Black Market's Pawns

The young man didn't know why the sudden shift in the atmosphere after he laid out that statement, but the wise and experienced elders saw through it too clearly. 

This statement was like a rude awakening. In hindsight, they have willingly allowed themselves to become Leonardo's selected subjects. Nonetheless, this was no longer a motion that could be stopped or counterattacked, they can only lie low and slowly proliferate their influence in the cities. 

Leonardo made an error here by surrounding himself on all fronts with these sects and forces, but he had no choice in the matter as the only way to prevent the Jin Dynasty from outright obliterating his territory at the moment was to lease it out for behemoths on the same level. With this, he could buy enough time to head over to the Jin Dynasty and strike them in their base, especially since they have the coordinates for him to return to that stellar world.