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The schedule was readjusted, and Lu Bei decided to tackle the minor affair of ascending to Monster Emperor after his adventure in the Greater Desolation; his first task was to retrieve Fox Er's clanspeople.
He did this to optimize his experience farming.
Once he became the Monster Emperor, by the time he reached Phoenix Clan territory, news would have already spread, and any chance of a fight would be lost.
Indeed, the Phoenix Clan didn't think much of the Monster Emperor; since the first Monster Emperor, none of the successive enthronement ceremonies had seen a Phoenix at the table.
Lacking a bird at the banquet hardly mattered, but the absence of even a red envelope highlighted a disregard for social niceties.
Since they could fight, whether they understood social subtleties was irrelevant. Each Monster Emperor, feeling aggrieved, never voiced their displeasure but instead praised the Phoenix Clan for guarding the border, hailing their great contributions.
