"Although that's indeed the case, I still think the risk of challenging Li Xiu is smaller. After all, he has just joined the association and his foundation is unstable. Taking over his group would be relatively easy, and we wouldn't immediately have to tear our relations with the four major families." Wan Chaohua said.

"Easy?" Wan Chaoxin glanced at Wan Chaohua: "You must understand, the Demon Armor group isn't really in Li Xiu's hands; it's in the hands of Vice President Bai. Li Xiu is now merely the nominal head of the Demon Armor group. In reality, the group is still controlled by Vice President Bai. Do you think if I became the commander of the Demon Armor group, Vice President Bai would just hand it over to me so easily?"

"Well..." Wan Chaohua was left speechless.

"The Demon Armor group may not appear glamorous, but you may not know that the association's annual investment in the Demon Armor group is greater than any other group. Otherwise, why do you think the group has remained in Vice President Bai's hands without appointing a new commander? It's because the Bai Family is directly related to the Li Family, and Vice President Bai is a confidant of the commander. The Demon Armor group has always been under the control of the commander and the Li Family." Wan Chaoxin analyzed: "If we move against the Demon Armor group, it would essentially mean going against the commander, the Li Family, and the Bai Family. Do you think the power behind Han Mingshou is more terrifying than theirs?"

"I see, Brother Xin, you are indeed thoughtful." Wan Chaohua said somewhat embarrassedly.

Wan Chaoxin smiled and said, "But Li Xiu probably isn't the commander's illegitimate child, at most, he has some connection with the Li Family. Li Xiu becoming the commander of the Demon Armor group is a signal that the commander and the Li Family are starting to become dissatisfied with the Bai Family. Perhaps Vice President Bai has been skimming too much from the Demon Armor group over the years, so much so that even the commander cannot overlook it anymore."

"Does the Demon Armor group really have that much benefit to gain?" Wan Chaojue asked in disbelief.

The Demon Armor group's image in the Longevity Heaven has long been that of a meek wife doing all the dirty and tiring work without any status.

"Where do you think all those high-level demon spirit materials in the association go? It's likely that nine out of ten end up in the Demon Armor group. Also, super spirit-level demon cores and super spirit gemstones are allocated under the guise of crafting super spirit magic armor. But where do those demon cores and super spirit gemstones eventually go?" Wan Chaoxin said.

"There are so many things I hadn't heard about before..." Wan Chaojue and Wan Chaohua exchanged looks.

"People in the four major families are well aware, but they don't dare to say anything. The Demon Armor group is practically a private asset of the commander and the Li Family. Who dares to speak out?" Wan Chaoxin said calmly, "So we definitely can't touch the Demon Armor group, but as for that Li Xiu, I might have a proper chat with him."

"Brother Xin, according to what you say, Li Xiu is with the Li Family and the commander, so why should we seek him out? Isn't that making an enemy of the commander and the Li Family?" Wan Chaohua asked puzzledly.

"It won't be so easy for him to reclaim the Demon Armor group from Vice President Bai. This presents an opportunity; maybe we can persuade him to work for us." Wan Chaoxin squinted his eyes and said.

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Inside the Trial Ground, Li Xiu and Sha Chu passed the final trial, and the rewards appeared before them.

"Luck is on our side; we randomly got admission tickets on the first try, and there are two of them." Li Xiu smiled as he saw that Sha Chu also had admission tickets among her rewards.

"Indeed, quite lucky." Sha Chu breathed a sigh of relief. The gemstone she held could only open the Gate of Beasts three more times, and without admission tickets, it would have been troublesome later on.

The two of them each chose an admission ticket and entered. Li Xiu came to the mysterious ancient lamp stone table.

On the stone table lay a pair of black boots, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

"Just what I needed show up, now I finally have both clothes and shoes, and look somewhat civilized." Li Xiu reached out and picked up the boots, causing them to shine brightly.

Without waiting for the Longevity Lamp's prompt, Li Xiu dripped his blood on them.

Beast Hide Boots: Parasitic Contract.

Level: E-level.

Primordial Embryo Quality: 0.6.

Quality: Flowing Radiance.

This contract's quality is indeed not great, without even a talent skill, and the primordial embryo quality is only 0.6.

But Li Xiu was quite satisfied, as having shoes to wear was all that mattered to him.

After putting on the Beast Hide Boots, Li Xiu looked around, finding that while they didn't quite match his scholar's robe, it was still better than nothing.

Following the Longevity Lamp, he entered the Land of Trial, where the sight made Li Xiu pause slightly.

In the previous trial grounds that Li Xiu had visited, there were more or less some structures. But here, it was just a meadow with no structures at all.

On this meadow, there were some magical creatures with completely white bodies, bouncing around like snowballs while grazing.

Seeing Li Xiu, these snowball-like magical creatures showed no special reaction, continuing to graze without any intent to attack him.

"These magical creatures are called White Ball Beasts, the most common magical beings in the Land of Beasts trial ground. They are of relatively low level, mostly E-level with no particular quality. As long as you don't provoke them, they rarely attack people." Sha Chu appeared beside Li Xiu with her Longevity Lamp, explaining as she watched the White Ball Beasts.

This was Li Xiu's first visit to such a trial ground; the magical creatures he'd encountered before were all ferocious and menacing, so seeing such cute and gentle magical creatures was somewhat unsettling.

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