"More or less."
"After all, I didn't think I had much authority within the Devil Palace."
When Meng Qinxian and Nie Shang brought up how the First God Child had sidelined Lin Bai, Lin Bai did not deny it.
After all, before this, Lin Bai had never intended to fight for power within the Devil Palace. He had not even used the authority of the "Imperial Son" more than a few times.
Since he had no real power to speak of, Lin Bai did not think the First God Child had sidelined him. It was more accurate to say that Lin Bai had voluntarily given up that power.
Lin Bai, Meng Qinxian, and Nie Shang sat in the tavern, raising their cups and trading drinks. The three of them tacitly avoided immediately discussing the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace, Overturning Heavens Sect, Worship Heaven Sect, and the other sects.
Instead, they first spoke of their respective difficulties.
Lin Bai had more or less figured out the situation of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect.
They were caught between a rock and a hard place. They wanted to fight, but feared they could not win; if they did not fight, they could not simply let the matter go.
After all, the atmosphere among the martial artists within their sects had already been whipped into a frenzy. If they ceased hostilities and made peace without fighting even a single battle, the martial artists within their sects would certainly object vehemently.
If they insisted on going to war, then given the current circumstances of the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect, it would be difficult to completely defeat the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace.
Unless the Overturning Heavens Sect and Worship Heaven Sect could drag the Azure Lotus Sect into the conflict