four Great Eastern Families could monopolize business in the county town for so many years, making the tens of thousands of households in Taiping County rely on them for their livelihood.

The county town's four great families had strong foundations, complex relationships, and mutual protection, along with powerful martial masters overseeing them.

No one could challenge them.

Children born into these families came into the world with a silver spoon in their mouths, a far cry from what mud-dwellers like them could compare to.

Who knows, they might have even been nourished with various great supplements to strengthen their Qi-Blood while still in their mother's womb.

There was no need to say more once they were born.

The precious medicine and spirit plants they rarely saw were commonplace for them.