Needless to say, all the complaints vanished the second Liam put forth a rank 3 resource. It actually took the family longer to acknowledge his wealth than to bring the negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion.
Naturally, the matter was extremely suspicious.
A branching expert owning abundant rank 3 tools was extremely rare. Most would own one weapon or martial art, and that only with suitable backers.
Lucky encounters were possible, but the family also knew Liam had his breakthrough mere months ago, meaning his incredible possessions came from his time as a rooting expert.
Of course, that was wrong, but no one could ever imagine that Liam produced his own venom. Also, since secrets were such a key aspect of the cultivation world, the family ultimately ignored the matter and accepted his valuable tools.
There were second-order effects, which Liam realized only after the deed was done, but he could only bear them at that point.
