"How about you count this as owing me a personal favor?" Míng Xīn did not refuse, as she also wished to foster a good connection.
She had read the notes of the Great Emperor Sword Emperor and knew a thing or two about this hidden Imperial Clan. The Great Emperor Sword Emperor himself held a disdain for such "cowering tortoise" methods, but Míng Xīn, who had served as family head for twelve hundred years, knew that starting an enterprise was difficult, and maintaining one was just as hard. Only one's self knew how much bitterness was paid to guide the family through era after era. Who could know how many Imperial Clans and Holy Lands had vanished in the long river of history?
Even among the Heavenly Emperor clans listed in the *Codex of Myriad Spirits*, only two survived in the world: the Ye Family of the Universe Mountain, and another located in the extraterritorial realms. Therefore, being able to pass down the family heritage intact was nothing short of a success.
Chapter 172