Chapter 25 Recruiting Guards and Enacting Laws

After organizing his various treasures and manuals, Arius sat down cross-legged on the floor. Taking out a fragment of a spirit stone, he began meditating to recover.

Though he had appeared to dominate the fight with the Ashfell family patriarch, the battle had left him with a severe depletion of blood essence. If he did not recover quickly, it could begin to erode his lifespan.

While Arius retreated into seclusion to recover in his secret chamber, Simon immediately convened all of the De Molinos family's clansmen, vassals, and servants.

The recent battle had left the core strength of the Ashfell family in ruins.

What remained of the Ashfell family were a few scattered remnants—some loyal household servants and ordinary guards.

In terms of cultivators, the Ashfell family had little left: only a clan leader at the Bone Tempering Stage and a handful of Skin Tempering Stage cultivators.