As First Deputy Hall Master Balong stormed off in fury to lodge a complaint, the priests within the Barbarian Spirit Hall also grew restless, whispering among themselves.
Wherever there were people, there was a jianghu.
The Barbarian Spirit Hall was no exception. Factional strife had existed since ancient times.
The factions within the Barbarian Spirit Hall were actually quite simple. At first, seventy percent of its priests were men of the Balong and Balhu brothers.
The other thirty percent were priests the Balong brothers did not favor. Not only were their cultivation resources often withheld, but the assignments they received were also the hardest, most exhausting, and most dangerous.
After Princess Changle became the First Deputy Hall Master of the Barbarian Spirit Hall as the inheritor of the Barbarian Saintess Inheritance, pressing down upon the Balong brothers—
The factional struggle within the Barbarian Spirit Hall became unmistakable.
Members of the imperial clan were born with a talent for such factional struggles. Of course, this was inseparable from Princess Changle's intelligence and hard work.
Though she had spent most of her time confined within the Princess's Mansion, Princess Changle had read no small number of books from the vast collection in the Luoyi Imperial Palace, and court scholars had specially instructed her.
Thus, not long after becoming the First Deputy Hall Master of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, Princess Changle successfully won over the thirty percent of neglected priests and turned them into the backbone of her own forces.
Then, through certain maneuvers in the Great Zhou court, she used her status and the court's influence to bring a portion of the moon priests and star priests born into Great Zhou noble clans under her command. She successfully stood toe-to-toe with the Balong brothers and gained control over the Barbarian Spirit Hall's