Nine Immortal Island, Nine Immortal Sect.
In a sprawling manor, Du Tianhe, Jiang Changlin, Gao Shuhao, and Qin Wushuang sat in a cyan stone pavilion, sipping tea and chatting.
"Senior Brother Jiang, was this your doing?"
Du Tianhe asked, puzzled.
The merchant fleets of the Zhang, Wang, Meng, and other affiliated forces had been attacked and suffered heavy losses.
All the culprits pointed to the Haoyue Alliance, making it seem as though the Haoyue Alliance intended to deal with the Nine Immortal Sect.
If the Haoyue Alliance truly wanted to deal with the Nine Immortal Sect, it would have sent people to attack directly; there was no need for these petty tricks.
In the eyes of anyone with insight, it seemed that some force was deliberately trying to provoke a massive clash between the Nine Immortal Sect and the Haoyue Alliance.
It looked very much like the Nine Immortal Sect was staging this itself, creating public pressure first before personally entering the fray.
"It has nothing to do with me. I asked the people below, and they don't know either."
"Was it a coincidence? Or does someone want to provoke a full-scale clash between us and the Haoyue Alliance?"
Jiang Changlin was completely baffled.
"So many affiliated forces all claimed that their merchant fleets had been attacked. It definitely wasn't a coincidence."
"Did they collude to deceive us and make us go to war with the Haoyue Alliance? If a real war broke out, they'd be the ones charging at the front."
Qin Wushuang asked, puzzled.
"The Murong Family? Or the Cangyun Palace? Or perhaps the Lin Family? The Beast Spirit Sect? Hundred Refinement Island? The Snow Crystal Tribe?"
Gao Shuhao listed several suspicious targets, even suspecting their allies.
"Even if the Haoyue Alliance's affiliated forces sent people to attack