Gong Mingyu had once inquired with the Xu family's Xu Shimo; Qin Han's connections definitely were not confined to Zhongzhou alone—they stretched to Shangjing and Jingshi as well. It was just that he had always been disinterested in contending in the commercial battlefield, which was why he had never leveraged them.
The forces collaborating with the Gong family seemed powerful, but were they mighty enough to confront everyone?
In Jingshi, the Shennong Society!
"Elder Jiang, how are things in Zhongzhou?" asked the Divine Emperor indifferently.
Upon hearing this, Elder Jiang replied hastily, "The two sides haven't yet begun real contact, but those who have made their move seem to have made full preparations!"
"Sigh, over the years, these hidden martial families have become somewhat unruly," The Divine Emperor said with a frown.