Shao Dengyun Makes His Move

This was a rather weighty subject. Gong Lince understood what he meant, but some matters were not so simple.

Yan Capital was where Shang Jianxiong's interests lay. Shang Jianxiong had operated in Yan Kingdom for many years, and most of Yan Kingdom's forces were in the hands of his faction. Most regions of Yan Kingdom were still controlled by the troops his faction had left behind. The three great sects had their concerns as well.

Likewise, the three great sects did not want to drive the people of Shang Chaozong's faction into desperation at this time. With foreign enemies before them, the Imperial Court's troops were useless, and the three great sects still wanted to rely on Shang Chaozong's side.

What the three great sects wanted now was for the Imperial Court and the feudal lords to work together with all their strength to weather this crisis.

That was also why Gong Lince had come here in person and remained courteous toward Meng Shanming, hoping to reconcile the conflict between both sides.

Yet the facts proved that the conflict between them could not be reconciled. One side wanted to protect the capital, while the other wanted to protect Yan Kingdom.

The two might not have seemed to conflict on the surface, but in the face of the actual situation, there was a huge clash between them.

From the standpoint of the three great sects, they would naturally lean toward protecting Yan Kingdom.

Gong Lince did not know whether Meng Shanming was stringing him along, but the difficulties Meng Shanming had laid out were facts. There seemed to be no other solution.

Now that things had come to this, the three great sects had to make a choice between the two.

After hesitating for a while, Gong Lince slowly asked, "Can