Balance of Power
Upon hearing Peter's words, the three people besides the young Sergeant stood there petrified, with their mouths open in disbelief at what they had just heard.
Such a thing was complicated to happen in this part of the Central Continent. After all, families often depended on these Black-grade techniques to maintain their control.
In fact, noble families did this to avoid the appearance of even more competitors!
This is because some lesser-scale noble families, the more recent ones, were in part powers originating from subordinates of others, more prominent, older noble houses.
Such a phenomenon was not new. Someone from this region could easily cite some regional powers that arose in this way.
Individuals like Minos' father first entered a noble family, developed slowly, and then gained their own territories after reaching the 6th stage of cultivation and achieving some merits.