The alliance formed by Mu Tong Huang Niu and the others was called the Drinking Water Alliance. Although they did not possess a Super Heart of the City, they had a miraculous item that could upgrade an ordinary Heart of the City into a Super Heart of the City. That was why they had dared to attempt an assault on the imperial city.
However, as things stood, they had no chance of capturing the imperial city. Even if they could capture it, they likely had no chance of holding it. From the attitudes of Dongfang Mingxing and Night Rain Misty, Mu Tong Huang Niu and the others further confirmed this point. Thus, they decided to sell the item or trade it for a Level 5 Guild Headquarters, which would directly solve their most pressing problem—their lack of funds.
Trading for a Level 5 Guild Headquarters would be especially ideal. It would give them a direct source of income, and at the very least, they would not have to spend time and effort constructing a Guild Headquarters themselves. The location of any headquarters they built would certainly not be good—the Ten Great Demon Gods had already occupied all the prime locations. Location largely determined a Guild Headquarters' value, especially its player traffic, which directly affected its profits.
Sage Wuming and the others quickly made this decision, but they insisted on not trading with the Dongfang Family and the other guilds. It was not merely because of the threats from Dongfang Mingxing and Night Rain Misty. More importantly, Sage Wuming and the others clearly understood that if they handed the item to them, Misty Pavilion would likely fall into a disadvantage in the future civil war. That was not something they wanted to see.
Refusing to sell or trade the item to