In Qi State, apart from the Anxiang Clan, there were also many native residents. Among them, those who could coexist peacefully with the Anxiang Clan were generally the ones whose ancestors had been thoroughly subdued and had obediently accepted the Anxiang Clan's status as the dominant family of Qi State.
However, not everyone could accept the Anxiang Clan's rule. To many, these outsiders occupied their land, slaughtered their people, and shared an irreconcilable enmity with them.
These people, referred to by the Anxiang Clan as "wild people," mostly hid in the mountains of Qi State. While developing their own power, they planned for the day they could launch a counterattack and completely drive these outsiders away.
