Rather than let the Dragon Transformation Pool benefit others, we might as well seize it ourselves!"
Fu Gan also supported Shen Yi's idea. Though he harbored hatred toward the imperial family, his agreement carried a certain selfish motive as well—he could not bear to see his lineage's foundations fall into the hands of other sects and powers.
"Since no one has any objections, this time, Fu Gan, Little Black, Little Red, and I will go together. Yu Chen and Sikong will keep watch over any disturbances at the Sky-Reaching Pagoda. As for the sect's other affairs, I'll have to rely on all of you!" Shen Yi cupped his hands toward the group. To speak of it was somewhat shameful—ever since the sect had been established, as its sect master, he had spent very little time within it. Fortunately, Three Thousand Demons and the others handled the sect's affairs, great and small, in his stead.
The crowd dispersed and began making preparations. Hong Ling and Jiang Miaoyi, the two women, came to find Shen Yi. Having learned of this operation, they wished to accompany him to Luocheng, but Shen Yi still refused them. The reason was that Jiang Miaoyi's identity was rather delicate at present; once she became involved, the Qianyuan Dynasty would inevitably be dragged in as well.
At present, beacon fires blazed across every corner of the Zhou Dynasty, while the instigators behind it remained unknown. Yet rumors had long spread among the common people that the Qianyuan and Former Qin Empires were fanning the flames behind the scenes. If Jiang Miaoyi appeared in Luocheng now, and even took part in seizing the Dragon Transformation Pool, those with ulterior motives would undoubtedly make a great fuss over it and place the Qianyuan Dynasty in an unfavorable position.
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