However, he had no choice but to do this. In the past, he would have thrown his full support behind the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect without hesitation, but now that Yin Huayi had appeared, he no longer had any guarantees. Nothing frightened people more than an unsteady heart. Once selfish thoughts took root, even controlling oneself became difficult. It was like a drowning person—even if the life buoy was covered in nails, they would still grab it without hesitation. Being injured was better than dying.
The sect masters had equally sharp noses. Even without Li Tianjing saying anything, they had long since been eyeing Sky City. Now that the Tianjing Sect had agreed to open a passage, they would definitely send their disciples over without hesitation. First, they could communicate with Sky City; second, they could obtain more resources unavailable in Southern Heaven. After all, that place was the deep-processing base, while Southern Heaven and the other borderlands were merely suppliers of raw materials. Their technology could never meet Sky City's standards.
Since he had laid the matter bare, Li Tianjing naturally had to bring it to a proper close. Thus, at Daoist Xichen's suggestion, all of us took part in the next meeting. Of course, as one of my disciples, I was out of the question.
As for the first-place prize in this competition, it was a suitable spell or sword technique selected by the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect. Of course, the winner would have to go to the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect to choose it. For every participating disciple, such a reward was an enormous boon, because its quality was guaranteed to be at the Heaven grade—something ordinary disciples could never hope to reach.
Of course, to me, it was basically a tasteless morsel. Not taking it would