He did not bother talking about building good relations with the fox clan. At their first meeting, making the fox clan trust him more would be difficult, so he directly took hold of the conversation, using facts to establish a shared position, and using that common position to explain everything.
This was Niu Youdao, known to all as the Daoist Master!
His words went far beyond merely making a move against Boundless Garden. He had openly declared that he was targeting the Nine Saints, dealing everyone an enormous shock and leaving them stunned!
For who knew how many years, the entire fox clan had huddled here, barely clinging to life, having almost lost the courage to oppose the Nine Saints. They had once been unwilling to submit, but every uprising had been brutally crushed by the Nine Saints. Every uprising had brought immense sacrifice to the fox clan, and every uprising had been a great disaster for them.
Several times, they had nearly brought the danger of total extinction upon the entire clan.
They no longer dared. Nor could they see any hope, any possibility of victory. The entire clan could only hide in this mire.
This clan had once been the overlords of this world. Now, for them, simply avoiding extermination, simply staying alive, was the happiest thing imaginable.
For many years, no one had mentioned taking action against the Nine Saints again, because success was impossible.
Yet now, a man had suddenly appeared and declared that he would contend with the Nine Saints. More importantly, this man was Shang Song's successor. The impact those words had on everyone was easy to imagine—Shang Song's successor was going to move against the Nine Saints!
Although they knew that the man before them was not even a match for the old