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The Xuanyuan family prepared to reemerge into the world for two main reasons. First, they had their own people in the high ranks of the nation who could provide cover for them. And second, they believed their strength had greatly increased to the point where they could make their presence known without fear of the nation laying a hand on them.
Of these two reasons, Ye Tianchen was more convinced of the latter because he had met with the top leader. Despite their conversation being casual, like that of old friends, Ye Tianchen could tell that the leader was a righteous person and served the country and its people truly. Even if it was impossible to have every official in the country be uncorrupted, at least within the high echelons there would be no such scoundrel, because that concerned the development and even the life-or-death of a nation.
