Luckily Dante had long since lived up to his family members expectations, exceeding his peers by countless times.
But that's not the only factor in deciding the distribution of power among the Family, The followers are also a major issue. But rather than the locating of powerful potential subordinates the real difficulty is the loyalty of the subordinates.
In this world the strong make the rules, that is undeniably so rather than fighting it many powerful people will latch onto the stronger force. Even if Dante said to the public that he was looking for some subordinates, thousands of people in the fairy state would flock to the door and even those at the spirit state would come running.
But the Armstrong Family has always relied on secrecy and the privitisation of resources among the clan in order to rise and last for so many eras. So in order to facilitate this one of the ancestors of the family developed a special gate at the entrance to the clan's secret world.
The function is extremely simple, it tests the loyalty of those who enter. If they have any dissatisfaction or hostility towards the Armstrong Family or any of the members then they would be sealed with the full power of an Antique powerhouse.
It is this very gate that helped the Armstrong family catch countless spies throughout the years and counter endless plots against them.
Therefore whenever a younger generation would bring in subordinates there would undoubtedly be many of the children who were tricked by sweet words and high offers that end up costing them dearly.
While the clan wouldn't kill the younger generation who bring in the subordinates, they would be deprived of all their cultivation resources for many years putting them far behind their peers.
So the main focus of the younger generation would not be their subordinates' strength, rather it would be their loyalty.
''Ha the patriarch has a good descendant!'' At this moment a happy voice appeared behind the almost completed family.
Dante turned around to see an old man hobbling over with a beard growing down to his legs. Walking slightly behind him was a peerless beauty. With defined jaws and a perfect hourglass figure fully complemented by her luscious white hair calling down to her waist.
''Greetings to the Elder'' Dante bowed his head slightly.
''I haven't seen you for a couple of days and you're already in the Fairy state! Soon you will be catching up with your sister'' The elder said as he motioned towards the beauty.
The beauty in question is naturally Dantes sister. As for the reason why Dante is still considered the sole heir to the Family despite having a sister, that's due to her special Physique.
She was blessed with the Rank 2 Ethereal Physique which brings endless benefits but also heavy requirements. This physique requires the holder to stay in an Aloof position their entire life meaning Dantes Sister Violet hardly steps out of closed door cultivation.
Luckily when she was born, an elder immediately accepted her as an apprentice taking her to a special place of cultivation. Over the years she had cultivated at an incredible pace already reaching the Spirit state at 15 years old.
Don't take Dante as an example, it would be impressive for the genius of major families to reach the core building state at 15. Unfortunately there were two evildoers born in the same era.
''Hello sister'' Dante smiled happily at his sister, unfortunately all he got was a nod in reply but Dante was long since used to it and still started chatting happily to his family and the elder.
After a happy conversation, Dantes Father immediately put on a stern face.
''We have to begin preparing for the next Major competition. This time it is over a high-level spiritual mine found in the Sydney Continent.''
Dantes Father, Richard, continued
''This time the competition is for those under 15, however there's been a change this time. The Highman Family has sent their genius' to compete''
Even the elders' faces turned stern after hearing that sentence. The highman family are also a powerful antique family, although not comparable to the Armstrong Family they seemed to have had incredible luck.
They had a child born with a rare double physique reaching incredibly close to a Rank 1 physique. The child was in Dantes sisters generation and has only turned 14 in the past year but he had successfully cultivated to the Spirit State.
But this alone isn't enough to make the family be concerned, after all they have Violet on their side who is already at the fifth stage of the Spirit state. The real reason they are concerned is the pecularity of the Double physique.
It allows the owner to replicate any opponent's physique for 3 days as long as it doesn't exceed their own physique's rank. This means anything below Rank 2 can be copied.
This might not be important due to the lower rank of the Physique, but the issue is you never know what physique he has copied for the battle. If he uses a rare physique copied as a sneak attack it could easily cause a quick loss for his opponent.
However at this moment no one noticed the slight excitement in Dantes face when he heard about the Highmans genius.
He had found his next target.