The rite of passage on the eighth of August not only resolved the future development issues for the Tang Clan, but also provided a new strategy for the sixth elder, Tang Gaomin, to deal with Wu Huan.
On the night of the ceremony, a letter was delivered to the desk of Wu Huan at Xiling in Western Yulong. It greatly worried the ambitious hawk of Xiling who had risen to fame after decades of enduring hardship.
He assumed the Tang Clan would express appeasement towards the Wu family, as they did with others known for their territorial claims, even without outright offering supplies. Instead, he received a harsh retort.
"Look at this," Wu Huan passed the letter to his younger brother, Wu Lan, expressing his regret. "Tang Zhi is always Tang Zhi. Our intentions were never hidden from his eyes. Right now, the entirety of the western waterway is patrolled by the Tang Clan's warships. We can only leave those smaller clans to the Tang Clan."
