Chapter 596: The boat capsizes

A whole patch of the Ling and Xiao families’ net had been ripped apart. While it had still not reached the extent of collapsing completely, it was actually only a matter of time as it was beyond saving.

The powerful stance of the Xu and Ye families, coupled with this sudden massive quake, generated pressure that was great enough to overload the entire net, bringing it down.

Meanwhile, virtually unavoidably, people would link this massive quake to the Xu family’s ‘mysterious background’ that had already been very hard to discern in the first place-more and more people would join the Xu family’s side, coming with tangible pledges of their allegiance.

This snowball would build up very quickly, increasing rapidly in size till it crushed everything.

Just as Ling Xiao herself had said, emotions were increasingly losing to calculations of gain.

Right now, the Ling and Xiao families did not have any actual authority. While they had helped to groom many people before, with the onrushing waves before them that surged to the heavens, no one would continue...