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If there had been other choices, Mintian Hou would definitely not have reported to his clan. If he had led the operation himself, he could have kept the lion's share of the profits once successful.
For what was at stake was a relic left by a Fire System Divine, imbued with the hope of attaining divinity.
Once he reported to his clan? As the clan mobilized its powerful forces, his final gains would be pitiably small.
You get as much as you give, an unchanged truth since ancient times.
Most crucial of all, Mintian Hou's relationship with his clan was not good; otherwise, he would not have come to the distant Gu Yue Divine Kingdom to set roots and establish his own fief.
In the Immortal Ruins Civilization, among numerous countries and sects, the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom was quite ordinary.
In the entire Immortal Ruins Civilization, those truly at the summit were the few great Immortal Sect Divine Races.
Mintian Hou was from one such powerful Divine Race.
