Among Dongsheng cultivators, no one considered Red Leaf Ridge the type to bully the weak with strength. Their reputation was genuinely quite good.
But if these people truly refused to accept it, they were being unbelievably hardheaded. That morning, they had even stubbornly stood up to the Cultivator Alliance.
Zhao Sanshui and Zeng Jiarui considered that the other side was not exactly on good terms with them, which made things even more dangerous.
Yuan Yi simply believed that Red Leaf Ridge had minor grievances with both the Seven Stars Sect and Hundred Herbs Valley, and even the Qingyang Sect...
Three of the Five Upper Sects were somewhat... troublesome, so their own Two Forms Sect should keep its distance as much as possible.
However, once the news spread, the forces outside the Twelve Greats were not merely pleased.
Originally, it had been difficult for them to gather five True Immortals, even though Red Leaf Ridge had already claimed two slots and the Rogue Cultivators Alliance had claimed one.
But upon learning that Red Leaf Ridge would dispatch two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, Thousand Hands True Immortal immediately came looking.
He wanted to know whom Ridge Lord Qu intended to send, and also... whether the Nascent Soul Immortal Beast and the Artifact Spirit would accompany them. Those two would certainly not count against the Nascent Soul Realm quota, but they were unquestionably top-tier combat power.
Qu Jianlei said that he and Jia Shuiqing currently planned to go, while Jing Yuexin definitely had to stay behind to guard their home.
As for Jiao Daoren and Sunset Glow... he merely smiled without saying anything.
"Then I'll go too!" Thousand Hands True Immortal turned around and went to discuss it with the other four rogue True Immortals.
He understood it clearly. If Ridge Lord Qu