Ikasa obtained a better understanding of the external powers residing in the Beech City from hearing Zhen Ya's words and observing her reactions.
People from the Mu Family were the ones with the most influential backgrounds. They shouldn't be contacted or messed with.
Ikasa's second assurance, the He Family, had sent their arrogant Young Master. Path Finder He Ding had given Ikasa a good measure of the arrogance of the He Family. He had no interest in dealing with a Young Master who supposedly took it to another level.
The Su Family and Nian Clan were unknown variables. Even Zhen Ya did not have much information about their contingent.
Summarizing the information, Ikasa was shocked to realize that every external power he heard about was either neutral or hostile. There was not a single friendly power he could rely on inside the Rift!
'Is there no familiar power I can work with?'