"The three of them were clearly very wary of a notorious bandit like me. I really don't know much about this."
"All I know is that the imperial family of Great Chu sent Helian Haotong to Great Xuan to establish the Heavenly Dao Alliance because they wanted to throw your Great Xuan into turmoil in Cool Prefecture and Yong Prefecture, preferably stirring up conflicts in the martial world as well."
"As for their deeper, core purpose, Helian Haotong never told me. Though I'm from Chu, I'm not one of his trusted followers at all, and he doesn't trust me completely either. I understand perfectly well that he only sees me as a martial saint realm hired fighter."
"He hasn't told me anything about the Heavenly Dao Alliance's true core affairs. I think that aside from Helian Haotong, the first alliance leader, only Second Alliance Leader Zhao Yunlan and Fourth Alliance Leader Feng Leiting might know."
Su Fei fell silent, turning his gaze toward the full moon high above the alley.
Thoughts surged through his mind.
They had sent a member of the Chu Kingdom's imperial family to oversee things.
They had brought generals and trusted followers from the Chu Kingdom to establish a power base in Cool Prefecture and Yong Prefecture on Great Xuan's border. Their purpose was certainly not merely to throw the two prefectures into turmoil.
What exactly was the Chu Kingdom trying to do?
Cool Prefecture and Yong Prefecture were both on Great Xuan's western frontier, bordering Great Chu, and their geographical positions were extremely important.
The Heavenly Dao Alliance was expanding its influence here and stirring up chaos, even going so far as to clash openly with the Imperial Guard in Cool Prefecture. There was surely a greater scheme behind it.
Su Fei felt that.
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